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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN PILOTS VOL. XXI NO. 3 MAY/JUNE 1995 Amelia Earhart: Eagle Equity was the #2 growth fund for 1994! According to Lipper Analytical Services, the Amelia Earhart: Eagle Equity Fund had the #2 total return among 481 growth funds for the year ending 12/31/94. One Year Total Return 17.73% without sales load 12.53% with max. 4.5% load Since Inception (3/5/93) 16.84% without sales load 13.93% with max. 45% load Performance data represents past performance. Investment return and principle value will fluctuate; shares may be worth more or less upon redemption than at original cost. Jill H. Travis, MBA, CFP Portfolio Manager Registered Representative of Capital Investment Group, Inc. Distributor ATTENTION 99ers! No Load for Pilots - please include a copy 1- 810- 351-4856 of your FAA license Ext. 30 with your application. AMELIA A R H A R T EAGLE INVESTMENTS One Towne Square • Suite 1913 • Southfield, Michigan 4 8 0 7 6 Ms. Travis is President of Amelia Earhart Capital Management, inc., the registered investment advisor to Amelia Earhart: Eagle Equity Fund. No sales load is charged for investments of $100,000 and over and a reduced sales load is charged for investments of $50,000 to $100,000. During the period covered by the return, the Advisor waived its fee and reimbursed a portion of the Fund's expenses which increased the return of the Fund. Shares may be worth more or less at redemption than at the original purchase. Distributed by Capital Investment Group, Inc. 105 N. Washington, Rocky Mount, NC 27802, (919) 972-9922 THE 99 NEW S- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN PILOTS 1ST INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0273-608x) is published by M W O M EN PILOTS THE NINETY NINES®INC. THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NINETY-NINES* INC. A Delaware Nonprofit Corporation Organized November 2, 1929 May/June 1995 Volume 21, No. 3 THE NINETY-NINES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cover: Am y Johnson, first woman to fly alone from Britain to Australia. Loretta Gragg Part I of II. Story on page 5. EDITOR Betty Rowley 4 Calendar 12 Pilot Profile: Lee Wilkerson EDITORIAL COMMITTEE — Trish Drum loyce Wells 5 Amy Johnson Lu Hollander — Muriel Johnson Boyd 13 Pilot Profile: Mary Lamoy Alexis Koehler — Gene Nora Jessen 8 President's Comments ART DIRECTOR —Joyce Wells 14 Can Women Pilots Save G.A.? |im Simpson 8 Resource Center Report — Philip Gold ADVERTISING —Verna West 15 How to Contact Congressmen COORDINATOR Cindy Rusher 9 Board of Directors Report 15 Member Benefits, ADVERTISING SALES —Lu Hollander Services & Resources John Shoemaker 16 WIA Conference Report 1-800-773-7798, Ext. 3317 9 Aviation Career Services —Marilyn Smith —By Erica Scurr EDITORIAL OFFICE 807 N. 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JUNE Atlantic City Convention Pauline Glasson Lu Hollander 2-3 New England Section Center 512-289-1101 405-942-2260 Laura Smith Altantic City, N.J. 603-749-2262 23-25 Crater Lakes Flyers Chapter 26 Maple Leaf Chapter Drew Steketee 2-4 23rd Annual Garden State Safety Fly-in & Survival Clinic Poker Run 301-695-2156 300 Proficiency Contest Klamath Falls, Ore London, Ontario Canada Racquel McNeil Rhea Bastian Grace Mofitt 503-783-2141 519-238-2925 1996 908-446-9759 MAY 24 Canadian Rockies Fly-out 2-4 26th Annual llli-Nines SEPTEMBER 2-5 Southeast/Mid-Atlantic to Silverwood, Wash Air Derby 1-3 Northwest Section Caribbean Sections Penticton, BC, Canada Aurora, III. Eagle Crest Resort Joint Meeting June Mills Ellen O'Hara Redmond, Ore. Charleston, S.C. 604-492-8017(0) 708-530-0903 Anita Lewis Louise White 604-497-5731 (H) 208-377-9244 Fax 704-687-0950 3 Garden State 300 Fax 604-492-3001 Raindate. June 4 9-10 Mile High Air Derby 17-19 North Central Section Racquel McNeil JULY MHAD Louisville, Ky. 50 Tarrytown Rd. 4 East Canada Section 14437 W. 32nd Ave. Terri Donner Englishtown, N.J. Governor in Council Golden, CO 80401-1475 502-245-9121 Halifax, Nova Scotia 9-11 Annual Buckeye Air Rally 20-24 USPFT Nationals Joy Blackwood SEPTEMBER Bowling Green, Ohio (tentative) 905-841-7930 5-8 North Central Section Wood County Airport Ft. Worth, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Sandy Gordley 4-8 Ninety-Nines International Jody McCarrell Meigs Adams 419-353-0389 Convention 501-642-2508 216-650-4846 Connie McConnell Halifax, Nova Scotia 22-24 Southeast Section 27 South Central Section 216-228-6333 Sue Ehrlander Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 519-448-1567 Fort Worth, Texas 10-11 NY/NJ Fall Section Meeting Maria Petritsis Carole Sutton Best Western 16-20 American Bonanza Society 305-975-2471 402-324-5285 Poughkeepsie. NY Annual Convention 22-25 Southwest Section 28-10/5 World Precision Flying Susan Sullivan Spokane, Wash. Lancaster, Calif. 914-462-4622 316-945-6913 Susan Larson Championships Ft. Worth, Texas 27-8/2 Oshkosh EAA 408-274-9152 10-15 U.S. Air Race & Rally Jody McCarrell Trophy Club, Texas Oshkosh. Wis. 28-10/1 Silver Wings 501-642-2508 Marion P. Jayne Cathie Mayr Fraternity Convention TBA West Canada & Northwest 817-491-4055 414-648-5092 Radison Hotel on the airport Joint Section 13-18 National Aviation 29-30 Truckee Tahoe Air Show Cincinnati, Ohio Vancouver Island, BC Exploring Conference Truckee, Calif. Don Fairbanks Joan Lynum Mike Monroney Truckee Airport 1-800-554-1437 604-596-7360 Aeronautical Center and 916-587-4119 28-10/1 South Central Section Nancy Jensen Tinker AFB. TBA World Aerospace Grand Junction, Colo. 206-825-6777 Oklahoma City, Okla. Education Congress Phyllis Kramer Bill Evans Seoul, Korea 303-835-8102 TO LIST A MEETING OR 214-580-2427 Diane Cozzi 30 NY/NJ Section AVIATION ACTIVITY, 16-18 Forest of Friendship 708-425-4505 Hilton Hotel WRITE OR FAX: Atchison, Kan. AUGUST Buffalo, N.Y. Lois Erickson Fay Gillis Wells International Date Coordinator 3-7 3rd Canadian Women in Dorothy Hake 703-960-4632 3577 Bridger Drive Aviation Conference Western NY Chapter Redding, CA 96002 U.S.A. 17 AOPA Fly-in Hamilton, Ontario - Canada 716-652-7302 Fax 916-221-7870 AOPA Headquarters Denise Egglestone 30-10/1 Airsho 95 Please indicate the name and Frederick Municipal 905-829-3877 Midland International Airport, Md. location of the event and the phone 4-6 Palms to Pines Air Race Airport and fax numbers of the Ninety-Nine Drew Steketee Midland. Texas 301-695-2156 Santa Monica, Calif. contact. Dates are perpetual until Claire Walters Barbi Woods they expire or until written notice is 18 Felts Field Airshow 310-397-2731 915-563-1000 received of their cancellation.