Race Category Designations Chapter Membership Count at the Start of the Great Race

Race Category Designations Chapter membership count at the start of The Great Race Niagara Trillium 12 Greater Detroit Area 39 Category One — North Dakota 22 Greater Kansas City 43 40 Chapters with up to 31 members Northern Georgia 26 Greater New York Northern New England 26 Greater Seattle 35 O m a h a A rea II H o u sto n 44 Alameda County 17 P alisad es 28 Indiana Dunes 36 A lb erta 30 P alm s 17 Iow a 40 Albuquerque 16 P a lo m a r 26 L ak e Erie 47 A rk a n sa s 21 P o to m a c 27 Long Island 41 A u stin 12 Puget Sound 6 Los Angeles 36 Aux Plaines 14 Quad City Area 17 M em p h is 38 Bakersfield 25 R a in ie r 10 Monterey Bay 32 Blue R idge 24 Redwood Empire 21 N e b ra sk a 38 British Columbia 13 R e n o A rea 29 San Gabriel Valley 33 Canadian Rockies 10 S a n A n to n io 25 S a n ta R o sa 47 Cape Girardeau 17 San Joaquin Valley 23 S h re v ep o rt 33 Central Missouri 8 San Luis Obispo County 26 T en n essee 37 Central New York 27 Santa Barbara 30 T u c so n 32 Central Pennsylvania 27 Sante Fe Area 7 U ta h 39 C h a p a rra l 12 S a n ta M o n ic a Bay 13 Willamette Valley 48 C im a rro n 24 Santa Paula 18 W isco n sin 38 Coachella Valley 12 S a s k a tc h e w a n II C o o k Inlet 10 S h e n a n d o a h Valley 9 Coastal Bend 8 S isk iy o u 7 Category Three — Dallas Redbird 16 Southern Louisiana 15 Chapters with over 50 members D elaw are 15 Southern Sierra 8 D eep S o u th 14 S p ace C ity 14 Eastern Idaho 8 Spanish Peaks 7 A lask a 5 I Eastern Ontario 19 Stillaguamish 7 A ll-O h io 120 El P aso 29 Texas Dogwood 18 Central Illinois 65 F a r W est 14 Tip of Texas 9 Chicago Area 126 Finger Lakes 26 Top of Texas 16 C o lo ra d o 63 Florida Crown 20 T o p e k a II Eastern New England 75 Florida Panhandle 17 T u lsa 23 Eastern Pennsylvania 77 F o rt W o rth 24 V irginia 12 First Canadian 56 F re sn o 10 W a co -C e n te x 8 Greater St. Louis 57 F u lle rto n 17 Western New England 9 In d ia n a 68 Greater Pittsburgh 19 Western New York 26 I n te rm o u n ta in 61 Greater Winnipeg 14 Western Washington 18 K an sas 70 Hampton Roads 27 West Virginia Mountaineer 15 L o n g B each 64 H i-D esert 16 Wichita Falls 14 M ich ig an 78 Houston-North 20 Wildflower II M in n e so ta 66 Hudson Valley 17 W yo m in g II O k la h o m a 71 Id ah o 29 Orange County 59 Imperial So-Lo 12 P h o e n ix 97 75 Inland California 12 Category Two — Sacramento Valley Kentucky Blue Grass 25 S a n D ieg o 54 K itty H aw k 16 Chapters with 31 through 50 members San Fernando Valley 82 Lake Michigan 28 Santa Clara Valley 96 L ak e T a h o e 12 A la b a m a 35 Washington D.C. 54 Las Vegas Valley 27 A lo h a 46 L u b b o ck 9 Bay C ities 35 M ap le L eaf 22 C a ro lin a s 43 Category Four — International Sections Marin County II Columbia Cascade 34 M ary lan d 25 Connecticut 32 54 Mid-Tennessee 16 D allas 30 Africa South 59 Mississippi 26 El C a jo n 36 Australian Section 18 M o n ta n a 9 Florida Goldcoast 46 British Section II M o n treal 8 Florida Gulfstream 45 Caribbean Section 17 Mount Diablo 24 Florida Spaceport 42 East Africa Section 14 Mount Shasta 15 Florida Suncoast 45 Finnish Section 14 Mount Tahoma 14 Garden State 43 German Section New Orleans 18 Golden Triangle 31 In d ia n S ectio n 6 37 New York Capital Dist. 19 Golden West 32 Members-At-Large 4 THE COVER — Jeanne Rumm explains we check the tanks tor water and what contaminated fuel looks like. Publisher The Ninety-Nines, Inc. Mary Haizlip, Los Angeles Chapter, and her 49½er Jim, were recently honored by the Nebraska Rotary Editor Club, who presented them with a model of the William Wedell racer Jim piloted to victory in the 1932 Marilyn Ratzlaff National Air Races The model was awarded as recognition of the couple's pioneering role in aviation Circulation Manager Mary, who is also a former racer and test pilot, retired from her colorful career in aviation to establish her own real estate firm, Mary Haizlip and Associates She is currently the chairman of the Pacific Loretta Gragg Palisades division of the Los Angeles Realty Board and is a director of the California Real Estate Headquarters Secretary Association. More awards and honors inside Virginia Oualline Editorial Assistants Nema Masonhall, Nancy Smith Advertising Manager Marilyn Ratzlaff nwBBiwtusUSPS 390-740 International Officers President Thon Griffith Volume 7 • Number 2 • March, 1980 314 Robinhood Lane Costa Mesa, CA 92627 This Month in The 99 NEWS Vice President Janet Green Activities & Projects - A look at 99s on the move .............................................................. 11 Rt 7, Box 293W Ocean Springs. MS 39564 Air Age Education - A successful Flying Companion Seminar .......................................... 18 Secretary Airmarking - Projects to consider..................................................................................................... 20 Hazel Jones 8536 Mediterranean Book Review - West to the Sunrise ................................................................................................22 Dallas, TX 75238 Calendar - What's happening .......................................................................................................... 6 Treasurer Gene Nora Jessen ETC. - General information .....................................................................................................................25 2814 Cassia Legislative Information - Out of sight ................................................................................... 7 Boise, ID 83705 New Horizons - Farewell to Norma Van Brooker...................................................................... 6 Board of Directors Nominating Information - a look at the candidates ......................................................... 8 Ruth Dobrescu Charlene Falkenberg Pilot Proficiency - Advisory Circular AC 61-91 ...................................................................... 17 Lois Feigenbaum Thoughts from Thon - Inside The Ninety-Nines ................................................................. 4 Barbara Goetz Betty Jane Schermerhorn Vail Convention 1980 - Gold lever to mountain lever ............................................................21 Advertising The 99 NEWS International Headquarters Beech Aircraft ........................................................................................................ 5 Terminal Dr. & Amelia Earhart Lane P.O. Box 59965 Cessna Aircraft ...................................................................................................... 19 Will Rogers World Airport Classified A d s............................................................................................................34 Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Sporty’s ................................................................................................................... 6 (405) 682-4425 The Antiquary .............................................................................................. 20 Circulation Information The 99 NEWS is published ten times yearly, January-February and July-August issues are combined Annual subscription rate is $7.00 and is included as part of the annual membership of The Ninety Nines. Inc. Subscriptions are available to non-members at the rate of $7 00 per year. Membership Count 5260 as of March 22, 1980 Postmaster: Please send Form 3579 to. The Ninety-Nines, Inc., P.O. Box 59965. Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City, OK 73159 2nd Class Postage paid at Oklahoma City. Oklahoma and at additional mailing offices under 2nd Class Publication #390740 March, 1980 3 Every year we are asked to participate in more aviation related conferences, symposiums and meetings. We are pleased to sit on panels, give speeches and just generally let the world know who The Ninety-Nines are and what we stand for. We stay within our budgeted amount for travel and public relations by being selective and hoping we have made the right decisions. Some of us are able to travel at very reduced prices or can work it into our own travel plans at no cost to The Ninety-Nines. Thoughts From Thon The Directors are reimbursed for their travel to and from Board Meetings in Oklahoma City and for hotel and meals. Membership, Bylaws, Safety Educa Since that date, startling things have We have Spring and Fall meetings. In tion Award Program, the fund drive for happened in the way of cost increases. 1976, a round trip ticket from my home in an in-house computer at Headquarters, Postage costs have almost doubled, we California to Oklahoma City was the June Air Age Education Workshop spent $2,744 in 1976 and $4,845 in the $240.10. Today it is $341.00 — a 41% — ALL things I would like to share with 1978/79 fiscal year. The Membership increase. We travel coach or use any you. There’s the rub. my writing about Directory in 1976 cost $14,143 — our "saver fares" available to us. In 1976, you the workings of The Ninety-Nines isn’t new one $20,911. It would have been voted not only for a dues increase, but to always the best way to go because we quite a bit more, but when we received have one more Director on the Board, need to have a dialogue. Your viewpoints the bids and realized something had to be giving us a nine-member Board and each are important to me. Some members do done, we found the price could be held to Directors adds to the cost of operations. communicate to explain where and why that staggering figure by having three The Board actually meets a third time they differ from current policies and columns of names on each page, so during the year — at the Annual plans.

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