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Volume XX Number 3The Internatioi Women Pilots Magazine May/June 1994 JOIN THE LARGEST WORLDWIDE WOMEN S PILOT ORGANIZATION Women in Aviation Conference Left to right: Marilyn Smith, Irene Wirtschafter and Faye Gillis Wells. Story on page 5. FLYING IN T O T H E --------- FUTURE World ng toward the 21st century, the Federal Aviation Administration is committed to providing Americans with the world’s highest level of aviation safety and security. Our greatest asset is our people. FAA employees face new challenges every day. We search for solutions to new problems. We refine the latest technology to assure continued excellence. Discover Today’s FAA F.qual O pportunity Em ployer U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The International Women Pilots Magazine Ninety-Nine May/June 1994 Vol. 20, No. 3 COVER 13 THE NINETY-NINES® INC. Report on Women in Aviation More about g Force BOARD OF DIRECTORS Conference. Story on page 5. BARBARA WILPER President: Lu Hollander ERICA SCURR Vice President: Joyce Wells 14 Secretary: Lois Erickson Job Applications Treasurer: Alexis Koehler Director: Doris Abbate President’s Comments KAREN KAHN Director: Carolyn Carpp LU HOLLANDER Director: A. Lee Orr 15 Director: Connie Wilds 99s Career Data Bank Past President: Gene Nora lessen Headquarters Highlights CAROLYN PASQUAL1NO COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS LORETTA GRAGG United States: 16 Mid-Atlantic: Gayl Henze New Member Listing New England: Mildred “Hut” Ferree Board Report New York/New Jersey: Barbara Mead CONSTANCE WILDS 17 North Central: Virginia Sutherland Northwest: Anita Lorraine Lewis New Member Application Form South Central: Judith Anne Reinhart Southeast: Nancy Lucille Wright Letters to the Editor 18 Southwest: Stacy Leann Hamm The Greatest Thing East Canada: Catherine Una Fraser 10 About Being a 99 West Canada: D. Joan Lynum Africa South: Sally Sandeman Piloting Charter Flights Arabian: Patsy Dawn Knox ANN KIEFFER 19 Australian: Barbara Jean Collins Membership British: Aileen Egan 11 MARILYN SMITH Caribbean: Mary Brock Higgs The Happy Camper Chilean: Cecilia Irrazabal MARGUERITE LAWRENCE 20 Far East: Rikako Suguira Carpenter Finnish: Outi Helena Ruokolainen Forum India: Chanda Sawant Budhabhatti 12 MARILYN SMITH Israeli: Rina Levinson-Adler Dynamic 99 Margaret Callaway New Zealand: Pamela Marion Adams SIGRID RAMELL1 EDITOR: BETTY ROWLEY 807 N. Waco. Suite 22 Wichita, Kansas 67203, USA Fax: 316-263-7350 GRASS ROOTS Editorial Director: Lu Hollander Deadline: Dec. 15, Feb. 15, Apr. 15, June 15, Aug. 15, Oct. 15. Misc. Chapter/Section News 22 Ratings and Wings 28 Ninety-Nine News is published bimonthly Youth Education 24 Races and Rallies 28 by The Ninety-Nines® Inc., a non-profit organization engaged in education, chari Reviews 26 Fairs, Fly-ins and Reunions 29 table and scientific activities and purposes. The Ninety-Nines® Inc. and the Publisher Achievers 27 New Horizons 29 cannot accept responsibility for the cor Safety 27 Classifieds 31 rectness or accuracy of the matters printed herein or for any opinions expressed. Non-member subscriptions are available. For persons in the US, the cost is $15 per year. For persons outside the US, please Ninety-Nines Goal send $22. Send subscription fee and ad dress changes to: Loretta Gragg, Executive Director EVER-EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP to perpetuate our The Nine-Nines, Inc. Organization and Purpose and to provide an ever- P.O. Box 965 7100 Terminal Drive increasing resource for the support and advancement of Street address: 4300 Amelia Earhart Rd our members’ pursuits in and contributions to aviation. Oklahoma City, OK 73159-0965, USA 405-685-7969 Fax: 405-685-7985 PERPETUAL CALENDAR 1994 17 A E Birthplace Trustees SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER Atchison, Kan. MAY 2-4 Garden State 300 Race 4-6 N.J.-N.J. Section Marilyn Copeland Princeton, N.J. Hammonton, N.J. 17-21 NIFA 316-686-0201 Janis Blackburn Barbara Para St. Louis, Mo. 609-965-4824 Jan Maxwell 18 AE Birthplace Open House 908-946-3985 Atchison, Kan. 903-297-8860 9-11 Wings Weekend Brooks Powell 1995 New Castle, Pa. 20-22 G D AC Pinch Hitter 913-232-2819 MARCH Ann Arbor, Mich. Christine St. Onge 2-4 50th Anniversary WWII Dotty Gillis 18 New England Fly-in 412-652-5546 Orange, Mass. Midland, Texas 313-851-3240 15-18 Natl. Cessna Club Fly-in Mark Cole Barbi Woods Moriarty, N.M. 20-21 Southwest Section 508-544-2212 915-685-4641 Tempe, Ariz. George Applebay 16-18 W IA Conference Stacy Hamm 22-25 Air Race Classic 505-832-0755 Barbara Lewis St. Louis, Mo. 602-661-1449 15-18 Reno Air Races 512-289-1101 Peggy Baty 26-6/2 P-47 Thunderbolt Reunion Reno, Nev. 618-377-7500 25-26 Maryland EAA Fly-in Paris, France 17 High Country Poker Run Potomac, Md. 28-4/2 Australia/New Zealand Bob Forrest Western, Colo. June Green Women in Aviation Rally 201-920-0146 Judy Humphries 301-739-0074 Adelaide, Australia 27-28 New England Section 303-242-0261 Barbara Collins 26 P&N Fly-In 08-379-8527 Laconia, N.H. 30-10/2 West Canada Section Marion, Iowa Hut Ferree Richmond, B. C. Jan Walton APRIL 802-362-4853 Joan Lynum 319-377-0457 9-15 Sun & Fun EAA 27-29 East Canada Section 604-596-7360 JULY Lakeland, Fla. Ottawa, Ontario OCTOBER Barbara Sierchio Cathy Fraser 6-9 Ninety-Nines 813-347-8045 6-9 Northwest Section 514-694-8658 International Convention Sun Valley, Idaho Norfolk, Va. 28-29 North Central Section 27-29 West Coast Antique Fly-in Anita Lewis Bobbie McAdam South Bend, Ind. Watsonville, Calif. 208-377-9244 301-854-3817 Sany Smythe Pam Cox 219-462-3577 7-9 North Central Section 408-496-9559 13-17 Lawyer-Pilots Bar Assoc. Fort Wayne, Ind. Napa Valley, Calif. JULY JUNE Marcia Nellans David Prewitt 219-858-2730 4-8 Ninety-Nines 8 Cayman Is. Aviation Week 215-569-0300 International Convention Grand Cayman 12-16 W ASP Reunion Halifax, Nova Scotia 27-8/3 EAA Air Show 800-346-3313 Washington, D.C. Sue Ehrlander Oshkosh, Wis. Hut Ferree 519-448-1567 10-12 llli-Nines 25th Air Race Cathie Mayr 802-362-4853 Mattoon, III. 414-648-5092 1996 Mary Lou Mueller 14-15 Mid-Atlantic Section AUGUST SEPTEMBER 708-397-9004 Philadelphia, Pa. 28-10/5 World Precision Flying 10-12 Buckeye Air Race 5-6 Palms to Pines Air Race Gayl Henze Championships Ashland, Ohio Santa Monica, Calif. 800-972-6855 Ft. Worth, Texas Ruth Hawks Claire Walters 21-23 AO P A Convention Jody McCarrell 419-289-0097 310-397-2731 Palm Springs, Calif. 501-642-2508 10-12 Kalamazoo Air Show 7-20 8th World Congress Ann Kilian 800-942-4269 TO LIST A MEETING OR AVIATION Kalamazoo, Mich. Birmingham, England Diane Cozzi ACTIVITY, WRITE OR FAX: 616-381-1692 28-30 Southeast/South Central 708-425-4505 Doris Abbate 11 Northeast Kan. Poker Run New Orleans, La. International Date Coordinator Topeka, Kan. 19-20 Okie Derby Pat Ward or Jamie Gonzales 2 Exeter Place Brooks Powell Oklahoma City, Okla. 504-924-3303 Glen Head, NY 11545 913-232-2819 Helen Holbird 405-942-6308 U.S.A. 11 Young Eagles Program TBA Intl. Aviation Womens Fax 516-676-7971 Launch Everywhere 27-28 EAA Fly-in Assoc. Conference Washington, D.C. Please indicate the name and Carolyn Carpp Hagerstown, Md. Cecile Hatfield location of the event and the 206-820-2999 June Green 301-739-0074 305-895-3330 phone and fax numbers of the 17-19 Forest of Friendship Ninety-Nine contact. Dates are Atchison, Kan. perpetual until they expire or Fay Gillis Wells until written notice is received 703-960-4632 of their cancellation. PRESIDENT 'S COMMENTS LU HOLLANDER An exciting 30 days for The Ninety-Nines XCITEMENT HAS BEEN THE KEY EMOTION in the appeared beyond the rolling hills off the end of the runway. As past 30 days for The Ninety-Nines, beginning with the we climbed out, leveled off at 2,000 feet, and banked gently to signing of a partnership document with the Experimental the right, lights from downtown skyscrapers and much of the Aircraft Association (EAA) Foundation to participate in the surrounding Bay area twinkled in the darkness. Young Eagles Flight program, then a visit to the United In the right seat, Colorado Chapter Chair Bonita Ades (a Airlines Flight Center followed by a weekend with Mercury 13 United Airlines flight attendant in real life) scanned the mind- astronaut candidates. boggling array of digital displays in the cockpit. Yes, it was in deed a thrill to fly this $19.4 million simulator housed at the Young Eagles Flight program United Airlines Flight Center in Denver, Colo. With the expert Mailings have been made to Chapter Chairmen and Section assistance of 747-400 Fleet Capt. John Davis, we performed rea Governors of how-to in sonably well. formation regarding the This special opportunity was all part of a recent visit to EAA Young Eagles Flight United’s fine training facility, particularly to express thanks to program. Nancy Stuke and Vice President of Training Bill Traub for the Instead of participating extensive support United has provided to our organization over on an individual pilot basis, the years. Not only has United participated in recent 99s’ con 99s Chapters will be con ventions—hosting functions and presenting seminars—they also ducting Young Eagles flights provided a Flight Engineer scholarship through the Amelia as Chapter activities, pur Earhart Memorial Scholarship Program. In addition, the Colo chasing event insurance just rado Chapter uses their facility for monthly meetings. as for any other flying event. As members, next time you fly United, be sure to thank A particularly special day this airline for its outstanding support of our organization and to plan for is June 11, Inter women pilots! Lu Hollander and Greg Anderson national Young Eagles Day.