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2018 Accomplishments: WELL DONE! Jeff, Jim, and Ty – Bloom 1 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 BJ Teichman, Airport Coordinator - TOB Dave Ruckle, Pilot [email protected] [email protected] IF you know of someone who would like to receive our monthly newsletter, please have them email me at [email protected]. I will be happy to include them. ____________________________________________________ 2018 Accomplishments: WELL DONE! February o Please join me in congratulating the following three pilots on successful completion of the written IFR exam: ▪ Jeff, Jim, and Ty – Bloom Flyers members o Special thanks to their instructor: ▪ Mr. Dick Sharrow – CFII Civil Air Patrol: “So, what do you do to stay in aviation after a career in the Air Force and when the airlines comes to an end? Tony Vallillo found his answer in the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the USAF that conducts search and rescue and other missions.” This introduction was written by Nels Anderson to introduce an article published on his website, FLIGHTSIM.COM. The article is broken into 3 parts. Part 1 describes background information about how the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) started and what it does. The next two parts describe the CAP mission to fly a small aircraft to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria and participate in disaster recovery efforts. You can read about Tony’s adventure at https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php. The articles are on the home page. Scroll down the page to find the first article - Civil Air Patrol Part One - USAF Auxiliary . When new articles are published, they are placed at the top. Previous articles go into the Article archive. CAP Article Submitted by: Gene Witherup Gene is one of our N13 volunteers and accomplished professional simulator pilot 2 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 Ladies who made Aviation History Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, Eddie Rickenbacker, Chuck Yeager, Bud Anderson and Bob Hoover, all names of famous male aviators we grew up learning about and admiring. And, of course, the list of accomplished male pilots goes on and on. Yes, everyone has heard of Amelia Earhart whose list of legendary aeronautical accomplishments was cut short by her mysterious disappearance over the south pacific in 1937 in her effort to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe. But, what else do you know about her? For that matter, what lady aviator completed Earhart’s mission in 1967? Who was the first woman in space and who was the first American woman in space? This month’s newsletter will test your knowledge of famous women in aviation. Match the correct name to the event or activity for which each lady listed below is well known. There are literally hundreds of women who have made tremendous contributions in aviation. Broaden your knowledge by Googling famous women aviators and discover some very interesting facts about “Ladies that made Aviation History”. Let’s get started! 1. Sally Ride 2. Amelia Earhart 3. Ann Pellegreno 4. Poncho Barnes 5. Bessie Coleman 6. Harriet Quimby 7. Valentina Tereshkova 8. Jeana Yeager 9. Vicki Van Meter 10. Jessica Cox a. First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. b. First female pilot of African-American descent. c. First women to have flown in space. d. First woman to earn a pilot’s license in the United States. e. In 1967, completed an around the world flight, duplicating Amelia Earhart’s 1937 flight plan. f. At age 11, she was the youngest “pilot” to fly across continental United States. g. World’s first licensed armless pilot. h. Owner of The Happy Bottom Riding Club i. Co-piloted first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager. j. First American women in space. Answers can be found on pages 3, 4, 5, 6,7 respectively. 3 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 1. J – Sally Kristen Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. She joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American women in space in 1983 on board the Challenger. She died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012. 2. A – Amelia Mary Earhart. On May 20, 1932, the 32-year-old, mostly known for her unsuccessful circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937, set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland in a Lockheed Vega 5B. After 14 hours, 56 minutes she landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, North Ireland. Although her planned destination was Paris, France, icy conditions, strong northerly winds, and some mechanical problems forced her to change those plans. Left and Above Amelia Earhart. 4 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 3. E - Ann Pellegreno and a crew of three successfully flew a Lockheed 10A Electra completing a world flight that closely mirrored that of Amelia Earhart. To honor Earhart, Pellegreno dropped a wreath over the tiny Howland Island before completing the 28,000- mile flight to Oakland, California. (Below) Ann Pellegreno 4. H – Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes was founder of the first movie stunt pilots’ union and in 1930 broke Amelia Earhart’s air speed record. She raced aircraft in the Women’s Air Derby and was a member of the Ninety-Nines. Poncho was the owner of the famous Happy Bottom Riding Club, a bar and restaurant in the Mojave Desert of Southern California near Edwards and Muroc Airfields that catered to equally famous test pilots and aviators like Chuck Yeager, General Jimmy Doolittle, and Buzz Aldrin. (L) Pancho Barnes 5 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 5. B – Born on January 26, 1892, Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was the first women of African-American and the first of Native American descent to hold a pilot’s license. Her father, George Coleman was mostly Cherokee Indian and part African American while Susan, her mother, was African American. She achieved her International pilot license on June 15, 1921. In those days, women of African and Native American descent had no flight schools in the United States. Bessie pursued her flying dream by going to France to become a licensed pilot. She became a successful air show pilot in the United States. On April 30, 1926, at the age of 34, she died because of a plane crash. (L) Bessie Coleman (Below) Harriet Quimby 6. D – Harriet Quimby was an early American aviator and a movie screenwriter. In 1911, she was awarded a pilot’s certificate by the Aero Club of America, becoming the first woman to gain a pilot’s license in the United States. In 1912 she also became the first women to fly across the English Channel. She died on July 1, 1912 at age 37 as the result of an aviation accident during the third annual Boston Aviation Meet at Squantum, Massachusetts. 6 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 7. C – Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, age 80, is now a retired Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and politician. She is the first woman to have flown in space on June 16, 1963. She completed 48 orbits of the Earth after three days in space. In 2013, she offered to go on a one-way trip to Mars if the opportunity ever arose. (L) Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. (R) – Jenna Yeager, no relation to Chuck Yeager. 8. I – Jeana Yeager, along with Dick Rutan, flew the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager from December 14th to 23rd, 1986. The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds, covering 24, 986 miles. 7 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 9. F - Victoria Louise “Vick” Van Meter was known for setting several “Youngest Pilot” distance-flying records. On September 20, 1993, at the age of 11, she was the youngest pilot to fly east to west across the continental United States, making her the youngest female pilot to cross in either direction. Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, on March 13, 1982, she made headlines when she flew from Augusta, Maine to San Diego, California in a Cessna 172. A year later, she flew a Cessna 210 over the Atlantic Ocean to Scotland. Some of Van Meter’s records will never be broken due to the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton which makes it no longer legal in the United States for a student pilot to attempt to set records. (L) – Victoria Louis Van Meter. (Below) Jessica Cox 10. G – In addition to be the first licensed armless pilot, Jessica Cox is the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association. She was born without arms due to a rare birth defect on February 2, 1983 and earned her pilot’s license on October 10, 2008, after three years of training. She also scuba dives and surfs. She is a motivational speaker, having shared her story in 20 different countries. And, in2015, she published an autobiographical self-help book, “Disarm Your Limits” to inspire people to overcome their own challenges. 8 Bloomsburg Municipal Airport NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018 So how did you do? Well, regardless of your score, the next time you’re stunning your friends at a dinner party with all your knowledge about aviation, impress them even more with what you now know about the “Ladies that made Aviation History”. Submitted by Dave Ruckle ********************************************************* Bloomsburg Flying Club Please contact: Adam Staffin: 570-578-7549 Memberships are available [email protected] Flight Instructors: ▪ Phil Polstra – CFII (Parlor City Flying Club Member / Bloomsburg Flying Club) [email protected] (Independent) 563-552-7670 ▪ Rob Staib – CFII (Independent) [email protected] 570-850-5274 ▪ Hans Lawrence – CFII / MEI / RI (Independent) [email protected] 570-898-8868 ▪ Eric Cipcic, CFI (Independent) 412-496-9954 (KIPT/home base/ willing to travel to other airports) [email protected] Columbia Aircraft Services Inc.
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