7000hour veteran. At seventeen, Emily Howell was still an aspiring stewardess who had yet to take her first airplane ride. So she bought a round trip ticket from Denver to Durango to see what flying was like. O "On the return flight, I was the only passenger and they let me ride up front for awhile. That’s when I fell in love with flying. I knew right then I wanted to be a pilot." O Within the year, Emily had earned her private ticket and today she’s a 7,000 hour veteran. More significantly, she's the first gal ever hired by a scheduled U. S. airline as a flight crew member. O When she’s not flying for Frontier, she likes to fly her own Cessna 182 for fun. She insures it with USAIG. D Why USAIG? "It just seemed natural," she says. "I knew they were real pros because a lot of my friends insured with them. When my agent recommended USAIG, I felt like he was recommending an old friend." u s h ig um m sim s RiHCfWFT msufwrtCE g r o u p NEW YORK - ATLANTA - CHICAGO - DALLAS - LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO ttm O SnB iiis THE NINETY-NINES, INC. Will Rogers World Airport International Headquarters Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 The Return Form 3579 to above address 2nd Class Postage pd. at North Little Rock. Ark. International President Publisher...... Lee Keenihan Managing E d ito r...... Mardo Crane The week of November 25th was an eventful one — the week Assistant Editor...... Betty Hicks that general aviation almost suffered its demise! Washington, Art D irector Betty Hagerman D.C., in the conference room of the FAA Administrator, the Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation began its tall study Production Manager Ron Oberlag and deliberations. We found ourselves in the midst of the Circulation Manager...... Loretta Gragg energy crisis, not believing the 40% to 50% proposed cutback Contributing Editors...... Mary Foley in fuel to the non-airline aviation industry. On Monday after­ Virginia Thompson noon we went to the White House for tea with Mrs. Pat Nixon, an honor and privilege we shall never forget. She is a gracious Director of Advertising...... Maggie Wirth first lady and the White House Is more beautiful now than it was the last time I visited there. Mrs. Nixon seemed pleased to receive us and commented that she was happy to see more Contents women in jobs of responsibility. She welcomed us in the room where the Christmas tree would be placed for the holiday sea­ 1974 Convention Report— son and chatted with small groups informally. The tour was Esther W right...... 2 most informative and gave us a feeling of pride in our country. The secret service men were polite and helpful in telling us Susie Sewell Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship about the rooms which we were taken to see. We walked to Fund— Alice Hammond...... 5 our hotel only a block away. We spent that evening with Anna Chennault, a member of WACOA and Vice-President of Flying and Scuba Diving— the famous Flying Tiger Line. She was hostess in her Watergate apartmentto members of our committee, a number of FAA and other Washington officials, and their wives. Robert Mary F o le y...... 9 Timm, Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, discussed the history of the C A B., its pur­ Presenting Sally Buegeleisen, Author 2 pose and method of operation. Senator Towers of Texas also spoke briefly and informally. Tuesday morning, a breakfast with members of Congress gave us the opportunity to talk Why Women Fly— Mary De Kinder ...3 with them about general aviation. It was timely and important; perhaps what we had to say Powder Puff Cancelled 16 & 17 helped. Pat McEwen, our chairman, welcomed them. Each congressional representative present took a lew minutes to speak on the fuel situation, suggesting what we could do to help. Four of us attended the hearing of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee on Regular Features the energy crisis. When it got bogged down with its second witness for the day we returned A.E. Fund Contributions— to the FAA building. Our sub-committees met to consider recommendations and the chairmen of the committees met that evening with Mr. Lew Churchville for a briefing on the Iris Critchell...... 4 "new direction" of WACOA. Safety and airport development will have priority attention this Air Age Education—Linda Hooker ..10 year coordinating efforts through the state aeronautical groups. The FAA Administrator, Mr. Alex Butterfield, had met with us on Monday to swear in the nine new members, and to APT—Margo Sm ith ...... 11 speak to us about goals of FAA and the work of our committee. Wednesday, our recom­ 99s Bicentennial Star Program— mendations were reviewed, finalized and considered for presentation to the Administrator. Among them was the suggestion of changing the name of WACOA to the National Advisory Fay G illis W e lls ...... 10 Committee on Aviation so that members could better serve in Implementing programs at the Nominating Committee— state level. Also, our support of the amendment to the House Rule which would provide fair and equal fuel allocation to similar and competing forms of commerce, to transportation and Garnette Nance ...... 8 personal use of fuels. Others dealt with air traffic control, certification, ELTs, etc. I felt Chapter Personalities...... 7 privileged to work with Betty Hicks on the recommendations committee. We were pleased to have Susan Oliver with us during this meeting. She's charming and President ...... Susie Sewell bright, and so is Sally Buegeleisen (one of the new members) whose new book "Into The CIO Callin Aviation Co. Wind" was just released. If you're a fan of Max Conrad, you're in for a treat. Will Rogers Station, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma From there I flew to Miami, Florida, leaving Washington in the pouring rain. Mr. Jack Shaf­ Vice President...... Pat McEwen fer, former FAA Administrator, was on board. He told me that it looked as it the fuel 16206 E. Central, Wichita, Kansas 67230 allocation would be more favorable, possibly only 15% to 20% curtailment in flying would Secretary ...... Mary Nees Able result. A meeting of the National Aviation Trades Association was in progress and at noon 9009 Braeburn Valley Dr., Houston, Tex. 77036 the next day, Mr. Shaffer turned our feelings of gloom and doom to hesitant optimism. He Treasurer...... Lois Feigenbaum stated that it America realizes how wasteful she has been with precious resources, some 103 Pinewood Dr., C arbondale, III. 62901 good will come from it (the crisis). Many of the benefits of our industry are non-measurable, Executive Board...... Thon Griffith making a problem in stating the case tor general aviation. The airport operators group also 314 Robinhood Ln., Costa Mesa. Ca. 92627 heard Mr. Butterfield state that there was still room tor hope, although now the aviation in­ Esther Williams dustry is bearing the brunt of the energy crisis. P.O. Box 3283, Tequesta, Fla. 33458 Bee Reid, Governor of Southeast Section, was there with her husband, John. Also present Jewel Vom-Saal were Margie Pohl, Alabama Chapter, Ethel Westerlund, Wisconsin Chapter, and capable 1010 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y. 10701 Marie Grimm, Wisconsin Chapter, the only (known) chairman of a state aviation trades Betty McNabb association. 3114 Beachw ood Dr., Panama C ity, Fla. 32401 Consider the value of air transportation to your country, to its people, to its economy . . . aviation is now very much a part of the American way of life and the same is true of many Published monthly, except bi-monthly July-August and January- countries. We must do our part to keep It alive. February Annual subscription rate is $4.50 and is included as a part of A big "Thank You" to the Governors and Section Membership Chairmen who returned the annual membership of The Ninety-Nines. Inc. their comments to me In response to questions I had sent. Current information from "the MAILING ADDRESSES field" will help us formulate an international policy reflecting the wishes of the membership. Headquarters...... Will Rogers World Airport This new responsibility on the part of the Board of Governors will call for more cooperation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 from each chapter, working for the benefit of all Ninety-Nines everywhere. Editorial Office P.O. Box 477 May each one of you enjoy a very happy holiday season! Best Wishes for the New Year. Cupertino, Cal. 95014 Advertising Office P.O. Box 4228 Sincerely, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72116

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by Esther Wright, Publicity Chairman

Cy Beers, Chairman and Page Shamburger, Co-Chairman have Esther Wright, of the Deep announced the 1974 Convention Com mittee Chairmen. They are South Chapter (Georgia), is as follows: Publicity Head for the August 21-25, 1974 International 99s Transportation Page Shamburger Convention in Puerto Rico. Chapters-Carolinas Kitty Hawk New Orleans Printing Fran Davis Chapters-Tennessee Alabama Publicity Esther Wright Chapter-Deep South A.E. Brunch Miriam Davis Chapter-Florida Goldcoast Banquet Ethel Gibson Chapter-Florida Suncoast Entertainment Kay Guice Chapter-North Georgia Registration Janet Green Chapters-Mississippi Memphis Courtesy Ann Conway Chapter-Florida Space Port

The Charter flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Puerto Rico is filling up fast. And why shouldn't it? It is a great buy — under $100.00 round trip from Atlanta to Puerto Rico. Girls, send in your $50.00 deposit per person immediately to Page if you would like to be in­ cluded on this flight. This is going to be a convention to be remembered. All of the 1974 International Convention Committee Heads hard at work on girls are working hard and you will be sorry if you don't go. Look­ the big event. ing for you in Puerto Rico August 21-25.

Presenting SALLY BUEGELEISEN, Author

the life, trials and triumphs of this unusual Sally will share her royalties fifty-fifty with man. It is a must for all pilots, and some­ Max Conrad. He is. at this writing, on his thing you won't find easy to put down. The way to Australia to deliver a twin Com­ book becomes an experience as you read anche — carrying a dozen books to sell, of it. In the learning department it is fantastic; course! in the area of emotions, you will find your­ self often worn out; and often you will audibly cheer as Max Conrad meets and conquers his problems with the courage we each wish we had. Sally is known to most of us as the writer of a column which ran in Flying magazine for some three years. She joined the 99s in early 1960, as soon as she had her Private ticket. Since, she won her Commercial Single and Multi Engine, with an instrument Rating. She has accum ulated some 1,500 hours flying time. Her racing experience in­ Sally Buegeleisen, 99 author, member of cludes the AWTAR, the Michigan SMALL the Greater New York Chapter. Race, and the AWNEAR (New England). Her most recent honor is appointment to the Women's Advisory Committee on Avia­ tion. An incredible pilot, Max Conrad, has his Sally has two grown children — and a story told by an incredible author, 99 Sally husband to whom the book is dedicated, Buegeleisen, member of the Greater New Abbott, also a pilot with all the ratings and York Chapter, in her book just released by twice the time of his author-wife. Talented Random House ($6.95), Into The Wind. son Alan is also a photographer, and is Famous Pilot, Max Conrad, subject of the Weaving a unique and fascinating pattern responsible for the book cover photo, as exciting account of his adventures by 99 of words, Sally carries the reader through well as ours in the 99 News. Sally Buegeleisen, Into The Wind. International Hot Lino

By Shirley Allen International 99 P.R.

There isn't a more active, enthused Course, they stated that only male appli­ about Raili s achievem ents as time goes by. group of Ninety-Nines anywhere in the cants would be considered! The members all agree that their ac­ world, than those belonging to the Finnish It is a great compliment to their Gover­ tivities and programs have been tremen­ Section. We have been anxiously waiting to nor, Raili Aronen, that the members felt that dously interesting — aviation films, lec­ hear some "Inside" news from their mem­ her story would tell most appropriately the tures, training sessions, radio, communica­ bers, so that we could share some of their development of the Finnish 99 Section. tions. A Scholarship Program has been un­ camaraderie and wonderful flying spirit, They say they are not very good at ex­ dertaken. Money-making events include some of which has communicated to us pressing their feelings, so here it is, with bazaars, parties, even a masquerade. Raili through their Chapter news reporting in the kind permission — a tribute to a Governor, and Helena Heide organized two DC-8 99 News magazine. Perhaps it is because from a grateful membership. charters this year to the Paris Air Show, the Ninety-Nines is the only fly in g The land of many thousand lakes! Is it selling 400 tickets, taking care of hotel organization in Finland at this time, any wonder that she flies a Lake Buc­ reservations, hostessing, etc. A big under­ therefore fulfilling a great need, in that the caneer? The Finnish Section got its Char­ taking for a small Section. Another project meaning of the Ninety-Nines is truly per­ ter in 1970 and that was when Raili Aronen underway is to have all the members en­ sonified, both in the sense that it unites acquired her Private Pilot's License, lost dorsed for night VFR flying. these women pilots for their benefit and for her heart to flying and became Governor of No matter how busy, Raili always finds the benefit of aviation in general. It is ap­ the newly-formed 99 Section. She obtained time for the Ninety-Nines and the energy propriate that this first issue for Jan. 1974 her Night Rating and Commercial License for a new idea to get everyone enthused will be our Hot Line from Finland. in 1971 and now her latest achievement is again. She writes regular circular letters so Total number of women pilots at present an Instrument Rating. Raili won the Finnish that all the members are kept well- actively flying — 137, including three Com­ Flying Championship, Women's Series in informed. Her vitality and enthusiasm has mercial Licenses, held by Raili Aronen, 1972 and at the same tim e was voted the infected the entire membership and therein Helena Heide and Orvokki Kuortti. Finnish woman pilot of the year. In June 1973 she lies the secret of a healthy, successful Sec­ Ministry of Aviation Rules and Regulations participated in the Six Lakes Air Rally of tion (or Chapter). When the Governor (or closely follow ICAO's with local differences seaplanes and came third. Orvokki Kuortti Chairman) is turned on — can the members and Air Traffic Control in Finland is quite placed sixth, the only two women in the 22 be any less? similar to the U.S.A. Units of measurement entries. I am sure that much more could have in use: Blue Table. Racing is undoubtedly in Raili’s blood. been written about this interesting Section There is one aviation publication called Before she took up flying, she loved to race and much has been left unsaid about Raili "ILMAILU” published each month — it ap­ motorcycles and competed many times in and many of the other members, but we ap­ pears to be an excellent magazine, the famous Finnish Paijanne-ajot. Now, she preciate the problem of communication covering all phases of commercial and coaches her two sons for this annual and difficulties in finding the appropriate private flying and of course sailplaning, motorcycle race and continues to work, words. We hope to have conveyed some of which is very popular in Finland. upgrading her flying. Almost daily you can the warm sentiment that was expressed in Mirkka Partinen writes that flying poten­ hear her voice on the Malmi airport fre­ their correspondence and trust they will tial regarding careers for women are quency in Helsinki, practising procedures, forgive any omissions or corrections that theoretically the same as for men in their take-offs, landings, touch and go's, looking might not be quite as originally intended. country, but that the last time Finnair adver­ forward to the next time she can enter an Thank you Finland — please write again tised for positions for their First Officer air rally or competition. We shall hear more — soon! Why Women Fly by Mary De Kinder

I have a friend in the 99's who, after many mission to share the letter (and its inspira­ wonderful as I had imagined it through years of flying, is now working on a scrap­ tion) with all of you. those twenty and more years. And as I book of flying adventures. One item I dis­ "I am 58 years old, grandmother of five, learned to fly, and soloed, and at last re­ covered in her collection was a letter writ­ and a flyer for five years. Why do I fly? Be­ ceived my license, each accomplishment ten August. 1951, for an aviation magazine cause it is the joyous fulfillment of a dream was a new wonder to me. For a year now I called Air Age. In the July issue of Air Age which I held for 28 years. have had my own plane and love it. It helps there had appeared a letter from an irate "My husband was a Methodist minister in in a large measure to fill the place left va­ man who was definitely not pleased with a large eastern city, and on the rare occa­ cant by my husband and family, who are all the idea of women in aviation. After many sions of leisure time, we invariably went ot gone from home now. uncomplimentary remarks, he concluded the airport to watch the planes. They were "The marvel of being carried up and out that the only reason women wanted to fly a novelty then and we never failed to be into space still gives me a feeling of ex­ was "to catch a man.” The editor res­ thrilled by their incredible performance. We hilaration each time I take off, though I ponded to this with the suggestion that the promised ourselves that someday we both now have more than 300 hours of flying paper would like to offer a prize for the best would learn to fly. But before the plan could time. letter on the subject, "Why Women Fly." My materialize, he died, and I was left with the "I like best to fly alone, for here in our friend sent in the following letter, request­ task of rearing our family. rugged country of high altitudes I like to ing anonymity and with the instruction that "In the years that followed in a small feel I am just a little nearer to the one who it was not to be entered in the contest but Western town, there was no possible also so long ago wanted to fly but to whom that it be forwarded to the unhappy gentle­ chance to consider the lingering desire, but the opportunity never came. I like to feel he man. whose address had not been pub­ it was never forgotten. rides with me in that vacant seat, and I am lished. However, the following appeared as "After the war, when l was well past fifty, happy. First Place in that August, 1951 issue, and I I had my first lesson, which was also my “That is why I fly." have received this very interesting 99 s per­ first airplane ride. It was as exciting and Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund Contributions

by Iris C. Critchell, Treasurer

Since its establishment in 1941 fifty nine determined directly from the income re­ proved to be mutually satisfying for many Amelia Earhart Scholarship winners have ceived for that year. Chapter A.E. Scholar­ Ninety Nines and their friends. been assisted to advance their professional ship Chairmen, please note! This deter­ Remember, all these donations are tax positions in aviation and to contribute mination is made in March and depends deductible. widely to aviation as a whole. Your direc­ heavily on the income received from the The A.E. postal cover sales has been an tory lists their names and ratings or goals. chapters by that time. Please try to arrange excellent source of additional scholarship The consistent growth o f these scholar­ your Chapter's action on this in time to funds. A report on this activity was provid­ ships is a direct result of the wisdom of the have donations in as early as possible. ed by Alice Hammond in the november first trustees in establishing the guidelines However, all donations received by June issue of the Newsletter. The Fly-Away from for the fund and the mutual concern of 30, are listed in the report which is ready by Amelia's birthplace at Atchison, Kansas in Ninety Nines everywhere who contribute your A.E. Fund Treasurer at convention. 1963 has netted over $10,600.00 through the annually through their chapters or in­ Financial Statements of the scholarship years. The present Tenth Anniversary Fly- dividually. The trust provides that scholar­ fund accounts are made twice each year Away of July 1973 has already netted over ships be awarded from income only and and are on file with Ninety Nines Head­ $875.00 for the scholarship Trust. that the trust continue to be built up by quarters. one-half the chapter donations and all the Letters from our award winners ex­ special donations, such as In Memoriams, Additional ways for raising funds for the pressing grateful appreciation, and the ac­ etc. As a result the amount available for scholarships have been employed through counts of remarkable accomplishments by scholarships has been up to a record of the years. The profits from the sale of the our award winners everywhere should five $900.00 scholarships for the past two film "Stamp of Friendship," from the sale of make Ninety Nines proud. Let us keep years. A.E. Medals, and from the sale of A.E. First donations coming through "loud and clear" The number of scholarships and the Day Covers have steadily increased. The to help build the future of aviation with amount which can be awarded each year is use of the In Memoriam donations has these talented Ninety Nines

Headquarters Building Fund Contributions Received as of December 1, 1973 $99 Building Club (or more)

Adderson, Van Havice, Lucy T. San Diego Chapter. 99's C ritchell, Iris C. Anderson, Bette S. Heise, Eugenia R. Sasser, Evelyn L. Estep. Dorothy P. Barker, Dorothy L. Hibner, Marilyn P. Shearer, Patricia K Falkenberg, Charlene Barr, Norma M. Jacobson, Wilma M Shonk, Sara E. Fellabaum, Mary Elizabeth Beers, Cy Jetton, Pat Sleeper, Sara Fair Flaum, Donna L. Barnick, Marion Jex, Diane S. South Louisiana Chapter, 99's Fleming, Pauline E. Berkley, Ester Gustafson Johnson, Joy Spielberg, Jeanne G illiland, H. Virginia Bohannan, Kaye Moore Johnson, Ronnie Story, Irma Gillis, Judith E. Bond. Virginia K. Johnson, Valera G. Taliaferro, Esther Davis Greater Seattle Chapter, 99 s Braese, Evelyn B Jones, Hazel McKendrick Thompson, Virginia L. Harstad, Margaret Copeland, Marilyn Keller, “ Mitzi” Tri State Chapter, 99's Holland. Patricia M Cote, Shirley Tanner Kidd, Louise E. Tinker, Adelaide Jensen, Lydia L. Cox, Sally Jean Kilbourne, Mary W. Vass, Kamala S. Kenney, Charlotte Crane, Mardo Laska, Pearl B. Westerman, Carolyn Lambert, Betty Culver. Elsie E. Long, Kathy White, Ann Lane, Pat Davis, Miriam S. Luke, Jackie White, Louise G. Lepore, Marie C. Dawe, Millie Lum, Vada M. W illiam s, Esther J. Mahn, Shirley Dorr, Mary W. Masonhall, Wynema Wilson, Verna L. Mason, Joan E. Downing, B illie M. Mayle, Ruth O. Wray, Helen Heath McKillip. Mary Jane Dunne, Lydia V. McEwen, Pat Wright, Mary Lou McMaster, Maureen Eacret, Doris M. McGuire, Emma Miner, Olive S. Eastern Washington Chapter 99's McNabb, Betty W. Petersen, S. K. Evans, Broneta M ickelsen, Geraldine W. Powell, Barbara L. Feigenbaum, Lois Millon, Jan OTHERS Ridgeway, Sondra Felsen. Gertrude Nance, Garnett Hastings Andrews, Marian T. Santa Clara Valley Chapter 99's Finnish Section, 99's Northwest Section, 99's Bartolet, Hazel E. Saxton, Patty Shea Gillies, Betty N. Page, Tony Banker, Elizabeth Sells. Ruth Ford Glaser, Elizabeth "B" Palmer, Juliet B. Barlia, Betty Simmons, Helen I. Griffing, T. Sue Paynter, Joan Bigelow, Juanda Smith, Nancy E. Griffith, Thon Potter, llovene Bliss, Ruth C. Strassburg, Wanda Hadley, Bonnie Rae Powell, Dorothy M. Blue, M arjorie A. Sullivan, Sandra E. Hagan, Lydiellen N299PT Bonzon, Rachel Them, Lucille E. Hahn, Constance Reed, Betty Jo Butler, M. T. “ M arci” Vial, Mary Hallinan, Henrietta C. Reed, Jacklyn A. Cam pbell, M yrtle M. Walkup, Arlene Harper, Sylvia Irene Sage, Kathleen K. Caryer, Jane H. Wagner, Eleanor I. Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund Special Air Mail Commemorative Covers Alice H. Hammond, Permanent Trustee

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The Tenth Anniversary Amelia Earhart own M arion Andrews, for the July 24, 1963 Amelia missed when she disappeared. Airmail Fly-Away from Atchison, Kansas in First Day issue and Ninety-Nines Fly-Away 68 - 2 July '66 99's official First Day Cover July is how history, and to date has been a of the Amelia Earhart 8c Commemorative with Yosemite 1c stamp added to com­ lucrative source of new income for the Air Mail Stamp from her birthplace, Atchi­ memorate the naming of Mt. Amelia Ear­ Scholarship Trust Fund. With Christmas on son, Kansas. The stamp alone today is hart in Yosemite National Park the way, the 1963 First Day Covers, the 1973 worth 50c. Below is pictured the 1973 16 - 21 May '67 30th Anniversary of Amelia's Tenth Anniversary Covers — available for a Ninety-Nines Cover Commemorating the Solo Atlantic Flight, cancelled 21 May '64 contribution of $2.00 each to the Fund are Tenth Anniversary of the original Fly-Away, at Howland and recancelled 21 May '67 an attractive "stocking stuffer." The rare also one of Marion Andrews' designs. at Seven Oaks, home of Sheila Scott. limited edition covers listed below will These have the current 11c Airmail Coil 9 - 3 June '67 Suriname's commemoration make unusual Christmas, (or birthday or Stamp. (There are about 35 of the "line of the 25th anniversary of Amelia's take what have you) gifts for that someone spe­ pairs" remaining of the original 99 made at off from there on her last flight, with cial at a contribution of $10.00 each! AND $3.00 contribution each — of special inter- Suriname's commemorative Amelia Ear­ REMEMBER, when December 31 rolls As of mid-September the following num­ hart Stamps affixed. around, all of these contributions are ber of the Special A.E. Airmail Covers of deductible for income tax purposes! which only 100 each were prepared: As most of you know, a First Day Cover is Any of you or your friends who wish any a specially designed envelope prepared for 44 - 24 July '63 First Day Cover auto­ of the above Special or regular covers for cancellation by the Post Office at the place graphed by the 6 Charter Ninety-Nines themselves or for gifts, should send their a new stamp is first issued, and these are who flew them out of Atchison on that checks made out to "Amelia Earhart prized by the collectors. A Commemorative day. Memorial Scholarship Fund, 99's" to Alice Cover is one prepared to spotlight a certain 4 -17 Mar. '64 Flown Round the World and H. Hammond, 15 Oakdale Drive, Millville, occasion, not necessarily the first day of autographed by Joan Merriam Smith, re­ NJ 08332, with a self-addressed, stamped the issue of a new stamp. These are also cancelled at Oakland, CA and Lae, New size 10 envelope. Remember, the Regulars collected by the stamp enthusiasts. Pic­ Guinea. are available for $2.00 contribution each, tured here are, top — the Official Ninety- 13 - 21 May '64 The only mail ever post­ the line pairs $3.00 each, and the Specials Nines First Day Cover, designed by our marked at Howland Island, the landfall $10.00 each on a first come basis. Taking off to high adventure or just sitting expectantly out on the ramp, your aircraft deserves a finish as beautiful as its classic profile. . . and tough enough to withstand the test of time. □ ALUMIGRIP meets the challenge. □ No other aircraft coating can match ALUMIGRIP'S outstanding adhesion, gloss and color retention. Better yet, ALUMIGRIP eliminates the backbreaking chore of constant waxing to keep that classic sparkle . . . just wash with soap and water. □ Add to these features ALUMIGRIP'S industry-wide reputation for consistent quality, and it’s easy to see why an ALUMIGRIP finish is an investment, not an expense. It almost pays for itself in the increased resale value of your aircraft. To find out more, write today.

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A new series of three classic aircraft lithographs, including this Swift, is available now from U.S. Paint You may order this new series, plus the original U.S. PAINT series — a total of six classics in all — for just $2 00 If you LACQUER & prefer, you may specify either set of three for $1 25. CHEMICAL COMPANY Whether you fly a classic Swift or a new production line model, aviation's future is your future Watch our 2101 SINGLETON STREET corporate ad series for ST LO UIS M ISSOURI 63103 (3141 621 05 2 5 ways you can make that future brighter And send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for our free button "Speak Up For Aviation" Snapped in Singapore 23rd September, 1973

L to R: Ghisleine Bodereau, French glider pilot who is taking power flying lessons in Singapore, in between tracking satelites. Frances Haube, American and new 99 Member-at-large — gained her Private Pilot's License in July, in Singapore. Janet Ferguson, British Chapter, who arrived on 23rd ferrying a Britten Norman Islander from the U.K. Pat Kelley Shearer, Aloha Chapter, and International Membership Chairman, on a visit to Singapore with her folks. Layne Glanville-Williams, Member-at- large, Singapore based. Chapter Personalities

Dotty Birdsong

Dotty Birdsong, effervescent 99 of the Florida Suncoast Chapter, recently visited Japan with her 49 1/2 Charles. She immedi­ ately looked up Japan's only 99, Yae Nozoki, who lives in Tokyo. To quote Dotty: "Yae is the Director of Aeronautics, an ac­ tive pilot of at least thirty years, who flies many different makes of planes including Zeros. She speaks very good English, is tiny in stature, and was delighted to meet another 99. " The two exchanged pins — Dotty offer­ ing Yae a choice of four different 99 pins. The diminutive pilot selected the silver Compass Rose Pin (offered for sale by the Greater New York Chapter — see listing in Roster). Yae pinned Dotty with a distinctive Japan Women Pilot Association Pin — a J with wings in white on a red background. Dotty Birdsong is a very active pilot and 99 member. She has flown in seven con­ secutive Powder Puff Derbies, has a Com­ mercial, Instrument certificates, with Single Yae Nozoki, Japan's only 99, receives a Greater New York Chapter silver Compass Rose Pin and Multi-Engine Land and Sea ratings, from Dotty Birdsong of the Florida Suncoast Chapter. Dotty wears the Japan Pilot and some 1,600 hours flying time. She is Association pin given her by Yae. continued on page 11

Jean McLaughlin

Jean McLaughlin delighted her chapter with a diary of a trip she and her 49 1/2 Francis made, flying their own single en­ gine aircraft to Costa Rica, which she en­ titled. Diary of a Glad Housewife. Space does not permit us to run the whole Diary, so a few quotes will give an idea of her style. “6:00 a.m. The sky is still dark but sprink­ led with stars and what a day to head south — temperature about 0 degrees F and a fresh couple inches of snow. Learning to pack is quite an education — you put out just the bare essentials and then cut it in half. A toothbrush and swimsuit are really all that's necessary. Girls, let your hair blow like the natives — it feels wonderful after years of teasing and hair spray.” Jean McLaughlin, member of the Central Illinois Chapter, demonstrates to student, Shirley continued on page 11 Janssen, who is a "66," one of the important preflight inspections. NOMINATING COMMITTEE by Garnett Nance, Chairman

ATTENTION: All 99 members. Our mem­ nomination to International Offices for History and one copy of the Acceptance bership is growing and we have extremely 1974-1975. Last year, only 44 Chapters Form. They must be in the hands of the In­ important projects, both currently and up­ (33%) submitted a partial or complete ternational Nominating Committee Chair­ coming, including the new International Nominating Ballot. We must do better than man by March 1st. This all has to be co­ Headquarters Building in Oklahoma City this with our privilege of selecting our ordinated between all members of the and the new Aerospace Museum Building leaders. Nominating Committee and work complet­ in Dayton. We must continue to strive for Your Chapter Chairman should have re­ ed for report to the Executive Board at the top-level leadership. We sincerely trust that ceived copies of forms to be printed in the Spring Board Meeting. Therefore we urge your Chapter is giving some priority at this News. If not, you may make copies. Each your promptness — time is of the essence. time toward choosing candidates for Nominee should prepare six copies of her Thanks.

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International Nominating Committee Member: ______U. Mail in time to arrive BEFORE March 1, 197**. International LATE NEWS FLASH: Flying Activities by Charlene Falkanberg, Chairman Powder Puff Derby Where To Fly Hey gals! Let's get rid of the mid-winter hum-drums. Let's go flying. If you live in the Zapped This Year center of our country why not visit "Hot Springs National Park." in Arkansas. You due to the Energy Crisis. Further news in later issues. will land at beautiful Memorial Field; it's by Marion Andrews equipped with tower operating from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. You will find it on the Chairman Kay Brick, I am happy to Race Route. Whether or not it is to be or Memphis Sectional. There is ample lodging report, was able to go on the "Treasure not to be remains to be seen; at the nearby with transportation available. Spend Hunt" to the Bahamas and will be stopping moment, it sure looks doubtful. a delightful weekend at this resort which in Fla. to enjoy the warmer clime for a few Kay reports that there is just out a color­ has been famed since DeSoto found Indian days. Kay says: "Outside my hospital there ful illustrated hard cover book entitled, tribes sharing the healing hot waters in was a sign which says, Give Life a Lift.' 1541. The attractions for your partaking are "Great Flying Adventures" which contains That's just what you 99s have done for me exciting accounts, and photographs, of "11 clean air, green mountains, golf courses, with your cards, gifts and prayers. I am true aviation exploits." While written for the sparkling lakes to name a few. most grateful to each and every one of young, all pilots will enjoy them, and For those who have memories of the you!” Our other patient in for modifications, especially the one about Joan Steinberger Powder Puff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Lois Fairbank. is back to work and doing in the Powder Puff Derby. The final why not fly up to Calgary, drive to Banff fine. paragraph in the book in the chapter. and spend some time at the huge Banff We welcome aboard Alma Hitchings as a "What Happened to Them Later,” also Hotel. For ski buffs the Canadian Rockies new member of the AWTAR Board of Direc­ refers to our Joanie. It's a good buy at are all you need. Also you will find related tors. $1.95. Author is Sherwood Harris. Published activies and a full slate of entertainment. Marion Banks, Wanda Cummings, and by Random House, N.Y. 1973. Look up our 99, Eleanor Bailey when visit­ Barbara Evans were off trailblazing the AND don't forget to read, and gift, ing her stomping grounds. race route before the oil wells went dry. "Ladies, Rev Up Your Engines" by Mardo The Chicago sectional will be needed to With the exception of Toledo, all stops Crane. AWTAR, Inc.. Teterboro, New Jer­ fly to a particularly attractive dining spot for sey 07608 w ill rush you a copy for $3.25 — the family. The "Don Q Inn” is located two have been checked out. You can get your charts and dream anyway about the 1974 proceeds to the race fund. miles north of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. The proprietor, Don Quinn is a pilot and con­ structed the adjacent airport that is within walking distance. Unicom is 12218 — lighted runway — hangar — fuel and tie­ fly in g and sScuba ^Divincf down available. Just announce — "A Ninety-Nine is coming in." If you have a by Mary Foley very favorite spot for a fly-in send your In­ ternational Flying Activities Chairman a Effects due to evolved gases, or dys- gases form bubbles in the tissues, usually line and we will try to share your find. barism, and principally caused by nitrogen when the diver has ascended too rapidly to and other gases escaping from solution in the surface or the diver continues ascent the blood and other body fluids during by taking off in a plane. Coming Events flights in excess of 30,000 feet. Most of the Depending upon their location and quan­ aircraft flown by general aviation pilots are tity, these bubbles produce the major symp­ Feb. 12, 13, 14, 1974 — FAA Flight Instruc­ incapable of attaining ithis altitude. How­ toms of dysbarism. It is believed that the tor Revalidation Clinic (Instrument & Air­ ever, there are instances which dysbarism symptoms of bends are produced by bub­ plane) at Rochelle's Motel & Convention can occur at lower altitudes. Of particular bles which collect in the tissues about Center — entrance to LGB Airport — interest in the relationship between scuba bones, joints and muscles causing pain. 3333 Lakewood Blvd.. Long Beach, Ca. diving and susceptibility to dysbarism. Other less frequent manifestations of dys­ Sporsored by Long Beach 99s. Fee $35, Symptoms of dysbarism have occurred in barism include chest pain accompanied by includes materials and lunch. Contact aircrew members at altitudes as low as a sense of suffocation and severe distress, Rita Gibson, 5505 Fidler Ave., Lakewood, 7,000 feet. These individuals had been skin symptoms such as tingling, itching Ca. 90712. (212) 866-8419. scuba diving immediately before the flight. and cold and warm sensations. Impairment April 5, 6 & 7, 1974 — Southeast Spring At sea level the average adult body con­ of vision, headache, partial paralysis, and Section. Annette Rogers, Kitty Hawk, tains approximately 1 liter of nitrogen and other disturbances have also occurred. N.C. other gases in dissolved form. Under water, As scuba diving increases susceptibility April 27-May 14, 1974 — Southwest Spring as the pressure increases, the dissolved to dysbarism during flight, the Military Air­ Sectional. Pat Shearer. Hawaii gases are compressed. In addition, breath­ lift Command requires all aircrew members August 21-25, 1974 — International Con­ ing from a scuba tank adds more dissoved participating in scuba diving to a depth be­ vention. Cy Beers, Puerto Rico gases to the body fluids. low 15 feet within 12 hours of a flight to ob­ Sept. 27, 28, 29,1974 — Southeast Fall Sec­ The efforts of evolved gases are pro­ tain medical clearance if they are to be fly­ tion. Betty Hood, Marco Island, FI. duced by the change in the total baro­ ing in an aircraft with a cabin altitude May 24, 25, 26, 1974 — Champaign, Illinois metric pressure of the environment. Under­ greater than 5,000 feet. — 6th Annual llli-Nines Air Derby — water, the rate of increase in barometric The Navy's rule is somewhat different: speed and proficiency categories — pressure is extremely rapid. The barometric "The general rule of 12 shall be applied: no open to male and female pilots — spot pressure doubles at a depth of only 33 feet, flight above 12,000 feet for 12 hours follow­ landing contest — fun filled weekend — and increases rapidly with increasing ing a scuba dive of 12 feet or more." (U.S. for information contact Mrs. Von Alter, depth. Naval Flight Surgeon's Manual, 1968) 904 Pius Lane. Bettendorf, Iowa 52722, As the diver ascends to the surface, Enough time must be allowed at sea Race Kits $1.00 sponsored by the these added gases come out of solution in level, breathing air, to wash out the excess Quad City, Central Illinois & Chicago the body fluids, and ordinarily are lost in nitrogen and other gases which have been area chapters. respiration. Difficulties arise when the stored in the tissues during the dive. The 99s Bicentennial Star Program 1973 July 1976

by Fay Gillis Wells, Chairman

In July of this year, the American Revolu­ Birthday celebration. SPARKLER — Fay Gillis Wells, Washing­ tion Bicentennial Commission (ARBC) As Chairperson is too impersonal for ton, D C . awarded official recognition to the Bicen­ such a special Birthday Party, the heads of Each and every Ninety-Nine should be tennial Program of the Ninety-Nines. The the 99s Committees for the five facets of aware that awareness of and active partici­ program was officially launched on July 24 the Star are called "Sparklers," for their pation in every aspect of the Star Program at the Second Flyaway at Atchison where leadership not only sparks their com­ will contribute toward our goals of involv­ we broke ground for the International mittees, but makes them sparkle as well. ing the people of the world and promoting Forest of Friendship, drew up plans to in­ The Sparklers and their Committees are: international goodwill; will contribute to the stall international airmarking signs, and for THE INTERNATIONAL FOREST OF national ecology and beautification efforts, an extensive clean-up and beautification FRIENDSHIP — Jerry Roberts, Hadden leaving behind a Forest that will grow into program concentrating on airports in con­ Heights, N.J.; THE INTERNATIONAL America's third century; and will focus on nection with the "Clean-Up America" drive. WOMEN'S AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM — the continuing contribution of women to We plan to generate interest in "See the Bernice Steadman, Travers City, Michigan; excellence in aviation. All of these efforts USA" and to participate in the Bicentennial AIRMARKING — Pauline Glasson, Corpus will bring us closer to making the Bicen­ "Invitation to the World." Christi, Texas; CLEANUP-BEAUTIFLYCA- tennial a meaningful event for all Ameri­ Our Star Program is separated into five TION WITH JOHNNY HORIZON — Virginia cans. facets — one for each point of the Bicen­ "Gini" Richardson, Yakima, Washington; IN THE SPIRIT OF '76 - " . . . LET IT tennial Star, the heart of the Red, White INVITATION TO THE WORLD — Jean Ross BEGIN WITH ME" and Blue logo, symbolizing America's 200th Howard, Washington, D.C.; GENERAL International Air Age Education Notams Valera Johnson, Interna­ by Linda M. Hooker, Chairman tional Scrapbook Chairman,

With less favorable flying conditions set­ Also available from the NAEA is a series of reminds Chapters to send tling in on most of us during these winter 10 black and white captioned pictures en­ copies of everything — news months, why not do that Air Age Education titled "The Wright Brothers' Portfolio” for write-ups, photos, letters, project you have been planning to do but $1.00 per set. Surround the "Flyer" with this just have not had time for during the holi­ series of pictures. Offer to assist your chapter programs, all types day season. January and February are par­ librarian in pulling a number of books on of historical news relating to ticularly good months for such AAE proj­ aviation (i.e. books about the Wright ects as a library display. Nearly every Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia the 99s — for inclusion of school and public library will be most re­ Earhart, Jacqueline Cochran (one of our importance in our own ceptive to having an aviation display put up own 99s), Jacqueline Auriol, Eddie Ricken- somewhere in the library. For those of you backer. Robert H. Goddard, etc.) and place scrapbook. And, please do it who may be at a loss as to where to start, I on a shelf under or adjacent to your Now. Address: 525 S. Main offer the following suggestion. display. Add to this any aviation magazines Assemble a "Birth of Aviation" display you may have around the house, a copy of Street, St. Clair, Mo. 63077. featuring the Wright Brothers' first flight. the FARs, any flight training manuals or For this display there is an excellent brochures (i.e. Private Pilots Handbooks, 16"x20'' poster called ‘ The Wright Commercial Training manual, Instrument (Ed. note: The heading New Hori­ Brothers' Flyer" (black and white) available flight manual, Careers in Aviation, etc.), zons refelcts the belief that death is for $1.00 from the National Aerospace Edu­ and BINGO you have a library display. In a horizon toward which we all fly, cation Association which would make a addition to this, those of you who are am­ even though this new adventure is very nice center for you to work around. bitious may want to consider constructing brought about by diverse causes. In one of the model airplane kits available of a sense it is a flight from the "bonds the Wright Brothers' "Kittyhawk” to add to of earth" to unknown "New Hori­ your display. This project can be very edu­ A VIA TIO N INSURANCE: Serving the zons.") cational for you as well as others. Northeast with unsurpassed service, rates, This type of display can be rotated to Flying on to and companies for 26 years. Fixed base other school and public libraries in your operators, corporations or private own­ area. It could also be placed in the lobby or NEW HORIZONS ers call collect for a quotation. Richard reception room at your local airport, your J. Berlow & Co., Inc., Teterboro Airport, dentist or doctor's office, or just about Jo Ann Steiert, Los Angeles Chap­ Teterboro, N.J. 07608 (201) 288-1091. anywhere that people gather. ter, Nov., 1973, died in a crash on Remember, a little imagination can go a takeoff from Brackett Field. (A me­ long way and it, combined with an Air Age morial has been established by the Education project could be the beginning Los Angeles Chapter to which you r n r r p il o t ’s of a new and exciting adventure for you as may contribute. See Los Angeles rnLL CATALOG well as others. Chapter report.) To order the above-mentioned Wright Christine M. Ruck, member of the Brothers material, write: Tucson Chapter of the Southwest National Aerospace Education Association Section, killed in a night flight crash Send to: SPORTY’S PILOT SHOP 806 15th Street, N.W. CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT the Costal mountains on November Batavia, Ohio 45103 Washington, D.C. 20005 15th. (See Tucson Chapter report.) phone (513) 732-2411 Join NAEA TODAY!!! It is well worth the $10.00 membership fee. Officially. Greater Seattle Chapter. N.W. tive organization — granted, with slightly Briefly they are: (1) APT — current medical Section is 100% APT — the first Chapter to specialized interests. We have capable, and valid pilot's license. Would mean a achieve that elusive goal, voluntarily. Con­ elected representatives. We project a favor­ flight review or checkride at least bien­ gratulations! The Columbian Orchid. able image to the rest of the world — that nially. Would be requirement for joining. (2) Australian and French Sections are 100% of an active group of independent, prog­ Sustaining — lapsed medical or pilot's APT, by their countries' regs. Mde. de ressive, non-militant, adventurous women. license. (3) Life — generally same as in Beauregard, Governor of the French Sec­ ^No one is ever ashamed of having a pilot's current roster. tion tells me they have a required annual license!) Note: all rights and privileges now ex­ checkride and medical plus a minimum of If we are to protect that image and the tended to 99s including voting and holding three hours flite time per six months. organization to which we proudly belong, office will be the same for all 3 categories. New England APT Chairmen please note: we need to do more than reap the social However only APT 99s may hold Interna­ Sue Stidham will continue to serve as Sec­ benefits. Each of us has two basic duties. tional office. tion APT Chairman! (Listing Joan Burley in (1) to keep proficient in our flying and (2) to The terms APT and Sustaining are tenta­ the roster in that capacity was done by participate in the 99s by pondering the tive only. The old terms Active and Inactive gremlins thereby proving Murphy's Law.) issues, giving our opinions and voting to would be deleted. (Once a 99. always a 99.) Sue's address is 3204 M ossrock Dr. No. elect representatives who execute our The Resolutions Committee will prepare 106, Austin, Texas 78758. decisions. the resolution for action by the duly elected How the energy crisis and the mammoth, Currently circulating, there is a letter delegates to the Convention in August in monstrous cutback in fuel for general avia­ from me addressed to the International Puerto Rico. Meantime, it behooves each of tion will affect all of us is unpredictable Board of Directors and all Governors re­ us to write suggestions to the Board and right now. I suggest getting APT early in commending the modernization of the re­ Resolutions Committee, to discuss the pro­ 1974 before your favorite instructor finds quirements for membership status. (There posal in advance, to elect responsible dele­ other employment! have been no m ajor changes since 1929.) I gates who would vote for you according to Like everyone in the U.S., I too am dis- won't take the space to give the back­ the discussion at the Convention (please trubed by the lack of trust and confidence ground but you can obtain a copy of the don't tie their hands!) Instead of bogging there is in elected public officials. We all letter from your Governor or Section APT down in volumes of words at Convention, have an opinion and hindsight about what Chairman. This proposal was reviewed by let's choose the right words ahead of time, should or might have been done or not the Board at their November meeting, when offer constructive suggestions to the done. And we feel helpless and voiceless. it was recommended to change the present Resolutions Committee to assist them. We I feel that in 99s we have a healthy, ac­ membership categories to only three. must modernize now!

When You Are In Chapter Personalities who called the owner of the hotel and he continued from page 7 immediately came out to help us. In the Dotty Birdsong meantime, our captain had told the men in the tower of our situation and one of them Please Call Us President of Birdsong Beechcraft in took over. "Do not worry. You will not have Pat Kelley Shearer Tampa. Florida, where her husband to return today as it would be too danger­ 847-6752 or 922-5022 Charles, also a pilot, usually has his Bird­ ous." He and our two men took a taxi to the Trippi Ahrens song Motors business as sponsor for his boss of immigration's home (you see this 373-2609 wife's racing activities. Dotty is a youthful- all happened at siesta time and he was Betty Skold looking mother of three, and grandmother napping), where he told them he would be 949-4908 of four. back in his office at 4:00. Sure enough, by Florence Beamon Jean McLaughlin 4:15 we had visas for four days, which is 395-5482 Another one: “Really thought we were what we had wanted." , WE WOULD LOVE TO going to spend some more time in Costa Although for this trip Jean was “just a HEAR FROM YOU! Rica because when we arrived at San An­ housewife," she is also dedicated to avia­ dreas without visas which we have not tion. She has been flying for thirteen years yet had (only passports) and everyone as­ logging some 4,500 hours, and has her CFI, Flying sured were not necessary, immigration told as well as ATP ratings. Most of her enjoy­ us we could not stay! We asked could any­ ment in flying she wants to pass along to thing be done, anyone we could call — wives of pilots who are “scared." She con­ VOR only "no." Now I must tell you, in case you ducts her own mini-AOPA pinch-hitter, and ever run into a similar problem, that it was has achieved some remarkable results — Manual $1.25 about 2:00 p.m. My husband went to the as for instance, a man who had been flying The most compact, complete pocket tower to file a return flight plane, while the for nine years, and after Jean gave the wife guide to flying VOR. 55 pages. four hours of her "course," she went flying Clearly illustrated. Easy to read and airplane's owner tried to purchase fuel. The understand. Send check or money fuel truck was busy and each minute count­ with him on a trip for the first time! order, no stamps or COD’S, to ed as the clouds were building over the Jean and 49 1/2 Francis (who also has Bendix Avionics Division, Dept. pass through which we must return and his ATP and 20,000 hours) have three chil­ 390 P.O. Box 9414, Fort Lauderdale, thunderstorms plus darkness would soon dren, and one grandbaby. He was her in­ Florida 33310. prevent our return. My girlfriend and I ran structor, and they still fly together for the into a captain on a DC-7 from the states “ fun " of it. N ew M embers N ovember, I B 7 3

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Margaret A (Dale L ) Tucson Virginia Beach. VA 23452 616-887-7172 1504 Culbertson Schock. Margaret G (Ray) 804-340-2964 Minnesota Worland. WY 82401 3383 North Chapel Wash. DC Them. Lucille E (Royal G.) 307-347-2551 Tucson. AZ 85716 Mahle. Evelyn (Christoph) PO Box 347 SOUTHWEST SECTION 602-325-5185 VOLUNTARY FUEL REDUCTION

If you’re going to get maximum use of your airplane in the current Energy Crisis, you’re going to have to conserve your fuel — make your available fuel go further. Here are ten ideas to help:

1 KEEP GROUND OPERATIONS TO A M INIMUM. Substantial fuel can be saved by reducing the time that the airplane is operated on the ground. A call to the tower before starting the engines, re­ duced taxi power and a short run-up time before takeoff will all result in fuel saving. 2. CLIMB EFFICIENTLY. Use the speeds recommended in your owner's manual Lean your engine during climb — your owner's manual tells you how. Higher powers are normally used during climb and fuel is consumed at a high rate. During this time — proper leaning can result in sub­ stantial fuel savings. 3. FLY HIGH. For a given power setting true air speed increases with altitude, resulting in more miles per gallon of fuel. Light airplanes can gain from 5% to 10% additional gasoline mileage by operating at higher altitudes. Don't fly at an altitude where the speed gain is offset by unfavorable winds. 4. RIDE THE WINDS. Ask for winds aloft information and take advantage of altitudes where favor­ able winds are available. This can save substantial fuel. For example, a 20 mph tail wind adds 10% to a 200 mph airplane resulting in a 10% savings in fuel. If you throttle back to travel at the same speeds, you’ll still save 10%.

5. THROTTLE BACK. The use of lower power settings is the most important single thing that can be done on every trip to substantially reduce fuel consumption with only a small increase in trip tim e. Generally, the total fuel consumption on any given trip will be reduced by approximately 12% to 15% by selecting 55% power instead of 75%. Although the percent of savings varies slightly from model to model, the rule applies to single or multiengine planes. The additional time added for each 100 miles of cruise flight will average only four to six minutes.

6. FLY A STRAIGHT LINE. Planning so that your flight will be direct to the airport closest to your destination is a very simple matter when flying VFR and very practical when operating IFR by requesting direct routing and enroute vectors. Modern navigation equipment can be effectively utilized to fly direct and shorten the miles between points. 7. KNOW YOUR AIRPLANE. Your owner's manual contains many pages of operating and mainte­ nance information about the most efficient and reliable use of your airplane. Particular attention is called to the cruise performance charts, which establish power settings for maximum range and endurance of your airplane. Knowing this information can give you substantial fuel savings 8. MAINTAIN YOUR AIRPLANE. Good mechanical condition of your airplane is very important for ef­ ficient operation and, therefore, the best use of fuel. Even cleanliness is important. A clean ex­ terior, especially on the wing leading edges, results in better fuel economy. Place your airplane in the hands of your dealer for proper care. 9. PLAN AHEAD. Time spent on the ground in flight planning will avoid needless delays on the ground, unnecessary fuel stops and other conditions that can be wasteful of time and fuel. 10. FILL EMPTY SEATS. Whether it’s company flight operations or an individual business trip, a little effort in coordinating and scheduling can provide many miles of travel with no additional use of fuel by filling empty seats.

Your lig h t Airplane is one of the most energy- efficient forms of transportation available — much better than most cars.

Use your airplane. It’s a responsible use of fuel. Southwest Section ARIZONA - CALIFORNIA Chapter fteoorfe HAWAII - NEVADA - UTAH

BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER "Toys-for-Tots" sharing and giving ex­ some things That's right, one new future Margaret Harps, Reporter perience — one of the true reasons for pilot born into our family this month, Bakersfield 99s hosted the coffee break Christmas Lynn Coulthard's movies from November. It's boy-type, eligible for the for the F A.A. safety seminar in Nov. for her two months stay in Australia provided status of 49 1/2er. some 400 pilots. They plan to do the same part of the festivities. In September, your Greater Ogden Area for a Dec. safety program. This will be the LETS ALL KEEP FLYING — AND FLY Chapter held a fly-in on 15th. Much to 4th seminar and with an increase in atten­ APT THIS COMING YEAR. our surprise since we organized it rather dance from about 100 to an anticipated 500 quickly, we had a marvelous turn-out. for the next meeting. FRESNO CHAPTER Thanks to all local aviation lovers, and Charlene Mackessey is now receiving Betty Martin, Reporter members of the Experimental Aircraft congratulations on her instrument rating. We are still recovering from our Assoc. We were supposed to be open only Maxine Turner has been chosen by the Halloween dance on October 27. It was a 12 noon to 4 p.m. but we were so busy Taft Business and Professional Women's great success both socially and financially. having fun showing off our completed room Club for the "Woman of Achievement" On November 27 and 28 we assisted the that the time flew and it was nearly 7 p.m. award. Maxine has been working for FAA with Operation Raincheck. before we closed our doors on a lovely and Crocker National Bank for the past 23 There has not been much flying lately interesting afternoon. years, holding the position of utility clerk. due to weather. Lois and Jerry Beeler flew It also happened that Fran Hammond, Maxine has a commercial rating and has to Arizona for Thanksgiving. our newest member pilot, was marrying off just earned her instructor's rating. She is As reported last month, most of us are a daughter that day. working on an instrument rating. APT and it is certainly a very nice feeling Our October meeting was held at the Maxine and Ted. who is also a pilot, have Sherwood Hills Inn in the lovely scenery of a new Cherokee 140. Add a son and a Brigham City Canyon. Fall had put on its daughter to the family and you know loveliest dress for the 99 Birthday dinner. Maxine keeps busy. Among the evening's events, was present­ Members of our chapter enjoyed a dis­ ing Maurine Shurtleff. now happily Mrs. cussion and film on parachuting by Joan Don Baird of Brigham City, with a wedding Emmack, former member of the U.S. present. We also had the pleasure of meet­ women's parachute team. Following the ing and greeting Betty Vandergraff. who discussion they saw parachutes packed at though licensed, has not been active in fly­ Art Armstrong's hangar called "the Loft." ing fields for many years. We hope she will Art is owner of the Taft School of Sport seriously consider taking an active part in Parachuting Art then arranged for the 99s the 99s. to watch students jump. Joan do a "style" November brought Frank Moreno, tower jump. and. to see the precision jump of the operator, to our humble abode to discuss new "square" parachute. With winds aloft "procedures" with us. We were happy to of 25 knots, it proved very interesting. welcome our newest member. Ruth Ken­ Voline Dodgson in left seat ready to take drick. Joan Winterling and hubby Skip will EL CAJON VALLEY CHAPTER check ride with instructor, Judy Eggleston. be moving to Hawthorne, Nevada on or Helen M. McGee, Reporter about Jan. 1, 1974. We will miss you. Joan Our Vice Chairman. June O'Neill, who is and Skip, and wish you much happiness in presently living and working at Grand your new home. Canyon in all the beauty of pines, snow and We are pleased to mention that our Arizona, invites all her friends to fly in for a talented and energetic chairman. Joan few days of fun and relaxation with her. Williams, has started a chapter newsletter Santa Monica's 50th anniversary dinner which keeps us all informed of local hap­ dance in November at Hughes Hangar was penings between meetings. We. though jammed with pilots, parachute jumpers, small in membership, have a most interest­ wing walkers, astronauts, and all aviation ing group of people! oriented friends sharing stories, dancing To all of you, from the Greater Ogden the Charleston, antique airplanes and cars; Area 99s. A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY Helen McGee representing this chapter SEASON! also enjoyed Arthur Godfrey's comments MC-ing. LAS VEGAS VALLEY CHAPTER Dottie Sanders is presently in the Ba­ Liz Heller, Reporter hamas flying co-pilot for Jan Gammel of The chapter started off their airmarking Denver, participating in the Treasure Hunt season by repainting the marking at North Air Race. Also from the San Diego area en­ Las Vegas Air Terminal. Those helping joying the sunshine with them, are Marian Fresno Chapter Chairman, Theola Nutt, were Marie McMillan with 49 1/2er Mac and Banks and Wanda Cummings. They receiving Safety Pin from Jack Patrick of Gofer Jeff. Bonnie Clayton with her celebrated in New Orleans on Thanks­ FAA. 49 1/2er Don. Lois Erickson. Nancy Schir- giving Day with southern turkey and made mer. Nancy Craddock, Liz Heller. Betty it to the Grand Bahamas before race entry GREATER OGDEN AREA CHAPTER Slater, Honey Pyes, Carole Vilardo and deadline. Lei Howard, Reporter Jane Leighty. Vi Chambers. Virginia Renn, Chuck and Hi, once again. Due to an upset in our Marie McMillan ferried a Cessna 150 Doris Taylor flew to Santa Barbara on a membership I now have the dubious from the factory in Wichita to Las Vegas recent Sunday on a DRF flight. pleasure of writing for the chapter. I say recently. During the Thanksgiving holidays, Lynn dubious because we might be the smallest Lois Erickson and Nancy Craddock are Coulthard flew Betty Wharton of the San chapter right now or at least close to it but working on their instrument ratings. Marie Diego Chapter and her husband Claude to we have the busiest people any chapter McMillan will be taking her commercial Concord to pick up her plane, stranded can have. checkride very shortly. there since the October PAR. Vi and Larry Since we have been so busy I must We had a good turnout at the last Chambers on their way to Sacramento to report three months' activities at once. meeting to hear Win Karish, safety visit friends at the same time, exchanged Some of this is due to the fact that I have specialist of the GADO office, speak. Short­ plane-to-plane greetings. become terribly absent-minded. When you ly we will be welcoming some of the Long A joint Christmas party with the San are a grandmother for the first time you Beach Chapter members on their fly-in to Diego Chapter was highlighted with a perhaps can be forgiven for overlooking Vegas. Powder Puff Will Yield to Fuel Shortage Race Cancelled for 1974

In view of the national emergency with regard to the fuel shortage, the board of directors of the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race has voted to cancel the 1974 Powder Puff Derby. The race had been scheduled to take off from Riverside Municipal Airport, Riverside, California, on June 29, 1974 and to terminate at Boyne Mountain Airport, Boyne Falls, Michigan. Designated airports en- route were to have been Casa Grande Municipal Airport at Casa Grande, Arizona; El Paso Interna­ tional Airport, El Paso, Texas; a must-stop at Hale County Airport, Plainview, Texas; Riverside Air­ port, Tulsa, Oklahoma; a must-stop at Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska; Quad City Air­ port, Moline, Illinois; Toledo Express Airport, Toledo, Ohio for a total of 2,588.53 statute miles. The initial trailblazing of the route was done in November and high enthusiasm among all those involved along the way was evident. It is with the deepest regret that the decision to cancel the 28th Annual Powder Puff Derby was necessary.

Commemorative Powder Puff Derby Album to be Issued to Maintain AWTAR Continuity

Once the decision was made to cancel for 1974, the prime concern became how best to keep the Powder Puff Derby alive, both in spirit and in fact. On the practical side, some expenses have al­ ready been incurred for 1974 and there are year-round maintenance costs for which commitments have already been made. Equally important was the question of carrying forward the AWTAR pur­ poses in a year with no race.

The Powder Puff Derby Commemorative Album, to be published in July in an 8 1/2 x 11 magazine format, will help realize both goals in keeping AWTAR a vital on-going organization. The album will include a complete AWTAR history, a review of each year’s race, photographs of people and places, and much, much more. The Board will be happy to consider all suggestions for material to be in­ cluded. Perhaps you may wish to write a letter on the meaning of AWTAR to you; excerpts from rep­ resentative letters will be included in the album.

If you have participated in even one Powder Puff Derby — as a contestant, as a 99 committee member along the route, or as a spectator, this album will revive half-forgotten memories. If you have not yet participated, we hope this album will serve as an invitation to join in when AWTAR takes to the air again. “Let it happen to you." A Message from AWTAR:

With the greatest reluctance, I must announce that there will be no Powder Puff Derby in 1974. You can imagine, I am sure, the soul-searching which preceded this most difficult decision. The pull of the heartstrings was in one direction but the weight of reason was in another.

And now I would ask your help in keeping AWTAR alive in both spirit and in fact. A Powder Puff Derby Commemorative Album is being planned to accomplish this dual purpose.

I invite your participation in the preparation of the Powder Puff Derby Commemorative Album, and I urge you to order one or more copies at pre-publication prices. In this way you will have a chance to relive moments of past races and to keep the AWTAR alive for future races.

AWTAR/AII-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, New Jersey 07608

Dear AWTAR Board,

Please reserve me copies of the Powder Puff Derby Commemorative Album at the pre­ publication price of $7.50 (postpaid) □ I am enclosing payment now. □ I will send pay­ ment before June 1, 1974. Name______Address______City/State/Zip______Orders and remittances postmarked later than June 1, 1974 should be in the amount of $12.50 (post-publication price.)

Note to previous AWTAR contestants: If you would like to have your picture included in the special section on contestants, please fill out the form below and send us a black and white picture of yourself (either taken when you raced, or a current one) along with an additional $2.50 (total of $10.00) for half-tone processing. Must be received before March 15, 1974. Name when contestant ______

Name now (if different from above)______

Years raced______— Brief Aviation biography (be sure to include ratings, hours, memberships, type of aircraft flown, where you placed, etc.)------

These thumbnail sketches will add valuable information to our files. LONG BEACH CHAPTER the Northern Arizona chapter, who intro­ forget. Jean Pyatt, Reporter duced the speaker. Lynn Ahrens and Nina Rookaird visited We welcome new members Nancy Bray. the Hamilton Field CAP meeting. It is a very Shirley Brown, and Carol Gooler. Nancy at­ ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER active group. tended the Pinchhltter Mechanic Course at Darlene Brundage, Reporter Plans for the Christmas Party and visiting Northrup Institute of Technology in Novem­ June 29 is the current word in Orange the Physiological Chamber at Castle were ber, which was sponsored by the Los County and in Riverside, California The made. Angeles Chapter. We're glad Adele Young PPD Start is the main topic. We finally Nina Rookaird attended the FAA Clinic in has rejoined our chapter. Sandy Critchell agreed on what we are going to wear, a Concord at the Sheraton. Ken Garland has received her Instrument Rating and major decision, and are still working on spoke on care and treatment of engines. become engaged to George Clary, a Test what we are going to do. Amid all the meet­ Coral Bloom, Sacramento Chapter, was Engineer at Rohr as well as an instructor at ings and pointed conversations, the chief holding her Diablo Valley College ground Bates Arrow. Congratulations to Angela decisions arrived at are that we will do school class there that night, also. Janet Allbeck presented the Chapter's Masson and Nina Laughbaum for placing whatever is necessary or within our power Woman of the Year Award to Louise Ram­ second in the Kachina Doll Race. Jean to get the race pointed from Riverside to Pyatt has passed the CFI written examina­ Boyne Mountain, Michigan next summer. sey. Congratulations. The news reporter will have the picture in the 99 News if the tion. Our Vixen Frisk this year is planned for processing company ever finds the film. Santa Monica Airport celebrated its fif­ March 22 (rain date 29th) out of Fullerton tieth anniversary on November 10 and 11. Airport. We've planned a slightly different RENO AREA CHAPTER The banquet, with Arthur Godfrey as game this time, allowing male pilots in ad­ Hazel Hohn, Reporter honorary Master of Ceremonies, was well dition to female of the past seven years and This month's column is going to be a attended. Marilyn Twitchell flew 3c a pound changing the rules from proficiency race to short one. The November meeting was can­ rides on Sunday with the Los Angeles speed-type Hopefully, our "Chauvinist celled, and hardly anyone has been flying. Chapter. Emma McGuire has tied down her Special" will attract not only new entries Chairman Kay Schlinkmann and May beautiful new Cessna 182 at SMO. but also attention of the local press to the Haskell drove down from Truckee, Calif., Wally Funk spent two weeks in Derby start in June. Esther Grupenhagen for the Nov. meeting in very stormy, snowy Oklahoma City studying Air Taxi Opera­ and Darlene Brundage are at the helm. weather. When they got to Reno Airport, tions. We hope that many of you got to see Our hearts are out to Carol Simmers on they called Katie Bolstad who said in her on the Mike Douglas show on Novem­ the recent loss of her 49 1/2er, John. amazement, "You're not calling from ber 23. Jean Schiffman is acting as secre­ Margo Smith is bragging about LA. RENO, are you?" Katie advised them to get tary for the Western Institute of Aviation. Chapter's "Mechanics for Pilots" seminar. right back to Truckee (it took them 3 hours) Lloyd Haynes' program for underprivileged She said we all "Missed It" if we missed it. youth, Education Through Aviation, begins (On the other hand. Margo, you have been and said she'd call everyone and cancel again in December with some of our Long known to pass out misinformation to me, the meeting, and notify the members that the Christmas party would be held at her Beach 99s giving rides on Saturdays. Pat too, like the fact that there was no 99 News Shearer visited with us briefly in November copy due for the October issue. Still, we'll house on Dec. 17. Gerry Gardiner has sold the Convair. in her capacity as International Member­ take your word and try to make the next She's co-pilot for RAM Aviation, and is ship Chairman. mechanics seminar.) Janice Gerber has received her “Safety The Christmas Party was in conjunction flying a Dove DH 10 on a daily round trip Pin!" She is working at Southwest Skyways with LGB Chapter at the Naval Officer's from Carson City to Las Vegas. in Torrance. Betty Gabrielson and her Club. Terminal Island, Long Beach. I sold an aviation article on the first flight husband, Walter, are building a Pioneer 11 Off on the Roadrunner in November were in Nevada to the Las Vegas Review Jour­ sail plane Betty is now employed at Rose 49 1/2ers Pete Paoli and Howard Rinehart nal, and am working on getting a historical Aviation in Hawthorne. Our flying travels in­ and Max Grupenhagen. Doing the Kachina marker erected in Carson City to com­ clude: Gene and Jim Fitzpatrick and Doll were Sylvia Paoli and Mitzi Rinehart memorate this event. The flight took place daughter, Kay Woodson, to San Diego for and Esther Grupenhagen. Max placed 7th on June 23, 1910. Werner and I have also the start of the PAR; Gene and Jim to in the men's, and Sylvia and Mitzi placed been attending FAA workshops every other Carlsbad, New Mexico, to visit Dolores 7th in the women's, with Esther in 8th. Saturday in various members' garages, Reed of the San Fernando Valley Chapter; Zona Appleby is hard at work, not only working on whatever project the host for Margaret Calloway to Colorado and Mon­ on the PPD Start but on forming a new that day is interested in. tana; and Millie Kruger to Phoenix for Chapter in the Riverside area called Thanksgiving. "Inland Empire," hopefully being chartered SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER at the PPD Start. Their first get-together Barbara Foster, Reporter NORTHERN ARIZONA CHAPTER was November 17 and was attended by Sacramento Valley members were afford­ Eloise Selvidge, Reporter hopeful charter members: Sonny Robinson ed a real treat in the person of Mohini Charles Rutledge, accident prevention (LVS Chapter), Lynn Greer (SND Chapter), Shroff, member at large from Bombay, In­ specialist from the Scottsdale. Ariz.. FAA Sonja Scott (former O.Co. member), Karen dia. She is truly a delightful person. She office, presented a long and complicated Thom, student pilot and Dorothy Coleman graciously answered numerous questions briefing on Part 61 to the Northern Arizona (Palomar Chapter) and Zona. It was a about customs in her country, her flying ex­ Chapter of the Ninety-Nines and friends rather wet day and although several O.Co. periences and the finer points of wrapping Nov. 8 in Cottonwood, Ariz. The briefing members planned to fly in to the meeting, a sari. We wish her well in her efforts to was necessarily long and complicated be­ Betty Ackerman and her 49 1/2er were the make flying a career. cause so is part 61, but the speaker only brave people to drive to it. brought it down to manageable proportions by using slides which quoted the various REDWOOD EMPIRE CHAPTER salient sections and subsections. While Nina Rookaird, Reporter each slide was on the screen. Mr. Rutledge The Redwood Empire Chapter met at the gave a concise explanation and in some San Rafael home of Nancy Buckalew. We cases used examples as illustration. The had the pleasure of having Joyce Wells. audience, which numbered about fifty, paid Bay Cities Chapter Chairman, visit with us. rapt attention After an intermission for cof­ She reported on the progress of her Chap­ fee and other strength restorers, the pro­ ter's endeavor to obtain the P.P.D. terminus gram was concluded with two films. One from Oakland in 1975. We also discussed was a new film on wake turbulence which plans to combine chapters for a mechanics showed experimentation with smoke seminar. makers carried by heavy aircraft, and other Frances Gauger, our Fly-in Chairman, smoke makers installed beside runways pinned a special corsage on Lynn Ahrens, where large aircraft were operating. The since she was the only one to make it to vortices made visible by this means were a our Auburn Fly-in. Frances Gauger also From Sacramento, getting ready for PAR hair-raising sight. tested us on weather sequences and start. L to R. Thelma Cull, Barbara Goetz, The meeting was presided over by minimums — a good way to remind us of Kay Malcolm, Shirley Lehr, Romona An­ Eunice Dickey, newly elected chairman of details that we never thought we.would derson and Sandy Case. ship. Members and guests were given a 3 and 4 to take part in the Kachina Doll and With as much fan-fare as possible, con­ demonstration of a proposed system for a Roadrunners Air Race. sidering the monsoon season is upon us, combined graphic and digital weather in­ Marijane and Terry Nelson recently flew we planted our little Friendship tree at formation service, by Mr. Sam Kite of to Van Nuys to view the aviation art exhibit Executive Airport. Several members of the Tektronix, who demonstrated a remarkable of Douglas Ettridge at the Sky Trail Bicentennial Commission, airport digni­ machine for pilot weather briefing. This Restaurant. Mr. Ettridge has studios in taries and Chapter members were on hand machine combines digital weather informa­ England and Santa Barbara and is often to do the honors. Our special appreciation tion with a graphic display, which could be commissioned to paint personal aircraft. to the groundsmen of Executive Airport for helpful to pilots without additional cost Marijane is active in the Aerobatic Club at providing plastic walkways to help keep us over the FAA proposed non-graphic tech­ Corona. out of the goo. nique. Mr. Kite is seeking support for his Dorothy Monsanto and Eve Hunt attend­ The new pilots lounge is furnished, proposal. C ontact him at Tektronix, 16930 ed the FAA Seminar on Radar Contact and plainly labeled and ready for use in the ter­ Sherman Way, Van Nuys, Calif. Emergency Landing Procedures. Naomi minal building at Executive Airport. Pam Brands has a pilot's dream job. She and Jim Wilden flew with the Aerosquadron Sacramento Valley Chapter along with recently returned from Wichita with a lovely to a fly-in at Yucca Valley. Then they and SCAUA (Sacramento County Airport Users 172. She got 12 hours in a new airplane — two other couples flew onto Parker for a Alliance) have been working toward this and they pay her too!? Pam completed her weekend of boating. Joan Winter is flying goal for many months. A cozy little room ferrying duties in time to return to hostess every day preparing for her commercial with shag carpet, couch, table and chairs our Christmas party. rating. and gay antique aircraft print drapes is a Donna Tracy, our illustrious lady truck welcome sight. broker, has had nothing but excitement SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER ever since she entered the PPD this year. Charlotte Morrill, Reporter "Trucker’s” magazine has written up her The rains have come but that doesn't dual "non-standard" pursuits of flying and deter some of our real pros. Laverne trucking. Then she had the distinction of Gudgel reports flying eighty five hours in taking the ex Mrs. Elvis Presley and friend the past two months in every direction on for an airplane ride. Finally her truck served the map. Diane Hijos, age twenty two, the as the electronic headquarters for radio daughter of 99 Rosie Hijos, soloed this KLAC broadcasting at the 66th Anniversary month. Congratulations Diane. of Grand Ole Opry, from Nashville. We had a fun and exciting "fly in" to We had a nice letter from former member Mendocino County Airport. Everyone had Connie Kerlin. She too has a dream job. just completed landing when an Air Force She is living in Atlanta and flies to different T29 made a forced landing on one engine. cities in the East to assist in teaching They were escorted in by a huge Coast ground schools. She tells us she has been Guard PBY which made a low fly by. The to many cities by way of an Aero Com­ town of Little River, Fort Bragg, etc. turned Roller-wielders from Sacramento Valley mander or a twin comanche. Nice work! out with fire trucks, an ambulance, and the relax after airmarking Auburn Airport. They are expanding to the far West so we sheriff. The pilot made a beautiful landing hope to renew our friendship with Connie and all went well. About ten young men SAN DIEGO CHAPTER soon. unloaded in a hurry. Marilyn Eimers, Reporter Member Liz Dinan returned from Egypt, It was exciting and we were relieved with Mini news this month as the members are Lebanon and Israel just before the war. the outcome. We proceeded on to the busy preparing for the holidays. The Gerry Vickers has been to France. Gerry NOYO River Inn with transportation via Lee November meeting of the San Diego Chap­ pulled some neat "strings" and rode "up and Fran Roesch who were in the area ter was held at the home of member Penny front" in a DC10 from Nice to Paris. vacationing, Mary McBurney and the Lowe. Sheryl White received her 99 pin and Perhaps just as (or more so) exciting she Haverfield Ambulance Service. A was officially welcomed as our newest had a ride in the four place "Robin." magnificant day, beautiful weather and the member. Attending a Ninety-Nine meeting Accomplishments by members haven't same kind of hospitality. for the first time was guest Sandra Crane. been at a standstill. Helene Bernbaum de­ We will be happy to welcome back Marie Sandra is a student pilot who is presently serves a "tip of the hood" for her newly McDonald who has had her wings clipped attending San Diego State University. acquired IFR rating. And an extra prop roar for two months because of their Bonanza's New Ratings: Betty Lambert announced to Ellen Miller for her new "centerline beautification and maintenance. Happy that she has received her multi-engine thrust rating." Mary Totans earned the New Year to all. examiner's license. mostest in the leastest award by getting in Rainy weather hampered flying activities 41 hours of flying in three weeks. She and SANTA BARBARA CHAPTER over the Thanksgiving weekend. Earlier 49 1/2er have been to New York and Key Judy Roeser, Reporter this month Ruth Ebey flew to Santa Ynez West. Our November meeting was a real treat. for a visit to the interesting town of Twenty four members and guests en­ Honorary member Liz Cummings, our Flight Solvang. San Diego and El Cajon chapters joyed a fly-in to New Cuyama recently. It Service Station operator, took us all to din­ will ring in the holiday season with a joint was told they would have no trouble finding ner at Bray's Restaurant. A good time was potluck dinner at the home of Vi Chambers. the airport. But finding their way on foot to had by all. Thank you, Liz. To all members we hope you had a very the restaurant wasn't as easy — no charts The highlight of the month for the Santa merry Christmas season and will have lots or nav aids. Barbara Chapter was our own extension of of safe flying in 1974. "Project Aware" to include a workshop on SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER map reading and traffic control procedures. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER Eve Hunt, Reporter The non-flying wives who attended were Bonnie Seymour, Reporter Congratulations to Margaret Lawson on greatly enlightened on these subjects by As this article goes to the Editor the getting an instrument and a multi-engine Santa Barbara Tower operator Jim Decker general aviation future looks clouded. The rating in the same week — a real achieve­ and our newest 99 member, Betty cry for equal allotments of fuel seems to go ment!! Engstrom. It was a huge success. Special unheard in Washington. Here's hoping that The November meeting gave us two new thanks to Evy Treen who planned and by the time this comes to print an equitable members,’ Dorothy Messenger and Francis organized the whole thing. arrangement will have been made. McQueen. Mr. Larry Twedell showed slides Tentative plans are to carry “Project Meanwhile our first general meeting on Search and Rescue at this gathering. Aware" further with a meeting in early headed by our new slate of officers is Four airplanes participated in a fly-in to spring to acquaint these non-fliers with the history. Pat Shearer, of Aloha Chapter, and Santa Inez on November 11. Attending inside of the airplane. The objective will be our National Membership Chairman attend­ were Jo Ann Miro with guests Julia and to help make them more comfortable when ed. She briefed us on the Ninety Nine's new Eldin Johnston, Marion and Bob Marriott, they fly. We would be happy to share our image: a PROFESSIONAL-type Women's Use and Jack Cook, and Joan and Ed W in­ experiences with any chapter interested in Pilot's Organization, as against a sorority- ter and son. this program. According to the Phoenix type purely social group. Pat urged all Use and Jack Cook flew with Beverly and Chapter, who initiated and titled it, the let­ members to work for increased member­ Mickey Mohoney to Phoenix on November ters A-W-A-R-E stand for "A Wife’s Aware­ ness Reassures Everyone. Write tor Island Airport, thus getting her certificate recently been nominated to submit a profile details to Evy Treen or our chapter chair­ for bravery. Evelyn Perry and Frank flew to to "Who's Who of American Women." man, Marion Fickett. Fullerton for Thanksgiving to have dinner Chris was proud to be a 99 and has so Speaking of Evy. she has been a busy with son Frank and wife Janet. They were stated in press interviews. Our Chapter girl this month. At her invitation several of in awe of the beautiful snow covered moun­ could and did count on both Chris and Bill our members and their 49 1/2ers flew to tains and crystal clear air that greeted them to enter into 99 projects and activities with Mojave to participate in the California Air as they viewed the northeastern horizon. enthusiasm and vigor Our Christmas party, Classic, Air Races. We were able to make Visibility that day was, as Evelyn says "the now cancelled, would have been held at ourselves useful directing traffic, helping greatest we have ever seen." their home. They were warm and wonderful with registration and even pylon judging. Eleven members are APT. Sally Allen. people. What excitement! What fun! Barbara Deeds. Gwen Dewey. Barbara Our members are collecting a memorial Irma Christian and her husband John McKenna, Evelyn Perry. Norma Williams, fund for our proposed 99 Headquarters and worked hard on the Santa Barbara Airport Barbara Niles. Jill Williamson. Jackie Ross. Exhibit building in order that the name of Association's First Annual "Avions Carol Riley and Betty Johnson. Christmas Christine M. Ruck will be permanently in­ d Elegance ”, a static display of a variety of Pot-Luck dinner will be at Betty Johnson's scribed there. More than that, we shall airplanes, old and new. The only require­ in Cam arillo (city, that is). keep a place for them in our chapter ment for entry was pride of ownership. They Santa Paula Airport has been designated memory and their many personal friends had a grand turnout and everyone was im­ as a General Aviation Airport in Ventura among us will miss them and remember pressed with the beauty of these aircraft County along with Ventura County. That's them always. which had received so much Tender Loving interesting company for Santa Paula, an Care. uncontrolled, unlighted, short field, located New members in the Santa Barbara in a small community, compared to a Northwest Section ALASKA - IDAHO - MONTANA Chapter are Janet Jones, Charlene Hovey towered, long-lighted field with current NORTH DAKOTA - OREGON and Betty Engstrom. Welcome! commercial traffic in a city of 60,000. The SOUTH DAKOTA future for Santa Paula Airport will be in­ In lieu of a meeting in December, we had W ASHINGTON - WYOMING a party at Janet Shelby's house. teresting to watch.

SANTA PAULA CHAPTER SANTA ROSA CHAPTER ALASKA CHAPTER Adrienne Nater, Reporter Lynn Cary, Reporter Karen Tiede, Reporter Unusually early rains have come to Paint and rollers were on hand for the Not much news to send, but we sure are Southern California, and they choose to airmarking of Ukiah Airport. The weather a proud bunch regarding our scholarship pick flying weekends for their welcome saw the first eager markers depart via car recipient: Nancy Wilson has passed her dampening. Our girls have done a fair and the later group flew in after the ground written test with a 95!! She is nearly ready amount of hanger flying these last few fog dissipated. A marvelous breakfast of for her check-ride. and who can doubt the weeks. The scheduled fly-in to Fox Field in pancakes was a welcomed treat at the end outcome. We re sending a picture of Nancy Lanchaster was converted to a cross­ of the clean-up. On hand were Ginny taken alongside the Wilsons' Super Cub in country to Santa Barbara and the tower had Wegener. Sandy Petersen. Aileen Lee. the pouring August rain on the grass strip to put up with four plane loads of Santa Eileen Berkland, Ann Tunney. Joann and at their homestead. Paula Chapter girls. Attending their official Ed Robbins. Lynn and Steve Cary, Fran More news next time. membership meeting were Carol Riley and Johnson and Beverly Crownover. Our Jackie Ross, Members Norma Williams and breakfast sponsors Faye and Bob Kirk Barbara Deeds. Sally Allen and Jill William­ deserve thanks for our good breakfast and son, Evelyn Perry and Adrienne Nater at­ having everything so well organized. tended the meeting. Evelyn Perry and her Several of our 99s flew to Concord for an co-pilot Adrienne Nater were in position for FAA Seminar and the opportunity to hear take-off. After many frantic moments Ken Gardner discuss engines. Aileen and realized that tower was clearing them, also Gene Lee and Lynn and Steve Cary flew frantically. Apparently there was a silent and Sandy Petersen came from San Fran­ area and we were in it. It s strange having cisco. In answer to our direct question, Mr. other planes taxi around your plane and Gardner had high praise for the manner in take off and there you still sit, waiting, and which 99s raced and managed their waiting for the tower to call you back. The engines. And. of course, his statement that green light finally got us off. Evelyn's running an engine full bore is not 49 1/2er couldn't believe that the radio detrimental to it warmed the hearts of all wasn't operational, not even for one racers! moment . . . Frank checked it out though. Our November meeting was hi-lighted by Barbara Deeds flew the Channel . . . the presence of Lloyd Hamilton, our own Santa Catalina that is, and landed at the home town racer of some fame! He showed us his movies of racing at Miami, Mojave, and Reno. For December we plan to airmark Alaska 99's scholarship recipient, Nancy Sonoma County Airport — 60 gallons worth Wilson alongside her SuperCub at Gold with a Christmas Dinner is planned at the Creek, Alaska. The rifle is for real and airport. necessary wearing apparel in the Tal- We send New Year's Greetings to All keetna Mountains.

TUCSON CHAPTER EASTERN IDAHO CHAPTER Jayne Hunter, Reporter Laura Dillon, Reporter Tucson Chapter lost a well loved and Our September meeting was great. We respected member and two good friends had about ten members and a guest at­ when Chris Ruck, her husband Bill, with tending. We discussed the dues increase. their grandson along, went down in the All those there felt it wasn't justified. We Coastal foothills on a night flight return discussed supporting the Coeur d'Alene from San Diego to Tucson in their Aztec on Convention in August 1975. The last sub­ November 15th. jects covered were the suggestion of spon­ We were proud of Chris for her out­ soring a Pitch Hitter course and relaying standing accom plishm ents in business as medical supplies to Santa Barbara. well as in flying. She was the vice-president Our October meeting was held at the Santa Paula, Ca., chapter's Norma of and a vital force in the management of opening of the American Falls Airport — Williams, President (L), and Barbara Deeds, Ruck Construction Co.; an active member much fun. At the end of October we worked Secretary, ready for their first race in the of numerous organizations involved in on the selection for the Galyn and Ester 1973 Pacific A ir Race. human, civic and business affairs, and had Stone Flying Scholarship Fund at Idaho State University. Guatemala City, and on to Miami to the airmarking that was to have been at Crest Lois and Dick Bauer are the very proud Piper convention and will be flying a new Air Park. Kent, but the weather did not owners of a new Bonanza. Laura Dillon was airplane home for Seattle Flight, Inc. cooperate, and it had to be cancelled We'll able to fly with the Air Force to attend the NOVEMBER — a time to remember that try again in the spring National Convention of Civil Air Patrol in we have a lot of work cut out for us. Much Laura V. Baxter, our guest at the Novem­ Las Vegas, Nevada business and planning because we will be ber meeting, received her Private Pilot's President Carol Depue had our Novem­ hosting the 1974 NORTHWEST SECTION license this summer at Martha Lake. We ber meeting to be held at her house com­ CONVENTION Sept. 6, 7 & 8 in Renton, are looking forward to her joining the 99s plete with 49 1/2ers. It was a going away Washington (a suburb of Seattle). But, of Priscilla Cook entertained at the November party for Carol and Ben as they moved to course, EVERYONE is WELCOME!! A little meeting with her beautiful slides while both Boise at the end of November. We will miss early information: The Double Tree Inn — she and Pat Erickson narrated on their ex­ her and know that the Chapter there will be room rates $20.00 single. $24.00 citing float plane trip to the Northwest Sec­ getting a jewel. double/double, or how about 4 to a room tional in Anchorage in June Priscilla for only $30.00. More info as time goes on. piloted her Super Cub while Pat navigated EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER The meeting carried on at a lunch at the The trip up the British Columbia coast and Irene Anrode, Reporter Hungry Fox — where we could all talk a bit into southern Alaska and return was a lot of Our November meeting at Felts Fiel'd was more and brag a bit on our certificate from fun for them (and us). They received lots of well attended. The group was enthralled by Headquarters for being 100% APT — that's attention as they stopped at many small a very unusual presentation of slides of 28 of us. AND the memory lingers on about fishing villages along the way. Other than back woods flying in a Super Cub and fire the fantastic time everyone had in An­ being plagued by low clouds, having to fighting by Mr. Clyde Wells of the Pullman- chorage. In all, 9 of the Greater Seattle leave their plane and fly part way com­ Moscow area. Chapter went to the Sectional Convention mercial, and Priscilla losing her camera out We seem to have several members with in Alaska — and all 9 have exciting stories the window of the Cub, the flight went "winning ways." Lana Basler reports win­ to tell. Their hosts in Anchorage deserve a beautifully, and they had a super time at ning a one-year subscription to the big "THANK YOU" for a very wonderful the Convention. Western Flyer by correctly identifying the stay. Betty Kramer "found" her Instrument Warren Wright, a well known Alaskan errors in a photograph of an old Air Corps Instructor. Mr. Charles Lund who is with the Bush Pilot, was a house guest of Terry and aircraft. Another winner, Ora Rae Merk FAA-ACDO and enjoyed having both Mr. & Dave Kellogg. Since Dave was a former (Amelia Earhart Scholarship) reports com­ Mrs. as guests at the banquet on Sunday bush pilot himself. Terry reports that the pleting her instrument and instrument in­ evening — Sandy Sullivan stayed with her stories and experiences continued on and structor ratings with the money. She says brother and had a ride in a Toyota . . . says on into the wee hours. she is "happier working as a flight in­ she "regrets everyone didn't get a chance Shirley Williams passed her flight test structor and charter pilot than she has for a ride." (Really???) Kay Stearns had and is now a Certified Flight Instructor and ever been in her life.” To all those flying this to say — "Something funny happened will be teaching students in a club she into Martin's Field. Walla Walla — she's the on the way to Fairbanks. All our NavAids belongs to in Corpus Christi, Texas. Con­ gal with the big grin! became unreliable in very marginal weath­ gratulations!! Shirley. Seen at the airport — Alberta Anderson er and we found ourselves considerably off Della Koss flew up to Whidby Island filing for Portland in the Travelaire. Leona course, about 100 miles in fact" (Ed — the Naval Air Station and went through the Heberling working on her Commercial. Stearn family is home safe — and I under­ high altitude chamber and physiological Suzie Ward completing her Commercial in stand the incident was "funny" after they training program. the Bonanza. Kay Peterson making got home.) A Cessna 180 on floats is keep­ Dorothy Pink, Terry Kellogg, Della Koss arrangements to bring the 235 over from ing Kay working for her Sea rating. She's and her 4 Jr. 99s, Unice Brees and Anita Idaho. Lydgie Hagan back from Colorado. happy with it but “it takes a bit of muscle Baker and their 49 1/2ers, Fred and Loris, Helen Shanewise flying 49 1/2er Bob to on those flaps." Congratulations to assisted by the selling of airplane kits, Pasco in the Arrow. (W hile Helen was in Charlotte Kamm who tied with Judi posters, photographs, etc. at the fund the area, she also reports visiting Ann McCrum of the Montana Chapter for the raising Historical Airplane Display spon­ Clements of Richland and being shown Dexter Achievement Award. Judi will keep sored by the Pacific Northwest Aviation through Ann's new Piper Navaho Chieftain. it for 6 months and then Kay will enjoy it for Historical Foundation, Saturday and Sun­ Nothing like owning your own airline! the remainder of the year. day, Nov. 17 & 18. The show was well Wow!!) Joy Krebs returned home with pockets stocked with antiques, and a good crowd Irene Anrode is sporting a new “Spirit of bulging with souvenirs of ivory and jade, attended, making a very successful Safety" lapel pin these days. Ask where pillows and a lovely fur jacket, too. Ellie weekend The 99 s assist in staffing the she got it and she'll tell you about her suc­ Cansdale wrote about the trip: "Wednesday sales booth and admissions at the PNAHF cessful Part 135 instrum ent ride in the the sun stayed with us and we had another Museum located in the Seattle Center Shoshone Air Service Cessna 411. She also fabulous day of hiking, swimming, low during the summer and when needed. recently took a qualifying ride for Chief flight sightseeing which netted some pic­ Flight Instructor of VA instrument and in­ tures of moose families grazing near the strument instructor schools for the same cabin, and a visit to a neighbor of the Southeast Section outfit. Still flying air-taxi in her own Twin- Betz's. In the evening we went for a boat ALABAMA - FLORIDA - GEORGIA Comanche, Irene reports a Cessna 411 with ride down the lake to see Mt. McKinley MISSISSIPPI - NORTH CAROLINA pictorial navigation can spoil a person very dressed in sunshine, a beaver dam. a tern SOUTH CAROLINA - TENNESSEE fast!! family and a baby seagull. Thursday mor­ ning brought the breaking up of Dick's FLORIDA GOLD COAST CHAPTER GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER "harem" as we all headed back to An­ Mina Elschner, Reporter Virginia Nastiuk, Reporter chorage and home. I remarked to Dick as Northern friends always ask how I like Our October meeting was held at the we flew in his SuperCub that I hadn't seen Florida retirement living. That can not be Tacoma Industrial Airport — and it was any bears, so he found a Mama brown bear answered with just one word. First, there is especially good to see Thora Morgan of the and two cubs and circled low. Talk about one thing I like better than flying — living! Aloha Chapter (but formerly a member of obliging your guests, these two lovely "Retirement" living means twice the ours). She is living in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii people really are tops. Night was as day husband and half the income, in most and would like for everyone to visit her in and I hated to waste it sleeping. I caught cases. Now that can add up to a plus or Hawaii. Also visiting was Kathy Taylor from the mist rising from the lake in bright minus — depending. To that, add year- the Reno Chapter. Linda Harris attended sunlight at 2:00 a.m." round great flying weather; several flying for the first time as a prospective member. Now with a Sectional- Convention like organizations with multiple flying-oriented Elise Smith is now APT — Charlotte that, who can try to come close to it . . . but events and the final sum is “Great!" Kamm has her Inst. Rating — Fran Bryant these Greater Seattle gals are going to at One such fun-filled activity took place and Sandy Sullivan are now Commercial least try to repay the friendships and kind­ here in November which could easily be rated. GREAT GOIN !!! Darlin Beach and nesses. duplicated by any chapter or section. A son Ray are ready for winter scuba trips to weekend treasure hunt and air race; sim­ the San Juans. And llovene Potter is off WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER ple, uncomplicated. Participants paid an again — this time with husband Les, for the Anita Baker, Reporter entry fee — half toward cash prizes and the Pacific Air Race, then a few days in Much work and planning went into the balance to necessary expenses and treasury booster. The treasure was buried and the monthly Grasshopper Fly-in? It is planes including Zeros. She speaks very in the ground with a small shovel to mark the threat of curtailment or lack of av. gas. good English and is tiny in stature. Pat site, but several shovels were noted and Does anyone have a working crystal ball? Davis met us in Hawaii with two beautiful only one marking the treasure — a small leis. Betty Skold had a cocktail party for us. chest filled with gift certificates and other FLORIDA SUNCOAST CHAPTER She and Florence Beamon arranged for our goodies. The race part was the return trip Dotty Birdsong, Reporter hotel reservations. Florence was away for to home base with each entry given a time The Suncoast Chapter regular meeting the weekend but took us on a tour of the to make the flight based on manufacturers' was Wednesday, November 14, 1973 at island Monday and we visited her lovely 65% listed air speed, with top-of-the- Charlotte County Airport. The seventeen home before she took us to the airport. We minute, stopwatch timers at both points. that lunched at Ramada Inn included did get a chance to visit with Pat Shearer This race was organized by Le Club In­ visitors Selma Marlow and Novetah Daven­ on the phone before leaving. She had been ternational, a private sports club patterned port, formerly of Englewood and former to the mainland. after France's well known club, with the co­ Associate Editor of Flying Magazine. The date and time of Grasshoppers and operation of the Florida Women Pilots (all Chairman Betty Hood called for reports Ninety-Nine joint meeting in Orlando is to 99s). Contestants took off from Executive from all programs after giving the be announced later. This is the yearly Airport, Ft. Lauderdale for a Saturday m orn­ Secretary's report and Treasurer Ethel Gib­ Christmas get-together for the group. ing take-off to Great Harbour Bay, son reporting. The chapter has raised the HAPPY THANKSGIVING! A VERY MERRY Bahamas, 149 1/2 mi. off the Fla. coast. The necessary money for assignment of 1974 CHRISTMAS AND A JOYOUS NEW YEAR hunt was on the Island Saturday afternoon. Convention. A project for program ads for TO ALL!! Take-off for the race was Sunday a.m., con­ Convention was discussed. trolled, with fly-by past tower and timers at November 10 fifteen Suncoast girls, six MEMPHIS CHAPTER Executive. Awards dinner Sunday evening 49 1/2ers and two volunteers met at St. Betty Rockwood, Reporter at LeClub. Male and female pilots were Petersburg-Clearwater Airport very early to We are proud to announce that on Satur­ equal with the results the most exciting! be chief judges for all events in the NIFA day, November 3rd the newly opened First three places were won by 99s!!! Meet. Nine schools were entered for the Sheraton Inn-Memphis Airport sponsored a Ellie McCullough, L.l. chapter member Southeast Regional Meet with Embry- Champagne luncheon to dedicate the now living in Vero Beach and Mina Riddle winning by points, more on com­ Amelia Earhart Room to the Memphis Elschner took first place in a Cherokee puting than in actual flying competition. It Chapter of The Ninety-Nines. June Pen­ 140; second place went to Virginia Britt and was a long and cold day with 35 mph wind tecost, Chairman, received the plaque Helene Krumholz flying Virginia's newly- and 58 degrees temperature. There were honoring the Memphis Chapter from Robert acquired Executive Mooney. Placing third nine heats of five entries in the power on Burnett, the Inn s General Manager. The was Betty Dodds of the Space Port Chap­ and power off spot landing contests. Each plaque will be hung permanently in the ter. Very little recognition was made of the entry had two passes making a total of 180 Amelia Earhart Room. male pilot placing fourth. The 150 mile race landings to be judged. There were twenty- Jana Norrell, who planned the dedication had just one check point enroute, some 60 one entries in the navigation event. I regret luncheon, is a relative newcomer to Mem­ miles from the Island and the race was won I had to miss this first meet but our judges phis, moving from Orange County, Calif. by 34 seconds, 49 seconds and 57 seconds. report it a great success and recommend Jana is Corporate Pilot for Trans-State Sum total . . . just plain fun. all Ninety-Nines help the NIFA group in Development Co. in Memphis where she Membership briefs: Marian Keys passed every way possible when these meetings holds flight instructor, instrument and com­ her instrument written. Lois Eig doing are close to their area. The only change the mercial ratings and flies a Cessna 310 and Glider Flying at Flying Seminole Field, girls would have made with this large group Cardinal 177 with retractable gear. We Ovieto, Fla. Welcome back, Constance was to take at least a day and a half in­ know that Jana is a great loss to her Brunger, the former Connie Ammons, to our stead of one day. Orange County Chapter, but she is our gain area and the chapter. Connie and Fran Barbara Sharit has earned her instructors and we welcom e her. Sargent look so much alike, even to the rating. In my next report I expect to be an­ Hilda Savage is back to flying after hair coloring, that there was a confusion nouncing that she has earned her instru­ having been in a cast from a skiing acci­ about who attended the Race to the ment instructors rating. We are proud of dent. Rosemary Williams and Hilda flew to Bahamas. ‘Twas Connie, not Fran. Fran her and all of our up-graders! Barbara Walnut Ridge and Jackson, Tenn. was attending tfie N.I.F.A. Flying Meet held Hicks has her commercial! When Belle and Posey Hedges flew to at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport as Marcella Klotter was visiting family mem­ Mexico for a meeting they encountered a advisor for the Miami-Dade Jr. College. bers in Chicago. Dotty and Charles Bird­ slight problem. After flying into Houston Ruth Fleisher served as a judge. Miriam song have just returned from a three week and Tampico the Hedges headed across to Davis entered the Bahama Flying Treasure trip to Japan, Hong Kong and Hawaii. The Mexico City, but when they reached Hunt (sponsored by the Board of Tourism trip was great in every way but the happiest Mexico City the air field was not in sight. there) for the ninth time last Nov. times were having dinner with our only After circling, while airlines waited for them Bertie Peterson, transferee from E. Pa., Ninety-Nine in Japan, Yae Nozoki. and ex­ to land. Belle and Posey discovered that an enthusiastic Floridian. Chapter Chair­ changing pins with her and visiting some of the Mexican runways are dark-colored man Helen Mennitto attended the S.E. Fall the Aloha Chapter girls in Hawaii. Yae lives black top instead of the accustomed white Section meeting in Calloway Gardens, Ga. in Tokyo and is Director of Aeronautics. in October, reporting to the members at the She is still an active pilot of over thirty meeting held at Marathon, a fly-in halfway years who flies many different makes of down the fabulous Florida Keys. Two en­ thusiastic prospectives were welcomed then, Betty Banks and Donna Roth, the lat­ ter receiving her wings in Sept. Attending her first meeting since transfer from Long Island, was Eleanor Reichen- bach, at the Nov. meeting at Executive Air­ port. Great to have her with us. The entire chapter was very saddened to learn of the death of Ripley Miller of the Eastern New England Chapter in late Sept- having met, admired and remembered her from races and the Convention in New England. We share the grief with the N.E. Section and to her husband and family, our June Pentecost (L) receiving the plaque sincere sympathy. honoring the Memphis Chapter in the A deep pall of gloom is spreading dedication of the Amelia Earhart Room at throughout the state. Will we or will we not L to R: Dotty Birdsong, Florida Suncoast the Sheraton Inn-Memphis Airport by have the Great Miami Air Race in January? Chapter, Yae Nozoki, Japan's only 99 mem­ Robert Burnett, the Inn’s General Manager. or the Acapulco-Ft. Lauderdale Angel ber, and 49 1/2er Charles Birdsong of Jana N orrell (R) was party Chairman for the Derby in April? or the Powder Puff Derby Tampa, Fla., in Tokyo. dedication. airstrip. Needless to say they were glad to ahead of them. be on the ground. Middle East Section Briefly I would like to inform you about Fern and Chuck Mann flew with Betty DELAWARE - MARYLAND one of our members, Joyce & Osher Pais, and Ricco Gatti, Jr. and Bill James. Sales PENNSYLVANIA - VIRGINIA who gave of themselves during the Israel Manager of Sport Flite, Inc., to Bellanca WEST VIRGINIA War. Both are doctors who, without con­ Aircraft's annual Meeting at its factory at cern for their own safety, worked in Alexandria, Minn. Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, which at We had a great 99s Christmas Party at CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER times had to be evacuated. Oser was born June Pentecost's Parkway House Pent­ Mary Galbraith, Reporter there, and they have many relatives in Tel house. Our November Chapter meeting was held Aviv. We will be hearing more later. in Bloomsburg at the quaint and charming We all realize by now the far reaching ef­ MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER Hotel Magee. Although the winds were fects the fuel shortage will have on all of Ede Brandon, Reporter gusting to 30 knots and some snow show­ us. It does seem one-sided that general ers reported locally, Fran Dehaan, Martie aviation must get the smallest allocation. Pool and Mary Galbraith flew in from Har­ We should educate the public & the risburg. Other members present were Carol government as to all the aspects of the Windsor, Ronnie Johnson, Helen Sheffer, term "General Aviation." Why must we sit Flo Shirey. Naomi Stahlnecker and our back and accept the cost allocation, ex­ hostess for the day, Joanne Wright. Joanne pensive avionic, plus now the fuel short­ brought her simulator for those interested age? If we are to survive we must voice our in trying their skills. feelings. Each 99 should write to Mr. Butter­ After the meeting our girls enjoyed lunch field and our elected officials. It wouldn't and viewed slides taken by Jim Sheffer on hurt to try. Happy Landings maybe. his trip from Lycoming-Susquehanna to San Salvador in a Piper Pawnee. GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA CHAPTER Since her accident and a broken leg, Sophia M. Payton, Reporter Helen Sheffer is back to work again flight Our Chapter airmarked the new airport at instructing. Grove City. Pa. The following members par­ Our chapter's newest and youngest ticipated: Jane Menzies. Airmarking Chair­ member, Debbie Bartolet (Hazel Bartolet's man; Ruth Hanlon, Georgetta Dix, Helen daughter) is recovering from a broken leg Davison, Mary Lou Waite, and a prospec­ suffered while playing soccer in school. A tive member, Julie Canter. Julie is too senior this year, Debbie soloed at age 16. young for a license, but is busy flying and She is well known to all the chapter 99 s will be ready by the time she is 16. Oophs! and since the age of 8, she has made her Had a 49 1/2er help too — Helen Davison's appearances at the Penny-A-Pound events husband. After the girls finished airmark­ helping with the food concessions. She ing, Jane and husband entertained in their also worked at the terminus for several new home. Grove City will have the official Powder Puff Derbies. dedication of the airport next spring. FAA Aviation Safety Day in cooperation Martie Pool and Mary Galbraith flew to Mary Lou Waite and husband are flying with the Mississippi Chapter 99s was Philadelphia for the Sectional meeting. the Bahamas Treasure Hunt. Mary Lou . . . recently held in Grenada, Miss. FAA Ac­ Also attending were Hazel Bartolet and bring home the bacon! Soph Payton and cident Prevention Controller, Jack Carol Windsor. Hazel, dressed as Amelia husband doing some flying in Florida. McDonald (left) presented an accident Earhart, received a prize for her costume at Alyce Conrads busy flying with the CAP prevention proficiency certificate to Peggy the Halloween party. in search of a down airplane. McCormick (center) of Greenwood. Mayor Billie Joyce Wyche of the Houston Chap­ J D Quinn (right) also presented a prize to ter recently attended Alice Fuchs' Navajo MARYLAND CHAPTER her for being the first out-of-town guest to transition school in Lock Haven. Ronnie June Hanson, Reporter land for the air show. Other members of the Johnson spent the evening with her. We all Beautiful weather was arranged by the E. 99s are from left (kneeling) Kitty Green, remember Billie Joyce Wyche as piloting Penn. Chapter for the Fall Sectional meet­ Jackson; Ernestine Mahan, Chrmn., the Windecker Eagle in the Powder Puff ing in North Philadelphia and Doris Jacob­ Batesville; and Bernice Kelly, Jackson. Derby. son, Kay Bays. Joan Bates, Rene and Phil Tommy Patterson, Airport Manager (back, Naomi Stahlnecker recently returned Birch, Ginny Vogel, Catherine Grover, Cleo 2nd from left) was on hand to greet these from an Alaskan hunting trip. She was suc­ Sherbow. and your reporter were present and other 99s (back row) Caroline Cheek, cessful in shooting a Kodiac bear and a from our chapter. There were some fabu­ Clinton; Wanda Garson, Meridian; and Ede caribou. lous flying costumes at the Friday night Brandon, Jackson. Our chapter members are busy preparing Halloween Party, much fun, good conversa­ for our future meetings and flying events. tion, and an interesting meeting. Guest NORTH GEORGIA CHAPTER The weather being willing, we anticipate a speaker, Louise Sacchi, makes flying the Vernita George, Reporter fun-filled year to come climaxed by the Atlantic in small aircraft sound so routine! What a wonderful surprise awaited us at convention in Puerto Rico. Strong gusty winds were forecast for our our November meeting! Herb Schaaf, Ac­ Fran DeHaan recently gave proficiency November flyaway meeting in Smithville, cident Prevention Specialist for the F.A.A. check rides for the FAA. N.J., but they didn't materialize so fifteen presented us with an Appreciation Award 99s, three 49 1/2ers, and several guests ar­ for our assistance to the F.A.A. during the EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER rived in NINE aircraft. Shopping in the past three years. The award is a beautiful Judy DeMarco, Reporter quaint establishments, lunch at the Quail engraved plaque and we are all very proud. We converged on Reading for our Nov. Hill made a good time — as always. Bob Guests present to witness the presentation meeting, and all enjoyed the practice. The and Kathy Poole had returned from their were Mrs. Herb Schaaf and Connie Kerlin, meeting was a success thanks to the plan­ Mexican trip to the CAMA meeting in San Fernando Chapter, who will be visiting ning of Joan Jones. We discussed the Guadalajara with Mitzi and Gil Keller in the our meetings for the next few months. We choice of the Ben Franklin for the conven­ latter s Aztec. Sally Williams flew in bring­ also welcomed Jackie Grandia who has tion & the Hilton for the terminus. We also ing a friend with her in the Cherokee Six; transferred to our chapter from Utah. learned of all the red ink Eileen must be us­ Roy actually let her have the plane alone. Congratulations to Doris Engerrand for ing. Maybe by Jan. it will improve. Head Lenora Eaton came with prospective mem­ earning her commercial rating. count showed 27 members & 9 guests. We ber Alice Grow. The holiday spirit was shared and en­ were honored to have Connie & Alfred Wolf The Christmas Party was at Chairman joyed by all at our Christmas party held at with us, they brought as their guest Captain Rene Birch's home. Paulette Jones is col­ the home of Paula and Glen Schwartz on Julio M. Florez, the founder of Aerozias- lecting Christmas cards and stamps to be December 14. Condor Airlines in Colombia. distributed among some of the patients at Hope Santa was good to all 99s and filled Gail & Jack Lingo are off on the Perry Point Veterans' Hospital so they may everyone's stocking with a ticket to San Bahamas Treasure Hunt. Joan & Bob Jones send cards, too. Juan. Happy New Year! didn't know then that they would get there Donna Hawkins is working on Instrument Rating and is very close to getting it. WASHINGTON, D.C. CHAPTER Mr. Thomas Coyle, State Director- Helen Strok is the Maryland Flying Farm­ Francine L. Bowman, Reporter Division of Aeronautics, was guest speaker er Queen this year. She and Mike nearly Eastern Pennsylvania will tell you all at our meeting and he gave us the message have their Cub ready to fly — the engine about the beautiful weather and tremen­ — become involved in what your State is runs and runs and runs. Only problem is dous turnout at the Sectional in October at doing about airports and general aviation! stopping it. Philadelphia. We are still remembering Such provocative questions as: do you High school teacher Joan Bates decided Louise Sacchi who spoke about her trans- know about the vital services our private to start an Aviation Club at her school to be Atlantic crossings in single-engines; the airports perform at no cost to the general limited to fifteen student members — Halloween party, with costumes and prizes taxpayer; do you realize that these facilities SEVENTY-EIGHT STUDENTS APPLIED! was another highlight. are in turn a source of tax revenue? Have Decisions, decisions — In November we had another Fly-In, this you thought about letting your representa­ Key Bays recently passed her CFI written time to Gettysburg, to celebrate the coming tive in government know how you think exam and made a mercy flight to Phila­ of autumn. A living sound tour of the Battle­ about an equitable method of taxation of delphia. She got an emergency call to fly field was offered by special bus and then to privately owned airports so they are not an injured dog to a veterinary specialist — the Farmsworth House Dining Room for taxed out of existence? Do you know how a little Schnauzer puppy. lunch. Hedy Jaffe did a marvelous job of ar­ our local airports can make New Jersey's ALL OHIO CHAPTER ATTENTION!! ranging a most interesting day. resort and park areas more accessible to We re losing an active member and her We had a special meeting in November the vacationing public, thereby attracting Beech Bonanza and she's coming your to discuss the Spring Sectional (it's our additional business to otherwise distant way. LTC Jeane Wolcott (WAC) has been turn) and assign duties. Helen Delaney areas? Considering our energy crisis, have transferred from Aberdeen Proving Ground (bless her heart) volunteered to be the you realized that aircraft operate more to: Office of Senior Adviser, 83rd ARCOM, Chairperson and we are busy deciding economically, removing great burdens from Columbus Support Facility. Columbus, everything but the date (which will be April the highways? How many of us have initiat­ Ohio 43215. She's been a 99 since 1968. Be 27, 1974). Besides the Sectional, untiring ed any action to set an example before the sure to contact her! Helen hosted our Christmas party this year. general public regards our competence Another letter from Australian 99 Bozena Bonnie Klitzkie is the proud new holder and our rigid safety regulations? Airports Vrla — she enjoyed meeting Mid East Gov. of a CFI rating. Peggy Borek visited Irene are an economical public utility and it is up Jackie Scott when she stopped in Sydney Wirtschafter recently. Peggy, a sister at the to the airminded citizen to get this thought on a recent round the world trip. Dominican Convent in Miami, is still flying across to the public. As Mr. Coyle pointed Your reporter had an article accepted by and a member of the Miami Chapter. Mitzie out so succinctly — the town that doesn't PRIVATE PILOT magazine in March 1971: and Gil Keller logged 31.43 hours on their fly dies. would you believe it was finally published! trip to Mexico where they attended an FAA Our personal accomplishment depart­ The cover says it's the December issue but Medical Symposium. Francine Bowman ment this month makes note of the fact that inside, it's the November copy. They are a logged over 24 hours dodging CBs in Flor­ Grace Maguire has earned her commercial little mixed up. Also have been invited to ida in September. Our very active Dorothy rating and Wanda Mammel has soloed her speak about flying at a meeting of the Tuller has been asked by Herndon High new Bonanza. Zonta Club of Baltimore (hope Zonta's School to set up a new Aerospace Science Dec. 4th our Chapter acted as hostesses ready for this!) Course in connection with the CAP pro­ and observers at the First Annual Con­ gram. ference and Seminar of the State Airport Hope you had a HAPPY CHRISTMAS and Development Advisory Committee. Many MERRY NEW YEAR. new thoughts regarding the aviation com­ munity were uncovered. And that's the New York-New Jersey Section truth! NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY LONG ISLAND CHAPTER Alice Borodkin, Reporter It's great to be a 99 because . . . GARDEN STATE CHAPTER Daisy Poss and 49 1/2er Robb spent 8 Dolores Jane Zilincar, Reporter days in Honolulu with AOPA Trip. While Our October 14th meeting was a big day there Daisy called the girls from the at Birchwood in the Pocono Mountains of "Aloha" Chapter, who had listed their Pennsylvania. It began with our usual names in the 99 Magazine. "Aloha” mem­ thriller — the Garden State 99 Spot Landing ber Betty Skold was hostess to Daisy and Only nine members of the Maryland Chap­ Contest. According to our published rules Robb for tour of the island. Quote Daisy, "It ter were able to attend a hurriedly arranged all entrants must radio in to the 99 contest was nice to feel you had a friend 6000 miles farewell luncheon for departing member, control and indicate intentions concerning from home you could call and say, "Hi, I'm LTC Jeane Wolcott who is being trans­ the contest. We are actually beginning to a 99 too." If all 99s are like Betty Skold, I ferred by the WAC to Columbus, Ohio. pick up signals from passers-by and other know we have the best women's organiza­ Seated I to r, Joan Bates, Guest of Honor pilots at various airports asking if they can tion in the world." Right! Jeane, Kay Bays; standing, Doris Jacob­ "do their thing" too! The answer is "yes" — Your reporter was thumbing thru Cos­ son, Paulette Jones, Ginny Vogel, for a small donation. It really is wonderful mopolitan Magazine, November issue, read Catherine Grover, and Mary Beth Jones. to witness the camaraderie existing among article "Come Fly With Me." 49 1/2 Howard all the participants. Everyone is welcome said, "Take a chance, look in Roster for VIRGINIA CHAPTER and we are gratified when we consider the Author." Found Holly Ballard a sister 99 — Mary A. Baldwin, Reporter main reason for the competition is to en­ result a "pen-pal" from the L A. Chapter! Hanover Municipal Airport, near Rich­ courage each pilot to become aware of her Daisy Poss and Anita Coderre had Vice mond, Virginia, was the site of our Novem­ (his) abilities and shortcomings. Our Governor arid Chapter member Ruth ber meeting. We were honored to have as newest member, Phyllis Eckert, was winner Dobrescue give a talk to their Aviation guest speaker Mr. Ed Gelletly, accident for October and was she delighted. classes at Sagamore Junior High School. prevention specialist from the Richmond Congratulations! The students were so interested that Ruth GADO. Mr. Gelletly briefed us concerning Our regular monthly meetings will be has an open invitation anytime! The the biannual proficiency rides now required arranged by a different member each time. children also had their first experience with by the FAA. and then conducted a courtesy This gives each 99 a chance to become in­ light planes on a visit to the airport, and a ride with Imel Timberlake in her Cessna volved in the fun work of finding a place, big thrill for many of them was being able 206. planning a luncheon and providing a guest to sit in a Cessna 150. (future 99s?) Plans were announced for our December of honor. Dana Mack was responsible for Daisy and Anita also took a Sunday Christmas party which will be held in our November meeting. Her thoroughness outing to Smithville, N.J. Great restaurant Colonial Williamsburg. It promises to be an and regard for detail will be a model for and a terrific Fly-in Spot. Courtesy Bus enchanting evening for all. future notices. Dana even had our friendly from Airport with super treatment for all Every good wish for the New Year from FSS alerted to notify our fly-ins if the meet­ pilots. all the members of the Virginia Chapter to ing was to be cancelled because of Our Chairman, Marilyn Hibner, received all of our sister Ninety-Nines. weather. her Commercial License this month and is working towards her CFI and Instrument cruise up the Connecticut River on October Sexton. Pam Hawes, Sue Haselman, Ora Rating. November meeting had Dr. Frank 28 by hosts Teddy and Ted Kenyon. The Stevens and Harriet Fuller successfully air­ Bussy. FAA Medical examiner visiting and foliage was at its peak and the weather just marked Plymouth, Mass. Airport. The layout discussing problems regarding FAA beautiful. On the return trip down the river was a fine job done by Pam's 49 1/2er and Medicals. Former Chapter member Ellie the Kenyons docked at East Haddam so his friend, Warren Tyler. The airport opera­ McCullough, now living in Florida, won Le that Nancy Tier could fly directly home. tors encircled the painters with snow plows Club International Great Bahama Air Race. Nancy bid everyone farewell by rocking her and gas trucks to shield them from the ter­ New York Area Chapters' plans for wings as she flew over the boat. rific wind, which was a most welcome good General Aviation Week for New York State Congratulations to Marcia Spakoski for deed. When the painting was completed, are in progress for the last week in June being elected Groton Town Representative the chilly workers were treated to some of 1974. For what your chapter can do to par­ by an overwhelming Republican vote! Pam s "garbage soup" which has every­ ticipate, please contact me, Alice Borodkin. Members have been quite active with Air thing! Happy flying . . . Education: Cynthia Kemper is teaching a Piloting Workshop for 4th and 5th graders NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER in Westport. The boys and girls meet one Anne Good, Reporter Diane Mary Mudd, Reporter hour a week during "hobby" class time. On O ctober 31, 1973, Chapter Governor, Our chapter has slowed down with Bobbie Herbert recently spoke to the Ar- Jean Batchelder, Rae Tally, and Lorraine respect to actual flying, not because of the monk Junior High Students on careers in Richards, all of N.H. and Ramona Morrell, fuel shortage, but because of the weather. aviation. Every seat in the auditorium was Jackie Tempesta, Elizabeth Anghinetti, and In consequence, we have taken a course of filled and they lined the walls, sides and Anne Good, of Maine, flew into Augusta, action in paying respect to people who back! And on Nov. 7th, Evelyn Kropp spoke Maine Airport, and presented the Governor have been involved in flying in the past on private flying to the high school stu­ of Maine, Kenneth Curtis, the Ponderosa year. dents in Norwich. Afterwards the high Pine for the tree planting, initiating the Members of our chapter participated in a schoolers enjoyed a Q&A period. Chapter’s official Bicentennial Obser­ 4-H Annual Recognition Nite and presented Our monthly "Fly-for-Lunch-Bunch" get- vances Project. the Starlites 4-H Club with a certificate of togethers are drawing more enthusiasm. The Governor of Maine also received appreciation for their help in the Powder On October 23rd Ruth Crowell was hostess special recognition for his efforts to include Puff Derby in July. (We had already at Bradley Field. On November 20th the fly- more women in government positions and presented a similar certificate to the CAP in was at Jaffrey, N.H. and five planes and to acknowledge the great source of talent for their help as reported in last month's nine gals gathered around the pot-bellied and ability that Maine has in its women. Af­ report). stove in the airport restaurant for lunch. ter the ceremony we met the Chief Pilot A second presentation has been set up Guests were Vivien Utko, Mary Aller, and and went aboard the executive aircraft by Arlene LoPresti and 49 1/2er Russ. They Harriet Fuller from Eastern New England. State of Maine. have organized a dinner meeting to honor Connie MacLeish and her 49 1/2er, Dale Hartman, the helicopter pilot, who Rollins, recently flew their C-182 down to initiated and helped in the rescue of 10 Clearwater, Florida. Enroute they visited people from the Niagara River, just above daughter, Susan, at Western Carolina Uni­ the brink of the Falls. Over 100 pilots are versity in Ashville. N.C. and also stopped in expected to attend this event. Atlanta for a few days of sightseeing. Con­ There is a footnote to be added on the nie said she was hoping for some IFR LoPrestis: During the time of the PPD, weather, but says ever since getting her in­ Arlene and Russ were the couple who strument rating last year, the weather is al­ opened their home to the family of a ways VFR! visiting pilot who was injured by his plane. Three Cheers for the LoPrestis! EASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER We have received a letter from a chapter Judy Gillis, Reporter member who has been having a lengthy Our November meeting was rather spe­ visit in Maryland. Ethel Fedders informed cial. We saw some of the slides taken by us that she has been flying in a Cessna Billie and Stu Downing on their last sum­ 182, and she just returned to Maryland, mer's fabulous trip to Alaska in a Cessna commercially, after vacationing in Florida 172. They took over 1500 slides in all. We with friends. only got to see a small sampling, but those The author also had her first "blind take we did see were beautiful. They flew over off." when as an observer, a practicing Fll most of the Alaska Highway and many gla­ took off with the hood. This experience is ciers, and saw miles and miles of the pipe­ New England Chapter takes part in tree- recommended for anyone having problems line. planting ceremony at Augusta Airport, with their runway alignment. We were delighted to have our Governor, Maine. Our chapter's annual Christmas Party Jean Batchelder in attendance along with was a time of fun and exchanging gifts and many other guests and 49 1/2ers. auctioning off same gifts to help increase Arlene Bevilacqua, our newest member, North Central Section was pinned. our treasury for the coming year. ILLINOIS - INDIANA - IOWA Nominations were made for Chapter KENTUCKY - MICHIGAN - MINNESOTA Nominating Committee, and those selected MISSOURI - OHIO - W ISCONSIN New England Section are Judy Hartzler, Mary McKillup and Judy CO NNECTICUT - MAINE Gillis. For Section member, Dot Pulis was MASSACHUSETTS - NEW HAMPSHIRE elected. CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER Pat Thrasher recently received her Com­ Clarissa Holcomb, Reporter RHODE ISLAND - VERMONT mercial License, and her daughter, Karen, Goofed last month — forgot to send our who is a stewardess, passed her Private news! The pilots have been flying tho. CONNECTICUT CHAPTER written. Libby Kaiser attended the Bonanza Claire Ball, Reporter Terry Downey is the proud mother of a meeting at Lake Lawn. Enjoyed Ed Link Starting this fall the Connecticut Chapter daughter born 11-1-73. and Paul Poberezny as speakers on flying has been alternating meeting dates be­ Our trees for the Friendship Forest in At- activities. tween Saturday mornings and evening/sup­ cheson have been planted and are doing Jayne Schiek flew as observer for Norma per meetings at Brainard Field. Attendance well. They will be ready for transplant in Douglas while the Mooney shot ADF ap­ seems to be equally divided and the about a year. proaches at Burlington, Iowa airport. Was change seems to please most members. Lois Auchterlonie recently judged at an off to Little Rock with Ben (49 1/2) mid Our chapter Safety Chairman, Ruth Cro­ N.I.F.A. contest at Norwood. Mass. Airport. November. She had a great trip to New well. presented very informative programs The weather was quite windy, which made England with an interesting landing at Wor­ on x-wind landings and basic instruments things most interesting. cester where she met a lady controller in at our last two meetings. On November 17. another windy and very training. Received a warm greeting from Members of the chapter enjoyed a boat cold day, members Helen Kolazyk, Barbara FSS at Phillipsburg. Fine place to stop. Jayne flew to Pekin to Eiff's Central Illinois the field. I helped give penny-a-pound GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER Avionics open house, and returned the next rides, and it was such fun seeing smiles on Rose Mary Roth, Reporter day — weather CAVU — to the clinic. Our the faces of my passengers, ranging in age Sunday, November 18th, eight of our chapter was represented by Mary Waters. from toddlers to a gentleman of 81 years! members gathered for breakfast with our Barb Brusseau, Norma Douglas. Kaisers, A warm welcome to new members Deb­ former International President, Betty Schieks, and Norcrosses. Norma won an bie Karas and Lucrezia O'Brien! McNabb. Betty was in St. Louis to be a ELT, and John won a set of Telex head­ Long-time member Helen Sailer was guest speaker at the Experimental Aircraft phones. Had a "thank-you card” from Mary recently named a Fellow of the Life In­ Association Banquet. Ann Eiff to the chapter for the flowers sent surance Management Institute, with a Seems our 99s will do anything to get up for their Open House. Mary Ann is in our specialty in life and health insurance into the blue and Sue Matheis is no ex­ chapter s territory, but joined Quad City to claims. This represents several years of ception. She is doing a traffic report for have some place to fly to. She keeps track study in addition to her regular work, and KMOX Radio on Friday evening with Officer of our doin's by subscribing to our chapter Helen says now that it s behind her there's Don Miller in a helicopter and Sue close newsletter. more time for flying! behind in a Cessna 150. Sue says that Barb Jenison says the contractors have A nice letter came from our farthest-flung though the job is only once a week now been pouring asphalt and may have the member. Barb White in Venice, Fla., and it there's a good possibility that she may be runway at Paris — county airport — com­ looks like she and 49 1/2er Corky are doing doing it more often in the future. The pleted this year. Barbara has been waiting wonders for aviation down there. They've November Fly-to-Lunch-Bunch numbered 8 and working a long time on this project. been trying to preserve beautiful Venice members and guests who met at Quincy, Bobbye Kesterson managed a couple of Municipal Airport for private flying, and Illinois airport. That date also happened to hours in the Luscombe. We are proud of have formed an organization (Venice Avia­ be member Amy Laws' birthday. The next her son, Scott, who passed his Commercial tion Association) of 217 members to make scheduled Fly-to-Lunch-Bunch was to written with an 87! this possible. An air show in October made Mexico, M issouri Airport, December 12th. Ruby Andrews and Vic had two set-backs new friends for the airport, but their main Our December meeting was in Green­ on the PA-12. The first due to unclean work efforts are devoted to education of the ville, Illinois with Mary Lowe as our cloths; the second, to an unsteady " horse.'' public. This includes (1) the “VAA Sky hostess. This is our one yearly meeting Add another month to work time. Ride," which is a $3.00 per person (for when we highly encourage everyone to A potential member, Wanda Whitley, has groups of 3) flight over the Venice area, bring a guest to share our festivities. about 325 hours in a Cherokee 140 at pointing out not only the joys of flying, but Highland. Ind. Airport. Her favorite maneu­ also a lesson on the geography and INDIANA CHAPTER ver is stalls! ecology of the area; and (2) free 5-week Lois Hawley & Kathy Forrest, Reporters Kay Martens (as student pilot, again) with aviation "short courses" for the general Tomorrow's general aviation pilot will instructor Jean McLaughlin flew the Flint's public, in the spring and fall. The White's have to be up on his computer lingo ac­ Navion to Mena, Ark. to leave the plane for are doing one fantastic job for the fur­ cording to Joe W artolic, of the FSS in a paint job. Lila Flint and Jackie flew a 172 therance of general aviation. Let's all be Lafayette, Indiana. Speaking to the Novem­ to Mena to return them to Peoria. Kay was thinking about what WE can do. ber meeting of the Indiana 99s. Mr. Wartolic delighted with logging almost 5 hours in Nancy Hersee and Jean Burson are on emphasized that the current one-to-one the retractable geared plane. the sick list, and Charlene Falkenberg method of briefing pilots is on the way out Much work is being done toward making broke her left leg and is hobbling around in because the government and the taxpayers the May llli-Nines Air Derby a success. The a flexible cast. Get well soon, gals! can t afford it. New communication systems Board has had several meetings. Three I'm sad to report the passing of several are being tested which will gradually phase chapters are involved in this project — members of 99 families to New Horizons — out many of the FSS stations, and place ours, Quad City and Chicago Area. We Nita Fineman's husband, Sid; June Basile's more emphasis on traffic control centers. really look forward to working together. husband, Anthony; Sylvia Harper's mother; One such system would have a keyboard at The Chicago group seems good at raising and Myrl Muka's mother. Our deep sym­ each airport desk into which the pilot money and held a Christmas "Wing Ding." pathy to all the families. would feed his flight plan to the computer. Let s hope for good weather all across the Anyone who has ever taken a computer country for the New England Air Race GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER course, and had his program rejected, scheduled for May 23-24 also. Dorothy Stratton, Reporter knows how finicky the wire monster can Flew the "Green Tiger" to New England Hazel Perkins was hostess for our be! last week with Max, getting some time "un­ November meeting at her home in In­ In other activities, Martha Holst and der the hood." My sister found a potential dependence. We welcome Sherry Quinlan 49 1/2er John enjoyed a flight over Vienna 99 for me in the person of Beth Watson of as a new member of our group. It was while on a Purdue Alumni tour. Martha Wethersfield, who got her rating in October decided the "Girl of the Year" award reports it was a pleasure to fly in a and has been using the license on the rest should have a special name and Jan. 10th Cherokee Six and take pictures of the Blue of the family since. On our flight home, af­ is the deadline to submit your idea for a Danube and the Vienna Woods. ter waiting two days for weather, we flew name to Virginia Pacey. Nona Martin repor­ Pauline Genung has been flying her Swift above the snow flurries over New York ted on progress of plans and work for our 99K over the woods of Indiana, taking over State with strong headwinds. Three hours Spring Sectional which we will hostess in 300 children for rides as the result of a to Jamestown for fuel and lunch. Another Kansas City. newspaper boys and girls contest, and also four got us to Sparta well before dark and Marilyn Dickson and daughter Kristi searching out women pilots and instructors thunderstorms! Next — Looking forward to visited her Grandmother in Oswego, Kan­ and telling them about the 99 s organiza­ a survey of Hawaii. sas October 28th and got in a whole two tion. Had a fine meeting at Decatur with hours flying time. Mary Ann Hamilton is Airmarking again reported in strong, with Sheryle Kuizinas and Ruth Ritter hos­ staying current by flying shuttle trips to eight more Indiana towns sporting fresh tessing. Nineteen were present. summer cottage in Minnesota and 99 yellow paint on their rooftops. Doug & Judy pleasure trips. Jean Wilson soloed in a Graham, and Ruth & Wally Ruggles are to CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER glider. She exclaimed, "What a Thrill!” be congratulated on their determination! Sandy Klock, Reporter Cathy Zimmerman has a new Skylane. Ruth Also at the November meeting, Mrs. S.G. 21 planes flew into Hobart, Ind. for our Stafford has her own plane, a Bonanza, and (Billie) Smith received her 25 year pin. fun October meeting, with a total of 44 in husband Sheldon parted with the Stagger- Twenty-five years a 99. That's a long time, attendance. Sue Gatlin was the day s most wing and bought a 1934 D Model M ono­ Billie, Congratulations! proficient pilot, winning the spot landing coupe, only flying one in the world. Betty Jo contest. Hoff flew a cross country trip to Memphis IOWA CHAPTER Sure hated to miss our November 18th via St. Louis, working for her commercial Ruth Ulfers, Reporter meeting at Elgin Airport, which featured the license. A Happy Birthday party for 99s was one movie of Capt. Elgin Long's trip around the November Fly Out Lunch — met at highlight of our November meeting. world in a Navajo — “A Man, A Dream, and Shangri-La, Grand Lake, Grove, Oklahoma Eleanor Linderbaum brought a beautifully A Plane." However, I've been flight in­ Nov. 15th. decorated cake to celebrate our 44th year. structing at R.D. Aviation, Lewis-Lockport Mary Ann Hamilton and husband Gordon We re the kind of women who "get better, Airport, on Sundays, and that weekend was hosted our Christmas Party Dec. 14th at not older," right? the grand opening of R.D.'s new offices on their home. One of our "getting better" members. Rowena Bennett from Mapleton, passed hostessed by the Lake Michigan Chapter. and their guests flew into Minneapolis for her commercial checkride October 26th. Nancy Hecksel received a Christmas the seminar. Carolyn Olson and 2 pilots' Congratulations! present from her 49 1/2er Warren, who put wives came from Hackensack, Mn. and Our meeting in Marshalltown was attend­ a special number on their airplane. If you stayed over for the Fly Out Lunch at ed by 45 people. After a great buffet dinner hear Mooney 99 NH flying the airways be Rochester, Mn. the next day. 49 1/2er Dr. Charles Bendixen showed the sure to say hello! As this report goes to the Editor, our FAA film "RX for Flight" and then elaborat­ Christmas Party Chairman, Barb Pearlman, ed on problems such as hypoxia, night promises that the 99s Christmas party at vision, effects of medication and noise- the Decathlon Club will be fully as en­ hearing loss complications. The discussion joyable as the one we had there last year. proved that 99s and their husbands are a She expects Santa to fly in. Happy Flying in smart bunch of people. 1974. Pat Borup is our newest Iowa member. Pat has a private license, is a practicing QUAD CITY AREA CHAPTER R.N., raises two boys, and she and her Jo Anne Walker, Reporter husband fly from the Wellman airport. Quad City pilots are progressively feeling Three prospective members were our the effects of the fuel cutbacks. 80 Octane guests. Ann Johnson and Berniece Nortom fuel is not obtainable at the present time by both obtained their private license late this customers on this field. Most people flying summer. Wanda Schultz was waiting to long cross country distances are phoning schedule her private check ride and oc­ ahead to be sure of adequate fuel. cupying the interim by building her own 2 Von Alter and Barney Young flew passenger plane! f t medical supplies to Des Moines the other Marilyn and George Cragin of the El day. Ellen and Bob Thiel and daughter, Paso Chapter were in Iowa in November to Shana. spent four days in Northwestern see her family. They also visited with 99 Iowa the weekend of Thanksgiving. Jean Ellingson and 49 1/2er Lem while they Neil Pobanz and JoAnne Walker attend­ were here. ed a committee meeting of the llli-Nines Air Our January meeting will be held in Derby on November 16 in McHenry, Illinois. Sioux City on the second Sunday. Bob CAPTION: 1974 M ichigan Chapter officers, At this meeting. Marion Jayne explained Stolz. pilot and mechanic, will present a (seated) Suzanne Whyte, Chairman; L to ft, the method by which the handicaps for the program on the annual EAA meeting at Joyce Odom, Treasurer; Claire Ojala, Vice- 1974 race will be revised. Anyone interest­ Blakesburg. Chairman; Nancy Hecksel, Secretary. ed in having aircraft tested for a handicap on a measured course may contact Marion. LAKE MICHIGAN CHAPTER MINNESOTA CHAPTER Von Alter and Norma Smith have Evelyn Borst, Reporter Clara Johansen, Reporter received their Spirit of St. Louis Safety Two plane loads of medical supplies and December was officially designated as Pins. materials were flown to Detroit City Airport Aviation Safety Month by Minnesota Gover­ Quad City Area Ninety-Nines were on November 17th, 1973. Eloise Smith and nor. Wendell Anderson. Invited to assist in hostesses at a well attended FAA Safety Polly Huitt flew a Cessna 172 and Ruth the ceremony were our Chapter Chairman, Seminar at the Davenport Airport on Eiseman and Joe Wingier flew a Cessna 99 Betty Kuechle. representatives from November 19. 182. Our November meeting was held in Minn. Aviation Trades Assn., and National Quad City Airport is scheduled to be a Three Rivers with 14 members present. Business Aviation Assn., as well as officials designated fuel stop for AWTAR in '74. Ruth Kersten was pinned'! Sue Ward got from FAA and GADO. Minnesota Chapter HOW'S THAT FOR OPTIMISM! APT and also her SAFETY PIN! We enjoyed 99s will be especially safety conscious this our Christmas party in Lansing on Decem­ December! WISCONSIN CHAPTER ber 8th and seeing the girls from the On four consecutive evenings, in Nov., Betty Willmore, Reporter Michigan Chapter too. our 99s helped at the Aviation Safety November meeting — typical Wisconsin Mary Creason has just been appointed a Seminars conducted by the FAA and Minn. 99 flying day . . . poor visibility and low member of the Women's Advisory Com­ Dept, of Aeronautics. The second night, ceilings! But 8 planes flew out of Morey Air­ mittee on Aviation. Maisie Stears, our during break, the 99s held a quick meeting port in the 98 st. mile Air Derby. The Chapter Chairman, is recovering from back inviting all women pilots present to attend triangular course was over woodsy terrain surgery. We miss you. Maisie — hurry and and many did, including new members and included a 300 ft fly-by of two very get well soon! Linda Erickson and Shirley Hallgren. We elusive grass strips! welcome Barbara Bellair who rejoined our Participants in the proficiency rally were MICHIGAN CHAPTER chapter. She'd taken time out for graduate Joan and John McArthur; Pat Back and Patricia Domas, Reporter studies at the University of Minn, and is Ron Milanovich; Dee Kluppel and Elaine The 18th Annual Michigan SMALL Race now an Elementary School Principal. Since Strickland, Louise Yeazel and son, Mark; is now a pleasant memory. (See article midsummer. Janie Koznick. Janice Nielsen. Mavis Monson and Ann Lytton. Betty Dec. issue). Many thanks to all who worked Nancy Plummer, Mary Jane Migis, Elaine Willmore and Jim Fish; Mary and Joe so hard and to all contestants who par­ Jensen and Mary Thompson have joined Krautkramer; Marlyn Donagon and Caro­ ticipated. our chapter. Welcome. Our congratulations line Morey. The October chapter business meeting to Gail Vail on acquiring her instrument First place trophy went to Joan and John was held in Howell following the Race, and rating. McArthur with a score of 97.5342! was presided over by 1974 officers: Thanks to Dorothy Bolander and her Second place trophy went to Louise and Suzanne Crook Whyte. Chairman; Claire helpers. Project Aware was a great suc­ Mark Yeazel. 97.2377. Louise also had the Ojala. Vice-Chairman; Nancy Hecksel. cess. A large number of pilots' wives at­ best fuel score. Fuel estimate was within Secretary; and Joyce Odom. Treasurer. tended the seminar Nov. 27. After hearing 2/10ths of a gal! Welcome to new members. Roberta Wolf of Andrew Detroi, Accident Prevention Mavis Monson and Ann Lytton scored the Gaylord and Chris Hunter of Traverse City. Specialist, GADO; Ken Patz, Aviation best over-all speed and had the best per­ Suzanne Whyte attended the dedication Representative, Minn. Dept, of Aeronautics; formance by an all-female crew. of the Otsego County Airport Memorial and Theodore Lester. M.D., Pilot and FAA Marlyn Donagon won first place in the Park. She spoke briefly with Governor Medical Examiner, the wives came away spot landing contest. Milliken who was present for the ceremony. more aware but reassured of a pilot's Mary Krautkramer (Chicago chapter) Amelia Earhart Scholarship winner, Pat capabilities, and their own roles in the air­ took second place. Domas has begun flight training for her In­ plane, The very funny characterizations of Marilyn Shaeffer, Madison, is new mem­ strument Instructor and Multi-Engine Willie s Wives" by 99s Nancy Plummer. ber. ratings. She has passed the Instrument In­ Joan Sommerfeld. Sally Woodburn, Mary Ramona and Jewel Huebner and Arlene structor and Instrument Ground Instructor Jane Migis, Rita Orr, Janie Koznick. Linda and Hersch Schwartz flew their planes to writtens. Haedge and Betty Kuechle. narrated by Guadalajara, Mexico to a medical meeting. Members of both Michigan chapters en­ Dorothy Bolander gave the audience even They reported good weather and no joyed the joint Christmas party in Lansing. more insights to happy flying. Several 99s problems flying south of the border! Velma Hite have moved from Ft. Smith to the time we read this. Transfers attending South Central Section 5901 J.F.K. Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkan­ included Peg Sulfridge from Michigan and ARKANSAS - COLORADO - LOUISIANA sas and 418 North Jackson, Lebanon, Nan Gaylord from Tulsa — are we lucky! KANSAS - NEBRASKA - NEW MEXICO Missouri respectively. They are good 99s and most welcome. OKLAHOMA - TEXAS Attending the national CAP meet in Las Guests included Verda Brittingham from Vegas. Nevada was Louise White who the Indiana Chapter who was in town con- ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER thoroughly enjoyed an air lift aboard the ventioning with the Eastern Star. Other Becky Lutz, Reporter C118. Marge Nielsen has been promoted to guests and prospective members were A state-wide Fly-In held recently in Santa 1st Lt. CAP and is serving as Accident Julie Maslanik, Mary Adams, Elva Ruberg, Fe gave our chapter a good opportunity to Prevention Counselor Southwest Region Kay Madson. Cindy Bellmar, and former present our ' tree of friendship" to the FAA. member Fredda Turrill. Santa Fe Airport. The pine tree was . . . and from the Land of Opportunity . . Our own Jean Ferrell and Jean Glick presented to Congressman Manuel Lujan happy flying to you all. (New York Chapter) took a “Care" package who planted the tree for us on the front of Prague Czechoslovakia for a friend. lawn of the city airport. Congressman Lujan COASTAL BEND CHAPTER Food and clothing — 200 lbs. of it — all as Vel Kiker, Reporter told us that this was the first event com­ baggage. Jean F. works as a simulator in­ memorating the Bicentennial celebration August saw two Coastal Bend racing structor for United here in Denver while that he was aware of in New Mexico. teams participating in the 1973 Skylady Jean G's husband works for Seaboard Among the girls at the Fly-In were Roz Derby. Katherine Caraway and Elizabeth World — (so that's how they did it). The trip Kinlen, Joyce Buehler, Micki Collins, and Morris flew Caraways' Cessna 172 placing went smoothly, even the weather cooperat­ Becky Lutz. sixth; Barbara Corley and Vel Kiker com­ ed, except for a two-day delay in Frankfort Blanche Griscom recently went to Santa peted in Kikers' Cessna 150 placing because of the Air Traffic Controllers' Fe also as part of a statewide committee to eleventh. The same teams flew the 3rd An­ strike. Even Jean Glick, who is a Radar select appropriate aviation textbooks for nual West Baytown (Texas) Kiwanis Club Controller for New York Center, was high school classes. Blanche teaches two Proficiency Race held in September. This grounded. They are planning another aviation classes at a local high school. time the Morris-Caraway team placed “mercy” mission in March. Claudia Beckner is sporting her "Spirit of eleventh, and the Corley-Kiker team, Next event for us was the Christmas Safety" pin. Claudia is also working toward twenty-first. At the awards dinner, Liz party Dec. 13th at the Lowrey Officers Club. adding another “I” to her CFI rating. Morris was presented with the trophy for Dave Olds of the FAA was there to tell us, Joyce Buehler enjoyed talking to George being the newest licensed pilot competing among other things, about establishing the Rhodes, president of Aviation Training and also won a fifth of champagne as a Wright Bros. Memorial Award in the Seminars, Inc. during the AO P A. Clinic door prize. Vel Kiker won a year's sub­ Colorado Area. A Banquet was held on held here recently. Mr Rhodes is well scription to Sky Prints, also a door prize. Dec. 17 at Stauffer's Denver Inn at which known as producer, host, and author of Lucky girls! time an award was given to the person who "Discover Flight with George Rhodes" October the group convened in Schulen- has made an outstanding contribution to WKWZ-NBC. burg and enjoyed a report — complete with Colorado Aviation. Senator Peter Dominick, Several of the girls attended the New snapshots — of a trip to the Bahamas taken Republican from Colorado and a pilot him­ Mexico Aviation Association banquet held by Ruth and 49 1/2er Bill Cox. C olor us self was the main speaker. Our own Emily in November. Flying Magazine’s Gordon envy. We also welcomed new transfer Howell was the honored recipient! She is Baxter was guest speaker for this annual Joyce Smith and 49 1/2er Jim. formerly of going to have to add another room on the event. Roz Kinlen and husband Jim spent Orange, Tx., now living in Corpus Christi, house for all her trophies. Emily flies for some interesting hours with Mr. Baxter and Texas. Color us happy. Frontier Airlines and was nominated for this In November, the chapter hosted an FAA his wife as they helped host his award by the United Airlines representative Albuquerque stay. The Kinlens even found Safety Seminar in Yoakum jointly presented and our Chairman Eulalia Nichols, both time to host a buffet dinner and cocktails by the San Antonio and Houston GADO of­ serving on the Award committee. The din­ the evening before the big banquet which fices, and sponsored by Lewis Travland of ner was sponsored by the Colorado Air was quite a gathering of aviation types. Rawhide Aviation. Color us up-to-date. Force Assn., the Colorado Chapter of the Joyce. Roz. and Becky Lutz along with No meeting in December — but Peggy Ninety-Nines and the FAA GADO office others from the aviation community are on Zapalac and Liz Morris actively working on here. We are Proud of Emily and of a committee to help plan for the third an­ their commercials; Katherine Caraway on foresighted Frontier Airlines — they also nual SICAM poker rally to be held in her instrument rating; Jewel Fisher, employ Karen Thomas, Colorado 99, in January. Margaret Clegg, and Ruth Cox assisting in their Public Relations Dept, and Donna Welcome to Edythe Bishop who comes to family businesses; Barbara Corley plotting Myers, former President of International new ways to get us all APT; Delores Zuck us from the Greater Kansas City chapter. I Ninety-Nines, whose husband is a Vice- recently passed the commercial written and and Vel Kiker flying those Coast Guard President of Frontier. Auxiliary patrols; Allona Basden settling in am looking forward (?) to that checkride. Eulalia Nichols and I had a delightful Our annual banquet will be over as this in Fort Collins, Colorado; and Archie Mer­ flight to Aspen early in Nov. in my Bonanza goes to press. Happy New Year. cer — where are you, Archie? — will all tie N7820R to begin some preliminary plan­ up this year's loose ends. Color Coastal ning for a South Central Section Meeting. ARKANSAS CHAPTER Bend busy! Betty Pfister met us and drove us to her Marguerite Nielsen, Reporter fabulous home. It was a delightful day and Governor Dale Bumpers and Director of COLORADO CHAPTER the Section meeting looks like fall of '75 at Aeronautics, Eddie Holland met with Mary Neil, Reporter this point. Gas permitting, of course!! Arkansas Ninety Nines Cary Hunt. Marge Our big November news was that we McLean, Kay Newth, Ruth Gray, and sponsored and worked with the FAA in DALLAS CHAPTER Virginia Proctor in Little Rock for the pur­ presenting a two-day safety seminar Nov. 2 Betty Boop, Reporter pose of promoting aeronautical good will. & 3 that was well-received by about 500 The October Meeting at the home of The girls served as hostesses during the pilots from the Denver and surrounding Tanya Thornton included a wedding open house at Adams Field in Little Rock. area, some from as far away as Alamosa shower for Barbara Whitsill (ex Powell), a The board room was offered for future and Cheyenne, Wyo. The Golden Sentinel happy occasion for Dallas (another 49 1/2er meetings of the Arkansas Chapter. team of FAA specialists covered aircraft — Bob and a name change for directories.) Dr. Mac Poe may be a nervous navigator accidents, airspace navigation, weather, The November meeting was a birthday but is a terrific golfer. To prove the theory mountain flying and survival, and showed party for the Dallas Chapter, chartered 16 . . . Charlene and Dr. Mac have made the numerous new training films. years ago on November 17, 1957. O riginally return flight from La Quinta. California News at our last meeting included: Dallas was part of the Texas Chapter and where Dr. Mac took the coveted silver bowl Donna Myers “fun trip” to Phoenix for the as Texas grew so did the division of the that accom panies first place in the U.S. races and a visit to 99s in the area; Betty Jo chapters. Today the 99 members in the British Challenge Cup competition when he Reed's 275 hours of pure pleasure this past Dallas Area have grown and there are now competed with thirty-nine other doctors in year in her KingAir N44F; Avalon Graf's 2 Dallas Groups (Dallas and Dallas Red- the invitational which consisted of 20 new job getting Graf Air Service “off the bird). British and 20 Americans. ground;" Dolly Gibbons' progress on the Over the years Dallas members have par­ Arkansas members Delores Deam and Instrument Rating — she should have it by ticipated in many, many fund-raising ac­ tivities. have donated time and money to Hope the fuel crisis is resolved by the Texas, and points in between — which various organizations for the advancement time you read this and we'll an have plenty covers a lot of territory. They took a guest of aviation and the community, and par­ of fuel for 1974. We d even pass the blue with them on each trip. One guest was 84 ticipated in various airmarkings and airport skies and tailwinds for full tanks. years of age and it was her first airplane beautification projects. The Dallas Chapter flight! EL PASO CHAPTER has been hostess to three Sectionals and Ernie and Gladys Latham are the proud Norma Kudiesy, Reporter co-hostess to one other Sectional. owners of a 1972 Viking 300 Bellanca. They Betsy Wright obtained her private pilot Martha Ann Reading (one of the charter have been enjoying the lovely weather on license on her seventeenth birthday members of the chapter) was the first to Sundays by flying to various spots in Texas November 21. Congratulations Betsy. receive the SC Section Jimmy Kolp Award and Louisiana for lunch. A great idea for Several of our members have returned for her many contributions to the 99s and pilots! from vacations, everything from enjoying a aviation. Our members have been and still mountain retreat to shopping in faraway GOLDEN TRIANGLE CHAPTER are officers, members, and helping hands cities. Ellen VanDeventer, Reporter in other aviation groups (i.e., CAP. IAC, Polly Thomas is a new El Paso 99. She etc.). We have the pleasure of having as New ratings are flourishing in the chap­ flies a Cherokee. Her husband is an M.D. one of our members the first woman to suc­ ter. Helen Wells has passed her com­ We all welcom e her. cessfully complete American Airlines Jet mercial. Congratulations. Helen. Phyllis McCarthy, a Major in the CAP. Training course for the Cessna Citation, in Our November meeting was held in the was honored by the Sertona Club as home of Carol Callan, in Euless Three addition she has just completed Flight "Citizen of the Month" for her long years of prospective members joined us: Peggy Engineers school. Our members own. are service and efforts in search and rescue Norman. Mary Lou Blain and Sue Jose. partners in, or instruct at various flight operations at a luncheon recently. Governor Brenda Strickler presented Chair­ training schools and air charter services. Marian Banks, Vice-chairman of the (Ed. Note: How about names of your out­ man Linda Hooker with the second place AWTAR Board, visited El Paso to set up trophy for Chapter Achievement, and plans standing members — with a 'Chapter Per­ plans for next summer's fly-by of Powder were finalized for our Christmas dinner, in sonalities article and photo??) Puff Derby contestants. Twenty-two airport the Brook's home on December 8. We have had three FAA Accident Preven­ board personnel, FBO s and 99s represen­ Jo McCarrell has volunteered to make tion Specialists, plus our members have tatives attended. Santa's run this year for him. She and worked for the FAA in other capacities in­ Ruth Deerman is giving flight safety cluding that of weather briefer over the Wayne have recently acquired a Cessna check rides to those interested. She was 182. painted Christmas colors, red and years. We also have had the privilege of visited by Meg Guggolz of the Santa Fe having had three Section Governors come green. Our only request. Jo, is don't try to Chapter and Ann Roethke of the Wisconsin land it on the roof tops. from Dallas. We know we re patting our­ Chapter who brought DRF supplies with selves on the back, but. were PROUD November 2 was a joint Safety Seminar them. we re 99s and members of the DALLAS for the DAL/FTW area. Seven hundred area Our Christmas party this year was held at chapter. pilots attended the meeting at Trinity High the home of KK Garlitz with the Chaparral School. Plans are under way for another in Happiness and Good Wishes Always — Chapter joining in the festivities. Dallas. January, to be held in Arlington. Louise Mitchell was off to isolated areas Chairman Linda Hooker has been of Mexico again via bush pilot services with working on getting us incorporated, and DALLAS REDBIRD CHAPTER a staff of twenty to treat over 450 patients in she reports that very soon after the first of N.A. Cloud, Reporter a five day period. These mountainous areas the year, with the IRS willing, it will be Happy 1974 to all of you! 1973 was "in ­ have no medical facilities available. finalized. teresting " to say the least. Our latest flying activity has been Redbird is winding up their activities for FORT WORTH CHAPTER distributing the new Safety Improvement the year. Our regular meeting for November Jean Bishop, Reporter Report holders, for the FAA. to the area air­ was spent in producing an inventory of our Fort Worth Ninety-Nines spent November ports. When you are out. be sure and locate DISPOSABLE INSTRUMENT HOODS preparing for our annual Wright's Day Din­ these. which were just approved by Headquarters. ner held December 16th at Colonial Coun­ Brenda has been working with two in­ Anyone wanting to get APT really should try Club. UFO s were the topic of the three structors in setting up a group orientation have one of these, only $1.75 postpaid, in speakers at the dinner, John D. Jackson, as part of the new requirements due by Ninety-Nine Blue. Write Kathy Long. ground instructor with American Airlines, next November. Our plans are to do it early Bonham. Texas Airport is now properly Miss Tony Page, editor of Cross Country and avoid the rush. airmarked. Seven of our members (out of News, and William Case, Aviation editor for eleven) flew up there recently and joined the Dallas Times Herald. Many of those in­ HOUSTON CHAPTER some of the Dallas Chapter members in terested in aviation in our area attended the Stephanie Vickery, Reporter painting runway numbers. We are really dinner. While in other parts of the country people getting good at this, only took us an hour Diane and Roger Coon and Tom and are beginning to adjust to the sub-70 and a half to paint both runway ends. Jean Bishop are still working on their BD- degree indoor temperatures, we in Houston December saw us having a fly-in with the 5 s while Jim and Nancy Armstrong are are thankfully enjoying shirt-sleeve weather Dallas Businessmen's Flying Assn. to the building their BD-4. outdoors. To take advantage of the good Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport. We've Carolyn Merrithew quit her job as weather, our paintbrushes and rollers and all been dying to land at the world's largest manager of Planes and Pilots and is busy poised for a series of airmarkings. Early airport but so far they have said no. But redecorating her house. Carolyn will have December promises airmarkings at Hearne now. finally, we got our opportunity. We more free time for 99s now — we've missed and possibly Smithville and Cameron. took three airplanes (not counting BFA's her. Betty and Joe Parsons were in McAllen Other airmarkings are being planned. airplanes) and had a conducted tour of all trying to boost the contractor building their Weiser was marked in November. the facilities. house. They then flew to Guadalajara, The pennies-a-pound ride in late October Also in December was our annual Christ­ Mexico, to shop for light fixtures. They were was a big success thanks to Sally Gluck- mas party. We were hostesses this year and home for only two days before flying to man, Pat James. Joyce Johnson, and had the Dallas Chapter as guests. Hawaii and Fiji for a vacation. others who worked so hard. Elinor Johnson and 49 1/2er Rowland The pilots at Aero Valley Airport at Christmas plans for the Houston Chapter flew in the Fairview (Okla.) Flylady Air Race Roanoke gave a large dinner and dance in included an airlift of much needed clothing in November and came in fourth. This was the hangar for the 72nd birthday of our and other items to the Texas State Mental the first race for this team and as everyone Pioneer Pilot Edna Gardner Whyte. Edna is Institution at Rusk, and an enjoyable knows, it ain't easy for husband and wife to the owner and manager of Aero Valley. She evening at the Christmas party. fly together. However, this one worked out instructs students daily and is expanding M E. Oliver is participating in the Civil Air okay! the airport with the addition of 15 more Patrol Level I Clinic at Montgomery County Helen Wilke and Kathy Long have hangars. Edna and May Lou Mahey plan to Airport . . . Delle Hightower has been received confirmation of their sponsor, H.L. fly in the Fly Lady Race at Fairview, checked out in her new Bonanza . . . Billie Hunt, again this year and are already Oklahoma. Wyche is pleased to have passed the ATR making plans for next summer's air races. Nancy and Jim Armstrong took ad­ written exam . . . and her student Stephanie Several other members are working toward vantage of the wonderful fall flying weather Vickery is happy to have earned a long that end but nothing has jelled yet. to fly to East Texas. West Texas. Central sought instrument rating. KANSAS CHAPTER the owner and operator of the airport. N O T IC E S : 99s, have you had a Carolyn Westerman, Reporter Ramona took them into town for breakfast, proficiency flight check ride recently? The The Kansas 99 November Meeting was offered to fix them a lunch, and gave them new FAA rule will make it mandatory in the held at Brown's Grill West. Four guests at­ some sage advice about flying in the near future. Nov. 1, 74 is the deadline! tended, Carol Cleverly, Wilma Sheets. Oklahoma hills around Poteau. The Check the operator's hand book, review the Janet Gray, and Suzanne Voorhees. This weather never did improve, so Rosemary aircraft information for your plane. Take was Janet's and Suzanne's 2nd meeting and Sherry never did get to Mena. Never­ some time to review the proper use of and we are looking forward to two more theless, they enjoyed their experience, and transponders, use of radio freqs. and use of members. got some actual IFR passenger tim e in the flight charts. Be prepared! GET APT! STAY Ruth Johnson flew in the Fairview, 310. APT! HAVE A SAFE FLY N HOLIDAY! Oklahoma. Fly-Lady Derby. November 10. Beth Covey got to ferry a Cherokee 140 This was Ruth's first flying competition and from Vero Beach, Florida for Wes-Tex Air­ SHREVEPORT CHAPTER she came in fourth place in the third leg. craft. but spent about 6 days on the ground Dot Lindsey, Reporter Even though there were low-low ceilings, in Meridian, Mississippi and Dallas trying to By air and o'er land SHV 99s journeyed to 16 pilots flew the course. Eleanor Knott was get back to take her instrument checkride Arcadia on an air marking project. Most of presented a Safety Awa'rd for returning to Finally, she did get back, and got her in­ our members were present, the weather co­ the starting point in the first leg due to the strument rating Thanksgiving Day. operated — it was a good day for flying and low ceiling air marking and we enjoyed a picnic lunch The next day Fairview had their Armistice NEBRASKA CHAPTER and a bit of hangar flying before the return Day Air Show. Jackie Luke flew her two Sharon Meyer, Reporter trip. We also appreciate Mary Jo Voss solo­ children, Cindy and Larry. Judy Calbeck, Due to poor flying weather, our ing her camper to Arcadia — it was most and Juanita Hattan to the air show. They November meeting was held at the alter­ convenient and useful and we hope Mary arrived in time for the "luscious" breakfast. nate site, Lincoln, rather than at Belleville, Jo is considering the same for our next air­ A ten pound turkey was given to the pilot of Kansas. Carole Sutton, who was planning marking. every 10th airplane who landed that mor­ to host the meeting in Belleville, drove to Congratulations to Evelyn Snow and Jere ning. Jackie was one of the lucky winners. Lincoln to meet with us. Saur who are now Certified Flight In­ All those who attended Fairview s Air Show Lincoln, Nebraska is going to be a must structors. Our Chapter has four members in had a super-great time. stop for the 1974 Powder Puff Derby. On this category. Bette Murrell and Bill Barnes were Monday, November 5, Trailblazers Barbara Hazel Brian has probably had an oppor­ married Labor Day Weekend. Marty Riggs, Elmyra, N.Y., and Marion Banks, San tunity to fly her new Bonanza. Marion Piper Paulson and Jim Pope married November Diego, along with Wanda Cummings, San is spending a lot of time in the air getting 17. Diego, and Gini Richardson, Yakima, re-acquainted with her Mooney after its Washington, arrived in Lincoln to discuss brand new major. LUBBOCK CHAPTER procedures for the Derby stop. Several Mary Jo Voss accompanied 49 1/2er Ben­ Beth Covey, Reporter Nebraska 99s, Jan Heins, Diane Bartels, nie to Washington, D.C., to receive an November was a busy month for our little Shirley Amen, Dawn Parkening, Nancy Award for Valor from the Department of chapter. The FAA-99 sponsored Aviation Alley, Vera Bartunek. Mimi Haworth, and Transportation. Congratulations Bennie. Safety Clinic was held Thursday, the 15th, Sharon Meyer, spent a delightful evening It s that time of year once again — our in the Flame Room of the Pioneer Natural with Barbara, Marion, Wanda, and Gini. We Christmas party-meeting was hosted by Gas Building in Lubbock, with a very good are really looking forward to the race, and Mary and Don Friday. We had a fun-filled attendance. The program opened with a also, crossing our fingers and hoping the evening of slow flying and merry making slide presentation on mountain flying, fuel shortage will cause no problem. and checked the progress Mary and Don followed by a movie on night flying. Next Our Nebraska Chapter voted at its last are making on the Skybolt they are con­ was a short program on ELT's, with a radio meeting to serve as a co-sponsor for an structing. demonstration of what a signal sounds like, Aviation Explorer program. This means that The "Spirit Of Safety” Pin for that pro­ so we would know what it was if we ever we will work with another sponsoring ficiency evaluation flight — if not in 1973 — heard it. Finally, Mr. Jim Couch of the FAA organization to help implement Explorer let's make it a "must" in 1974. reviewed and explained the new Part 61 Posts for high school boys and girls who The Shreveport Chapter wishes all 99s regulations. are interested in learning about aviation- Happy New Year with safe flying Our regular meeting for November on related occupations. Hopefully, this will be Monday, the 19th, started at the new fire a very interesting and worthwhile endeavor. TRI-STATE CHAPTER station at Lubbock Regional Airport. Capt. Our annual Christmas party was at Jan Mazie Lipscomb, Reporter Jack Carlile and the other firemen gave us Heins' home in Lincoln this year. Much fun! The absence of a report from the Tri- a very interesting and informative program We welcome new member, Sue Schuff of State Chapter the last two months doesn't on their fire fighting capabilities in different Oshkosh (Sue is already our airmarking mean the 99s haven't been promoting the situations, including fire in the cockpit. chairman for western Nebraska!), and rein­ cause — it simply is the result of this They demonstrated the effectiveness of stated member, Carmen Stineman of Reporter not taking time to sit down and various agents, and explained their appli­ Deshler. report. When I gave my boss the required cation with the different trucks. Capt. Our former chairman, Mimi Haworth, has six months notice to take early retirement, Carlile emphasized the necessity of calling just been elected president of the Nebraska after 32 years with the bank, one of his in immediately when any emergency con­ Correctional Association. Mimi really keeps remarks was "I don't like it but I can t dition occurs, in order that the right equip­ busy! blame you — have fun" (he is well aware of ment and extinguishing agents are ready Our January meeting will be at Elkhorn, N4683L and my flying). He also said I would when you touch down. Nebraska. have to work like " " for the next six The quarterly South Plains Safety Coun­ months. I even set the timer on my oven for cil dinner meeting was held Monday, the SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER 15 minutes to make the rough draft of this 26th, at the officer's club at Reese Air Marian Burke, Reporter report, then off for an 8:30 a.m. Officer's Force Base. Before dinner, the group MARIAN BURKE has given three Rotary meeting. So much for the reasons. toured the non-destructive inspection Club speeches during the last month, One of the most interesting projects we hangars, and learned about oil analysis as telling about the 1973 Powder Puff Derby. have had was cooperating with the FBO at a method of spotting trouble internally in The Chapter Xmas party will be at the Carthage, Missouri in sponsoring a "Miss the engine, and x-ray and a dye dipping home of Betsy Hogan and 49 1/2er Bill. Aviation” contest. The winning young lady process for spotting cracks and potential Repeating last year which was a great sue- was required, among other things, to write trouble in the airframe. cess. an article on "Why I would like to fly." be Rosemary Stidham and her student. NEW MEMBERS: Welcome! New mem­ personable so as to appear publicly, etc. Sherry Sullivan, flew to Mena, Arkansas to ber ANNE LOWELL . . . Pilot husband, The first prize, which was won by Sherree ferry a Cessna 150 back for Town and George is a m ilitary doctor at Ft. Sam Brunner, was instructions and plane to Country Airport. However, the weather was Houston. They have four children and have solo. The Tri-State Chapter included as too low to get into Mena, so they landed at just completed a military tour of duty in their contribution her initial membership in a little airport at Poteau, Oklahoma to wait, Fairbanks, Alaska. Anne has a Commercial the 99s when she was eligible. After the and lo and behold. Ramona Mitchell, of pilot certificate . , . airplane single engine crowning of "Miss Aviation" 99ers Nancy Mitchell Flying Service, a fellow 99, was land. Welcome to our group ANNE! Teel and Harriett Call participated in Penny-A-Pound rides. The hydraulic line on member with an ATR. Betty Nation, who Bozena. Harriett's Skylane broke so that left Nancy just recently moved the B.J. Flying Service Peg Kelman and Marjorie Johnson are to represent us. back to Tulsa after 8 years in Pryor. back from New Guinea and Papua after fly­ Not being content with ordinary monthly Our new chairman. Mary Stewart, and ing themselves in a Cessna 182 through (or meetings. Chairman Teel sponsored a one- 49 1/2er Bill, have been flying the riggin' off rather, around) cyclonic storms and rain. evening "ground school refresher' coupled their old 195. They have been to Denton. These intrepid two have returned to us in with the FAA film on night flying. Pauls Valley. Mount Pleasant. Detroit. Brisbane with mouthwatering pictures of Nancy was appointed by the FAA as Michigan and others. They claim to have tropical islands, volcanic mountains and Accident Prevention Counsellor, and has come across an engine belonging to one of the colorful Mt. Hagen native Highlanders' completed Part 135 Air-Taxi check ride. A.E. s planes, seems it belongs to the FBO Show. Peggy, who has been flying since Great accomplishments! at Pauls Valley. Anyway this may bear in­ 1935 has the happy knack of making her Our latest project, that of air-marking the vestigating. flying tales sound like exciting pioneer Vinita, Oklahoma airport was quite an ex­ Our biggest pride in a member this year days. Tracking via Townsville and Tully to perience. Our member — Ruth Brewer — has been in our Katy Boyd, who has been Cairns, they visited Peg's son who flies for lives at Vinita. and through her efforts 99s busy putting together a closed circuit TV Bush Pilot Airways operating on Cape York have literally left their mark. If you have oc­ ground school course! More on this great Peninsula carrying mail to isolated cattle casion to fly through the mid-west, don't accomplishment, later . . . Happy New Year stations, aboriginal and mining com­ (you couldn't possibly) miss those 60' num­ from Tulsa! If you don't hear from us again munities, and to prawn fishermen in the bers on the strip beside the Glass House on for a while we will be busy planning for our Gulf of Carpentaria. A visit to the new and I-44. Ruth's 49 1/2er Al was our one-man AWTAR Stop this summer. Tulsa will host thriving bauxite mining town of Weipa, half power, helping mark the numbers 17-35, the pilots at the Camelot Inn on one of the way up Cape York provided great contrast pouring the paint into our cart from the 50- stops. We look forward to participating in with the land north of Torres Strait which gallon drum, even furnished the long han­ the greatest race of the year! with its grass huts and bark canoes, in dles for the rollers. The Chamber of Com­ Peg's words is "so close but into another merce of Vinita bought our lunch at the WICHITA FALLS CHAPTER age.” New Guinea is renowned for its diffi­ Glass House and since we had really Virginia Holmes, Reporter cult flying weather; masses of Cu-Nimb worked up an appetite, we topped off the Marilyn O'Neil. Nan Park, Lou Ellen around craggy volcanoes and tiny awkward good meal with their famous "Mile-High'’ Foster. Virginia Holmes, and their 49 1/2ers strips in dense jungle. Every year Highland lemon pie The only excuse any 99 can give attended the South Central Sectional in El warriors in Bird of Paradise plumed head­ for eating dessert like that is to fortify her­ Paso in October. It was a fun and informa­ gear, leaves or long string skirts their only self. and then go paint 35 on the end of a tive weekend. Marilyn O'Neil presented covering, nose-bones and painted faces, runway (60' numbers too). Ruth is a good Broneta Evans from the Oklahoma Chapter stage a magnificent show; one year at Mt. booster for the 99s and women flyers (she our 1973 Jim m ie Kolp Award. Hagen, the next at Goroka. With the town does aerobatics) and has us scheduled to Our Chapter hosted another general natives in T-shirts and baseball caps air-mark the Tallequah, Oklahoma airport aviation safety meeting November 15th. perched on fuzzy black hair, there are next. M ore than 100 p ilo ts attended. Gary hundreds of thousands of tribesmen — all Lavente, accident prevention specialist of marching, jumping, dancing and whistling, the Fort Worth G.A.D.O.. spoke on night banging drums and rattling spears. From flying and presented a film entitled "From Mt. Hagen, Peg and Marjorie flew back via Dusk To Dawn." Goroka and Madang, to Rabaul in New Brit­ Thanks to Lou Ellen and Lewis Foster. ain — the frangipani town. Relics of war­ Thelma Grey. Betty Allison. Eleanor Irvine. time abound; a Japanese Zero, cannon and Ola Mae and Bill Cook, we are now among anti-aircraft guns, with miles of shelter the list of Airmarkers! Wichita Valley Air­ caves excavated in the soft volcanic hills: port has bright new numbers and stripes as visible reminders of 1942-43 when so many of November 17th. Australian and American servicemen lost December was our Christmas party. their lives. Island-hopping home from here January — a bright New Year — with gas over coral atolls and copper mines at — we hope! Bouganville. they went over Rendover Gizo, the little island President Kennedy swam to after the PT109 was sunk. So ended the flight of the Lik Lik Balus (New Guinea pid­ gin for small aircraft) in the land of "Adam Tri-State Chapter of 99s Air-Marking Vinita AUSTRALIAN SECTION with Arrows." Airport. L-R Harriett Call, (Linda King - Doreen McLeod, Reporter After Rosemary de Pierres and Robin 66 2/3 in Plaid jacket) Nancy Teel, Chapter Main theme from the Australian Section Dicks had competed in the Powder Puff Chairman, and Ruth Brewer (Is Ruth won­ is Welcome back to many members who Derby, Robin flew back to Wichita to take dering if "5 ” was marked right?) have been on overseas flights: delivery of a new Beech Duke — a delight Bozena Vrla who after her travels to the to ferry home via the Northern Atlantic TULSA CHAPTER United States and Paris, continued through route. London, Geneva. Ankara, Teheran, Daisey Dimwit, Reporter Germany and Austria, Italy and Switzer­ Bombay, Singapore back to Perth: — all We have had a busy summer. We haven't land. Whilst in France she flew with Marie- w hilst sitting atop 3 x 75 gallon extra tanks even had time to write about it! Josephe de Beauregard who showed her in the cabin. Robin reports she has enjoyed We have safely installed all our new of­ Versailles and surrounding castles from the every minute and appreciates so much the ficers and here I am back at my old beat air. In Grenchen, Switzerland, a marvelous hospitality she has received in the States. reporting. Earline Biles is teaching ground reunion with 99 at large Margrit Sallaz of Beryl Young has also returned to school classes at Claremore Junior whom she had not heard for 25 years but Australia from Pennsylvania, delivering the College one night a week. She also flew who had remembered Bozena demonstrat­ new Navajo Twin to be used by the the Fly Lady Derby at Fairview Nov. 10. Nan ing the Zlin 281 in an International Air Queensland Government for which she is Gaylord got her CFI and took off again for Show in 1947. M argrit is m anaging the fly­ pilot. Beryl's solo Atlantic flight to Shan­ California. Before she left she had a Hairy ing school at Grenchen, the largest training non, then skirting around the Middle East Happening, an emergency landing only 5 organization in Switzerland, — 31 aircraft danger zones is a most interesting one, de­ miles short of the runway, and with a stu­ including 17 gliders and the aerobatic, tails of which I will report later. Beryl is cur­ dent who had just soloed the day before, Swiss-made aircraft Bravo, which has re­ rently flying the Queensland Premier on an same plane! This did not daunt our intrepid placed the Beagle Pup for aerobatics. Back outback campaign for the forthcoming bird-woman; she got it repaired and took again in Sydney. Bozena has entertained Government referendum. off again. Jackie Scott. 99 from Washington, and Congratulations to Rosemary de Pierres Jan Mauritson completed her require­ flown her over Sydneys beaches with on her appointment as member of the Inter­ ments and has her Ground Instructor Margaret Kentley and Joan Thompson. It national nominating Committee. Also to Rating. Basic Instruments, and advanced was the grand opening of Sydney Opera Julie Clifton-Brown on obtaining her C Instruments Instructor, all three!! Our chap­ House that weekend by Her Majesty, The Grade Instructors Rating. ter also boasts of the fact we have one Queen — an impressive homecoming for Prizewinners for the Hinkler 1000 Air Race are mother and daughter team, Ruth Best crew with less than 200 hours ex­ Many important aviation subjects were Hodges and Pie Gursancky. In a Cessna perience: L. J. Satara. Sydney, PA 28-235. discussed, including how we could assist 210 they took the Womens Prize and the Best performance vintage or veteran in a mercy flight from Thunder Bay to Lon­ 5th place in a field of 100 aircraft. Well aircraft built before 1950: Mrs. C. Nolan, don. Our new Governor, Barbara Brother- done! Coffs Harbour, DH82A. ton, and her executive took over Section We wish all 99's a successful and happy Best amateur-built aircraft: Dr. R. S. duties for the coming year. We welcome New Year. Jelliffe, Coffs Harbour, Jodel D11. two new members to our Chapter, Peggy Best Beech: Dr. V. Abram, Q uirindi. Smith and Jean Ellery. Peggy and Hilda Beech F33. Devereux are currently taking the I.F.R. Best Cessna: G. Schutt, Moorabbin, course in the London Flying Club and Jean Cessna 172. Ellery is working on her night endorsement Best Piper: C. Seccombe. Narrabri, PA Helen Wilson is very busy these days help­ 28-140. ing her 49 1/2er, Bill, with his work at Huron Best crew with each member 45 years Aviation in Sarnia and Nancy Rand will be and over: A ir Vice-M arshal W. E. Town­ present among the local pilots taking the 3 send, Cessna 210J. day A.T.C. course at Fanshawe College, London, Nov. 30th to Dec. 1st. Our A.T.C. East Canada Section member, Ginette Senechal, has been trans­ ferred back to London for further training Our December Christmas Meeting in­ FIRST CANADIAN CHAPTER cluded a trip to London Control Tower and Nora Parish, Reporter weather offices to assist our new members The month of November has been a in becoming "at ease" in controlled air traf­ “wash-out," literally, resulting in very little fic conditions. Most of these girls come flying news. The meeting for the month was from outlying areas and find it difficult to held at Button-ville Airport, on the 18th, and obtain sufficient training and experience at despite the downpour, we had a good num­ Left to Right: 99 at large Margrit Sallaz and Controlled Airports. ber of members in attendance, due no Australian 99 Bozena Vrta, who visited Mar- Members of the Maple Leaf Chapter send doubt to the speaker. Dr. Douglas Busby. grit’s flying school at Grenchen, Switzer­ our best wishes for a happy and active New Dr. Busby, husband of 99 member Bar­ land. Aircraft is the Swiss-made aerobatic Year to 99's all over the world. bara Busby, is involved in many fascinating Bravo. things, including being an author of note, former consultant in the NASA Space Pro­ gram, in practice in Aviation Medicine, and consultant to Health and Welfare for Canada, in Civil Aviation Medicine. His talk illustrated with slides, on the things that af­ fect us physically while flying, was most in­ teresting. With Dr. Busby's help we are hoping to arrange an Airomedical Day at the Ontario Science Centre, possibly in April, which would be open to all pilots. If successful, this could be an annual event, sponsored by the 99's, continuing our effort to promote aviation safety. A bus tour of the City of London included a Left to flight: Marie Richardson (Pilot) and stop at historic Eldon House. (L to R) Esme Margaret Kentley (co-pilot) Outright Win­ MAPLE LEAF CHAPTER Williams, Marilyn Schauber, Elaine Magee, ners, N.S.W. Air Race: Trophy with Jero­ Hilda Devereux, Reporter Ann Hider, Dorothy Renwick, Ann Judd, boam Champagne and cheque for $400. Our project for October was hosting the Jean Fenton, Barbara Brotherton, Hilda Also winners “Best Ladies' Crew," Fall Meeting of the East Canada Section at Devereux, Isabel Peppier, Carol & Alex S.W.P.A. Trophies and $100. Both are past the Howard Johnson's Inn, London, Oct. Gosling, Nancy Rand during the East Governors of the Australian Section. Other 19th to 21st. Nancy Rand's committee at­ Canada Section Meeting. members of the crew of the Cessna 172, tended to even the smallest details in table were Carol Eve (former Secretary of Sec­ decorations, individual bud vases and tion) and Kathy Fouray a Student Pilot. The roses for the V I.P.'s and specially designed West Canadian Section “race’’ was a handicap event at 75% power table napkins. It was a most friendly and with designated check points and iden­ informal occasion with guests including tification of Markers, and was a two-day local aviation officials attending the wine GREATER WINNIPEG CHAPTER contest between aircraft ranging from 400 and cheese party Friday night and the Ban­ Gail Cartwright, Reporter kts Mustang (fighter aircraft) to home-build quet Saturday night. Saturday, November 17th saw Liz Frost ultra-light aircraft. '74 starters. Traveling the greatest distance for the walk off with not one, but two big awards at Air race results meeting was First Canadian Chapter and the Winnipeg Flying Club's annual "Wings Full results of the NSW Air Race at the International Executive Board member. Parade." She was presented with the Presi­ weekend were: Esme Williams. We all enjoyed meeting Mr. dent's Trophy which is awarded to the Handicap: Mrs. M. Richardson, Sydney, & Mrs. Ken Blair. Ken is London Airport graduate who achieves outstanding marks, Cessna, 172, 1; A. C. Hogbin, Coffs Har­ Manager; the partners of London's new and for excellence in qualifying for a pri­ bour, Cessna 182, 2; B. F. Cramsie. Sydney, F.B.O. operation, John Getliffe, Bob Gar­ vate pilot's license. Her second award was PA 28-140, 3; G. Schutt. M oorabbin, V ic­ diner and Terry Smith for whose company, from the R.C.F.C.A. (Royal Canadian Flying toria, Cessna, 172, 4; Dr. V. Abram, Quirindi, Aerotech Services, I am now working as Clubs Association) which is awarded to the Beech F33, 5. secretary/bookkeeper; and other en­ club graduate showing the greatest pro­ Fastest time: N. McDonald, Lugarno, P51 thusiastic supporters of 99's efforts in this ficiency throughout the private pilot course. Mustang. area. It is a very rare occasion when one person Best Bankstown-Coffs Harbour leg: Dr. Lorna Debliquy and Betty Jane Scher- receives two awards at one time; but one V. Abram, Q uirindi, Beech F33. merhorn started out from Ottawa by air­ thing we can be very certain of is that Liz Best Coffs Harbour-Dubbo leg: A. C. plane, but had to turn back before reaching has worked hard for this honor. Hogbin, Coffs Harbour, Cessna 182. Sterling because of icing conditions. They Congratulations, Liz! Best all service or ex-service crew: Air still made the .long trip by car arriving in Something a little out of the ordinary! On Vice-Marshal W. E. Townsend, Cessna London at 2 a.m. Heather Sifton and Gillian November 11th our out-of-town girls hosted 210J. Holden checked the weather at Buttonville our Chapter's monthly meeting in Morden Best ladies' crew: Mrs. M. Richardson, and the same icing conditions made it which turned out to be a big success. This Sydney, Cessna 172. necessary for them to drive also. is the first time our Chapter has ever held a meeting out of Winnipeg since the incep­ something to make others happy — es­ Our November meeting had to be can­ tion of our Chapter, (I might add that if the pecially children, since Christmas is really celled due to weather conditions but we food promises to be that good at all the their time. are busy working in conjunction with the meetings Morden holds, we will definitely Canadian Owners and Pilots Association do it again, soon!) Weather conditions did SASKATCHEWAN CHAPTER Flight Four setting up a Survival Seminar not permit us to depart via Winnipeg Inter­ Darleen E. Yergens, Reporter with personnel from the Canadian Air national and we were therefore forced to Things have been quiet in our Chapter Force. take to the hazards of highway driving. since our Poker Run but this doesn't mean The Canadian Western Section is also Our Chapter planned a Christmas party we haven't been busy. working with the Canadian Owners and for deaf children which was held at the In September seven of our members at­ Pilots Association on their annual conven- Winnipeg Flying Club on Sunday, Decem­ tended the Western Canadian Section on their annual convention being held April ber 9th. The main event of the evening was Meeting held in Calgary, Alberta at the 19, 20 and 21, 1974 in Regina. a "Nite-Flite" over the city to see the lights. Palacer Hotel. Two of our members: Vera McAllister and We showed films which were free of narra­ In October we held a membership drive Toni Ramsay have just completed their in­ tive and mostly aviation-oriented. The chil­ meeting and several members also at­ structors refresher course in Brandon. dren were very appreciative of our efforts. tended the Saskatchewan Flying Farmers December 27 your reporter flew to Hawaii Everyone feels Christmas spirit when doing Convention in Swift Current. meeting some of the girls down there.

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