01ie oAIinety • oAfines. $nc, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS JUeuig c£ettefi International Headquarters — P. 0 . Box 1444 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - AIR TERMINAL BUILDING — WILL ROGERS FIELD--------------------------------------------------------------------FEBRUARY, 1962 Deadline for Nominations March 1 Nominations for International Offi­ President's Column cers for the fiscal year 1962-63 are Last July at the annual meeting it hereby requested, and MUST be post­ was voted "that the charter lor a Attention, marked not later than March 1, 1962. chapter that becomes inactive be re­ Submit one name for each office in voked, and when and it a new group compliance with these rules: becomes active a new charter will be Please 1. Candidate MUST be an ACTIVE issued in the normal manner. This member with current physical. would mean that when a chapter be­ In accordance with the Consti­ 2. Candidate’s written consent to comes inactive any member retaining tution of the Ninety-Nines, Inc., serve if elected MUST accompany her her membership would automatically which requires that any pro­ nomination, or known acceptance be listed in the roster in the closest given to another chapter. posed amendment to the Consti­ active chapter.’’ This was not com­ 3. Candidate’s aviation and Ninety- plied with this year, because this ques­ tution and By-Laws be submitted Nine history MUST accompany each tion came up . which chapter is in writing to all Sections and nomination—not over 40 words. closest? For example, should the Chapters thirty days before the 4. Nominating Committee members Carolinas Chapter become inactive, International Meeting, the Reso­ are not eligible as candidates for 1962- is the closest chapter Alabama, 63. Georgia or Tennessee? It is hoped to lutions Committee requests that 5. Incumbants shall be listed as comply with this policy next year by you send in such proposed eligible, but not asked to commit requesting active members of inactive amendments, postmarked NOT themselves to a second term—pro­ chapters to state their preference for LATER THAN MARCH 15, 1962, cedure to be same as all candidates. listing in the roster. 6. No member is to accept nomina­ to Mary R. Wenholz, Chairman, The latest memorandum approved tion for more than one office. Resolutions Committee, 13 4 0 by the Executive Committee was the President Louise Smith is eligible request from Mr. Carl Voelter, Disas­ Xanthia St., Denver 8, Colorado, for renomination. ter Control Planning officer, FAA, with copies to committee mem­ Vice-President Barbara Kiernan is Flight Standard Service, who asked bers, Lydiellen Hagan, South eligible for renomination. the Ninety-Nines for endorsement and Secretary Barbara Evans is not 1907 Oneda Place, Spokane 41, preparedness to participate in the dis­ eligible for renomination for the office aster program. Mr. Voelter’s assign­ Washington, and Martha Ann of secretary. ment, quote, "is a service unit de­ Reading, 2704 Milton Avenue, Treasurer Alice Roberts is eligible signed to assist and guide all opera­ Dallas 5, Texas. for renomination. tional segments of the civil aviation Nominating Committee: Only one industry in the preparation of disaster Send in all proposed amend­ name from each section will appear plans by which we hope our nation’s ments or suggestions as to on the ballot as candidate for the civil aviation operational capabilities changes in the policy or prac­ Nominating Committee. will survive in the event of national ticed of the Ninety-Nines. Each Please submit one name for each emergency, including an attack upon office listed below, giving her chap­ suggestion or proposed amend­ this country; that is, to work with the ter, section and address: ment must be accompanied by airlines, and with general aviation President Secretary organizations such as ours." explanation and reasons for the Vice-President Treasurer The question has often been asked, change, not to exceed 200 words. Nominating Committee "What does the Executive Committee YOU ARE THE ORGANIZA­ These names, together with the do?" Here are some highlights of the written consent and aviation and "busy-ness” of the committee to date. TION—REMEMBER ANY PRO­ Ninety-Nine background, must be Your secretary, Barbara, has writ­ POSED AMENDMENTS AND- mailed to the Chairman, Bernice ten a colossal and monumental num­ OR SUGGESTED CHANGES IN Steadman, c/o Trimble Aviation, ber of letters—to every member of POLICY OR PRACTICES OF Bishop Airport, Flint, Mich., post­ committees, requesting acceptance to marked not later than March 1, 1962. serve — to committee chairmen — to THE ORGANIZATION MUST each member of the Executive Com­ BE IN THE HANDS OF THE NOTICE TO GOVERNORS mittee memorandums requesting ap­ RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE proval or disapproval, of overseas AND CHAIRMEN NOT LATER THAN MARCH 15, memberships, of race dates, of fund Please cash refund checks immed­ 1962. raising, of appointments, af meeting iately so books at headquarters can (Continued on Page 3) be balanced and up to date. know it in Am erica is quite out of the International Officers From New Zealand question. President 3. In a country of over-government LOUISE M. SMITH We Present - we probably have more restrictions 421 Edgedale Drive than in America. VFR flying only, ex­ High Point, North Carolina cept in aircraft with a full instrument and radio panel. No cross-country Vice-President night flying in single engine aircraft BARBARA KIERNAN to name two. 124 Myrtle St. However we have many compensa­ Boston, Massachusetts tions which outweigh the againsts. Secretary 1. Navigation is very simple. A rec­ BARBARA EVANS ognizable mountain, hill, river or town 40 Stuart Place are usually easily found and as N. Z. Manhasset, New York is nevr narrow a coast is never very far away. Treasurer ALICE ROBERTS 2. For sheer grandeur the mountains 719 W. Orchid Lane and sounds, which are likened by Phoenix, Arizona many to the fiords of Norway, take a lot of beating. As the seasons of the Executive Committee year change their beauty varies. One EUGENIA R. HEISE of my most memorable flying ex­ 5019 N. Cumberland Blvd. periences was an evening spent glid­ Milwaukee, Wisconsin ing along the face of the Remarkable BARBARA LONDON Mountain Range near Queenstown, Jennifer Anne Craig 551 Margo Avenue which are so sheer they are probably Long Beach, California the most spectacular mountains in RUTH DEERMAN Flying was the only thing I was New1 Zealand. Gliders in this country 405 Camino Real interested in for as long as I can re­ have had some spectacular successes, El Paso, Texas member, and I started to learn to fly I think the height record is 35,000. as soon as I was old enough, but as I have enclosed a pamphlet map of there were no other women pilots New; Zealand, but if anyone is inter­ DEADLINE FOR NEWS locally, at that time, I had a certain ested in learning more about this The 25th Ot Each Month amount aof opposition. I joined the country, I would be delighted to hear Southland Aero Club, then flying Tiger from them, and give any information Moths, one day a week, and most of required. Spscial Bulletin the flying I have done is with them, Report On Trading Stamp Books around Southland and with trips to For Airplane For Women Of Korea various parts of New Zealand. The A W TAR NEWS club now operates Cessna 172s and a Although we have not asked for Champion Aeronca. Most of the pri­ PHONE: CODE 201 — 288 4411 money we have received $256. We vate flying done in New Zealand is West Coast Contact have received 90 stamp books. Sixteen with Aero Clubs, although the farm­ Mrs. Barbara London 551 Margo Ave., states have responded to the call. New ing community is becoming increas­ Long Beach, Calif. York is leading in books received. The ingly aware of the advantages of their own aircraft. GEneva 0-2402 Zonta Club put us over the top. New For Your Calendar Of Coming Events Jersey is second. North Carolina just Invercargill, where I] live is at th? southern end of the South Island which July 7-11 The 16th Annual All- edged out Tennessee for third place. has ranges of mountains from the If you wish to present the story to Woman Transcontinental Air Race southwest corner to the northern tips (Powder Puff Derby) from Oakland, other organizations or friends, write with more mountainous areas in the Calif., to Wilmington, Del. Open to for a special release to Doris Ren- North Island. On either side of these certified women pilots flying stock ninger, Ridge Rock Lane, East Nor­ mountain ranges, we have flat land, airplanes of not less than 85 horse- wich, Long Island. on the West Coast a narrow bush covered shelf, and on the East and South Coasts fertile plains. There are Pilot's Briefing other hills and plains of course, but Coming Events these are the largest in the South Middle East Spring Sectional GOVERNORS: Please send the Island. April 14 place and date of the meeting of Flying here has many pros and cons, Host: Eastern Pa. Chapter the Spring Sectional to the News m ainly: Letter. 1. Due to the terrain the weather is North Central Spring Sectional April 27, 28, 29 CHAPTER AND SECTION: usually different on either side of the Kansas City, Mo. Get your nominations for the ranges, and can vary from valley to International Ballot to Bernice valley, and with N. Z. being divided South Central Spring Sectional Steadman, immediately . the into three islands, high winds are April 27, 28, 29 deadline is M arch 1st. prevalent in the straits. We also have Midland, Texas equinoctial winds in November and Send any changes in Consti­ March.