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dedication weekend It took more than a "powder puff11 to fly 2,590 miles solo. And win.

All Woman Transcontinental “ The Micro Line equipment “ By using the automatic nav Air Race or Powder Puff Derby definitely was a help during the bearing readout, I was able to — whatever you call it, it’s no race,” Trina said. “ One of the intercept the right course much piece of cake. big advantages was the time it easier and quicker than by the saved. For example, with the usual method of having to adjust This year’s winner, w e’re proud dual transceivers and their stor­ the OBS indicators.” to say, was Trina Jarish, 2,700- age and recall capability, I could hour pilot and regional cus­ The results, Trina, speak for enter four frequencies and have tomer service manager for themselves. any one available when 1 Collins Radio. needed it with a simple turn of a Micro Line.The little Her equipment: An A36 knob. That was great for flybys, surprise package from Bonanza. And on the panel, where I had to quickly change Collins’ new Micro Line frequencies. Or on landing, comm/nav system designed where both approach control especially for singles and light and ground control frequencies Collins twins. were entered in advance and ready when I needed them. “ The course readout feature of the nav receivers proved ex­ tremely valuable,” Trina said. © M em ber o f GAMA

For more information see your Collins dealer. Or contact: Avionics Division, Collins Radio Group, Rockwell International, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406. Phone: 319/395-4085. COMING EVENTS The Mt. Diablo Chapter invites everyone to attend an FAA SAFETY SEMINAR to be President Pat's held at the Sheraton Inn at Buchanan Field in Concord. If you plan to fly in, you can taxi right to the Sheraton. The SEMINAR ACTION will take place on WEDNESDAY, OC­ TOBER 15, 1975 and will being promptly at 7:00 P.M. Gaffney Aviation and Pacific States Aviation are co-sponsors for the mUWNiE seminar.

NY-NJ Fall Sectional. Oct 31-Nov. 1 Ramada Inn, Armonk, N.Y. (Westchester Co. Airport) Hostess, Grtr. N.Y. Chpt. 99 convention is over and what a super spandorical convention! Our Northwest Section Phyllis Sproul, Chmn. really did themselves proud. Roundup '75 was educational, inspirational and very en­ joyable. Thank you, Northwest Section, for everything! FLORIDA DELTONA DERBY Children are back in school and our new 99 year has begun. My desk looks like a November 7-8, 1975. 1975 Deltona Derby disaster area, but in the next few weeks time will be spent cleaning up for the start of the Air, Land and Sea Race, sponsored by new 99 year. Before I say goodbye to the past year, your Board of Directors would like Spaceport 99s and the Deltona Cor­ you to know how much we appreciate your confidence in us, which was evidenced by our poration. St. Augustine to Marco Island. re-election. To my knowledge, there has never been a year where the exact same Board Entry deadline Oct. 30. Race Kit $1.00. members have had the privilege of working together for a second term of office. We have Send to race chairman: Bonnie Quenzler, enjoyed serving and working with you this past year and we look forward to another 65 Carrigan Blvd., Merritt Island, Fla., successful and productive year. Let’s make our ACTion for the coming year the best yet! 32952. The printer has promised that the membership directories will be mailed around the middle of September so, hopefully, you will have them in your hands before you read this WW-1 AEROPLANE ART PRINTS Full color richly column. detailed portraits of classic old-timers Send 20C for Let’s start the year by planning more safety seminars for fall and we might even look illustrated catalog Aeroprint. 405 Monroe Street, Boonton. New Jersey 07005 ahead to spring. We are still reaching for our goal of 300 this year and this figure should double by the end of '76. Let your GADO-FAA know you are interested in helping them • • • make the skies safer. FAA would like us also to start thinking of our nominees for the Flight Instructor of the Year award. Many of us do qualify and wouldn’t it be great to see r r D C C PILOT’S 1 more 99s nominated for the regional award and a 99 win the national award? rilL L CATALOG September and October are busy months for our section governors, meeting with their Send to: SPORTY’S PILOT SHOP chapters at section meetings to discuss our past convention and planning 99 projects CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT and events for the new year. Speaking of planning, don’t forget, “Come Celebrate—Let’s Batavia, Ohio 45103 Dedicate". Our grand dedication week-end is November 1st and 2nd. Plans are shaping p h o n e (513) 732-2411 A up for a wonderful, memorable week-end—see you there! Speaking Frankly With Mar do I think it may be time to bring the This then, is what the leaders of our 99 having financial troubles, as news reports question of the Women's Air and Space organization want in regard to the attest, would we also be buying similar Museum into focus. Now we must get Women’s Museum Trustees—that they troubles by establishing a “women’s” down to facts, and detach ourselves from incorporate, and that they drop the use of museum? People are becoming more the emotion that has been generated about the 99s name on stationary and other "person” oriented, as against man versus it. Think about the following: docum ents. IT IS A SMALL REQUEST FOR woman attitudes. We ourselves have 1. A 99 named Mary Francis, an SO GREAT A SAFETY VALVE. fought for “equal” recognition in the field Attorney, 'way back in 1950 most forcefully 2. At convention I talked to each of ourof aviation. Could not our proud brought to the attention of the 99s, and to leaders. They are NOT against the Museum achievements be immortalized just as well me as Chairman then of the AWTAR, the concept. They wish it might be within (and within financial reach) in connection risks involved for the individual members financial reach. Even w ith the necessary with existing museums? For instance, the of the 99s and the race board by our not help of professional “fund raisers” , who San Diego and El Cajon chapters have a being incorporated as separate, are motivated by a sizeable percentage of beautiful display of women’s achievement autonomous organizations. She detailed what they raise. in aviation at their much-visited museum; the responsibilities of each person in these Our leaders do bring up the pertinent, Louise Thaden’s historically valuable two groups regarding the legal angle of and thought-provoking points as to (1) the things have already been given to the financial aspects—such as defaulting on fact that with a fairly limited list of famous recently established Staggerwing Museum debts which would then become the legal early-day women pilots, who deserve in Tullahoma, Tenn. And there are others. debt of each one on the membership recognition (and some of whom have Our newly created Headquarters has roster, or a suit as a result of accident, or already given their memorabilia to other ample space for displays about the 99s, anything else aimed at the respective museums), is the expenditure as now and will eventually be a place where organizations, which would become a discussed of 2-10 million dollars ju st to historians will come for accurate facts legal debt for each person. We quickly build the museum (this figure does not about women in aviation. As your editor of incorporated. Since then the AWTAR, Inc. include any upkeep after it is built) really a our 99s NEWS Magazine, I have tried very is still supported by donations both with "bit much", as the saying goes? Wouldn’t hard to present accurate and interesting time and money by the 99s. A nd— the we be better off associating ourselves with features about the remarkable woman who individual 99s are protected from suits or an already established museum?; and (2) is a 99. It is my considered and thoughtful debts acquired by the PPD. with the many existing museums ALL Continued on Page 2 SPEAKING FRANKLY With Mardo Continued from Page 1 belief that while the concept of a Museum Bib BS/ie w s which will cost millions to build is an Volume 2 Number 9, September 1975 ambitious dream, it is not a realistic The Ninety-Nines, Incorporated possibility in our present circumstance of recession and inflation. We agree it would Will Rogers World Airport be a wonderful accomplishment—if only it International Headquarters were practical. We need some sober, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 unemotional thinking on the subject. We Return Form 3579 to above address need to admit that nobody is against the 2nd Class Postage pd. at North Little Rock, Ark., museum concept, or the people so deeply and at additional mailing offices. involved in it. We are merely against an adventure into space until we are properly equipped to cope.... Editor...... Mardo Crane Circulation Manager...... Loretta Gragg Contributing Editors...... Mary Foley - Betty Hicks 1976 . , Editorial Assistant ...... Phyllis Pierce Bicentennial CONTENTS Early Bird Vignette — Nellie Zabel Willhite by Glenn Buffington...... 4 Louisiana Pacific Air Race — Dottie Sanders...... 5 Palms-To-Pines Results — Courtesy Glenn Buffington...... 5 Air Tour More Convention Photos—Daryl Ann Kyle; Barbara Goetz...... 7 All-Ohio History—Clara Tharpe, Edyth Maxim...... 8 New By-Laws Pertaining to Membership...... 12 The Whirly-Girls...... 12

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President Pat...... 1 Speaking Frankly With Mardo...... 1 Friday, April 23 Baton Rouge Coming Events...... 1 Saturday, April 24 New Roads 1975 Louisiana Air Tour...... 2 Hammond 99 P rofile...... 3 Ponchatoula More on Convention—Mary Able...... 3 Sunday, April 25 Thibodeaux News Briefs...... 6 Houma Current Decisions in Aviation Law — Sylvia Paoli...... 13 Committee Reports Monday, April 26 Slidell A' TAR—Wanda Cummings...... 13 Brookhaven Legislation—Joan Kerwin...... 13 Winnsboro Flying Activities—Charlene Falkenberg...... 14 Ruston PPD—Bi-centennial '76 — Pam Vander Linden...... 14 Tuesday, April 27 Bastrop Chapter Reports Delhi Homer Ruston President — Pat McEwen, 16206 East Central, Wichita, Kansas 67230 Vice President — Lois Feigenbaum, 26 Pinewood Drive, Carbondale, III. 62901 Wednesday, April 28 Mansfield Secretary, Thon Griffith, 314 Robinhood Lane, Costa Mesa, California 92627 DeRidder Treasurer, Janet Green, P.O. Box 629, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564 Jennings Board of Directors: Thursday, April 29 Oakdale Mary Able, 9009 Braeburn Valley Dr., Houston, Texas 77036 Summerville llovene Potter, 22315 6th Ave. South, Apt. 401, Des Moines, WA. 98188 Mamou Susie Sewell, P.O. Box 59906, Southwest Station Oklahoma City, OK 73119 Jennings Mary Vial, #38 Lincoln Hills Estates, 3500 E. Lincoln Dr., Phoenix, Ariz. 85018 Friday, April 30 Lake Charles Publisher Jerry E. Erich Saturday, May 1 Abbeville Baton Rouge 1315 E. Julian Street, San Jose, California 95116 Production Manager Ernie Spencer Sunday, May 2 Published bi-monthly. Annual Subscription rate is $6.00 and is included as part of the annual membership of the Ninety-Nines, Inc. Sponsored By: Baton Rouge Aircraft Pilots Association. MAILING ADDRESSES with the assistance of: Editorial: P.O. Box 477, Cupertino, California 95014 Louisiana Division of Aviation Circulation: Headquarters, Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73159 Louisiana Tourist Commission Emile L. Salles, Jr., Tour Master Cover: Marilyn Copeland, Chairman Headquarters Committee, gazes with delight Fran Salles, Coordinating Chairman at multi-invitations to all 99s to attend the Nov. 1 and 2 Dedication Ceremonies of 235 South Acadian Thruway the New 99 Headquarters at Oklahoma City. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Telephone: (504) 344-0737 International Convention Coeur d'Alene, Idaho July 30-Aug. 3, 1975 The Northwest Section's selection of beautiful Lake Coeur d'alene, as the site of the 1975 International Convention was brilliant. The weather had something for PERSONALITY PROFILE tory). Anonymity was stressed and they everyone, cold-warm, bright-gray, calm- OF were assured that their identity could not windy and rainy-dry. Activities included FEMALE PILOTS be linked to any of their responses. scenic boat rides around the lake, dinner It was determined that female pilots in served on board, a barbeque and airshow In 1974 Marge Hatfield of the M ichigan general aviation possess a personality at Henley Aerodrome, seaplane rides and Chapter 99s sent your Editor a copy of a profile distinct from the U.S. female ratings available close by, the annual AE research study by Joseph R. Novello, adults. For instance, female pilots are luncheon and the final banquet and fly­ significantly higher on Achievement, M.D., and Zakhour I. Youssef, M.D., away breakfast. Department of Psychiatry, University of Exhibition, Dominance, Change, and Highest praise to Fern Lake, Convention Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Heterosexuality; they were significantly Chairman, and Northwest Section lower than the ordinary U.S. adult female Department of Psychology, Eastern Chapters and committees who made the (non-pilot) in Deference, Order, Affiliation, Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. convention such a success! Succorance, Abasement, Nurturance, and Would I be interested in this as an article The most time consuming business of Endurance. It was further determined that for the 99 NEWS Magazine? I would! I the annual meeting was the adoption of there is a “Pilot’s Personality” tran­ wrote for permission from Dr. Novello the newly revised and amended Bylaws. scending sex differences. Female pilots (Suite 707, University Medical Bldg., 2141 Yes, we have our new Bylaws passed!! share a greater number of personality K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037), They are workable (though not perfect) and characteristics with male pilots than with and was given full authorization to reprint now we have a point from which to launch other females in the U.S. population. all of the article, or portions of it. Since we a new era of accomplishments and suc­ Further, these female pilots are “feminine" are always so tight on space, I will have to cesses for the Ninety-Nines around the resort to quotes, and comments. You will in that their own sexual and gender activity world. find these startling and satisfying, to put it is directed toward heterosexual (male) The membership owes a debt of objects. m ildly. gratitude to Pat Jetton and her committee “A battery of psychological tests were The conclusion reached by Dr.s Novello of Ribald Redbirds for the task of polling administered to 87 female general aviation and Youssef after thorough and exhaustive the membership and incorporating those pilots. The battery consisted of the testing was: “It seems that piloting, thoughts and ideas into the final draft Edwards Personality Preference Schedule regardless of the pilot's sex, either which was presented to the delegates. (EPPS), a modified Early Memories Test, requires, attracts, and-or selects out the The selection of a site for the 1978 and the General Aviation Psycho-Social personality type that has been popularized Convention provided the suspense for the Inventory (GAPSI). Results indicate that for so long in song, movie, and verse: a meeting. Presentations were made by female pilots have a distinctive EPPS person who is courageous and ad- Christine Wills of Australia, Sheila Scott personality profile. As compared to norms venturseome, one who is oriented toward for Great Britain, unfortunately Shanda established for U.S. adults, the EPPS demonstrating competency, skill, and Sawant Budhabhatti arrived a few hours means of female pilots are more similar to achievement; one who finds pleasure in too late to make the presentation for India the male general aviation pilot profile than mastering complex tasks; one whose in person. Invitations from Mexico and to either the adult female or the adult male manifest sexual orientation is decidedly France were also read to the delegates. norms. Female pilots and male pilots heterosexual. The results of this study, Twenty-four anxious hours later the results deviate in the same direction from the therefore give credence to what has thus were announced. The delegates over­ means of the EPPS female norms on 15 of far been lodged in myth and folklore: the whelming voted for Australia in August of the 16 scales. THUS, female pilots have pilot as a romantic hero—or heroine.” more personality traits in common with This in-depth study has proved 1978. The Benjamin Franklin Hotel is the site male pilots than they have with women in something on which I, as Editor of the 99 the U.S. population at large. These fin­ NEWS Magazine, have based my format, of the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration for Ninety-Nines. San Francisco follows in dings demonstrate the existence of a namely, that the members of our Inter­ ‘Pilot’s Personality’ transcending sex national Organization of Women Pilots are 1977. Officers and board of directors were distinctions.” truly the most accomplished and ex­ You are now saying “WOW!” as I did traordinary women in the world. Think of announced. They are: President, Pat when I first read this revealing paper. this when your confidence sags. Think of McEwen, Vice-president, Lois Feigen- When you realize that 87 female pilots our past “heroines”, and think of what we baum, Thon Griffith, Secretary and Janet from Michigan and Ohio were tested, the have secretly suspected all along about Green, Treasurer. The delegates elected results seem impressive at the outset. The our 99s. Then, knowing this, remember our three board members from the floor. They groups varying in number from 10 to 35, individual responsibility to general are Mary Able, llovene Poterand Mary Vial. Mary Able were further divided as to age, education, aviation and to our fellow pilots. The income, and marital status. The in­ thought will make you humble... Board of Directors dividuals tested were all volunteers, and they had no prior knowledge that testing would be administered, as they first met in (Ed. Note: The Heading NEW HORIZONS Flying on to groups. reflects the belief that death is a horizon Those taking the test were those toward which we all fly, even though this specifically responding to an invitation to new adventure is brought about by diverse do so. They were asked to describe in ^ NEW HORIZONS causes. In a sense it is a flight from the writing their earliest memory; they were “bonds of earth” to unknown "New then asked to complete the Edward Per­ Helen M. Masterton (George) Horizons” ) sonal Preference Schedule; finally, they Minneapolis, Minn. were asked to respond to the GAPSI Died 8-26-75 Heart attack (General Aviation Psycho-social Inven­ Charter member Mn Chapter. C C ^ E a rly Bird Vignette

Nellie Zabel Willhite

By Glenn Buffington

up, then flew him to the Black Hills and retraced his old ox train trails by air. Although aviation did not bring fame and fortune to Nellie Willhite, she admits she had a great time. One of her more enjoyable jobs was with Renner Air Service in Sioux Falls. She carried passengers, did some instructing and also helped manage the office. Among her jobs was taking The Willhite pride-and-joy — the OX-5 first-timers up for airplane rides — 50 Eaglerock, “Pard”, circa, 1929, and her cents for kids and $1 for adults, at air proud pilot, Nellie Zabel Willhite. shows and county fairs. Since she was usually the only female pilot, she drew the more adventuresome fares. "Some people were pretty skeptical”, she recalls, “but I Nellie Zabel Willhite (license No. 8242) A more recent picture of Nellie displaying convinced them I could fly as well as any of Sioux Falls, S. D. is one of the two some of the memorabilia from flying days: man.” Ninety-Nines charterites from the Great chamois face mask, gloves, helmet and Nellie retired her wings in 1940 after 12 Plains area; the other being the late goggles. years of “adventures I wouldn’t trade for Florence Klingensm ith (7096) of Fargo, N. anything.” With the advent of WWII, the D., later of Minneapolis. “lady pilot from Sioux Falls” decided to 1961. They had sent her large photographs A native of Yankton, S. D., Nellie had a put her aviation know-how to work. She and a nice letter, to which Nellie com­ severe hearing disability from childhood became a ground school instructor and mented, “It made me cry when I looked at measles, attended the School for the Deaf then a propeller inspector on B-29 aircraft Pard’s photos, because of my affection for in Sioux Falls, and enjoyed a loving at Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. After the War, my Dad who made it possible for me to homelife with foster parents, Dr. and Mrs. she returned to Sioux Falls, where she has take up flying and bought the plane for L. C. Mead. At the same tim e, she had a lived ever since. me.” continuing close relationship with her The original prop from the old Eaglerock Mrs. Willhite has recovered quite well father who was instrumental in en­ is on display at the Taylor Museum at Hill from her 1971 hip surgery in Albuquerque. couraging her flying. He was Charley City, S. D., as a permanent part of that Now a widow, living in retirement and (Pard) Zabel, one of South Dakota’s early State's aviation history. In correspondence active enough to belie her four score years, wagon train pioneers, who ran the overland last winter, Nellie advised she had located she shares her Sioux Falls home on East freighter ox train on the Ft. Pierre— “Pard” once again, “and that old ship is 6th Street with her four chihuahuas. They Deadwood Trail, often going on east to still flying!" The flying George Epps set a lively pace but Nellie still has time to Yankton for supplies for the Black Hills. family of Harvest, Alabama is the present reflect with enthusiasm on the flying After Nellie struck out on her own, owner, having purchased it in Rapid City in years. working as a typist in Pierre during legislature sessions, she decided to A typical souvenir flight ticket given to passengers during the Barnstorming Era. pursue flying after Lindy's ocean flight. On a limited budget, the future flier wrote her father for some financing, and a check came immediately. She flew secretly at first inasmuch as not many in the area THIS CERTIFIES Til AT would sanction a woman flying in those The l'ilot Will Accept This Ticket For days. She defied superstition by soloing .... FI,VFK WITH “PARD" on Friday the 13th in January of 1928. Trip ...... “The following June my Dad, who had HATH ...... moved from S. D. back to his home state of PI/ACE.. PLA C E ...... Wisconsin, bought me my own plane, an The undersigned hereby voluntarily assumes all risk of accident, and all damages and Injuries that may be suflered to his or her person or OX-5 Eaglerock. I named it “Pard” after property as a passenger with Nellie Z. Wtllbite, and as a part of the con­ sideration for transportation furnished by her, agrees that Nellie Z- Willhite him, and from then on, I had many thrilling shall not be liable under any circumstances, whether or not her agents or experiences,” she said. The plane cost employees be negligent, for any injury to hia or her person, or for loan or injury to his or her property and agrees not to sue for or collect any dam­ $2700 back then. Remember these were ages for injuries to person or property from Nellie Z. Willhite. lean years — not many dollars and the annual 99 membership dues was all of vo V’fA ...... $2.00 in August of 1930! ______'d . t . NSLLie Z. WILLMITf Nellie performed in air shows, races and tours throughout the Midwest, frequently making news headlines as the only woman participating. One of her first long flights was a special “dream come true” for her father. She flew to Sheboygan to pick him NIGHT Pacific Air Race VISION Dottie Sanders, Reporter Chapter and the San Joaquin Valley Lorrie Blech, Solo, from Los Angeles, Chapters; Santa Rosa Chapter is making Mary F. Foley won No. 1 position for takeoff in the big plans for the Terminus. Total cash The retina of the eye, from the stand­ Pacific Air Race at a drawing from entries awards are $750.00, plus trophies to pilots point of function, may be considered as postmarked on opening day, August 1st. and co-pilots placing in the top 10, and to having two separate components. The Georgia Lambert, Los Angeles, and Joyce the Best Team who are both first-time retina contains two principal perceptual Jones, Redondo Beach are No. 2, Pam racers and the team whose combined elements, the cones and the rods. The Vander Linden and Jan Payne, both of hours are less than 500; also to the best cones, which have a roughly cone-shaped Fallbrook, No. 3; Barbara Deeds, time of Solo Pilots, one for under 200 appearance, are found in the central Newberry Park, with Betty Johnson of hours and one for over 200 hours. portion of the retina. The cones operate Camarillo will be No. 4; Lynn Coulthard, Pat Hill, the Official Starter, is Chairman most efficiently in ordinary daylight or El Cajon, with Leah Liersch of San Diego of the Aviation Committee of the El Cajon normally lighted rooms at night. The rods, won 5th spot; Laverne Gudgell, solo, from Chamber of Commerce, and is also which are tubular shaped, are found in the Chowchilla will follow as No. 6; Betty Manager of B & J Aviation, Inc. at Gillespie peripheral portion of the retina. The rods Wharton, San Diego, with Marilyn Eimers, Field, and is a flight instructor and FAA operate in conditions of poor light. El Cajon, next with No. 7; Jean Fitz­ examiner. The cones are also responsible for the patrick, Rancho Palos Verdes, and Jean Headquarters for the Start will be at sensation of color and the discrimination McConnell of Gardena, will be No. 8 for Carlton Oaks Country Club, only a five- of fine detail, whereas the rods cannot takeoff, and Norma Futterman, Beverly minute drive from Gillespie. discriminate color or fine detail. Individual Hills, with Virginia Showers of Los If you don't have your race kits, write, rods and cones differ in sensitivity so that Angeles drew Lucky No. 9. By choice, wire or call Boo Bergman, 3872 Jewell St., both types of receptors operate over a wide Virginia Harshbarger, Alameda, and Apt. H-208, San Diego, Ca. - 92109, and range of illumination. Abigail Wagg of Oakland will be No. 13. get your entry in before September 17th — Cones and rods must have a period of Later postmarks were Sally Allen, Santa we hope "y'all" come! adaptation for best vision. Cones light Paula, with Jill Williamson of Shell Beach adapt within a few minutes but the rods for No. 11, and Jan Gammell of Denver will require a much longer period. A be No. 30, by choice. biochemical process is involved in dark Deadline for entries is September 17th, adaptation. Vitamin A is necessary to this Impound deadline at Gillespie Field is process. Although a deficiency of Vitamin October 3rd, with a proposed takeoff at A will hinder dark adaptation, an excess of 9:00 a.m., Saturday, October 4th, and vitamin A will not improve it. Terminus Deadline at Sonoma County Dark adaptation follows a pattern. Upon Airport, Santa Rosa, is 4:00 p.m., October entering a dark room from a brightly 4th. Intermediate fly-by’s are at Bakers­ lighted room, at first, almost nothing can field, Meadows Field, and Columbia be seen. After several minutes, dim forms Airport, Sonora, California. It’s a handicap and outlines may be seen. As time passes, race, with the Start sponsored by El Cajon more details may be perceived. If the eyes Valley and San Diego Chapters, with Boo DRAWING FOR TAKEOFF POSITIONS are then suddenly exposed to a bright Bergman and Betty Wharton, Co- 1975 P.A.R. Pat Hill, Official Starter, and light, the dark adaptation is destroyed and Chairmen. The intermediate fly-by’s— Betty Wharton, San Diego, P.A.R. Co- the process must be repeated. Stops are sponsored by the Bakersfield Chairman. Continued on Page 6 Palms to Pines Santa Monica, California — Independence, August 15-16, 1975

PlacePilot/Copilot Plane Score 1 2 3 4

1 Jean Rose/Janice Free Citabria 29.578 2 1 2 1 2 Wally Funk ll/Erma Orsino Citabria 27.326 1 2 1 2 3 Norma Futterman/Virginia Showers W arrior 20.305 5 9 7 9 4 Patricia Gladney/Mayetta Berringer C-182 19.476 4 7 21 11 5 Marjory Robbins/Cec Schulman W arrior 19.697 6 8 4 12 6 Claire Walters/Cara Lund C-172 18.761 16 6 8 13 7 llovene Potter/Jan Gammell Warrior 18.760 11 12 12 5 8 #Beverly Mahoney/Sandra Mahoney PA-250 18.506 13 15 9 8 9 Velda Mapelli PA-260B 18.219 8 23 15 4 10 Audrey Schutte/Harriet Bair Beech A24R 18.200 19 4 6 20

Leg 1 Santa Monica-Merced Gini Richardson Aero Comm. 112 2 Merced-Red Bluff Mary Olsten/Avery Grey Cessna 182 (Front) '75 Palms-to-Pines Air Race winners— Jean Rose and Janice Free; 3 Red Bluff-Klamath Falls Mary Boles/Esther Gardiner Claire Walters, Race Director. (Rear) John Piper 151 Warrior Koich, Jr. and Al Cosovlch, Independence 4 Klamath-lndependence Gene FitzPatrick/Dolores Reed race officials. Claire and John are co- Cessna 150 founders of this annual race. Continued from Page 5 4. Individuals may lose some dark Thus, if the patient can see only letters As the rods are located on the periphery adaptation with age. that he should be able to see from a of the retina, objects can be seen more Visual acuity is the sharpness with distance of 200 feet (the large letter "E”) he clearly by directing the gaze 5 to 10 which detail and contours are perceived. is said to have 20-200 vision. If he can only degrees to one side. This is often measured by finding the read the 40 foot line correctly, it is There are a number of things which smallest distance by which two lines may recorded as 20-40 and it means that he reduce the ability of the rods to dark adapt. be separated without appearing as a single m ust stand at 20 feet from the chart to see Certain diseases of the eye, the liver and line. If the visual acuity is low, the fine what the "normal” person can see from a systemic diseases which interfere with the details of environment are blurred and the distance of 40 feet. On the other hand, if use of Vitamin A, as well as dietary intricate patterns of contour and detail he can see at 20 feet letters that he should deficiency of Vitamin A will produce visual appear to be structureless masses with be able to see only at 15 feet, then he is problems in poor light. fuzzy outlines. said to have 20-15 vision - quite common in Other factors include: Visual acuity is tested by the use of the young people. 1. Exposure of the eyes to bright light Snellen Eye Chart or with an instrument When a person cannot see the largest such as flying above white clouds with adaptation of this chart. The instrument letter on the eye chart from 20 feet, he is bright sun on them, or lying on a beach in has the advantage of requiring less space. moved closer to the chart until he can see bright sunlight without sunglasses. This Cards are inserted and the person being the top letter. If this letter can be seen at can reduce the ability to dark adapt for as tested looks through an eyepiece and 10 feet, the vision is charted as 10-200 - long as 36 hours. reads the letters from the card. and the individual has very poor visual 2. Hypoxia. Night vision is decreased acuity. by lack of oxygen. At 4000 feet there is a 5 However, this test is easier to un­ percent loss which gradually increases to derstand by observing the use of the chart The FAA requirements for visual acuity 40 percent loss at 16,000 feet. The ef­ itself. The letters on the chart are con­ are: ficiency of the eye depends greatly upon structed of standard sizes. The large letter Class I: 20-20, or if worse without the supply of oxygen to the retina. It is for “E” is on the top and the letters in each eyeglasses, 20-100 if, with glasses, the this reason that oxygen is recommended line below are of a smaller size. Usually, vision can be corrected to 20-20 on all flights at night operating above the test chart is placed 20 feet away from Class II: As for Class I 5,000 feet. the patient, and, if the patient can see the Class III: 20-50, or if worse than 20-50, 3. Smoking may cause an accumulation letters of the size that he should be able to must be corrected to at least 20-30. of carbon monoxide which decreases see at 20 feet, he is said to have 20-20 If the pilot is outside these standards, available oxygen, and, in turn, night vision. The numerator of the fraction is the and free of serious disease, he sometimes vision. Accumulation of carbon monoxide distance of the patient from the eye chart can be issued a waiver after demonstrating from smoking three cigarettes in a row (usually 20 feet) and the denominator is the to a designated examiner that his flying is may reduce night vision as much as 25 per lowest (smallest) line on the chart that the proficient enough to compensate for his cent. patient can read correctly. visual deficiency.

The Maryland Chapter of the Ninety- Nines, Inc. has become only the second Chapter of that organization—and one of NEWS BRIEFS the very few groups ever—to receive an Aviation Education Certificate of Merit from the Aviation Distributors and Manufacturers Association. The handsome certificate has been This is an open letter to those women Letter delivered to the Premiere by air accepted by Chapter Chairman Lorena who have contemplated a career flying across Canada by the Canadian 99s. Birch on behalf of those members “ ...who with the Air Force, the natural first step As this is International Women's Year, I have worked hard to promote aviation toward astronaut training. take pleasure in sending you, through the education,” she stated. Ninety-nines, this message in honour of In recognizing this Chapter, the I recently submitted an application and women in aviation. Association's Aviation Education Com­ was denied training on account of sex. The Women have been equal pioneers with mittee cited the “great deal of time and only way to change this policy sanctioned men in developing aviation. Some of them energy (they) have expended in educating by the United States government is to file a are well known to all of us, such as Amelia the public about general aviation.” The complaint and challenge the Air Force Earhart and Jacqueline Auriol. Canada Chapter printed stories for the local policy through a private or class action also has women pilots, aeronautical newspapers about flying activities, and suit. engineers, air traffic controllers and flight many members contribute to aviation and The Ninety-Nines, which represents the attendants. However, we in society are not general-interest newspapers and women pilots not only of the United used to thinking of women as pilots. I trust magazines. In selecting the organization from over a States, but of the world, is perhaps the that in this year 1975, more of us will most influential organization which might visualize women as pilots or air traffic dozen individuals and institutions tackle this dilemma. By opening up this controllers according to individual talents. nominated in 1975, ADMA recognized the specialized training to women, many Canada is rich in human resources, and seminars held at schools and YWCA’s, a related professions will also become more it can ill afford to underutilize its talents. flying club sponsored by one member at a accessible. Legislative change can provide equal large high school, their very active rights, but the real freedom of opportunity Speakers’ Bureau, Open Houses they have I would appreciate viewpoints, opinions for women to pursue whatever goals they held at local airports, and their donations and ideas from any Ninety-Nine on this may individually choose, can only come of Flying Magazines and other material to issue. Perhaps the organization as a whole about when all Canadians recognize school libraries. should take a stand? women as full and equal partners in every The Aviation Distributors and facet of our society. Canada needs the Manufactuers Association is composed of Thank you all for your time and participation of all its citizens, men and nearly 100 companies manufacturing and opinions. women, in the development of our country, distributing aviation parts, supplies and if we are to meet the challenge of the years accessories in the United States and (s) Angela Masson ahead. (Signed by The Honourable Wm. G. Canada. The Association was itself Vice Chairman Davis, Premiere of Ontario, Toronto, recently cited by Dr. Mervin K. Strickler, Santa Monica Bay Chapter Canada.) Jr., Chief, Aviation Education Programs Division, Federal Aviation Administration as "having done more in less time and with less fanfare than any other organization to advance aviation education." A Message From Nancy Smith Chairman, Oklahoma 99s It is a pleasure for those of us in Oklahoma Chapter to extend to each of our Sister Chapters around the world a warm, personal invitation to join us and 99s (from everywhere!) during the Dedication of our new International Headquarters Building. We are convinced this celebration will be one of the most interesting and rewarding L to R. Mardo Crane, E d;: Betty Gillies, events of the year. All of us are excited Charter 99; Sheila Scott, British Gov. about the entire program ... and eagerly Valera Johnson, Greater St. Louis Chapter looking forward to the deep satisfaction of 99s. Marjorie Lynch, Deputy Administrator fellowship with friends both old and new. of the American Revolution Bicentennial Please urge each of your Members to Adm., Washington, D.C. Amy Laws, make every effort to attend this out­ Greater St. Louis Chapter 99s Barbara standing Celebration weekend. Your Ruhnke, Chairman Topeka 99s at the home enthusiasm and support will make a giant of Amelia Earhart on July 24th—Amelia’s contribution. birthday. A couple nuts-and-bolts suggestions. Time is short, and the word is, "Register, but HURRY!” (In addition, we need check- with-registration!) Be sure to TRAVEL WITH TIE DOWNS! Just between us girls .... let’s do this one up big!

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Photos (L) Jo Eddleman (Cows On The Runway) and Sheila Scott (Barefoot In The Sky) autographing books.

More convention photos (If you wish to order these or any from Aug. issue, order by number at $1.50 each, from Daryl Ann I Kyle, Cedar Mtn. Sky Ranch, Rt. 1 Box 93, Athol, Idaho 83801. Marion Barnick, Southwest Section Governor, presents a point of view. Photo Credit— Barbara Goetz

Fran Grant, Golden West Chpt. Janet Green, Int’l Treas., Tennis Anyone? And yes—there was tennis! The new $6 million Air Force Museum building at Wrlght-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, was dedicated by President Nixon on September 3rd, 1971. Measuring more than 800 feet long, 240 feet wide inside, and soaring to a cellling height of 80 feet, the totally aircondltioned structure is expected to eventually house nearly 80 aircraft inside. The center section includes a visitor reception lobby, gift shop, 500 seat theater, restaurant, research files and offices. Long-recognized as the world’s largest and oldest military aviation museum, the new building was donated to the United States Air Force by the Air Force Museum Foundation through public contributions. All-Ohio Chapter History

The next meeting was held August 1, Northern and Southern Ohio Chapters 1936 at the home of Susanne Grant in should be consolidated into one, the ALL- Columbus, Ohio. This was joint meeting of OHIO CHAPTER, and it has remained so to By Clara Tharpe and Edythe Maxim the Northern and Southern Ohio Chapters. the present time. The Southern Ohio Chapter was organized The Chapter Charter was not applied for at this meeting. It was agreed that the until January 19, 1942. The charter, dated What is now known as the All-Ohio Northern Ohio Chapter would hold its February 2, 1942, signed by Jacqueline Chapter of the 99s had its origin from the meetings on the second Saturday of each Cochran, president and Fanny M. Leon- Cleveland Chapter, which was organized in month and the Southern Ohio Chapter pacher, secretary was sent to Florence October 1932 under the supervision of would hold its meetings on the first Boswell, Chapter Chairman. Of the thirty- Lauretta Schimmoler. Lauretta at that time Saturday. nine charter members, only two are was secretary-treasurer of the national Members from the Southern Ohio presently members of the All-Ohio Chapter organization. Chapter attending were Edith Lackner, — Thelma Miller of Norwalk, Ohio, and Arlene Davis became the first president Chairman; Elizabeth Meyer, Manila Davis Kathryn Gasker of Park Ridge, Illinois. of the chapter, Abbie Dill the vice- Tulley, Nedra E. Lewellen and lone During the war years, 1942 through 1945, president and Anne Barille the secretary- Coppedge. the All-Ohio Chapter did not hold official treasurer. Other charter members were Joint meetings were held on two oc­ meetings as it was impossible to obtain an Hazel Black Huntley, Louise Humphrey casions and then tragedy befell the airplane and everyone was very busy with Lambie, Helen Marson, Mary Winstanley Southern Ohio Chapter when Edith volunteer work. Florence Boswell, as and junior members Peggy Lennox, Clara Lackner had a fatal accident. At the North Chairman, did an outstanding job keeping McCormick and Leora Stroup. Central Section meeting in Chicago on in touch with the Ohio flyers even though At the May 1934 meeting in Cleveland it January 30, 1938 it was decided that the her volunteer work schedule kept her was decided that the Cleveland Chapter be extremely busy. Some of the women known as the Ohio Chapter and that served in the WASPS and WAFS and other membership be open to any woman pilot in military organizations, some flying and the state. The plan was to have meetings at some teaching. Arlene Davis sold war different points in Ohio in order to be bonds, using her airplane to take her all convenient to new members. over the country. On June 28, 1936 the Northern Ohio After the war, the group was reactivated Chapter was organized and the meeting and began to grow and expand. The group called to order by Abbie Dill at the home of worked hard to dispel the warlike aspects Florence Boswell. Officers elected were of flying by working with Wing Scouts, Leora Stroup, Chairman; Florence sponsoring breakfast flights, etc. They Boswell, Vice-Chairman; and Abbie Dill, also, through racing, tried to prove the Secretary-T reasurer. safety and convenience of flying. By the 1950’s the group had grown to a membership of 60. As the group grew Editor Note: Continuing our chapter 1972 Chapter Officers from left to right: larger, activities expanded into all levels of histories we find one of the older chapters, Anne Esselburne, Vice-Chairman Marilynn the 99s and by the 1970’s membership had All-Ohio, written by Clara Tharpe with Miller, Chairman Pat Fairbanks, Treasurer grown into 150 plus, with members many photos contributed by Edythe Maxim Carol Stephan, Secretary absent. Pat holding offices in National and Sectional (now of Lake Erie Chapter). Fairbanks was chairman in 1974-75. levels. MINI-HISTORIES It is in her honor that the All-Ohio Chapter the ease and dexterity with which she OF EARLY MEMBERS sponsors the Arlene Davis Memorial accomplished the required maneuvers. Trophy for the top female pilot in the + + + National Intercollegiate Flying CARO BAYLEY Association. Caro now lives in Springfield, Ohio and + + + is another charter member of the All-Ohio FLORENCE BOSWELL Chapter. She had always had a deep in­ The late Florence Boswell began flying terest in flying. Caro’s brothers started to in November 1935 and had her private take flying lessons and bought a T-Craft. license by May 1936 and soon attained her She wanted to do everything they did, so limited commercial and transport rating. when Caro graduated from St. Mary's She was the fourth woman in the United College in Raleigh, North Carolina her States to receive her instrument rating; the graduation present from her father was a third person in Ohio to receive her third CPTC course in flying. This really started class radio license and the first woman in her off and she had her license in about 35 Ohio to receive an instructor’s rating. days. After getting her license, she worked Florence, during her active flying years, in Flight Operations at the Patterson Air Arlene Davis, President, Cleveland owned three different aircrafts. In 1936 Base near Dayton, Ohio. On her 21 st birth­ Chapter, 99s in 1933. Florence helped reorganize the Northern day Caro enlisted in the WASP program. Ohio Chapter. She was elected Secretary- After a concentrated training course Caro ARLENE DAVIS Treasurer of the North Central Section and graduated in 1943. She was assigned to a Arlene began flying in 1931 and received in 1937 became Governor. From 1941 to Tow Target Squadron at Biggs Field, her private pilot’s license that year after 1943 she was Chapter Chairman of what by Texas. Caro felt that the end of her world training at the Sundorph Aeronautical then had become known as the All-Ohio had come when the notice came that the School at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Chapter. WASP’s were to be disbanded. Arlene became a well-known participant + + + She took a position as a flight instructor in air racing. In 1939 she finished fifth in JEAN GUNDELFINGER at a Ft. Lauderdale Airport. For a time she the transcontinental Bendix Trophy event, A charter member of the All-Ohio served as an airline stewardess just to be flying from Los Angeles to Cleveland in 10 Chapter, she learned to fly in “reverse” in near flying. In 1948 Jess Bristow, an old- hours and 22 minutes in a little red airplane that her instructor taught her to fly by time exhibition flier, hired her for his all­ she had bought in Oklahoma a week instruments first. Approximately 20 hours girl exhibition flying company. She earlier. were spent under the hood. The function of became the star of the show flying a She flew in a number of Powder Puff each instrument and its relation to the clipped-w ing Cub. In January 1949 she Derbys and in 1951 won the Cessna trophy action of the airplane were studied before entered the women’s division of the for the fastest time in a transcontinental any flights were made. This accomplished, International Aerobatic Contest for the race. In World War II she was an in­ the instructor removed the hood and began first time. Betty Skelton placed first in her strument flying instructor of Army Air to teach her how to take the aircraft off the Pitts Special, Caro placed a solid second Corps trainees at Baldwin-Wallace ground, to land it and to maneuver it while in the non-so-maneuverable Cub. Her next College. on the ground. try at competition was in a 125 HP Pitts At one time in the late 30’s she was the The inspector who gave Jean her tests Special, "Black Magic”. Her precision only woman in the country to hold a and awarded her license was surprised at flying awarded her the 1951 and 1952 commercial four-engine pilot’s rating and was the first woman to receive the Veteran Pilot Award in 1940. Members of the All-Ohio Chapter posed for this picture after a meeting at the Lake Shore In 1959 Arlene and her navigator, Clay Hotel, Cleveland, August 1946. Donges, made a round-trip flight across Seated in front row are Dawn Malson, secy-treasurer; Kay Greshauge Gasker, Chairman; the North and South Atlantic in a twin- Jeanette Lempke, national president and Peggy Pierce, vice chairman. engine plane. They made the 20,000 mile Standing in center row are Mrs. Frank Wade and Mrs. Herbert Naatz, guests: Florence trip in less than 85 flying hours in a period Boswell, membership chairman; Majorle Wagner, program chairman; Loretta Horvath of 13 days touching four continents. and Ruth Johnson, guests. She was vice president of the 99s in Back row Ruth Gouthey, Helen Curtiss Albaugh, Reva Terry, Eleanor Burt, Oberla 1950-51. Arlene passed away July 3, 1964. Buchanan, Marian Bush Reeder, Helen Linn, Mrs. J.E. Greshauge, guest and Ann

Florence Boswell, Commercial Pilot No. 34426, Non-scheduled Instrument Rating. Helmet, goggles and leather jacket used while flying old Great Lakes Trainer in 1937. Women’s International Aerobatic cumulated close to 10,000 hours. During Championships. In August 1954 she World War II, as a WASP, she picked up retired her wings to become Mrs. Orsino everything from fighters to bombers at the Bosca and is happily married and mother factories and ferried them to military bases of four children. around the country. + + + Ruby, with her husband, operates Ohio has the distinction of having a Mensching Aviation and Electronics number of firsts in aviation. Blanche Company. She is the Chief Instructor of Noyes, a charter member of the 99s was her flight school and is also an FAA Flight the first licensed woman pilot in Ohio. Examiner. Blanche was pilot of the famous Pitcairn Ruby is a Captain in Civil Air Patrol Autogiro, predecessor of today's helping to train Cadets in com­ helicopter. In 1936 she teamed as co-pilot munications, aerospace education and for with Louise Thaden to win the famed search and rescue missions. She has Bendix Transcontinental Race, the first participated in Powder Puff and Angel time it had been won by women! She was Derbys and in 1971 was awarded the All- the first International Treasurer of the 99s Ohio Chapter Achievement Award Trophy, and International President from 1948 to being named Ohio Woman Pilot of the 1950. She was for many years Chief of the Year. Air Marking staff of the Federal Aviation Jeanette Jenkins retains her mem­ Agency in Washington, D.C. bership in the 99s although she is inactive. + + + The All-Ohio Chapter has been very fortunate to have members whose qualifications and potential contributions to aviation were of such high value they have been awarded the Amelia Earhart Scholarship. We have had five recipients. Served 99s Secy-Treasurer and Chairman, Our first winner was Jean Flixon in 1948. All-Ohio Chapter Secretary and Governor, Jean also has the distinction of being one North Central Section Secretary and of the first women to have passed the Executive Board, International qualifications for astronaut training. Jean is currently teaching school. In 1961 the winner was Harriet Wladyka + + + who applied her scholarship to Instrument The All-Ohio Chapter has contributed and Instrument Instructor Rating. Now many of its members to Sectional and Harriet Hamilton is living in Florida. International offices. In 1969 Carol Lee Wright received the Joan Hrubec is one of those special 99s scholarship for her Multi-Engine Rating. who has long served the organization at Carol is now Mrs. Ronald Stephan, mother Chapter, Section and International level. of a nine month-old daughter and busy Joan earned her private license in 1949 instructor. while at Stephens College. She has logged The 1970 winner, Connie Luhta was the over 1600 hours and has had her own proud recipient of the award to apply to her aircraft since 1953. She has participated in Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor Powder Puff and Angel Derbys, Small Ratings. Connie is also doubling as races, FAIR races and placed in several of Ruby Mensching with All-Ohio Chapter mother to a year and half old daughter, them. When not racing, she is often Achievement Award Trophy in 1971. instructing and helping to manage Con­ serving on race stop committees. This year cord Airpark, Painesville, Ohio. she is scheduled as a timer at the Powder + + + Our 1972 winner, Anne Esselburne has Puff terminus in Elmira, New York. The All-Ohio Chapter has an enviable applied her scholarship to earn her ATR Joan has been a 99 since 1949. She has number of members that have served in the and Multi-Engine Ratings. Anne had been Chapter Chairman, Secretary and WASPS in World War II. These include learned she had passed her ATR written Treasurer. Section Secretary and Joan Mace, Marion Betzler, Ruby Men- the day she was awarded the scholarship. Governor. International Board Member, sching, Thelma Miller, Mary Ellen Keil and She has since received her Single-Engine International Secretary, Chairman Section Jeanette Jenkins. Some of these are still ATR and is currently working on her Multi- AE Scholarship Committee and very active in flying. Engine and is enrolled at Columbus Nominating Committee, Member of Joan Mace is currently instructing at Technical Institute working on her A&P. International Convention Committee, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and has her She is the first and only girl to enroll in this Chairman of International Resolutions and ATR and Instructor Examiner Rating. course at CTI. N.I.F.A. Committees and member of NAA Marion Betzler is currently flying and Affiliation Committee. Joan was the 1957 instructing as Chief Flight Instructor for Anne Esselburne in Shop Class at Ohio's Woman Pilot of the Year and EC Aviation, Columbus, Ohio, and also Columbus Technical Institute. awarded the All-Ohio Chapter’s has her ATR. Both Joan and Marion have Achievement Award Trophy. been participants in many air races. Janice Kuechenmeister is another Thelma Miller stays current flying her special 99. Jan has held most Chapter Cessna 210 for pleasure. Mary Ellen Keil is offices and is past Governor of the North owner of a Cherokee Arrow and has been Central Section. Jan has a glider rating and participating in the Powder Puff and Angel has flown the Powder Puff, Angel Derby, Derbys. Mary Ellen teaches sixth grade in a SMALL and FAIR races and has worked at Bexley, Ohio school. many of the stops when she hasn’t been Ruby Mensching has the distinct honor flying. Janice is the only two-time winner of having been appointed Vice Chairman of of the All-Ohio Chapter’s Achievement the FAA’s Womem’s Advisory Committee Award Trophy. She has been Convention on Aviation (WACOA) by John Shaffer. In Chairman in 1964 and any job taken on by her 33 years of aviation she has ac­ Janice is a job well done. + + + chairman, secretary and treasurer. She has the Assistant State Superintendent of The All-Ohio Chapter has been on the a Commercial License with Single and Public Instruction and others to outline route of many of the Powder Puff and Multi-Engine Land and Sea and a Glider what could be done with Air Age Education Angel Derbys. The Chapter can always be Rating. She was recently on the FAA in Elementary and Secondary Schools. counted on to turn out to fully man these Committee for selection of the District It was decided to invite school stops to make the race contestants Pilot Instructor of the Year. Marilynn is the superintendents to a seminar planned in welcome and comfortable. Great pains are mother of two grown sons and works as a conjunction with the Aviation Department taken to see that the wants and needs of quality Assurance Specialist for the personnel of Ohio State University. One the contestants are provided. Defense Supply Agency. hundred invitations were sent and sixty The Chapter was hostess for the start of The All-Ohio Chapter, besides spon­ persons responded. The aircraft com­ the 1971 Angel Derby. The start of the race soring the Arlene Davis Trophy, activiely panies, Cessna, Piper and Beech, along was Columbus, Ohio with the terminus in participates in helping to judge and with Sanderson and various other con­ Managua, Nicaragua. We had excellent financially support the NIFA meets each cerns helped present the advantages of cooperation from everyone. Newspaper, year. having such a program in the schools. The radio and TV coverage made Columbus Our Chapter was the hostess for the 99s assisted in acting as hostesses and aware of women pilots and the skill and International Convention in Cincinnati in flying some of the superintendents to the knowledge necessary to conduct a race 1964. seminar. and to fly it. We are continuing work on several In 1967 another seminar was arranged We have tried, as a Chapter, to have projects such as re-instituting an air­ with the State Department of Public projects or events to enhance flying in the marking program, helping with the Direct Instruction sending invitations to all high eyes of the general public. We try to show Relief Foundation and Air Age Education schools. Over two hundred school the non-flying public that flying is a safe projects. superintendents attended. The results of and fun way to travel. One of our members, Marge Compton these two seminars was thirty-six schools Our Chapter conducted a Penny-A- was instrumental in getting aviation established aviation education programs Pound flight which was a huge success. fundamental courses in the high schools and more have been added each year. We air-lifted nineteen tons of people and in Ohio. While active as Air Age Education made a nice sum for our air-age education In 1964 Marge introduced Aviation Chairman, Caroline Snell, has appeared on fund. Fundamentals in Upper Arlington High radio and TV in the Dayton area and also Six years ago we decided to try a Poker School. This was the first high school in has been active in giving introduction Party as our Flying Activity. For many Ohio to offer an aviation course with credit flights to school children. As a school consecutive years now we have held a toward graduation. teacher herself she realizes how important Poker Party. The State of Ohio has had an In 1966 Marge arranged meetings with Air Age Education can be. active airport building program and in planning our annual Poker Party we have availed ourselves of these excellent facilities. We select a different town for our ter­ minus each year. This gives some of the WORD SEARCH smaller towns an opportunity to plan an aviation day or other events. Even the By Lois L. Wartman various stops attract townspeople to watch Eastern New England the activity. We feel that our Poker Party is In the world list below you will find common terms used in aviation. See if you can find a success and each year it is growing. In them. The words are formed in the diagram forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally conjunction with our Poker Party we have but they are always in a straight line and are never formed by skipping letters. It is im­ conducted a Spot Landing Contest. This portant to circle each word and cross off the words once you have circled them. Letters has proven to be a very popular event may be used more than once and words often overlap. You will not, however, use all the which the pilots can enter as many times letters in the diagram. as they wish. It is also during flying into these various airports that new places to fly are discovered. Some recreation facilities or restaurants close or within walking distance of the airport means return visits of the pilots and passing on the word to others as a good place to visit. + + + Our Chapter works closely with the FAA Accident Prevention Specialists scheduling safety seminars periodically throughout the year. The Chapter has a yearly Achievement Award, Ohio’s Woman Pilot of the Year. This is awarded to the member who ac­ crues the most points. Points are given for various activities, i.e., attending and Control Tower Nose_High Stick hostessing meetings, chapter, section and AiietOO Aircraft Crab Notam Strut convention; checking out in different Air Speed Cumulus Oil Pressure Taehometer aircrafts; rating and hours flown, etc. The —Altimeter Density^ A+tttude Piper Take O ff award has begun in 1956 and has a rotating Angle -Diet Prtet- Tie Downs trophy inscribed with the year and name of Approach Control -Dive Prop Transponder the winner. The outgoing winner is Bank Fro n t Radar Trim Tab presented with an Amelia Earhart -Beaccm- Glide Ron UHF medallion when she relinquishes the Beam Ground Speed Rudder Wheel trophy. Cessna Landing Runway Wing A winner of the trophy is Marilynn C leaf- Lift Spin Yaw- Miller, who has held Chapter offices of Climb ■ tow - Stall New By-Laws Pertaining to Membership

ARTICLE III who holds a current pilot certificate and ballot for Section and International can­ who participates in Chapter activities. She didates, but may not hold office. SECTION 3. DUES may vote, hold office at any level, and d. MEMBER-AT-LARGE — Any member Dues shall be determined by the exercise all privileges and duties of such who resides in any country in which no delegates at an Annual International status. Section has been organized. She may vote, Meeting. An initiation fee is required of all b. SUPPORTIVE MEMBER — any but may not hold office at any level. new members, payable to The Ninety- member who participates in Chapter e. EMERITUS — Any former or present Nines, Inc. at its Headquarters. This fee activities but who may not hold a current member who has served in the office of shall entitle the new member to receive the pilot certificate. This status is elective by International President, or any Charter official 99 pin which will be sent with her the member after two years of active Member, shall be awarded Emeritus membership card. membership. She may vote and hold office Membership in The Ninety-Nines, Inc. and at Chapter and Section level. shall be exempt from further payment of SECTION 4. LIFE MEMBERSHIP c. AFFILIATE MEMBER — Any member dues. She may accept this status at any Any Active, Supportive or Affiliate who does not participate in Chapter ac­ time she so desires." She may also elect Member may become a life member tivities may elect, after two years of active Active, Supportive of Affiliate Member provided that she: membership, to become an affiliate status. With all the privileges of that a. Has been a member in good standing member of the Section. She may cast a status. for at least five consecutive years. b. Has the approval of the Board of Directors based upon a letter sent by her Chapter Chairman and-or Section Governor, including the recommendations The Whirly Girls of three members of her Chapter and-or Section who have been members in good Applications are now being accepted for the ninth annual Doris Mullen Whirly-Girls Scholar­ standing for at least five consecutive ship, which will be awarded next January to a deserving woman for use toward obtaining an years. initial or advanced helicopter rating. c. Makes payment of $300.00 into the Scholarship applicants must hold a current pilot certificate, must intend to make use of the International Treasury, or helicopter rating in such a way as to further the involvement of women in aviation, and must d. Any member reaching the age of 60 demonstrate that they require financial assistance to obtain the helicopter rating. who has been a member for 20 years or more, shall have the privilege of becoming APPLICATION P,ease Type Doris Mullen Whirly-Girls Scholarship a Life Member upon payment of $100.00 Life Members shall be exempt from I hereby apply for the 1976 Doris Mullen Whirly-Girls Scholarship of $2,000.00. further payment of dues. Name:______Airman Certificate No:------ARTICLE IV Address:______Zip Code:------SECTION 1. MEMBERSHIP Telephone Number (Area Code):______The membership of The Ninety-Nines, Inc. shall be composed of the members in Birthdate:______Birthplace:______Marital Status:. its Sections and Chapters, and its Husband's Name:______Occupation:______Members-At-Large. Children s Names and Ages:______Your Occupation:______SECTION 2. MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS Previous Employment:______a. 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Washington, D.C. 20036 that the directions and instructions of a controller cannot, considering the wording Current Decisions of the federal laws regarding air traffic, be What it's all about merely advisory, but must be controlling. It reasoned that if a pilot could accept or reject any directives at his own discretion, the airfield traffic would soon become a COMMITTEE shambles. The defendants denied any negligence on the part of any of the controllers for not giving Yates a warning of wake turbulence. REPORTS In the light of such a requirement in the FAA's own Manual, however, plus the By Sylvia Paoli hazardous condition at the time (Yates was caught between two landing jets; all The theories about how much damage planes were using one runway—the other AWTAR can be caused, to what and where, by wake was out of sen/ice at the time), the court Wanda Cummings, Reporter turbulence, have abounded in recent years, held it WAS negligent of the controllers especially since the advent of the “heavy” not to issue the standard warning to Yates. Headquarters was the eye of a storm for jets, and so it is not surprising to find that The argument over the warning was the two weeks between Boyne Falls and some of the wake-turbulence-accidents concerned with how long after the passage International Convention. Two bushels of have found their way into the courts. As is of a jet is a controller so obligated to warn backed-up incoming mail, a massive out­ frequently the case, there seems to be no following traffic of the danger. The going shipment of results, final press unanimity of opinions and decisions, each government relied on Lightenburger v. release and thank-you notes, and wall-to- case being decided according to the facts U.S., in which the wing tip vortices wall maps to determ ine a ’76 route. peculiar to that case and the experts who responsible for the crash of the light plane Then off to the beautiful and interesting testified in it. had been created twelve minutes before. In Coeur d’Alene. Included in the program In Yates v. United States, the widow of a that case, the court had ruled that, in the was a Powder Puff Derby Seminar. pilot who died in the crash of his Cessna light of all evidence presented, it was not Representative racers and ground crews 172 while attempting to land at foreseeable to the controllers that the answered questions and gave Albuquerque, New Mexico, brought suit turbulence would last so long, and testimonials, and Maggie Burch's first- against the government for the negligence therefore the controllers were not liable for race movie could be anyone’s finale... of the controllers on duty at the time of the not having given the warning. There was Marian Banks and I spent August in crash. Although Thomas Yates was a low­ extensive discussion as to just how long California with family and friends, but it time pilot with a private license (100 hours wake turbulence lasts, with expert was not all R & R. Auxiliary headquarters logged time), he was working on his testimony varying in estimates from two to developed at Thon and George Griffith’s commercial license, had landed at six minutes, but NONE felt that it lasted as where our chairman was on the phone and Albuquerque several times before, and long as twelve minutes. At that time on the maps struggling for a plausible was, according to all indications, fully (1972), according to the witnesses in that route. August 19 we took the Comanche competent to make the flight in question. case, it was felt that a separation of three into Fresno where our hostess Kathy Visibility was good and there were no minutes between the large and small McNamara paved the way for negotiations. weather problems. Upon arriving in the aircraft was usually adequate. If the On the 20th we met for lunch with the Albuquerque area at approximately 7:46 Lightenburger case were tried today, after bright-eyed and gung-ho Sacramento Start p.m., the radar controller directed him into more study of wake turbulence has made Committee, and had dinner with the the traffic pattern, advising him to follow a us more knowledgeable in the subject, the chapter that evening. TWA 707 which was then eight miles west results might be different. The tentative route for the Bicentennial of the airport and landing. Yates The Yates court did not follow the year is as follows: Sacramento to Fresno acknowledged sighting the 707; thereafter Lightenburger decision, but on the basis (refueling only for short-range planes) the approach controller at the airport of the time involved, rather than the legal Riverside (imagine them wanting us back!! repeated the instruction to follow the 707. principle. The time by which the Yates Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, NM, Lubbock Tx, The local controller, observing the flight aircraft followed the 707 was only two to Oklahoma City (see the new 99 pattern, noted that the Cessna was veering three minutes, and the court was satisfied headquarters!) Little Rock, Nashville, in a northernly direction away from the that the cause of the crash WAS the wake Charleston and terminus, Wilmington runway, and advised Yates to keep in close turbulence created by the large plane. Delaware. behind the TWA jet, as there were others On this basis, the appeals court affirmed Thanks-of-the-month winner is Board following him. The 707 landed quite lo n g - the judgment of the lower trial court, Member Jo McCarrell who, with bravery 4500 feet from the end of the runway, and awarding the widow $375,540.00, as being and fortitude, held the office together in as the Cessna reached an altitude of the loss of earnings and loss of services of our absence. approximately 200 to 300 feet, it en­ her pilot-husband. It might be mentioned, countered the wake turbulence from the however, that everything was in favor of larger aircraft, causing the pilot to lose the plaintiff-widow in this case. In addition INTERNATIONAL control and crash. to the time element, there was absolutely The government contended that since a no indication of any kind of negligence on LEGISLATION pilot is ultimately solely responsible for the part of Yates, the pilot, and, ad­ Joan Kerwin, Chairman his aircraft, the pilot himself must be ditionally, there were two witnesses on the For Your Information blamed for not flying a pattern above that ground, both pilots, who saw the entire What? A committee to keep informed on of the 707 and touching down at a point sequence of events just preceding the legislation affecting general aviation and beyond where the 707 landed. They also crash. Thus the warning heard often by to encourage you to act on that in­ argued that since it was VFR, the pilot was pilots around large metropolitan airports formation by imparting your views to the under a duty to maintain adequate might be given more than just passing powers that be—whether in the F.A.A., the separation from all other aircraft. notice—listen to the exchanges on the Congress or the White House. Remember The court, however, found that Yates frequency you are using and make yourself your opinions count. could not have touched down beyond the aware of the presence of large aircraft, Who? All of us are members of this 707’s landing point, as the 707 taxied all taking your own precautions to avoid their com m ittee. the way to the end of the runway before wake turbulence, even if the controller When? Whenever there is a bill coming turning off. Additionally, the court held does not give you a warning. up or Notice of Proposed Rule Making, etc. which affects our flying, whether it be states or communities resolved aviation First Flight Airport, N.C. The Wright fuel allocation, cost allocation, added problems in ways favorable to general Brothers Monument and Museum are taxes, added equipment requirements or aviation through individual or local action, extremely interesting. whatever. such as Evelyn Richards successful fight I am planning to pass on the many ideas Where? Most efforts will have to come to save her airport. It could be helpful to the Flying Activity Chairmen had in their from the Chapter level. That means that others facing the same problem. annual reports to me via this column. For each individual member will have to take Remember, the word is COM­ starts, one chapter schedules fly-ins on the responsibility for writing her views MUNICATION! regularly. If the weather doesn’t cooperate to her own individual legislator and en­ WRITE ON they hold a ground school session for all courage others to do the same. We have who drive in. They even charge $5.00 for had good results in our chapter by bringing non-members of the 99s, and have found writing paper, envelopes a listing of local Flying Activities this to be quite a money-making project. Congressmen and their districts and Isn't that thinking ahead? Charlene Falkenberg, addresses, plus a roll of stamps to chapter International Chairman meetings. Some members have done the PPD Bi-Centennial 76 same at meetings of other flying groups to We are all just settling back and which they belong. reflecting on a terrific convention in Idaho. Thanks to you gals How? Through COMMUNICATION I The girls outdid themselves as hostesses. who supplies the means COMMUNICATION! COMMUNICATION! If you missed it be sure and ask someone to support the ways Me to you. You to me. All of us to Them. I who was there to show you their survival for the All Women will be in communication with you through kit, jade charm, cookie press, Idaho Transcontinental Air Race. the 99 News time permitting, or by mail to potatoe, and many other goodies we Chapter Chairmen, if it seems that im­ brought home with us for memories. The Snoopy shirts—both long and short mediate action is needed. The Chapter There is lots of good flying weather left sleeve—are selling like hotcakes. The Chairman will communicate with chapter this year so keep active. Just yesterday the most popular shirt is Snoopy in a bi-plane members in the best way she sees fit Chicago Area Chapter had a Spot Landing flying through the clouds in blue or yellow taking into consideration the time factor. Contest at a nearby airport as a Flying so we have reordered these in small, (If Chapter Chairmen would like to appoint Activity. These are lots of fun. medium, large and extra large. Legislation Information Chairmen on the Request are still coming in for the Spot The long sleeved shirts in shades of Chapter level, it would take some of the Landing and Poker Run SOPs. Send a blue, green, and brown-beige, are also burden off the Chairman. Please send me stamped self-addressed envelope along available now in extra large. See last the names and addresses and phone with the request if you think about it. month’s magazine for details on sizes and numbers, if you opt for this.) There is a land of the Sky A ir Rallye to be prices. We may reorder through October. International? Although we can’t mess held at Asheville, N.C. on October 25, After that, sizes or colors cannot be in another country’s affairs, it would be 1975. Contact Louise White, P.O. Box guaranteed as they expect to run out of interesting to hear from our members 9404, Asheville for information. these materials. outside the U.S. Most, if not all, the The Michigan Small Race will be held on I have received several orders with countries in which our members live have October 3, 4, 5 at Owosso, M ichigan. checks from chapters for the Snoopy pins. similar representative forms of government I’m still anxious to learn of places to fly, Delivery is expected mid-September. We and methods which we use here could be so write me. Janice Clemen contributed will immediately mail bulk to the chapters. useful to them and vice-versa. (Would like the following: Keep your orders coming and we will to hear from our Canadian members who The Country Squire Restaurant. “Keep ’em Flying". tried to fight the language changes in Duplin County Airport, N.C. Tran- towers, etc.) sporation is provided from airport by Pam Vander Linden, Chairman Local? Local aviation affairs can be restaurant. 1976 Ways & Means Committee handled only on the local level. However it Franklin, Virginia has a restaurant on the P.O. Box 352 would be interesting to hear how various field. Fall brook, CA 92028

CHAPTER REPORTS r \ Australia because of ill health. All Navigation Regulations is Hang Gliding. Australian 99s wish him recovery and a Clouds are out of bounds, height is well earned and happy retirement. restricted to 100 metres, and a minimum Australian Section Some interesting aircraft types have distance for spectators is stipulated. flown into Australia recently. Two U.S. jet Sydney 99 Shirley Harris is deeply in­ aircraft with special electronic listening volved in organizing the 1976 A.G.M. of the equipment flew from Pearce Base in Australian Women’s Pilots Association to AUSTRALIAN CHAPTER Western Australia to track the astronauts be held in Sydney 19-23 May, 1976 at the Rosemary Colman, Reporter in their earth orbit before docking with Kings Cross Rex Hotel, Macleay Street, The members of the Australian Chapter Soyuz. The press named them "Droop Potts point. So if visiting 99s are going to are both honoured and delighted that their Snoot” because of the nose radar in­ be in town then, Kings Cross will be the invitation to come “ Down Under” has been stallations. The Gloster Meteor touched happening place. The famous Cross has accepted for the 1978 Convention. down for the last time at Archerfield mellowed somewhat since the U.S. ser­ 1978 should prove to be a significant Aerodrome, Queensland, at the end of 24 vicemen were there during World War II. year in Australian aviation. It is also the years of service with the R.A.F. The British A fly-in to New Zealand is also being 50th anniversary of the first crossing of the Defense Ministry has donated the aged jet planned by 99 Shirley Smith for June 4-7, Pacific from San Francisco to Australia fighter to the Queensland Air Museum 1976. and also the 50th Anniversary of the The Concorde supersonic airliner has Many New South Wales and Victorian establishment of the Royal Flying Doctor completed its seven proving flights into girls are flying to Jugiong on 27-28 Sep­ Service. Australia. It can fly Singapore-Melbourne tember, 1975. Tika and Peter Willsallen Our loyal friend Sir Donald Anderson in 3 hours 50 minutes—4351 miles. have opened their lovely home on their has retired as Chairman of Aantas A new addition to Australian Air property for the week end. equipped with EDO navigational aids such The Flying Poker Party sponsored by as a slave-gyro system, RMI, and a little Eastern New England on August 23 was a extra in the back seat, a TV set. lot of fun. Weather was CAVU, but a bit Summer 1975's flying consisted of bumpy and gusty, which made for some Connie and Rollins MacLiesh back and much-needed crosswind landing practice forth to Hyannis, Mass Former at the five airports. chapter member, Trina Jarish, now in On September 6 and 7, the Western California winning the '75 Powder Puff Mass. Aviation Association will be holding Derby the Utkos enjoying Montauk, “A Flying Past,” 50 years of aviation L.l the Kropps to Fishers Island - history in Western Massachusetts at Barnes Airport, Westfield. Our chapter will FRITZ BERK, Air Traffic Controllers Peg and Don Davidson, too many places to be helping with this event, as various local delegate, Germany; 99 Miss Olga Tarling keep track of....Laurie and Ed Reeves to Ninety-Nines are present or past Officers, Observer, Australia; Horst Guddat Ohio and the Bonanza Convention.... Board members, or members of that Germany, Vice President of I.F.A.T.C.A. organization. Skippy Orlitzki will be selling were photographed during the Victorian our aviation-oriented items, including her State Government Dinner, given in the hand-made, airplane material ties. The Great Hall of the National Art Gallery, displays will include a Gee Bee Zeta Melbourne, Australia, during the monoplane and other antique aircraft, also I.F.A.T.C.A. 1975 Conference. movies, “Lowell Bayles and the Con­ trollable Propellor,” and "The Bendix Trophy Race at Bowles, Agawam Airport." There will be many photos of the twenties and thirties, plus other memorabilia. Clarence Washburn with partner, Peggy Brown, will show an OX-5 engine from the Evelyn Kropp and Mary Sulsman at the Waco-10 that they are rebuilding. AWNEAR in Manchester, New Hampshire where they placed third in the Round- Robin race. photo by Sidney Tally New York-New Jersey Section NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY 99 Timmie Tiver and daughter Elizabeth Anne Good, Reporter with the new 182 “Juliet” on their property, CAVU day at Whitefield, New Hamp­ Tiverina, South Australia. shire, where Shirley Mahn, charter pilot, and flight instructor was on hand to meet NEW YORK CAPITAL DISTRICT CHAPTER r ' i us. Peg Weiss, Reporter Jane Heuterman, new private pilot and August has been a great month for our New England Section new member, was pinned w ith a 99 em­ 99s. Saturday the 9th Jo-Ann Perko CONNECTICUT - MAINE blem by Rae Tally. Jane also received a hostessed a luncheon pool party at her MASSACHUSETTS - NEW HAMPSHIRE Sopworth Camel planter filled with lovely Loudonville home. An informal RHODE ISLAND - VERMONT summer flower for her desk as she is now meeting took place as the gals discussed Secretary for the present year. plans for helping Doris with the Empire Martha Barnes and her husband Barry State 300 Race in October. took their Stinson Voyager to Los Alamos, CONNECTICUT CHAPTER Wednesday the 13th we flew to Hudson New Mexico where Barry had been Vivian Utko, Reporter Valley Chapter's Soaring Day in Wurt- teaching this summer. Chairman Nina Hetmanenko was a guest sboro, New York. Betty and Dennis Anne Good received her commercial spectator at the Apollo lift off in July and Humphris in their Super Cruiser, and pilots license August 15. the lucky gal had the honor of meeting Harriet Bregman and Pete in her Cessna with Bob Hoover and four of our 170 flew down in formation. Jo-Ann Perko astronauts and John Denver. Shortly WESTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER and Peg Weiss elected to drive (so we after returning from that trip Nina was off Margaret B. Brown, Reporter could stop at antique shops on the way to Idaho. Evelyn Kropp and her son Robert Our May business meeting was held on home!). Kathy Bourgeois and Doris Miller were there too as were former Conn. the fifteenth with plans firmed up for the drove the 2 hour trip also, but Mary and Chapter members, Gerry Gardiner now of Section meeting to be held in Springfield Matt Scher with Sue Polsinello flew their Nevada and Mary Neal. at the Bay State Motor Lodge on October Cherokee. Despite the hazy overcast and Goodspeed Airport is now sporting new 18th. Congratulations were in order for relatively weak thermals, it proved to be a runway numbers, painted under the Alexandra Taylor and her newly-earned great day. This reporter’s first ride in the leadership of Laurie Reeves with her team seaplane rating. Maria Balzani was Schweitzer was all it took to get hooked! including Peg Davidson, Claudia Stuart, welcomed as a new member of our Signed up for another ride as soon as we Mary Scribner, Marcia Spakoski, and chapter. Maria is an active member of the landed from the first! The skill of both the Laurie’s Mom and sister. C.A.P. and has her commercial license. glider pilots and the tow plane pilots was The Barnum Air Festival extravaganza at On the weekend of July 26 and 27, the most impressive. For anyone who hasn’t the Sikorsky Mem. Airport in Bridgeport, management of the Hiller-Barre Airport tried soaring, it’s flight in its purest form— needed help from the 99s to register EAA had an Open-House to celebrate Catherine an exhilarating experience: the sudden visitors. Minimal weather conditions were Hiller’s birthday. All New England pilots freedom when released from the tow such that most of the EAA fly-ins stayed were invited and posters were seen in all plane, the quiet sighing of the wind, the away but the show went on and a good one area airports asking all her many friends to effortless motion, like a hawk circling it was. come to the party. Our Chapter is very lazily aloft...it’s the greatest!! Next Bobbie and Dana Herberts’ Bonanza was proud of Catherine, this year's Section rating?! Many thanks to Pat Barone for used in the static display at the Bonanza Merit Award winner, and we presented her providing the opportunity to fulfill an Society’s Annual Convention in Min­ with a bronze Amelia Earhart Award Medal. ambition, for a lovely lunch, and a pleasant neapolis, Minn, for EDO-Air Corp. Dana A large crowd attended her party on both day visiting with 99s from the northeast accompanied the plane which is fully days, which were beautiful for flying. area. Back to powered flight...Kathy purposefully. Betty certainly put us off to a Grosky, Shirley Hains, Janet Pfender, Bourgeois flew to Key West, Florida in a good start. Nancy Hill, Shelly Katz, Arshalous Cherokee Arrow with her mother and two Clarice Bellino, in-coming Chairman, Ksayian, Christine Vaneck. Shirley Hains other passengers...Betty and Dennis outlined her plans for the coming year at is the proud Mother of “14" children Humphris flew to Niagara Falls, New York her first meeting on September 12th. She (anyone who says they can’t fly because of with some friends. introduced her officers... Vice Chairman, children...ask Shirley!) We also have a We are looking forward to our annual Emily Shanks Secretary, Geri transfer from Pikes Peak Chapter, Arlene pool barbecue at the Greens on September Nelson...Treasurer, Louise Galfas. Feldman. Her husband Arnold was 20th, when our new officers will be in­ Happy Fall! transfered to Ft. Dix. Arlene was our stalled, ready to begin a busy year. \ Chapter Chairman 12 years ago. Helen and Sol Zubrow flew their 172 to PALISADES CHAPTER Nova Scotia, got weathered in and after Helen Egan Levy, Reporter Middle East Section waiting 5 days flew home commercially. Our three “Powder Puffers,” Peggy DELAWARE - MARYLAND Later, Helen and friend Anne Shields Naumann, Micki Thomas and Clarice PENNSYLVANIA - VIRGINIA hitched ride with Louise Sacchi to pick up Bellino, of Palisades Chapter, made it 172 and weathered in again..this time bus together at the Terminus at Boyne Falls ride from Mass. to Phila. Finally another Mt. Lodge...and our own Kay Brick was hitch with Alice Meiseheimer (delivering a CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER feted for her Birthday at the Lodge..sur­ plane for Louise) and they made it home in Mary Galbraith, Reporter prise! the 172. The EAA Convention Exhibition It was a beautiful day for our August August 9th week-end found Peggy (8000 planes & 32,000 campers) was en­ meeting held “in and around” the pool at Naumann, Angela Kovacs and your joyed again this year by Kate & Tom “Boots” and Rod Husted’s home in reporter (tagging along with her 49'/2er- Macario with their 4 sons flying out with all Montoursville. What a nice turnout of instructor, Bill) brushing up at the AOPA their camping gear. Two of the boys flew members, prospective members and a Flight Instructor Refresher Course...our the Ryan PT-22 and were thrilled to win a 99s received a compliment from the couple 491/2ers. The 99s from the prize in the Antique Airplane Category. Williamsport area were our hosts and podium with thanks for airmarking Anna & Jim Spivey drove out with their treated us to a delightful lunch. Activities Caldwell-Wright Airport. camper and enjoyed a scenic route home. of the convention were related to us by our On August 21st, Clarice Bellino par­ Maysie & Blair Henrotin flew their Cessna in-com ing chairman, Mary Hull. ticipated in a seminar-luncheon hosted by 150 to Maine—chartered a yacht with Attending the festivities at Oshkosh the N.J. State Department of Tran­ others out of Rockalnd for two weeks and EAA this year were Carol and Merle Smith, sportation, Division of Aeronautics. This had nice weather sailing but not great flying there in their Navion, and Martie and Region no. 1 meeting was held to discuss flying. Sid & Adelle Parsons flew their Champe Pool. The Pool’s purchased a various aspects of the on-going N.J. State Arrow to Portland, Oregon, through some Decathalon while attending the aerobatic Airport System Plan Study. exciting passes like the Columbia River competition in Fon du Lac and Martie flew Royal treatment for our “Powder Puf­ Pass to Trail, B.C. and the Columbia River the new plane from Wisconsin to home fers” ... to be presented some time in the Gorge through the Cascades. Then another base. near future on TV’s Channel 5....a trip to Dayton, Ohio, where they visited Helen and Jim Sheffer recently pur­ documentary film made by NEWSWEEK their son stationed at Wright-Patterson chased a Tri-Pacer. Helen was promoted to International for P.P.D. publicity features AFB and toured the Air Force Museum. Group Captain in the Civil Air Patrol and is Peggy and Clarice representing the racers. Gail & Jack Lingo flew Navion N4885K to active in flight instruction to its members They were filmed at take-off at Caldwell- New Hampshire to visit. in the Williamsport area. Wright Airport—en route footage taken Our August meeting was held at a Alice Fuchs travelled to Wilson College simulating race and fly-by—Terminus. beautiful new airport—Spring Hill Airpark in Chambersburg and gave a presentation Keep your eyes peeled for the "Mid-Day in Sterling, Pa. near Lake Wallenpaupak. on Women in Aviation to the Mid-Atlantic Live" show. Nine airplanes arrived on this CAVU day Y Teen Conference. Alice also ferried a Our thanks to our out-going Chairman, with 23 people on board. It was a lovely Navajo from Lakeland, Florida to Betty Barlia, for guiding us through our setting with swimming, boating, picnic Williamsport for Piper Aircraft Cor­ first Chapter year so interestingly, and area and hiking trails. poration. Carol Windsor attended the Air Age MARYLAND CHAPTER Education Seminar at State College and Paulette Jones, Reporter presented the General Aviation Story and a August has been a pretty busy month. briefing on Women’s Role in Aviation. MD Chapter will be participating in the It is now time for me to retire as your Chesapeake Appreciation Festival at reporter and turn the job over to your new Sandy Point State Park, MD. “These NEWS reporter, Joyce Williamson. Magnificient Women and Their Flying Machines” will be presented through EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER antique planes, helicopters, balloons, Surprise Birthday Party—Powder Puff Gail Lingo, Reporter Derby Terminus Boyne Falls Mt. Lodge, CAP, and a flyby by most of our members. What a great time was had by all in MD Chapter also hopes to sponsor a booth Mich. Barbara Evans, Kay Brick, Marion Coeur D'Alene. The Northwest Section did Banks. at the Sept 20-21 dedication of Glenn L. a spendid job and our Middle East Section Martin Airport in Essex, MD. will have work hard to show them a good Plans for fund raising for Convention time next year in Philadelphia. Eileen and Terminus are underway beginning with Weigand and I had the honor of being a raffle on a hand-made turquoise delegates and learned of all the hard work necklace. involved in chairmaning an international Jan Million and Catherine Grover both convention. You who couldn’t make it to finished the Powder Puff Derby in the top Coeur D'Alene...please start making plans half. Jeanne Wolcott has her commercial to come to Philadelphia in ’76 and help license and is working on her Instrument celebrate the 200th birthday of our great Rating. Country. Kate Macario, our membership chair­ WASHINGTON D.C. CHAPTER Peggy Naumann, Micki Thomas, Clarice man, is doing a fine job recruiting new Gladys E. Wise, Reporter Bellino at Bar-B-Q Take-Off Banquet— members. This month we have eight new This year's board includes Gladys Wise Powder Puff Derby, Riverside, Calif. faces in our Chapter—Jan Churchill, Betty continuing as Chairman, Julie Dearth, Vice Chairman; Shirley Chattield, Trade Day" in Scottsboro. This is held on D’Alene in their Cessna 172. They had a Corresponding Secretary; Emily Jones, the first Sunday and Monday of each good flight almost across this nation kitty- Recording Secretary; Betty Fisher, month and is fun. People from miles corner, and Judy brought home the best Treasurer and Chairman of Aerospace around bring everything to sell or trade. report we’ve ever heard, plus pictures and Education. In those all-important Com­ On September 7th a membership general information about the convention. mittee Chairman roles: Bea Wilder and meeting will be held in Montgomery. The Betty McNabb was lined up to arrow Joan Stalk continue respectively to head Alabama Women Pilots who are not 99s Jaye Hudgins of Alabama and Peggy Mayo Flying Activities and Membership; Hedy- will be invited to attend. We will be looking of Wisconsin-cum-Arkansas to convention AE Scholarship; Fay Wells—Bicentennial forward to meeting them. but Betty’s Dad, who was at Kitty Hawk, Coordinator; Helen Delaney—APT; Jean Then our Southeast Section in Atlanta has been in hospital since July 3, and she Coffman—Nominating and others yet to the 27th of September. Hope to see just couldn't. As she writes this column, be filled. everyone there. he is better but again in the hospital. First The August meeting also included a convention she’s missed in 18 years. Survival Kit competition as a follow-on to CAROLINAS CHAPTER Next the safety meetings, plus a chapter lectures and briefings we had earlier in the Margaret Munn, Reporter meeting at St. Simon’s, that glamorous year. It was a real eye-opener. For instance The Carolinas Chapter combined the vacation spot on the Georgia Coast, and that perfume can sometimes be con­ meetings in June and July with some then Thomasville, Ga. to meet and see sidered essential to survival—or that a half summer fun. Even though the weatherman Esther Wright’s beautiful new conference gallon of scotch is appropriate for in­ did not come through with blue skies and room just completed for her Holiday Inn. rain threatened, both meetings had good clusion in some circumstances. FLORIDA GULFSTREAM CHAPTER turnout. The June meeting was hosted by Julie Dearth—with a garbage can full of Ellie McCullough, Reporter Ruth Solley in Columbia. Those who were items ranging from skis to bandaids—won Mina Elschner, Chapter Chairman, able to attend enjoyed a get together the ‘‘Most Incredible” kit prize. Joan started flying in 1951 and became a 99 in around the backyard pool and an oc­ Stalk—with an Air Force Vietnam-type kit 1959. Her winged “children” included an casional dip. filched from husband George—won the Aeronca Chief, Champion, an Ercoupe The July meeting was again held under “Most Useful” prize. Helen Delaney- named Sammy, Jr and last her beloved cloudy skies. The Ninety-Nines were strong on carefully-cached medical “ Tim othy” a Cessna 150. She flew 15 coast guests at the South Carolina Breakfast items—won the "Most Innovative” prize. to coast trips in her fleet and she figures 90 Club in Columbia, S.C. After the Breakfast Among the honorable Jean Ross percent of her logged time was cross Club, we gathered as guests of member Howard, whose kit featured an authentic country. Barbara Leitner. While some enjoyed a sawed-off Shillelagh. Our Chapter had a good turnout at the swim in the pool, others tried their skill on Gladys E. Wise, who was recently Grasshopper meeting and four other the tennis court. reelected for a second term as Chairman of Chapters were represented. In addition to Between the June and July meetings, the Washington, D.C. Chapter, graduated Mina, Dottie Shaw, Ruth Phillips, Helene members voted for new officers. These June 19, 1975 from the Industrial College Krumholtz, Jane Sulton, Ellie McCullough officers were announced at the July of the Armed Forces. The ICAF is an and prospective Jane Van Dyke, daughter meeting. The new chairman is Mary Foley educational institution located at Fort of Irene Van Dyke Goodwin, participated. If of Rock Hill, S.C., vice-chairman is Ruth McNair in the District of Columbia and was fun, fun, fun, and hostess Mary Jane Solley of Columbia, S.C., the secretary is operated under the direction of the Joint Law, Chairman of the Spaceport Chapter, Jo Payne of Jamestown, N.C., the Chiefs of Staff. It is attended by senior was on the losing tug-o-war team and nominating chairman is Barbara Moore of military officers and civilian officials of the ended up in the lake along with others on Whispering Pines, N.C., and the treasurer- Government who are preparing to assume the team. The Naked Lady Ranch provided reporter is Margaret Munn of W. Columbia, key roles in the management of resources a beautiful grass strip, there were two S.C. for national security. ponies to entertain the children, horses, We welcome as a new member, Emmie Gladys was the only civilian of the three games, prizes and delicious food. Jane Manning of Columbia. Emmie is with the women selected to attend this senior Van Dyke won the sack race and also the control tower at Columbia Metropolitan service school along with more than 180 three-legged race with our host, Clyde Airport. Ruby Quinn of Greenville, S.C. officers and civilians from the military Dawson. She is the creator of “Schatzy’s" will be transferring her membership to the services and other Federal agencies. She face and had painted identical faces on tee Georgia Chapter. Ruby will be with GADO is one of the few women and the only 99 to shirts for us as an added surprise. office in Atlanta as a FAA inspector. We have attneded the ICAF. We are pleased to Speaking of surprises, when yours truly wish Ruby the best with her new job. note that she graduated among the top 50 returned to City Hall the next day, she percent of the class. DEEP SOUTH CHAPTER found out that she had been honored by Since graduation, Gladys has been B. McNabb, Reporter the local radio station WAXE as the "Doll appointed Special Assistant to the Chief of After winning the Angel Derby, “Our of the Day”, with flowers, a citation and Public Information in the Office of the Esther” (Wright) garnered a seventh place interview live...more fun. Secretary of the Air Force in the Pentagon. in the Powder Puff Derby! Our pride The August meeting of the Gold Coast (Information from Bea Wilder) knoweth no bounds. Chapter added more surprises by honoring the new “Baby" chapter, our Gulfstream N The Deep South Chapter has assisted the FAA in a number of projects; the latest youngum, with a “Birth"day cake and were safety meetings held in Macon, dividing their checking account in half Southeast Section Albany, and Brunswick, Georiga. In fact, thus helping to get the Baby financially ALABAMA• FLORIDA - GEORGIA started. Connie Brunger will hostess the MISSISSIPPI - NORTH CAROLINA so pleased were the Friendly Aviation first official meeting of the Chapter in SOUTH CAROLINA - TENNESSEE People that GADO presented the chapter with a thank-you certificate! September. -> In June the chapter met at the home of Ellie McCullough attended the Deep Maggie and Bill Hall in Tallahassee, had a South Chapter’s August meeting at St. ALABAMA CHAPTER skull-session for instructing the con­ Simon Island, Brunswick, Georgia, and in Juanita Halstead, Reporter vention delegate, Judy Hall, regarding addition to a picnic & beach party, received The Alabama Chapter participated in a amendment and other voting decisions— a first hand report on the International Fly In Breakfast on August 3rd in Scott- enjoyed one of Maggie’s wonderful put- Convention from their delegate, Judy Hall. sboro, Alabama. Bennie Peters who now togethers—members bring “things” and Our Anne Roethke attended but we are too lives in Scottsboro was hostess, along Maggie always comes up with a well- new to officially have a delegate. She too with the Scottsboro Aero Club, who served rounded feast. gave a glowing report on the actions taken everyone breakfast and then transportation In July Judy, with 491/2er Jerry and by the Board, the meetings, and the well to town for the traditional “First Monday daughter, Cindy departed for Couer planned social functions. FLORIDA SPACEPORT CHAPTER Alyce Turek of Sedona, 25 miles south, for Two planeloads had to turn back because Bonnie Quenzler, Reporter information about the area. This prompted their local conditions were so zilch re: Keep those cards and letters coming in! an invitation to fly down beautiful Oak visibility air-to-air. At this date the Deltona Derby Race Kits Creek Canyon for a tour of her fascinating Ruby Dickerson and hostesses await one more sheet of information. town and a Mexican dinner with her and Ernestine Mahan and Peggy McCormick Inside the first week we received eighteen 491/2 Ladd. So many other tales could be represented Mississippi, while Memphis requests! It promises to be a highlight of told of hospitality shown by our 99 turned out in force for the GAMA Safe Pilot the season, even for those who aren’t “Sisters of the Air” that our 99 NEWS Sweepstakes II Program which was half of Spaceport 99s. Join us. could not hold them all. the day's activities. Our new officers are planning next year’s Outgoing Chairman Annette Rogers Peggy and Ernestine greeted guests at programs. Already we have run out of must feel planes are safer (and drier) than Greenwood-Leflore Airport, with Ruby meeting dates. the canoe she fell out of while vacationing assisting in serving do-nuts and coffee. Tentatively scheduled in 1975-76: in Michigan with her family in their Jim Nash of the Jackson GADO brought an Dinner Dance, GADO Safety Seminar, Skyhawk. Thanks Annette for your 2 years excellent FAA film on take-offs and lan­ Deltona Derby, Holiday Luncheon at of hard work. dings, plus the very popular “Aviation Juanita Blumberg’s Penny A Pound Ride Oddities” . Barbara Pel I er, Memphis Fundraiser, Co-meet with Zonta Club for MEMPHIS CHAPTER Chapter, won the door prize: one hour Amelia Earhart commemorative, Air­ Chris Brown, Reporter instruction in a sailplane, to be taken with marking, Biennial check rides, National The Memphis Chapter flew to Green­ the Mississippi Soaring Association. N.I.F.A. Meet, judging, Treasure Hunt, wood on August 9 for a joint fly-in with the June Pentecost and Pat Kellett had breakfast fly-in, summer weekend vacation Mississippi Ninety-Nines. It wasn't a good driven in, but the rest were involved in a fly-in, beach party,—whew! Florida gals day for flying and some of the group real traffic jam on the taxiway for Runway boast about the fine flying year round. We turned back. Among those who groped 18 as they all departed for home. try to take advantage of it by planning lots safely through the haze to attend were Our chapter has had five Safety-type of activities. Maybe we can convince some Martha and Frank Tobey with passengers meetings during the fiscal year ’74-'75. The of you-all northern 99s to c'mon down and Chris Brown and Carolyn Sullivan; fourth and fifth were both GAMA Meetings enjoy it with us. Rosemary Williams, her daughter-in-law spearheaded by Peggy McCormick. In August we met at Vero Beach. Vicki, a student pilot, and Hilda Savage; Our delegate to the International Afterwards the chapter adjourned for lunch Jean McCarthy with daughter Colleen, and Convention in Idaho, Janet Green, reports at Joan Davis'. The Mary Blackwell student pilot Becky Paris. Belle Hedges that the convention was excellent. She Joehrandt—Ann Walker Memorial Fund is did it right and filed. She brought guest flew her Twin Commander with passengers now well established. Embry Riddle Elinor Nicky. Elinor is a young pilot with Pat McEwen, Lois Feigenbaum, Loretta Aeronautical University will make its first several advanced ratings, who will soon be Gragg and Marilyn Copeland, and reports award from the fund in January. Gail Sims working as a controller in either the an average of 230 knots on one leg of the is coordinator. Memphis or Atlanta area. Among others trip. September installation takes us to who flew in were Chuck and Fern Mann; Orlando for an evening dinner dance. Marlis Aevant; and Ralph and Barbara Happy landings. Peeler with a couple of their boys. June Pentecost and Pat Kellet came the other North Central Section KITTY HAWK CHAPTER way, via Olds 88. ILLINOIS- INDIANA - IOWA Jane Tisdale, Reporter Our most recent former chairman, KENTUCKY - MICHIGAN - MINNESOTA Our new Chairman Jan Clemen is en­ Nancy M iller, came in for a weekend visit MISSOURI - OHIO - WISCONSIN joying hopping about the countryside in from Washington, D.C. Nan is one of three her new J4, now that she’s learned to taxi a women being trained as a Special taildragger! Katherine Weber, back again Investigator for the Postal Service. Her ALL OHIO CHAPTER from Eruope, is our new Vice Chairman, stories could be used as a script for Angie Charleen Mehaffie, Reporter and Diane Tunnell, Secretary-Treasurer. Dickerson’s "Police Woman". Apparently Shawnee Lee, Charleen Mehaffie, and Diane’s sister Lorrie Tunnell reports the Post Office games to today are just as Bonnie and Tim McSwain went to the EAA results of her wish to see the launch of the exciting, but a little different from those Convention at Oshkosh, Wise. The last Apollo. She called Florida Spaceport’s we used to play. campgrounds and fairgrounds were Bonnie Quenzler for information, and Carolyn Sullivan was the only Memphian spotless and the air shows were terrific. ultimately was rewarded with an excellent to attend the International Convention in The 99s have made major inroads into view of the blast-off from Quenzler’s Couer d’Alene. She reported an excellent airport management recently: At the sailboat, and later a bird’s eye view of the meeting. recent election in Delaware, Cam Stom- launch area from Bonnie’s Cherokee 180. A potential new Memphis 99 arrived a berg, Nancy Shaw, and Jeane Wolcott Your reporter returned from vacation few weeks ago; Martha and Frank Tobey’s were elected to serve on the Board of through Texas and Utah with 491/2 Warren first grandchild. Directors of Delaware Aviation, Inc.—all in their club 182. During a stop in Our annual fly-in to Augusts, Arkansas this in the space of one short year. Flagstaff, Arizona, we called the closest 99 will be September 6th. Mary and Joe Stanley’s strip is the place—always an Charleen Mehaffie entered the tricathlon interesting day with congenial people. at the Warren County Airport and won the spot landing contest for the under 250 hour MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER class. Jenny McWilliams, Reporter Eight members attended the Inter­ Cindy Bass has earned her Single- national Convention. They said it was a Engine Sea Rating. She went to the Lake of beautiful place and they were treated the Ozarks for her instruction and check royally. ride. Next on her agenda is the Instrument Pat Fairbanks won the Amelia Earhart Check Ride. scholarship award in the amount of Helene Robertson, new member to Kitty Ernestine Mahan and Karen Bearrs are $1,000.00. She plans to use it go get her Hawk Chapter, began flying at age 54. APT, bringing our percentage up to 40 commercial and flight instructor helicopter While a Vista volunteer in Africa she percent. rating. Pat has a commercial certificate helped found the South Central Africa Your reporter could not attend the with the following ratings: ASEL, AMEL, Section 99s and served as secretary of the August meeting so am enclosing a report SES, private glider, flight instructor, and Halahari Flying Club in Gaborone, Bot­ by Peggy McCormick about the day: instrument flight instructor, advanced and swana. Now Helene is proud to be current, Mississippi Chapter invited the Memphis instrument ground instructor and an APT and able to pass her medical at 65! Chapter for a joint meeting on August 9. accident prevention specialist. She and her husband Don operate Cardinal Air Training Saturday August 9th. The meeting was GREATER DETROIT AREA CHAPTER at Lunken Airport. held at Jacksonville with 13 members plus Mearl Frame, Reporter 99s help in Charity Airlift that brings in assorted husbands and friends flying in to There is a new Chapter of the 99s in $2,213. More than 650 people were loaded attend. Jayne Schiek reported on the Michigan called the Greater Detroit Area into planes at the Springfield Airport on Women’s Forum at Oshkosh—it was a Chapter. We met for our June meeting and August 24 by 99s Joanne Repik and huge success! (Jeanne McLaughlin didn’t our Charter party at the home of Mearl & Virginia M. Thomas. Planes were donated get to speak because IFR traffic conditions Bill Frame in Troy, Mich. We had a simply and flown by local pilots. Margaret Bryant delayed her arrival at the airport.) Barbara marvelous evening getting to know the and 49-1/2 Les were among the general Jenison reported that the letters will be new 99s and their husbands. There were 49 promoters of this event (to help provide laid out for airmarking Paris soon. Lila present including 99s, 4 9 V 2 S , and 66s and funds for the cardiac equipment for Flint, our airmarking chairman has been whatever their better halfs are known. Mary paramedic units in Clark County). They contacted and a date will be set. Jayne Von Mach, a charter member of the took turns flying passengers in their Schiek, membership, pinned new mem­ original group of 99s was our guest of airplane and saw that each child got a free bers Sarah Allen, Mary Groesch, and honor and presented the charter to our ticket for a hamburger and french fries at Sherry Hartley. Our September meeting chapter. She gave us a few words of McDonalds. New 99, Vicki Schumacher will be a pork chop bar-b-que at Rushville, wisdom on how to succeed. Our starting took people on tours of the control tower. Sunday, September 7th. membership was 34 and two of our 66s Helen Lewis enjoyed a vacation in have received their licenses and we have Florida and also had her first long IFR added another lady pilot to bring us to our cross country. She went through so much present 37. Our officers are Joyce Odom, rain that she was sure she would see fish Chairman Patricia Domas, Vice- swimming by! Now she is planning Chairman Dorothy Herring, another long cross country to Norfolk, Va., Secretary Virginia Sutherland, September 10th, to attend an Anethesia Treasurer. Seminar there. The new chapter was well represented at Sandra Bernard and her husband Larry the Spring Section meeting at the Lake of are starting a group of aviation-oriented the Ozarks. Five of us flew down in Joyce Explorer Scourts in Peoria...a worthy Odoms Cherokee 6. We had great weather project! going down, but coming back Joyce Members reporting a fine time camping demonstrated her skills on instrument and enjoying all the planes, air shows, flying. Diversity is what 99s ARE ALL ABOUT! All forums, and people were Jayne Schiek, Great fun was had by all of us who went Ohio Chapter Meeting are standing left to Jean West, Ruth Teel, Sarah Allen, Jeanne to Boyne Mountain for the Terminus of the right: Bernita Nickell, Ag-pilot, Virginia M. McLaughlin, Barbara Jenison, Betty AWTAR. Some went to work and others Thomas, former FBO, Jenna Dyke, co­ Huffman “66”, and Joan Boyd. If there just to enjoy, but it was great fun watching builder of the experimental “Delta Dyke”, were other Central Illinois Chapter 99s this friends of many years fly over the finish seated Caro Bayley Bosca, WASP and reporter hasn’t heard from them yet. line and being there to greet them. International Aerobatic Champion and In August we had a jo in t meeting at Judy Alcombrack, ATR with 800 hrs jet CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER Pontiac, Mich, with our former parent time. Sandy Klock, Reporter chapter the Michigan 99s. We were unable CAPE GIRARDEAU AREA CHAPTER August 9th marked the date of our to tour the Balloon factory as planned Sue Long, Reporter chapter air meet, in which 10 planes since the owner did not return from a A lovely meeting was held at the cabin of competed. Bob and Ruth Frantz went Balloon Meet in Indianola, Iowa in time our chairman, Gene Williams, despite home with first place trophies. Arta due to weather, but he called and marginal flying weather. Three new Henson and 491/2er placed second and got apologized for not making it back in time members were approved and we are happy the rookie trophy, and Norma Freier and and asked us to try to come at another to have them join our chapter. Marge Kinney were third. tim e. Evelyn Braise and Lois Feigenbaum told Sandy Klock and Madeleine Kimotek On September 6, we will fly school of their “fun” trip to the international have passed their instrument writtens! books from the Grosse lie Airport to convention. We all wish we could have Gail Toldthorpe passed her CFI-A Lexington, Kentucky. This is in co­ joined them. Gene Williams told us of an checkride. operation with World Book Relief. informative meeting of the American Tracy Pilurs is starting her second year Bonanza Association recently held in at Gateway Technical Institute, Kenosha, Minneapolis, Minnesota that she attended. Wise., working for her A&E rating. We were so sorry to hear of the In the heat of August, Art & Norma resignation of Millie Limbaugh. Millie Freier flew their Tri-Pacer to, of all places, certainly was one of our most loved and the annual Christmas Tree Growers’ funny members. She was known to many Convention! in other chapters as “the lady from the Dick and Arta Henson flew their Cape Girardeau Chapter who went to the - Cherokee down to Florida, with about 9 Powder Puff Derby stops and timed.” “weather stops” enroute, at one of which Helen Haliburton has moved to Atlanta and they met a friendly Canadian 99 and her will transfer to a chapter in her area. We 491/2er. Officers of Greater Detroit Area Chapter accept Charter from Mary Von Mach will miss them both. Barbara Silagi and Bea Siemon flew to Lois was asked to tell everyone how the Convention and then on to Seattle to visit decorating of the Headquarters building is the Boeing plant. coming along. She told us how lovely it Bustling Barb also recently flew Caroline will be. She also hopes everyone will try Smith and her daughter, Marguerite, and and attend the dedication on November 1 Phyllis Templin to the International and 2. Comanche Society convention at Dayton, Ohio. Highlights of the visit included a CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER tour of the Hartzell Propeller factory at Joan Boyd, Reporter Piqua, Ohio. Anyone owning (or knowing Because so many of our members at­ of someone who does) a Twin Comanche tended the annual EAA fly-in at Oshkosh, is asked to get in touch with Barb, who’s Greater Detroit Area Chapter Charter Mary Von Mach presented Charter our August meeting was delayed until trying to organize a “tribe of twins” ! GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER rating. Norma Brauch has logged quite a this year called “Flying Small Aircraft". Sherry Quinlan, Reporter few hours in a Rockwell Grand Com­ The students will meet twice a week for K.C. 99s were quite excited when the mander, adding her expertise to that of films, field trips, and airplane rides. news came in that our Loretta Jones & Corp. pilot 491/2er, Dan. Our outgoing Our September meeting will be held at Helen Hamilton had placed 8th in the Chairman, Doris Kuhn has added an the park at the Moline Airport, where we Powder Puff. Instrument rating to her ticket and your will have a family picnic and a meeting It was hot hot hot at Richards Gebaur reporter got “checked out” on the Steamer- with the installation of the new officers for A.F. Base July 27th but that didn’t stop us car-ferry that crosses Lake Michigan from the coming year. from participating in their ‘Open House- Luddington, Mi. to Manitowoc, Wi. (Well, I Our sincere sympathy goes to Warren 75’. Because of International Women’s feel so inept among all our multi-talented Bealer whose wife, Catherine, died on the Year our chapter was invited to take part in wom en!) 14th of August. Catherine had been in ill their annual event. Parked across the Our new officers took over at a very health for some time, but we will runway from the graceful silver jets of the lovely Installation Luncheon in August, so remember her as a dedicated, hard working A.F. Thunderbirds were four planes flown we’re off and cruising on another great sixty-six who never missed an occasion if in that morning by Jean Wilson, year. Big “take-off” will be our hostessing she felt good enough to be there. She will Rosamond Oliver, Ruth Stafford & Sandra the Fall Section Meeting. be sincerely missed. Damon. Joining them on the ground greeting hundreds of visitors were Becky IOWA CHAPTER Hosfield, Bobbie Huke & yours truly. It Ann Clay, Reporter was strictly a Public Relations affair with a How to end a month long drought—Plan lot of people learning that 99s are Lady a 99s meeting, cook enough food fo r 50 Pilots! people; it will rain and 26 will show up, Our Air Age Education chairman, spend the next week eating fried chicken Bobbie, Huke, is also a primary teacher at and baked beans three meals a day!! Line Crk. Elem. School in No. K.C., Mo. Bob Glassford, a local pilot, presented She has combined the two jobs & the program at TNU. He flies a homebuilt developed a teaching unit used in the 4th which draws a lot of attention around grade Science Dept, called “Flight” . With Newton. the help of materials purchased from No wonder the “convention contingent ” Cessna, she gave a comprehensive course. was so tired. Between all the work and all Jan Heins and Shirley Amen arrive at At the end of the course the students took the play—they had to come home to rest! Moline Stop of the PPD and are greeted by a written test & handed in notebooks to All reported a very interesting and happy the Chapter Chairman Ellen Thiel. win their ‘wings'. She hopes to expand the tim e. program to other grade levels. Fran Doherty, SUX, and Annetta Haack, LAKE ERIE CHAPTER Apt & Safe Pilot chairman, Billie Bord- OMA, both have new instrument ratings. Helen Keidel, Reporter ner, proved that actions speak louder than Sue Kowalski, CID, with a new private Since new officers were to take over words by coming in second in the Spot license, attended her second meeting. September 1st, our August meeting Bomb Drop at the McComas Airshow last New chapter chairman and flight Instructor saluted the outgoing officers, and paid mt. Jeanne Bedinger has, among her students, tribute to Carol Stephan who helped start Aug. mtg. was held at the Lake a man in his 70s who flies every day. the Lake Erie Chapter two years ago, and Lotawanna home of Ruth Stafford. Pat Our chapter raffled a rug at Sectional & as Chairman for both of these beginning Dillon & Babs Tulley officially became our International which was made and donated years. two newest members. The highlight of our by Annetta Haack. The lucky winner was Our first attempt at a proficiency race evening was hearing Grace Harris tell Eleanor Curry of Minnesota. turned out very well although there were about the EAA Fly-In at Oshkosh, Wis. We look forward to the September only 9 planes entered. The weather failed where she was honored as one of the meeting at Ames and hopefully some of to cooperate on Saturday, the 16th, and - ‘Greats of Aviation’. the pictures of the trip to Coeur d'Alene. Sunday the day looked bright enough but A CORDIAL INVITATION TO THE NEXT visibility was at a bare minimum. Only TREE PLANTING CEREMONY IN THE QUAD CITY AREA CHAPTER three of the pilots had ever raced before, a “INTERNATIONAL FOREST OF FRIEND­ Judy Hodges, Reporter new experience for most of the entries. SHIP” AT ATCHISON, KANS., ON OCT Congratulations to Von Alter who Willoughby Flying Club President Ken 25, 1975. HELP SUPPORT THE FOREST! passed her instrument check ride last Jacobson flagged off the planes in one- week! She initiated her ticket with a trip to minute intervals and two hours later, all Indiana and back. were back and awaiting word from the All hands were on deck as the annual official timers. GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER plane wash was held on Saturday, August First place winner was Jack Gwynne, a Jan Pocock, Reporter 9th. Fourteen airplanes were washed and flight instructor out of the Strongsville In July, our Governor, Amy Laws flew one debugged for a profitable day. Airport, with a student pilot, Douglas with Val Johnson to K.C. International Roger and Norma Smith, Judy and Bud Jacobs who had only 6 hrs. in his log where they picked up Marg. Lynch, 2nd in Hodges, and Neil Pobanz all attended the book. Each received a silver and blue command of the Bi-Centennial EAA Convention in Oshkosh recently. As trophy appropriate engraved and several Celebration. From there, they flew to always they had a marvelous airshow and other prizes totalling almost $300. Second Atchison, Ks. so that she could plant some of the most beautiful homebuilts place winners were Helen Keidel and Larry another tree in the A.E. Forest of Friend­ you’ve ever seen. Rohl who scored just .8 of a point below ship. Val’s Bonanza should know the way Carolyn Pobanz and your reporter first place. Third place trophies went to to Atchison by itself, by now, it’s been recently took a week off and left home and Annette Fedor and Bea Axelrod. over there so many times! jobs to seek a few days of rest and sun­ Chairman Bernice Barris admitted it July and August brought many new shine. We flew Carolyn's Cessna 170 to couldn’t have been done without the Civil ratings for our gals, too. Betty and 491/2er Kentucky Lake and then on to Memphis, Air Patrol volunteers and a group of 4 9 1/2 S Jim Board went to the Lake of the Ozarks Tenn. and attended the International who pitched in to assist the Lake Erie for a week and came home with a sea plane Cessna 170 Convention. We had a won­ members. We’ll try it again next year! rating and our “dynamic duo", Nelda Lee derful tim e and met a ..lot of other 170 The Annual Awards Banquet scheduled and Georgianne Crommie both came up pilots. There were 83 170s at the West for October 11th. Our September meeting with Multi-Eng. ratings, a week apart. With Memphis, Ark. airport. will be combined with the All-Ohio Chapter the sea plane rating tucked under her belt, Mary Schrum, our 99 in Clinton, la., will giving us a chance to renew old friend­ Betty Board is now after a helicopter be teaching a course to 8th and 9th graders ships. MICHIGAN CHAPTER Aux. No. 1216 who handled registration Chippewa Indian (pre-med student) in full Bette Crook, Reporter and transportation. Then back to St. Paul ceremonial dress when they landed at the In July, Boyne Mt., became the focus of with the precious cargo of human blood, Phillips airport. Pat Rack gave the “chief" nationwide attention as Powder Puff Derby unloading to a Red Cross Car, going to (feathers and all) an introductory flight contestants winged their way from Center and watching the fast efficient lesson. The group pitched camp on the Riverside California to the Northern processing by a staff of Med Techs under airport and took the 31/2 hour canoe trip Michigan resort. The first plane to land Cheryl Stakston, all within the 4 hours down the Flambeau River. On Sunday was TAR 40 flown by Suzy Parker, pilot, from the time the blood was drawn until Fantasy Farms brought their appaloosas and Elna Blass, co-pilot. Both belong to the Platelets (so necessary for Leukemia to the airport and put on a horse show for the Michigan Chapter. Sammy McKay victims) are separated out. the campers. placed 11th and received an award from 99 Peggy Johnstone and 491/2 Dick sold During EAA week of Oshkosh, Ramona James Ramsey, Director, Michigan their Bonanza, have ordered a Super Cub. Huebner, our "hostess with the mostest” Aeronautics Commission for best score by Son, Bruce just solo’d on his 16th bir­ held nightly patio parties at her lovely a Michigan pilot. Mr. Ramsey praised thday. The Kuechle’s, Orr’s, Florence home on the south end of Wittman Field. Winnie DuPerow for her work as Terminus Robinson, Gayle Vail, and Sommerfelds all Tower gave taxi instructions to her back Chairman and presented her with a plaque flew to Couer D’Alene. Caroline Olson flew yard! from the MAC. Marion Banks thanked all her new Mooney Ranger and Ray the On the day they were leaving for a three Michigan Chapters for their efforts in Cessna 180 to Caribau Falls Lodge, camping trip, Louise and Roy Yeazel sponsoring the terminus. Suzanne Whyte, Canada, taking with them Carolyn’s 4 discovered that it’s just impossible to load Chapter Chairman, accepted an Award of brothers. Dorothy and Dave Bolander flew 5 kids, 2 tents, sleeping bags, camping Merit from the AWTAR Board to the to Eagle Lake, Ontario for some good gear, and 4 tennis rackets into a station Michigan Chapter. Many Michigan Ninety- fishing and to Quebec for fun. Arnie and wagon. Last minute plans were made to Nines devoted a full week to the terminus Clara Johansen flew the Alaska Highway take their 172. Louise and Mark, 17, who’s activities, a successful finale to two years and camped at airports enroute, enjoyed almost a private pilot and two of the small of preparation. meeting other camping pilots from “lower children went the cool, fast way by air. The The Michigan Chapter invited the Lake 48”. They appreciated tips from Mn 99 family rendezvoused at the New Richman Michigan and the Detroit Area Chapters to Juanita Peterson and Chuck who have Airport where they camped and took the 3 a joint picnic in August. Mearl Frame was made the trip 5 times. While in Juneau, hour float trip down the Apple River on hostess for the meeting. Her husband, Johansens said “hello” to 99 Nancy and innertubes. Then they headed the 172 and Bill, is Chief Pilot for the Budd Company. 491/2 Arlo Livingston of Alaska Chapter. the station wagon to Antonagon, Michigan Bernice Steadman, Fay Kirk, and Helen Nancy flies helicopters rather than planes and camped in the Porcupine Mts on Lake Wetherill attended the International and with her husband directs Livingston Superior. Copters in their varied business such as Convention in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. “B” ...... ,, gave a report on Convention and on the ferrying 50 gal. fuel drums in a sling to top Women’s Air and Space Museum at the of a mt., or supplies and personnel to the August meeting. The Michigan Chapter is ice field, or search and rescue missions, South Central Section firmly behind the museum project, etc. whether it remain a Ninety-Nine endeavor The joint Outing of Wisconsin and Mn ARKANSAS - COLORADO - LOUISIANA or becomes an independent one. Chapters Aug. 16-17 at Price Co. Arpt., KANSAS - N E B R A SK A - NEW M E X IC O Michigan members staffed a 99 booth at Phillips, Wise, was a capital OUTING. We OKLAHOMA-TEXAS the Detroit City Airport Air Show, both a taxied to the grassy tie-down area of arpt. I ^ public relations and a fund raising venture. where we pitched our tents and set up ABILENE CHAPTER Flint aviatrix have also been making plans camp. Highlight of Sat. was a canoe trip Marjorie Andrews, Reporter for Ninety-Nine participation at the Flint down the Flambueau River. 19 people in 9 The July meeting saw 6 members en­ Air Show. canoes made it without capsizing. Shari tertain 6 guests, including Evelyn Snow of “Fly High for Dystrophy” took place Mills who spearheaded the weekend and the Shreveport Chapter, one student pilot August 23 and 24th. 491/2 Jim and children flew directly from who just that morning had had her first the Cessna 170 convention in Indiana to On June 27th there was a rally for pilots solo, another student who seemed and friends of the Ann Arbor Airport to Phillips, arriving in time for the Sat. eve delighted to learn that there was such an campfire, where we shared flying ex­ show support for the airport which was organization, and a many-houred CFII periences and chapter news with the Wise. facing opposition to any expansion. Lillian friend of Marj’s who has just relocated here 99s Pat Back and Kate Conklin. The Snyder was one of the speakers. from Anchorage, Alaska. We were to be Sunday afternoon horseshow at the airport Bruce and Edie Allen and Bev and Doug escorted on a tour of the Airways Facilities climaxed the weekend. Bob White Aprt Price flew both their Cherokee 180s to the where we learned what the innards of the Mgr. had given us royal treatment. Yukon Territory and to Alaska in July. They funny red and white checkered houses report that their “twins" confused, causing WISCONSIN CHAPTER near the runways consist of, and how the many comments. Betty Willmore, Reporter Abilene Vortac looks from the inside. We Dorothy and Cal Brewer flew to Texas. Our membership blitz is well under way. were impressed by the knowledge of Mr. They stopped enroute in Oklahoma City Margaret Hollman and membership Thompson and Mr. Clayton and feel that and visited the new Headquarters committee members Diane Gorak and the machinery they care for is in good Building. Cathy Malick prepared a letter for members hands. Our group was the first they had MINNESOTA CHAPTER to send out to the 568 current women ever taken on a tour! Clara Johansen, Reporter pilots and women student pilots in We should soon be helping the Golden "BLOODLIFT FOR LIFE —NINETY Wisconsin inviting them to our Sept. and Triangle Chapter do some air-marking; on- NINES—RED CROSS—DONORS—PL­ Oct. meetings. The word is out, so hope to the-job-training for us novices. At least ATELETS—PLANES" These and many report lots of new members next month! two of us plan to fly in Marj’s Skylane to other words went through our minds after Elaine Strickland won first prize (5 gal of Denver where we'll have a reunion with ex- a day of following thru on the whole fuel) for the spot landing contest at the Abilenian, Alice Foeh, now of San procedure from the time pilots and planes August meeting. Jean Zapata took second Antonio. Shortly after our return, we will left Holman Field, St. Paul with Jerry place and received a certificate for an oil co-sponsor another Safety Meeting, Undis, Red Cross Blood-lift Coordinator, change. Allen Easterday, the FBO at featuring slide presentations of Forced and Carolee Mensing, Chief Nurse, lan­ Wautoma donated the prizes. Landing Techniques and Weather-Go, No ding at Austin, Mn. airport, seeing the Pat Back, flying activities, reports that Go using the new FAA Flight Planner. The dozens of people donating blood, the Red the camping weekend with the Minnesota Second protion of the meeting will include Cross Nurse in charge and her numerous chapter at Phillips, Wi was great fun. The a mini-quiz consisting of 12 questions aids and volunteers, the VFW Post and 99s and their families were greeted by a which the area Safety Counselors have had come up most frequently and which would Marilyn and George Cragin flew the Reporter, turning it over to the capable qualify under the heading: “Areas of tropical airmasses to Mexico City and hands of Pat Moore, and wing my way Confusion.” upon return flew to the International back to the classroom as student and Air Convention at Couer D'Alene. Cheri and Age Education lecturer. ARKANSAS CHAPTER Werner Spier—daughter and son Marguerite Nielsen, Reporter vacationed to the Grand Tetons. HOUSTON CHAPTER Our July meeting was a fish fry at Heber The Lindley family all fly except Calli Stephanie Vickery, Reporter Springs hosted by Emmy and Dick Hall. who is not of age. They were called upon The installation banquet for the Houston Guests were Barbara Eldred of Little Rock by the CAP to fly the desert in search of a chapter officers for 1975-76 was held AFB, Andrea Townsend, Carol Letterman lost boy. Sim flew while her husband Jearl August 22 at the Sugar Creek Country and Peggy Mayo all of Texarana. Peggy's and son Mike did the looking. Sim also Club. Perfect attendance awards went to 49’/2 has just completed multiengine took a group of Girl Scouts to the airport Alice Seaborn and Eulalia Nichols. Joyce training and received his rating. fora pre-flight briefing, and then airplane Johnson was named member of the year. Linda and Cecil Hargraves jetted to Las rides. She will be the new 66 Chairman. This was no surprise since Joyce has Vegas for a week of health food con­ Ruby Tatman has arranged a ranch style worked so willingly and enthusiastically in ventions and fun. fly-in breakfast for 99s and guests on all Houston chapter activities. Aline Kay Newth again served as race September 28. The Cloud Country Cor­ Congratulations Joyce and thanks for a job chairman of the Skylady Derby which was poration of Cloudcraft, NM will host the well done. flown from North Little Rock to Hope to breakfast. Their mile long air strip is close The Houston chapter is proud to be Booneville, and return to North Little to Mayhill, NM and near the nurseries. The represented on the International Board of Rock. The race was won by Arkansas 99 strip elevation is 7400, E-W rnwy with Directors by Mary Able whose re-election Ann White with Oran Hamm flying co-pilot unobstructed apchs located along hiway was announced at the 1975 International in a Mooney. Other results of the race are 82. This should be a good follow-up to the convention. unobtainable at this time, however Cary mountain flying course offered during the Patty Vice has now earned her in­ Hunt pilot and Charlene Poe co-pilot Denver Sectional. strument rating after having recently participated in the race, also our new obtained her commercial license. member Camillea Smith and her 491/2 GOLDEN TRIANGLE CHAPTER Congratulations Patty. participated. Many of our members were Linda Hooker, Reporter Delle Hightower and Eulalia Nichols spotters and spectators. Despite the extreme Texas heat during enjoyed flying to Amarillo, Texas, August Delores Deam is home from the August, chapter members have somehow 16 for a meeting of the Texas Private Flyers hospital and back to work, doing very well. managed to “beat the heat” enough to stay Association. They recommend flying to Also Ruth McAdams who may rejoin our quite active. We began the month with Jo Amarillo to see the outdoor pageant chapter has recovered from her injuries McCarrell and Linda Hooker attending “Texas’’ in the Palo Duro Canyon. and is flying again. International Convention in Idaho. In This reporter flew cross-country to New Blue Skies and Strong Tailwinds.... addition to their duties as chapter Hampshire and Nova Scotia over Labor delegates, the girls participated in the Day. DALLAS CHAPTER Powder Puff Derby seminar and conducted Jerry Melton, Reporter two Air Age Education programs of their The newly elected officers of Dallas own. During Convention, chapter member, Chapter are: Chairman, Pauline Winthrop; Linda Hooker, was named as one of five Vice-Chairman, Cathy Ways; Secretary, recipients of the most coveted award given Tanya Thornton; and Treasurer, Jan by the 99s—the Amelia Earhart Memorial Almond—a great team. Scholarship Award. Linda will use her A highly successful safety seminar with scholarship to complete her Instrument, our local Junior College District in the Commercial and CFI ratings which she will Dallas area this summer was held at use as pilot and instructor for an air Mountain View College using college ambulance, charter service and flight instructors and FAA personnel as speakers school operation in Southwest Arkansas. on the following: Understanding Aviation August 10th found several Golden Weather; Understanding Instrument Trianglers hard at work helping at closing Flying; Understanding Avionics; activities for Pylon airport in Arlington. Honorees at the Houston chapter In­ Understanding Aviation Safety. Jean Lemmon and Barbara Routh were stallation banquet are (back I. to r.) Our thanks to the Northwest Section chief organizers for the day’s activities member of the year Joyce Johnson, which hosted a beautiful and most in­ which included an air show by owner- chairman Pat James, vice chairman Gene teresting International Convention. Coeur operator Sid Fisher, and spot land and Gonzales, (front) treasurer Delle d’Alene was a delightful setting for Pacific flour sack bombing contests. Hightower, corresponding secretary Northwest hospitality and scenery. We Tuesday, August 12, was Officer Audrey Haley. Not pictured is recording tried to bring home a bag full of en­ Installation Banquet night at the Red secretary Sally Gluckman. thusiasm, good will, and good ideas for an Apple Restaurant in Arlington. Jo interesting year back in Dallas. McCarrell, 1974-75 Chapter Chairman, LUBBOCK CHAPTER installed the new officers for 1975-76: Beth Covey, Reporter EL PASO CHAPTER Carolyn Brooks, Chairman; Barbara The August meeting was our quarterly Doris Shreve, Reporter Routh, Vice-Chairman; Pat Evans, business meeting. We were sorry to learn Members of the El Paso Chapter and the Recording Secretary; Glenda Farmer, that Joyce Neal will be moving to Las Cruces Chaparral Chapter held a Corresponding Secretary; and, Helen Hill, California, but we know that some combined installation dinner August 16 at Treasurer. California group will be most fortunate to Ardovino’s Roadside Inn; Anapra, NM. Ann Hoffman, Sue Shrader and Alverna acquire a hard working member like Joyce. The new officers of the El Paso Chapter are Williams will begin their Instrument Mary Badgett was elected Treasurer to Doris Shreve, Chairman; Evelyne Ground School course at Mountain View replace Joyce. Underwood, Vice-Chairman; Jean Cartier, Jr. College and LaVine Horton will be Angela Boron, chairman reported to the Secretary; Margaret Thompson, Treasurer. continuing her academic studies in group on the International meeting which Polly and John Thomas flew to SFO and aviation there this fall. Jean Lemmon, she attended in Coeur D'Alene. Our group then to Flordia. Cindy Williams dodged Penny Peyton and Jo McCarrell have all is currently collecting aviation magazines thunderstorms all the way to College begun their instrument flight instruction. which will be distributed among the Junior Station to pre register at Texas A&M. She With all the little birds flitting hither and High Schools in Lubbock. We will sponsor will major in Aerospace Engineering. yon, I close my term as Newsletter an Aviation Safety C linic in November, with the good cooperation of our FAA During August the Oklahoma Chapter type rating. Mom is really pleased because Safety Specialist, Mr. Ray Raney. Our co-sponsored 7 to the 9 Safety Seminars she taught Jeff to fly and he is now serving December 1 meeting will be a joint meeting conducted by Sam Prince, SW-GADO-9 in the Air Force as a pilot. Helen is a with the South Plains Safety Council at Accident Prevention Specialist. Atten­ special person to all of us, she is a Charter Reese A ir Force Base. December 15 we w ill dance exceeded expectations at all Member of The Shreveport Chapter and again try to show some of our appreciation locations. The Oklahoma Chapter fur­ loves flying enought to see we upgrade our for our local FSS and Air Traffic Control nished refreshments and-or door prizes ratings etc. Helen takes over the job of people by taking home-made “goodies” to and helped with literature and sweep­ news reporter and I’ll move along to them. If any of you are in our area during stakes entries. With the magnificient help Aerospace Education. any of these times, do stop by and enjoy of the members in or near these locations, our meetings with us. Happy flying. Marge Hudson co-ordinated this project. SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER Tere Lynch has a new Commercial Betty Jones, Reporter NEBRASKA CHAPTER Rating. Norma Vandergriff is working hard Polly Baughman, Eleanor Lowry, Gloria Sharon Meyer, Reporter on her Instrument Rating. Marge Culwell is Holmes and Pat Ward met with Mr. Art Nebraska 99s completed two airmarking instructing about 80 hours per month on Jones of the State Aviation Division, projects. On August 19, Nancy Alley, Jan her fairly new Instructor’s Rating. Lots of regarding the proposed Louisiana Air Heins, Diane Bartels, Millie Barrett, and flying going on. Guide booklet, which the South Louisiana Eleanor airmarked the Fairmont Airport. Chapter 99s adopted as their Bicentennial project over two years ago. Our job: to On August 23, Nancy Alley, Millie Barrett, SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER compile information regarding attractions Sally VanZandt, Sharron Erickson, Dawn Pamela H. Crane, Reporter of interest to air tourists, within a 100 mile Parkening, and Pat Wolfe painted num­ The August meeting of the San Antonio radius of each airport and a cross- bers, hold lines, and part of the runway Chapter was a luncheon on August 9th at reference of mileages, and possibly, lines at the Wahoo Airport. El Chico Restaurant near San Antonio compass headings between airports. The Committee Chairmen for 1975-76 International Airport. A good turnout of The August meeting was a workshop for have been named. They are: Air Age active members helped to welcome our the project, and in helping the 99s who Education, Cathy Binfield; Airport newest transfer, Ann Pringle, recently have worked so diligently on the booklet, Beautification, Eleanor England; Air­ returned to the U.S. from a tour of duty we all learned some interesting and fun marking, Nancy Alley and Sue Schuff; AE with her Air Force 49'/2er, COL Andrew in facts about our Louisiana airports. Scholarship, Sally Van Zandt; APT, Mary Guam. The Pringles own a Cessna 195, Liz Cunard is our newest mem­ Robbins; Aviation Safety, Wilma and Ann plans to resume instructing. They ber..Gloria Holmes now has her CFI Ackerman; Flying Activities, Diane Mann; are now stationed at Randolph AFB. rating...Eleanor Lowry, President Elect of Chatter Frequency Editor and 99 News Our new chapter officers took over their NAWIC (National Association of Women in Reporter, Sharon Meyer; Public Relations, duties at this meeting, and business Construction)...Beverly Titzer has been to Betty Alfred; and Scrapbook, Carmen transacted included rescheduling of the Amsterdam, Rhine River Cruises in April— Stineman. “Get-Acquainted” picnic for September San Francisco in May and Washington Sharron Erickson hosted a luncheon 21st at the Hogan’s Hospitable Hacienda. D.C. Bicentennial Tours in June, and now July 26 for Lincoln area 99s at a cabin on Mary Ann Greer and Ruth Nichols will happy to just stay home for awhile. All the Capitol Beach Lake. The relaxing af­ travel to the South Central Sectional in travelling was for the Travel Service she ternoon of sun and fun was much ap­ Denver via commercial airline, while Betsy manages...Shirley Bernardt has moved to preciated. Hogan, Jane King, Ann Lowell and Cynthia Louisville, Ky... Cal Meridith attended the ATTENTION ALL POWDER PUFF McGary Sutton will attend in Jane's races at Evangeline Downs, her horse DERBY ENTRANTS. As you recall, a red Cessna 182. won 60 to 1 and financed a week of floor mat was given to each Derby entrant Mary Ann Greer will attend the national vacationing for her in St. Augustine, at the LNK stop. Many of you requested OX-5 convention to be held here in San Florida. that the mats be mailed COD. There has Antonio the second weekend of October, Our October meeting will be with the been some confusion regarding the and in connection with this event will host Mississippi Chapter, and at this count, mailing, and cards are being sent to each a tea for some visiting prominent 99s. person who requested that a rug be eight of our members plan to attend the mailed. If you have not received a post card SHREVEPORT CHAPTER sectional meeting in Denver. regarding the mat, please write to Diane Marjo Wright, Reporter Bartels, 1801 Mindoro Drive, Lincoln, Nebr Our August meeting was held in the SPACE CITY CHAPTER 68506 or to Nancy Alley, Route 8, Lincoln, local FAA office where we viewed a safety Lucille Bethard, Reporter Nebr 68506. We do apologize for the delay, film on spins and stalls. Helen Wray On May 31, 1975, a new Ninety-Nines and we do hope that the mat will help showed pictures of the International chapter was born. The charter for Space remind you of your 99 friends in Lincoln! Meeting. Mr. Bill Smock and his wife, Fay, City Ninety-Nines, the second Houston joined us during the meeting. Mr. Smock area chapter, was announced by Mary OKLAHOMA CHAPTER is a news reporter for the Minden, Byers at an awards banquet capping a fun- Marjorie Hudson, Reporter Louisiana paper and plans to write a article filled day. Hazel Jones, Governor of South The Oklahoma Chapter met August 3 at on the Shreveport Chapter of the Ninety- Central Section, was unable to attend. Ponca City, to coincide with the Ponca Nines. Mr. George Seaburg and his wife The banquet climaxed the very suc­ City Fly In. Members came early to help dropped by, Mr. Seaburg is the GADO 11 cessful first annual Space City Memorial with this function and stayed on after Chief for the FAA moving from Houston Derby, in memory of Ruth Hildebrand. meeting for the air show in the afternoon. last month. Ruth, a Houston area Ninety-Nines, was Plans have been made to have a Luau NAFA is sponsroing a Regional Meet in killed while participating in the Angel party at Norma Vandergriff’s home in Ruston, Louisiana in October and we voted Derby in Mexico two years ago. Tommy Edmond September 6, for the installation to donate a trophy—Best Female Pilot. Hildebrand, Ruth’s husband, was the of officers for the coming year. This will be September 10th the new Shreveport official starter for the Space City Derby. a costume party and it was suggested that Flight Sen/ice Station opens and the The charter was read by Helen Jackson, if we did not come in costume, we could Shreveport Ninety-Nine will help with the chapter chairman. She then announced the buy costumes at the door, the charge of hostess duties. We have decorated the officers and charter members. They are: which would be nom inal. showcase in the Downtown Airport in a Bi- Jean Belfield, Lucille Bethard, Secretary; We are making progress on the new Centennial theme for the occasion—Helen Marci Butler; Mary Byers, Treasurer; Judy Headquarters Dedication plans under the Wray and Martha Christy were the brains Covin, Pat Davies, Maybelle Fletcher, leadership of Marilyn Copeland. This is behind the project. Vice-Chairman; Janice Glowczwski, Helen going to be a great occasion and a fun Helen Hewitt’s son, Jeff, recently Jackson, Jackie Kirby, Judy Nagle, Linda weekend. completed the requirements for a 707 Jet- Peterson, Gwen Peyton, Debbie Rihn. Two new members are Sandy Anderson and really great to see old Friends. Shan The program has been set for our Safety Bonnie Young. Hawthorne and Joan Alyea (and Dale) got Seminar on October 21. in some flying on a couple of Civil Air Patrol searches this summer and Shan also attended the Colorado Wing Pilot Seminar in August. If anybody has a right wheel pant for a '46 Stinson, Shan would like to hear about it. She needs one; she didn’t do anything, just would like to get both wheel pants back on the plane. Also in August we attended an FAA Safety Seminar sponsored by the Thun- derbird Civil Air Patrol Squadron in Pueblo. Some of us were even brave Left to right: Helen Jackson, Chairman; enought to try the “vertigo” chair. Fall plans call for our annual steak fry at Bonnie Young; Maybelle Fletcher, Vice- Mrs. Margaret Lynch, deputy administrator Chairman; Mary Byers, Treasurer, Lucille Ann Courtright's in September, attending of the Bicentennial Commission (L.) and the South-Central Sectional meeting in Bethard, Secretary; Marci Butler; Gwen Barbara Ruhnke, Topeka 99s in Atchison Denver, and our annual fly in brunch in Peyton; Judy Covin; Jackie Kirby; Judi July 24. Pueblo on October 12. Speaker w ill be Nagle; Janice Glowczwski; Linda Peterson and Sandy Anderson. Shirley Marshall from the Black Forest TULSA CHAPTER Glider Port with her “Soaring Country” Johnnie K. Salyer, Reporter film . Hello! out there to all our 99 friends. It was a real pleasure hearing those planes TOPEKACHAPTHER roar in and getting to visit with you racers Sondra Ridgeway, Reporter during your stop in Tulsa in the Powder Topeka 99s and a couple of 4 9 1/2 S air­ Puff Derby. marked tie-down spaces on the ramp at Early on Sunday morning, before you Manhattan, Kansas Municipal Airport on came to visit us, sleepy 99s and 49Vi piled June 14. Brent Kitchen the airport manager out of bed and scurried down to the air­ (and 49 Vi to be) was an enthusiastic port. With paint brushes and rollers in supervisor. hand, we air marked Riverside in Twenty-four planes entered the Space City Charlotte Kenney and Pat Lane have preparation for your visit. It was fun, Memorial Derby, May 31, 1975. Here they been involved in CAP activities this amazing how fast we can paint when we are all lined up waiting for the fuel truck at summer. Both participated in a training are working together. The T.V. station and the base of the Old Terminal Building, mission in Manhattan, Kansas the early radio gave the 99s some good publicity William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas. part of the summer. Pat Lane spent a week covering the event. Afterwards we enjoyed at Maxwell AFT, Montgomery, Alabama coffee and doughnuts served by Deanna attending a course in management and Robertson at Southwest where she in­ leadership at the CAP Staff College. Pat structs. Deanna is quite thrilled, her first heads up the adult squadron in Topeka. student now has a private license. TAR 64 with Sondra Ridgeway and Earlene Biles, ground school instructor, Barbara Eldred received 43rd in the PPD, is flying dual working toward her in­ along with a liberal education in the art of strument rating. Earlene and her mother speed racing. Charlotte and Bob Kenney flew to Ohio in a Comanche and picked up and Hazel and Tom Neely flew a her two nephews, who flew back with her. proficiency race at Keokuk, Iowa, with the They stopped in Springfield for lunch. Kenneys placing 6th. Sondra and Dale Earlene's 491/2er Jerry is working on his Ridgeway received a best Bellanca trophy private license, and soloed after 2 hours at the Skylady Derby, North Little Rock, instruction. He now has 12 hours and his Space City Installation—left to right: Arkansas. first cross country logged. Maybelle Fletcher installing Marci Butler Chapter chairman Barbara Ruhnke Jan Mauritson, instructor, flew to Dallas Treasurer; Linda Peterson, Secretary; represented us at a Rotary Club luncheon recently for her daughter’s birthday. While Mary Byers, Vice-Chairman; and Lucille in Atchison, Kansas on July 24. Mrs. in Dallas they attended the Shakespeare Bethard, Chairman. Margaret Lynch of Washington, D.C., Outdoor Theatre and Jan flew back after Deputy Administrator of the Bicentennial the play. Last week Jan flew a Beech 33 to SPANISH PEAKS CHAPTER Commission was guest speaker and Corpus Christi and Padre Island. Later she Joan Alyea, Reporter delivered a special message in regard to will be taking Deanna, Ginger and Betty Summer activities have kept us busy- the Forest of Friendship project to be Baker to Denver for the Mountain Ground flying, dodging more rain than usual and jointly sponsored by the 99s and the City School and Sectional Meeting. making plans for an even busier fall. of Atchison. Barbara reports there has One of the most memorable fly-ins New officers elected in July are been much progress with the walkways attended by Johnnie Salyer and Bill was at Chairman Joan Alyea; Vice Chairman, nearly complete and tree planting by the Red’s. Sounds of Charlie Pride floating Shannon Hawthorne; Secretary-Treasurer, Kansas State Department of Forestry through the mountain top breeze, the live Mary Lou Millbern. scheduled to begin in the fall. band playing beautiful music beside the We have been a traveling bunch this Our vice-chairman Virginia Marshall has runway, while the planes flew in atop summer: Joan Alyea and 491/2 Dale spent moved to Liberal, Kansas and will transfer Leonard Mountain 17 miles South of the six weeks in Mexico City and Puebla (sister to the Cimmaron Chapter. We’ll miss her. Tulsa VOR, we enjoyed visiting with city to our home base). A next door neigh­ Nancy Teel and Barbara Ruhnke will fly friends, just airplane talk, and especially bor turned out to be a pilot from Ohio, so to Denver September 12 & 13 in Nancy's enjoyed the delicious, sweet, juicy at least some hangar flying was done. Ann twin comanche for the South Central fall watermelon served by our host Red and his Courtright and 49'/2 Claiborne flew to section meeting. wife. He has three pool tables and a juke Turkey Run National Park, Indiana, for a Plans are being finalized for a static box in the hangar for your enjoyment. family reunion, and in August they flew to display and concession stand for the Also, lots for sale if you are thinking of a Oklahoma. Ann Frink had a great time at Manhattan, Kansas Airport Day on Sep­ home with your own runway. Do fly in and the WASP reunion in June, said it was tember 27. get acquainted you’ll be glad you did. hangar at Dietz Airpark, Canby for our BAY CITIES CHAPTER annualy fly-in drive-in pancake breakfast. Vivian Harshbarger, Reporter Northwest Section A variety of aircraft decended upon us— August started with a beautiful flight ALASKA - IDAHO ■ MONTANA home-builts, antiques, twins, and home from International Convention in NORTH DAKOTA - OREGON assorted more familiar models from as far Coeur d'Alene. The flight in left a little to SOUTH DAKOTA away as Gig Harbor, Washington. We were be desired, but Joyce Wells gave a terrific WASHINGTON - WYOMING treated to low fly-bys, formation fly-bys, demonstration on almost instant and 491/2er Doug Lusher did some fancy changeover from VFR to IFR. Citabria flying with our chairman Billie We were joined at Convention by Ruth Dutcher as passenger. Even tho she was Rueckert, Ruth Jacquot and Margaret COLUMBIA CASCADE CHAPTER Gerhardt, where we all learned a lot about Mary Wohlgemuth, Reporter met, as they taxied to a stop, with paper towels and a bucket she said “don’t need how to run a Convention. Valuable in­ Despite “the elements" seven of our it—it was great”. 230 breakfasts were formation that we'll use in 1977 in San members attended the International cooked and served. During the day Barbara Francisco. Convention in Couer d’Alene. The chill in Green was pinned by our chairman as our A few days home then off the Palms to the air was soon dispersed due to the Pines Air Race. Joyce entered with her warmth of the hospitality of the great newest member. Our new officers have been elected and daughter, Alison Pitt as co-pilot, and group of gals herding this “ Round Up ’75” . at our September dinner-meeting will be Kathy Walton (because of last minute It was good to see our former member, availability) became the co-pilot’s co-pilot. Vera Arnold, who returned to the Santa the installation of Pegge Blinco as Chairman; Suzy Ward, Vice-Chairman; Gail (Abigail) Wagg had her indoctrination Clara Valley Chapter, and like “old home Mary Hill, Secretary; Mary Wohlgemuth, in this air race, and found it interesting week” for this reporter seeing Marion Treasurer; and other duties have been enough to start planning for the Pacific Air Barnick, Evelyn Lundstrom, Verna West given to Dorothy Mercer as Membership Race. Gail and I were doing pretty good and Mardo Crane from SCV. Chairman; Mary Wohlgemuth, News until I couldn’t find the Independence Dorothy Mercer, Billie Dutcher and Reporter; APT Chairman, Barbara Hen­ runway. How embarrasing. Pegge Blinco presented “ Helpful Hints to drickson; Flying Activities, Billie Dutcher; The trip home from Oregon was Please Your Pilot” to the ladies of the something else. Joyce, Alison and Kathy Oregon Pilots Association Convention at Air Marking & AE Scholarship, Fay Potter; and Air Education, Betty Prakken. “Give left IFR on Sunday, but had ro RON at the Lloyd Center Sheraton Hotel recently. everyone a job and keep them active” is our Medford, and continue the next day. On A somewhat skeptical group became very arrival at Gnoss Field, Marin County, enthused and interested after hearing what future Chairman’ motto. Joyce ran out of gas in her car because lady pilots have to say on a woman-to- YAKIMA VALLEY CHAPTER some one had depleted her supply during woman basis. Jan LeCocqu, Reporter her absence. It seems that rubbing shoulders with 99s Thought we could gather our group in Gail and I followed on Highway 5, and for so long convinced 49’/2er Gordie August but with the last opportunity for some other south bound racers, for nearly Prakken he should “try it—he may like it" vacations before Labor Day it will be a three hours. Finally succeeded in getting so now he is one of flyings greatest September meeting, Keep hearing of our race plane within 20 miles of it's home boosters as he solos around in the members doing their thing! Horse shows, base. Then, completed our journey via Cherokee he and Betty have nested on water skiing, fishing, trips to the cabin, taxi, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), and their property at Dietz Airpark...Lee Wrenn seashore, sailing, back packing, you name taxi to get our cars and to work on is in the banner towing business again and it, sure one of our members has done it. Tuesday. Would like to hear some of the many a day we can see our 99 doing her We have another great gal joining our other stories of those that returned south aerial advertising overhead. forces, Barbara Rankin, long time pilot by way of Nevada or didn’t get out until Our members were on hand for the who has many hours with her husband Tuesday. terminus of the Palms to Pines Air Race at flying in their Beech. She is active in the Rose Sharp directed and produced a Independence on Saturday morning League of Women Voters and busy mother memorable day at a local flea market. She August 16. On the tim ing crew were of three daughters. Shall keep you posted induced a Hang Glide enthusiast to display Barbara Daufel, JoNeal Harris, Lillian as we grow. his kite, and we all spent the day talking to Wager, Mary Wohlgemuth, Billie Dutcher anyone interested in any kind of flight. and Pegge Blinco as 61 aircraft bombed Also, sold a few tickets to the Sky High across the finish line. The town of movie. Independence served nearly 500 pounds of Speaking of the Sky High movie, we salmon at the Saturday evening banquet, Southwest Section hope our next report will attest to it’s along with the overnite accommodations A R IZ O N A - C A L IF O R N IA howling success. and entertainment. HAWAII - NEVADA - UTAH On Sunday August 24 the sun smiled brightly on our chapter members (and ever- helpful 491/2S) gathered at Barbara Daufel’s EL CAJON VALLEY CHAPTER Cay Hatch, Reporter COACHELLA VALLEY CHAPTER El Cajon Valley Chapter installed new officers at a steak dinner. Helen McGee, chairman, Cay Hatch, vice-chairman, Irene Rogers, Secretary, and Sue Clark, treasurer. Our491/2rs were read their rights by Roy Davis and most conditions were reluctantly agreed to by our other halves. BISHOP Betty Wharton of the San Diego Chapter EL. 41Va did her usual marvelous installing of our new officers. What a gal! Hap Young of the Gillespie Tower gave us the dope on traffic controllers and briefed us on the new localizer at Gillespie. Irene Rogers is our new Woman Pilot of the Year and Sue Left to Right of photo front; Rosella Kibbee, Chairman Coachella Valley Ninety Nines— Clark is in second place. (Picture enclosed) Inyo County Supervisor Wilma Muth (also a pilot) center and Peggy Marsh Brief notes of some of our flying 99s— . Left to Right rear: Roy Kibbee, Coleen Armstrong and Dr. Carl Muth of Bishop. Dottie Campbell to Indiana for vacation— Photo Credit: Cal Turner Lynn Coulthard, Vi Chambers, Isabell McCrae Hale planning a flyin to Bozaman, New Mexico, and of course to Idaho for the George Reel (of our Chapter) have moved Montana to visit Marge Brown for Labor convention. A couple of our members, up there and bought this mobile home park Day—Joan Sierecki active in El Cajon Joanne Allred and Elva Ehrlich, fly and lake. It is one of the most beautiful in Social Flying Club is awaiting delivery of somewhere different every Wednesday California. Their home is a remodeled bar their Piper tri-pacer— Dottie Sanders, Leah morning for breakfast. Sounds like fun, so you can imagine the size and luxury of Liersch, Chuck Taylor and Doris, Marian doesn't it? their place. They had the 99s advertised on Banks, Virginia Renn and Helen McGee to FULLERTON CHAPTER the radio every day for a week before the Breakfast Club in San Diego. This is the Sylvia Paoli, Reporter event. The townfold all knew we were oldest flying club in California. On Sept. No chapter could have wrapped up their coming. They picked us up at the airport, 7th, El Cajon Chapter is sponsoring a first and started into their second year any served us dinner, then we had a program localizer fly-in. All pilots are welcome to nicer than Fullerton Chapter with a great on skydiving (George is a skydiver) and on join us in flying the localizer. Refresh­ “birthday” present from our own spon­ the Powder Puff Derby. The next day we ments will be served at the Ad building. soring Orange County Chapter, awarded at toured their extraordinary attractive area, Contact Helen McGee for more info. Labor its Pilot of the Year Banquet—four fine their tame lake trout ate out of our hands, Day weekend we will have an air marking new members, transferees from Orange little 3 yr old Hartley threw pebbles in the party at Gillespie. Evelyn Wing is flying County to Fullerton! (Now this reporter little running stream, and our Flight Leader everywhere trying to get in her solo time can find someone else for the job!) The Eldris FELL IN! A truly wonderful time was for her commercial rate. Me thinks she four are familiar names to 99s: Maggie had by all that were able to go. Mt. Shasta needs the invisible man to travel with her Burch, (Southwest Section Publicity is a m ajestic view that can be seen to cut the boredom. Dorothy Ledbetter, Chairman), Virginia "Ginny” Flanary throughout the valley. Sue Clark, Cay Hatch flew to Catalina for (immediate past-chairman of Orange Our Chapter had the honor of having the day. That airport is a real thrill for first County and former editor of the famous— Mardo Crane (99s editor) fly with us to timers! or infamous, as the case may be—“Plane Coeur D’Alene. Our fearless pilot Rae Boo Christensen Bergman is laid up Tales”), Darlene Brundage (past chairman Gillmore & crew Janie Postlethwaite, with a bad back. She’s still struggling to of Orange County and also past editor of Eldris Shogren & Mardo made it thru the keep things together for the Pacific Air “ Plane Tales” ), and Peggy Lawton, for a bad weather VFR to International, but Race. Helen McGee, Aileen Mellott, Irene long time was the familiar face who was many 99s were caught in all the states Rogers and Dottie Sanders represented the always around to lend a hand when around Idaho waiting for it to clear up. El Cajon Chapter at a brunch hostessed by needed. The presentation was made with Rae Gilmore, Dorothy Carrol & Janie Rosemary Longmire, Palomar Chapter, at Maggie in the best of form, having Postlethwaite participated in the Palms to her home in Escondido, honoring Sheila composed some original lyrics for a Pines Air Race. We all had a wonderful Scott of England on August 10th. See you familiar tune, accompanied as only Maggie time. The take-offs were late both days due at the Pacific Air Race. could, on her ukelele, and all four to morning overcast. First time since the serenading Fullerton as they gave us the race was originated that they didn’t have perfect hot weather. Many 49'/2ers joined news. Welcome aboard, gals! The members presented outgoing and their wives at Santa Monica, Red Bluff, founding chapter chairman Esther and Independence Oregon. Some came to Grupenhagen, with a plaque denoting the only one place, others to all three. Glad to outstanding contribution she has made to have our 491/2ers to the races and to our the chapter and to 99s. With that, the new conventions. The people in Independence really showed their hospitality this tim e- officers took over, with Avery Grey at the more than in the past. Most of the girls helm, Mary Dyer, vice-chairman, Judy were rained in and couldn’t leave for 2 Stoh staying on as secretary, and Mary days. Many of us staying with local Olsten taking over as treasurer. families were treated to tours, tasty meals, El Cajon Valley Chapter’s “Women Pilots With the Angel Derby (Avery and Esther) and a terrific time. of the Year” Left to Right: Sue Clark, 2nd and the Powder Puff Derby - (Esther, Our Chapter had the movie SKY HIGH, Place, Lynn Coulthard, Chairman, WPY, Olsten solo) over, we're looking ahead to Sept. 9th at the College of San Mateo. The and Irene Rogers, 1st Place. the "Palms to Pines” (Esther, Sylvia, Mary movie is being shown around the Bay Area and Avery) and the Pacific Air Race to raise money for the 1977 Conv. FRESNO CHAPTER (Esther, Avery and Sylvia). In between, We are proud of our members Pat Gwen Blomgren, Reporter we’re already planning another “ Pennies a Forbes and Carolyn Zapata who came in The Fresno Chapter 99s are progressing Pound" for scholarship funds, and next third at the POWDER PUFF DERBY. FA N nicely in their plans for a pinchhitter year’s “ Shirts ’n S kirts” . Another DRF T A S T I C... They are going to enter the course to be given in October. Chairperson flight is planned for the near future, and a Pacific Air Race in October. Kathie Muller says Registration will be safety seminar, jointly sponsored by held October 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kitty Fullerton Chapter and the FAA. Hawk at the Fresno Air Terminal. Ground school is scheduled for Friday and GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER HI-DESERT CHAPTER Saturday nights, October 17 and 18, at Janie Postlethwaite, Reporter Bertha M. Ryan, Reporter Mazzei’s—Fresno Air Terminal. Par­ Our last meeting was opened with a Big News—50 per cent of our ticipants may schedule their 4 hours of toast to our outgoing officers and one to members are now APT. We are aiming for flying time with Mazzei instructors any our in-coming officers. Guest speaker was 100 per cent this year. time between the 15th and the 26th. An Angie Anderson from the Airforce Assn. Our new Chairman, Yvonne Koepke, has awards banquet will be held Sunday started by Jimmy Dolittle. She is starting a been busy appointing Committee evening in the Kitty Hawk to wind up the Bay Area Peninsula Chapter which is 4 Chairmen. Marlene Kniss will take over the event. Total cost of the course will be military and 4 civilian—promoting strength Amelia Earhart Scholarship Committee in $75.00, which covers materials, food, and in American Airpower and Aerospace addition to being Chapter Secretary. Mary instructor time. Participants are welcome Education. Lue Garrison is Vice Chairman and also to bring a guest to the awards banquet. Barbara LaPoint is a dance skater who handling the Scrapbook and Publicity. There will be an additional $5.00 charge for skated ten hours for the Muscular Yvonne will help her with Publicity and his or her dinner. If you are flying in for the Dystrophy Assn. of America. Her skate also take care of the Membership Com­ course, be advised the tower frequency at club raised $14,000 for MDAA. Barbara’s mittee duties. Bertha Ryan is Newsletter FAT has been changed to 118.2. Hope to son also participated. She raised $260 for Reporter and APT Chairman. see you all there! her ten hours of skating. We have a new m em ber— Dixie Lee Our members have been flying in all Mount Shasta. —Dunsmuir-Mott Fly-in Miller—of China Lake, California. Dixie directions this summer, from Canada to at Abrams Lake Mobile Estates. Dorthy & flies with the China Lake Navy Flying Club and her husband is a Marine pilot day. The Hayward Air Race had its ter­ Wally Funk, in Washington, D.C. for stationed at China Lake (and also minus at North Las Vegas Air Terminal and additional training in her job as Air Safety president of the club). several members assisted there. Marie Inspector for NTSB, was invited to the Two of our members flew to Texas this McMillan and Rene Crow flew Marie’s 210 White House on June 23rd for brunch as a summer. Last year’s Chairman—Margaret in the Powder Puff Derby with the guest of President and Mrs. Ford. Bolton —took her Commanche “ back Showboat Hotel as their sponsors. Carole The Fall Sectional, scheduled for home" on a vacation trip. Bertha Ryan— DePue flew her Grumman Traveler in the September 26 thru 28th should get us all in your reporter—flew her Cherokee along Palms to Pines race. Marie, Rene and Mary the mood to get back to work—it was a with the Smirnoff Cross Country Sailplane Langlois also flew in the Tucson Treasure great summer! Derby as Official Scorer (after Odessa, Hunt. Kathy Snaper is working on her Texas, scoring was done by telephone). Instrument rating and recently made a Margaret Bolton also had the opportunity cross-country to Santa Barbara. Joanne LOS ANGELES CHAPTER to fly a single place, experimental, home- Nelson and 491/2er Bill vacationed in Africa Grace McGettigan, Reporter built, fully aerobatic airplane this summer. and few with a 99 Bush Pilot. Nancy Norma Futterman and Virginia Showers It was a thrill—like a first solo, she said! Schrimer and her 491/2er Garry flew a flew home from the Palms to Pines Air Jeannie McAdams has been busy with her Bonanza home from Kansas after at­ Race on “cloud nine” after winning third soaring operation at California City Air­ tending a class reunion back there. Nancy place! Also included among the 13 LA 99s port. She has purchased a new Scout Craddock is about ready to take her participating, first time racers Mary Firth towplane to supplement the Citabria. The Instrument check ride. and Mikhail LaPointe received the Scenic school has three two place and two single New officers were elected; Lois Route Trophy for trailing the flock. place sailplanes. They have a contract to Erickson as Chairman, Kathleen Snaper, Our annual installation of officers was train the Air Force Test Pilot School Vice Chairman, Kate Clifford, Secretary celebrated August 26th. The Chapter’s students in sailplanes. and Rene Crow as Treasurer. leadership for 1975-76 will be in the hands Lois Erickson and Carole DePue at­ of Chairman Virginia Showers, Vice LAKETAHOECHAPTER tended the International Convention at Chairman Grace McGettigan, Secretary May Haskell, Reporter Couer d’Alene and will report to the Norma Futterman, and Treasurer Jeanne On August 6, 1975 there was a meeting membership at the September meeting. Rumm. of a group of 99s to discuss the possibility Carole DePue is now the Grumman Numerous honors were bestowed upon of the formation of a chapter to ac­ dealer for the Las Vegas area. And during our members during the evening. Retiring commodate those living in the Lake Tahoe the summer we were privileged to welcome Chairman Lynne Opper was presented with area. Five members are necessary to form Eileen and Arthur Battle of Townsville, a ruby-studded 99 pin as a memento of her a new chapter and seven pilots indicated a Queensland, Australia. Several of the girls terms in office. Lynne was also chosen as desire to join the new chapter plus one entertained them at lunch at the Flight the first recipient of the Los Angeles new member and several prospective Deck restaurant. Plans are afoot for Ninety Nines Service Award which is members. Those present at the meeting monthly fly-ins too. conferred upon a member who has ren­ decided to go ahead and get things dered exceptional service to the Chapter started. Bonnie Seymour, was chosen throughout the year above and beyond her LONG BEACH CHAPTER interim Chairman, and will be doing much usual duties. Jean McConnell, Reporter of the pick and shovel work. If we can Jean Pyatt is our Pilot of the Year! Among the racers who departed survive all the necessary paper work we are Virginia Showers and Norma Futterman Riverside in the “Powder Puff Derby” on bound to have a good chapter. It was were awarded second and third place July 4th were two teams from our chapter. decided that Lake Tahoe Chapter would be trophies, respectively, and Jeanne Rumm Jean Schiffman, Karen Sherman and a suitable name and the first Wednesday of was chosen as fourth runner up. Dorothy Waltz had previously flown in the the month has been chosen as meeting To encourage the pursuit of upgraded AWTAR but it was a first for Bonnie Zrust. date. Those desiring to be charter certificates and additional ratings, the LA Bonnie is a grade school teacher, who members must have membership ap­ Chapter rewards such achievers at the end shared the race with her students by plication or transfer papers in by October of each year, and monetary awards were checking in each night with her summer 1, 1975. We have tried to reach all distributed to Virginia Showers for school substitute so the children could prospects in this area but if we missed acquiring her multi-engine rating, and to follow her on their map. (How about this anyone and you are interested in the new Jean Pyatl who not only obtained her for Air Education, 99 Style?—Ed.) chapter contact Bonnie at 546-5575 or 587- AMEL, but also her multi-engine instructor The Palms to Pine Air Race, originated 2277, Helen Foeger, Membership rating. by the Long Beach Chapter and now Chairman 831-1132, May Haskell, This Reporter says “thank-you" to all the sponsored by the new Santa Monica Secretary 587-3084, Kay Schlinkman, Co- members of the LA Chapter for continually Chapter, occupied several members during chairman 587-4055. We were optomistic supplying news of interest. They un­ the first two weeks of August. Wally Funk enough to set a date for our Charter doubtedly will offer the same cooperation and Erma Orisino took 2nd place in a Banquet—October 25th—and will have and assistance to my successor, Judy Citabria, Jean Schiffman flew the race more details next month. Campbell-Broom, who obtained her Those of us belonging to the Reno Area solo, Dorothy Wealtz teamed with her American citizenship August 8th. Chapter will transfer with regret for leaving student pilot daughter Evelyn, Gene good friends but hope this will present all FitzPatrick and Delores Reed flew a new MONTEREY BAY CHAPTER of us with an opportunity to broaden our Cessna 150 and won a leg prize between Dell Hinn, Reporter realm of acquaintances and spread the Klamath Falls and Independence, Oregon. Some flew and some drove, but we all work of the 99s. Juanita Thomson and Pat Thorpe flew a had a single purpose—to airmark Hollister Lake Tahoe Chapter Cessna 210, Marie Hoefer and Joyce Jones Airport. Our youngest member Dianne flew P.O. Box 1585 each raced in Cessna 172s while Bonnie in with her new husband Shawn Price (he’s Truckee CA 95734 Zurst changed pace in a Cherokee 180. With 61 entries and no incidents, the Santa a pilot too—and that's the best kind to LAS VEGAS VALLEY CHAPTER Monica girls are to be congratulated on a marry, right?). Grandma Dell and Grand­ Liz Heller, Reporter great race. daughter Gail (TAR 74) flew a lady-type In the past few m onths we have Looking forward to the Pacific Air Race prisoner to Carson City, Nevada early in welcomed some new members: Rene on October 4th. the morning, and back in time to paint the Crow, Mary Langlois, Kathleen Snaper and Jan Crook, Ruth Gay and Joyce Failing 99s signature at the end of the word Val Stephan. We are glad to have them spent eight exciting days in August Hollister. A delicious Chicken barbq with aboard. touring South America and flying over all the trimmings was prepared and served Lots of flying—a group of us flew to Antartica with the Mount San Antonio by the Hollister Airmen and enjoyed by all. Death Valley for lunch one beautiful spring Charter Flight Cute picture of the day was Geneva Cranford’s 2-year old Grandson Jay sound Harriet Booth, who captured the no. 2 PHOENIX CHAPTER asleep under a big shade tree with his winner’s spot. Sue Adler and Mary San- Natasha Swigard, Reporter Name Badge proclaiming Jay Cranford, tasuosso were second, by a HAIR, as 1 st- August was a hot, miserable month that Monterey Bay Chapter’s “243/4er". He’d time contestants, and we all know Pam provided us all with lots of square air to fly been working hard on that airmarking all Van der Linden and Jean Schulz’s cartoon in. We did fly-in to the Prescott All Arizona morning. family kept the PPD and 99s in the public 99s Potluck Picnic! Much fun was had by We have two new members—Cristi Hoyt eye for many a day. all attending—good food, an Art Show, and Lori Cilligan. Lori turned her 66 right There were many vacations by air this Smoki dances and camping—along with side up recently when she passed her summer. A few: Bob and Betty Kitchen in good fellowship. private pilot flight test. their Cessna 182 enjoyed British Next month we’ll be knee deep into Judy Dake attended the AOPA Up-Dater Columbia; Ellen Fordham with 491/2 Virgil making people A.W.A.R.E. of aviation Course in San Jose this month; an ex­ flew a NEW “Arrow” to So. Carolina, safety. cellent way to fill in the gaps that seem to Florida and Georgia to visit relatives; Bruni Bradley —our chapter's European occur when one hasn't flown for awhile. Eevelyn Ashton joined an Audubon campaigner will finally present the West Trish Marks has been flying again after a Wildlife study group in Alaska-(en route to German Section Charter at the Lud- long period of doing something else the Pribiloff Islands, Bering Sea, she wigsburg Army Airfield. There will be 14 (school, tennis, getting her real estate assured companions that the ancient DC6 members. Bruni will soon have a dream salesman license, etc.) and she really got had a good record for reliability and come true, and we are proud of her. into it. She’s been flying a Cessna 210, performance. Then, an engine quit! P.S.— Our chapter chairman, Carol Borger- 182, Arrow for instrument currency they made a 1801); the Booth family flew ding, will be going into Good Samaritan training, and of all things—she’s been (and drove) to their Oregon ranch-vacation Hospital next month for hip surgery. She is flying right seat in a B-25. Let’s hear more home; the Victor Vander Lindens joined a going to have a new-fangled plastic type Trish! Allie and Murdic Guest Comanched charter flight to Athens, thence by ship hip put in to replace the one that was in from Medford, Oregon in time for Tena through the Greek islands and Israel; Fred damaged years ago. and Neil to take the family plane to Lake and Toni Torres flew the Comanche to Kendall and Millie Dawe took their new Shasta for some water skiing this Keeno Bay, Mex. fora week; your reporter 210 and flew to Buchanan Field, Oakland, weekend. Sandy and Russ Pratt flew their and Betty Gillies (San Diego Chapter) and from there flew to Grass Valley, Skylane to Truckee Tahoe with the "Baron-ed” to, from, around and in Alaska, Montana, and then home. Monterey Peninsula Airmen, and Geneva Yukon territory, British Columbia and Bill and Sue Harper and family flew to Cranford has completed checking out in Jo Alberta, stopping at Cour d'Alene, 2 days the Virginas for a month of visiting. Jesse Dieser’s Cessna 182. late (weather) to join Palomar members Wimmers is working on her Helicopter Esther Whitt, Rosemary Longmire and rating...in a Hughes 300. And we added Pam for the convention. Millie Dawe and Aggie Liljegren to our APT ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Rosemary had Sheila Scott, British list. Sharron Temps, Reporter Section Governor, as her house guest for a We avoided the summer doldrums this few days after convention. Members of year by attending the International Con­ RENO AREA CHAPTER surrounding chapters joined together at vention. Those who went as delegates May Haskell, Reporter Rosemary’s for a late Sunday morning from Orange Co. were Ursula Tracy, The Reno Area Chapter is very busy ‘Coffee’ to meet and visit with Sheila and Barbara Ward, and Ginny Flannery. Also getting ready for the Reno International Air her hostess’ family. working very hard for all of us were Thon Races to be held September 12,13,14. The As I write, Howard Rosen, the frustrated Griffith and Margo Smith. Going along for Chapter’s involvement in the Races ac­ PPD entrant, has missed an opportunity to the fun and having a great time meeting tually starts on September 8th with the fly with gals. He hasn’t entered the "Men’s old and new friends, and exploring assembling of forms and information for Air Race” Palomar sponsors September beautiful Coeur D’Alene were Joan San- handout to all entrants, followed by 19-20. Participants will be guests at borne, Betty Marshall, Betty Carrier, registration of pilots, then the exciting beautiful Lake San Marcos for bed and Mariane Jamison, and Sharron Temps. three race days and finally the Awards board. At our August meeting everyone in the Banquet. One other highlight of the week With GADO, we are sponsoring a chapter got a good look at the excellent is Kathy Gray’s annual cocktail party on “Safety Seminar”, geared to the needs of snapshots Joan Soanborne took of the trip Saturday night for all the members of our the Private Pilot: physiology, weather, to Convention. Barbara Ward chaired her Chapter. Many hours are spent on this maintainence. October 19, Palomar Air­ first formal meeting of the new year, with annual money making project with some port-North County Aviation hangar, 2 to 5 Helen Crantz taking over as secretary for gals actually scheduling their vacation P.M.. No registration, no fee, “Sweep­ Marty Harstad, who has moved to the time to be available. Jerry Duty, Air Race stakes Award" privileges, open to all. Marshall Islands. Other new chair­ Chairman, and his wife, Ernie are great Contact Mary Pearson for further details. manships are—Betty Ackerman Plane people to work with and add to the fun. We welcome two new Private Pilots— Tales, and Marie Christensen Membership Part of the pelasure of the week is the Gay Cook and Jean Hatfield. They are and Tax status. opportunity to see so many 99s from other already hard at work on the upcoming Guests that evening from Riverside were areas. If you make it to the races, don’t projects. Becky Sandell, Lynn Greer, and Gloria forget to stop by Race Headquarters and Huffman, who gave us a glowing report of say hello and sign our visitor book. our effect on the Riverside Chamber of Jean Kuckoff and her son, Chris, flew Commerce and airport officials. From all her Cessna 210 in the Hayward- concerned in Riverside we received hearty Bakersfield-Las Vegas Proficiency Race in thanks and congratulations for an out­ May and placed 13 out of 33. Jean and her standing job of running the PPD Start. son are both new pilots so we feel this feat They wish they could have it every year, deserves a special congratulation! since it was so successful. Thank you Mary Boles and Jerry Gardiner flew a Riverside, but Orange Co. 99s and Inland Warrior in the Palms to Pines race and won Empire happily hand the honor over to one leg and placed 27 out of 61. Anita Sacramento for 1976. Worel was also in the race and placed 37th. Fran Gustavson usually helps with the race but, we are sorry to relate, she was not PALOMAR CHAPTER Palomar Chapter’s (L) Harriet Booth, Co­ available this year because her husband, Gertrude Lockwood, Reporter pilot and Mary Pearson, Pilot, second Gus, had a serious heart attack. We all We’re still basking in the reflected glory place winners in the 1975 Powder Puff hope for a speedy recovery for Gus. of our TAR contestants, Mary Pearson and Derby. Peggy Twedt gave balloon rides to some of our members in July and this was a new Thelma Drew to name a few, have all (Warrior), Audrey Schutte-Harriet Bair 10th and exciting experience. Thanks Peggy! enjoyed flying trips out of state this (Beech Sierra), Midge Morong, solo 11th Our Chapter covers a large area and summer. Sacramento Chapter is literly (Mooney), Shirley Thom-Linda Thom 12th some of our members in the Lake Tahoe "Taking Off” before 1976! (C182), first time racers Michelle Naples- area have decided to stop battling the Ely Rickabaugh 29th (C172), Lorrie Blech winter blizzards and the summer tourists SAN DIEGO CHAPTER solo 35th (Mooney) and Use DeVries-Jill to get to Reno and are forming their own Betty Wharton, Reporter Silton 59th (Bonanza). chapter. It will be our pleasure to sponsor As the lady elephant said to her next A very successful fly-in was held on their new chapter and wish them well. door neighbor, have I got a trunk full of dirt August 6 to Santa Maria. for you THIS month! Next Friday, Aug. 29, we will have our SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER “Change of Command" ceremonies at a Judi Gorham, Reporter Connie Conolley, Reporter dinner party chairmanned by Connie Installation of officers was held at the Much will be mentioned by those at­ Goertz. The gavel will be passed from home of Marci Barnet. Husbands were also tending the 99s International Convention Marilyn Eimers to our new Chapter initiated into the 491/2 organization at the in Couer D’Alene this year about the many Chairman, Shirley Wolff. Working with same tim e. delightful happenings and constructive Shirley in '75-76 will be Penny Lowe, Vice New Chapter Chairman, Grace accomplishments that made this event Ch., Bea Wheeler, Treasurer, and Diane McChesney has taken office in a rush of successful. Our hats off to Fern Lake and Stocklin, Secretary. Diane will continue to enthusiasm and has taken charge of our those responsible for their tireless efforts edit our excellent local newsletter, the chapters hot dog stands both at the San and terrific hospitality! “ Enroute” . Luis Obispo Airport Day, Agust 24th, and Sandy Case is our 1975 “Pilot of the Our latest Flying Companion Seminar the Paso Robles Airport Day, September Year” . Joining Sandy ir. the plaudits were was (as usual) a huge success...68 21st. Barbara Goetz and Thelma Cull who “students” and $1020.00. We have been June Cunningham and Joan Stein- received our Special Service Awards, a new invited to put on a class for Orange County berger, Marci Barnet and Mary Stephan, addition to our program, for their many chapter, and we’re looking forward that! Criss Yecny and Linda Gruver all flew in tireless contributions to our chapter. Bob On Aug. 16 & 17, Ruth Ebey and Vi the Palms to Pines Air Race. Emily Drew was voted our 491/2 of the Year. He Chambers (who is Boo Berman’s “un­ Cletsoway and Judi Gorham flew Emily’s doesn’t know it but his year is just derstudy" for ECV Chapter) went along Cessna 210T back to Kansas and stopped beginning with Thelma, his wife being our with me in “Ole Blue” to trail blaze race by the new 99 Headquarters building on new chairperson for this year! stops for the P.A.R. Everything went like the way home. A fly-in to Little River Airport at Men­ clockwork, the WX even cooperated, and Thursday’s at noon have been set up as docino Co. with Lunch at Pine Cove we met with VIPs at BFL, COL, and Santa “hang out at the airport sessions” and restaurant ending with an invasion of a Rosa....worked out fly-bys, etc., and were those attending can either fly out for lunch nearby ocean beach cove made 17 gals and back home Sunday nite. Diane Stocklin or just hangar fly. Stop in and see us some one lone male happy to have the unique and Sue Clark (ECV Chapter) flew a Piper Thursday. priviledge of being able to view beautiful Arrow back to Ohio and points visiting SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER California Costal Shoreline from above. relatives. Diane took her two young sons Three of our gals had the privilege of Betty Hicks, Reporter along too. Santa Clara Valley Chapter member flying to Napa Cal. to attend the wedding Bonnie and Steve Adams tell me that our new secretary Marie Durbin, now Mrs. Mary Dian Ward earned and deserved that Willits, Calif, is a good fly-in spot. Good Amelia Earhart Scholarship which she was James McClasky. Sandy Case was food, good accommodations at the Skunk awarded the trophy in the Palms to Pines awarded at the international convention of Hotel (?) friendly natives, fun on the Skunk the Ninety-Nines last month at Couer d’ race for “First Time Pilot” best time, and Train, etc. Ruth and Jack Ebey just left for Alene, Idaho. Chapter plaudits go to this Dorothy Erickson and daughter were Minnesota in HER Funk, which has a new, truly professional pilot. During the school awarded the trophy for that class. very blue, paint job. Powder Puff Start Chairperson, Thelma year she is also a fulltime student at San Maggie Parsons is getting initiated into Jose State University, her education Cull and Chapter Chairperson, Thelma the mystic realm of aircraft wornership. underwritten by a grateful government, in Drew were delighted to host Mariam Banks Her puzzled query, “I just saved enough whose Air Force she served four years as a and Wanda Cummings, for Mariam to have money to buy a Cessna 150...what are all medic. a first hand look at the facilities for the '76 these TAX bills I keep getting??" She just Powder Puff Derby start. Back then in 1966, the Air Force offered got back from the Pacific N.W. tho’, and a way to see the world, a way to learn a Our Chapter members are world vows, “it sure beats driving!” trade a notch above that of making furrows travelers, with Gerry Mickelsen off to the And just in case anyone runs out of in red clay w ith that m ule-pulled hand Balkan Countries for a tour. Shirley Winn, something to do between now and the plow. She didn’t quite see the world, but Shirley Lehr, Dorothy Erickson, Sandy P.A.R several of us are going to she did see Europe and she did see much Case, Helen Hoffmann, Ann Molimana and Sectional in BFL, in Sept., and we are co­ of Germany from a light airplane. She also hosting a BBQ-Hayride with El Cajon learned a trade; Dian could have left the Valley Chapter! does anyone have Air Force and easily have been enticed to broom? continue her study of medicine—except SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER that in the Air Force there are Aero Clubs. Donna Zwink, Reporter Dian joined one of these in the spring of The annual Awards Banquet was held 1970. The club operated out of a little strip with an excellent attendance. Lorrie Blech called Egglesback, close to Frankfort, and was named San Fernando Valley Woman her solo cross-countries went to en­ Pilot of the Year with Shirley Thom, Lola thralling destinations like Nuremburg and Ricci, Delores Pynes, Vesta Malby and Wurms and Bohn-Hangarlar. Out of the Ellen Milleras runner ups as a result of very service, she completed her private license close competition. Beverly Woodward was back in Lumberton in the fall of '70, and presented with the Trixie Ann Schubert then went to the “big city” to earn her Memorial Award with Lorrie Blech and commercial, instrument and flight in­ (L-R) Thelma Cull, Sandy Case, and Elizabeth Dinan as runner ups. structor certificate out of Fayetteville, Barbara Goetz. Sandy was winner of Our entrants in the Palms-Pine Race did North Carolina. Woman Pilot of the Year Award, Thelma an outstanding job. Our proud first place Asked why she decided to return to and Barbara both received the Service winner was Jean Rose flying a Citabria. school, Dian replied, in an accent still Awards for the Sacramento Valley Chapter. Margie Robbins-Cec Schulman 5th heavy with the save-your-Confederate- money-boys flavor, that she has always SANTA ROSA CHAPTER Jacobson has put some hours on their wanted to finish college. Then she added Ruth Foster, Reporter Cherokee in trips to Yellowstone and a realistically, “Sometime in my flight in­ Those members who attended the fishing trip to Oregon. Carol Clarke and her structin’ career, I have to start thinkin’ August meeting had a chance to freshen family made an extended trip to the East about eatin’.” Dian will need two more up on the FAR’s. Denny Ryan, instructor at coast and New England plus a trip to years at State for her B.S. degree in the Santa Rosa Junior College for the Seattle. Janet Knowles hopped in her aeronautics operation. Sometime, she aviation courses, was our guest speaker. recently purchased Cessna 140 to attend admits, she would like to go into some Most of our members have taken courses the 99 convention as a delegate. Three phase of administration in the aviation from Denny, so no one was shy about members have recently acquired world. asking questions. Denny was able to Bonanzas: Dee Ricord with her husband, Meanwhile; Dian can be observed poring clarify those hazy areas regulating our Mary Lou Klein, and Janet Dunbar and over K.T. Boyd’s Airline Transport Pilot flying, especially where recent changes their respective 491/2ers. Megann Streeter, text, devouring the jet aircraft performance have confused us all. Our Jr. College one of our more recent members and our charts and probing the core of the jet offers 48 units with seven instructors in youngest, has been flying a DC-6 with her stream and memorizing how many crash the aviation category, and pushing for father in fighting forest fires by dropping axes a Part 121 operator must have aboard. more. slurry. An interesting and a busy summer Because Dian will use her AE award to win Sandy Peterson’s report on the Inter­ for Meg. her multi-engine airline transport pilot national Convention presented the The July meeting was a social at Wilma certificate. changes that are being made and those Nichols home which was well attended. Beverly York, who seemingly adds that are contemplated which set the guide New member Alice Daily attended with her certificates and ratings with alacrity and lines for the future of our chapter. husband. Alice is a commercial pilot and is ease is now a CFI-I. Bev started to fly late Taking advantage of the summer now training in the Ogden Control in 1972, acquired her private certificate weather for a bit of touring were Suzi and Tower. She formerly flew out of Phoenix. nine months later, and then firewalled her Lyle Skoglund who flew to the San Juan Her husband is also a traffic controller at pursuit of commercial, instrument, CFI Islands, visiting former Santa Rosans Hill Rapcon. At the July meeting it was and CFI-I. living at Friday Harbor. suggested that the aviation groups, in­ Bev’s logbook currently shows 300 Most of our thoughts and energies are cluding the cooperate with the Utah Pilots hours and she is now closing in on her concentrated on the Pacific Air Race, Association in supporting the various fly- multi-engine rating. coming up on October 4. Plans are being ins which they sponsor. In accordance That ATC controller whose career ap­ made for about 75 planes to head this way with this Wilma . Nichols, Vivian Yardley, pears destined to unlimited ascension, from San Diego. Betty Wharton and some Barbara Barlow, and Jane Patterson at­ Claudia Carlson, celebrates the annexation of her committee flew to Santa Rosa to tended the dedication of the Huntington, of her flight instructor privileges...Marilyn make the final arrangements with our Utah airport and also made the flour and Ken Orloff, off to Holland, Paris and chapter and the airport “crew”. We have bombs for the event. Proceeds from the Denmark on business for NASA’s Ken, five planes entering from our chapter, with flour bombing were turned over to the who w ill read a scie n tific paper in more still “thinking” , which proves that the airport committee. Members flying or Copenhagen on research he has been publicity on the P.A.R. really works. A driving to Alpine, Wyoming to attend the conducting at Ames. special treat will be in store for those annual Kibbie fly-in were Vivian Yardley attending the banquet after the race. Not and her husband. Vivian flew her classic only do we promise good food and fun, but SANTA PAULA CHAPTER Pacer 11 Yellow Bird escorted by hei our speaker is coming cross country from Gwen Dewey, Reporter husband Jim in a Pitts Special. Jim was Florida, namely Phil Patterson from Piper. Our only entrant, SALLY ALLEN, in the part of the aerobatic show put on by local At the August Board Meeting Chairman POWDER PUFF Derby, place 34th over-all, Salt Lake pilots. of Ways and Means, Barbara Pedley AND won three Leg prizes. She flew a A trip to Cedar City by the Utah 99s is proved that she has been giving her job a Citabria KCAB, SOLO. We are ALL very planned for September to meet the women great deal of thought. In keeping with the proud of her. ALSO Sally and co-pilot Jill pilots in southern Utah who are interested purpose of the 99s a seminar on safety is Williamson, placed 27th in the Palms to in the 99s. During the summer many girls in the planning stages. Pines Race. have been contacted who are new pilots or Reporter Gwen and her Jim, enroute students. The new officers for the coming year are home in their Comanche, from a great trip (to the Oshkosh Fly-in, Fond du lac Air- Julie Jacobson, chairman; Wilma Nichols, batic Competition, Air Force Museum in vice-chairman; Barbara Whitaker, secretary and Dee Ricord retained as Dayton, and then to Upper Michigan) JUST happened to turn on the Red Bluff treasurer; Mary Lou Klein will be the new frequency, and such a babble of female news reporter. voices! We decided that we were just over Wilma Nichols, along with many 99s the airport when the racers ALL seemed to from throughout the United States, at­ be arriving at the same time! Our first night tended the Experimental Aircraft Con­ out, we stopped overnight in Klamath vention at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In con­ Falls, to rendezvous with daughter Susie, junction with the convention she attended and her husband Dan Harding. They were the aerobatic competition at Fon Du Lac. enroute Santa Paula, from New York, by She was able to assist with the judging of bicycle. They made it in seven weeks and Fourth Place winners of the Powder Puff, all the great aerobatic pilots who par­ loved every 3000 miles of it. Lynn Cary and Ginny Wegener enjoying ticipated. Betty Johnson and Husband Ken, both the “Welcome Home” dinner. competed in the Sportsman Category at the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Competition. UTAH CHAPTER East Canada Section We were all together for three days wat­ Jane Patterson, Reporter ching some of the Greatest aerobatic Utah members have been busy flying Pilots in the World! Betty and Ken had a hither and yon. Our chapter chairman, wonderful trip to the Competition flying Wilma Nichols, has been logging some MAPLE LEAF CHAPTER their little two place Pitts. hours in her recently purchased Cessna Jean Fenton, Reporter Evelyn Perry, OUR leader, and Husband Aerobat. Her favorite maneuver is the well- We are busy as usual. We had a most Frank, have just purchased a Cessna 172. known loop. Barbara Whitaker took her 182 successful Poker Run on June 1st with The well-known-to-the-aviation-world and ventured forth to the wilds of Canada Terminus in Sarnia and enroute stops were Sammy Mason is checking her out in it. for a fishing trip to Dqry Lake. Julie London, Port Elgin, Godrich, Centralia, Brantford and Startford. No one person Georgette and Fred Buch had a busy Shelagh had organized a navigational needs to get a special Thank You, each has summer in the Quebec North country exercise for us around the local coun­ a job to do and does it well. instructing the Air Cadets in both their air tryside, still surprisingly green for winter. Air Marking chairman Bonnie Jeffrey work and ground work. Georgette also Our hostess efficiently briefed each plane organized the girls to put the name Port managed to squeeze in enough hours to and allowed the pilot only five minutes to Elgin on the clubhouse roof at the Airport. get her glider ticket. Just another notch in plot the course on the mini rally. Our When flying out beautiful Lake Huron her already busy belt. Have all got to get newest member, Meg Stubbs, piloting a shore you can’t help but see it, drop in, busy and get APT as the year is quickly Cherokee Six, had room for a T.V. that is where I live. coming to a close. cameraman, and so was able to prove she My year as Ontario Flying Farmer Queen found the radio aerial that was one of the is drawing to a close. Dick and I have met checkpoints! The rest of us had the chance many wonderful flyers in Canada and the to see what our landings really look like, United States as we have travelled 22,000 on T.V. news next evening, and check with miles in the name of Flying. the judges the forced-spot-landing return Friendship to the field. This was won by Barbara Life is sweet because of the friends we Thompson and the overall nav. prize went have made to our Chairman, Zee Witham. And the things which in common we We really value the opportunity of an share; exercise like this, we can all benefit. We want to live on, not because of our­ Charles Prince, our local light plane field is usually too busy, so we especially ap­ selves Irma Selig, Sandy Frank, Betty Issenman, preciate the Anderson’s gesture. But because of the People who care. Joan Mitchel, Anita Nunns. It's giving and doing for somebody else, Roy manned the radio, helped by the On that all life’s splendor depends, Chairman’s 491/2, Vic Witham. Alan Cockle And the joys of this life when you’ve was on hand to judge the spot landings— summed it all up and he was not really over exerted. We Are found in the making of friends. South African Section promised to make him work much harder next time! The thoroughly enjoyable afternoon wound up with a tremendous tea at the SOUTH AFRICAN SECTION farmhouse. We thank the Anderson family Merle Ball, Reporter for all their hard work that went towards Exciting news this time round. Our making this such a successful get- Aurial Miller came 2th in the world flying together. championships held in Sweden this last We welcome Val Barbour to the 99s; weekend. This is just the most fabulous Welcome, also, to Liz Nicolle of Sinoia. news! There were 39 pilots representing 13 Liz now brings the Rhodesian Chapter countries; one other female entrant, and up 14 strong, which is quite an increase she was from Australia. By now the results from the six names on the Charter when it Maple Leaf Chapter must be known and the Scandanavian was presented one year ago in August. countries are to be Congratulated as Our next Sectional is a long journey for Norway came 1st, Sweden 2nd, Finland the Rhodesians again when the target is MONTREAL CHAPTER 3rd, and Denmark 4th. South Africa was the Air International at Lanseria. We look Anita Nunns, Reporter 5th, Aurial having been placed 12th, and forward to seeing this brand new airfield Summer is just about over. It has cer­ the other 2 members of her team 29th and and the Air Show that promises something tainly been a wonderful one weather wise. 31st. We are so proud of Aurial; and her out of the ordinary for Southern Africa. We have had summer since May. Needless accomplishment is to be marveled even to say, everyone has taken advantage of it more when one considers that she has and very little 99 work was done in July and only just over 300 flying hours and has not August. as yet got her Commercial Rating. She is In April we met at Educair, owned by special... Gisele and Jack DeBagheera, for a Link To get back to earth—Our Section is demonstration plus a film on Weather delighted to welcome Greta Leitch as a flying presented by our new member, and new member. Both her husband and she Gisele’s daughter, Georgette Buch. In May enjoy flying...they have a Cessna 182. we had our first taste of Airmarking and Greta is a surgeon. Amalia von-Maltitz has had a ball. In June Gisele and Jack flew to now acquired shares in a Muskateer, and Florida in their Avion and returned home we know she is going to have many happy the proud new owners of an Apache. flying hours in “her” plane. Irma Selig flew up to Kingston, Ontario Jeanette van Ginkel had an eventful to attend the Governor’s meeting and holiday overseas...she even managed to brought back the letters from our Prime Myrtle Brooks and her Tiger Moth. do some gliding in Germany. However it is Minister, Mr. Trudeau, which are in turn to good to have her back here doing things be delivered to the Premiers of the Eastern for the 99s once again. Canadian Provinces. This is a FLAME LILY CHAPTER proclamation in honour of International Barbara Thompson, Reporter Women’s Year in which he acknowledged 1. Zee W itham , Chairman of the "Flame the part played by women in Aviation and Lily Chapter" was awarded a gold APT card other fields. Six members of the Montreal South Central Africa Section for three years consecutive APT Status. Chapter presented one to Mr. Robert She is the first person in the Section to Bourassa and the other three are being J receive one. delivered by our Maritime members, Molly RHODESIAN FLAME LILY CHAPTER 2. STATE PRESIDENTS AIR RACE Ashworth and Minica Griffiths. They have Betty Ambrose, Reporter The State Presidents Air Race was held delivered one to Premier Richard Hatfield Shelagh Anderson, of the South African in South A frica on the 31st May, 1975. of New Brunswick and expect to hear Section, and husband Roy, threw open There were 96 entrants. Ninety-Nine shortly that they have also delivered the their lovely (arm strip to Rhodesian Flame participants were: Annetjie Dreyer, who last two. Lily Pilots on Sat. August 9th. was on the organizing committee at Rusteburg; Ingrid Heinz, who flew as a navigator; Val Humphries, who flew as a pilot, Val’s navigator was Ken, her husband. The race started at Virginia airport, Durban and route took them from there to Piet Retief and then on to Witbank for lunch. In the afternoon, they flew from Witbank to Zebidela and from there to Rustenburg. By all accounts it was a good race and as always provided tremendous experience, particularly as it was a han­ dicap race, designed so that all par­ ticipating aircraft would arrive at the finishing point simultaneously. This no doubt provided great excitment for the By Arthur Morris from spectators! his series “ Witchways" Val Humprhies came fifth out of the appearing in “World Air News”, South Africa. ninety six entrants and won the ladies prize. A stout effort indeed. “Thar goes them flyers from “Down Under” in Horsetraily and South Africy, Elmer,— don’t seem proper climatised yet!” ROSTER ADDITIONS MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Western New England M a ry la n d NORTH CENTRAL SECTION Preble, Deanna Jayne (Donald W.) Freedman, Debra Koff (Howard W.) Ball, Jeannie Lehir (Joseph) A ll-O hio PCS Box 27143 84 M a g n o lia C irc le 9600 Overlea Drive Borrows, Deitra Jean (John D.) APO San Francisco, CA 96230 Longmeadow, MA 01106 Rockville, M D 20850 4656 Burbank Drive 635 6068 413 567 8267 301-762 4413 Columbus, OH 43220 Shimahara, Moto Williams, Joan (Francis) 614 457 7344 c-o Mrs. K. Tabata NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY SECTION 1792 M ilb o ro D riv e Schumacher, Victoria 27-1 905 H in o d e ch o Finger Lakes R o c k v ille , M D 20854 1600 M ir a c le M ile A dachi-ku Garms, George Ann (R l) (Walter I.) 301-424 2765 S p rin g fie ld , O H 45503 Tokyo, Japan 131 San Gabriel Drive M a ry la n d 513 399 4845 06 882 4784 R ochester, N Y 14610 McEntire, Sheila Elaine (Rl) C e n tra l IL 716-271 7764 R t. 2, Box 227 Cooper, Joyce Ann (R l) Ingle, Margaret P. (John W.) A rn o ld , M D 21012 2023 Randall Ct. AUSTRALIAN SECTION 21 Creekside Lane 301-647 0980 S p rin g fie ld , IL 62703 R ochester, N Y 14618 McKay, Jeanette Irving (Ian) Washington, DC 217 544 8660 716 586 1058 12-105 P a rk Road Lehman, Kathryn Ann Groesch, Mary E. (Joseph R.) Matthews, Justine H. (Robert) 1709 W . G overnor Cheltenham, Victoria 9335 L ee H ig h w a y , A p t. 307 P .O . Box 106 A u s tra lia 3192 F a ir fa x , V A 22030 S p rin g fie ld , IL 62704 D a n s v ille , N Y 14437 217 546 0699 03 5989973 703 591 8833 716 335 8129 Perry, Mary Irvine Hartley, Sherry K. (Larry) Long Island EAST AFRICA SECTION 1517 30th St., N W , No. 100 R t. No. 2 Richard, Carol A. (Raymond) Pearson, Linda Catherine W a shin gton, DC 20007 S ale m , IL 662881 35 W. Adams St. 618 548 2411 P .O . Box 30020 202-338 6223— 703 235 8117 Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa E a s t is lip , N Y 11730 Chicago Area L a n g ata 505 516 581 2572 Calrk, Delores Mae (James) 2 S 415 Beechwood Lane NY Cap. Dist. 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C lem ens, M l 48043 Stubbs, Margaret Ada (John M .) G ro sk y , B e tty S. (L e o n ) 1400 SE 11th S treet 313 469 1560 Box 1072, M t. P leasant 1645 R ita Lane Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 Farrar, Wilma L. (Rl) (John H.) Salisbury, Rhodesia Lebano n, P A 17042 305 522-3161 32726 White Oaks Tr. Southern Africa 717-273 1202 Fine, Lori (Lewis) Birmingham, Ml 48010 36560 Hains, Shirley Ann (Gordon) P ie r 66 313 642 8910 655 So. 14th Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310 Foote, Terrie Annette (John A.) EAST CANADA SECTION Lebano n, P A 17042 305 524 0566 22464 West Rd., Apt 101 First Canadian Goodwin, Irene Van Duke (Donald) 717 272 3728 W oo dhaven, M l 48183 Anvelt, Helen 'Mandy' (George) Hall, Nancy M. (Donald) P .O . Box 3223 313-676 4304 RR No. 3, Col ling wood 400 So. Narberth Ave. Vero Beach, FL 32960 Gilgallon, Patricia Gail (John) Ontario L9Y 3Z2, Canada N a rb e rth , P A 19072 305-562 6203 75 Canfield 705 445-5759 215 664 0139 Lappala, Eeva Maria (Voitto) M t. 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Reno St. 2560 Center Waver I y Ave. Lakeside, CA 92040 816 373 3529 El Reno, OK 73036 Redding, CA 96001 405 262 5353 714 443 0549 Gtr St. Louis 916 241 7198 San Antonio Fresno Zirkle, Beverly Ann (George) Taylor, Donna Lou (Howard L.) Colvard, Dorothy E. Blomgren, Gwen (Glen) 123 Spring G ate 530 Loma Vista Drive 2610 Marlborough 4751 E . In d ian a p o lis C h esterfield, M O 63017 R ed d in g , C A 96001 San Antonio, TX 78230 Fresno, CA 93726 314 469 1732— 434 8000 916 246 2182 512 342-5196 209 291 6306 Iow a Teats, Joan Elizabeth Golden West Arnold, Linda Foster (Rl) Tulsa R t. 2, Box 2249 A Conkling, Jean Ann (J. Michael) Freeberg, Jacquelyn Hester 2728 F ra n k lin A v e. N E Red Bluff, CA 96080 1735 So. M a in , No. 3 715 R egal C ourt C edar R ap id s, IA 52402 916 527 3123 319 362 9224 T u ls a , O K 74119 Menlo Park, CA 94015 McAfee, Mary C. (Lewis E.) 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'T o m ') Dittman, Marion B. 213 447 1415 Von Oder, Happy (Gene) C le ve lan d , O H 44122 3702 Cedar Elm Lane 22555 N a d in e C irc le , No. 214 77 425 W yom ing 216 932 3302 W ic h ita F a lls , T X 76308 T o rra n c e , CA 90505 Palm Desert, CA 92260 Rogers, Lydia Lucille 817 692 4356 213 534-1804 Phoenix 8501 Fox H ollow D riv e Gustetter, Geraldine Ann (William E.) Reaser, Donna J. B ro a d v ie w H gts, OH 44147 NORTHWEST SECTION 2527 B rian Avenue 5464 N . 78th St. 216 526 3560 Columbia Cascade Torrance, CA 90505 S cottsdale, A Z 85253 Sitler, Ruth Lowe (R l) Green, Barbara T. (Thomas) 213 530 8289 602 946 0731 735 A llerto n St. 503 Rhododendron Drive Roller, Irene L. Redwood Empire K ent, O H 44240 V a n c o u v e r, W A 98661 11555 E . 216th St., No. 239 Gundling, Dorothy H. (Henry) 216673 9472 206 693 5711 Lakewood, CA 90715 1195 M o n tic e llo Road M ic h ig an Henry, Barbara Ann 213-924 4863 N a p a , CA 94558 Branch, Christina I. 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Carson C ity , N V 89701 309 482 6157 Grimes, Meredith Lynn Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 702 882 2078 W isconsin 1742 E . 4th St. 714 673 6832 San Diego Kunkel, Carrol Wray (Robert W.) Port Angeles, WA 98362 Hoggart, Jeanne Wathier McCann, Marcy Lee 3522 Valley Ridge Road 206 457 1250 5011 Paseo de V ega 3939 La Cresta Drive M id d le to n , W l 53562 Idaho Irv in e , C A 92664 San D iego, C A 92107 608 836 7760 McAllister, Donna Gail (John W.) 714 833 1114 Box 889 Kilborn, Noreen Edwina (Myron) 714 224 6871 SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION Burns, OR 97720 1400 S. Douglass, Sp. 182 Santa Barbara Watkins, Jean Steinmann (Robert) Albuquerque 503-573 2829 Anaheim, CA 92806 Lundgren, Jewel G. M o n tan a 714 634 0563 4575 Camino Molinero Santa Barbara, CA 93110 3605 Torrey Pines Rd., SE Gunn, Elizabeth Anne M t. 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And she’s been flying for only six years! O H er husband, George, has a rotary-wing rating, a degree in airport management and has served for over 20 years as an aviation adm inistrator in both the public and private sectors. He is currently a 112 Commander representative and is working toward a law degree. O hike many aviation families, the Cote's insure with USAIG. “ Over a 20 year period, USAIG has provided me with an entire spectrum of coverages . . . from individual aircraft liability to airport liability for a complete system of airports,’’ says George. “And they've never let me down . . . not just when we had a claim but also when we needed advice and guidance on hard business decisions. They've really helped me stay in aviation . . . both safely and profitably.’’ USHIG URITED STR1ES HIHCHREE IOSUHRRCE GROUP NEW YORK • ATLANTA • CHICAGO * DALLAS- HOUSTON • TOLEDO • LOS ANGELES • SAN FRANCISCO