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Fly Home to Oklahoma City! 2011 International Conference PERPETUAL CALENDAR 2011 99 News March July 1 Due date for 99 News submissions for April/ 13-17 Ninety-Nines international conference, May/June 2011 issue. Ninety-Nines Fly Home 2011, Oklahoma City Marriott, 3233 Northwest Expressway, 7-13 First annual Women of aviation World- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112. For To list your 99s events wide Week. Anyone involved in aviation more information, contact Headquarters on this calendar page, is invited to honor the Women of Aviation at 800-994-1929 or [email protected]. send information to: of the past and the present as well as reach 25-31 EAA airVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The 99 News out and introduce girls and women to the opportunities aviation has to offer. For more Enjoy The 99s Annual Breakfast on July 4300 Amelia Earhart Dr information, go to WomenOfAviationWeek. 28 at The 99s Tent. Contact Rita Adams, Suite A org or contact Mireille Goyer at mireilleg@ [email protected]. Oklahoma City, OK womenofaviationweek.org. 73159-1140 SEpTEMbEr april Email: 1 Due date for 99 News submissions for the [email protected] 8-9 New England Section Spring Meeting, October/November/December 2011 issue. Portland, Maine. Contact Georgia Pappas Online Form: 22-24 AOPA aviation Summit, Hartford Connecti- ninety-nines.org/ at [email protected]. cut. For more information visit the AOPA 99newsreports.html 28- Southwest Section Spring Meeting, San website at aopa.org/summit/. Please indicate the May 1 Diego, California. For more information: name and location ninetynines.net/swssd. of the event, the 2012 contact name and May the phone/fax/email. 13-14 North central Section Spring Meeting, “Fly July Your Way Back to Quiet,” New Harmony 11-14 Ninety-Nines international conference, Inn, New Harmony, Indiana. Contact Mar- Providence, Rhode Island, USA. cia Nellans at [email protected]. On the Cover 19-22 Joint Southeast/South central Spring Sec- Ninety-Nines members will be tion Meeting, Lafayette, Louisiana, Crowne flying home to Oklahoma City Plaza Hotel. Southeast Host Chapter: New for the 2011 International Con- Orleans, contact Lisa Cotham, 225-753- ference July 13-17. There they 1919. South Central Host Chapter: Lake can visit the organization’s Charles, contact Sandra Leder, 337-478- MEMbErS hElp puSh Headquarters building that 5974, [email protected]. also houses the 99s Museum of Endowment FuND OVEr Women Pilots. In addition to an JuNE ThE halFWay Mark exciting lineup of Conference activities, Ninety-Nines can se- 1 Due Date for 99 News submissions for July/ lect from a variety of tours and August/September 2011 issue. BY Mary WUNDER Endowment Fund Trustee explore the many attractions of 17-19 international Forest of Friendship 35th Oklahoma City on their own. anniversary celebration, Atchison, Kansas. Cover photos, background: The theme is “World Friendship Through I would like to thank every Ninety-Nine airport map of Will Rogers Flying.” Festivities begin with a cocktail for their part in the Endowment Fund. We’ve World Airport. Smaller pho- party on Friday evening, followed by in- made it over the halfway mark of one million tos, from top: The Myriad duction ceremonies on Saturday morning, dollars. There is no magic reason for this. It Botanical Gardens and Crys- tours of Atchison in the afternoon, and the is because of all of you that we have come tal Bridge Tropical Conser- gala banquet on Saturday night. We hope vatory; a water taxi on the 99s from across the country and around the this far, and it will be because of all of you canal in the Bricktown en- world will join us in this anniversary year. that we will reach our goal. tertainment district (photo Visit ifof.org for more information. I believe that every Ninety-Nine takes by McNeese); and the Lake Hefner Lighthouse. Photos 21-24 Air race classic 35th anniversary – cel- responsibility for our legacy. And by en- courtesy Greater Oklahoma ebrating ARC heroes & history. Iowa couraging future generations, we pass on the City Chamber & CVB. Large City, Iowa to Mobile, Alabama. For more baton of that responsibility and that makes photo: Ninety-Nines headquar- information, visit AirRaceClassic.org. us the keeper of that pride of ownership – for ters, photo by Laura Ohren- berg. years to come. 2 99 News – January/February/March – 2011 99 News published by THE NINETY-NINES® INC. 99 News International Organization of Women Pilots A Delaware Nonprofit Corporation The Official Magazine of The International Organization of Women Pilots Organized November 2, 1929 (ISSN 1548-565X) January/February/March 2011 Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved Volume 37, Number 1 INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OFFicErS aND DirEctorS 4300 Amelia Earhart Dr, Suite A Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1140 USA 405-685-7969 or 800-994-1929 FAX: 405-685-7985 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ninety-nines.org PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Susan Larson Patricia Theberge Frances Luckhart Martha Phillips Donna Crane-Bailey, Marie Fasano, Lu Hollander, Marion Nauman, Pamela O’Brien, Janice Pelletti, Bobbi Roe Bobbi Roe: Editor-in-Chief Danielle Clarneaux: Associate Editor, Graphics Jacque Boyd, Diane Pirman: Staff Writers AVIATRIX PUBLISHING, INC. Corbi Bulluck Joan Kerwin Jan McKenzie Fran Strubeck Lake Forest, IL 60045-0911 ThE NiNETy-NiNES MiSSiON STaTEMENT THE 99 NEWS 4300 Amelia Earhart Dr, Suite A Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1140 The Ninety-Nines is the international organization of women pilots that promotes Fax: (405) 685-7985 advancement of aviation through education, scholarships, and mutual support Email: [email protected] while honoring our unique history and sharing our passion for flight. BOARD OF DIRECTORS President EDitorial aND photo GuiDEliNES Susan Larson ARTICLES Vice President We encourage submissions for publication in the 99 News. To avoid problems importing text into our pub- Pat Theberge lishing software, submissions should be typed single space in Times New Roman and please avoid unusual Secretary fonts, headers and footers. Furnish author’s name, email address and phone information in case we have Frances Luckhart any questions. 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