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Spring has sprung! And with the new bership wants unless you COMMUNI­ 'w growth of Spring, there also comes a CATE. Perhaps you have an idea on renewed desire to improve . . . up­ fund raising that no one else has grade . . . do something constructive. thought about . . . tell it! Or you Everything seems to take a ‘new have an idea on how to interest your lease on life’ about this time of year community airport on sponsoring a APRIL, 1967 and it should be no different with the race stop . . . tell it! Or you know Ninety Nines. a group of women who would like to This is the month of Spring Section become Ninety Nines but aren’t sure THE NINETY-NINES, Inc. meetings . . . so be sure you plan of the proceedures . . . tell them! It International Headquarters to attend yours. It is too late for you is only through letting our wants and Will Rogers World Airport to send that nomination, resolution, wishes be made known, that we get Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 or application for the AE Scholarship, them accomplished. Headquarters Secretary but it is not too late for you to make MARY VIAL, Phoenix Chairman, DARLA BULLARD your contributions to the AE Fund and I had such a delightful time with or the AWTAR. Wouldn’t it be wonder­ LADY McREYNOLDS, Tennessee ful if each chapter would send in their Chairman, during her visit in Phoenix. Editor contributions NOW and when the re­ We had lunch together around the pool PEG ONG ports are read at convention, we would and talked about (of all things) fly­ 2900 Rockbrook Drive have the TOTAL amounts given and ing! LADY told us what a wonderful Plano, Texas 75074 EVERY CHAPTER contributing? job EVELYN BRYAN JOHNSON is This is also the month your Execu­ doing on the Morristown Airport. LADY INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS tive Board meets to determine the believe the ability and interest President actions of your organization. Have you EVELYN has shown in Morristown, ALICE ROBERTS made your suggestion to them ? Or is responsible for the industry Mor­ 9828 North 19 Avenue are you going to wait until the Board ristown enjoys. Did you know ALL Phoenix, Arizona 85021 does something and then grumble be­ deliveries to the plants in Morristown cause they didn’t do what you thought are made by air? Vice-President they should? Just for a moment, let’s I am sure we have many members DONNA T. MYERS consider IMPROVEMENT THROUGH who have done many things quietly . . . Aurora, Colorado 80010 COMMUNICATIONS. All of us are Sometime it would be nice to have a working for the betterment of the ‘horn blowing’ and learn about our Secretary Ninety Nines.. We want to improve many members. Anyone for sending a GENE NORA JESSEN our organization but we can’t possibly note about someone special in your 741 Eastridge Drive know what the majority of the mem- chapter? Wichita, Kansas 67207 I drove to Prescott last week for a Treasurer meeting with the Northern Arizona RUTH RUECKERT Chapter. The weatherman said DON’T 2037 Rivera Street ATTENTION FLY . . . and would you believe it San Francisco, Calif. 94116 was absolutely beautiful all the way? It shouldn’t be too long before we Executive Board TREASURERS!! have a Prescott Chapter . . . there LYDIELLEN “ LYGIE” HAGAN are almost five who fly and they South 1907 Oneida Place are very interested in becoming 99s. FINAL NOTICE: Reminder to all Spokane, Washington 99203 The speaker for the luncheon was Treasurers — if you have not re­ CA'PT. LEDBETTER of American Air­ BETTY W. McNABB ceived your Chapter’s and /or Sec­ lines, who spoke on safety. His think­ 926 Third Avenue tion’s refund check from your chair­ ing is PRIDE causing the most of Albany, Georgia man and/or Governor, to whom the the fatal accidents. Too much pride to execute a 180. Makes sense. He DORIS RENNINGER refund check was sent in February, holds the commercial speed records 10-01 162nd Street contact her for the check, and Beechhurst, N. Y. 11357 for trips from New York to San Fran­ please cash immediately. cisco and Chicago to Mexico City, As of May 31st, 1967, all uncashed has something like 35,000' flying hours DEADLINE FOR NEWS — and admits it is still hard for him refund checks will be voided. The 20th of the Month to make a 180 . . . but has on many Send Copy to: occasions. A word to the wise? PEG ONG Ruth N. Rueckert, Convention time is drawing near . . . 2900 Rockbrook Drive Treasurer, 99s. are your plans made? Am looking Plano, Texas 75074 forward to seeing YOU in Washington. Happy communicating . . . “ Oh, oh G R A N N Y .... You forgot to fasten your safety belt!” Checklists are important even for 1912 Curtiss pusher aircraft ! ! ! (Photo by Jini Larsen, Bellevue, Washington).

True Confession: I WAS A TRANSVESTITE FOR THE 99s NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE the Western Washington Chapter of of costume — one doesn’t casually POWER OF A WOMAN, the ads say. the 99s were planning the 1966 Powder pick up “ granny” dresees for a six- Believe me, they know what they’re Puff Derby, they wanted an off-beat foot-two, 200-pound male type. This talking about. Take the Powder Puff gimmick for the Start. ILOVENE was resolved by JAY LAWRENCE, Derby, for example. I’ve known a POTTER was to cut the ribbon with who loaned a calico from her square number of the girls in it, and have her helicopter, but they needed some­ dancing club. The rest of the outfit always taken it pretty much for grant­ thing else. Someone suggested that was up to me and truned into a ed. When Seattle was the starting spot I be invited to dress like my own real adventure. for 1966, I got a good look at the grandmother and fly my 1912 Curtiss Starting from the inside out, I went real work involved, and found that it pusher replica across the line as the looking for lower-level undies. I want­ started nearly three years before! first plane off. Everyone thought it ed some leotards, preferably with hori­ But that’s getting a head of my was a hilarious idea, but doubted that zontal stripes, but no leotards or long story. My name is PETE BOWERS. I would go for it. ILOVENE was di­ stockings could be found — period! I live in Seattle and am quite active rected to ask me anyhow. I solved this one by taking a set of with homebuilt and antique airplanes, Well, with a little hemming and thermal ski longies and painting red flying them at air shows throughout hawing, she did, and I agreed to the stripes on them to make them look the Northwest. Well, when the girls of idea. The immediate problem was one like striped stockings. The bottoms were painted black for a few inches by prearrangement so that they would above the after-ski boots I was to stay together at the pusher’s terrific wear; from a short distance this gave 45 MPH cruising speed. Patter by Peg the effect of high button shoes. For the takeoff, I traded the wide- brimmed straw for helmet and gog­ (Before JAY came up with the dress, gles, which didn’t fit well over the PRES. ALICE says we need to COM­ I had gone looking on my own and wig. The voluminous skirt wasn’t a MUNICATE . . . I agree and so entered a clothing exchange store. problem — the seat belt held it down. I wi'l! Besides I have a sneaky, in­ When I told the lady what I wanted ILOVENE started the action with her side track to getting past the Editor’s the outfit for, she didn’t say much helicopter, after which I backed off shopping block, huh? but I knew what she was thinking. a couple of hundred yards from the She didn’t have a suitable dress, but starting line in order to be able to I spotted the most ridiculous wide- A DEADLINE is a DEADLINE, is a fly over it. Even when taxiing the brim straw hat with flowers, a set DEADLINE . . . and that 20th one is pusher puts on a good show. It can’t of lace-edged calico pettipants that “ sumpin’ else!” I never realized how be steered, so “ GRANNY” had to stop fit, and a fabulous wig. The wig was many trips I took departing on the at every turn and lift the nose around for sale on consignment for $35 and 19th . . . or how many luncheons I was to aim it in the desired direction. After the gag wasn’t worth that much to invited to on the 20th . . . or how takeoff, I buzzed the flagman, who me. The proprietress couldn’t lend or many chapter meetings seem to be dived flat onto the runway. A photo­ rent it to me herself, but did agree scheduled on the 20th! But now that grapher for the Seattle Times got to call the owner. Since she wasn’t I am aware of the concentration of a good picture of this and the As­ home at the moment, I said I’d come activities, why don’t we change the sociated Press got it into papers a'l back after looking elsewhere for a DEADLINE to the 25th? . . . that would over the country. I flew on to the far dress. When I did return, there were give us all a few day’s grace. But end of the runway and landed, and several customers in the shop and then that would interfere with Christ­ then got the heck out of the way! the proprietress was busy telling them mas . . . so let’s make it the 30th. about her strange customer. Just then I don’t think that you girls, who But there’s always the End Of the her seven-year old daughter spotted think nothing of doing 150-200 MPH Month Sales in the better department me coming in the door and ran to the on your cross-countries, realize what stores to take into consideration, to back of the store shouting “ Mommie! a marginal flying machine that push­ say nothing of New Years Eve! Well, That man’s back!” While the custo­ er is. It has a cruising speed of 45 let’s make it the 10th of the month . . . mers edged away from the nutty avia­ MPH and a rate of climb of only 100 but many of the 30-day Open Accounts tor, the proprietress told me that I feet per minute, which means its serv­ require attention ’on or before the 10th could borrow the wig. Since I’d al­ ice ceiling is sea level (slightly be­ of the month’ . . . the 15th? . . . Oh no ready tried it on, the customers didn’t low on a hot day). Airports have to that’s Pay Day and we must start get to see the nut in action. be chosen with careful consideration spending our 49%er’s hard-earned of departure routes — it takes seven money! ILOVENE brought the dress to the and one-half miles on a straight-out airport where I kept the pusher. There departure to reach 1000 feet! You SO . . . we’re right back to the we had a tryout and took some pub­ can tell pretty accurately how much 20th again. Guess we just must live licity shots for the papers. The dress gas is aboard by the way the ship with it since there was a reason for was OK for length, but was snug on handles, and those flowers on the the upper deck. No room for falsies it’s initial choice due to scheduling strut had a noticeable effect on speed at the printer’s. The primary aim is even if I had agreed to them, which and climb. It’s strictly a fun machine— to get the NEWS to the 99 member­ I hadn’t. I told ILOVENE that I’d fly even more so when an adventure like ship in the least possible time (fin­ contoured like AMELIA — pretty flat. the 1966 AWTAR comes along. My ances considered of course). Adding As is well known, the scheduled hearty thanks to the Western Wash­ July 2nd start was rained out. The that ‘last minute’ copy just confuses ington Chapter for their invitation and costume took a bit of a beating, too. and slows down the process. subsequent assistance. However, when things did get under way two days later, the gag was a Ed Note—Do you have the application Just one more bit of COMMUNICAT­ howling success. “ GRANNY,” who had forms for the ’67 AWTAR, GRANNY? ING . . . in case there’s any question, originally been designated “ CONTEST­ the 20th DEADLINE means in my ANT ZERO,” moved up to the No. 1 hands on the 20th . . . not postmarked spot when the real No. 1 dropped out the 20th. My goal is winding up all edit­ and the pusher got a new number. Moved .... ing with the copy that arrives on “ GRANNY” mixed with the 99s in the the 20th and have it in the mail to the pre-race loading of the planes, was International Secretary GENE NORA printer by 5 p.m. (Course my friend, photographed by many, and attended JESSEN has a new address . . . 2814 the Postmaster, had to open the back the briefing on the flight line. Arrange­ Cassia, Boise, Idaho, 83705. Make the door once since this ‘haste-make-waste’ ments had been made for a small change ‘rat row’ in your roster be­ editor forgot her money to pay the girl picked from the audience to pre­ Certified postage!) . . . so keep the fore you forget! All our 99 best wish­ sent “ GRANNY” with a bouquet of reports coming . . . on or before the artificial flowers in a little ceremony es go out to GENE NORA and BOB for 20th that is . . . please??? on the announcer’s stand. This was unparallelled success in their new done, and I tied them to one of the venture . . . Idaho Beechcraft located As my co-pilot in the AWTAR used to pusher’s struts. These were artificial on the Boise Airport. periodically say, “ We still frens?” April, 1967 A LETTER OF INQUIRY TO PRES. 1967 Ninety-Nines International Convention ALICE ROBERTS . . . It’s coming — the big event of the capitol, our Constitution and Bill of Can You Help? year — our Ninety-Nines Internation­ Rights, the Lincoln, Washington, and al Convention, June 28-July 2, at the Jefferson Monuments, Iwo Jima Statue, It has been recommended to me by beautiful Shoreham Hotel and Motor etc: dine and dance under the stars MRIS. BETTY HUYLER GILLIES that Inn in Washington, D. C. with famous entertainers on the Ter­ I write to you for certain informations Plan now to fly to Dulles Interna­ race of the Shoreham Hotel; attend and materials I am interested in obtain­ tional Airport, where a warm welcome some of the finest musical and drama­ ing. will be awaiting you as well as a tic entertainment under the stars at tour of one of the world’s most unique the Carter Barron Amphitheater and May I please request the names, and beautiful airports. outstanding stage productions at the ranks, and the decorations awarded Then off for a lovely drive through National Theater; hear fine, free Capi­ to the various women pilots of the the Virginia countryside and our ex­ tol Band Concerts and Watergate Con­ Air Force Ferry Command during itin g nation’s capital to the Shoreham certs by the various military bands; World War II, and also to obtain their Hotel. dance on a moonlight cruise down the photographs and if possible a little bio­ That evening greet old acquaintances, Potamac River, attend various parad­ graphical and statistical information on make new friends, welcome our over­ es and ceremonies such as: formal these various women? seas members, and learn about flying changing of the Honor Guard at the I am a member of several military in foreign countries at a Get-Acquaint- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Marine air historical research organizations ed Party. Corps Evening Parade, Military Tat­ which include Air Britain, Gruppe During the days that follow, enjoy too Ceremonies and Marine Corps Me­ 66, Cross and Cockade and the Cassidy a rare opportunity to visit some of morial Ceremony at Iwo Jima Me­ Research Group. In these various the foreign embassies, see the White morial; visit the Wax Museum and organizations, we cover all aspects of House, attend an outstanding cere­ various Smithsonian Museums, etc. military aviation including the im­ mony at the Smithsonian Institution, These are just a few of the possibi­ portant personalities as well as tech­ be a part of the International Tree lities. nical and historical matters. I have Planting Ceremony at Dulles Interna­ Besides sightseeing, the children can been requested to secure this informa­ tional Airport, go sightseeing and do enjoy one of the world’s finest zoos tion and material because of the grow­ many other interesting things. with the greatest selection and var­ ing historical interest concerning wo­ Your evenings can be just as fun iety of wild animals and birds to be men in international military avia­ filled. Tour the city and see; em­ found anywhere. Outstanding are two tion. bassies, government buildings, the Komodo Dragons, Mobini, the famed white tiger, the only collection of flying In addition, I should like to ob­ foxes in the country and three species tain any and all information, photo­ Aerial Color out of five existing rhinos and Pigmy graphs and the address where I can Photo Contest Hippopotami. All can be seen at the contact MISS ELSIE S. OTT, who was National Zoological Park in Rock Creek a nurse during World War II and INTEREST, EXCITEMENT, AC­ Park just three blocks from the hotel. has been awarded the DSC, I be­ TION! CAMERA!! Click! There is For sport lovers there is: horseback lieve. the prize winning photo! To the Win­ riding in Rock Creek Park, canoeing ner: A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY and boating on the Potomac River, If you cannot help me in any one WEEK-END in your favorite vaca­ pedal boating on the Tidal Basin, pub­ of these various areas, may I please tion spot! And now your name on your lic golf course, or free swimming at request that you direct me to someone prize winning photo will go 'around the Shoreham hotel. who can assist me to obtain the re­ the world’ as well as the good old By now you are probably hungry. quested information and material ? USA! Plus doing your own country Join your friends at the Award Lunch­ Thanking you in advance for your a real service in stimulating interest eon where past Presidents and former very kind interest, attention, and re­ in SEEING THE USA! Amelia Earhart Scholarship Winners ply. The Aerial Color Photo Contest really will be honored. Then attend one of is catching on — excitement and in­ the highlights — International Ban­ Sincerely yours, terest mounts and competition grows quet Night. Here you will meet inter­ DON CI1ALIF keener as all camera “ bugs” get the esting personalities and help honor our 510 W. Junipero St. word. From all sides come comments: overseas members and their ambassa­ Santa Barbara, Calif. “ What a novel idea!” “ Great! How dors. 93105 low can we fly?” “ Say, does one from On the serious side is our annual a Blimp count?” “ What! Only four Convention meeting. Here you become slides?” “ We’re getting someone to a participant in helping to govern and keep our kids overnight so we can take guide our organization on to greater Interest Your both late day and early morning shots! ” heights. And so it goes! Don’t delay! You might The opportunity for service, fun, and Community In be too late! The CONTEST ENDS adventure can all be yours. Just pack APRIL 30th! Send in your entries at up your bag and set your course to Airport once. our Ninety-Nines International Con­ ED. NOTE—See Feb. issue of NEWS vention on June 28 - July 2 in Wash­ Beautification for Contest Rules and Entry Bland. ington, D. C. DORIS RENNINGER “Powder Puff" with her Super-Sonic Friends. L. to R. COL. R. A. RUSHWORTH, USAF, “Po tatoes” x-15 and B-58 Test Pilot—3,000 MPH plus (also an astronaut qualified by an X-15 flight to a height of 54 miles); COL. JOE COTTON, USAF, “Cecil” (his name for his XB-70) Chief Test Pilot of the XB-70 Project—2,000 MPH plus; and MAJ. PETE KNIGHT, USAF, “Lickety Split” present holder of X-15 speed record of 4,251 MPH.

Executive Board Member In Super-Sonic Company

At a recent meeting in Stamford, conducts two outstanding meetings and mini Cricket” Astronaut; GENERAL Connecticut of the International Order symposiums annually where only ten JAMES DOOLITTLE “ Tiger Jim ;" of Characters, DORIS RENNINGER, prospective members are invited to at­ GENERAL BARRY GOLDWATER Executive Board Member and former tend. The basic purpose of the organi­ “ Sun Dust” ; COL. ROSCOE TURN­ Governor of the N. Y./N. J. Section of zation is to present the sons of de­ ER, “ The Roar” ; and HERB FISHER the Ninety Nines, was surrounded by ceased pilots with college scholarship “ Skywriter” veteran Test Pilot and some very special supersonic character- assistance and to present special a- Author. members. This exclusive and elite wards to pilots who have contributed Included on the Advisory Board (foundation, conceived twenty years to the advancement of aerospace tech­ ago, by Dr. James E. Crane, FAA nology. with DORIS RENNINGER “ Powder- Medical Examiner has a roster of many Puff” is former NY/NJ Section Gov­ Some of the notables who belong to leading aerospace executives and pi­ ernor, PEGGY NORRIS “ Dahli” . Long lots. I.O.C. are HRH PRINCE BERN­ HARDT “ The Lion” ; COMM. SCOTT Island Chapter of the 99s sends ELLIE Each member is given a nickname CARPENTER “ Tuffy” — Astronaut McCULLOUGH “ Geronimo” — she’s a or a “ moniker” and the organization Aquanaut: COL. JIM McDIVITT “ Ge­ para-jumper as well as a pilot! Powder Puff Derby AWTAR Compared with past years, as of so that on Saturday morning March Ways & Means 18th, all Board Members were pres­ this date, requests for kits containing (You may not need to read this)— ent to begin a two day heads-together the new rules and regulations have July 8, 1967 we will be celebrating marathon interrupted only by BERT the AWTAR’s (ALL-WOMAN TRANS­ reached an all time high. Entries CHARNEY and DAVY MOORE from CONTINENTAL AIR RACE) 21st birth­ close June 1st. After this closing date, KVOO-TV who filmed the Board at day and it is quite befitting to have the only aircraft change allowed will work for the evening news broadcast the race start from the 'first’ Airport in in Tulsa. be the FAA registration number (for the US, Bader Field, Atlantic City, a fee of $10.00). TERRY VASQUEZ, who is in charge New Jersey. Aviation has come a long of handicapping, stopped off at Wich­ As previously reported, the major way in these 48 years as has the AW­ ita en route to visit the Beech and rule change concerns the timing at TAR, or Powder Puff Derby, in 21 Cessna factories. take-off. The log books will not be years . . . one lonely Ercoupe made the run to the individual airplanes as has Both trailblazing groups reported exciting XC in 1947 from Palm Springs, been the custom at the Start of the meetings enthusiastically attended and California to Tampa, Florida. These race. The timing will commence at organization of Stops progressing nice­ eager girls had no idea that before the drop of the flag for each contestant ly. At Springfield, Amarillo, and Flag­ its 21st birthday, this new bom sport and will be recorded by the timers. At staff, 99 Chapters are small. If anyone of theirs would attract as many as enroute Stops, the timing will start would like to volunteer their services 101 entrants (in one year) against their when the airplane starts its take-off roll at these Stops, please contact MARIAN 1. rather than wheels off as last year. BANKS, Route Director. Perhaps you feel you will never be This method has now been finalized by Saturday evening COLLEEN WHITE, 'good enough’ to fly in this event and the NAA and our legal advisor. Tulsa Chapter Chairman; AGNES you won’t unless you believe in your­ Because the question has been rais­ HELLMAN, Stop Chariman; SHIRLEY self — add an Instrument or Instructor ed, aircraft with turbo-charged engines GREENBERG, NANCY CAIN, DORO­ rating to that Private you possess, are NOT eligible to race. THY JOHNSON, and BETTY NATION, or just acquire a plain Commercial— all members of the Tulsa Chapter Our first contribution from industry order your kit, study the rules and hosted the Board for dinner at the for the 1967 race, came from Astro- charts, then be on your way . . . by now Aero Corp. We have also received con­ Camelot Inn. An unexpected pleasure you have already learned lots and which was very much appreciated. tributions from Hawthorne Aviation this will be your greatest experience JUDY MELTSNER, Chairman of the and Aviation Insurance Managers. We of all. Start, arranged a most successful kick- are also grateful to NATA for again Many, many woman hours go into off luncheon held on March 12 at the sending our posters to their entire making this a great event which is Hotel Claridge in Atlantic City. Seven­ membership. endorsed by the Ninety-Nines, Inc. ty-five people were present with an im­ The WCBS one hour documentary Never will you be looked after more pressive group of notables on the dias and never will you meet more inter­ film of the Powder Puff Derby in color including j\IAYOR JACKSON, Press is available for showing to groups esting and helpful people, than on and industry were represented mak­ where there will be no charge for ad­ this coast to coast jaunt. When the fun ing it look as though no other race is over, and grand memories linger mission. However, contributions may will have been off to a more en­ be collected for AWTAR. Send re­ on, you begin to realize all the work, thusiastic Start! effort, and money it takes to operate quests with the date you need the TRW System, Inc., of Redondo Beach, film, to AWTAR Headquarters. Your this race . . . you realize the long try­ only cost will be for shipping and Calif., will compute the scores this ing hours the nine member race board insurance. year making the relative standings has devoted, without pay, (frankly, available daily during the race. I would imagine with not too many As of this writing, the entire AWTAR thank-yours) to make this great event Board of Directors is sitting right in Did you see the wonderful trophy ad Piper ran in February? We would available to you. Also, the many the middle of the 21st Powder Puff especially like copies of the following other Ninety Nines who do much with Derby race route. MARIAN BANKS, the help of their family and friends RUBY KEAVENY, and BETTY WHAR­ magazines — Flying, Feb. 1967 page 104; Oct. 1964 page 11 and 67; Sept. . . . why not hop over to the nearest TON left San Diego in BETTY’S 210 1964 page 6; Pilot Magazine, Jan. and Stop come July — meet these girls and stopping at Palm Springs, Flagstaff, see some of the work involved . . . Albuquerque, and Amarillo on their Feb. 1967. but why not RIGHT NOW write that trailblazing flight to Tulsa. ALICE CORRECTION: On the annual check and mail it to me, to help sup­ HAMMOND, KAY BRICK, and BAR­ Treasurer’s Report, Charleston should port the 1968 AWTAR and the many BARA EVANS started from Milville, read SAVANNAH for the .1967 Terminus. ones thereafter. Without your assist­ N. J. in ALICE’S Mooney trailblazing Reprints of the article “ Twenty ance, moral and financial, the AW­ the eastern half of the route, namely: Transcontinental Sky Trails,’’ a his­ TAR cannot continue, so mail your con- Martinsburg, Cincinnati, Carbondale, tory of the Powder Puff Derby by tribulation now—too. PAULINE GLAS- and Springfield. KAY BRICK, as it appeared in the SON MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO The two planes arrived at Tulsa 1966 Race Program, are available HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED. within the same hour! TERRY VAS- singly or in quantity at 10c each from Route 2, Box 894 QUEZ, LOIS FAIRBANK, and I over AWTAR Headquarters, Teterboro Air­ flew the race route via commercial port, Teterboro, N. J. Corpus Christi, Tex. 78408 COMMITTEE REPORTS AIR MARKING It's spring! You know what that FRYING ACTIVITIES it can be anything from holding your means . . . Cleanup time, freshening COMMITTEE REQUEST Chapter meeting airborne in a jet, up time. Time to fly!!! airborne poker games, or just flying Air Marking is just about the most What are the flying activities of for a picnic. Then there are those rewarding committee you are on— your Chapter? This should be easy new ratings we all like to brag about, And you are ALL on it. It doesn’t take for anyone to answer. How about the and anyone earning one deserves to much talent, it doesn’t take much Plying Activities Chairman or the brag, also the help given CAP units, time if you have a good group, it Chapter Chairman answering this Scouts etc. doesn’t take Amazon muscles, and question for me. I need this information Come on now, my mailman likes it doesn’t take any money. How many from every chapter in our organiza­ to stop at the door and deliver lots committees can make such claims? tion, not just half of the chapters! of mail with Ninety^Nine returns, This If you have ever had a shadow of That is exactly what happened last gives him a chance to talk about how year when the request went out so a doubt about your position, or just high this plane is on final that is a little feeling of unsurety—the Air let’s make an effort to have a reply drowning out our conversation. O. K. from every chapter. Our President Marking bug is in your bonnet, and now I am expecting to hear from that location should be marked. has done a lot of writing in her column every one of our chapters. Mail them AH it takes is a congenial group, about COMMUNICATION, so how about to 'MRS. LOIS GRANGE, 4101 S. W. one gal to line up a location, and COMMUNICATING WITH ME. 13th St., Des Moines, Iowa 50315. a set date. Bring a box lunch—the air­ If you are wondering what kind of International Chairman port or place of business you are information in which I am interested, Lois Grange, doing usually provides beverages and paint—put on your dungarees, stick your husband’s best wide brush in Coming Events your hip pocket and have a Chapter meeting on someone’s roof. Sounds April 14-16 June 10 great? It is! And what a feeling of South Central Sectional San Diego-Reno Fun Race satisfaction and pride you have when­ Camelot Inn June 23 ever you fly over that spot. O! That Tulsa, Oklahoma Sky Lady Derby roof NEVER looked so beautiful. Be April 15-16 Ft. Worth, Texas sure to take pictures up there showing New England Sectional YOU with the paint brush in hand— June 28-July 2 you are bound to have some friends April 15 International Convention who will never believe you, and won’t Middle Atlantic Sectional Washington, D.C. have the opportunity to fly over it Schraft’s Hotel as soon as you would like. July 8 Baltimore - Washington Parkway AWTAR For the serious part: It is a safety feature to all pilots as well as the April 19, 20, 21 Atlantic City, N. J. to Executive Board Meets Torrance, Calif. students. So much so that the FAA makes note of the Air Marked fields April 21, 22, 23 August 28 and 29 on the Sectional. Be sure to send a Southwest Section Sectional Northwest Section Race report to BLANCHE NOYES, Chief Ramada Inn Air Marking Staff, Federal Aviation Phoenix, Arizona Sept. 15, 16, and 17 Agency, Washington 25, D. C. She North Central Fall Sectional will send you report blanks free for M ay 5, 6, and 7 Pheasant Run Inn the asking so you will be sure to in­ Southeast Sectional (adjacent to DuPage Airport, 111.) clude all the information the FAA Natchez, Mississippi will need to make it official. Sept. 15, 16, and 17 May 5, 6, and 7 Check with other chapters if you Southwest Sectional North Central Spring Sectional need templates. A good many have Holiday Inn Peoria, Illinois their own, and will lend them. Some Stockton, Calif. State's have them as part of their M av 11. 12. 13 aeronautical equipment. New Jersey NIFA October 7 (note new date) AWNEAR does. For the record, the 99s have the Carbondale, Illinois Norwood, Mass. full responsibility of the New Jersey M ay 19, 20, 21 Air Marking program and the State N. Y. — N. J. Sectional October 7 foots the bill for the paint. Buffalo, N.Y. Michigan SMALL Race Now come on and send that report Grand Rapids, Mich. to MARY ABLE, Rt. 4, Box 52, Hous­ M ay 24, 25, 26 ton, Texas 77036 so she can make up All Women’s International Air Race October 21 intelligent factual statistics that will “ Angel Derby” Fairladies Annual correlate with the FAA reports. Surely, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Indiana Race you will want your efforts recognized. to Miami, Florida, USA Bloomington, Indiana It is really not the least bit immodest or bragadocia. It certainly is the most concise report you have ever been cate that more than 40 planes will asked to complete. Members-at-Large be competing in this year’s race. To Remember — get to it while you A note received recently from SIST­ make the contest more enjoyable a are in the throes of Spring fever ER N. THERESA RYAN in Kenya, E. temporary tower will be in operation at and Spring Cleaning! Africa relays the message that she Brainard Field, Hartford. An FHA Just think! If each state did only enjoyed EVA HUGHES’ poetic thoughts Representatve will be on the field at one Air Marking this year we would in the Feb. issue of the NEWS. Ormond Beach to process flight plans, have 50 reports — and I have found She also suggested to RACHEL BO'N- and FAA radio service will be provid­ that for each chapter that does one, ZON of the Los Angeles Chapter that ed for the new Tamiami fly-over finish. it will do two the following year—Just on their Turkana Desert, they guaran­ Co-sponsor for this year’s “ ANGEL think!!! tee no Fog — only Sand Devils! DERBY” is Metropolitan Miami Dade JERRY B. ROBERTS County, Florida. $2500 in prizes, plus Her final paragraph tells of a re­ trophies will be presented to the top cent problem she had flying a C-172 six places in addition to other prizes with three passengers aboard. Appar­ MEMBERSHIP REPORT and awards. ently this aircraft was a bit under­ Alberta Nicholson, Chairman ENTRY DATES & FEE powered for her particular location Entries will be received postmark­ and she experienced that horrible Since October 1, 1966 we have had ed not earlier than March 15, 1967 “ sinking” feeling just after breaking 224 new members and 41 who have re­ and not later than April 20, 1967. Ap­ ground on take-off. To quote her, “ This instated. Do you know that these 265 plication must be in triplicate, accom­ is where Belle Hetzel’s remarks make members added to our roles doesn’t panied by $50.00 fee made payable me smile. (Patter by Peg—Feb.) Witli make up for the number who dropped to FLORIDA WOMEN PILOTS ASSO­ her it’s hay fields and with the Sister out last year. Here is the report sent CIATION, INC., and mailed to: in the Desert, it’s thorn Bush!” to me from DARLA at Headquarters: Dorothea Harrison, Entry Chief. Let’s hear from more of our Mem- September 1963 through August 1964. 4746 NE 26 Avenue, Fort Lauder­ bers-at-Large . . . be your own NEWS dale, Florida 33308. New Members 440 Reporter. Entry fee is returnable only if ap­ I fM54 Non-Renewals 181. plication is rejected. Should the race For period September 1964 through be cancelled due to National Emer­ August 1965: A IR MEETS gency or for other reason, $10.00 of New Members 459. the fee will be retained to help offset ALL WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL 1965 Non-Renewals 177. organizing expenses to date. AIR RACE “ANGEL DERBY” GENERAL CHAIRMAN: For period September 1965 through Virginia Britt August 1966: The Florida Women Pilots Associa­ 4332 SW 6 Street, Apt. No. 209 tion has scheduled the 1967 “ ANGEL New Members 566. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 1966 Non-Renewals 268. DERBY” for May 21—May 27 from Montreal, Quebec to Miami, Florida in So half of our increase in new salute to Canada’s Centennial of Fed­ members was lost last year by drop­ eration and Miami’s statute as a hub outs. The 265 we gained this year in of international air travel. love’s labor lost, for it just makes up The first leg of this 1667.5 mile for all of those we lost last year. flight passes over historic Lake Cham­ How can we cut down on our drop­ plain to Hartford, Conn., where mem­ outs? As for myself, I don’t like to go bers of the Connecticut Chapter of to a meeting by myself. I like to pick 99s will assist the contenders through someone up or have someone stop Customs. From Hartford the route by for me. You might try this on a veers westward via New York to E’alt- chronic absentee. imore where members of the Mary­ I have notices that a girl will miss land Chapter will officiate: then on­ a meeting, next month she will miss ward to Winston Salem, N. C. and another meeting and by the next month, Macon, Georgia — a positive identifi­ she is almost forgotten. After that first cation point—prior to bearing east­ miss, it helps if someone will give her ward again over the Okefenokee Swamp a call and let her know she was miss­ to Ormond Beach, Florida. From Or­ ed. Also when I worked evenings, I was mond Beech a more southerly course happy to receive a brief rundown of leads over the Everglades to a fly­ the meeting in the mail from the over finish at the new Tamiami Air­ Chairman each month. It made me port—not yet open to traffic. feel like I still belonged to the group, While in Montreal, contestants will even though I couldn’t attend the have an opportunity to visit Expo meetings. ’67 when not engaged with race acti­ Thanks for those 265 new and re­ vities and in Miami they will be PILOTS POKER RUN WINNER: newed members. We really appreciate treated to an evening at the area’s MRS. J. H. WARD, of Baton Rouge. all of the work you are doing for new new Planetarium. Mother of South Louisiana Chapter members. Remember our goals of 3000! Requests for information kits indi­ 99 GLORIA HOLM ES. “ clocked in” who were not participants —just stopped by to see what was go­ ing on. The caterer ran out of spag­ hetti dinners after 300 plates were sold. Of the total 57% of the pilots held a Pvt. license, 29% were Commercials (including 1 ATRi and 14% were Stu­ dent Pilots. All of this with only 3 weeks’ preparation and publicity! Winners were as follows: BEST POKER HAND and DIAMOND JEWELRY: MRS. J. H. WARD, non­ pilot, mother of 3 pilots, a daughter- and son-in-law pilots, and another daughter-in-law a student pilot. She was from Baton Rouge mother of 99 GLORIA HOLMES. YOUNGEST PILOT: BENNY GAR­ RARD, Jr., 16 of New Iberia, La., and RICKY HARRISON, 16, of Na- tches (son of Miss. 99 EMILY KEL­ LY) LOWEST TIME - PRIVATE PILOT: PILOTS POKER RUN TROPHY WINNERS: (left to right) Lucky 13th Entrant, JOSE BANOS, South American stu­ MARVIN POOLE of Opelousas; Youngest Pilot BENNY GARRARD, JR. of dent at Louisiana State University, Opelousas (not shown RICKY HARRISON of Natchez); Lowest Time. Pvt. with 41:30 total time. Pilot and Best ETA by a Pvt. Pilot, JOSE BANOS of Baton Rouge; Lowest LOWEST TIME—COMMERCIAL PI­ LOT: MARY JANE NORRIS of Time Commercial Pilot MARY JANE NORRIS of Houston; Best ETA by a Houston, Texas, Houston Chapter Student Pilot, Solo X T , RICHARD VOGEL of New Orleans; Best ETA by a 99, with 226 hours total time. Commercial Pilot HAROLD BURKE of Lake Charles, La. BEST ETA—STUDENT SOLO X-C: RICHARD VOGEL of New Orleans. The FIRST ANNUAL PILOTS POK­ Poker Run, 83 licensed pilots (including BEST ETA—PRIVATE PILOT: JOSE ER RUN, sponsored by the South 14 women pilots) and 58 non-pilots. BANOS, winner of the Lowest Time Louisiana Chapter of The Ninety-Nines There were 56 airplanes, 6 of them Private Pilot Trophy. was held on Sunday, February 26th, af­ twin-engine aircraft from 15 different BEST ETA — COMMERCIAL PILOT: ter a meeting on January 25th when towns in La., Miss., Texas, Ark. and HAROLD BURKE of Lake Charles, they decided they had to have a fund­ Alabama. Another 26 airplanes were La. raising project quickly to support the various projects upcoming for their Chapter. Within 3 weeks, posters and data sheets were out in south Louisiana and southeast Mississippi and several newspaper, radio, and TV spots were before the public concerning the date and places. The Pilots Poker Run is an event designed for “ fun flying” for pilots at all stages of flying proficiency, open to both men and women pilots, student at ATR. Trophies and door prizes were donated by interested FBOs and businesses, and the race was on! Pilots flew to the 5 designated air­ ports (Baton Rouge, Houma, New Iberia, Lafayette, and Opelouses) pick­ ing up a playing card at each stop. The person holding the best poker hand at the terminus in Opelousas was the grand prize winner of a trophy and las or her choice of a diamond tie pin or a lady’s diamond pendant (jewelry donated by York Jewelers of BTR). Other trophies were awarded, along with twelve door prizes donated by Terminus of the Pilots Poker Run, Opelousas, Louisiana; airplanes that land­ businesses. ed between noon and 1:00, only a sampling of the final count of 50 poker run A total of 141 persons entered the airplanes and 26 others landing just to see what was going on. LUCKY 13th ENTRANT: MR. MAR­ was VFR for 1% hours only that day! all happy to see Governor LOLA RICCI VIN POOLE of Opelousas, Louis­ ELLY JONES’ son finally get back there with 49%, EDUARDO, making iana. into the air. He had spent thirteen a total present of 32. The date of the 2nd Annual Pilots months in Korea. One of his first On March 18th, ISABELLE Mc­ Poker Run will be announced later, flights, as a student pilot, was 30 CRAE, DOTTIE CAMPBELL, ANNA and will be in May of 1968, with the minutes of dual in a T-33 jet. Mother BLEDSOE, LEAH LIERCH, DOTTIE same route, terminus in Houma. Ad­ ELLY, is slowly plugging along in a SANDERS, and DOTTIE DAVIS will vanced registration of aircraft will Cessna 150. aid San Diego Chapter in greeting San probably be required for next year’s 49% er STEVE TULLER completed Fernando Valley Chapter at Mont­ Pain, and more advanced, national pub­ his 1st solo on February 10th. DORO­ gomery Field for their monthly fly-in licity will be given to the event. The THY is off to join him in Acapulco on and help drive them to Vacation Vil­ purpose of the event was fulfilled in February 24th, for a long weekend. lage for lunch. that the entrants did have “ fun” and Little oP N2056V is getting new pow­ San Diego Chapter and El Cajon the smooth, effecient operation of the er. Would you believe? a battery like Valley Chapter will jointly sponsor a event reflected favorably on the Ninety- in a Skylane for a little Cessna 120? Picture Hunt, a fun game with air­ Nines. No flying event has been stag­ Yep—but no more propping for 99 planes, on April 9th—LOIS BARTL- ed in the South Louisiana area be­ BARBARA LaPOINT! ING, Flying Activities chairman for fore this time, and it was well re­ LORETTA GABRIELSON and 49% er San Diego, and DOTTIE SANDERS ceived by general aviation. LEE have bought into a flying club are getting their heads together for a ED. NOTE—Be sure to read So. Louis­ and are now the proud part-owners of real mysterious, fun time. iana Chapter report for “ Public as­ a Cessna 172. Watch out world, we As you can see, activity in the South­ pects! are off and going again. ern California area is really on the climb-out, and of course we all have EL CAJON VALLEY CHAPTER the forthcoming San Diego-Reno FUn Race and Powder Puff Derby in the Dottie Sanders, Reporter SOUTHWEST backs of our minds. At least, we are We’re looking forward to doing our logging a few more hours in the air. SECTION first air marking project at Borrego, California, which will have been com­ FALLON CHAPTER pleted on March 25th, prior to issu­ Elaine Lockhart Brown, Reporter ance of this edition of Ninety-Nine WELCOME News. LYNN COULTHARD, Chairman, Am writing to you from my igloo has appointed FLORENCE FRASER on the outskirts of Reno. Last month and as her Co-Chairman and, together, I wrote from my chaise lounge in the have a real fun day planned. Early banana belt (knew I was premature— Congratulations risers will join the citizens of Borre­ serves me right! It’s been snowing to the newly formed go for the Lions Club Breakfast be­ here for three days and most of our tween 8:00 and 9:00 a.m., we’ll do flying activities have been confined to Mt. Diablo our air marking between 10:00 a.m. eyeballing airplanes from the windows and Noon; and then we’ll celebrate of the jeep. On with the news! Chapter our accomplishment with steak lunch HAZEL HOHN and her wee daughter on the desert. (Sounds like more eat­ flew back East on an airliner to spend ing than working.) a few weeks. HAZEL’S 49% er, WER­ BAY CITIES CHAPTER DOTTIE SANDERS and MARIAN NER, just received his Commercial Loretta Gabrielson, Reporter BANKS (San Diego) 140’d to Santa rating. Congratulations! ENA AYERS made a trip, by air­ Ynez February 17th to join San JOAN REID has made a valiant ef­ line, to New York for a week’s visit. Fernando Valley Chapter in their fort to fly, but gale winds have con­ During that time, there were three fly-in there and to enjoy some fined her efforts to hanger flying. JOAN snow falls, including a blizzard! She of Solvang’s fine Danish food for reports there are many prospective new visited AWTAR Headquarters at Teter­ lunch. Also to bring home majny 99s in the making at Carson City Air­ boro (See picture March Issue) and calories in Danish Pastries and port. Grand news! Get going gals, and had lunch with MARION LO­ Cheese — a beautiful day, and lots of we’ll need your help during the Fun PEZ, SELMA CRONAN, KAY BRICK, fun. Race. BARBARA EVANS, KAY HILBRANDT, ORA DESTREE has been doing some Members of our Chapter joined San and SHEILA SCOTT, who was visit­ local flying out of Carson. She says Diego Chapter’s fly-in to Bermuda ing from England. The snow made plans are well underway to obtain a Dunes, near Indio, California, for a it difficult to get around, but ENA did plane for the Fun Race. She is fly­ delicious lunch at the country club get to visit with DORIS REMINGER ing as pilot with prospective hew on March 5th. LYNN COULTHARD and 49%er HENRY. member, LINDA CONTRERAS, as co and DOTTIE SANDERS flew via 140, GLADYS COBB and 49% er RAY pilot. ISABELLE McCRAE and DORIS RIT­ flew to Bracket, Calif., for the C.C.A.A. LOIS BROWN flew commercially to CHEY in a Bonanza, and FLORENCE meeting. On the return trip, they en­ Palm Desert with her two children, and BOB FRASER in a 150. Another countered low ceilings and had to land PAM and GAYLAND. LOIS met her beautiful day in the desert! We were at Modesto. It was a week before 49% er, MIKE, there. MIKE had flown they could fly the Piper 235 home, and their twin Commanche down on a then they had to drive to Modesto Next NEWS Deadline charter in time to enjoy the 80° sun­ twice before they could take-off. It A pril 20th ny weather. LOIS arrived in time to enjoy the wind, cold and clouds. They all returned in the Commanche, IFR, to a snowy Reno welcome. DOROTHY STAUFF and 491/2er, CARROLL, flew their Cessna 210 to Palm Springs for two glorious weeks. Sorry to hear about the weather, but hopes are for warm sunshine during their last week. JANE JANSSEN still hopefully wait­ ing for early entrants to sign up for the San Diego to Reno Fun Race, June 10th. LOIS WILLIAMS and 49% er, DAVID, are really the proud parents these days, and with good reason. Their old­ est son, DAVID JR., received his Private Pilot’s license on his 17th birthday. Congratulations, DAVID! I think we all have the hope of seeing our children enjoy the wonderful sport of flying for themselves. JUDY HISLE and 49y3er, RILL, are planning to join our Aviation Coun­ try Club's tour to Apple Valley this Saturday, the 18th of March. ELAINE and STAN BROWN are al­ Fallon Chapter 99s. Picture taken at the last meeting in Fallon at Gustav- so going to brush the snow from the son’s Flight Service. The group met to plan for the San Diego to Reno Fun old 175 and join the group for a won­ Race on June 10th. Back row, left to right: LOIS BROWN, PAT HENNING, derful sounding week-end in the sunny JUDY HISLE, JANE JANSSEN, MARCIA STANFORD and FRAN GUSTAV- (we hope) Southland. SON. Front row: DOROTHY STAUFF, DEE BAER, ELAINE BROWN, and Say! Must just “ toot the family LOIS WILLIAMS. horn” a mite and proudly announce that my 49% er, STANLEY BROWN, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Reno National Championship Air Races. His first de­ lightful duty was to attend the Na­ tional Air Race Queen Contest, lunch­ eon, banquet and ball. All of the con­ testants were airline stewardnesses, and as an ex-stewardness, I was al­ lowed to chaperone my 49y3er, good move! I have never seen so many lovely young ladies collected in one room. How the judges picked one out of this exquisite group is beyond me. They did — a wee blonde gal from Pacific Southwest Airlines (JUDY BAILEY) who will add tremendously to the decor of the races in Septem­ ber.

LAS VEGAS VALLEY CHAPTER B. J. Wayne, Reporter First of all, we want to thank JER­ RY WHITTON for her past efforts as our News Reporter. JERRY has taken residency in Ventura, Califor­ nia, for a year and will be missed here. Our February meeting was held at Las Vegas Valley members B J WAYNE and LOIS LARSON helping to pub­ the home of B. J. WAYNE. The lo­ licize the film “Come Fly with Me, Darlene.” This is an AOPA film designed cal FAA presented two films, “ RX for to stimulate aviation interest in non-pilots and was recently sponsored by the Flight” and “ Wake Turbulence.” Bus- LVV Chapter. (Photo by Ken Jones, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Nev.) iness was transacted and refreshments served. On Tuesday, March 7th, our Chapter sponsored the local showing of the AOPA film, “ Come Fly With Me, Dar­ lene” at the Flight Deck, Alamo Air­ ways, McCarran Field. As Program Chairman, B. J. had a personal in­ terest in this project as it was filmed in Eastern Idaho in cooperation with the Eastern Idaho Ninety-Nines when B. J. belonged to that Chapter. The local FAA once again helped us in presenting the film and local newspap­ ers were very cooperative in publiciz­ ing the event. We had a nice turnout and everyone seemed delighted with this film designed to stimulate inter­ est in non-pilots. Enthusiasm of pros­ pective “ pinch-hitters” was apparent at the social hour which followed. We are happy to learn that CAROL and LEONARD RAIZIN have purchas­ ed a Cessna 172 and that CAROL is starting to fly again. Also in the air have been LOIS and HAROLD LAR­ SON who flew their family to Disney­ land in January and weekended at Lake Havasu in February. RUTH and JOHN­ NY DI BASE have made the long flights, however, logging several trips to the Bahmas in the past few mon­ ths. B. J. and BILL WAYNE sold their Bonanza before Christmas and are temproarily without wings. But with such an early spring and the ir- resistably clear skies of Nevada, she hopes not to be grounded for long. The LONDON family on a recent ferry flight for Aztec Aircraft, Long Beach. Happy flying! BARBARA LONDON, daughter TERRY, and husband JACK shown at the Pip­ er Factory in Vero Beach, Florida, where they picked up 3 Cherokees to be

MIS ANGELES CHAPTER ferried to Long Beach, Calif. Flying with daughter TERRY is a college friend, Rachel Buuzon, Reporter a non-pilot, but who became an expert navigator during the trip. TERRY and A group of us were happy to have BARBARA are both members of the Long Beach Chapter,L to R: TERRY, the opportunity of attending the phy­ CINDY STEINER, BARBARA, and JACK. siological training program at George Air Force Base. Staying at the Apple Valley Inn in order to be ready for trip on the 1 it tie bus, which could on­ joyed 1 his trip to Reno. SUSAN also had the oppoi'tunity of spending some an early start in the morning, LYNN ly be coaxed small distances at a OPPER and ELOISE BRF.ESE Prac­ time, and which we finally abandoned time in a Boeing 707 simulator, courtesy ticed turning blue by swimming in the in favor of a passing truck. So we end­ of American Air Lines. pool. It had snowed for three hours ed the day with rapid re-compression at IMARY and JOHN DORR and their PBY participated in the splashdown the previous day, and the swimmers a low temperature, with the loud sound and those of us bundled up in over­ of rushing air! Now, 1, 2, 3, a val­ at Lake Havasu, and reported good coats beside the pool could enjoy the salva maneuver, everybody! attendance, both splashers and dry sight of fresh snow on the mountains. JEAN IVANOFF, LINA STROUP landers. Early and very bright, we were off with 49%er STEVE, and friends, LARRY and RACHEL BONZON flew in the Air Force bus for a day of most spent a few days at Guaymas, enjoy­ to Havasu on Washington’s birthday, informative ground school, climaxed ing the relaxing atmosphere and the and had the lake practically to them­ by the experience in the altitude fishing. JEAN also flew with LYNN selves (with a boat, that is.) chamber and a rapid decompression and BOB OPPER to Thermal, where ANN LODWIG flew to Ojai. How demonstration. This is a most worth­ members of the Pasadena City Col­ does your tree grow, ANN? while program, and we join all the lege Flying Club provided transporta­ Our March meeting was devoted to others who have heartedily recom­ tion to the Date Festival in Indio. plans for our Two-Cent-A-Pound Air­ mended it. SUSAN OLIVER was invited to act lift, on April 8 and 9, in connection The day was run with military pre­ as a judge in selecting the next Queen with Santa Monica Pioneer Airport cision and efficiency until the return of the National Air Races, and en­ Day. MONTEREY BAY CHAPTER gals in particular1; BLANCHE NOYES, ORANGE COUNTY ( HA ITER Sue Johnson, Reporter JACQUELINE COCHRAN, and EETTY Ginny Chandler, Reporter On March 12, we held a two-Cent-A- GILLIES. This month’s report is short, sweet, Pound ride out of Salinas Airport. Or­ Some of us enjoyed meeting with and late, so here goes: ganized by DELL HINN, this money- the Phoenix and Tucson Chapters for Our Air Marking Committee outdid raising project was very successful, a luncheon at Francisco Grande the themselves in January. Orange County in spite of frequent rain showers. Many 19th of February. JEAN KNOTT made Airport is now painted up for all to passengers reported that they enjoy­ this one of her long cross country see, and a beautiful Job it is. Thanks ed the rough air! We certainly appre­ flights, and it was a memorable one go to KAY MALIK, her crew, and the ciated the use of a Cherokee Six . . . she got lost. She had started back friends of this Chapter, who so graci­ from Air Trails in Salinas, and a to land at Sky Harbor, because she ously donated supplies and profes­ Cessna 182 from Salinas Air Service. knew where that was, but saw Chand­ sional advice needed to make this pro­ And, our sincere thanks to GENEVA ler so landed there to collect both wits ject the success it was. HELEN CRANFORD for making our skirts of and thoughts. She called Francisco HEDGES made a few “ carrier type “ 99 Blue” which we all wore with Grande and told them where she was passes” over the field in her “ Wild white blouses. should anyone call. She got all squar­ Goose” with a camera (and tower per­ We are happy to welcome two trans­ ed away and made it over in time for mission, of course), so there are pic­ fers: BETTY WOR'STELL from Red­ lunch. tures available . . . maybe for the wood Empire Chapter and TRISH HELEN LAWRENCE is in the hospi­ next report? MARKS from Bakersfield Chapter, tal as the result of a forced land­ ANN CANTILLON was forced to TRISH very generously opened her ing on the highway. This was neces­ spend a few days in New Orleans lovely hilltop home to us for our sary because of engine failure on while ferrying a Cherokee from Vero March meeting. One of the things plan­ take-off. She has a chipped vertebrae Beach. Bad weather kept her from ned was a birthday luncheon at the and will have to wear a brace for a dashing straight home. What a shame! Nut Tree to celebrate DELL HINN’S time. We are all glad it wasn’t any The only place I ever get weather­ birthday. Again bad weather inter­ worse. FAA of course, is going over ed in is Orange County. vened, and only DELL and her three the aircraft with a fine tooth comb MARGOT SMITH and hubby spent passengers, in a Comanche, and SUE and has asked many, many questions. a “ neat” weekend flying around the JOHNSON in a Cherokee 235 went RUBY KEAVENY, BETTY WHAR­ Mexicali — Yuma area, till weather on the fly-in. At the meeting Chairman TON, and MARIAN BANKS will be brought her- down in Palm Springs. HELEN SHROPSHIRE read us a fasc­ here the 16th to meet with us and dis­ (Safely, of course)!) The rest of the inating letter from DOROTHY BAN- cuss details of the Powder Puff Der­ return trip was logged as road time. ZHOF, postmarked Addis Ababa, Ethio­ by stop here in July. We have made Yours truly spent the third week­ pia, telling us of their trip over there. arrangements for the ones who re­ end in January up at Castle Air Force Added to our list of prizes in the main overnight to stay at the Monte Ease. The highlight of the trip was Aerial Photo Contest is an “ Even­ Vista Hotel in Flagstaff, with a buf- going through the High Altitude Cham­ ing of Fun” at the warehouse on Can­ fett dinner the night of the 9th. They ber there. The Air Force personnel nery Row in Monterey. It really is an offered the best prices and we are gave us a brief but very informative old warehouse, now done in Roaring striving to keep costs down for the lecture and movie on Vertigo, Hypoxia, Twenties decor. gals. and Instrument Flying. They demon­ Anytime any 99 is in Flagstaff and strated the dangers of hypoxia by NORTHERN ARIZONA CHAPTER has the time to spare, call one of permitting us to remove our oxygen Ruth Smith, Reporter the radio stations and a short in­ masks at 25.000 ft. for up to five min­ Low clouds and a weather briefing terview can be arranged I’m sure. utes in the chamber. that conditions might be worse by af­ They have been so cooperative, and I experienced none of the warning ternoon, forced us to drive to Prescott KCLS has a program at 9:30 “ Hospital­ signals such as blurring of vision, for our meeting the 11th. JEAN KNOTT ity Man” at the Coffee Shop of the tingling of fingers and toes, etc. In­ and I were the only ones from Flag­ Monte Vista. They will be delighted stead, I fell in the category of those staff; LOIS WARD had it made be­ to have you as a guest. who attain complete euphoria; which cause she lives in Prescott. ALICE means I would have died smiling if Notes about CAROLYN SHOEMAK­ ROBERTS and another 99 from Phoenix left to my own decisions. The chamber ER; The First date in her log book is truly a worthwhile experience and (my sincere apologies because I didn’t is September 1963. She soloed in May hear her name distinctly) also drove. everyone who flies should go through of 1964 and received her license in So glad they came. LOIS had arrang­ it. It not only opens your eyes to all October of the same year and joined ed for Mr. Duke Ledbetter, a retired these things the FAA trys to im­ 99s and our Chapter shortly thereafter. American Airlines pilot, to be our press upon us, but the drop from 29,- CAROLYN’S hobbies are flying and speaker. MR. LEDBETTER has log­ 000 to 8,000 ft. does wonders for the taking care of three children, two ged 34,200 hrs. in the air: broken sinuses. (P.S. I also logged road time girls and one boy. 49% er EUGENE is down, that makes about 4% yrs. in from Bakersfield to Grange County Chief Scientist for the Astrogeology the air. He had a splendid record of that weekend.) Center here. As most everyone knows, safety and currently does lectures about ELLIE AYOUB has moved back to the Center is engaged in mapping and flying safety and is active in CAP Las Vegas, Nev, and is in the pro­ studying the Moon. work. MR. LEDBETTER considers cess of transferring her membership women pilots to be among the most to that Chapter. safety minded people in the air today, Attend YOUR Spring THON GRIFFITH is organizing our and had high praise for some of our Sectional Meeting! group to back “ Happiness is a Warm Bath." This is a fund raising dinner to provide a hot water heater for an orphanage near Mexico City. T'HON’S enthusiasm is contageous, and we hope to provide large turnout on March 27 th. In case you didn't know, we’re still fighting to keep Santa Monica Air­ port open. Letters are still needed desperately from all of us to MAYOR MINTER, protesting the proposal to shut it down. AH! if some people would only realize the days of the covered wagon are gone and aircraft are here to stay. Nuff Said.

PALOMAR CHAPTER Mary M. Moons, Reporter After our recent air marking at Oceanside and Fallbrook, and finding out how much fun it is, we’ve been looking around for other areas to mark. Our next two projects are up in the air—on roofs, that is—in Es­ condido, and in Hemet. We’re starting out easy with a large flat roof and progressing to the more difficult one. Foreground, seated is PAT LAMBART, immediate past Governor of the South We hope to finish the one in Hemet west Section, holding infant daughter, CATHERINE. Standing, 1. to r. is ANNA only days before our group flys-in MOUSER, HAROLD MOUSER, MARY LOU BROWN, all of Phoenix and RUTH to Hemet to attend the annual Ramona SMITH, from Flagstaff, member of Northern Arizona Chapter. MARY LOU Pageant. So we’ll get a chance to view BROWN models dress Phoenix Chapter members will wear at Sectional. our handiwork from the air. Our members IVA WALTERS and be greeted warmly at any time, but prevent us doing the kind of job we WANDA MILLER and their 49%ers particularly now during the prepara­ should do with the tasks accepted and took an interesting trip one Sunday tions for the Spring Sectional due ask for help or for a different job— recently. A total of 5 planes flew from here in April. Am sure the valuable especially me! SUE HARPER and JO Hemet to Anza, Warner Hot Springs, experience gained from her major ANN WINTERLING took time off from Borrego, Octilla Dry Lake, landing role as Chairman of her Chapter during their studies on commercial ground at each and stopping at Imperial Coun­ the highly successful Fall Sectional school class at Phoenix College to be ty for breakfast. From there, they last year at Newport: Inn will con­ there. SUSAN STORM! made written flew to Yuma, up the river to Her­ tribute to making ours well worth notes while WILMA BLAND made ron in Blythe, then north and east attending. mental ones. More people are invited of the Little Mara mountains to see to follow RUBY SHELTON’S practice the Indian pictographs, back to Blythe Hostess for February business meet­ ing was FREDA TOLIVER, who lives of getting to the meetings even though for gas and on home via Palm Springs necessary to be late. Although RUBY and the San Gorgomio Pass. in Temple. MELBA BEARD returned from a business trip to California in instructs ground school Thursday eve­ N E L I CONNALLY’S daughter, time to make this meeting. Were for­ nings in addition to her regular flight CHRIS, soloed on her 16th birthday. tunate that International President, instruction, she arrives with her cute MARY PEARSON was her instructor, ALICE ROBERTS was able to attend— pert manner we like so well. LELIA and friends and family were on hand was absent from January meeting due REGER was only one of nine guests to celebrate with hot dogs and birth­ to illness. JEANNE MORRIS presided present in January who returned— day cake. nicely in MARY VIAL’s absence due what kind of batting average is that? Following our last meeting, a group to a flight to San Francisco on busi­ Or is Tempe OOB? ANNA MOUSER, of Campfire Girls, working for their ness. BEV PERIMAN related her trials who had conflicting interests before, Aerospace badges, were given air­ and tribulations in attempts to get. to finally was able to put in an appear­ plane rides, and shown movies that recent gatherings of the clan—perser- ance. Everyone seemed to enjoy the MARY and NELL took of last year’s vance triumphed. Congratulations to film FRANK JOHNSON of Arinada, race and our visit to Lage Havasu to TRUDY MURPHY for resigning as presented about Cessna Aircraft. JE­ the Seaplane Association meeting. Air Marker Chairman—so much wiser ANNE MORRIS, Program Chairman, to recognize what can be accomplished assured equal time will be given other PHOENIX CHAPTER in certain amount of time and act companies! M arjy Crovvl, Reporter accordingly. Surely glad she didn’t JUANITA and ELGIN NEWELL, Welcome to CHRIS ARMSTRONG resign from Sectional Committees, MARY LOU BROWN, and MARY and (formerly CHRIS HOFFTMAN of (hough. Probably more of us should GEORGE VIAL flew to Flagstaff for Orange County Chapter)! She would acknowledge unexpected pressures (hat a meeting with (he Northern Arizona 99s to help plan their Powder Puff Derby stop. JUANITA and MELBA BEARD will be timers at the stop. Great News! ALICE will hold her International Executive Board Meeting in Phoenix just prior to Sectional, so we’ll have all the International Offic­ ers in our midst. Wonder if she de­ cided that before or after Bonanza trip to Flagstaff and Camarillo, Calif­ ornia ? •MELBA BEARD reports forty anti­ que and home-built aircraft attended the Arizona Antique Aircraft Associa­ tion Midwinter Flyin at Marena Air Park. Heard that RANDA SUTHER­ LAND and 49y2er JOHN, were there from Albuquerque. Wonder how many other 99s made it? FREDA and MICKY TOLIVER flew to Stafford—it’s an event when they can get away from their lovely big store at the same time other than Sunday. They did it again—to Las Vegas, returning just a little too late to join the gang at Francisco Granda L to R: MILLIE MERRITT, GWEN DARE, BEV PERIMAN, RUBY SHEL­ for lunch. DON, JEANNE MORRIS and NOLA EARL, all of Phoenix, ready to return “ The Gang’ ’ consisted of fifty peo­ home following; luncheon. ple from all over the state who con­ gregated at the highrise baseball ho­ tel in the desert west of Casa Grande, TRUDY MURPHY with son, MIKE and LEN MARSHALL (661 from Tucson; Arizona, present were: JOANN and his wife MARY, from Phoenix area; MELBA BEARD with guest ARLENE LEO WINTERLING, WILMA BLAND, RUBY SHELDEN with guests MILLIE HINTZ, her daughter, BEV PERIMAN JEANNE MORRIS, and NOLA EARL MERRITT, JODY NOLL, and BOBBIE and guest GWYNORA DARE, all of from Phoenix; MIKZA CLARK, JAN (lARTSON all of Phoenix; MARY Phoenix area; SUSAN STORM and ENGELHARD, MAGGIE SCHOCK, and MARTIN, Chairman of Tucson Chapter, JOE, her 49%er, MARY VIAL and VIRGINIA EDWARDS from Tucson; SHIRLEY MARSHALL and LEE E L guest MARGE COLE, guests ANNA and HAROLD MOUSER all of Phoe­ nix; KAREN CAUDILL, a guest from Tucson, MARY ELLEN and WARREN LEKEN from Holbrook representing Northern Arizona Chapter along with MR. and MRS. BILL SMITH and JEAN KNOTT of Flagstaff; Bob and JOAN MEISER, guests from Yuma, who are interested in a chapter being formed there: MARY LOU BROWN and son, STEVE, GRETCHEN and AI. YINGLING, PAT LAMBERT, daugh­ ter CATHERINE and mother, MRS. RING, JUANITA NEWELL, SUE and BILL HARPER, and MARY CROWI. with sons, CHRIS and JIMMY all from Phoenix. MARY VIAL admitted sneaking a couple of days of golf at Laguna Beach enroute home on their flight from San Francisco. Probably last opportunity she’ll have between now and Sectional! PAT LAMBERT, very slirnly chic and radiant, assured us that she is keeping an accurate log of infant daughter, CATHERINE’S fly­ Left to Right: JAN ENGELHARD, MARY MARTIN, Chairman, and MIRZA ing time — first flight at age of six CLARK, all visiting from the Tucson Chapter. days! After being in charge of an Institute attended Supima Cotton Council. even better. Many people were disap­ Convention, BETH USSHER flew com­ EVELYN is working on her twin rat­ pointed that the flight to Prescott was mercial to New York on business. Jo- ing. MICKEY and FREDA flew to cancelled — including MARY LOU ANN WINTERLING received a lovely Mexico, where their friends in Las BROWN, who was all set to go. letter from VIRGINIA RABUNG, the Mochis wanted to know when the PH JUANITA NEWELL and MELBA Chicago 99 she met at Grand Canyon. 99s were planning to fly down. ALICE BEARD flew up to Flagstaff in JUAN­ Wish I could share the interesting let­ ROBERTS and 49y2er, CHAS flew ITA’S Bonanza to meet with AWTAR ter received from one of the most to California to see daughter BAR­ Trailblazers, MARIAN BANKS and terrific and unusual persons I’ve ever BARA, and ALICE flew through bad RUBY KEAVENY, who flew in with known—BRUNHILDA BRADLEY. Had turbulence. MARY VIAL and 49!4er, BETTY WHARTON in her Cessna misplaced the address for her and was GEORGE, found it interesting to make 210 (all three TBs from San Diego gratified that she called attention to an actual IFR approach into San Chapter). They were greeted at air­ fact she is listed in the roster—we Francisco International. port by members of the Northern Ariz­ look forward to her return. She is LYGIE HAGAN was overnight guest ona Chapter MARY ELLEN LIKEN, busy instructing for the Navy Flying of ALICE ROBERTS enroute home to Chairman, JUNE ELY, Vice-Chairman, Club in Norfolk, Virginia. Spokane, Washington from Mexico. BETH WRIGHT, Membership Chair­ Start planning now to attend the JIMMYE LOU SHELTON and THEL­ man, and RUTH SMITH, Reporter {Southwest Sectional in Phoenix in MA BIEGERT spent two and one and 66 member JEAN KNOTT. They April. Goodtime for 99s everywhere to half weeks visiting relatives in Ark­ met with LEWIS SHAMRELL, Air­ come share our lovely Arizona sun­ ansas and Missouri. JIMMYE LOU port Manager, MR. THORESEN of shine. visited with members of the Cape the Weather Bureau at Flagstaff and MR. McCART of the Flight Service International President, ALICE RO­ Girardeau Chapter. MARY BATTY Station from Prescott. JUANITA felt BERTS hostessed the March busi­ took off three weeks to visit her fam­ that they accomplished a lot and cele­ ness meeting in her lovely new home ily in Canada. BEV PERIMAN tried brated her birthday a little ahead of in northwest Phoenix. She greeted the her hand at flying aerial photography time, too. She was bom on St. Patrick’s following members and guests: WILMA for a friend on a rather windy, bumpy Day. Many more happy ones, JUAN­ BLAND, JO ANN M. WINTERLING, day for it but loved doing something ITA! EVELYN SASSER, BEV PERIMAN, different. JUANITA NEWELL and Please plan to attend the Southwest MARY LOU BROWN, MARY VIAL, RUTH REINHOLD have been shooting Section in Phoenix in April—we are ANNE DAVIS, JIMMYE LOU SHEL­ approaches to keep current on their planning for you! TON, JEANNE MORRIS, FREDA instrument ratings — RUTH with the TOLIVER, GINNY MOSER, TRUDY Excalibur with JUANITA as safety pilot REDWOOD EMPIRE CHAPTER MURPHY, SUE HARPER, CHRIS and RUTH scanning for JUANITA in ARMSTRONG, GRETCHEN YINGL- her Bonanza. GRETCHEN YINGLING Phyllis Cantrell, Reporter ING, PAT LAMBERT, SUSAN STORM, The January meeting was held at JUANITA NEWELL, and MARJY Cameron Park, northeast of Sacra­ CROWL, members; MEG JACKSON, How 'bout flyin' a RACE mento. This new strip is adjacent to a lovely golf and country club away MARGARET HLAVENKA, MARILYN this year ? ? ? ? J. SHELLER, PAM PETTY, MRS. from the hustle and bustle of the city. GEORGIA HARPER, and MRS. RING. Business was discussed over lunch Although some of the girls worked has a new assignment concerning In­ at the Red Coach Inn. during the meeting, sewing something ternational Convention. LELIA REGER January is AMELIA EARHART mon­ for the Sectional, there was so much and HARRY picked up their new Sky- th for the Zontas and ANNA BREN­ else business-wise on the Sectional lane 2775Q at Wichita. When they NER invited the AWTAR contestants and other Chapter business that at flew to Palm Springs, they were sur­ from our Chapter to be guest speakers least two other work dates were sche­ prised that the field has a beautiful at their dinner meeting which was duled before the next regular meeting. new tower but no place to eat. LADY held at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Although reviewing the revisions to the McREYNOLDS, Chairman of the Ten­ Rosa. Out of the four teams from constitution was time consuming for nessee Chapter stayed at Jokake Inn our Chapter, ANITA WOREL, LOUISE the members present, it took many while in the area, and ALICE RO­ MONTERO, PHYLLIS and SANDY more hours for the committee to com­ BERTS had lunch with her there. CANTRELL were present and review­ pose the suggested material. (Tnx JIMMYE LOU SHELTON had occasion ed the events of the last AWTAR. SUSAN, TRUDY & JUANITA). to fly Trans-Texas Airlines while in Our February meeting was held the CANTRELL home for a morning busi­ Hear that DEE SOUTHARD, over at Arkansas and learned that the lovely ness meeting over coffee and donuts. Blythe, held a meeting in her home stewardness on duty was daughter of ANITA had a stack of business a foot to start plans for forming a chapter DODY CUMJMINGS, of San Diego Chap­ high and it was nice to have RUTH there — look forward to another news ter. MARGE GORMAN and 49% er, RUECKERT from Bay Cities as a flash next issue. SUSAN STORM came JIM, RONed PHX on flight from visitor. home from a weekend in Wikieup with California, where they purchased a HILDA CASEY has agreed to take sore muscles from too much moun­ Stagger-wing Beech, to Mansfield, Ohio, the Newsletter from here and I know tain climbing. EVELYN SASSER and where she is member of All-Ohio she’ll do a fine job. 49er, KEITH (who is new president Chapter, JIMMYE LOU and 49% er, Our next meeting will be another of the Flying Fanners) flew their PRANK, flew a Twin Comanche to business meeting to be held at Napa light twin to San Francisco, Imperial, San Jose area, returned in an Aztec, County Airport in March. See you Prescott, and to El Paso, where they but liked their flight in the Navajo then. SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER — see what can happen right in your SAN DIEGO CHAPTER •Tuiiiiila Bowler, Reporter own home? Evelyn Briggs, Reporter LA RUE BROWN put 10 hours on Our annual Zonta-99 Meeting in Jan­ Well, the part of last month’s article the Twin Comanche while NORA was uary, was held at the Mansion Inn. It about our soaring champ was not deer hunting. Guess she will be get­ was a very enjoyable evening as al­ meant to be a mystery. Somehow in ting in more time now while enroute ways. Our speakers told us about the typing the news while burning the to Mexico for 10 days. JUNE DE- good work of the Civil Air Patrol, re­ midnight oil, HELEN DICK’s name VINE is going to Pomona for the minding us again how important it is was omitted, sorry! We do have a meeting of California Council of Avia­ to file a flight plan and to cancel it mystery coming up; LOIS BARTLING tion Association. RUTH and AL WAG­ when reaching our destination. ES­ is planning a Mystery Fly In on Apr. NER are off to New Orleans to a med­ THER PHIPPS and her daughter, JU­ 9. ical meeting. DITH LAGOMARSINO, told us about LOISs March Fly In to Bermuda the Air Race last year and some of Our Lady Bugs manage a nice flight Dunes was well - attended. We were their experiences. (They are making and lunch most every Wednesday, happy to have GOV. LOLA RICCI and plans for this year.) Lucky Bugs! her husband, EDUARDO there. Four­ Now that we are getting some nice teen airplanes and thirty six people I had a chance to talk to some of weather for a change . . . participated. From our Chapter the I he girls—-DARLENE GILMORE and following flew in: MARTHA and JOHN husband GIL had just returned from a RUTH WAGNER was our hostess MULLEN with two guests, BETTY wonderful trip to Japan. Went all over for our Feb. meeting at her lovely and CLAUD WHARTON and two I guess. While in Tokyo, DARLENE home, with BERYL EISSINGER as guests, ELSIE and ED WATSON and looked up our 99 member, YAE NO- co-hostess. BILL THORPE, Channel 3 two guests, MARGRIT and MURRAY ZOKI. They had a very nice visit, with weather reporter, gave us a very in­ GOODRICH, MARGARET and JIM her daughter acting as the interpreter. teresting talk on weather and moun­ MOODY, LOIS and HARRY BART­ Florence Breen and husband JACK, tain flying conditions. LA RUE LING. El Cajon Chapter joined in spent Thanksgiving in Germany with BROWN read the letter she had just when LYNN COULTHAND flew with her daughter and family. RUTH WAG­ received from CPT. JOYCE A. DOTTIE SANDERS, DORIS RICHEY, NER and husband AL, flew to Europe REESE, 19th Gen. Support Group. ISABELLE McCRAE flew with BUD and drove all over visiting old friends. A.P.O. San Francisco 96301. Seoul, and BETTY McNEIL, FLORENCE JUNE DEVINE and JIM flew com­ Korea—very interesting, and it sounds and BOB FRASER came late, and mercially to Minneapolis, drove to like she is a very busy girl. Even get­ AILEEN SAUNDERS dropped in for Traverse City, Michigan to visit ting some flying time. a while. THELMA and NORM SMITH friends, flew on to Boston, spent time We nominated RUTH WAGNER, flew in from Los Angeles. in Conn., back to Detroit, and then on second term as Treasurer, and DAR- ELEANOR RICHARDSON just re­ to Wichita to pick up a new Bonanza. turned from being with her ill father JUNE said the fall colors were just in Florida, with tales to tell of the beautiful. I know, I used to live in Attend YOUR Spring trials and tribulations of flying com­ Pennsylvania and flew a lot of Pipers Sectional Meeting! out of Lockhaven delivering them to mercial across the country. Glad she’s back with us again. distributors in Central and South Am­ erica and Alaska. It is beautiful coun­ LENE GILMORE, Secretary, South­ THELMA BISHOP is making defi­ nite plans to go in the International try to fly over, especially in the fall. west Section Officers. Air Race with BRENDA STRICKLER MARILYN JAKS and husband flew to CAROL BLOOM is giving a very in­ of Ft. Worth as her co-pilot. Mexico for Christmas and New Years teresting and a very successful Aero . . . had a fine time, she said. LIL­ Space Education course at Sonoma TERRY and AL VASQUEZ invited LIAN GRAY, husband DAVE, and an­ College. 85 teachers enrolled. VIJA their air-minded friends to a scrump­ other couple flew to Mexico and back BERRY, RUTH WAGNER, AUDREY tious cocktail party in their beautiful to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving, beau­ SNOVEL, and HELEN MORGAN went new home. tiful weather all the way. BESS over to Napa Airport Feb. 19 to the On a flight to Carlsbad Caverns, SCHOFF and husband also flew to fly in, and gave of their time, energy, MARGARET and JIM MOODY were Mexico. VIRGINIA TOWNSEND and and planes to help take them for rides. very surprised to be snowed in briefly husband FRED celebrated their 25th For some, it was their first ride. in Tucson. MARGARET has been anniversary in Las Vegas—had to go LaRUE was telling us about her elected Secretary to the Bonair Flyers. commercial due to weather problems. Flying Mexican Vacation, Borrego de This is the General Dynamics Flying GERALDINE MICKELSEN had an Oro near Mulege, Baja. They ran into Club. Evidently, we don’t keep her operation before Christmas and LOIS MILES, also FRAN BERA, and busy enough! She’s our Chapter Sec­ missed our wonderful Christmas party BARBARA LONDON. LONI FREDRI- retary and also in charge of the San at the Zombi Hut. She had to take it CO is back at Hotel Mulege and wants Diego-Reno Fun Race coming soon. easy during the holidays plus missing all his friends to know, Smoke House MARIAN BANKS, RUBY KEA- the Zonta-99 meeting. Her LA doctor is going strong, etc. They had 8 in VENY, and BETTY WHARTON took has given her the OK to go back to their group, two twin Comanches, off for an AWTAR Board meeting in work and she is as good as new again, hunting and fishing out of this world! Tulsa, and TERRY also has flown on glad to report. FLORENCE BREEN Needless to say, a good time was had AWTAR business to Wichita. They all was on crutches for a while. She fell by all. had to miss the fun Fly In planned by FLORENCE DITTMAR for I he San LELA SHUEE, VERA STENSVOLD, PAT PITCOCK achieved fame when Fernando Valley Chapter. Weather ESTHER FLECK, JOSEPHINE RIC­ she successfully relegated her Instruc­ sort of diminished their numbers, but CI, MICKEY and CHARLIE DUG- tor husband to the back seat for what there were twenty, including mem­ DALE, SHIRLEE KAY, MARILYN may be a “ first” in the annals of bers and guests who flew into Mont­ JASSON, PAULINE KUHNS, LEOTA aviation! gomery Airport. El Cajon Valley GREEN, TOPSY MOORE, MARLIS BEV WOODWARD, after 18 months Chapter and S.D. Chapter members MILLER, and ERIKA KEBLE. of being grounded, is back at it again who assisted in ground transportation HANGAR FLYING: PAT GAR­ in her Citabria. We expect to see her and enjoyed the lunch with them at LAND has been flying from Baja, Cal­ barrel-rolling into the next fly-in. Vacation Village were LEAH ifornia to Kansas, where she helped VIRGINIA RAINWATER has been LIERSCH, DOTTIE SANDERS, DOT- pick up and fly back a new Beech kept busy with moving and chasing TIE DAVIS, ANN BLEDSOE (who Baron. down aircraft parts. She is now locat­ drove 30 miles, from Oceanside), EL­ EDDIE WHITE flew to Agua Dulce ed at the Kappair hangar at Van SIE WATSON, RUTH EBEY, LOIS and co-piloted with FLO DITTMAR to Nuys. BARTLING, KITTY SCHIEDING Solvang and SFO. Her guests were JEANNE DAY attended the annual (though not a member, is always help­ FLO STANTON, a new pilot, and Date Festival at Indio, and had a ing. us), JUNE HICKOX, and LYNN AULEEN HALL who recently tried gorgeous night flight back to the basin BRIGGS. It was most enjoyable to her hand on the 707 simulator. over thin broken clouds. meet others in our organization and LOIS MAUER and husband took their friends. It was especially inter­ guests from England on a Las Vegas SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER esting to meet COLLETTE MIROU- flight and then showed them the gran­ Amy Sylvestri, Reporter DOT from France. deur of this country in a flight along MARY LAIL passed her Commercial So far MARGARET MOODY has re­ the Grand Canyon. written. ceived 45 requests for kits for the MARY JOHNSON has been putting We welcome two new members: San Diego-Reno Fun Race, several of in a few hours, including a flight to JEAN PEVEHOUSE and MICKEY which are from out of our Section. Bullhead Lake. HUGHES. We hope this means we’ll have many VESTA MALBY’s flying has also FLORENCE TONEY was a guest at participants! It’s fun! Send to MAR­ served as a wonderful excuse to look our last meeting. She is visiting her GARET MOODY, 3103 Mobley St., San for a hunting dog. We imagine it will sister BETTY WOODHAMS who lives Diego, Calif. 92123 and 50c for kits. take many trips to find just the right on the San Francisco Peninsula, and animal! FLORENCE is a member of the Wis­ SAN FERNANDO VALLEY HELEN KEEL passed her Corn- consin Chapter. CHAPTER On March 2nd, there was a fly-in to Jeanne Day, Reporter Sea Ranch. Five Planes and 13 99s Occasionally we experience one of Next NEWS Deadline and their guests attended. It was a those perfect flying days. And when beautiful day to view our Northern that day coincides with a planned fly- A pril 20th California Coast line. A wonderful in, you can be sure that our February lunch and tour of this sea coast area fly-in to Solvang was a great success. mercial written. Congratulations! was hosted by MARIAN CONRAD of Several members had a chance to CATHY BLACK’S first student pass­ the Sea Ranch. practice go-arounds because with no ed his Private test. taxi strips, the landing planes had to MARDO CRANE is busy correcting AUDREY SCHUTTE did a switch taxi back on the runway. LINDA the galley proofs on her forthcoming and rode in the back seat of a Bonan­ DENSMORE and FLORA HUTCHIN­ book “ FLY-DOWN OF THE WASPS” za. Congratulations to AUDREY on a SON flew in LINDA’S 180. FLO DITT­ — a history of the WASPS during newly acquired Advanced Ground In­ MAR winged in via her 210, as did WWII. structor’s rating! FRAN INGRAM in her new strutless Chairman PHYLLIS PIERCE an­ wonder. BETTY STORRS and BETTY ANNETTE SEYDEL flew to Apple nounced at our last meeting that Ap­ FRY shared the Apache, and AUD­ Valley and Giant Rock. She brought ril 21, 22, and 23 are the dates set for REY SCHUTTE and MARILYN AR­ as guest, RUTH MAYLE, who is the Spring Sectional in Phoenix, Ari­ NOLD did the same in AUDREY’S Bo­ learning to fly and now has 45 hours. zona. The following were appointed to nanza. EDDIE WHITE was there, and NITA LOVELESS just checked out a Nominating Committee for Sectional so was LOLA RICCI with spouse and in the 182 at Sky Roamers. and National officers: PAT GLAD­ mother in a 182. ELLEN TRINDLE MARILYN ARNOLD surprised us NEY, MARDO CRANE, MARY LAIL, came in a Deb, with LIBBY SVEN- with the exciting news that she will and NOVIS PERCIVAL. SON. POLLY STOEHR came in her soon be going to Saigon with the State Bonanza and from San Diego came Dept, as a secretary. TUCSON CHAPTER MARION BANKS, LOIS BARTLING, ROSE FORD is beginning work on Dorothy Jenkins, Reporter ELSIE WATSON, and CLARA ALD­ her Commercial ticket. Our world - traveler, PAT NOLEN, RICH. DOTTIE SANDERS flew in LOIS MILES’ latest is a checkout in was off again — this time to Central from El Cajon. GERRY VICKERS the 172 and a delightful trip to Mu- America, ostensibly to buy furniture welcomed old Chapter - mates from lege in Baja. She also was guest for her new beach house. In El Sal­ San Diego. Guests attending were: speaker at the Los Feliz Kiwanis Club vador, she and TRULY visited with CELIA DAY, HARRIETT MORRIS, recently. former Tucson neighbor, U.S. AMBAS- SADOR RAUL CASTRO. PAT says Our March meeting was held March tion class on Tuesday evenings. She she enjoyed low-level sight-seeing for 8th at the home of SUE ELLIS in is teaching them the fundamentals of the first time, with the added securi­ Salt Lake City. After our usual busi­ the Private course. This is the Ex­ ty of that second engine in the Twin ness meeting, we had as a guest plorer class of the Holladay 23rd Comanche. speaker, MAJOR RALPH WOOD, Op­ Ward. Her class contineus to grow A Sunday luncheon-joint meeting of erations Officer of the 191st Military each week and created a great deal Northern Arizona, Phoenix, and Tuc­ Air Squadron of Salt Lake. The meet­ of enthusiasm within the organization. son Chapters was held at Francisco ing was very informative as to the ac­ SUE ELLIS and husband flew to Grande: purpose—business and pleas­ tivities of this group and their various Tehachapi Airport to obtain some ure. The meeting was good one, with missions to all parts of the world. pointers on the Glider School in oper­ over sixty people present, including Those in attendance were: MARGERY ation. They then continued on into the guests from Yuma. Perfect flying wea­ PETERSON, GINI STREETER, JOAN Los Angeles area for a little relaxa­ ther probably helped the success of WILLIAMS. ELOISE WILCOX, MAU­ tion and fun. this get-together. REEN RICHARDS, LYLE BECK- NANCY REULING, our enthusiastic STRAND, JANE ANDREASON, LILA It was nice to see FRAN FRANCIS flying-gal, has just obtained her In­ FIELDEN, ALBERTA NICHOLSON, strument Ground Instructor Rating at the last regular meeting. She BARBARA BARLOW, SUE ELLIS, doesn’t get up from Nogales for too and her Commercial Ground Instruc­ LUCILE CHRISTOPHERSON, and as tor Ratings. NANCY, her husband, many of them. Incidentally, we were guests: JOYCE ROBISON, KAYE shown two interesting films, loaned and family enjoyed a hurried trip into COLEMAN, BARBARA DUNKLEY, the Chicago area but found the wea­ by Arizona Aviation Authority: Man and BECKY WILKINSON. and the Moon, and Arizona Skyways ther very disagreeable. We were delighted to learn that and Flyways. This is the start of a MAURINE RICHARDS has not been KAYE COLEMAN has just completed plan to include something of general chocking up too many hours solo dur­ her flight examination for her Private interest over and above business, in ing the past month but, I ask you, license. It is always a thrill to have each meeting. how could she when she is sandbag­ these wonderful girls join our ranks. SHIRLEY spent three days in Flag­ ging for her husband who is drilling BARBARA BARLOW has just re­ for his Instrument rating? staff in her capacity of Chairman of cently checked out in the family Bo­ March 15th the Chapter girls plan the National Aerospace Education nanza and has taken a recent trip to to get in a little seasonal flying by Council’s 1967 Conference on Aero­ Idaho Falls. space Education — a job as big and meeting at Brigham City for lunch. SALLY WELLS of Cedar City Air­ long as the title. The Astrogeology March 18th is a planned Fly-in to port had as 'her recent guest, MAR­ facility at Flagstaff, the U.S. Geolog­ the Logan Airport. GERY PETERSON of Gunnison, who ical Survey, will be participating, as Plans are underway for several of was weathered in at Cedar during the well as NASA, FAA, Kitt Peak, Utili­ our members to attend the Spring Sec­ last weekend of February. MARGERY ty Aircraft Council, and nearly every tional which is to be held in Phoenix has been able to get in several hours organization that has a part in pro­ on April 21-22-23. in their new Cessna 235 this winter. moting progress in our aerospace age. A hearty “ hello” to all of you and A very impressive list of honored One of our guests, JOYCE ROBI­ they tell us that it makes greater con­ guest participants is topped by DR. SON, reported that she flew with her tentment not to do what we like to GERARD P. KUIPER, as Banquet husband this last February to Roa­ do but like what we have to do!! So Speaker. The dates of the Conference noke, Virginia, during the time when long—see you next month—or sooner are March 30, 31, and April 1, with stormy winter weather was in the —if you will only let us know! one day given to educational mater­ East. She reports that she learned a ials available, and utilization of these great deal in navigation as a co-pilot materials; one day to a visit to Kitt and it made her realize that she must Peak; and Saturday’s program con­ get her license so that she can be fully qualified as such needs arise. Australian centrating on career opportunities. Section Tucson Chapter is wholeheartedly RUTH WALKER has been unable to behind the Conference; we (and some attend our monthly meetings due to ☆ 49V2ers too) will be helping in a num­ the ill health of her eldest daughter.. ber of capacities. It’s a big project, We all are hoping for a speedy recov­ Margaret Kentley, Reporter as I said, but the planning, organiza­ ery, RUTH. tion, and just plain hard work that MAXINE NIELSON was guest Over 40 people turned up at the New SHIRLEY has put into it is bound to speaker at a Home Culture Club meet­ Zealand Air Women’s annual Rally make it a big success. ing and used as her subject matter, at Hamilton recently. 5 aircraft flew “ Women in Aviation.” MAXINE has in from Christchurch, through very UTAH CHAPTER been getting in a little local flying in murky weather and those from Pal­ L. Christopherson, Reporter Southern Utah. At present she is at­ merston North didn’t get through un­ This month has brought us a great tending Aviation Ground School at the til Sunday, while JENNIFER FRAME deal of wind and stormy weather but B.Y.U. got weathered-in altogether. JENNI­ everywhere we note the look of Spring ALBERTA NICHOLSON reports that FER who lives in Invercargil is a 99 with the promise of good flying wea­ at present she has 25 young men (15- and has been elected N.Z.A.W.A. Pres­ ther ahead. 18 years of age) attending her avia­ ident; with ROSEMARY McGARVA, Vice President; SHONA WILSON, Sec­ many of them left in the sky these great honor to be present at the retary; and CAROLE TRILLO, Treas­ days. It is a 3-seater, low wing mono­ N.S.W. Reception given last Friday urer. JENNIFER is compiling a re­ plane, built in 1935, with a 200 h.p. night by Their Excellencies, LORD cipe book—“ Flying in the Kitchen” — D.H. Gipsy Six engine, max. speed and LADY CASEY, at their Sydney to boost local funds, so all your fav­ 180 m.p.h., cruising 160 m.p.h., with Residence — Admiralty House — AN­ ourite recipes are very welcome. max. range, 880 miles. Among the NETTE represented the Women Pilots Please send them to JENNIFER. This first cabin aircraft ever built, it was and NANCY, the Institute of Naviga­ Annual General Meeting was held on a beautiful and very advanced thing tion. It was a truly magnificent occa­ the date of the 30th Anniversary of in its time. It is still taking charters sion. JEAN BATTEN’S landing in New Zea­ in Tasmania. We have recently had a most inter­ land after her record breaking solo While in Oslo, Norway last year, esting letter from YVONNE LOUR- flight from England. EVELYN KOREN got her endorse­ ENS of South Africa. A charter flight ROBIN MILLER, MOIRA ROBERT­ ment on a Float Plane. She is the first over the great Kariba Dam reminded SON, and NANCY WALTON attended Australian woman to be so endorsed, her that in 1956, before work could be­ the first International Congress on as such aircraft are very rare in this gin on the dam, sleeping sickness had Aerospace Medicine, recently held in country. to be eliminated from the area. She Sydney. A most successful and instruc­ We are glad to welcome two new was one of the pilots who sprayed the tive congress it proved to be, with members. CORINNE DRUCE, who area with D.D.T. to kill the Tsetse many papers on a wide variety of has an Instructor’s rating, three sons Flies. Most of the flying was at two subjects involving Man and Flight in at boarding school, and will be meet­ feet above the hilly, bushy terrain, in this Modem World. ing you all at the Washington Conven­ a Tiger Moth, and during the very ROBIN MILLER has just complet­ tion. She hopes to fly in the Powder early hours of the morning, before ed a 3000 mile week-end jaunt across Puff Derby if someone will have her the heating of the Earth's surface lift­ most of Australia’s desert country—a as a co-pilot! Also we congratulate ed the spray off the bushes. The only good Nav - X for anyone wanting ex­ way to see, was to sit high on many perience! Very interesting country to cushions and then the swarms of flies fly over, with a magnificent range of Attend YOUR Spring crashed against her goggles, blacking her out until she could clean the glass colours—rust through scarlet to pur­ Sectional Meeting! ple, emerald green to peacock blue, again. A most hazardous job in a Ti­ black & white—with some areas so ger Moth!! I hope YVONNE doesn’t drab in fawns and greys you wouldn’t BERYL EDMONDS who is now a ful­ mind me writing this in the Austral­ believe it could be the same country. ly-licensed Private pilot. It is wonder­ ian News Letters—I was fascinated by It is surprising just how must life is ful the way these new members are her experience. evident in this so-called “ no man’s joining us. So far, we have 12 certain they will land.” I have just been elected the first be in Washington for the Convention. Recently in her C150, ROSEMARY woman ever on the Tours and Contests Eight for the Gel-to-know-you tour, af­ DE PIERRES was somewhat shaken Committee of the Royal Aero Club of ter the Convention, and four for the when she just missed being sucked up N.S.W. We own 19 aircraft, have over Powder Puff Derby if there are 4 in the wake of a 727 on her way into 2000 members, and train students American Girls who will take us along Perth. ROSEMARY’S flying school at right through to Multi-engine ratings. as co-pilots? There are another 6 who Wyalkatchem is proving so success­ ROSEMARY ARNOLD and AT.EX haven’t yet made up their minds if ful that similar little flying schools NEWBEGIN have been elected to the they can get there. I hope we will are popping up all over Western Aus­ House Committee and are already know more definitely next month. tralia. making a noticeable contribution Cherrio till then. BETH GARRETT now has her first there. class Instrument rating and renewed NANCY WALTON, ANNETTE MUR­ Instructor’s Rating. OLGA TARLING PHY, GWEN CALDWELL, and I were has been practicing Localizer and present at the ceremony when MR. BRITISH N.D.B. let downs with her in a Piper KINGSFORD SMITH of De Havilands, Aztec. OLGA has been allotted an al­ handed over the beautifully appointed SECTION lowance from D.C.A. to keep her Com­ Air Ambulance to the N.S.W. Ambu­ mercial License current as it helps a lance Association. This is the Queen lot in her work as a Radar A.T.C. Of­ Air which KAY BRICK ferried out as Janet Ferguson, Reporter ficer. MARGARET LEE and BERYL co-pilot, and it is now in service in ANDERS are working for their In­ the far outback of N.S.W., carrying We had a meeting with a difference structors’ Ratings. We hope they will very ill people to hospitals and spe­ in February — a visit to Booths Gin both get to the Convention in Wash­ cialists. NANCY WALTON made a Distillery in London. We were given ington. very fine speech thanking all those an interesting tour and shown how While KAY BRICK was in Tasma­ who had done so much to make this Booths excellent product is made be­ nia, MARY ATKINSON and KAY went ambulance possible; NANCY has done fore assembling with the Directors of for a flight in a Miles Falcon, a truly more than anyone else. the company to sample it. The Direc­ vintage model such as KAY had never ANNETTE MURPHY and NANCY tors had thoughtfully provided alter­ seen the like before. There are not LEEBOLD and their 49 Users, had the native liquid refreshment for the non­ ggn n ^ a gay luncheon party at Tclcrboro Wmmtmm with some of the AWTAR Board and New York Governor, KAY HIL- BRANDT, and BARBARA EVANS sweetly drove SHEILA down to this in spite of the prevailing blizzard! Back home, SHEILA has invaded the all­ male territory of the Royal Aero Club and is now a Committee member of the Royal Aero Club’s Competitions and Air Racing Committee. Apart from all this, she is still traveling all over the U.K. and Italy doing lectures, speeches, radio, and TV appearances.

Our fifth airline girl (mentioned last monthl is GILLIAN CAZALET, who has joined an independent airline which operates scheduled and charter passenger services between the U.K. and the continent of Europe. GILLIAN is flying as First Officer on DC3’s — glad to see you’re back on Ihe airline scene again, GILLIAN.

We were pleased to hear from JES­ SIE MILLER of the Mississippi Chap­ ter, who wrote about the International Aerospace Education Workshop: a European tour in which a number of Ninety Nines are participating. We look forward to meeting them during their visit to England.

ELIZABETH OVERBURY is con­ valescing in Nassau after persistent illness over the last couple of months. In spite of her illness, she has been trying to keep working at her airline job, not to mention giving two lec­ tures at the Kronfeld Club and keep­ ing up with her Ninety Nines work as Vice-Governor. We hope she will be completely recovered by the time this Greater New York Chapter member, ARAX SIMSARIAN, and DORIS PHIL­ is read. LIPS with one of the Directors at the Booths Distillery visit. DAPHNE POYNTER has now added a Night: rating to her Private License gin-addicts, but I think most of us happy to have these two girls, along and has her sights set on an Instruct­ managed to force down a reasonable with CAROL KOCZON, as part of our ors rating. quantity of the local brew! A magni­ group while they’re in this country. ficent lunch followed, and we felt most SHEILA SCOTT saw many Ninety BETTY CONES Is trying for a job honored that the Directors gave up Nine friends on her recent! trip 1o New in Air Traffic Control; meanwhile so much of their time to our group 49%er ERNIE is busier than ever as and entertained us so royally. his company, Kollsman Instruments, has the contract for many of the in­ We were pleased to have two Amer­ Next NEWS Deadline struments for Concorde (Ihe Anglo- ican Ninety Nines with us on this oc­ A pril 20th French SST). casion: DORIS PHILLIPS from the Washington D.C. Chapter, whose hus­ Finally a warm welcome to new band COMMANDER DOUGLAS PHIL­ York for another television show. She member BEATRICE BICKERTON, LIPS is on a tour of duty in this coun­ reports that DORIS RENNINGER met and we look forward to welcoming try; and ARAX SIMSARIAN from the her at the airport, and they attended LETTICE CURTIS, who we hope is Greater New York Chapter, who is the “ Veterans Dinner” at the Wings about to join us. More details on 1heso working with Esso Europe. We’re so Club one night. KAY BRICK arranged two girls next time. The committee had a meeting at gether as she has her Pilot’s License Buttonville Airport on March 8th. but: does not drive a car. That’s like CANADIAN SYBLE DUNN, ESME WILLIAMS, walking before you crawl! HILDA DEVEREUX, FLORA MUR­ JEAN CRAVEN of Chatham, also a SECTION PHY, JEAN MacDONALD, BARBARA Flying Farmer, has both a small Pi­ BROTHERTON, and Yours Truly at­ per and landing strip in the ‘back tended the meeting. I was in the midst yard’, a nice combination indeed! of an Instrument training session and ALICE GOOCH of St. Davids, sends Lynne Thompson, Reporter flew in with a very stable instructor greetings from Fort Lauderdale to us Our February meeting was held al who sat patiently drinking coffee af­ ‘snow birds’ up here in Canada. Peninsula Air Services, Mount Hope ter coffee waiting on us girls to com­ DORIS KORBY flys her Cessna 182 plete the meeting. He had company in VFR weather and participates in Airport, Hamilton. There was a good in the presence of FLORA MURPHY’S Curling in IFR weather. turn out, considering the lousy flying 49%er DON, who of course was also CATHY McVEAN whose 49% er and driving conditions. We were hon­ waiting patiently. A very good meet­ BILL keeps his listeners on CFRB ra­ ored to have MR. KINGSLEY ing with lots of work cut out for all dio station in Toronto, up to date on BRQWN, CBC Commentator and Pilot, committees. 99 activities, is going to help JEAN who received his license about seven When I was attending COPA’s meet­ MacDONALD with the Membership years ago at Mount Hope, talk to us ing at the Holiday Inn in Toronto last Committee. I can’t think of anyone about his recent trip to Texas and month, the Chairman of the evening more competent in this respect than NASA Headquarters where he cover­ asked the question — “ Who is the the charming MR. McVEAN! ed the Apollo Spaceship disaster. He youngest pilot here this evening?” — also gave us the benefit of his insight IRMA SELIG of Montreal, Quebec I was very pleased to see it deter­ and first hand knowledge of Russia’s and 49% er SIDNEY should be back mined that our 99 member, 18 year aviation achievements and the warm soon from exploring the Bahamas. old MARIE WALKER of London, On­ nature of her people. It is MR. Omitted by accident from the last tario, was the youngest. Isn’t that BROWN’s calculated opinion that the report was our Vice-Chairman of the something out of all those opposite United States is ahead in the Space First Canadian Chapter, HILDA DEV­ sex present! Race, a race which must be carried EREUX (MRS. ALFRED), 821 Sun- Congratulations to PHYLLIS MTL- through. Everybody was charmed by ninghill Ave., London, Ontario. It was MR. BROWN’s pleasant manner and a terrible error to have left HILDA out of the list as she is a most en­ address, and all Canadian 99s would How 'bout flyin' a RACE like to thank him for taking the time thusiast and avid worker for the 99s. this year ? ? ? ? and interest. I might add, before MR. I will sign ‘30’ for this month. Hap­ BROWN came back to Canada, he py Flying!!! took an overnight flight over to LER on receiving her Commercial Li­ Georgetown Beach, Bahamas, where cense! upon he ran into our Governor EDITH SYBLE DUNN and 49% er C. J. flew DENNY and 49%er WALLY who had to Montreal for a good time in their SOUTH AFRICAN stopped for a swim on the way to Aztec (CF-PUX). South America in their Aztec (CF- JEAN MacDONALD and 49y2er SECTION SKY). It is reported, EDITH told MR. DAVE were to Columbus, Ohio with BROWN to “ Go home” —he had bet­ their Cessna 180 (CF-SEA). Yvonne van den Dool, Reporter ter make our meeting even if she MARY LINDSAY and 49y2er MAX couldn’t. returned from Florida in their Cessna On the evening of the 28th of No­ Attending this February meeting 182 with MARG WELTER and 49% er vember last year, a most successful were MARIE WALKER; PAT ROY, VERNE. party was held for the Ninety-Nines (our Public Relations gal); JOYCE EDITH DENNY and FLORA MUR­ at Grand Central Club House. MR. HOWARD; PAT JONES; MARGAR­ PHY are planning to participate in DAVE WORTHINGTON, our Profes­ ET WILSON; PHYLLIS MILLER; the Angel Derby starting in Montreal sor of Aviation, presented Grand Cen­ HILDA DEVEREUX; JEAN MacDON- on May 21st, with EDITH’S Aztec tral wings to all Ninety-Nines pres­ ALD; EDITH BERRY; BARBARA (CF-CKY). ent; some women received golden BROTHERTON and 49%er TOM, and DORIS TAYLOR of Thessalon, On­ wings and the others silver wings. ESME WILLIAMS and 49%er JOHN, tario has been a member-at-large for AURIEL MILLER motored up from who flew in in their Aztec with FLO­ some time. She has SEL with Night Durban to attend this party. RA MURPHY and 49%er DON on rating, works as a secretary for the Yours truly handed over the long board in strickly IFR snow weather, Hydro - Electric Power Commission awaited Section Charter from 99 Head­ (I wonder who did most of the flying, and ‘rides’ helicopter when ever pos­ quarters in Oklahoma, USA to AR­ the 99s or the 49%ers?). sible and reports she enjoys it im­ THUR KENYON of Grand Central. EDITH BERRY and the Hamilton mensely. As Grand Central is the local Ninety- crew did a lovely job of planning the SUSAN COPELAND, still going 1o Nine Headquarters, the Charter, which meeting with sandwiches, coffee, and school, had to wait for her father to contains the names of the 10 South dessert served in the meeting room. pick her up after the January get-to­ African Charter members, is to be left at the flying club for safe-keeping. shots of adrenalin in the process—you marking and the IAR were discussed JACKIE HUGHES of Durban did not know, getting lost on my first cross­ again. attend the party as she just could not country, miscalculations, porpoising Those attending the luncheon were wait to land her Twin Comanche on landings etc. etc.” BARRY says she PEGGY DAVIDSON, MARY HOR­ Inyaca’s strip. Congratulations on the has taken part in several competitions TON, CYNTHIA KEMPER, NANCY Twin conversion! Also, heartiest con­ — blindfolded, spot - landings, forced TIER, KAY LITTEN, JO MASSEY, gratulations on the conversion from landings, and the National Champion­ EVELYN MURCH, LORRAINE JEN- Miss to Mrs.! We hear that JACKIE ships, and is the proud possessor of a SICK, and CHRIS WINZER. NANCY recently married a pilot. The best of silver cup she won as a prize. Rat­ TIER and KAY LITTEN were attend­ luck to you both. ings include Cessna 150 and 172, and ing their first meeting with the Con­ AURIEL MILLER and ANN the Cherokee 140 conversion will be necticut Chapter. Tuesday guests were WHITE, both of Durban, are actively completed soon. Better get a conver­ NINA HETMAN, IRENE BATES, trying to find a way to get over to sion on RON’s Twin Comanche soon BOBBIE HERBERT, and MARILYN the States for the International Con­ so that you may take your three FISCHER—all licensed pilots. ROSIE vention during June and July this daughters on trips with you. KRIM of Fairfield attended as an in­ year. This convention promises to be Incidentally, did you notice that ALL terested future student. extremely interesting and every Nine­ the women pilots referred to in the Two unannounced Ninety-Nine activ­ ty-Nine should do her best to attend, Piper brochure sent to members by ities for the Connecticut Chapter: in her own interests. There is not Grand Central recently, are Ninety- 11 June 6 a picnic at Kettletown much time left before the convention, Nines? The longest solo flight around State Park so if you intend to go, do something the world, the round the world speed 2) A Fly-In to New Hampshire July about it now! record, Altitude Record Class 4 elc — 15-16—North Conway area. all set by Ninety-Nines! JESSIE WIMMERS arrived at Grand Central from the USA at the EASTERN NEW ENGLAND end of last year. JESSIE is instruct­ CHAPTER ing and engaged on charter flights for Lois Auchterlonie, Reporter Grand Central. We are awaiting her NEW ENGLAND Spring forgot to get “ sprung” ! As transfer from the Phoenix Chapter to SECTION this goes to press, New England has the South African Section, and we ex­ more snow on the ground than we had tend a most hearty welcome to her. in January and February! The skiers Sunny South Africa CAN be sunny are elated, but fliers are frustrated CONNECTICUT CHAPTER sometimes, JESSIE — don’t give up and can only dig out the airplane af­ Ruth P. Buckley, Reporter hope, the sun is sure to appear again ter each storm. sooner or later! When the clouds give The postponed February meeting The 1967 AWNEAR race, usually way to some degree of visibility, we was held in Hartford. EVELYN held in the spring, will be held Octo­ hope to see you in the Lowveld for a MURCH, our Vice-Chairman, presided ber 7th this year at Norwood, Mass. few days’ holiday. The elephants in over the meeting. The meeting took So gals, you have all summer to learn this part of the country are not as place at Hartford Airmotive on Brain- your airplane’s eccentricities in iuel dangerous as the wolves of Johannes­ ard Field. The meeting served as pre­ consumption and airspeed (as influ­ burg. paration for the I.A.R. stop in May. enced by navigation). Rules and regu­ DOREEN GREENBERG has been Members attending the meeting were lations with handicaps will be avail­ winging her way to East London, Dur­ PEGGY DAVIDSON, JERRY GARDI­ able in May. ban, Queenstown, Bloemfontein, Cape NER, TRINA JARISH, CYNTHIA March Chapter meeting was held at Town, Kimberley, etc. in her twin, and KEMPER, JEAN RETTINGER, BET­ Kings Grant Restaurant in Beverly, is becoming most proficient at night TY SAGAN, and LOIS STROUD. MR. Mass. ANN PRINGLE and MAJOR landings and instrument flying. She CLIFF SCHAEFFER of Hartford Air MARGARET McFARLIN flew in from has recently had ILS installed in her Motive and Attorney HOWARD Springfield area, after scratching one aircraft. DOREEN’s keenness and GROSS, representing the Hartford flight at Westover AFB because of be­ ability could be an example to many Chamber of Commerce, reviewed the low minimum conditions, and driving other pilots. details of the race stop. up the Connecticut valley to another Like DOREEN, BARRY GORDON The March meeting, on the four­ airport where it was flyable. The rest has a home to run and a family to teenth, was held at Chairman PRILL of our 15 members attending the look after. Inspite of this, she finds LOVERIDGE’s home in Fairfield. closed meetings, came on four wheels. time to act as Editor of the Grand PRILL and CYNTHIA were co - hos­ Congrats on new ratings: ANN Central magazine “ S.A. Flying,” and tesses. Business was minimized due PRINGLE received her Instructor’s to keep up her flying too. We wish to the number of guests at the house. rating in January and is busy instruct­ husband RON a speedy recovery af­ The New England Sectional will be ing full time at LaFIeur Airport, ter his recent illness. Barry had her held on April 15. The meeting will Northampton. LANDON YOUNG, who first lesson in flying in October 1964, take place in the Hotel Taft, down­ is instructing at Norwood, has jus1 and received her license 18 months town New Haven. As the agenda of obtained her Multi-engine rating. later in Feb. 1966—‘‘having had a few (he business meeting is covered, RIPLEY and KEN MILLER are hair-raising experiences and many guests will lour Yale University. Air planning a spring vacation trip to Al­

—‘M- April. lf.«7 buquerque, New Mexico to visit his were VELMA DEL GIORNO, of the Our best wishes go to her . . . may sister. They and the children expect Michigan Chapter, JULIE VOM SAAL, she soon be GOING home, hale and to head for the wide open spaces in AGNES HAVEY, and MINA ELSCH- hearty again. late April. NER of Grtr. N. Y. Chapter. Two lucky gals are enjoying the JULIE joined the HAVEYS in the LONG ISLAND CHAPTER Beech T-34. MAJOR MARGARET Mc- HAVEYS’ Baron for the flight back Honey Kate Trattler, Reporter FARLIN checked out in the Westover to Florida, enroute stopping at South Long Island Ninety Nines are mov­ AFB Aero Club ship, and PAM BUGG Caicos in the Bahamas for refueling. ing around this month. RUTH and uses the Hanscom AFB Aero Club air­ While there they went to a very small CHARLES DOBRESCU and their plane. If their enthusiasm is any mea­ inn for a hasty lunch. CHARLOTTE daughters are leaving in mid-March sure—it must be a real treat! McCOULLUM and 49%er JIM were for Hawaii. JO O’BRIEN and 49%er there to greet them. Quite a reunion JAMES are flying their Cessna 172 to in out-of-the-way spot. The McCOL- St. Louis for Easter — and JEAN LUMs had stayed on after a vacation GLICK is off for Europe with daugh­ MY. - M J. in the Bahamas with RUTH BLISS ter LORNA about the same time. and BARBARA BROTHERTON and HONEY KATE and CHARLES SECTION their respective 49tiers. TRATTLER pile their youngsters into JUDY MELTSNER, Garden State the Debonair each Friday afternoon Chapter, and Chairman of the start and commute to Burlington, Vermont Don't Miss YOUR of AWTAR at Atlantic City this year, for weekend skiing — and MARGE SPRING SECTIONAL arranged a wonderful brunch for the GRAY just returned from Atlantic working committee and several digna- City, where she had her Flight In­ Buffalo, N. Y. taries at the Hotel Claridge in Atlan­ structor’s rating revalidated at the M ay 19, 20, 21 tic City last month. Attending from AOPA/FAA sponsored clinic there. our chapter were KAY BRICK, SEL­ Said it was an excellent course! MA CRONAN, MINA ELSCHNER, ELLIE McCULLOUGH spoke at the GREATER N. Y. CHAPTER LOIS FAIRBANK, KAY HILBRANDT, New York Academy of Sciences on Dolores Madden, Reporter MARION LOPEZ, DORIS RENNIN­ March 9th. Subject was “ Women in On March 8th, KAY HILBRANDT GER, and JULIE VOM SAAL. “ Ten­ Aviation.” Among our own ladies mov­ addressed a group of some two hun­ der Loving Care” is the theme and ing up in aviation are MARIAN- dred youngsters made up of the fresh­ with JUDY at the helm, TLC is what ALICE WYATT, THELMA BAKER, man class and the Aviation Club of all contestants will get at the start of GUS ANDERSON, and HELEN MOX- Hasbruck Heights High School. As the 21st race. DORIS RENNINGER IM — all attending ground school to­ part of her talk, KAY showed the film has agreed to Chair the Hospitaliay ward their Commercial tickets. “ The Stamp of Friendship” which Committee with an assist from JULIE Private pilots, and eligible now for tells of the commemorative stamp is­ VOM SAAL. membership, are LARRI TILLMAN sued in honor of AMELIA EARHART. At the time of this writing, DORIS and JOSEPHINE JONKE, both gradu­ Our spring Section Meeting will be has been behind the curtain four Sun­ ates of the LaGuardia Flying Service held on the weekend of May 20. Hos­ day nights in a row, ready to go on — by the next Newsletter we hope to tessed by the Western New York the “ What’s My Line” program. Time welcome (hem as full fledged Ninety Chapter in the Buffalo area, it will has always run out after the mystery Nines. include a tour of the Cornell Aeronau­ guest. She is “ going” again, this time tical Laboratories and for those who for a trip to Pres. ALICE ROBERTS’ have time a trip to Niagra Falls. All new home on “ Why Worry Lane” in in all, it sounds like a wonderful week­ Phoenix for the Spring Executive EAST end. Board meeting, and plans to take in SECTION Most people these days, do not know the Southwest Section meeting. whether they are coming or going. SELMA CRONAN is going—to Wash­ Our Chapter members do . . . they ington D. C. to do research for a new EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA are either coming or going. February book. For April publication by Ran­ CHAPTER ushered in beautiful wintery weather, dom House, it’s another first reader, Kate Macario, Reporter featuring a full-scale blizzard with a titled “ What is An Airplane?” Saturday, Feb. 181 h, dawned with repeat performance; invigorating JULIE VOM SAAL and husband snow falling, disheartening those who breezes—like winds out of the N.W. at FRED are going—leaving on April 12 had arranged for a “ double feature” 35 with gusts to 50 knots; interesting for Spain where their daughter and to be shown in the hangar at Wings temperatures bouncing like a musical her husband are stationed. MINA Field in Ambler. But with a “ no rain ball on the zero note. Many of our ELSCHNER is going—mid April, back (or snow) date” notice out, the show members missed all these winter won­ to St. Croix for a short two weeks to had to go on; the sky cleared around ders by flying south. JULIE WILSON finish some work she had started for noontime and over a hundred persons has a winter haven on the Island of the Virgin Island Airways with whom arrived, via auto. The double feature St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and she is associated. consisted of an exciting new FAA film one balmy evening had four other 99s RUTH BLISS is hospitalized at: this on Density Altitude and included a among her guests for cocktails. They lime (mid - March) with pneumonia. Denalt performance computer given

A p ril. 19B7 — 25— Virginia girls are charting their course to the Middle-East Sectional where they will receive their Charter in April. I., to R.: Seated MAUREEN LEHMAN, BETTE WEST, NANCY KINDLUND, ANNE CUTLER. Standing: VIRGINIA RILEY (Membership Chairman); ESTHER GOBLE, Chairman; MAXINE WALKER (Treasurer); ROWENA SLUSH- ER; MARIAN HEIMS (Secretary); MARY HOLLOWAY. (Photo by Bob Flournoy—Air National Guard, Sandston, Vt.)

free 1o pilots in the audience; and GIO and KATE MACARIO joined the 182 to attend a Proctology Conven­ some fascinating slides shown by monthly convention meeting in Wash­ tion . . . JOYCE ROGGIO and family PETE PELLAGRINO of his balloon ington on March 10th and will relay jetted to Florida for the Easter holi­ flight across the Alps. MR. PELLA­ the latest plans to the Chapter . . . A days . . . MARIE and TONY D’AL- GRINO is Chief Controller at N. Phila. luncheon - meeting for the AWTAR TERIO took off in their Mooney for Airport and a balloonist for 16 years. Start was held in Atlantic City on a Easter vacation in Florida where Both film and slides were entertaining March 12th. Members of our Chapter MARIE’s parents live . . . Delighted and informative, providing an unusual who attended were impressed with to have ALICE HAMMOND back in afternoon for 99s and guests. ANNE KAY BRICK’S inspiring talk and the the fold; Chicago’s loss is our gain SHIELDS and HELEN ZUBROW were enthusiasm of those in charge. . . . ELSIE McBRIDE jetted to Cal­ responsible for this event and wisely PERSONAL PATTER: IRENE ifornia and back on a business trip had sold many tickets in advance. WIRTSCHAFTER, apartment-hunting for her boss . . . BETH STURTE- MARY HULL of Williamsport was a in Washington, D.C., due to job trans­ VANT, HELEN PRICE, BARBARA welcome visitor at this meeting; fer . . . RUSTY STAHLEY and MARI­ and BILL MORRISON flew to Lock JOAN BERTLES flew in for her third LYN MERTZ of Allentown appeared Haven for a private tour of the plant; meeting and is now our newest mem­ on a local radio show to encourage saw the new Navajo, Piper is building ber. more women to fly . . . ALMA and . . . Proud of son, MICHAEL, who Convention plans are taking shape DR. LOVELIDGE of Lancaster de­ soloed two days after his 16th birth­ and sound most inviting. JOYCE ROG- parted for Las Vegas in their Cessna day . . . WASHINGTON, I). ('. CHAPTER 1:05 and returned home in :38. That’s liulli Freckleton, Reporter real tail wind! The strength of our organization lies GERRY CHASE reports that she t f ± y S 0UTKAST went fox hunting instead of flying this in our purpose: to provide a close re­ Uj=d> \ SECTION month. lationship among women pilots and to BENNIE PETERS picked up GER­ unite them in any movement: that may RY CHASE and guest Student Pilot be for their benefit or for that of avi­ RUTH LEE in Birmingham for the ation in general. Many of us in this meeting. They had to fly IFR all the Is Your Calendar way. BENNIE, 4914er PHILIP, and National Capitol area work on this Marked For The their four and seven year old co-pilots full-time—and depend on the rest for Southeast Spring Sectional are going to Sanibal Island during part-time support. school spring vacation. It is our pleasure to welcome our Natchez, Mississippi RUTH LEE, one of our student pi­ sister chapter — VIRGINIA — at the May 5, 6, and 7 ? ? ? ? lots and prospective members, soloed Sectional Meeting when 10 new mem­ Monday, Feb. 27. JUDY HUCK, who will soon be a bers, plus five transfers, will obtain ALABAMA CHAPTER member of our Chapter, flew an Aztec Donna Willard, Reporter their Charter. Maryland Chapter is from Mobil to Lakeland, Florida, then the host for the meeting. The March winds were blowing Sun­ to Homosassa Springs, Florida. She CONVENTION NEWS: FAY WELLS day, and it took LOIS' BATES and this flew over flats looking for rock piles and VIRGINIA THOMPSON must be reporter three hours to fly 210 miles and deep holes where the big fish to our meeting in Monroeville, Alaba­ stay. (She found some BIG ones). working full-time, for progress is de­ ma. The trip was certainly worth it, veloping for the enjoyment of our as we got lo see the film on AME­ FLORIDA GOLDCOAST CHAPTER world-wide members. We know that LIA EARHART. The film was so in­ Dottie Harrison, Reporter NELLIE JACKSON has gone all-out spiring, (hat if I didn’t already know Plans are being made to have a on the photographic contest. She re­ how to fly, I’d start taking lessons. joint meeting of all the Florida Chap­ ports pictures are already coming in. We had our meeting in Monroeville, because there are five student pilots ters on March 8 at Orlando to discuss Get your pictures in as soon as possi­ who are interested in evenlually join­ plans for the International Convention. ble. Read about it in the AOPA Maga­ ing our Chapter of the 99s. This will be a luncheon meeting and we hope a lot of our members will fly zine PILOT . . . Any prizes may be Our meeting was sponsored by the to Orlando for it. donated, if you so desire! Telephone Co. in the Vanity Fair Requests for rules for the Interna­ Clubhouse, where we saw the new look While the members from Washing­ tional Air Race are beyond expecta­ in lingerie. The door prize (a beauti­ ton toy with the idea of writing a tions of the Florida Woman Pilots As­ ful slip from Vanity Fair) was won, by cook-book, our hostesses (and all of sociation. The route—from Montreal, one of our student pilots, RUTH LEE. them thin, mind you), try their fav­ Canada (site of Expo ’67) to Miami, Flying news: 49%er ARCHIE and orite recipes at our meetings — the Florida—should provide an interesting SUSAN WITT had a most beautiful latest one at VELTA BENN’s home. flight for the contestants. VIRGINIA trip to the Bahamas. They followed Oh, boy — that chocolate pie! . . . BRITT, Race Chairman, recently flew the Exuma chain of Islands. SUE NANCY LYNAM announced that; from Fort Lauderdale to Miami In­ reports I hat (he Calacs are unbe- LAURA ZERENER passed her Flight ternational Airport to have publicity lieveable and there are plenty of Instructor rating! Hurrah! And our pictures made with CONNIE STAF­ good airstrips on the other islands. own WENDY BLANCHARD has been FORD, Terminus Chairman, and the They found a very lovely place to recommended as the Sectional Repre­ vice mayor of Metropolitan Miami. stay on Abaso and Treasure Key. sentative for the AE award. We were DOROTHY DAVIDSON and 49V2ers honored by the presence of the follow­ With a young son-in-law in National LEONARD DAVIDSON and DON ing prospective transfers and mem­ Guard Training in Texas, JUANITA PORTER flew into Homestead for the bers: JEAN COFFMAN, MAYETTA HALSTEAD has been seeing some of ground breaking ceremonies of Rock­ BEHRINGER, JOAN F. STALK, that state. JUANITA reports nice fly­ well Standard, makers of Aero Com­ IRENE N. WIRTSCHAFTER, and ing weather. NANCY BEELAND and mander. ROE WHITNEY. Surprise guest from JUANITA are busy getting ready for MIRIAM DAVIS and CONNIE Maryland, ADA MITCHELL, present­ the I.A.R. in May. STAFFORD got the helicopter bug ed the Chapter with a marvelous 20- ELISE HEILPERN and 49!/2er when MARY GAFFNEY flew them year-old scrap book. II was a very de­ GENE headed for the launching of into Tropical Park Race Track in a lightful evening. the S. S. President Grant at Ingalls helicopter for Mental Health Day at If any of you can visit for the May Shipbuilding in Pascagoola. They had the races. meeting, contact FAY WELLS. It will to circle for 45 minutes because of Our Chapter members’ flying activi­ be at the American Newspaper Wom­ ground fog and returned to Montgom­ ties seem to have increased this en’s Club (meal costs $2.50), on Fri­ ery. month, now that the holidays are over. day evening, May 131 h. Bring your NANCY BEELAND flew a Cessna VIRGINIA BRITT flew some friends ideas forward for the Convention. Skymaster lo Tuscaloosa, Alabama in to Gainsville in her 310 for the horse show (here. SUE HOFFMAN flew in SON and SKIP had departed for a Freeport, Grand Bahama in HILDA’S to Chalet Suzanne for a gourmet lunch­ long-planned Florida weekend, as did new Mooney Mark 21, a trip HILDA eon. Recently VERA and LEE BRATZ MYRTLE and WALT CAGLE, LOIS has made many times but this was did the Bahama tour in a Mooney and GEORGE LACY. This was Flori­ the first for her new Mooney. We un­ and had an exciting time. da weather for sure—high clouds, blue derstand the new plane performs Our Instructor, LOIS PORTER, has sky, warm air, and many MANY king­ beautifully as long as INA is there to been putting pilots through their sized bumps. lend an assist with the manual gear paces, doing lazy-eights in light twins. BETTY McNABB Bonanza’d in with which is a little stiff yet. MAGGIE and BILL FIELDS are her father, F. B. WOOD of Panama LOYCE O'NEAL’s husband seems to thrilled over their new Beech Travel City, who saw the Wright Brothers have a side line of airplane trading. Air, and MAGGIE is hard at work fly. He soloed BET’s Tri-Pacer when LOYCE, who usually flies their Moo­ on her Multi-Engine rating. Good luck, he was 82, but said spare him the ney, was just getting used to her new MAGGIE! Georgia hill-country turbulence. Also Cessna 140 when husband JOHN re­ Hope to see a lot of you all at the in the Bonanza were HOLLY SMITH placed it with a Tripacer. Just after terminus of the IAR in Miami on May and CAROL LOWERY of Albany. checking out in the new plane, LOYCE 26 and 27. Happy Flying! Luncheon was at Will’s Restaurant says he sold the Pacer so now it’s in Newnan, transportation courtesy of back to the Mooney. LOYCE recently the fixed base operation where every­ flew to Fort Worth, Texas for a week­ GEORGIA CHAPTER body was most pleasant and helpful. end visit with her daughter. Betty W. McNabb, Reporter And as for lunch—we recommend you POLLY DUNCAN has been elected Georgia Ninety Nines were greeted detour via Newnan just to try that Secretary - Treasurer of the MAFIA. by ROBERT PEGRAM's affable crew wonderful home cooking, served either Don’t be alarmed, MAFIA stands for at Newnan-Coweta Airport just below buffet or family style. the Memphis Area Flight Instructors Atlanta, in March. This is a relative­ Sectional at NATCHEZ, replete with Association, however, as they say in ly new operation, the strip hard-sur­ beautiful antebellum homes and a tour the underworld, POLLY does pack a faced under Georgia’s tremendous air­ of them for Ninety Nines—and then rod . . . the type used for fishing. She port program, and Ninety-Nines are WASHINGTON here we come. and HOWARD test hopped their new enjoying visiting these new facilities Anybody for RON Kits? travel trailer on a fishing trip to Fort whenever possible. Myers, Florida recently. Chairman CAROLYN KENNEDY We are happy to hear that LINDA and 49!/2er BIFF Comanched in, their MEMPHIS CHAPTER ARNOLD was given an Assistant si iip first flying trip since their auto acci­ Ann Hatten, Reporter at Memphis State University where dent. They feel a bit battered but “ March winds bring April showers” she is a student in the Masters pro­ were up and flying, which made us someone once wrote and on the basis gram of Physical Geography. all extremely happy. of that statement CHRIS BROWN in­ INA WALKER, our AE Scholarship ESTHER GRUPENHAGEN bounced vited a guest speaker for our March applicant, is busily preparing for Mul­ over in a Cessna 150 against a 26 knot meeting who has a special interest in ti-engine and Instructor ratings. ROSE­ headwind, announcing her imminent air movement and more specifically MARY WILLIAMS and TRIS BU­ departure for Sweden. She says she is thermals. MR. EUGERT YERIAN, CHANAN are preparing for Instru­ going to found a Chapter or Section the Grandfather of the Memphis Soar­ ment ratings. TRIS received notice of there and will hold open house for all ing Society, past Editor of Soaring a passing grade on the Instrument Ninety Nines. She also told the Chap­ Magazine and former record holder written. This Chapter is really stack­ ter that April 29, Georgia’s famous of the two-place glider out and return ing up the proficiency ratings. Flying Rebels will hear all about distance record, is a man who will Yours truly is storing up grog and Ninety Nines and see the Stamp Fly­ speak anywhere, anytime at the drop hard tack for a Windjammer cruise away Film. Ninety-Nines in the area of a tow line of his favorite subject— in the Bahamas departing anon, so if are urged to contact her if they can Soaring. Several of us have been en­ you’ll excuse me I’ll go finish pack­ come to this dinner meeting. thusiastic about gliders since the op­ ing my seabag. JEAN VOYLES arrived in her Cess­ portunity to ride in the big Schweit­ na 210, brought a guest, BARBARA zer hangared at Mary Stanley Field TENNESSEE CHAPTER WITCHER, and mentioned that she in Arkansas and now we feel MR. Edna Davis, Reporter had a grand time at the first Jekyll YERIAN has started an epidemic of The weather was IFR when LADY Island Flydn which was seconded by “ glider fever.” McREYNOLDS, RUTH THOMAS, and the KENNEDYs. There were also a The Arkansas Chapter has extended I were ready to leave McGhee Tyson few Florida 99s there. an invitation to the Memphis and Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee to fly to JANICE MASSEE of Atlanta was Shreveport Chapters to participate in Berry Field, Nashville, Tenenssee. We welcomed into active membership at a spot landing contest April 4 followed were glad to have FARRIS THOMAS this meeting; young in years, she is by a luncheon at the “ Top of the (RUTH’s husband), a veteran above- a veteran pilot, having soloed on her Rock” in Little Rock. Memphis Chap­ the-clouds, for our pilot. After we got 16th birthday. She is a real estate ter will be well represented and hope­ on top of the clouds the sky was beau­ agent in Atlanta. fully will return with a laurel or two. tiful. The flight was a very pleasant ELLEN CASWELL drove in from INA and MIKE WALKER and HIL­ one. We did pick up a small amount Griffin, reported that BETTY JO ALI­ DA and DOYLE SAVAGE flew to of ice just as it was time to let down; however, this did not create a prob­ last six months she has presented this lem. program. She is also scheduled for The Tennessee Chapter and the NO. CENTRAL the Wooster 20-30 Club on March 2nd. Memphis Chapter had planned to meet VIRGINOA TOOPER has given nine in Nashville for business and pleasure. SECTION talks to women’s clubs since January Senator MARY ANDERSON, GEORG- 1st. She parallels her program to a IANA McCONNELL, and JERRY “ flight” with the audience as passen­ GUTHRY were at the airport to meet gers. They take off and land togeth­ us. Arrangements were complete for PREPARE PEORIA er. When she tells them, “ we’re cir­ lunch, business, and fun. PLANS PRONTO.. cling the field,” they know it is her way of saying “ and in closing.” She Poor flying weather between Mem­ North Central is amazed and pleased at the number phis and Nashville caused some of the Spring Sectional of interesting questions she has to an­ Memphis girls to take to the highway swer informally after the program. while others waited for the weather Plans that is — to change. Before the day passed M ay 5, 6, 7 MARGE COMPTON is teaching the about twenty 99s arrived, each with a third class of high school students in different story about the trip. Aviation Education. Students are pre­ ALL-OHIO CHAPTER pared for FAA written, as well as giv­ After the business, KENNETH Edy Maxim, Reporter en the history of aviation, and a fair­ GUTHRY showed a film on wake tur­ Our thanks to LEE ROCK and ly broad course in the general field of bulence and gave a very enjoyable CLARA THARPE, who arranged and aerospace. The State of Ohio has ap­ talk that included some of the funny hostessed our February meeting at proved the course at Upper Arlington things that have happened to him the Dayton Municipal Airport, and High School, and is currently consid­ cince he has been selling airplanes. If who even arranged for a CAVU day ering state adoption for the course. you need a speaker that can tell fun­ at DAY. We’re sure the DAY tower More ratings: LEAH SCHOFIELD ny stories and keep the audience must have thought the Powder Puff got her Multi-engine rating, and used laughing, he is the man! It was a Derby was on early this year, and the it, too, attending the DAYTON meet­ pleasant way to end the afternoon. Powder Puffers were converging upon ing. Her 49% er, SCHO, got his Instru­ The evening meal was at the Brass them. There was hardly a male voice ment rating. Now there’s a busy fam­ Rail Restaurant. This was our time on the frequency. Speaking of racing, ily. to visit with old friends and make there was much interest in the com­ MARYA GIESY has her Instrument new ones. Can you imagine what it is ing I.A.R. — Montreal to Miami. All- rating as of December. like — twenty female pilots and one Ohio will probably have at least 6 DOROTHY HAUPT has been check­ 49%er (MR. FARRIS THOMAS) seat­ teams. ed out in a Cherokee 160. ed at a large round table, covered We were pleased to see BETTE BUNNY FOLEY spent four days at with a red and white checked cloth, WARNER at the February meeting, the School of Aerospace Medicine at and everyone talking at the same after her lengthy illness. The good Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, time? I can tell you it really made a doctor let BETTE fly her Bonanza Texas. Also visited the Manned Space­ picture! People at the surrounding around the patch. craft Center at Houston. tables stopped talking and just listened MARGARET HAMMOND recuperat­ BONNIE and LEE MILLER just re­ to the stories about flying that MR. ing from recent surgery, and has ap­ turned from 3 weeks at Ledo Beach, THOMAS and some of the girls were preciated hearing from so many 99s. Florida. telling. By watching the people in the AUTRIE LEHR thanks all the girls restaurant, I learned that pilots are And how is this for a 14-day flying who braved the weather to meet with not the only ones that enjoy “ hangar” vacation. RUTH and MERRILL LOVE the Department of Commerce in Col­ talk. Our conversation around the ta­ roally took their 182 around the circle. umbus on February 2nd to try to get ble was much more fun than visiting CLE to Ft. Lauderdale. Then Nassau, Air Marking money back into the bud­ the Grand Ole Opry! Exuma and RON at S. Caicos. Being get. unable to receive permission to land I have been waiting for DOT PAT­ CONNIE JONES gave her “ Flight at Dominican Republic, it was a real­ TON to give her consent before I told Ladies” talk to the Wesleyan Service ly distant overwater hop from S. Cai­ you this news. She is waiting for a Guild of the Church of the Cross in cos to San Juan. RON at San Juan pilot by nature to spread his strong Cleveland Heights on January 24th. and St. Croix, where shopping was wide wings, and fly a little bundle to AND CONNIE has been elected Secre- good. On to Martinique, Trinidad and her from Heaven. If the stork meets tary-Treasurer of the Stearman Club, RON at Caracas, Venezuela for two his flight plan, he will arrive in July. based at Concord Airpark in Paines- nights. RON at Curacao, a Dutch pos­ Best wishes to both of you, DOTTIE. ville. session. From Banquilla, Colombia, Maybe another 99, who knows? In January, JoANN STYPE passed to Panama where they spent 2 days, A prospective member, JESSIE writtens for Ground Instructor (Bas­ one of which was an impressive train DRAIN, is working hard toward her ic) and Flight Instructor. JoANN, too, trip to Colon. Another overnight at Private license so she will be eligible has been doing a bit of speaking. She Costa Rica. On to Nicaragua, and to join the 99s. We will be pleased to gave a talk and showed race films RON at El Salvador. Then into Mexi­ have JESSIE in our Chapter. Hurry for the Wooster Jayceettes on Feb­ co — Tapachula, Ixepec, Minatitlan, up and get that check ride! ruary 16th. This is the 8th time in the and Tampico. Brownsville, U.S.A. looked good, and felt like home, even though it was still hundreds of miles from starting point: Cleveland. This a marvelous experience, with a great deal of good flying and good flying weather. A few exceptions, of course, like the little airport in Mexico that has a perpetual 45-knot day-night gale a-blowing. However, probably the most significant difficulties encounter­ ed were the language barrier and the time involved with paper work. We look forward to more details and the pictures of the trip. On a lengthier trip and far different mode of travel is MARTHA WALTER, who is on a 10 - week cruise to the Mediterranean, and due back mid- April. MUGS, ANYONE?

CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER Leah Warren, Reporter Wheel—thirty pages in the February NEWS. Each reporter seemed to have Chicago Area Officers. TONY TEIBER (Treasurer), JEAN CLAUSS (Corres­ outdone herself on unusual informa­ ponding Secretary), SUE ROSCOE (Chairman), VIRGINIA COFFEEN (Vice- tion. All that had a part in the NEWS Chairman), DOROTHY WHITE (Recording Secretary). —ALICE, PEG, and individual report­ ers all should have a vote of praise and keep up the good work. then JEAN will be back and ready to proud of you! Thirteen people made it to Peoria, do registration desk for us. See you May 5-7, Ramada Inn, Peo­ Mt. Hawley on March 4. We should THEO SOMMER made the jet to ria. have all the snow and such blown out California to see her school daughter of the weather so that “ all of you” and also an ill friend. CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER can make it in for Sectional—May 5-7. DEE ADAMSON and her sister and Virginia Roth, Reporter EVELYN FARLEY and DEED HOL­ family are due back in States this An extra big thanks to SALLY COMB laid out some good food to off­ month. STREMPEL (Chairman) and her won­ set the day. Then several tried out ROSE ANDREW keeps busy running derful committee for an outstanding the Frasca Instrument Simulator back and forth to Doctor and then hos­ and beautiful decorated February which is now available at Mt. Hawley pital. Son, PAUL, has had a winter of meeting at Palwaukee Field. The Airport. it — and finally some knee surgery. theme — a combination of Lincoln’s, JANET ZIPPRICH is getting ready Rest of the time, she can exercise Washington’s Birthday and Valentine’s for spring. The plane, a Tri-pacer, has the two St. Bernards up and down Day was most unique, and there were been sold with the hopes of buying a the runway. many ooh’s and ah’s amongst the newer one. DEED and MAX HOLCOMB like our members and guests. The refresh­ EVELYN and RALPH FARLEY snow storms. Drove home from Peo­ ments and lovely decorated 99 cake have an airplane that does not like ria in the first, then had a trip to Dec­ were thoroughly enjoyed by all. to start in cold weather. (We do too.) atur in the second. That time they MARTHA GAUNCE, of Montana They drove up to the Galena area gave up and did an RON. We must Chapter, and her daughter JANE, and tried skiing. EVELYN says her have top soil from Colorado that came were guests of SUE ROSCOE and skiing is just like her landings. Any­ with the “ black” snow of that storm. JEAN CLAUSS. Also a very warm one know what she means? BARBARA and ED JENISON are welcome to DR. MARCELLA RITTER GLORIA FARR had a jet trip to headed to Florida too. Imagine BAR­ and GERTRUDE STUPEC who have San Francisco. Didn’t find it monoto­ BARA’S mother will return North with just joined our Chapter; and JEAN nous at all. them. BISHOP who moved to Chicago from ESTHER SALOMONE got a week in MARJORIE KELLY has already Alabama and is in the process of Florida. Her trip back extended to had her Florida stay so she is really transferring her membership. JEAN include an ovemite stop in St. Louis helping on Sectional. Found out the has her private license and has done when the weather got such that even other day that her 49% er is one of most of her flying in Cessna’s. She (he airlines stayed put. about 40 attorneys to have the title of is most anxious to see Illinois from JEAN READ and hubby are South Senior Counselor. This is conferred by the air—when we dig out of the snow! for a month. Young members of the the Illinois State Bar Association. This MARY SHUMWAY sez “ big snow” family will join them over Easter and is quite an honor, FRED. We are very has grounded her for quite a few Chicago Area February meeting at Palwaukee Field. MARGE KINNEY, NANCYE NELSON (Co-Hostess), GERRY RYBERG, SALLY STREMPEL (Hostess Chairman), SUE ROSCOE (Chapter Chairman), LORETTA SINCORA, and JUANITA FINEMAN. weeks, but: was faithfully shoveling They really know the route between Wisconsin had a wonderful Weather hangar out and looking after “ Fox- DuPage County Airport and West Seminar at Pioneer Motel, Oshkosh. baby.” She was exuberant over flight Palm Beach. And then there are those The ROSCOEs and CLAUSSEs thank last week to Moline, 111. and LaCrosse, (during this inclement weather) who you for a relaxing educational week­ Wis., when she picked up 45 MPH feel sorry for themselves! end. tailwind out of LaCrosse at 7500’ and CAROLINE and GEORGE SMITH had a ground speed of 202 mph on flew their Cherokee 180 to New Jersey GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER the way home. Now she’s taking ski­ for the week of Jan. 14-21. The Chero­ Aleah Combs pinch hitting for ing lessons when she can’t fly so as kee is a recent purchase and since Nita Irwin & Joy Morrison to keep in condition for “ Powder she has flown only Musketeers and Wilh one of our news reporters, JOY Puff.” Cessna 150’s, she used the week get­ MORRISON, in Ihe hospital and NITA JEAN CLAUSS flew commercial to ting checked out and enjoyed flying in IRWIN with illness in her family, I California for 2% weeks in January (he area where she obtained her li­ volunteered to get something in the and returned just in time to “ shovel cense. NEWSLETTER. out” with the rest of us. MARY PANCZYSZYN and husband At our last meeting, Dr. Donald LOUISE and RAY KOKESH have DOC GEORGE flew Comanche 250 to Coleman, Captain in the Air Force been busy coming and going to 1he Iron Mountain, Mich, for a bit of ski­ stationed at Richards Gebaur, and Bahamas. Went 1o Freeport, Grand ing. It was wonderful with the VOR Chief of the Air-Medical Services of Bahamas Ihe 191 h of January and right on (he field—you just couldn’t the base, was our speaker. His sub­ back lo Nassau the 101 h of February. miss! ject was “ How Drugs, Liquor, Smok- The incorporation of our Chapter is Marshall as she started from Leaven­ SPECIAL NOTICE complete. We now have a seal and worth, and was on the ground, in the minute book just like the big corpora­ restaurant with her guests (student Don’t forget to send for the 99 tions. pilots) when we arrived. We were Stamps. $1.00 per sheet. Remember How many met over the Lamoni made most welcome at Marshall and this is the way Kansas City is earn­ VOR in the holding pattern last Sun­ the Chamber of Commerce took a few ing money to contribute to the day? It was a good day to be on in­ pictures, one of which found its way Powder Puff Derby. This is one struments. to the front page of the Marshall way we can keep the name of the Next meeting will be held at the Hil­ newspaper. Ninety-Nines before the public ev­ ton Inn on March 2. MARGARET REID and 49V2er with ery day in the year. Use the To all our friends in the North Cen­ friends from OMA flew to MSY in a stamps on your own mail, sell a tral Section mark your 1968 calendar Mooney Mark 21 to duplicate a trip few sheets to your boss to put on for Kansas City on April 26, 27 and 28 they had taken 4 years ago. They the business mail, sell them to any­ — the Sectional meeting will be held stopped for lunch in LTR and stayed one who believes in general avia­ at the Hilton Inn and we’re making in the French Quarter in MSY. Evi­ tion and particularly the Ninety- plans now for all of you. dently a lot of time was spent eating Nines. We’ll be expecting those or­ as RALPH REID acquired the name ders. Just send your check to GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER of Super - Oyster. MARGARET said ALEAH COMBS, 4726 Skyline Aleah Combs pinch hitting for the white knuckle part of the trip was Drive, Mission, Kansas 66205, and Nita Irwin and Joy Morrison from MSY airport to the hotel in the you’ll get your stamps by return At the March meeting and dinner at wildest taxi ride ever, missing the mail. the Hilton Inn, it was agreed to have sides of buildings by inches. the usual Father’s Day airlift at Fair­ MARGARET WRIGHT and NITA ing, and Vertigo Effect your Flying.” fax Airport. The proceeds from both IRWIN had several firsts on a trip to He showed a film which was most Fairfax and Marshall, will go for 99 ABQ. It was the first time for both interesting and a lengthy question and activities, while the airlift at Atchison over mountains in a small plane and, answer session followed. will be held for Scholarship and Der­ needless to say, quite a thrill. Judg­ A fly-out was planned for February by contributions. ing from all the hangar flying they’ve but the inclement weather did not per­ Mark your calendar—there will be listened to, they had smooth mountain mit it, so the plans were changed no regular April meeting. The Leaven­ flying. After lots of hot sauce, sight­ and the girls were all to meet at worth Chamber of Commerce has in­ seeing, and pinata-purchasing, it was Olathe at the Radar Center for a tour. vited the 99s and husbands for din­ too soon time to depart. Guess what? Only MARGARET REID ner Sunday, April 16. Also the May SARAH GORELICK and MARY and BOBBI MILLER showed up. They meeting has been dispensed with be­ ANN NOAH are new owners of Co­ spent the biggest part of the day there cause of the spring sectional at Peo­ manche 260’s. SARAH'S is blue and and the fellows asked them to be their ria, Illinois on May 5, 6 and 7. New white and MARY ANN’s is tan and guests at lunch. member JOBY DAVIS will be hostess sand. We are adding two new members to at the June meeting at the Fort Lea­ our rolls—JOSEPHINE DAVIS from venworth Officers’ Club. Leavenworth, Kansas, and HELEN ROSAMOND OLIVER was appointed GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER BODE from Olathe. We are delighted Air-Marking Chairman and MARGE Amy Laws, Reporter to have these new members join our PARIS, who is an old hand at this, Somehow I managed to miss last group. will serve as advisor and consultant. month’s Newsletter — to my everlast­ The bad weather has been very con­ Two-hundred and fifty dollars have ing chagrin. So be prepared for a dou­ ducive to study—many of our girls been set aside for airmarking and the ble dose of “ doin’s” about our Chap­ are working on new ratings—PEGGY girls want to do the work. ALEAH ter. I don’t feel too badly about it WRIGHT, JOY MORRISON, and CO- COMBS will check to see how much since we have inaugurated a Local LENE GORDON have been boning up the State of Kansas will do to help. Newsletter, ably written by JAN PO- during the last couple of months so Ran into PAT KEENEY playing pi­ COCK and what JAN doesn’t mention, before long we will be adding new rat­ ano and singing at Putsch’s 210 and just ain’t worth mentioning — so thor­ ings to our group. learned she’s working on her Commer­ ough has she been. We also got up a ROSAMOND OLIVER is also study­ cial and Instrument. DOROTHY questionaire sort of thing and sent it ing like a little beaver. ROSAMOND STRATTON is running a race with to our members — 28 of whom re­ goes to the University of Missouri at time on her Commercial as her writ­ sponded. The idea is to find out more Kansas City and is working on her ten is just about up. about each other’s background and get degree in sociology. As soon as she The February fly-out, piloted by to know each other better. We tried gets this off her mind and still in the MARILYN DICKSON, MARY ANN to keep it impersonal and slanted to­ studying mood, she will start working NOAH, JOAN REINDEL, and MAR­ ward flying activities, but we noticed on her Commercial, I’m sure. GARET WRIGHT, brought together we touched some tender spots because MARY ANN NOAH spent a week­ 13 members and guests. The departure so many of the girls gave their day of end in Daytona, Florida, the first part point was Fairfax Airport, then to birth, but accidentally on purpose left of this month and is planning on an­ Chillicothe for a powder-puff fly - by out the year. Well, none of our busi­ other trip to Florida to visit her sis­ and on to Marshall for lunch. JOAN ness anyway. As long as they can still ter. REINDEL flew a straight course to fly—they are young. To disgress a little, there are a few we have a special interest in it, and It's all dressed up with silver flaps things I overlooked in my last report. girls are making plans to fly it now. and tail. One of the most fabulous happenings The rest of you don’t forget the im­ To GRACE COVYEAU’s credit: goes occurred in January, when LOIS and pound date is June 22, and the race a second parachute jump. GRACE, LLOYD BARTLETT celebrated their is flown June 23rd. Contact: KIT at 600 do jumpers still yell “ Geronimo” or first wedding anniversary. This clever Oslle, Collinsville, 111. for further de­ is that movie stuff? Please let me couple had a helicopter fly them in 1o tails. Deadline for applications is June know, ’cause I don’t think I’ll learn their home on the Greenbriar Country 1st, so please mark your calendars first hand. Club grounds. They were accompanied now. A lot of our 99s are also WNAA ROMANCE: Not: one but two of our by the Matron of Honor, IRENE members too—the WNAA sponsor this girls are headed for the altar. Sport­ RAWLINGS, who was thrilled to fly race and it should make for a gay ing beautiful new engagement rings over St. Louis’ Arch, the scene of the reunion. are GUSSIE PATRICK and DONNA BARTLETTs’ wedding in an airplane, FLYING ACTIVITIES: RAE HOPPER. GUSSIE’s fiance is a year ago. A large cocktail party fol­ JOHN FREESE of (he local FAA, and KIT HEACOCK went to New Jersey lowed, but the high spot for me was DONNA’s is her co - pilot JOHN to pick up a new St its Playboy, an that I got to go back to Lambert HENKE, son of AUGGIE and FRAN aerobatic plane. KIT’s mighty active Field in the helicopter with the pilot, HENKE of St. Charles airport. Best these days, just: took a job at Lam­ JOHN MURPHY of Fostaire Aviation. wishes girls, and congratulations to bert Field, teaching instruments for Great experience and sort of different you men in picking out 99s for your ED OLDFATHER, local Instructor than fixed wing flying, as I learned wives. and Ground School Operator. She also when he let me follow him through on Speaking of romance, did I forget to reports that she’s involved in a new the controls. mention that one of the reasons my Aerobatic Club — 23 people showed up January is also our customary joint 4914 er JACK and I made the trip to for the first: meeting. meeting with the St. Louis Aero Club, Mexico (see report in Feb. issue) was and it was to have been a very aus­ Two new Instrument ratings in Jan­ to rest up from a wedding in our fam­ picious one, but Mother Nature played uary, KAY MEYER and RUTH TAK­ ily? Our daughter, BONNIE, went us a dirty trick. That was the night SEL. Congratulations, we are proud down the aisle two days after Christ­ of the infamous tornado which hit St. of you! RUTH pointed out that this mas with RICK WILLIAMSON, of Louis County and demolished hundreds makes five of our members who hold Cape Girardeau, Mo. RICK’s in the of homes. The Achievement Awards this rating. Our members continue to Army now, and BONNIE is biding her were given out, by candlelight:, but uprate. time while waiting for him, working our planned movie, “ The Stamp of Heard by the grapevine that RUTH as a Flight Hostess for Interstate Air- Friendship,” about AMELIA EAR­ ferried a new 210 back from Wichita, motive at Lambert Field. Same com­ HART couldn’t be shown due to elec­ pany GUSSIE works for, by the way. trical power failure. In fact, the MARGARET WALSH flew to an whole airport was blacked out for 1he Attend YOUR Spring MPA meeting one Sunday with friends, evening. and on returning at dark, met a most Sectional Meeting! The Awards went to these deserving interesting 99 from the East. She was girls: 1st Place, JEAN LENNERTSON; ISABEL BLODGETT, E. New England second place, VAL JOHNSON; third sans radio, and in spite of a walk Chapter, and she was flying from place, RUTH TAKSEL; fourth place, around (I guess) failed to nolice that Boulder, Colo, to Cambridge, Mass. LOIS SHAFER; and fifth place, KIT it had no struts — she was that sur­ They had a nice chat and TSABEL HEACOCK. Congratulations to you prised when she noticed it after she RON'd at St:. Louis. all! got to home field in St. Louis. In de­ Welcome to LORNA JAMES as a new member. LORNA flies at Lam­ We did finally get to see the AE fense, she could use the excuse 1 hat bert Field with the St. Louis Flying movie at the following meeting in Feb­ runways were icy on both ends and Club. ruary, again with the Aero Club. II she had to land at Columbia, Mo. to LOIS SHAFER’s made so many was a great saga of a great woman, phone in for permission to land at trips, it’s hard to list them all—some well worth seeing. Incidentally I took Lambert Field without a radio — so of the places she has been recently my nose out of the book, “ The Search who could spend time studying the de­ are Chicago, III., Detroit, Mich., for Amelia Earhart” by FRED tails of the new model? Phila. Penn., Wash. D. C., Cleveland, GOERNER, just long enough to write LORETTA SLAVICK received the O., Minneapolis, Minn., etc. LOIS is this column. Put it on your list of warmest hospitality from members of flying for a company based at: Spirit must reading. Ihe Utah Chapter on a recent business of St. Louis airport. trip there. Her hostess was ALBER­ Our Chapter is having its annual We were all concerned during the TA NICHOLSON of Salt Lake City. Rummage Sale in VAL JOHNSON’S recent tornado for the home of EDITH LORETTA was also invited to be guest hometown of St. Clair, Mo. this April and AL OLOVITCH. Fortunately for speaker at the Zonta Club of Belle­ 1st. We find this to be the best means them it was spared, although it was ville, 111. at their Amelia Earhart din­ of raising money and having fun. directly in the storm’s path and many ner. SKY LADY DERBY: Since our homes on her street were leveled. members, DOTTIE HAUPT and KIT IRENE RAWLINGS is happy to be Other members who lived, close by re­ HEACOCK are Chairmen of this race back in the air in her Mooney which ported their homes safe, too. Both the which is in FI. Worth, Texas this year, was damaged in a tornado last fall. JOHNSONs’ and the LAWS’ planes sustained some hail damage that inspection of a Musketeer in TUR­ IOWA CHAPTER night. However, we here in St. Louis NER'S hangar along with a descrip­ M ary Lon Ballensky, Reporter got off rather lightly — it could have tion of the functions of control sur­ So, the snow went away and the been worse. faces and instruments. MR. HEN­ late winter fog moved in! When you And with that happy thought I’ll NING, one of TURNER’S pilots, in­ consider we schedule at least 1wo make it 30 for now. Weather bound troduced them to a Queen Air and meetings a year for the Cloud Room to improve all over — so Happy Fly­ gave a brief account of some of his at Des Moines Municipal, we see less ing! flying experiences. PAULINE also of that restaurant than any other showed movies to a third grade class place in Iowa! It lives up to its name, of Speedway School. The pictures were with alarming regularity, at least two INDIANA CHAPTER taken of private flying activities, plus Sundays out of every year! Delia Sanders, Reporter movies of traffic landing at Weir Although there were eighteen total Cook last May for the 500 Mile Race The Board for the FAIR race are in attendance, only seven 99s were and also of the Indiana FAIR Race holding monthly pitch-in dinner meet­ from out-of-town, and I’m sure they last October. The children were most ings to make plans and progress for must have arrived by oxcart or mule appreciative and in a few years’ time the next race in October at Blooming­ train! One of the guests was MYR­ she may see the result of, some of her ton. MURIEL DYKEMA, last year’s TLE CAMPBELL of Dallas Center. winner, is the Chairman of the Board efforts in introducing flying to this group. She and her husband run the Dallas for this year. If you followed MURIEL Center Airport, and her son operates DOROTHA HENDRICKS joined the in her past activities in Air Marking, the Perry Airport. you will know that with her well-cho­ League of Women Voters at the State SHIRLEY HARTMAN was there sen Board members, she will have ev­ Capitol, seeing our legislators at work with her son, GEORGE, who is also erything under control. and having lunch with their local Sen­ ators and Representatives. a pilot. Having already undergone two GLORIA and BILL RICHARDS show operations on her wrists and another SOPHIA PAYTON, just back from a variety of movies and slides on dif­ still in the offing, her young son drove Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, will ferent phases of flying the first Fri­ for her. Pretty wonderful of him, to be taking off shortly in March for Mi­ day evening of each month at Terry say the least! SHIRLEY will host the ami, Florida. She recently gave up Field, a few miles west of Westfield, next meeting at Bloomfield, and is her work at Indiana Aviation and is Ind. With a crackling fire in the fire­ anxious to show off their new con­ catching up on some of her travelling place, coffee and refreshments on crete strip. plans. hand, the program enjoyed is divided Here’s a big “ thank you” to BER- MARGARET PETTY is the new between an educational film and one NIECE MALLOY for the notes; I am owner of a Cherokee 235C as of Feb- or more of the scenic type. Owner- happy to pass along her special Manager of Terry Field, RAY VAN “ thank you” to our South African 99s SICKLE and wife, JULIA, extend a for their orders for our Iowa 99 flight warm welcome to all who come. Any­ Next NEWS Deadline bags. It’s fun to see them going out: one living in this area should not to other parts of the world as well as A pril 20th miss this monthly Friday night meet­ Continental USA! Keep those orders ing. GLORIA has been featured in a coming! film showing her flight in a glider from take - off to landing. This was ruary 1st. She made a shake - down made and shown originally by one of flight to Richmond, Virginia and the MICHIGAN CHAPTER the local TV stations. Her 49%er, aircraft checked out beautifully. Next Mary Pelto, Reporter trip in March to Charleston, South BILL, and son BILLY are also active We are sorry to hear that PAT Carolina and then on to Florida. in the Central Indiana Soaring Soci­ CLARK will be moving to Toronto, ety, Inc. JILL McCORMICK received infor­ Ontario, Canada very soon. However, MARTHA HOLST was re-elected as mation about the Pylon Racing and we’re happy for them, too, since it’s Advisor to the Purdue Pilots, Inc. at then decided to do something about it. a, big step up for her 49% er, FRAN. She applied and recently received their last meeting. This group is a MARG HATFIELD and JULIE student and staff organization at Pur­ word that she had been accepted as AUERBACH took advantage of the due University boasting 75 members a Team Member. She is looking for­ beautiful weather on the last week­ and 3 aircraft. ward to some very interesting experi­ end in February and flew to Nash­ ences. TANNIE and PAUL SCHLUNDT are ville, Tenn. to vi^it JULIE’s mother. leaving February 24th for Freeport in DOROTHY SMITH has had several The best part of the trip was mak­ the Grand Bahamas — flying Queen visitors this month. Section Governor, ing practice radar surveillance ap­ Air. This is another Holiday Inn event, ANN ROETHKE, came one Saturday. proaches at Louisville on the way so we will expect a full report some­ Then four members of the Bluegrass down and Fort Wayne on the home­ time in the future since they seem to (Ky.) Chapter came to visit the Cen­ ward trip. Weather couldn’t have been be trying out the Holiday Inns in var­ ter and to see DOROTHY. more ideal. ious parts of the country or countries. ADELLA NEFF and 49y2er LEON­ Our March meeting was attended PAULINE GENUNG escorted six ARD flew air lines to Jacksonville, by 60 people who took advantage of girl scouts on a tour of Weir Cook Florida, in, February for a short vaca­ the rare VFR day to fly in to Grand Airport. They were shown a pre-flight tion and a visit with relatives. Rapids. Our speaker was MR. PRICE, an attorney, who spoke to us about the number of young people having and JOHN KAY who went to Marano, UFO’s. a desire to use this tool for learning. Ariz., to the Antique Air Show. JOY Prospective 66s were introduced. Since this educational activity in and BUD FEAK vacationed in Carlos They are WINNIE BLIKKEN, of Yp- aviation was introduced to Ninety- Bay Mexico and visited the Mooney silanti; BOBBY WAGNER, Grand Nines, one member has already con­ plant) in Kerrville, Texas. MARGARET Rapids; and MARIAN NEWMAN, of tacted her High School. She found and GENE PEREZ enjoyed a trip to Kalamazoo. EVELYN BORST of Kal­ that if enough students are interested Las Vegas, Nev. ELIZABETH HAWES amazoo received her pin. And ELEA­ in model aircraft, an activity period and JAN BISHOP seem to be the only NOR TITLOW was accepted as a new will be provided next fall. Other mem­ women in this area who have had the member. bers may make similar contacts as privilege of taking (he air force course well as checking if help by pilots and for high altitude flying. MARILYN NEWMAN attended as a Ninety-Nines is needed to assist such Wonder of all wonders is that we guest. She and her husband, a pilot, a group in finding a suitable place in are still having beautiful flying wea­ are with the Kenya-Africa Inland Mis­ the community to fly. ther while some of the surrounding sion. She is working for her Private stales are blowing away! pilot’s rating. The NEWMANs plan MARIE GRIMM, Chairman of Aero­ to take a Cherokee Six back to Afri­ space Education, reported on the ARKANSAS CHAPTER ca when they return. schools in the state that have recent­ ly received their first subscription to Marge Nielsen, Reporter JUDY ROGERS earned her Com­ National Aerospace Education Council We are looking forward io a Happy mercial rating in December, 1966. through the Ninety - Nines. Also, one Fly In at Little Rock: And 49%er DOUG PRICE — that’s member is surveying possibilities of BEV’s husband, passed his Commer­ awarding solo scholarships in her April 5th it the date . . . cial while recuperating from an oper­ High School in the near future. Remember it ’ole flyin mate!!! ation in January. MARIE showed us an outline of a high Keep in mind 10:00 a.m. is the time. PEG SULFRIDGE’s daughter, school aviation course, for credit, re­ Adams Field with a special space!!! BECKY, is the 1967 Sweetheart of Sig­ cently started in the Clintonville high Nothing but the best is planned for ma Chi from the Charter Chapter of school. This is one of the first in the this place. Sigma Chi’s at Albion College. Her state. It’s being taught by an enthus­ Say “ (99)” when you call the tower. grandfather roomed with the com­ iastic male pilot and teacher. Answer will give you the runway of posers of the song “ Sweetheart of We discussed the Ninety-Niens Pho­ the hour . . . Sigma Chi’’ and was the first singer to-Contest, possibilities of a prize in S stands for the spot, the place you to sing the song in private and pub­ Wisconsin, and reporting by members must hit—if you take home a trophy lic. He also dated the original sweet­ of TV weather broadcasts to assist that we bought for this. heart and they were called GUSSY with the AWTAR publicity. Cars will take you to the “ Top of The and RUSSY. Life magazine is featur­ Following the meeting a 49% er took Rock” . ing an article soon on the ten annual our speaker to the airport to have his Have a light breakfast so you can eat Sweethearts. BECKY is also a candi­ first hour of dual in a real airplane. a lot . . . date for National Sweetheart and was Reports were that he did very well due Arriving there at 11:00 or so . . . a candidate for Albion Snow Queen. to his knowledge of the controls and Pay $2.50 and in you go— PEG is proud of the beauliful large being familiar with the compass. We Tall tales aplenty you will hear, Of colored photograph of the Blue Angels all hope he’ll be back for more flight Engine failure, and landing without flying over Niagara Falls. She met instruction due to his contact with the gear?? them and sat at a banquet with them Ninety-Nines. Roll ’em out girls, please plan to at the Michigan Aviation and Space come, for a day that's full of chal­ Week Awards Banquet. All the Blue lenge and fun. Angels autographed the photograph, Arkansas Chapter of 99s making it a prized possession. SO. CENTRAL DONNA, BETTYE, WISCONSIN CHAPTER SECTION MARY, NANCY, RUTH, Ramona Huebner, Reporter ALINE, MARGE, JANE, After an article “ Model Airplanes— SALLIE, EDITH, Tools or Toys” appeared in NAA mag­ ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER DELORES, and EVA azine, the Wisconsin Chapter decided Ed. Note — Couldn’t resist the Georgia Tillery, Reporter to use this subject for the March poetry even though the “Fly - In” Another prospective 99 (eighteen meeting at Fond du Lac. A high school will be over when you read tills. boy spoke at the meeting and showed years from now); congratulations to his model plane. He told of the value SHIRLEY and DR. BILL MORRIS on DONNA HALE has been flying it had in learning about aerodynamics, their new daughter! search and rescue with CAP. BETTYE engines, techniques of workmanship, Glad to have ISABEL HART back BOLLEN and 49%er flew to Aspen, as well as attaining the ability to fly with us and hear she has passed her Colorado for a week of skiing. DE- the model. GREGG told us that many Commercial written. LORES MITCHELL and 49%er flew communities do not give the model Travelers this month include: LILY to Texas for the weekend to watch flyers an adequate place in the com­ and SANDY SANDOVAL, RANDI and their horse finish the race among the munity for flying, which cuts down on JOHN SUTHERLAND, and IRENE winners. Jonesboro is constructing a new ter some terrific wind over the pass, DALLAS CHAPTER 5600’ runway parallel to runway 22—4. was amazed to find a dead sock al Hazel H. MeKendrick, Reporter Walnut Ridge FSS will be moved to Granby. After a windy landing, taxied Whew! This deadline slipped up on Jonesboro and a place will be built over to the wind sock to find it bro­ me. I do believe time is going faster for them adjacent to the public term­ ken, and hanging in a permanent zero all the time. inal. The City of Jonesboro has set wind condition. Makes life interesting. Our February meeting was a din­ aside money to double the present A peek into FREDDA TURRILL’s ner meeting at Southwest Airmotive public terminal. log book reveals FREDDA co-piloting at Love Field. We honestly intended MARGE NIELSEN has been doing Ports of Call’s DC-7 from Shreveport, to get a bit of business done, but you mostly local flying this month with Bahamas to Nassau. It’s all signed know the best laid plans etc. After the exception of a flight to Eldorado. off by the Captain of the bird, too. dinner we visited the Braniff Simula­ DONNA HALE, BETTYE BOLLEN, JANIE OESCH was another very tors where CAPT. WILLARD HAYES and MARY DU KETT met with two privileged co-pilot. She and MRS. ANN and CAPT. ROY REUSS gave us a prospective 99s at the Embers in Lit­ BURNS of Great Britain, departed the fantastic tour. They have three sim­ tle Rock this month. Happiness is Fly­ Black Forest Glider Port near Colora­ ulators, the Boeing 707, 727 and the ing! do Springs in a Schweitzer 232 to BAC-111. We all got to take a ride soar to over 31,000 ft., breaking the and your Reporter now had 15 min­ COLORADO CHAPTER world record!!!! utes of 727 time in a simulator as a Marion C. Tankersley, Reporter JANIE and EULALIA NICHOLS co-joe. It: was almost at the end of the time before I recognized any old Colorado Chapter's copy of the film took the “ Psychological Training for friends on the instrument panel. It “ Stamp of Friendship” is available High Altitude Flying” course at Lowry for rent to any chapter for $7.50. Con­ Air Force Base, Denver, recently. was quite a thrill and we are indebted to our Program Chairman, MARY tact MARGE BLUE. They’ll never be able to find anyone KITCHENS, for setting it up for us. Wish to say welcome to our two who put their course to better use, newest members: MIRIUM HANNA will they, JANIE? Incidentally, we had 29 members and and JOYCE STEVENS. Our Chapter is eagerly anticipating three guests which made a great group . . . Our 49%ers are still pout­ After PATTY LUTHER’S several ROSE SAUER receiving her pilot’s li­ ing about not getting to go. Our guests “ go-rounds” with her Comanche in­ cense. She and her husband, GLENN, were LINDA McKINZIE, MELINDA sisting on a gear-up landing, she de­ operate the Pikes Peak Airport near ALEXANDER, and RUBY ROGERS. cided to switch light bulbs in the gear Colorado Springs, and have been ar­ indicator, hoping it was just an out dent CAP workers for years. Now, We have received our copy of 1he light. She now claims a new first — ROSE, at age 59, is getting her li­ AMELIA EARHART film and it’s first female pilot to play “ chase a cense. Like the ad says, ROSE, “ It’s available from our Chapter. For in­ peanut light around the floor of a Fun To Fly.” formation, contact our leader, DORO­ THY WARREN, Precision Flight Nav­ Comanche while putting around the JOYCE STEVENS is off on a flying igation, Addison Airport, and she will Stapleton Traffic Pattern.” (She did trip to Phoenix, and DORIS LANG- give you the data on it. get the gear down, by the way.) HER is spending the weekend of Feb­ Another ‘fun’ first and a profitable ruary 27th in Denmark. Gad! We We also got the CBS-TV documen­ one, too: MARGE BLUE and CAROL haven’t stopped her long enough 1o tary “ A Powder-Puff for Joan” and TILFORD flew into Jeffco Airport the tell us about her last trip, yet. had it for one week. We had a show­ other morn and had the tower ask RUTH MUGELE and 49%er ED, ing at NANCY WISE's house, one at them to “ Report to the tower, in per­ have abandoned Denver on a perma­ Love Field Tower Training Room, and son, immediately.” Wondering just nent weekend basis for their “ Merri- another showing at: MELINDA ALEX­ what they had done wrong, they com­ haus” in Breckenridge and some fab­ ANDER’S house. It’s a pretty good plied with the request. Surprize!!! ulous skiing. film and worth seeing. Since they were the first females to We are all looking forward to hear­ BETTY LOU HENRY was thru Dal­ land since the new tower began oper­ ing MAJOR PAUL BRIAND (“ Daugh­ las last week and we had coffee and ation, they received a brand new ter of the Sky” Author) when he lots of conversation about the upcom­ $10.00 bill for their efforts. speaks at our March 30th showing of ing PPD. She had visited with PAUL­ Our Colorado Springs fly-in luncheon “ Stamp of Friendship.” He is as fas­ INE GLASSON in Corpus Christi and was limited to 13 of our 68 members. cinating as his interest in AMELIA. PAULINE said remind everyone to Not lack of interest here, but the gals Don’t know how we “ got so lucky” send in their contributions to the 1968 who had aircraft based at the air­ as to have him stationed at the Air AWTAR fund. So everyone get busy, ports closer to the mountains had 50 Force Academy. and send that long green to PAULINE. to 60 knot winds, while those at Sta­ Colorado CAP’s last Search and Word has it that NANCY WISE and pleton had only 7 to 10 knots. Amaz­ Rescue Mission for a Kansas Air her 49%er A. G. went to Omaha to ing, eh? Guard F-100 pilot found three of our pick up a new Cessna 411. How ’bout PAULINE MEIGEN and co-hostess gals flying the CAP’s Cessna 182s that! MARION HEIM had a fabulous lunch­ over the Rockies during the search: ELINOR JOHNSON has her Instru­ eon at PAULINE’S home, for the JO DENNIS, JEAN FERRILL, and ment Ground School Instructor’s rat­ lucky 13 who did make it. MARION TANKERSLEY. PATTY LU­ ing. MARION TANKERSLEY went ‘over THER is usually with us on mountain Our leader, D. WARREN, flew co­ the hill’ to Granby same day and af­ search, and we missed her this time. pilot in a Learjet from Dallas to Wich- ila lasl week. They then flew over to ico and the United States. of her father were most gratifying to Kansas Cily so she could lake an air­ JEAN BYARS was all set with a both her and W. T. But the news was liner home. Said it took longer to rented 210 lo fly three men to Phoe­ in error, it was W. T.’s father, but buy her ticket than to fly from Dallas nix. It all fell through when one of the the response received was appreciated lo Kansas City via Wichita. men refused to fly with a female pilot. and transferred. I goofed last month and left MARGE Whata guy! He needs some educating. NANCY BRUMLOW had her picture NIELSEN’s name out as one of the WANDA GARSON was grounded in in the Wing Tips this past month for stalwarts that went out and air mark­ January following surgery. Since then attending an Instructors School. She ed Garland Airport. What makes it she moved into a brand new home is really getting around, from teach­ doubly bad is that she was my house- and was hostess for our March meet­ ing, charter, and FBO. ing — a pot lunck supper which in­ guest for the weekend and I don’t VELMA LEE COPELAND’S father cluded our 49%ers. know how I did that. Sorry ole bud­ passed away in San Diego, California Your reporter was co - pilot on a dy! !!! on February 2, 1967. VELMA has her March Saturday on a flight to the CONVENTION TIME IS UPON US. Commercial now, and has taken the Grand Canyon to show visiting rela­ HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN TULSA Flight Instructors written. She has tives from Long Island the beauties FOR THE BIG DOIN’S. Y'ALL changed jobs and apparently from of that mile deep gorge, 4 to 18 miles COME, HEAR!!!! talking to her on the phone, is in sec­ wide. ond heaven. That business phone is EL PASO CHAPTER No doubt we could have more news MU 2-8261, BUFORD & SAMS . . . Mary Olmstead, Reporter if our members (new ones included) when passing thru don’t forget to hol­ would mail their flying news to their Chairman MARGARET THOMPSON ler. Reporter before the 13th of each reported that she and her husband, We are sorry that JAN BRYANT month. BILL, went by “ Connie” on a week­ has moved to El Paso, and know she Ed. Note — Keep tryin’, Mary! end tour of Havasu Lake, Arizona — will visit their Chapter . . . but we when BILL was on a newspaper as­ do not want to lose her! For the last signment. For BILL it was work, for HIOH SKY CHAPTER two years JAN and BETTY HENRY MARGARET is was fun and relaxa­ Evelyn Hershey, Reporter have flown in the Powder Puff and tion. We have news . . . do we ever have we are all quite proud of them. POLLY PEERCE, member of Wil­ news! We go from new planes to new Our junior deb, PAT PETOSKY, is lamette Valley Chapter, Oregon, was plains. Talk about being on the VOR busy as the proverbial bee these days. visiting in El Paso and attended our length, this month we are. Her main problem has been a pesky February meeting. POLLY received CHARLOTTE HUNTER is awaiting generator . . . that little ole red light her flying instruction and her ASEL just keeps coming on. Her trips are while a resident of El Paso. getting more enjoyable the more bad RUTH DEERMAN was elected to How 'bout flvin' a RACE weather we have, or at least colder I represent our Chapter on the South should say. She is leaving the 1st of Central Section Committee on Nomi­ this year ? ? ? ? March for Florida . . . while good ole nations. EVELYN HERSHEY is heading for ELLEN JANE ANDERSON, Inter­ Santa Fe, New Mexico. national Flying Farmer Queen, has the arrival of their new Beechcraft We have several ladies in the pro­ been busy flying the Skyways from Travelair. That means a brand new cess of getting their private tickets Denver to Hot Springs, Arkansas to Multi-Engine rating in the very near and much interest is being generated Lexington, Kentucky. ELLEN JANE future. by them for the 99s. At the same time arranged a Flight Clinic for men and JERRY BADGER, our ex-WASP we are generating interest in them. women at Stapleton Airfield, Denver prospective member, has received In reading this you would never earlier this month. Somewhere in her copies of her license, etc. that had guess it happened in two parts, but busy schedule, she managed to ob­ been lost . . . and all she needs now take my word for it . . . at our month­ tain her APT button. is a current physical. This young wo­ ly Chapter meeting we had the most LOIS CHISHOLM of South Dakota, man is quite talented, from flying to wonderful opportunity to view the wife of former IFF President, DAY­ four daughters and back to flying. As movie about AMELIA EARHART. It TON CHISHOLM, also has a shiny was mentioned in an earlier newslet­ was something to see. Thanks to each new APT button. It was LOIS’s arti­ ter, JERRY is quite anxious to find and everyone that had anything to do cle in “ The Flying Farmer” that told some other ex-WASPs. At the time with bringing it about. And speaking about our own El Pasoan, RAYMOND the WASPs were disbanded in 1944, of this film, I have a few questions TELLES. As our Ambassador to Costa the 99s invited these thousand plus that are important to the new ladies Rico, he greeted the entire group of flyers to join us . . . so . . . there in flying. First, in everything we read Flying Farmers on their second “ Aer­ should be some of them still in our it is taken for granted that everyone ial Bridge of Friendship” tour to Cen­ ranks. knows whal the “ First Day Cover” tral America last January. While they Ed. Note—See special inquiry let­ means . . . I didn’t and thanks to were in his office, a call from Wash­ ter from DON CHALIF. this film I’m more interested in what ington confirmed his assignment to MILDRED GOODSON has said that was done and what happens now. My the new Commission on Social and the cards and letters she received second question is more of a state­ Economic Development between Mex­ from the news printed about the loss ment . . . to stay very young in looks, just keep flying. AMELIA EARHART 99s—MARILYN STONEBERG, SALLY beautiful “ mystery” birthday cake was bom in 1898 and didn’t look much COX, MARTHA AKINS and family, was awarded to the one guessing what over 21 on her fatal flight. and DELLE HIGHTOWER whose was hidden inside! (’Twas a com­ Since our meeting so many things 49% er GENE is the new President. pass). At this writing, several of our are beginning to happen in our land The Aransas County Airport, under members are making plans to be in of High Sky, the J.C.s are putting on new management the last six months, Topeka on the 18th for the presenta­ a big aviation event and VELMA LEE welcomed us and attended every need. tion of a Charter to the new Topeka is getting all the gals together for a The San Dollar Motel furnished free Chapter. More about this later. race; we’ve got the place, the movie transportation in the form of two jeeps Please encourage all of your Chap­ will be shown, and we all believe lots and a station wagon—the food was ter members to attend the South Cen­ of good publicity will come of this excellent—All of which made the most tral Sectional in Tulsa on April 14, 15 . . . hope lots of it rubs off on BET­ pleasant fly-in I have attended lately. and 16! The Kansas Chapter will TY HENRY and JAN BRYANT as We are all going back there. award a beatuiful, big trophy to the they are heading “ East to West” this MARY ABLE, MARY JANE NOR­ Chapter with the largest attendance! year in the AWTAR. RIS, and 49%ers report loads of fun Some Chapters greatly outnumber oth­ Better stop for awhile so next month flying the “ Pilots Poker Run” spon­ ers in membership; so, in order to he (here will be something extra to talk sored by the South Louisiana Chap­ fair, the judging will be based on the about. See y’all . . . ter. CAROL MOORE and 49%er went number of members times the number to Jamaica instead of Acapulco — my of miles traveled, which will equal the HOUSTON CHAPTER mistake. SANDRA KILLION, Santa total seat miles. This will be explain­ Barbara Chapter, came to Houston for ed in detail at the Tulsa Sectional. Martha Akins, Reporter the stock show quarter horse sale and This is a traveling trophy and will The March meeting was a joint with LOUISE BICKFORD, explored be engraved for the winning Chapters. meeting with Petticoat Pilots held in the dome stadium and stock show. Our congratulations to GENE NORA the party room of MARY ABLE’s JESSEN, who has received her Ad­ May 7 will be the dedication of Da­ apartment. Our guest was TRUDIE vanced Ground Instructor and Instru­ vid Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport COOPER, wife of astronaut GORDON ment Ground Instructor’s Ratings! in memory of DAVID HOOKS who COOPER. We are proud to report We regret to announce that GENE was killed in a plane crash two years three new members—BETTY FRITZ, NORA and BOB will be leaving us ago, shortly before his sixteenth birth­ PAT DAVIES, and EDIE REED. the first of May. They are moving to day. FRANK KINGSTON SMITH will The Flying Farmers came to Hous­ Boise, Idaho and will operate a Beech be the main speaker. JIMMY DEME- ton recently and our Chapter furnished dealership and flight school. Our very transportation lo the Rice Hotel from best wishes to each of them! Houston International. A job well done We have eleven girls eligible for at the capable direction of MARY Next NEWS Deadline membership and hope to have all the ABLE. applications processed so that they A pril 20th Air Marking Chairman MABLE may be introduced in the next News­ EDITH OLIVER, announced our next letter. ESTER and JOE BERKLEY air marking will be Brenham on and PAULINE and EDDIE OTTAWAY RET will MC. The University of Texas March 18. She reported that we have took the FF trip to Yucatan-Mexico enough air markings signed up that it Glee Club will sing. The Tomball Band and made all of us “ homebodies” en­ will take two years to catch up at will be there — and you know what vious from their wonderful reports! the rate of one a month. LOUISE else? — the Goodyear Blimp will be MARILYN and JOHN COPELAND at­ BICKFORD, with MARY ABLE lis­ based at the airport from Friday un­ tended the AOPA Flight Instructor’s tening intently, suggested we speed up til Monday. The HOOKS are inviting a Re-validation Course in Atlantic City a little and do two each month—so well known 99 to make a short speech recently and HELEN and REX LEE two it is—We are having such nice and present the film “ The Stamp of had a wonderful time in Hawaii! turnouts for our air markings. Some Friendship” to the University of Tex­ Don’t forget, the Kansas Chapter of us will be able to air mark on a as. ERMA HOOKS has worked hard has beautiful flight bags and note sta­ week day while the kids are in school and long to bring a well known 99 tionery for sale! Check the back of and if we accomplish more painting here to honor women in aviation. The your roster! during the week, we will be able to Houston Chapter will hostess — All 99s everywhere are invited to attend fly on week ends—makes sense don’t NEBRASKA CHAPTER you think? this dedication. The airport is now Houston Northwest on the charts. We Lois B. Durham, Reporter Final plans are made for a smooth are looking forward to greeting all of Nebraska weather did it again, and and we hope profitable Penny-a-Pound you on May 7. Do com e!!! our February attendance slid to a Ride all set for April 2 at Spaceland new low! Lowering clouds and icy Airport near NASA. Posters and flyers winds made flying impossible, and a KANSAS CHAPTER are being put out along with other 150 mile drive to Kearney in threaten­ publicity. We are really pulling for Mildred Early, Reporter ing weather just didn’t appeal. How­ this one especially since this is our Our Chapter celebrated its sixteenth ever, CATHERINE and DR. MARSH. first try at this. anniversary with a dinner party in KATHERINE and E. O. WHITE, The Houston Air Tour Club Fly-in HELEN and REX LEE’s beautiful, LEAH and BILL SNART, MARY lo Rockport was well attended by our new home. Forty-one attended and a ELSE, and FLORENCE BORING had a swift bul interesting meeting at the to report and lots of good weather to der who chaperoned Hazel! . . . JUDY Holiday Inn. fly- MOORE got her arm out of the cast The next meeting is scheduled for The San Antonio Chapter is planning just in time to help with our air mark­ Columbus, Nebraska on 4 March at on a fly-in at Stinson Fid. in San An­ ing plans . . . SARAH HENLEY has 10 a.m. The glider activities for most tonio in May. We don’t have all the been drawing rectangles in the traffic of eastern Nebraska are now centered details yet but check the Newsletter pattern; but just when, we’re not sure, there, and we hope to be briefed on and you will also be receiving info, ’cause she works all day and goes to gliding and perhaps get to try some. through your Chapter Chairman as school too! . . . HELEN WRAY com­ well as seeing a few colorful signs pleted her Instrument Ground School Although we have not had the vio­ scattered around the local airports and is working up her courage to take lent storms of the north and east, we giving all the information. We sure have had typical winter weather, and the written exam. hope everyone will plan to come. It’s as a result, flying activities have Main topics of discussion at our last: slowed. Could be that school activi­ the same type of fly-in that we have meeting were plans for air marking been having at MARIAN BURKE’s for ties, chicken - pox, etc. have helped. and the photo contest in which we Out in Scottsbluff, PAULINE PERRY the last three years. plan to participate in conjunction with received her Commercial and then No further news from the San An­ the South Louisiana Chapter. HELEN tonio Chapter . . . This Newsletter flew off on a holiday with friends — HEWITT, our Membership Chairman, will find MARIAN BURKE in Iceland two Bonanzas to Mexico — JOY LANE presented each of us with a handmade and all part of Europe so we can hear was asked to be a judge at a photo directory of Shreveport Chapter mem­ about the trip next Newsletter. Till contest in St. Louis — and PEG bers . . . the directory is daintily en­ then . . . safe flyin’!! STROMER was helping her husband closed in blue paper with a 99 Com­ learn lines for his current theater pass Rose on the cover . . . much production. PAULINE HAWKS of SHREVEPORT CHAPTER work and thoughtfulness on HELEN’S Bruning left for a month in California, Evelyn Snow, Reporter part! We all will enjoy and use them. Three big cheers for JENNY MC­ and the WHITEs returned from a win­ PEGGY SUE HARRIS (our little ter vacation. JEANNE GIVEN is still WILLIAMS, who got her Commercial mother-to-be), when asked for news License this month . . . we’re proud raving about her three hours of ocean to contribute lo our column this of you, JENNY! flying over Hawaii, and is also read­ month, thought for several moments JERE SAUR flew 49V2er, HENRY, ing maps for her Mexican trip. and then said triumphantly, “ Oh, yes . . . the baby wiggled!!” The Chapter gained another mem­ ber, HELEN SELLETIN of Lincoln. SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER The extra page in the membership Attend YOUR Spring directory is almost filled with our One would think that we’d have Sectional Meeting! new additions, but there is always nothing more than our Pilots Poker room for more. Come join with us. Run to report this month, since that is what took up the time, thoughts, to Texarkana on a business trip in and efforts of most of our members SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER FBO SHIRLEY SMITH’S Cherokee. between our Jan. 29th meeting and Marian Burke, Reporter JERE says, “ It’s like a Cadillac after our Feb. 26th Poker Run, but that I guess we had better talk about my little 140!” She took her books so thinking is in error. Our members are other things instead of flying. Gee, she could study while HENRY con­ on the move! But first . . . old man weather hasn’t been treating ducted his business, but would you About the Poker Run, though, let us us so well! Oh Well! Feb. is almost believe she spent the time hangar fly­ say first of all, that our special grati­ over and maybe March will be a bet­ ing instead? tude is offered to the girls in the ter month . . . anyway the San An­ DOTTIE PORTS flew to Albuquerque towns where our stops were designat­ tonio Chapter hasn’t been doing much and El Paso on Trans-Texas Airways ed for the marvelous job they did of flying. It’s given us more time to dis­ with daughter, CONNIE . . . it was promotion, publicity, and operation. cuss air races so maybe we will have CONNIE’s last trip as a stewardess We decided to stage the event at our a big group in the races this year. with TTA and mother DOTTIE went Jan. 29th meeting, and by the next NORMA, our Chapter Chairman, along to observe, help fold blankets weekend, posters were already being was planning to go to Hawaii but and seat, belts, distribute pillows and distributed (27 of them) and newspa­ plans have changed . . . instead of magazines, etc. CONNIE was very ap­ per articles appeared in the papers. her meeting husband MAC in Hawaii, preciative of this, but we wonder what In short, we made the most of the husband MAC will be home for a the pilot: thought when they ran into little time we had — and with over­ short time in San Antonio. Isn’t that bad weather at Albuquerque and DOT­ whelming results. We had estimated great! TIE helped him make his ILS!! . . . that if we had 25 airplanes and 100 BETSEY and BILL HOGAN are heh heh . . . DOTTIE also had a nice people, our Pilots Poker Run would spending lots of time at the new “ hide- chat with past International President, be a success. Just take a look at our a-way” at the lake near Austin. They RUTH DEERMAN, while in El Paso, actual figures in the write-up in Air say it is their week-end plans for so guess they survived those missed Meets. It was fabulous and we were months and months! approaches! delighted. We made the announcement MARIAN BURKE is planning to go HAZEL chaperoned her 49%er, at the awarding of the trophies that to Germany for awhile. Maybe next MULE, when he attended a convention this was our First. Annual Pilots Pok­ Newsletter, we will have lots of news in New Orleans last week — we won­ er Run; the second will he May, 1968, and several imporiant items of busi­ ness, old and new, that must be taken care of.

Our Chapter, as well as the Shreve­ port Chapter, has put articles in 1he newspapers (AP and UPI) about the Photo Contest. To date, we have had no inquiries from prospective en­ trants. Professional and nonprofession­ al photographers we have approached about it, seem to think that it would be too costly to be a winner. (?)

DEE COMEAUX and PATSY JONES are hard at work trying to find a sponsor for the IAR. JACK LAWS, The Aircraft Co., has offered them an Aero Commander 200 for the race, but they have to provide their own sponsor. And since our town, BTR, is so far behind the times in aviation - minded citizens, that’s no small chore. This is why our Chapter is so important to an area such as this. Too many of our citizens in this area are unaware that a 15 year old Double-checking the final results of winners at the Pilots Poker Ilun, (left to kid, male or female, can learn to fly right) seated, PAT WARD, “JIM” LAFLEUR, PAT CHRIST, standing, GLOR­ an airplane, and even if they know IA H OLM ES. this they don’t believe that women actually do. Our newspaper doesn’t same route, with the terminus in Hou­ Now, there really is other news even know what to do with us. The ma. Hope more of you will enter. We about our members. Most of the Bat­ News Department thinks we are a so­ were delighted to see JANET GREEN, on Rouge girls attended a meeting of cial organization and Society thinks ESTHER HALL, LUCY WOLFE, the newly formed B. R. Aircraft Pilots we are more News than Society — EMILY KELLY, and PEGGY McCOR- Association on February 28th and will therefore, neither of them gives us MICK from the Mississippi Chapter, enjoy membership in this local organi­ the space we deserve. Which brings and MARY ABLE and MARY JANE zation. Baton Rouge is having a terri­ us back to th Poker Run . . . NORRIS from the Houston Chapter ble hassle over our airports — “ civic- There has never been a flying event (here. And especially happy that minded citizens” trying to have Down­ in this area designed for “ fun flying” MARY JANE won the trophy for Low­ town closed to build an auditorium on for all pilots at all stages of flying est Time Commercial Pilot and that it and trying to block the building of proficiency. The response our event EMILY’s son, RICKY, won a trophy a jet runway at Ryan, which will had was indicative of the enthusiasm for Youngest Pilot. A student pilot, launch the BRAPA into importance our pilots have for flying, and the SUSAN LONG from Natchez, was also immediately so that the pilots who use name of the Ninety-Nines was spread there. We gained a new prospective the airports can have a voice. On in every circle. The “ best poker 66, JO ANN HENDERSON of Baton March 15th, an Omni Clinic was held hand” became the lesser of the at­ Rouge, and LINDA WARD (sister-in- in BTR and our Chapter was well re­ tractions in favor of the possibility of law of PAT WARD and GLORIA presented at this 3-hr. film lecture winning another trophy that would at­ HOLMES) of Patterson, La. session conducted by MR. PAT MUR­ test to one’s flying ability or stage of PHY. Enrolling in the new Instrument The success of the Poker Run must flying proficiency. And the 99s made Ground School in BTR is PAT WARD, be attributed to the FBO’s who donat­ this possible. We gained untold pres­ who has long talked about getting the ed the trophies. Without them, we are tige among the flying community, be­ rating. FOY WEST is studying for it sure that our Poker Run would not cause we took the initiative and did on her own, coached by 49% or PHIL, have attracted such a large number something. People who don’t fly are who already has his. of people: Hair Flying Service, BTR, beginnnig to realize that other people La. Aircraft, BTR, The Aircraft Co., Our March 19th meeting will be held do and enjoy it, and that pilots want BTR, Houma Aviation Services, Peli­ in BTR, luncheon at Fairview Planta­ to fly whether they are paid for it or can Aviation (New Iberia), Paul Four- tion near St. Francisville, with all the not and that maybe, flying isn’t so ex­ net Air Service (LFT), Opelousas Fly­ southern plantation atmosphere that pensive and forbidding after all. Avi­ ing Service, and Diesi Pontiac-Cadil- Ihe name implies. We’ve invited the ation became, for the ignorant, some­ lac-Buick Co. of Opelousas. And, of FBO’s who donated trophies to the thing more than a picture of a shiny course, the businesses who volunteered Poker Run to be our guests. We have multi-tor, jet in their child’s school lo donate door prizes. lois of hangar-flying to catch up on book or an airliner than crashed in New York killing all aboard. We’ve TIP OF TEXAS CHAPTER NENT are presently scouting 1he coun­ shown them that it can be something Elaine Needham, Reporter tryside for rooftops for air markers. personal to the average person, and Hello all you flying gals! These two scouts make the arrange­ thus wej feel that we have done some­ Some of us have been burning uo ments and then the air marking crew thing to further aviation right in our the skyways with travel lately: comes in with paint buckets a short own back yards. And, more, we have ELAINE NEEDHAM airlined to Chi­ time later. given women in aviation a boost, and cago late in December, LOUISE made people more aware of us. Our CLARKSON visited exotic Hawaii, TOP OF TEXAS CHAPTER area needed this terribly, and we are VEDA TENANT was in Colorado Carmen Lewis, Acting Reporter elated that the 99s were able to give Springs, and PAT McNEIL had a visit Reactivation, enthusiasm, and good them a “ first.” We hope there will be 'in California and is now preparing fellowship were the keynotes of the other events (so we can participate) for a big chartered flight to Las Ve­ 31 strong who attended the March by other groups; we hope we’ve gas. meeting as we were luncheon guests “ started something.” Opening entries PAULINE GLASSON recently made of the Amarillo Press Club. MARION to non-pilots was not by accident. The arrangements with the NASA tracking purpose we hoped to serve was to in­ SUMNER and JUDITH KERR of the station to show the magnificent film troduce flying to people who don’t fly, Amarillo Daily News and FRANCES of Gemini 12 in full color. The full- to show them that flying is fun, and to GRAHAM and GEORGIE WAGNER, house audience sat spellbound through interest some of them in joining us. members of the Executive Board of thirty minutes of filming of actual on­ And we did it. Our members who op­ the Women’s Division of the Amarillo board activities of the astronauts, erated the stops lent dignity and fash­ Chamber of Commerce, were respon­ shots through the porthole of the ion to aviation and enhanced the im­ sible for the invitation. earth, and of the historic space walk age of the 99s. Our favorite comment ARLENE WALKUP of Stillwater, and finally the re-entry and recovery by one of the entrants was “ you girls Oklahoma. Governor of the So. Central of the astronauts in their space cap­ really have something, don’t you? Section; NEMA MASONHALL of Min- sule. You’re on the ball!” with a tone that co, Oklahoma. Section Secretary; and MARIAN BURKE, San Antonio, and indicated total surprise. (End of ser­ CAROL WADDELL, Woodward, Okla­ IRENE YOUNG (prospective new mon) homa, Chairman of the Ninety-Nine’s member), Harlingen spent a gabby Chapter there, were visiting Ninety- Our “ ball” is gathering speed. We’re Nine officers. ED MIHM, Women’s limited only by our imaginations, and Editor for the Borger News-Herald, the sky 'isn’t even the limit when you Attend YOUR Spring was also a special guest. consolidate the imaginations of 19 ac­ Sectional Meeting! Seventeen prospective and soon-to- tive women who enjoy getting togeth­ be prospective guests also attended er on a mutual interest. Our 49%ers evening with PAULINE GLASSON re­ the luncheon; HAZEL WHITTING­ are put to task keeping up with us. cently. TON of Borger; BILLIE FAYE HAM, PAT WARD’s 49%er’s standard ques­ We spent several hours at our latest CAROL WEINHEIMER, PAULINE tion after a meeting is, “ Now what?” meeting stuffing, sealing and stamping RAINWATER, EDITH FLETCHER, He knows there’s always something, envelopes to be sent to the entire CAROLYN LUSE, ELAINE CHAS­ always bigger or better than the last. membership. Ways and Means 'is try­ TAIN, and MARIE MOORE all of Incidentally, some of our 49%ers ing hard to get support from all of Amarillo; POLLY SORELLE, VAN- worked as hard as we did on the Pok­ you for the 1968 AWTAR, so if you’ve NIE BEAUCHAMP, HELEN BEAU­ er Run: BILL COMEAUX and his son received your letter, please read care­ CHAMP, HELEN CAUDLE, and WAN­ WAYNE who operated the Timer’s fully and then ACT! DA LEWIS, all of Dumas; PAT PO­ station in Opelousas with C-B radios, Bad weather prevented ARDATH WELL of Dalhart; HELEN BUCKLES PHIL WEST who helped out in New McCREERY from flying in to our of Stratford; JEAN BAKER of Hale Iberia, ROGER WARD who flew back March 4 meeting. IRENE YOUNG Center; and HOPE GLENN from Lock- and forth between BTR and Opelousas and TIBBIE ADAMS drove from Har­ ney. transporting the 99s who were work­ lingen for the meeting to help with ANN MENTZER of Precision Flyers ing the stops, C. J. CHRIST who do­ the Ways and Means activities. There at Tradewinds, who is currently trans­ nated a trophy and helped his 99 in were approximately fifteen of us. Be­ ferring her membership to this Chap­ Houma, as did LANKY SMITH who fore we started with the piles of en­ ter, Chairman MARGE MITCHELL of drove his 99, GINNY, to Houma from velopes and stuffings, we were treat­ Plainview, Sec’y - Treas. BILLIE New Orleans, DOC LAFLEUR who do­ ed to a helicopter ride by REX FEN­ HOLMES of Borger, Reporter PAT nated a trophy and helped tremen­ NEL, Tide Helicopter Co. REX loves JONES of Kress, and member CAR­ dously with the terminus in Opelousas. to accompany his very nice singing MEN LEWIS of Borger were also in Should they display such faithful devo­ with guitar while sitting on his be­ attendance!!! tion for 10 consecutive years, we loved whirlybird. Powder Puff Stop Chairman ANN might even consider giving them a We are very happy to have found MENTZER and the representatives of promotion! or a star on their fore­ BARBARA WILLIAMS, former Texas the Women’s Division of the Amarillo Ninety Nine, now living right here in Chamber of Commerce assured the heads! Seriously, we love ’em. Corpus Christi. We hope BARBARA group that plans were already being Congratulations are in order to JEN­ will be adding to our membership . . . made to make Amarillo, Texas, THE NY McWILLIAMS, SHV Chapter, on need all the girls. stop for the Race. Our Chapter will obtaining her Commercial license! MERLE DUNNAM and VERDA TEN- have an entry again this year — MARGE MITCHELL of Plainview. sure she made it ok. The others at­ EASTERN IDAHO CHAPTER MARGE is no new-comer to the Der­ tending were COLLEEN WHITE, LY­ Mary Kilboume, Reporter by. DIA GUTIERREZ, SHIRLEY Our March meeting was a special ARLENE welcomed our many GREENBERG, DOROTHY JOHNSON, one for us. MRS. LESTER POTTER guests, pointing out the purposes of LOIS MARTIN, MARY SHADDOCK, (ILOVENE-, governor of Northwest the Ninety-Nines. She issued an invita­ MARY STURGIS, LEA BAKER, JAN Section flew in to Pocatello to have tion to attend the meeting of the South MAURITSON, LOIS BOOTS, and me. lunch and meet the members of Eas­ Central Section April 14-16 in Tulsa, We are looking forward to riding tern Idaho Chapter. She brought with Oklahoma. CAROL WADDELL talked herd on the Powder Puff RON’S too. her the film strip covering the CBS to the group concerning the need for Riverside Airport has been resurfaced Television show on the Powder Puff Annual Proficiency Tests. NEMA MA- from here to there and is just a skip Derby of 1966 which was shown to SONHALL told, about the sale of plates and a jump to the Camelot. the members. —these read—“ I’d Rather Be Flying.” I only have one broken bone to re­ Lunch and meeting were held at BILLIE HOLMES has offered her port this month. DOROTHY JOHN­ the home of MARY KILBOURNE, who (THE DR.’s, KEVIN’S, CYNTHIA’S, SON has her finger in a sling and it is Vice-Governor of the Northwest LINDSAY’s. and BOBBY’S) heated smarts a little. If I have missed any Section. Attending were: FRANCES pool as the meeting place for April 1st. unreported ailments — solly. Well, CUNNINGTON, PAT DUKICH, and We’ll swim while meeting and then that’s about all I can come up with at MARCIA SPAKOSKI from Idaho Falls, DIANE JEX and LEORA BERGE- dive into our packed sack lunches. the moment. VIN from Blackfoot, VIRGINIA FINK- Next month, news about our Chapter ELSBURG, ARLENE BAILEY, and plans, present 99 members, and their MARY KILBOURNE from Pocatello. activities in flying. Guests were MRS. JACK Christenher- son and daughter, JANA, and ELAINE TULSA CHAPTER ((MRS. CLARK) PARTRIDGE, also Jean Engler, Reporter from Pocatello. (MRS. CHRISTOPHER- Dang me! Every time I get smart SON’S husband is the manager of alecky it backfires. So, I’ll apologize Simplat Airways and ELAINE will be joining our Chapter soon. She just to ANNAHLEE and JIMMY K. JONES ALASKA CHAPTER recently received her pilots’s license. for getting onery. I am very happy to Kathryn W. Wayer, Reporter Besides viewing the film, our Section report that they are both doing fine Spring is just around the corner for Race was also discussed. The termius although they lost their Aero Com­ which this reporter is thankful — long, of this race will be Pocatello—dates mander in San Antonio. JIMMY is beautiful, light, and sunny days for are set for August 28 ahd 29. going up this weekend to fly back a flying are coming up. It seems that ILOVENE stayed overnight with the new Twin Comanche. so many of our pilots have taken to KILBOURNES and departed early the We are bustling around like army the ski slopes instead ofijo the air that next morning. ants getting our welcome mat de- I am left high and dry for news. mothed and perfumed for our Spring However. RUTH HURST and RUTH meeting. Thanks to SOL SMITH, we MONTANA CHAPTER O’BUCK have been faithful in attend­ have our first mailing ready, so you Bev. Ledbetter, Reporter ing Aviation Committee Meetings with gals out there read every word and Much of the flying in Montana this the Federal Aviation Agency in the in­ plan to put us on your visiting list. month has been “ hanger flying” be­ terest of civilian pilots. We have reserved good weather for cause of poor visibility due to that 1he entire weekend. MARIE RICHARDSON, a 99 mem­ falling white stuff, inches of it all I’ve been a little lax in rounding up ber from Australia, has written that over the state. news, so if I have missed reporting she will be here to attend our Avia­ The weekend of our Lewistown meet­ anything vital — Solly — maybe next tion Pioneer’s Banquet on June 24. ing was good for some reasoh and month things will be a little more in­ She will be enroute to the 1967 Inter­ a group of almost 30 members attend­ teresting. See you. national Convention in Washington, ed. More information was read con­ D.C. MARIE is an immediate past Note to the Printer—What is home cerning the planned Section Air Race President of Sidney Soroptimist Club. cooling? I will try this again. JUDY and it was voted to postpone our an­ We are busy making plans for the ban­ HELLMAN came home for some home nual state race and support the Sec­ quet. cooking—Yum Yum. tion Race. Members also voted to sup­ The Sectional Meeting in September port the Photo Contest sponsored by Everything is running so smoothly is also in the planning stage. the 99s ahd hope that some of our for us we should begin to worry. By members will enter the contest and the time this reaches print our con­ Our March meeting was held at the home of MARION ZAEGEL. She has one will submit the winning picture for vention will be long gone and we hope the state. successfully. This is a big deal for us a most attractive and unusual home The April meeting will be in Bill­ so don’t anyone muse over what might located on the shore of Sand Lake. ings. have been because we did it. Hope to have a longer newsletter next time—until then—happy flying! BETTY PLUMMER took us in for BIG SKY FLYING our meeting this month. NANCY CAIN Anyone interested in a lazy fun- drove in from Pryor and was greeted Attend YOUR Spring filled vacation to Mexico can contact with snow on her return home. I’m Sectional Meeting! ELEANOR BAILEY for all the infor­ mation. She and BILL spent three west weather has started to improve ing at the area. She might go up one sun filled weeks just sitting in the again and many of us are out flying or two times a week just to enjoy fly­ sun and soaking in the warm water around these lovely spring days. MAR­ ing. To me this is a real pilot. of the bay in a small fishing villiage GARET AMES and her husband just NITA MATHESON has been busy 130 miles north of Acapulco. They returned from Mexico. They spent a with her own private affairs and things rented a small house and went “ na­ period of almost ten weeks in the are getting worked out for her. We tive” for their lazy restful vacation. lovely Mazatlan area. MARGARET expect to see her back into action and Two days were spent in Acapulco and says that this was one of the finest flying again very soon. two in Mexico City. They visited and greatest vacations they had ever We have a new member in our Chap­ friends on their way home over Texas had and she recommends that everyone ter, JUNE COFFMAN, who will be on and in spite of there being 4 pilots go to Mexico at least once in his the regular roles as a Ninety-Nine in one Comanche all went well. You lifetime. MARGARET was our enter­ very soon. Her application was ap­ can guess where the two women pilots tainment at our last meeting and she proved and it has been sent to the In­ were seated. kept us all wide eyed and drooling with ternational Office. PEARL MAGILL, Glasgow, and their many experiences in the South­ Three of the Northwest chapters will CAROL RAYBURN, Missoula, will be land. She and PERCY even managed be getting together this month to view the first women Instructors to attend to eat most of the food that was the Powder Puff Derby TV commen­ the Flight Instructor Refresher Course served in the restaurants and though tary and we are all looking forward held for the fifth straight year within PERCY was ill once, MARGARET sur­ with enthusiasm to seeing this film. vived the whole trip with no diffi­ the state. The program is sponsored Our group has unanimously elected culties at all. She told us that they by the Mont. Aero. Comm, and the to do everything we can to encourage washed all of their vegetables in Clorox Mont: Aviation Trades Assoc. Twenty- the TV weather people to broadcast water. This was something new to four general aviation Flight Instruc­ the news of the Powder Puff Derby me (and to most of us) and seemed tors have been selected to attend the Race and BETTY VANBUSKIRK has like a very untasteful thing to do, but seminar. CAROL, who is a member of been elected to assist the international MARGARET says you can’t taste the South Dakota Chapter, is employed group in this regard. Our group is Clorox. She said this was what kept as an Instructor for JOY and BOB small, but our members are all en­ her from getting ill. LUECK at Missoula Skyflight. She thusiastic flyers and interested in do­ was one of the three Amelia Earhart BETTY VANBUSKIRK spent a week ing everything they can to promote fly­ Scholarship winners in 1965. PEARL in Los Angeles, traveling by commer- ing for women. was an AE Sectional winter last year and is also a winner again this year. SOUTHERN OREGON CHAPTER LAULETTE HANSEN, N. W. Sec­ How 'bout flyin' a RACE tion Treasurer and past State Chapter Hope McKay, Reporter chairman was recently honored by the this year ? ? ? ? “ Ceiling Zero” — “ Ceiling Zero” — Havre Business and Professional Wo­ famous last words for Southern Ore­ men as Woman of the Year. LAU­ gon Chapter of 99s. In the last two LETTE is Director of Hill and Liberty cial airline. She says that the weather years, we have been able to fly to on­ Counties Dept, of Public Welfare. She down there was beautiful and warm ly three meetings. Pick any given is a member of the Montana Pilots the whole week she was there and it meeting date of any given month and Assoc, and was elected Queen of the was hard for her to leave the “ Sunny you will find seven loyal members Mont. Flying Farmers in 1965. South” to come home to our much speeding along the freeway to attend The Montana Pilots State Conven­ cooler weather in the Northwest. Your a meeting. tion will be held in Havre May 5th, reporter met BETTY at Sea-Tac on We met twice during the month of 6th, and 7th. (Members LAULETTE, her return and brought her home from January, our regular meeting on the SHAREL, and BEVERLY are busy Sea-Tac to Paine Field. BETTY’S 2nd Monday (a luncheon meeting in with plans for entertaining the ladies. aunt, who accompanied her to Los An­ Grants Pass) and a joint meeting with A Saturday morning Brunch and Hair geles had her first ride in a small the Medford Zontas. Their Librarian Style Show is planned, plus an after­ aircraft on this day and she felt that gave a very stimulating book review noon “ fun bowling party.” An evening this was the only way to travel. on “ The Last Flight of Amelia Ear­ of dancing to the music of The Elmers, hart.” MARSH DEXTER is busy every day a popular orchestra from Medicine Our travelers, GLADYS BURRILL at Willard’s Flying Service and get­ Hat, Alberta, Canada will conclude and 49% er, are spending February in ting in as much flying as she has time. the day’s activities. Many 99 mem­ She is currently working on her Com­ Mexico, November in San Francisco, bers are also MPA members so we December in Disneyland. JERRIE mercial rating and hopes to accomplish hope to see you all in Have. PARKER and her family spent their this in the not too distant future. vacation in December at Furnace PUGET SOUND CHAPTER JEAN REEVES is flying on her Creek. Our charming Chairman, ROSE Betty Curran, Reporter days off if the weather is good and ELLISON and 49%er are in Mesa, we hope that JEAN will soon be a Inasmuch as our regular Reporter, Arizona enjoying the sunshine. full-fledged pilot. JEAN REEVES, was unable to at­ Welcome back, JEAN SHAW and tend our last meeting, I am substitut­ MILDRED PEARSON is one of the BENA MILLER! We missed you. ing for JEAN, who has been doing a most enthusiastic pilots in our group I do hope by the next Newsletter, remarkable job for us in getting out and she simply loves going up in her yours truly will feel more like a Re­ the Newsletter. Our beautiful North­ little airplane, flying around, and look­ porter. WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER Rivka A. Pratt, Reporter For a change I have quite a lot of news items. Our February meeting was a dinner meeting at the Renton Inn the evening of the 20th and was well attended by 90s and guests. JEAN CARBON, Eastern Washington Chap­ ter; DORIS DENNISON, now of Van­ couver, British Columbia; and HELEN DEWEY, Eastern Washington Chapter were special guests of our Governor, ILOVENE POTTER. On February 17, JOYCE HARDING attended the Civil Air Patrol Award banquet and accepted a Certificate of Appreciation for the 99s Outstanding Assistance to the Civil Air Patrol. Our entire Chapter was invited but the invitations were incorrectly mailed so none of us received them—when JOYCE called them to say she wouldn’t be able to attend they pleaded “ But you’ll have to!” so she very quickly made arrangements and went. lMARIAN OWEN is attending Instru­ ment School and reports she is finding it most interesting. VAN ADDERSON, and her 49% er spent 10 days in Hawaii. VAN came to the meeting looking like a million and a half wearing lei and marvelous Hawaiian print. They did no flying while there — GORDON fished, and VAN relaxed and built a tan. GAIL BREES is planning to work on her Commercial rating, now that their house on Blakely Island is finish­ ed. They are waiting for good weather so they can fly-in weekends. Blakely Island is in the San Juans and can only be reached by boat or air-taxi strips from runway to most houses. Chairman GINNY ANDREWS, left, and “sales manager” DOTTIE DAUB PAT McGEE has been flying some showed our Ninety-Nines tumblers to TOM GREGORY, charter pilot for Gal­ land developers over their property vin’s Flying Service at Boeing Field. JIM GAUVIN, owner-operator of the fly­ on Camano and Whidby Islands. ing service, has given his permission for the Chapter to have a card with glass ILOVENE POITER reported that attached in his display case. Ninety-Nines around the country are able to order all the chapters she has contacted are the glasses in sets of 8 for $6.00 simply by dropping a line to DOTTIE DAUB. very much in favor of a Northwest Proceeds go to the AWTAR and to the Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund. Section Air Race of the fun type. The Northwest Oregon Chapter has offered “ marrying off” a Chinese daughter. BETH and BARRY OLIVER spent a to be the hosting chapter for the Her ex-foreign student son had a bride week at Eleuthia, Bahama Islands and “ Start” on the Western side of the report they had lots of fun and sun. Section; ILOVENE hoped that either arrive from Taiwan just before Christ­ BETH managed to get in a couple of South Dakota or Wyoming would see mas, and the bride-to-be stayed with talks on “ Careers in Aviation.” their way clear to host the East “ Start” the LAWRENCES (as did the groom!) in order that these girls could be a for five weeks until the wedding. JAY Girls - - DOTTIE DAUB still has part of the race (which would ter­ and her 49% er had the most interesting 99 Glasses to sell — size: 9 or.—price minate in Pocatello, Idaho) and mean experience of being the parents of a $6.00 for a set of 8. bride (they have one son only) and that the entire section would be re­ Our meeting was set ahead one presented. It is tentatively planned for of learning to eat real Cliinese food week to March 13th in order that we with chopsticks at the same time. August and we will have more de­ might see the documentary film of the finite information at a later date. Two of our new members, KAY 1966 POWDER PUFF DERBY which JAY LAWRENCE hasn’t done much STEARNS and LUELLA BURROWS was shown at a social meeting at flying lately due to “ Inclement weath­ flew down to Baja, California for a the Renton Inn. Many of the FAA peo­ er' and the unusual experience of little sun. ple were in attendance and many laughs were had over the “ weather with the Central Lane Planning Coun­ briefing” on those memorable days cil which doesn’t include traveling. of the Start. Funny now — but then, VIOLA WALKUP looked tan from ohhh! my! We do want to thank her trip to Guaymas, Mexico. They ILOVENEI’S 49V2er for showing us flew their comanche down by way the film. of Reno and Tucson. MARION OWEN reported that she BETTY GROVES and her 49y2er has finished her Instrument Ground went to Bend this month with OPA School training. President HOWARD ROUNDTREE and TERRY KELLOGG and her 49% er wife, PAT, to charter a new chapter DAVE have just returned from a in OPA with 38 charter members. trip to Mexico City and Acapulco and ROSETTA VENELL and I took reported a wonderful time. temporarily, to get some sun. No positive facts, but MARTI SPALD­ ROSETTA VENAELL and I took ING reports that beside trying to CAPT. NANCY RICHARDS, command­ get over her European vacation, she ant of CAP Cades and information of­ is working very hard on her (verbal) ficer, to the meeting to exp’ain the sponsors for the Powder Puff Derby Aero-Space Workshop which is being 1967. PAT1 McGEE has been assisting organized for late summer through the her and she has all her time in for CAP, Air Force, and county school her commercial rating; she now has systems. Our Chapter will help fly to get in some experience. some of the teachers that would like CAROLE TALICH brought a pros­ rides following the lectures and tours. pective member — brand new Private JAN AMUNDSON unpacked her PILOT VIRGINIA STEFANIACK and emergency and/or survival kits to Would you say this Wyoming Nine­ her husband JIM (another new Pri­ show us the emormous amount of ty-Nine is happy? MRS. DALE vate pilot) to our social meeting. practical supplies that can and should (NIKI) WEAVER, Worland, Wyo­ On April 20th (approximately) BOE­ be carried in one’s plane. I don’t know ming, just after passing her Com­ ING TOWER will acquire a new fre­ whether she was able to get it all re­ mercial flight check. NIKI is also quency for the tower. It will be in packed or not. one of three nominees from the addition to the present 118.3 and will As a finale to the meeting, our quiet, Northwest Section for the Amelia be used to ease the frequency con­ very feminine ROSE MARIE STOL- gestion. Check with Boeing Tower for Earhart Scholarship. (Photo by Daily News). information later on. At the present How 'bout flyin' a RACE time we do not know what the fre­ quency will be. this year ? ? ? ? Section. We are most proud of our On Saturday, March 18, VAN AD- NIKI, (picture elsewhere) DOROTHY DERSON is meeting with MRS. MA- SIG told us about her version of the MISNER checked out in her Cessna JESKI’S Wing Scout Troop. They will “ Perils of Pauline.” Seems that the 195. be at Renton Aviation and the Airport brand new Mooney she ferried back Among some of the highlights of the Manager is going to give the girls help from Kerrville, Texas had a stiff meeting were a letter from ILOVENE on the model of the airport they are gear lever that gave her trouble at POTTER, Northwest Section Governor, planning to build. They will also nearly every stop, along with one or informing us of a contemplated air race view several flims on aviation. two of the tower operators. ROSETTA within the section for sometime in and I agreed that we would have ex­ 1967. Sounds like fun. WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAPTER changed planes with our husbands af­ Also, we are unanimous in wanting Jane Capizzi, Reporter ter the first mishap! to help South Dakota with the North­ Our last meeting was held on a west Sectional Meeting in 1969. We beautiful day, so nearly all the girls WYOMING CHAPTER were more than elated to be able to flew into the Springfield Airport. From Dorothy Misner, Reporter send a donation to the AWTAR for there, we drove to a local restaurant Wyoming Ninety-Nines met at the 1867 and hope that several of our where arrangements had been made home of MARIE ENGELMAN, Wor- members will be able to attend the by KAY WOJCIK. LOU WICKS con­ land, for the February meeting on National meeting at Washington in ducted the meeting because our flighty Saturday, February 11th. MABEL June. At least we have good intentions president BONNIE BRADFORD was ANESI, Chairman, flew in from Land­ of trying to be participating Ninety- sunning herself in Mexico. er, stopping at Thermopolis to pick Nines. JAN AMUNDSON reported a busi­ up VIRGILEA SWORTS and her two BETTY ADAMS, always eager to ness trip with her husband to Phoe­ year old daughter, VALENTINE. BET­ learn, quizzed the group with problems nix, Arizona by way of Vancouver, TY ADAMS, NIKI WEAVER, and for the flight computer. Always fun to B. C., in their Cessna. JAN and LOU DOROTHY MISNER were also in at­ review and keep up on the use of the WICKS are planning a Right Seat— tendance. computer. Congratulations are in order for Girl Friday Co-Pilot’s course. This Hope to see all of our Wyoming will have five classes including work NIKI, who recently obtained her com­ Ninety - Nines at our next meeting on navigation, radio, and instruments, mercial license and is also one of the plus an airplane ride. three nominees for the Amelia Ear­ scheduled for Saturday, March 11th BETTY CARPENTER has a new job hart Scholarship from the Northwest at Powell. 99 MEMBERSHIP LIST Condr'ey, Bertha Mable Smith, Caroline Turner (Mrs. Gerald L.) 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