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99 News – March/April – 2008 1 PERPETUAL CALENDAR 2008 8 Wisconsin Chapter’s Annual Pancake Breakfast and Fly-In, KRYV Watertown APRIL Airport. Contact Krys Brown at 99 News [email protected]. 4-6 Southeast Section Spring Meeting, Bay 20-22 Forest of Friendship, Atchison, KS, Secu- Watch Resort and Conference Center, rity and Solace through Flight – military Myrtle Beach, SC. Hosted by Carolinas To list your 99s events aviation and humanitarian flight organiza- Chapter. Contact Reva Carpenter at tions. Visit www.ifof.org. on this calendar page, [email protected] or elizlee@comporium. send information to: net. 24-27 Air Race Classic, begins in Bozeman, MT The 99 News and ends in Mansfield, MA. Contact Linda 4300 Amelia Earhart Dr 8-14 Sun ‘n Fun, Lakeland, FL. Stop in at The Marshall, phone 406-388-7668 or visit Suite A 99s building for refreshments and friend- www. airraceclassic.org. Oklahoma City, OK ship. Visit www.sun-n-fun.org. 73159-1140 12 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Three 30 Deadline for submitting Professional Pilot Email: Rivers Chapter (North Central Section), Leadership Initiative (PPLI) application. [email protected] Fort Wayne, IN. Open House at the Ivy Email [email protected] or visit Tech Aviation Technology Building located www.ninety-nines.org/careers/ Online Form: mentoring.html. www.ninety-nines.org/ on Smith Field (SMD). Contact Linda Murphy, 260-632-5620 or 260-413-8134 99newsreports.html JULY (cell) or [email protected]. Please indicate the 28-Aug 3 EAA/AIRVENTURE, Oshkosh, WI. Visit 25-27 North Central Section Spring Meeting, name and location The Ninety-Nines tent, and on July 31 en- Osceola, IA. Fly to the Heartland, hosted of the event, the joy a complimentary drop-in breakfast from by the Iowa Chapter at Terrible’s Lakeside contact name and 8:30-10:30 a.m. Contact Rita Adams, Casino & Resort. For information and reg- the phone/fax/email. [email protected], or visit www.eaa.org/ istration form, visit www.iowa99s.org. airventure. Contact Minnetta Gardinier, mgardinier@ uiowa.edu or Celma Higgins, phiggins AUGUST On the Cover @iowatelecom. net. 1 Due Date for 99 News submissions for Vicki Cruse, the 2007 MAY September/October 2008 issue. U.S. National Aero- 2-4 Southwest Section Spring Meeting, Palm 1-3 Palms to Pines Air Race, Santa Monica, CA Springs, CA. Hosted by Coachella Valley batic Champion, flies to Bend, OR. Send $5 for Race Kit to: Claire and Imperial So-Lo Chapters. Visit Walters, 13026 Psomas Way, Los Angeles, her Edge 540 over www.sws99s.org/sectmeeting.html; con- CA 90066. Lake Casitas near tact Jeanine Bertrand, jbertrand1@ dc.rr.com. 5 Northwest Section Meeting, Anchorage, Ventura, California. AK, Anchorage Hilton, www.nw99s.org. Vicki captured the 17 50th Anniversary Celebration of the San Gabriel Valley Chapter, Riverside, CA. Join 6-9 Ninety-Nines International Conference, title after competing us for a Hangar Party at Flabob Airport. Anchorage, AK, Anchorage Hilton. in the United States Contact Christine Malcomson-Young, SEPTEMBER National Aerobatic 734-658-4375. 12-14 South Central Section Fall Meeting, Ama- Championship at 24 National WASP WWII Museum 2008 rillo, TX. Hosted by the South Central Sec- Denison, Texas in Homecoming, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX. Open house starts at 10 a.m., with a tion officers. Contact Jan McKenzie at September. A total of barbecue dinner at 7 p.m. Please make [email protected]. 101 competitors flew reservations for dinner by calling 325-235- 26-28 Southwest Section Fall Meeting, Ogden in the event, with 16 0099 or contact www.waspmuseum.org. UT. Hosted by the Utah Chapter. Visit www.sws99s.org. pilots (13 men and 3 women) competing in JUNE the Unlimited cate- 1 Due Date for 99 News submissions for 2008 CONFERENCE UPDATE! July/August 2008 issue. gory for the title of Access the Conference website at National Champion. 7 AOPA Fly-in and Open House, Frederick, www.ak99aviationfun.org or send email MD. Enjoy a full day of safety seminars, Cover photo by Mike to [email protected]. You exhibits and aircraft on display, plus The may also access the Conference website Terry Ninety-Nines booth. 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