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Louise Thaden's 1929 Travel Air is part of the Smithsonian’s "Women and Flight" photographic exhibit at the Omniplex in Oklahoma City. See story November/December 2000 ATTENTION: PERPETUAL CALENDAR GOVERNORS AND 2000 JUNE CHAPTER CHAIRS 15-17 — International Forest of Friendship, 25th Anniversary. To list your 99s events on DECEMBER Atchison, Kansas. Kay Baker, PO Box 99AE, Atchison, KS 66002 or phone 913-367-1419 this calendar page, send 10 — Santa Fly-in, Akron-Canton Airport, Ohio. Sponsored by the Women With Wings Chapter. Gaye Wohlin, 330-699-5172 information to: 22-29 — 2001 Air Race Classic, El Cajon, California, to Batavia, Ohio Elaine Morrow 2001 International Date JULY Coordinator JANUARY 17-22 — The Ninety-Nines International Conference. The 10006 Fenner Ave. SE 27 — San Gabriel Valley Annual Poker Run, Cable Airport Westin Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Rosella Bjornson, Delano, MN 55328 (CCB), Upland, California. Virginia Flarmer, 909-987-0087 or phone/fax 780-922-4918 and e-mail [email protected]; or U.S.A. e-mail [email protected] Mary Oswald, phone 780-469-3547, fax 780-461-9066 and Fax 952-955-3188 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] FEBRUARY 20-21 — Amelia Earhart Festival, Atchison, Kansas. Marilyn 3 — North Central Section Midwinter Meeting, Midway Copeland, 816-554-2567 Please indicate the name Airport, Chiciago, Illinois. Diane Cozzi, 847-898-4470 and location of the event 25-31 — EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 18 — Southwest Section Winter Business Meeting, Tucson, Rita Adams, 847-913-0490 and the name, phone and Arizona. Pat Prentiss, 949-673-4099 fax numbers of the contact. Deadlines are: MARCH AUGUST 3-5 — Palms-to-Pines Air Race, Santa Monica, California, to Dec. 9, Feb. 9, Apr. 9, 1-3 — International Board of Directors Spring Meeting (includes Council of Governors and International Committee Bend, Oregon. Claire Walters, phone/fax 310-397-2731 )une 9, Aug. 9 and Oct. 9. Chairs), International Fleadquarters, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lu Hollander, 800-994-1929 SEPTEMBER AN EARLY ISSUE IN 2001 22-24 — 12th Annual International Women in Aviation 13-16 — Reno Air Races, Reno, Nevada will feature corporate, Conference, Reno, Nevada. Peggy Baty, 904-226-7996 18-20 — NBAA, New Orleans. Louisiana charter and charity pilots 25-28 — Second Asia Pacific Women in Aviation Confer 20-24 — Northwest Section Fall Meeting, A Flight Odessey,” in much the same manner ence, Canberra, Australia. For information, see website Embassy Suites, Portland, Oregon. Shirley Twigg, 503-628-1015 as we featured airline Embry-Riddle Daytona Chapter members pose with International President Vickie Lynn Sherman. (Back row) LaVeme Angela Davis, Brooklyn, New York; Andrea Mainville, Hamilton, Massachusetts, Nicole n The 99s’ annual calen Salazar; Vicki Lynn; Chapter Chairman Antonia Ball, dar, the Fall Meeting is Guam; and Pamela Milstead, Columbus, Ohio. (Front the first regular meeting of row) Erin Parsons, Mystic, Connecticut; Jennifer Bunt, theO year and this October meeting Keansburg, New Jersey; Krista Rinkinen, White Lake, proved to be sometimes rainy and Michigan; and Susan Cifuentes, Deltona, Florida. windy. The weather did not dampen he fall season brings with it a new Chapter of the spirit of the Board, the Council TNinety-Nines. Situated in Daytona Beach of Governors and several Interna Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an tional Committee Chairmen who ideal location for our newest members. The ERAU were able to attend. Due in no small Ninety-Nines currently consist of 10 charter mem part to the cooperative spirit which 99 NEWS Editor Betty Rowley and President bers and 30 prospects. Ten of these girls are Future all of the participants brought to the Vicki Lynn Sherman Women Pilots while the rest vary in experience from meeting, it was a very pleasant—even joyful—and productive experience. Private to ATP. As reported elsewhere on this page, many things are underway that will be The advisor (and 99), Susan Money, is in charge very helpful to The 99s, and this was indeed an auspicious beginning for the “Flight of standardization on the Embry-Riddle flightline into the 21st Century.” and has also recently received her ATP. The other The Board and the Council of Governors enjoyed the opportunity of present faculty members, Mary Snow and Mavis Green, are ing an award recognizing Betty Rowley for her eight years of service as editor of professors and pilots in the Embry-Riddle Aeronau our official publication, 99 News. tics Department. In addition to our new Chapter at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in We are all very excited to be a part of one of the Daytona Beach, Florida, and the new Brazilian Section, I am happy to say that oldest and most respected Women Pilots Associa reports show increases in membership are coming from many quarters, including tions in the world and look forward to meeting ev a majority of our Sections in the United States. eryone at the upcoming International Convention We’re on course and the sky is the limit! 2001 in Calgary.—Antonia Ball — Vicki Lynn Sherman Board of Directors Meeting By Diane Pirman, Director cessfully petitioned to hold the meeting of 2003 in Huntsville, Alabama, and, of course, we’re all looking forward to our conference in Calgary he Executive Board met in Oklahoma City October 26-28. Presi in July of 2001. Tdent Sherman was pleased to introduce many new international com The three-day meeting was punctuated the second day by an after mittee chairmen as they described their programs and goals to members noon of roundtable sessions led by international committee chairmen. The of the board. Membership Chairman Andrea Chay reported that our mem sessions proved to be fertile ground for sharing ideas on subjects as di bership climbed almost 5 percent in the most recent three-month period verse as flying activities, public relations and legislation, to name several. and that we now have 225 Future Women Pilots. "Louise,” our new computer system, allows 99s Headquarters to The Brazilian Section was chartered in August with a membership output data in flexible formats. Governors and board members exam of 23 pilots. And inquiries have been made by women pilots of two ined the information needs of Chapters and Sections, the goal being to other countries about how to go about establishing international sec supply reports that will be effective tools for officers and members. Ques tions of The 99s. This is very exciting news! tions about the format of the current Membership Directory were also Marilyn Copeland reported on the AE Birthplace Museum and the addressed. city of Atchison’s anticipation of our members visiting them during our The next meeting of the International Board will be held in Okla international meeting in Kansas City in 2002. Southeast Section suc homa City March 1-3, 2001. THE 99s MUSEUM OF WOMEN PILOTS BY NANCY LOWE-CLARK, Museum Executive Director Edsel Ford and his students attaching the wing of Louise Thaden’s 1929 Travel Air. eptember and October were busy months for The following Thursday evening Edsel Ford, us as we worked to complete the “Women who teaches an aviation restoration class at the Ca Ninety-Nines may Sand Flight” exhibit and program preparations. nadian Valley Vo-Tech in El Reno, provided a team order the exhibit book, This, along with working with a new docent and of his best students to reassemble the Travel Air. Women and Flight, by moving the Travel Air, while keeping up with the These volunteers spent more than 40 hours of their Carolyn Russo, from daily operational duties of running the Museum of own time getting the plane reassembled. We hope you will plan a visit to the Oklahoma MWP by sending a Women Pilots (MWP), has kept us on our toes. Air Space Museum soon to see what a beautiful job check for $35 (dis Lousie Thaden’s plane arrives has been done in the restoration process and the re counted for 99s from the On Tuesday, September 26, Louise Thaden’s assembly of Louise’s plane and then come by MWP book’s $40 retail price). 1929 Travel Air arrived in Oklahoma City. The next to see the progress that has been made here. This includes shipping three hours were spent unloading the moving van and handling. VISA, MC and securing the Travel Air inside the Oklahoma Air Museum educational program and AmEx are also Space Museum at the Omniplex, where it will be On October 14 Ann Birney presented her his accepted. A wonderful exhibited. After verifying that all parts listed on the torical interpretation of Amelia Earhart to a group manifest had arrived, we inspected each individual of 40 MWP visitors. Adults and students alike sat gift idea! part for damage and found none. transfixed as Ann/Amelia talked about her life and experiences and then answered questions from the audience. The afternoon presentation was supported by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council. Also on hand for the day’s events were 99s Pat Jenkins from the Idaho Chapter, Doris Lockness from Mt. Shasta and Oklahoman, Captain Krista Bonino. These three terrific ladies are featured in both the Smithsonian “Women and Flight” exhibit and the book and generously gave their time to come for The 99s event and the exhibit opening. Their presence brought many smiles to the faces of visitors who purchased copies of the exhibit book which these ladies autographed for them. “Women and Flight" opening The exhibit opening at the Omniplex later that evening was attended by 75 people who enjoyed another brief presentation by Ann Birney and the additional opportunity of visiting with Pat, Doris and Pat Jenkins, Ann Birney (as Amelia Earhart), Doris Lockness and Krista Bonino with Louise Krista. Thaden’s 1929 Travel Air at the opening o f the " Women and Flight" exhibit in Oklahoma City. Jenkins, Lockness and Bonino are featured in the book, Women and Flight. embers of our Austin Chapter enjoyed a rare treat recently when WASP Deanie M Parrish spoke to us about the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and her present participation in a project called Wings Across America. Seeming every inch as vibrant and energetic as the young 20-something girl WASP, Deanie quickly captured our attention by relating an incident that hap A VANISHING HISTORY pened when she was taking her initial flight instruc BY KATHLEEN M. ME1LAHN, Austin Chapter tion in Florida. “I asked my instructor,” Deanie told us, “if he thought I would make a good pilot. And he said that one day I would know the answer. That day came on my solo flight. “When 1 reached traffic pattern altitude and In 1944 Gen. Arnold presented a bill to Congress pushed the joy stick to level out, it came off in my that would allow the WASPs to officially become mili WINGS ACROSS AMERICA hand. The Cub was about to stall, so I stood up enough tary officers. But Congress turned down the bill and eanie Parrish and her to reach over the vacant front seat and with the tips of the WASPs were deactivated on December 20 that daughter Nancy are my fingers, I slowly pushed the front stick forward to year. Their training records were sent to Washington, D working with Baylor Univer gain air speed. Then," she continued, “I climbed over D.C., sealed, stamped “CLASSIFIED" and filed away sity on a project called Wings Across America. The goal is into the front, regained control and executed a safe in the government archives for more than 30 years. to videotape personal inter landing. Consequently, the official record of WASP service to views with as many as pos “When I taxied to where my instructor was, he America was unknown to most WWII historians and sible of the more than 600 asked me, ‘Why in the hell are you in the front seat?’ went unrecorded in most historical accounts of WWII. su rviving WASPs. The memo ries collected firsthand from I pointed to the unattached control stick resting on the In 1977, an Air Force public relations officer this vanishing resource back floor. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘Now you know you have wrote an article touting the fact that the Air Force had would be placed into an in the right stuff to be a pilot!”’ just graduated the first 10 women in U.S. history to teractive website. The vision After Deanie got her private pilot certificate, she fly military aircraft. Seeing this, the WASPs took ac is that these living histories applied for the women’s flight training program that tion to gain recognition for their service and lobbied would eventually be placed in a digital library and virtual Jackie Cochran had organized and took the train to Congress for the right to become veterans. museum to be used for edu the Houston, Texas, municipal airport where the pro Sen. Barry Goldwater, who had been an opera cational purposes. gram was set up. Women were to receive the same tions officer at one base where the WASPs were sta If you would like to help training as the male military pilots, but unlike male tioned, helped push the bill through. The WASPs were or want to know more about the WASP or Wings Across trainees, they were required to have the prerequisite recognized as veterans on November 3 when the America, go to of at least a private pilot’s certificate. “We lived in House unanimously passed the bill and the Senate tour group found the historic site to be charming I he Resorts Hotel on the Boardwalk at At with its beautiful Victorian houses, many now of lantic City, New Jersey, was headquarters fering accommodations as Bed and Breakfast for the second All-Woman Transcontinen places. tal Air Race (AWTAR) Reunion, October 9-13. Another day offered a tour to the National Aero Sixty-seven pilots and their important ground sup nautical Flight Experimental Center at the Atlantic porters—both men and women—met to once again City airport, a fascinating visit, reported those on reminisce about their experiences shared in what the tour. most remember best as the Powder Puff Derby. Various restaurants found customers in the at The first PPD was flown in 1947 and the last in tendees. One group nearly took over the nearby At PPD Reunion Chairs Clarice 1977. The race ended in Atlantic City in 1961 and lantic City Bar & Grill one evening. Browsing on Bellino and Barbara Evans ‘63 and started there in 1964 and ‘67. Of those the famous boardwalk was convenient and salt wa present at Atlantic City this year, Pauline Glasson ter taffy was a “must purchase” for some as was the (Tip of Texas Chapter) holds the record for flying dropping of at least some coins in the “one-armed in the most races. Another frequent flyer present bandits” (although most are now push-button types was Ilovene Potter (Greater Seattle Chapter) who without the “arm”). On another night, a similarly was accompanied by her son David. large and exuberant group moved in on a restaurant Fran Bera, Mission Bay Chapter, winner of at the adjacent Taj Mahal for dinner. seven of the AWTARs, was there, taking her victo The closing banquet featured speaker Anne ries in stride, although she certainly has earned Baddour (Eastern New England Chapter) who en “bragging rights.” thralled the audience with tales of her personal fly The program included a tour to Cape May, a ing experience. quaint Victorian-era town on the seashore near Cape The next PPD reunion scheduled for 2002 will May Point, the southernmost spot in the state. The be held on the West Coast in San Diego, California. «> LU ■o LU O (/>>s ■e0 D o Some of the attendees at the closing banquet of the Powder Puff Derby Reunion. he success of this Powder Puff Derby erages by Barbara Harris-Para and the Gar TReunion was due to the cooperation den State Chapter. and hard work of a number of volunteers. Besides those already mentioned, other These included Clarice Bellino (North Jer participants included Chickie Alper, Von sey Chapter) who chaired the event with Alter, Carol Baney, Adelle Bedrossian, Joe Barbara Evans (Livermore Valley Chapter). Bellino, Janis Blackburn, Barbara Coordinators were Marian Banks Prophett Brotherton, Jan Churchill, Pat Collier, (San Diego Chapter) and Pauline Mallary Helen Cranz, Don Davidson, June Davis, (North Georgia Chapter) who were assisted Ruth Deerman, Barbara and Everett Drake, by Marion Andrews (Greater New York Jo Eddleman, Nancy El-Haji, Helen Evans, Chapter) and Peg Davidson (Connecticut Lois and Bob Feigenbaum, Esther Gardiner, Chapter). Lois Goodrich, Marge Gorman, Shirley and Publicity was arranged by Sophia John Hanson, Carole Hickman, Leah Pauline Glasson holds the record for flying in Payton (Florida Suncoast Chapter) and Higgins, Jeannine Hortman, Yvette the most Powder Puff Derbies—24. tours by Anne Shields (Eastern Pennsylva Hortman, Evelyn Kropp, Esther Lowry, nia Chapter). Decorations were provided by Connie Luhta, Kate Macario, Canivet Valerie Dempsey (North Jersey Chapter) Macario, Mike Macario, Pauline Mallary, and a $ 100 donation from that chapter. The Lorraine McCarty, Margaret Mead, Aileen reunion program was designed and pro Mellott, Helen Mennitto, Doris and Bill duced by Barbara Evans’ husband, Ed, and Miller, Ellie Odorico, Lee Orr, Maryanne the name badges by their son-in-law, Bill and Joe Pecora, Linda Schwartz, Maisie Sullivan. Stears, Ellen Sutton, Carolyn Van Newkirk, The PPD hospitality room at the hotel Norman and Charles Vandergriff and Pat was amply supplied with snacks and bev Wilson. Lindy Boxes. Barbara Evans and Marian Andrews enjoying the slots. he Powder Puff Derby’s last hurrah 30 efforts were directed instead towards com Tyears after the first was in 1977. The piling the Commemorative Album. late Kay Brick, an Air Race Board Mem “This album update completes the 30- ber. recorded the history of the PPD called, year history of women’s noble annual air "Update Powder Puff Derby Commemora classic. In addition to coverage of the final tive Album” and wrote the following intro three years of the race, it contains a com duction: plete listing of all who flew it, photos of the “Three decades ago, a little Ercoupe winners, and dedicated Air Race Board flew flat-out from California, hopping members, loyal supporters, plus a host of across the continent to a terminus in Florida, flashbacks to complete the chronicle of Marian Prophett and Ilovene Potter rehash sparking race fever among women pilots. Thirty Transcontinental Sky Trails." old races. With World War 11 over, WASPs (Women In 1985, a handsome cushioned hard Air Force Service Pilots) were seeking to cover book was published by the All-Woman blaze new air trails. Hopefuls hastened to Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. under the obtain pilot licenses; others upgraded their title of Powder Puff Derby, The Record, skills and their equipment as the challenge 1947-1977. This was also the effort of Kay grew. Enthusiasm conquered the skies! Brick, editor, Marian Banks and Barbara "The first 27 years of the All-Woman Evans, assistants to the editor and Marion Transcontinental Air Race were chronicled Andrews, art work and editorial assistant. A in the “Powder Puff Derby Commemora limited number of both the 1977 and 1985 tive Album” published in 1974. Conform books are available at $20 each from Bar ing to a government appeal to observe a fuel bara Evans, 4307 Quail Run Lane, Danville, shortage, the 28th PPD was canceled and CA 94506. Kate Macario. Ann Shields and Barbara Brotherton enjoy the hospitality room. Photos courtesy of NASA Discovery Discovery blasts o ff to International Space Station (ISS) with 99 Pain Melroy as its pilot. its as Melroy Pain 99 with (ISS) Station Space International to ff o blasts Lt. Col. PAM MELROY Col.Lt.PAM takes “Discovery ” to ISS... and Back and ISS... ” to “Discovery takes Discovery E BY CATHY HANSEN, Antelope Valley Chapter Valley Antelope HANSEN, CATHY BY again from th e ir special jo u rn e y to to y e rn u jo Shuttle Space special watch to ir Florida, e th home Titusville, are from 99s Valley again Antelope ighteen lift into space with Lt. Col. Pamela Pamela Col. Lt. with space into lift Melroy, USAF, as its pilot. Un pilot. its as USAF, Melroy, when we arrived on Wednes on arrived we when the and Inn, Holiday Center ebbie D by ed g arran n tio said, McDuffee Patricia Chair S paceport 99s greeted us us greeted 99s paceport S Space f o r Kennedy the irecto at D Sales right, age-W P tried.” glad so we are we have but it, to missed sorry very are “We in launch the witness to AV 99s two only the fortunately, LaD ell Sim m ons. C hapter hapter C ons. m Sim ell and LaD Justice Nell were person A special welcome recep welcome special A eas n ulig e cmoet o h Inter the of components key building in delays our in participated she when her know to gotten uled to be Mission No. 99.) No. Mission be to sched uled originally was (This Station. to Space due national planned than This longer years. half years a two and about three was for mission this for group. our with functions other and fly-ins 1991. in back Base sta Force was Air she Edwards when joined at She tioned Chapter ages! Valley all of Antelope our students perfect for a model woman— role intelligent very and thusiastic to proud so are We TV. on launch watched we beautiful the 11 Instead, th. the Wednesday, feel on or bit feet our under shake earth the feel to get Members of our chapter feel privileged to have have to privileged feel chapter our of Members our of all pad. felt launch the she cleared she as sure her with are lift we prayers and Pam know or into Shuttle the lifted that power awesome the pad. launch the at mph 51 with reaching Florida winds through blew front cold a day that on The completely. valve retract to faulty a refused to that due bolt a and delayed was but p.m. 9:49 it. on emblem STS-92 Mission the with we find anything could decals— patches, chains, key T-shirts, the of tour bus VIP wonderful a up set Inn day next possible date was on Monday, the 9th, but but 9th, the Monday, on was date possible next bought We complex. visitor Center Space the into events Holi the at scheduled Debbie the members. AV all our for for planned us joined Nevada Washington! Cashmere, in home from her 108 Voyager Wall, Stinson her flew der who Van Gutierrez, Dean and Beverly Trippensee, Les and Lynn included attendees 99s AV other Schultz, Char Spencer, Diana Tanner, Connie Connie Tanner, Barbara Ron Diana and Reukauf, Spencer, inda Paul L Char and ion, L Schultz, arol C ikki N Lunsford, elly, K andy R I, A1and husband Elle my with Besides morning Coussens. Phil and Thursday on Florida in rived of Gitelman portant! Marcia and Oster Julie Chair 99s Kennedy Space Center for us, plus special entry entry special plus us, for Center Space Kennedy esiree D and s— illiam W eorge G and Shirley Interna were us meet to there Also evening. day Bunn, Rosemary and Jeff Coonrod, Leigh and and Leigh Coonrod, Jeff and Rosemary Bunn, Spaceport Sherman, Lynn Vicki President tional oa Pilot Woman The seven-member crew of STS-92 trained trained STS-92 of crew seven-member The Pam is a fun, wholesome, bright, cheerful, en cheerful, bright, wholesome, fun, a is Pam at 5 October for scheduled was launch The Most of us had to go back home so we didn’t didn’t we so home back go to had us of Most International Director Mardell Haskins from from Haskins Mardell Director International Patricia McDuffee and her husband Tom ar Tom husband her and McDuffee Patricia magazine, making us feel very im very feel us making magazine, As she drew closer, remarks were being made about the noise coming from the shuttle. The NASA Public Affairs Officer called out. "That's not an engine you hear; that is the shuttle moving the air out of the way.” I was lucky enough to be with the media con voy, and as I clicked off photos, I saw the landing gear lower and at 1:59 p.m., she eased onto the runway—right in front of me! The huge orange and white drag chute popped open as she rolled he STS-92 crew patch sym by, and the beautiful space vehicle came to a stop T bolizes the second mission to carry U.S.-built elements to about a mile away. The media caravan consisted the International Space Station Pam Melroy lands at Edwards AFB! mostly of newspaper people and photographers, (ISS). The black silhouette of the OCTOBER 24: As thousands of cheering but there were some television and radio person Space Shuttle D is c o v e ry is shown against the deep blue shuttle fans watched under clear blue skies and a nel as well. background of space in low Earth light breeze, Shuttle Pilot Pam Melroy landed Dis Shuttle Commander Col. Brian Duffy, Pilot orbit. In the foreground in gray covery straight down the 14,995- Lt. Col. Pam Melroy and the is a profile view of the ISS as it foot-long Runway 22 at Edwards "This is just an awe crew must endure a two-hour appears when the Shuttle and some moment. We just crew arrive, consisting of the AFB, NASA’s alternative landing post-flight physical, then NASA Unity node, its two pressurized site. All in all, it was a great day wrapped up the two will hold a press conference for mating adapters (PMA), the Zarya for capping off this flawless l(X)th most incredible weeks of them. The entire crew will be functional cargo block, the Zvezda service module and the my life. I think for me, flown to Kennedy Space Center. shuttle mission of 13 days and 5.3 Progress cargo vehicle. million-miles to the International what actually capped it All of the AV 99s and the lo Following the Shuttle's ren Space Station and back. off was coming here to cal people who have worked on dezvous and docking, the ISS configuration was augmented by What a thrill! AV 99s didn't Edwards, where I spent designing, building and caring four years o f my life." the two elements delivered by get to feel the thunderous power for the shuttle will always feel Discovery: The Z1 truss and of the lift-off in Florida, but we — Lt. Col. Pamela M elroy that Edwards is the prim ary PMA-3. These two elements, de heard the familiar “boom-boom" landing site. picted in red, were installed and connected using the Shuttle's ro as Discovery slipped through the sound barrier and A great historic flight. We are so proud of bot arm during four space walks. watched as she descended towards the long, paved our third woman to pilot the Space Shuttle. Three The multinational nature of both runway. cheers for Pam! the STS-92 crew and the ISS are reflected in the multicolored As tronaut Office symbol. Antelope Valley 99s at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with space shuttle Discovery on launch pad in background. Standing Diana Tanner, Rosemary Coonrod, Linda Lunsford, Nell Justice, Nikki Lion, International Director Mardell Haskins, LaDell Simmons and Chapter Chairman Patricia McDuffee. Kneeling: Cathy Hansen, Dee Gutierrez, Elle Coussens, Connie Trippensee, Char Spencer and Leigh Kelly. FUN FLYING FOR THE FRACTIONALS BY CHRIS HETTENBACH, Dallas Chapter / think that women pilots need to know there is something exciting available in addition to working for an airline. was having lunch with Bonita Ades, our South CHRIS HETTENBACH Central Section Governor, at a Section meeting and the topic of conversation focused on assist Chris Hettenbach joined the Dallas Chap ingI our young aviators to develop a career path in 1ter in December 1989 shortly after obtaining my the aviation industry. We decided that many of our private certificate. Although young people are so driven to fly for a major airline allows us to have scheduled days off, unlike other I had planned to get my In that they may not be aware of the other flying op small corporate flight departments where crews are strument rating and stop portunities available. When they don’t get that cov on a pager 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We there, I has having so much fun I went beyond that. I eted airline job, some become very discouraged and are limited to a maximum number of hours we can was working as a registered frustrated and lose interest in aviation altogether. work in a 24-hour period and must have a required veterinary nurse for a local I fly a Challenger 604 for Flexjet, one of the amount of rest prior to our next duty assignment. veterinary hospital and We fly to a variety of unique places in addition continued to work there to fractional ownership programs, and I am thoroughly pay for my flying lessons. convinced that this is a wonderful opportunity to to the major airports. One of the things I really en In 1992 I obtained my consider. For those who may not be familiar with joy about this type of flying is the personal attention CFI and applied for and re fractionals, this is a type of corporate flying which we can give to our owners/passengers and the vari ceived an AE Scholarship for my CFII. In 1995 I re is operated in a fashion similar to an airline. Com ety that each day has to offer. ceived the AE Scholarship panies or individuals buy shares of our corporate jets. All of our trips are currently being flown under for my ATP/Citation type Based on the size of the share they purchase, they FAR 91 rules. However, the FAA and several other rating! These two scholar can use the aircraft a specified number of hours per contributors have recently written a new Part 9IK, ships were a great help in achieving my goal of be year. We have flight dispatchers, crew schedulers which will govern how all of the fractionals will be coming a commercial pilot. and an owner services department, among many oth operated in the near future. This new regulation will I gave instruction in my ers, who handle our owners’ requests for aircraft us be a combination of Part 91 and Part 135. free time to build enough In addition, our company offers us a retirement flight time required to get age, catering and ground transportation for their pro to my goal. In June of 1997 posed trips. plan, 40IK, medical, dental and vision insurance I was hired into the right Our fleet of 85 to 90 aircraft consists of the coverage, a stock purchase plan with company con seat of a Lear 31A and be Learjet 31 A, 45 and 60, along with the Challenger tributions and salaries that are becoming more com gan flying for Flexjet, a di vision of Business 601 and 604. In the near future, we will be adding petitive with the airline industry. JetSolutions. I became a the Global Express. We currently have more than For those who know they only want to fly for captain on the Lear in Oc 450 crew members, including pilots and flight at the major airlines, I say, “Pursue your dream." But tober of 1998, then went to tendants. We fly both domestic and international trips for those who are looking for something a little dif school to get my type rat ing in the Challenger 604. based on the needs of our owners. Our aircraft are ferent, check out the fractionals. The wonderful thing I still give flight instruc brand new with state-of-the-art avionics, including about aviation is the variety of opportunities it of tion on my days off. I enjoy EFIS and full glass cockpits in our Challenger 604s. fers those who want to accept the challenge. For me, teaching and feel this is a each day is a new and challenging adventure and it way for me to give back to Our crews attend formal training every six the aviation community. months on the model of aircraft they are flying. We sure doesn’t get boring. I can be reached for addi have a bid system for most of our schedules. This tional information at [email protected]. Beverly Reich Ivy, Dallas Chapter BJ Christensen, Lake Michigan Chapter FRACTIONALS |ETS ver since I was a little girl, I have been fascinated T began my flying career at age 45 after teaching high Ewith airplanes. Much of what I’ve accomplished X school for 20 years. After I successfully recovered nnounced at the Na in my life stems from my from breast cancer, I decided to complete the last of 10 A tional Business Aviation father who was a pilot for goals I set when I was a senior in high school and be Association's 53rd annual trade show in New Orleans American Airlines and gan flying lessons at my local airport in Greenville, in October was the fact that from former 99 Sandra Michigan. It became my passion. I quit teaching, at the fractional ownership Simmons (the first fe tended FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, company Raytheon Travel male pilot hired by and began flight instructing at Northwestern Michigan Air, a subsidiary of Raytheon Braniff Airlines in 1974) College in Traverse City. I progressed to flying a Cara Aircraft, has ordered 50 Hawker 450s, with an option who was my best friend’s van for MidAtlantic Freight, and then a Learjet 31 a for for an additional 25. mother. I can remember Business Jet Solutions. I also have flown 46 missions "W e expect customers to being in awe of her Pow as a volunteer pilot for Wings of Mercy, which I con recognize the incredible Beverly Reich Ivy and her der Puff Derby trophies sider the most rewarding flying. value this new aircraft will two children. present," said Gary Hart, Along the way I picked up a Citation type (CE and her 727 flight engi president of Raytheon Travel neer cockpit study panels hanging on her doors and 500) as a scholarship from SimuFlite and Women in Air. mirrors. Aviation. Many people encouraged me along the way, In adddition, Raytheon After college, 1 became a flight attendant for South starting with my husband Tom to whom I’ve been mar Travel A ir has placed an or west Airlines in 1986. It was there that the pilots up ried for 33 years. Among others were Mary Creason der for 22 entry-level Pre mier I business jets. The or front saw my interest in flying and encouraged me to and the many fine women pilots in the Lake Michigan der is in addition to the 49 take lessons. All my paychecks and days off went to Chapter, Karen Kahn, LouAnn Gibson, Liz Clark, lone Premier I aircraft that Travel learning to fly. And that’s how I met and married my Maxwell, Pat Andrews, Sandra McGettigan and Chris A ir already has on order. husband, also a pilot, who has cheered me all the way. Hettenbach. Cessna Aircraft Com pany has joined forces with I am currently mentoring 16-year-old Sara Norconk While instructing in October 1994, I landed my TAG Aviation USA, Inc. in a first Part 135 job flying freight in a DC-3 in San Juan, who will soon be getting her private license. Encourag new company called Puerto Rico. My first jet job was flying freight in a ing and inspiring other women pilots is my ongoing CitationShares Holding Falcon 20 in November 1995.1 wanted to start a fam goal. I may be reached at [email protected]. L.L.C. According to Gary Hay, Cessna's CEO, "Frac ily so I continued flying part-time in a corporate Fal tional ownership continues con 20. to emerge as the fastest While six months pregnant, I completed a 737 type growing segment of busi rating to keep myself current and ready for future job ness aviation... . " market prospects. Eighteen months later, after I had This new venture, based at Westchester County Air my second child, I was hired by Flexjet, a fractional port in W hite Plains, New ownership company, to fly Lear 31s. Eleven months York, w ill market Cessna's later, 1 upgraded to captain. I am very blessed to have popular line of Citation jet accomplished my goals in a relatively short time. aircraft to serve the rapidly expanding fractional owner I have been a member of the Dallas Chapter since ship market. The Citation 1994 and am grateful to the many women who opened fleet will include the Cita doors so the rest of us could live our dreams. I hope I tion CJ1 and the Citation BJ Christensen and her husband Tom can do the same for others. Bravo. AMELIA EARHART MEMORIAL AMELIA EARHART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND SCHOLARSHIP FUND Yes! I want to help other 99s move along in their careers. The AEMSF Trustees w ill be funding five $1,000 scholarships My tax deductible contribution is to go to Future Women Pilots to aid them in completing their Payment: Check _ Credit Card: V IS A MC AMEX ______training for a Private license. The applicants must have 24 hours, Card N o .______Expires______have soloed and passed the FAA w ritten test. Name ______Application forms for both FWP and Career Scholarships are Signature______available from Headquarters. All contributions to both scholarships Send your tax deductible contribution to Charlene Falkenberg, Permanent Trustee, are greatly appreciated. 618 South Washington Street, Hobart, IN 46342-5026. For more information, — Charlene Falkenberg phone/fax 219-942-8887 or e-mail [email protected] AEMSF Permanent Chairman Make checks payable to Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund make it more effective. Doris asked Mae Smith and me to help her create bylaw changes that would create an investment income fund that would mimic the Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund. We decided that a trustee-managed fund using the $40,000-plus investments already in the 21st Century Fund as a base would be the place to start. NINETY-NINES Doris proposed bylaw changes and a resolution to the board to implement our current elected trustee- ENDOWMENT FUND controlled fund. The resolution and bylaws which BY JUDY BOLKEMA-TOKAR. Chairman were reviewed by the board and passed in Portland in 1997 created the Ninety-Nines 21 st Century En dowment Fund to be managed by five elected trust ees. The membership elected five trustees in 1998. n my last article for the Ninety-Nines Endow One more bylaw change was necessary to guar ment Fund, I gave a quick overview on its his antee the safety of the money you donate to this tory from Portland 1997 to the present. I have fund. This change was effected in Oklahoma City beenI asked to start back at at our convention in 1999. The name of the fund the beginning. was changed to “Ninety-Nines Endowment Fund” In the early 1980s, a and the phrase “the principal shall remain intact, fund was started called the only earned income may be used by the organiza “Circle of Friends.” This tion” was added to Article XV of our bylaws. fund was the beginning of The fund is now well on its way to realizing members banding together the dreams of the “Circle of Friends” and Anita and to support the 99s finan Vic’s 21st Century Fund. But it needs the full sup cially. port of the membership. The trustees of the Ninety- In the late 80s, Anita Nines Endowment Fund invite you to send a tax- Judy Bolkema-Tokar The 99s Endowment Fund Lewis and her husband Vic deductible “Holiday Gift” to the fund. was created to help fulfill funded legal and investment research, created bro We propose that every Chapter at their last The 99s Mission Statement: chures, proposed the resolution and donated the ini meeting of the year 2000 ask their members to make tial investment for the “Ninety-Nines 21 st Century a tax-deductible gift in any amount, $1, $5, $10, • Promote world fellowship Fund.” They recognized that The 99s needed a $ 1,000 or whatever the member can afford. through flight. supplemental income to support our dues-based or These gifts will prove that the membership is • Provide networking and ganization. A phone-a-thon was held and members willing to support this fund. We can then go to cor scholarship opportunities for contributed to the fund. porate donors and say, “We have the support of women and aviation educa In 1996, Lois Erickson asked Doris Abbate to our members, this organization is worthy of your tion in the community. study the 21st Century Fund and suggest ways to help.” • Preserve the unique history of women in aviation. THE NINETY-NINES ENDOWMENT FUND I want to make a contribution to The Ninety-Nines Endowment Fund of $ . I wish to pledge a monthy ______qu arterly______or ye a rly ___ contribution starting on in the amount of $ . This pledge shall be in effect for years, or until , unless revoked by me earlier. Payment: Check Credit Card: VISA M C AM EX ______ Card N o . ______E xpires______ Name ______. Signature Mail contributions and pledges to Hilda Ray, treasurer, The Ninety-Nines Endowment Fund, 601 Third Place, Jasper, AL 35501 AMELIA EARHART BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM BY MARILYN COPELAND, Chairman AEBM from the back alley showing back fence, entrance to public restrooms, back of sun porch, state past Atchison Globe reporter and photographer. dining room (now gift shop), five windows in conserva A new brass plaque attachment has been added tory sun room. The upper level shows caretaker suite Tax deductible contributions and two windows in bedroom where Amelia was born to the new sign in the yard showing our open hours July 24, 1897. which are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, 10 to 4 on fo r the AEBM may be sent to Saturdays and I to 4 on Sunday. Marilyn Copeland, 117 S. W ong-range planning has been a high priority The beautiful blooming petunias and geraniums Winterpark Lane, Lee's topic for the AEBM Trustees in recent in the front porch concrete flower boxes are now months. An exciting announcement is forth Summit. MO 64081; or to L greeting fall and winter guests with permanent green coming. AEBM. PO Box 128, ery of the season. Gary Gradinger, an international businessman, Atchison, KS 66602. has been named as the Greater Kansas City AEBM Trustee. Former trustee Nilla Childs has moved out of the area. Please make this correction in the new A great new 13-minute International 99s Directory. video on Amelia Earhart, The AEBM and the Greater Kansas City and The 99s and the AE Northeast Kansas Chapters have been meeting bi Birthplace Museum is still monthly to work on plans for the Ninety-Nines In available fo r use in schools ternational Conference to be held in Kansas City and and other organizations. Atchison, July 16-21, 2002. “Celebrate the Future" is the theme. Send $15 (includes ship Additional archives storage boxes have arrived Stan Lawson, 99 Sondra Ridgeway, Kristi Falk. Kay ping) to Marilyn Copeland. and are waiting individual 99s histories, archives and Baker, 99 Marilyn Copeland, Karen Seaberg and Pat Carrigan at a joint meeting with Atchison citizens on Chapter information. Our part-time archivist, Chris plans for the Ninety-Nines International Conference to Taylor, works with several other museums and is a be held in 2002. THANK YOU TO ALL FOR THESE FINE CONTRIBUTIONS BRICK ORDER FORM $1,000 or more: Gary Gradinger, AEBM Trustee, Midwest Grain For a friend or a loved one, think about giving a brick Products, Inc., Southwest Section with his or her name on it for the front walk for $100 or for $400 or more: Alabama Chapter, Birmingham Zontas and Anne the side walk for $50. Send orders to Carolyn Mohler, Brick George, International 99s for 1999-2000, South Central Section, Chairman, PO Box 128, Atchison, KS 66002. Space City Chapter, Waco Cen-Tex Chapter Make checks payable to AEBM. Other contributions: Marilyn Copeland in memory of John Brick(s) in front walk at $100 each______$ Copeland, Iris Critchfield, B. Desper, Eastern Pennsylvania Chap ter, Fort Worth Chapter, Fresno Chapter honoring Betty Marshall, Brick(s) in sidewalk at $50 each______$ Galivan Chapter, Cecile Hatfield, Indiana Dunes Chapter, Ann Kieffer, Sherry LeMaster, Madeline Monaco honoring Lois Limit is three lines per brick, 13 characters per line Feigenbaum, Oklahoma Chapter, Pikes Peak Chapter, Laurie (including spaces). Please type or print very clearly. Reeves, San Antonio Chapter honoring Mary Ann Greer, San Joaquin Valley Chapter, Leslie Shuster, Three Rivers Chapter, Claire L. Walters, Shirley Zillig in memory of Bonnie Gann Archives Donations: Catherine Kovar. Babe Ruth Photo courtesy of Dick Knapinski, EAA The “Fast Chicks" anti “Slow Chicks" meet with Tom Poherezny, EAA president. EAA Poherezny, Tom with meet Chicks" “Slow anti Chicks" “Fast The and we got most o f f them o most got we and on the banner. They are They banner. the on helped us is quite long quite is us helped The list o f people and f people o list The all our heroes and heroes our all organizations that organizations our angels! our VAAA T OSHKO&R TO »VCARAVAN OMENWINGSWITH thank OSHKOSH 2000 OSHKOSH ordinary women can fly anything their heart desires. desires. heart their anything fly can women ordinary hn gt n -al rm h ognzr, Kathie organizers, the from e-mail an got I when joy! the share to wanted we And agement. encour give and women other inspire to wanted We that show to wanted We thrive. to avia general continue to for tion need support we moral and and financial overlooked, their being is population our Oshkosh.” women in aviation. One of the largest segments of of segments largest the of One aviation. in women to Caravan “Women’s first-time-ever historic the in participate to States United the over all from in flew the and it! did AOPA we media— Chapters, EAA architects, website W Babes With Planes, Mooney and Bonanza pilots, pilots, Bonanza and Mooney Planes, With Babes s to The process started for me back in February February in back me for started process The Our goal was to help focus some attention on on attention some focus help to was goal Our airplanes of kinds all in pilots women Fifteen CARAVANTO BY ABBIE FR1DDELL, Chicago Area Area Chicago FR1DDELL, ABBIE BY clarifying and mollifying all the people people the all organizing, mollifying and of clarifying months After it! did e involved—the FAA, EAA, WIA, 99s, 99s, WIA, EAA, FAA, involved—the Chapter know that we were on our way, I still had to pre- to had still I way, our on were we that know very all were we so crosswind, of knots 10 than the and 36R and 36L Runway OSH arrive and 4 minute calls to OSH and MSN tower to let them them let to tower MSN and OSH to calls minute requests. with flooded been had heavens Our The happy. more knots. anything 10 handle at to want north didn’t the of taildraggers out were winds Runway JVL depart to hoping were We 4,500. was 3,500 at to cruise planned We had weather. to perfect Chicks.” “Slow the as known were us of rest The Chicks.” “Fast them called we so speeds, cruise year, first their planes nine only had flights Oshkosh we on, so and business, illness, problems, chanical MSL to avoid Fond DuLac airspace and the ceiling ceiling the and airspace DuLac Fond avoid to MSL climb/ higher needed and performance planes the high of Five were bad.) too feel don’t really we so to Bonanzas (The it. made that planes 15 only had me country, the of parts some in weather bad to due but pilots, from commitments regis verbal and 40 to trations 30 with up wound We Flight." up“Chicks thought Judy and Kathie moment, the of spur the an our and heroes gels! our all are They banner. the on them of most got we and organizations long and quite is us helped people that of list The advice. good the in and TV on was that banner the for pay help air. run the the in to and safely way get us help to extra duty had on tower controllers JVL our incredible. support were help they to cause— lunch buffet a and classrooms newspaper photos. Joe Schumacher gave us lots of of lots us gave Schumacher Joe photos. newspaper hangar, their us offered (JVL) Janesville in Wings USA organizers. fly-in Mooney the from agement else. anyone knew one no where and aircraft of range wide over a such all for never spread and USA, were the we where anything never but this. do to how out the figure Into had I heart. my months, six in next chord a struck enthusiasm and flight as goals Their together world. 1968! Amazing flew in I back it attendants and and Judy Airlines that United out with turned friend mutual a from at EAA and FAA the leader flight the be please Ialso “would and Oshkosh coordinate and organize for the 30 to 50 aircraft.” 50 to 30 the for them 1if help would asking Dixon, Judy and Richey After two briefings that morning and all the last last the all and morning that briefings two After woke we arrived, finally 23, July Sunday, When The FAA needed a name for the fly-in and on and fly-in the for name a needed FAA The EAA Chapter 790 gave us a donation of $55 to to $55 of donation a us gave 790 Chapter EAA encour and coaching support, of lot a got We I’ve organized events for large groups before, before, groups large for events organized I’ve name my got They flattered. and floored Iwas flight my own plane and I was already running 30 minutes late. The pressure was intense. We started engines and 1 led the parade to JVL Runway 4. As I turned 45 degrees to the right for the run-up, I looked back and there were all my “chicks” lined up behind me facing the same direction. What a sight! Alpha and Bravo groups took off first, Charlie group (the fast chicks) had a 10-minute ground delay so that they would catch up around Dodge County where I had to check in with OSH tower. The plan worked almost perfectly. Charlie group never quite caught up and they also had one plane that had to turn back due to a fuel line problem. OSH tower was very helpful and understanding. Our thanks to Manny Torres and all his crew! Everything else went fairly smooth. Only a few Rita Adams and Mardell Haskins welcomed more than 300 Ninety-Nines and glitches. We learned a lot! Like don’t punch in GPS prospective members to The 99s' tent at AirVenture 2000. direct if you really want to use VORs. (I didn’t do it!) Three miles from OSH, the tower said the magic words: “Chicks flight cleared to land.” I thought, EAA/AirVenture Oshkosh 2000 BY RITA ADAMS, EAA/AirVenture Coordinator “This is it, we really did it!” All the months of work, all the frustrations and disappointments, all the time nother great year at Oshkosh! We greeted more than 300 Ninety- and money spent, and here we were, about to make A Nines and prospective members. Guests dropped in from Canada, a little bit of history. It may not be important to any New Zealand, England, Switzerland and Germany. We signed up seven one else, but it was very important to us! new 99s, three new Future Women Pilots and gave applications to nine We were instructed to land long on Runways others. 36Land 36R. As I was rounding out for the flair, my International Director Mardell Haskins was there the entire week and eyes started to tear up. “I’m going to blow this land also my assistant, Loretta Sincora from my Chicago Area Chapter. We were ing with all these people watching,” 1 thought. But I grateful for all the other volunteers who spent hours or days helping us. didn’t—it was a 9.8! (Slightly left of centerline due Among them were Diana Dade, Betty DeBaun, Ruth Frantz, Norma to above-mentioned eye problem.) Freier, Marcia Gitelman, Annia Leschinsky, Deb Meznarsic, Coleen After landing, we followed a car to the Moehle, Julie Murray, Linda Neumann, Ellen O'Hara, Claire Ojala, Mary AeroShell West Ramp for the TV cameras, newspa Panczyszyn, Laurinda Porter, Sharon Ann Schorsch, Edith Wagner, Diane per interviews and photo with Tom Poberezny. Also Welch and Sheneda Woods-Hoskin. there to greet us were the EAA Chapter 790 Ambas Several 99s authors—Sandra McClinton (Lyrical Authors), Virginia sadors in their red shirts with their carts. They were Breed (85 and Still Alive), Pauline Mallary (Racing in The Skies ) were all lined up, standing at attention to salute us as we busy signing books. Other autographed books were available for sale such taxied into place. What a sight, what a surprise. I as Margaret Ringenberg’s Girls Can't Be Pilots and the biography of Fay felt truly honored and thankful for such terrific Gillis Wells, Hidden Heroine, by Sara Rimmerman. friends. Our casual breakfasts at the tent on Friday and Saturday provided We shut down our engines, deplaned and started lots of opportunity for camaraderie. hugging each other. We had done it and we had done Activities at AirVenture 2000 ranged from the theme of speed and it safely! I walked around all this activity in a daze technology with the F-4 Phantom to NASA’s Super Guppy to with occasional eye-fog, avoiding the TV people (I Earthrounders of the World—and every other aspect of aviation. The 99s looked a mess) and I have no idea what I said to the are proud to be a part of it. reporters. Thanks to everyone for their support and prayers. I got to meet some of the greatest pilots and people in the USA and I hope we will stay friends Next year at Oshkosh for a long time. We had a blast! The 2001 EAA/AirVenture, Oshkosh, will be held July 25-31. For infor mation on the event or how you can volunteer your time, please call First published in Air News, the Chicago Area EAA/AirVenture Coordinator Rita Adams at 847-913-0490. Chapter newsletter You will be able to travel to Calgary and return anytime between July 10 and July 29. In North America, call Air Canada Meeting and Convention Travel Services at 1 -800-361 -7585 and give the con tract number (CV475304). Air Canada will give us a substantial discount on fares. Allow at least 14 days CONFERENCE 2001 for processing. Calgary, Alberta, Canada - July 17-22 Other Airlines that serve Calgary are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Con BY ROSELLA BJORNSON, Conference Chairman tinental Airlines, Horizon Airlines, Lufthansa Air lines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, West Jet, Air Transat, Canada 3000 and Royal Airlines. Come to Calgary! The West Canada Section is busy planning an Conference Hotel exciting and interesting Conference. There has been Please phone your a tremendous amount of interest expressed and re reservation directly to quests for information are being received so we are the Westin Calgary Ho trying to answer some of your questions about what tel at 403-266-1611 or we are planning for the Conference and things to do fax 403-233-7471. and see around the Calgary area. There has been a prob lem with the toll-free Airline Travel ® 800 number printed in The official airline AIR CANADA the last 99 News. CONFERENCE^O of choice for travel to the International 99s Confer Westin Calgary Hotel ence 2001 is Air Canada/Canadian Airlines, which Rosella Bjornson Remember provides service into Chicago, San Francisco, Los Chairman Visitors to Canada must carry proof of citizen Angeles, Honolulu, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Phone/fax: ship such as a passport or birth certificate. 780-922-4918 New York, Miami and Orlando as well as many des E-mail: tinations in Canada, Europe and Asia. [email protected] Mary Oswald Treasurer and Registrar SOME OF THE SCHEDULED TOURS AND SEMINARS Ph: 780-469-3547 Fax: 780-461-9066 TOURS SEMINARS E-mail: JULY 17 - Choice of two all-dav tours [email protected] FLYING THROUGH CANADA TO ALASKA— Due ROYAL TYRREL MUSEUM OF PALEONTOL to the interest expressed by some who would like to OGY—Travel back in time and review the history fly their aircraft to Alaska from Calgary, NAV Detailed information of our 4.6-billion-year-old planet. This is a world- CANADA will be presenting a two-hour briefing on about the conference class museum located in Drumheller (one-hour drive the information you need to know when flying and events is available from Calgary). through Canada to Alaska. They will have a booth on The 99s website set up in the foyer to answer any questions you may Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame announces honorees Two organizations—The Ninety-Nines and Boeing Aerospace Operations—will be recognized for their contributions to Oklahoma Aviation at a ceremony at the Omniplex in Oklahoma City on Janu ary 13, 2001. Two 99s—Lu Hollander and Christine Lawrence, both mem bers of the Oklahoma Chapter—will be inducted at this ceremony. Lu, executive director for The 99s, is a communications profes sional and has held her airman’s certificate for 30 years. Lois Feigenbaum being congratulated by Vicki Lynn Sherman, Sue Christine is a flight inspection pilot for the FAA and was one Ackley (Lois'daughter) and Bev Sharp at the Elder Statesman awards ceremony held in Washington, D.C. of the first women to serve as an aircraft commander. She was also the first pilot to fly tests for the Global Positioning System. NAA announces Elder Statesman of Aviation 99 receives Master Mechanic Award One of the seven persons selected for this year’s Elder States Patricia J. Hange, Florida Suncoast Chapter, received the man of Aviation awards is a 99. Lois Feigenbaum, Cape Girardeau Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award at a ceremony at the Mu Area Chapter, has been a pilot for more than 38 years, dedicating seum of Science & Industry. She is the first woman Airframe & her time to all aspects of aviation. She was an early female aviator Powerplant mechanic to receive this prestigious award. in Illinois in the early 1960s who spoke at universities throughout Patricia has been in the aviation field since 1946 when she the Midwest promoting the role of women in aviation. In 1972, she started as a “prop” girl at the Cook Cleland Airport in Ohio. She was appointed by President Nixon to the Women’s Advisory Com gassed airplanes, swept the hangar and started aircraft. mittee on Aviation and was also nominated by President Reagan She soloed in 1947 and went on to obtain her airframe me for the FAA Assistant Deputy Administrator for Airports. In the chanic certificate in 1964. In addition to being an aircraft mechanic 1980s, Lois was appointed by India President Gandhi as his avia and flight instructor, she is also the manager of the Lenox Flight tion advisor for education. Lois is a past international president of School at Arcadia, Florida, Airport. She is a district Designated The 99s Pilot Examiner for glider and holds an Inspection Authorization. Women in Aerospace honors 99 The award is named for Charles Taylor, the mechanic who built the engine and maintained the Wright brothers’ airplane. Suzanna Darcy, Western Washington Chapter, a senior engineer ing test pilot for The Boeing Company received the “Outstanding Leader ship Award,” one of the highest hon ors given by the Women in Aero space organization, at an awards ceremony on Capitol Hill Septem ber 26. She was one of seven women honored by the national nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership and Su^anna Darcy expanding their visibility in the aerospace community. Suzanna has a history of firsts in her aerospace career, which began in 1974 when she joined The Boeing Company. In 1985, she became the first woman hired as a test pilot at Boeing. She also was the first woman pilot in the world to become rated as a captain on Mary West, Jean Hammer, Genie Rae O ’Kelley, Irene Flewellen the 747-400 and 777 in 1989 and 1995. and Rachel Pruitt in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 6 to see She is currently involved in developing the two newest mem fellow Tennessee Chapter member Evelyn Bryan Johnson inducted in the Kentucky Aviation Hall o f Fame. bers of the 777 family—the longer-range Boeing 777-200 and -300, launched in February. Please e-mail me your successful ideas for re cruiting and retaining members. I have already had some wonderful input from members through the ListServe. Please keep the e-mails simple, no at tachments, as I am on unsophisticated e-mail at this point. I am looking for someone to assist me with the MEMBERSHIP FWP program. If someone out there really has a BY ANDREA CHAY, International Membership Chairman heart for the student pilot, please drop me a line. We each need to be sure to keep in touch with the new members and encourage these newbies to participate in our activities. One suggestion I re ceived is that each new member be paired with a long-time member who could be called on for ad ello, all 99s and Future Women Pilots! As vice and encouragement. Teaming an experienced NEW MEMBERSHIP your International Membership Chairman, flyer with someone just getting started may even BROCHURES AVAILABLE H I am looking forward to getting to know rekindle her own love of flying or help sustain her Contact Andrea Chay at many of you over the next year or two. I have been a if she is no longer flying. 22910 Koback Corners, 99 since 1981, when I moved from Cleveland, Ohio, I am not at Headquarters. If you have changes Spring, TX 77373, where I got my license, to Houston, Texas. I have to membership listings, addresses, or members 281-350-6327 or e-mail served in various local offices, and now hope to do a listed in wrong chapters, contact Headquarters at [email protected]. good job as your International Membership Chairman. 800-994-1929 or e-mail [email protected]. THE 99s WELCOME THESE 136 NEW MEMBERS and RETURNEES Laura Ammann, Chicago Area • Vivian Arendall, Memphis • Kimberley Atkins, North Central Section • Brandi Barnard, North Central Section • Ruth Bates-Hill, Eastern Pennsylvania • Gloria Beck, Florida Spaceport • Mary Jane Beno, Houston • Linda Beuerle, Florida Suncoast • Gertrude Box Ed.D., Ph.D., Long Island • Maj. Deanna Brasseur, Eastern Ontario • Kelly Breen, Mid-Atlantic Section • Diane Brown, Reno Area • Terri Burnor, Minnesota • Marilyn Burysz, Eastern New England • Jenee Carstens, Southwest Section • Billie Caton, Greater Seattle • Beverly Christensen, Lake Michigan • Chrystal Clift, Reno Area • Connie Cloud, Cook Inlet • Sandra Coelho, Brazil Section • Kalina Comenho, Brazil Section • Elaine Costa, Brazil Section • Kathleen Coulter, Santa Clara Valley • Noreen Crane, El Cajon • Victoria Daniels, Jackson Gold Dust * Brook Davidson, Ambassador • Lea De Paulo, Brazil Section • Doris Degarmo-schell, Crater Lake Flyers • Matina Deluqui, Brazil Section • Christina Difelice, Reno High Sierra • Amy Dituri, Aloha • Janice Dungan, San Luis Obispo * Gabrielle Dunn, Aloha • Mary Dunn, llliana Cardinals • Lara Eliasquevici, Brazil Section • Susan Ellison, Southwest Section • Maria Falaschi, Brazil Section • Cindy Farkus, Maryland • Jennifer Farrelly, New England Section • Joyce Fegert, Reno Area • Susanne Fischbacher, German Section • Vicki Fischer, Wisconsin • Mary Fletcher, Florida Suncoast • Allie Franke, Southeast Section * Silvia Freneda, Brazil Section • Kathryn Frushour, Fort Worth • Caroline Geer, Texas Dogwood • Mary George, Monterey Bay • Joan Gilles, New England Section • Terry Ginda, Aloha • Cynthia Graham, High Country • Lauren Granger, Jackson Gold Dust • Elizabeth Grieve, Wyoming • Tammie Guthrie, Fort Worth • Stephanie Hale, Bakersfield • Darci Hansen, Dallas • Sheryl Harley, Mid-Atlantic Section • Darla Haynes, Southeast Section • Janet Higgins, Old Dominion • Susan Hofer, Greater Detroit Area • C. Kay Hoover, Tulsa • Susan Horne, Utah • Denna Hutchinson, Garden State • Gail Isenberg, Eastern New England • Suzie Jaharis, Mt. Shasta • Christina Jenkins, Albuquerque • Robin Kidder, Ambassador • Wendy Kranz, Western Washington • Margaret La Salle, Greater Kansas City • Deborah Lake, All-Ohio • Alyce Lauter, Members at Large • Dana Likes, Tucson • Rita Maiss, Virginia • Patricia Massey, Florida Spaceport • Julia Matthews, South Central Section • Mary “Willy” Mattocks, Western New York • Barbara McClurkin, Oklahoma • Donna McDaniel, Brazos River • Jeanine McIntosh, Florida Goldcoast • Megan McKee, Mid-Atlantic Section • Judith Miles, Monterey Bay • Colette Miller, Orange County • Janet Miller, Aloha • Alexa Mino, Southeast Section • Andrea Mion, Brazil Section • Jean Moeschler, Placer Gold • Erika Morgan, North Central Section • Kym Morton, Members at Large • Marci Murphy, All-Ohio • Cynthia Newport, Kansas • Elizabeth Obara, Scioto Valley • Maria Padilha, Brazil Section • Teresa Parnes, Brazil Section • Katherine Pettiss, Eastern Pennsylvania • Georgette Poniter, British Columbia Coast • Laura Putney, Kentucky Bluegrass • Endora Reimers, Lake Michigan • Mary Ann Reis, Phoenix • Paulette Rivera, Mid-Columbia • Patricia Roberts, Tulsa • Kathy Robinson, Florida Gulf Stream • Carolyn Rogers, Oregon Pines • Jamie Runyan, Oklahoma • Annelie Schaefer, Phoenix • Myrna Schram, Idaho • Liz Seale, San Antonio • Anona Senior, Southeast Section • Selena Severson, Reno High Sierra • Mary Shortridge, Kansas • Laurie Siers, Women With Wings • C. Gee Silberman, Palomar • Marjorie Sitar, Mission Bay • Carrie Slad, Albuquerque • Martha Snee, All-Ohio • Lisa Spencer, Oklahoma • Trinity Stanley, North Central Section • Roberta Stone, El Cajon • Linda Stoneking, Fort Worth • Christine Stulik, Orange County • Susan Sullivan-Bisceglia, Hudson Valley • Linda Swisher, Greater Seattle • Elizabeth Taggart, Santa Rosa • Jill Tallman, Mid-Atlantic Section • Alice Talnack, Monterey Bay • Nadene Thorne-Davis, Alaska • Phyllis Trombi, Mission Bay • Jean Turnbill, Eastern New England • Anita Valencia, Tucson • Susan Victor, Chicago Area • Patricia Wegner, San Antonio • Lisa Weightman, Tucson • Caroline Whisman, Mid-Atlantic Section • Jini Wimmer, Albuquerque • Susan Witwer, Austin • Kristin Woock, South Central Section • Amy Worthington, North Jersey CHAPTER AND MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMEN The following is a listing of the Chapter Chairman and Membership Chairman from each Chapter by Section. Chapter Chairman are indicated with a C in parenthisis (C) behind their names and the Membership Chairmen have an (M) behind theirs. Each Section lists the respective governor. This information was omitted in the Membership Directory, so save for your information. EAST CANADA SECTION — Governor Marilyn Dickson A tla n tic ...... Marilyn Affleck (C) NORTHWEST SECTION — Governor Betty Prakken Eastern O n ta rio Dorothy Berthelet (C), Lorna De-Blicquy (M) Alaska ...... Gunilla Hellsten (C) First Canadian ...... Doreen “Dee” Birchmore (C), Deborah Logan (M) Central Oregon Mary Shortreed (C) Maple Leaf ...... Wendy Percival (C), Susan Kime (M) Columbia Cascade .... Leslie Dickinson (C), Jean Schiffmann (M) Montreal ...... Suzanne Pettigrew (C) Columbia Gorge Jeanne Hillis (C), Janet Turner (M) Cook In le t...... Cleo Webb (C) MID-ATLANTIC SECTION — Governor Ellen Nobles-Harris Crater Lake F ly e rs Rhea Bastian (C) Central Pennsylvania .. Carol Church (C) Devils Tower ...... Barbara Croy (C) Central Virginia Marion Lunnemann (C) Eastern Idaho ...... Joyce McDonald (C) Delaware ...... Mary Lou Hagan (C), Anne Ericksen (M) Greater Seattle Jeanne Perkins (C), Georgianne Ray (M) Eastern Pennsylvania . . Laura Fonseca (C), Katherine Macario (M) Idaho ...... Katherine Olson (C) Greater Pittsburgh .... Susan Thomas (C) Intermountain ...... Barbara Mayfield (C), Jonalea Tonn (M) Hampton Roads Carole Trump (C) Mat-Su Valley ...... Judy Bronson (C) Keystone ...... Sally Hiestand (C) Mid-Columbia ...... Mary Cooke (C), Victoria Gassoway (M) Maryland ...... Virginia “Ginny” Carlin (C), Jeanette Hinton (M) Midnight Sun ...... Old Dominion ...... Charlene Haskell (C), Margaret “Peggy” Doyle (M) Montana ...... Linda Marshall (C), Sue Symons (M) Shenandoah Valley .... Sara Fultz (C) Mount Tahoma ...... Ann Lovett (C), DeAnn Liska (M) V irg in ia ...... Sharon Blodinger (C), Suzanne Barnes (M) North Dakota ...... Dianne Herr (C) Washington DC Christine Sleeper (C) Oregon Pines ...... Ginger Simmons (C), Mary “Joey" Connell (M) Western Pennsylvania . Christine St. Onge (C) Rainier ...... Southeast Alaska Patricia Mattison (C) NEW ENGLAND SECTION — Governor Claire Wilson Western W ashington .. Marie Fox (C) Connecticut ...... Peggy Loeffler (C) Willamette V a lle y Alison Salerno-Blair Eastern New England . . Patricia Theberge (C), Jean Griffin (M) Wyoming ...... Mabel Blakely (C) Katahdin W in g s Debra Lymneos-Welsh (C), Ann-Marie Walko(M) Northern New England . Madeline Blidberg (C) SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION — Governor Anna Taylor Western New England . Cynthia Welton (C) Albuquerque ...... Barbara Fricke (C) Ambassador ...... Janet Patton (C), Wendy Paver (M) NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY SECTION — Governor Judy Bolkema-Tokar Arkansas ...... Camelia Smith (C), Camelia Smith (M) Central New Y o rk Marcia Buller (C), Marilyn Kamp (M) Aspen ...... Finger Lakes ...... Mildred Litsche (C) A u s tin ...... Christine Gardy (C) Garden State ...... Karen Hopson (C), Rhonda Goodwin (M) Brazos River ...... Sandra Winfield (C), Deborah Scanlan (M) Greater New York Katherine Hawkins (C) Chaparral ...... Janie Floyd (C) Hudson Valley ...... Susan Sullivan-Bisceglia (C) Colorado ...... Gail Schipper (C), Joye Baker (M) Long Island ...... M. Bozena Syska (C), Jill Hopfenmuller (M) Dallas ...... Holly Barr (C), Nancy Whatley (M) New York Capital Dist . . Harriet Bregman (C), Linda Cioffi (M) El P a s o ...... Debbie Reavis (C), Ruth Deerman (M) North Jersey ...... Mary Sullivan (C),Candie Oldham (M) Fort Worth ...... Jane Flynn (C), Billie Spicer (M) Western New Y o rk Darla Richter (C) Golden T ria n g le E. Ellen Hamlett (C) (M) High Country ...... Judith Humphries (C) (M) NORTH CENTRAL SECTION — Governor Donna Moore Houston ...... Kelly Rhodes (C) All-Ohio ...... Ruth Hawks (C) Kansas ...... Karen Monteith (C), Joy Hatch (M) Aux Plaines ...... Carolyn Parmer (C), Margaret Biedron (M) Lake Charles ...... Sandra Leder (C) Cape Girardeau Area . . Lois Feigenbaum (C) Nebraska ...... Carole Sutton (C) Central Illinois ...... Linda Schumm (C), Anita Albert (M) Northeast Kansas Judith Benjamin (C), Connie Troyer (M) Chicago A rea ...... Rita Adams (C), Rhonda Buss (M) O kla h o m a ...... Ann Leininger (C), Wyvema Startz (M) Greater C in c in n a ti Janet Morison (C) Omaha A r e a ...... Rebecca Lutte (C) Greater Detroit Area .. . Bonita “Bonnie” Davis (C), Jennifer Aiken (M) Pikes Peak ...... Sandra Sweeney (C), Judith Myers (M) Greater Kansas City . . . Margaret Daflucas (C) Purple Sage ...... Mary Tidwell (C) Greater St. L o u is Mary Kinnaw (C), Jean Murry (M) Rio Grande Valley Betty Heitsch (C) Illiana Cardinals Juanita Hamblin (C), Charlene Falkenberg (M) San Antonio ...... Lena Cronk (C) Indiana ...... Susan Sears (C) S h re v e p o rt...... Marian Piper (C) Indiana Dunes ...... Janice Topp (C), Marilyn Horvath (M) South Louisiana Patricia Atkinson (C) Iowa ...... Celma Higgins (C) (M) Texas D o g w o o d Lisa Stratton (C), Jerry Jurenka (M) Kentucky Bluegrass . . . Sylvia Hall (C) Tip of Texas ...... Mary Dunnam (C) Lake Erie ...... Martha Taylor (C), Evelyn Moore (M) Top of Texas ...... Mary Vermeulen (C) Lake Michigan ...... Endora Riemers (C) T u ls a ...... Gentra Sorem (C) Michigan ...... Linda Haynes (C), Clarice Vasold (M) Waco-Centex ...... Minnesota ...... Eloise Nelson (C), Trudi Amundson (M) Wichita Falls ...... Barbara Huffman (C) Scioto Valley ...... Marilynn Miller (C) Wildflower ...... Pat Ward (C) Three Rivers ...... Sharon Bailey (C), Delores “Dee” Ditton (M) Wisconsin ...... E. Lynn Goetsch (C),Krys Brown (M) Women With Wings .... Gaye Wohlin (C), Carol Kitzmiller (M) Monterey Bay ...... Theresa Levandoski (C), Donna Crane-Bailey (M) SOUTHEAST SECTION — Governor Eileen Malan Mount Diablo ...... Marielle Moyer (C), Coleen Campbell (M) Big Muddy Mississippi . Mt. Shasta ...... Barbara Crooker (C), Lois Erickson (M) A la b a m a ...... Diane Loller (C), Holly Roe (M) Orange County Colleen Handrahan (C), Adrianne O’Brien (M) Blue Ridge ...... A. Lee Orr (C) Palms ...... Deborah Nellis (C) Carolinas ...... Cynthia Basamania (C), Linda Yarborough (M) Palomar ...... Ellyn Williams (C), Stacy Wile (M) Deep South ...... Julia “Judy” Hall (C) Phoenix ...... Judy Yerian (C), Ann Brown (M) Embry-Riddle Daytona . Antonia Ball (C) Placer Gold ...... Bettie Hargan (C) Florida Firstcoast Millie Thomas (C), Reba Ludlow (M) Redwood Coast Flyers . Sally Biggin (C), Dana Dumont-Tribolet (M) Florida Goldcoast Barbara Lichtiger (C), Laura Schlafly (M) Reno Area ...... Kathrynne McPherson (C), Tricia Baker (M) Florida Gulf Stream .... Regina Gualano (C) Reno High Sierra ...... Kay Marble (C), Ann Rodewald (M) Florida Spaceport Julie Oster (C), Dorothy Arnett (M) Rio Colorado ...... Tookie Hensley (C) Florida S u n c o a s t Jeanette Burklund (C), Nancy Wright (M) Sacramento Valley .... Lucille Sakakihara (C) F o o th ills ...... Carolyn Pilaar (C) (M) San Diego ...... Dorothy Norkus (C) Kitty Hawk ...... Loraine Hoover (C) San Fernando Valley . . . Helene Krongold (C) Memphis ...... Linda Richards (C), Margaret Lindsey (M) San Gabriel Valley ...... Diane Hershkowitz (C), Virginia Harmer (M) Mississippi...... Janet Green (C) San Joaquin Valley .... Patricia Titus (C) New Orleans ...... Katherine Freeman-Ryder (C) San Luis Obispo Cty . .. Sally Brisbin (C), Elizabeth Dinan (M) North Georgia ...... Carolyn McGaughey (C), Joyce Pittman (M) Santa Barbara ...... Susan Chappie (C), Karen Kahn (M) Tennessee ...... Nancy O’Laughlin-Dougherty (C), Santa Clara V a lle y Marjorie Johnson (C), Barbara Murren (M) Evelyn Johnson (M) Santa Maria V a lle y Charlotte Johnson (C), Diane Pirman (M) Santa Rosa ...... Barbara Shubel (C), Judith Knaute (M) SOUTHWEST SECTION — Governor Pat Prentiss Sedona Red Rockettes . Jean McConnell (C), Barbara Vickers (M) Alameda County Billie Sposeto (C), Lynne Allen (M) Sierra West ...... Aloha ...... Deborah Lim (C) Siskiyou ...... Grace Greenwalt (C), Virginia Raffaelli (M) Antelope Valley Patricia McDuffee (C) Sutter Buttes ...... Audra “Willa" Young (C), Mary Foster (M) Arizona S un da nce Katherine Prike (C) Tucson ...... M. Kaye Craig (C), Michelle McCarthy (M) Bakersfield...... Janice Brown (C), Joan Paynter (M) Tulare-Kings ...... Bay C itie s ...... Kelli Grant Utah ...... Betty Manwaring (C), Anita Lewis (M) Borrego Springs Louise Phillips (C), June McCormack (M) Ventura County Carol Vautin (C), Pat Thomas (M) Coachella Valley Carol Hamilton (C) Y ava pa i...... Marilyn Urban (C) (M) Coyote C o u n try Elizabeth Cobb (C), Suzanne LeMoine (M) El Cajon Valley Noreen Crane (C), Frankie Clemens (M) WEST CANADA SECTION — Governor Mary Lee Bums Embry-Riddle Prescott . Antonia Ball (C) Alberta ...... Bonnie Calwell (C), L. Edith Zak (M) Fresno ...... Patricia Sani (C) British Columbia Coast Wendy Boyes (C), Colette Morin (M) F u lle rto n ...... June Leach (C), Sue McNutt (M) Canadian R o c k ie s Roberta Baker (C) Gavilan ...... Josie Fydrych-Hodges (C), Harriet Brin (M) Manitoba ...... Jeanne Allan (C) Golden West ...... Patricia Forbes (C) Hi-Desert ...... Joy Provart (C) ARABIAN Section — Governor Verna B. Allen Imperial S o-Lo ...... Marilouise Hurley (C), Roberta Bemis (M) AUSTRALIAN Section — Governor Lee McKerracher Inland Empire ...... Peggy Temple (C) BRAZILIAN Section — Governor Kalina Comenho Jackson Gold Dust .... Joyce Farrell (C), Dorothy Benker (M) BRITISH Section — Governor Aileen Egan Lake T a h o e ...... Alanna McClellan (C), Lavema Marshall (M) CARIBBEAN Section — Governor Mary Brock Higgs Las Vegas Valley Mardell Haskins (C), Verba Moore (M) FAR EAST Section — Governor Rikako Sugiura Carpenter Livermore Valley Barbara Evans (C) FINNISH Section — Governor Leila Maria Jylanki Long Beach ...... Mary McNeil (C), Jacquie Sprague (M) GERMAN Section — Governor Andrea Moeller Amberge Los Angeles ...... Dorothy Limbach (C), Doris Robertson (M) INDIA Section — Governor Chanda Sawant Budhabhattl Marin County ...... Cindy Pickett (C), Barbara O’Grady (M) ISRAELI Section — Governor Barbara Colomi Mission B ay ...... Annelie-Susanne Brinkman (C) (M) NEW ZEALAND Section — Governor Dee Wakelln 99s MUSEUM OF WOMEN PILOTS J Membership Application NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Y nU S E U M '* PILOTS LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP Individual S25 Family $50 Donor $100 Gold Donor $250 Corporate $500 Won’t you join us as we Check inclosed. Charge my MC VISA AmEx preserve the history of women pilots, and No. Exp. help us educate future Signature generations? Make your check payable to 99s Museum o f Women Pilots and send to Box 965, 7100 Terminal Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1929. Welcome to the new Brazilian Section By Mardell Haskins, International Director mmediate Past President Beverley Sharp and I traveled to sunny Bra Izil on August 22 to meet with more than 30 Brazilian women pilots at Varig Airlines facilities in Sao Paulo. The meeting was the culmination of a year's worth of working with Kalina Comenho, whose husband. Capt. Silvio Comenho, is a senior pilot with Varig Airlines. Varig has 17 women pilots and has been very supportive and generous with all the women pilots’ efforts to get this group organized. Seven members committed to join originally. After Bev and I explained the goals, benefits and the history of The 99s, 14 more joined. Then Bev and I each sponsored a member which brought the total to 23! After a lovely semi-formal meal at a nearby restaurant. Past Presi dent Sharp presided over a very beautiful candlelight chartering cer emony installing Kalina as Governor, Teresa Parnes as Vice Governor. Lea DePaulo as Secretary, Marina Deluqui as Treasurer and Carla Roemmler and Andrea Mion as Directors. Seated: Lea De Paulo, Section Secretary and Gahriela Duarte. The meeting closed with a few words from Capt. Reit. former Flight Second row: Elaine Costa, Gisele, guest; Claudia Falaschi; Liamara Operations Director at Varig Airlines. Capt. Reit was instrumental in Tainiso, guest; Elias De Rossi; Jacqueline Gugliehni, guest; and hiring Carla as the first woman airline pilot in Brazil nine years ago, Adilia Taveres. Third row: Simone Vaz; Marcia Gallucci, guest; opening the door for other women to be hired as airline pilots. International Director Mardell Haskins; Teresa Parnes, Section Vice At an earlier organizational meeting, the Brazilian women pilots Governor; Immediate Past President Beverley Sharp; Katia Santana, decided not to divide their resources and time with both a Brazilian guest; Roberta Andrade. Marina Deluqui. Section Treasurer. Fourth Women Pilots organization and a 99s Section, hut chose instead to de row: Capt. Reit; Kalina Comenho, Section Governor. Thais vote all their time and energy to making a 99s Section successful. Terassovich; and Geisa Miranda. Standing: Patricia Melo, Lara We are proud they chose to join with us. I hope you will all wel Eliasquevici, Silvia Freneda, Angelica Mrozinski, guest; and Kelie come them and offer any help they may need to achieve their personal Dewulski, guest. Not pictured: Andrea Mion, Section Director (taking and organizational goals. picture); Carla Roemmler, Section Director; Sandra Coelho; Maria Two of the highlights of my trip were being able to fly the 747 simu Luiza Padillia; Ecila Castro; and Fernanda Portela. lator and flying back to the United States with Capt. Comenho. NORTH CENTRAL Director Elaine Morrow repre lowed by our business meeting. Our dinner speaker was deco SECTION FALL MEETING sented the International Board and in The invocation was given by past rated flyer Luther Feathers, a charm All-Ohio Chapter hosted the formed us on the set-up at Headquar governor Nelda Lee, Governor ing and entertaining gentleman who North Central Section Fall Meeting ters with the new computer system. Moore kept the meeting moving and told about his WWI1 experiences. in Columbus, Ohio, September 22- At Friday night’s social gather a lot of business was discussed. For Dinner was followed with listening 24. We had 16 chapters represented ing, a very enjoyable and interesting one thing, a decision was made to and/or dancing as the Samuelson by the 67 Ninety-Nines and one game of Jeopardy was played and start a North Central Section Per Big Style Band played some great Future Woman Pilot. Unfortunately, Saturday morning all were up early petual Amelia Earhart Memorial old tunes. A wonderful weekend! the weather did not cooperate and for a buffet breakfast before attend Scholarship! Lunch was followed by —Charlene Falkenberg only six planes were able to fly in. ing an informative forum that was fol a tour of the city and COSI Museum. llliana Cardinals Chapter FIRST CANADIAN One of my priorities on a recent trip to England was to see the new Women in Aviation Exhibition at Brooklands, Surrey. It didn’t disap point. Compact, but colourful and well presented. I had more than just a casual interest as we are putting together a similar venue in Canada at the Toronto Aerospace Museum (the old deHavilland facility) at Downsview Airport. Another highlight was lunch with 99s British Governor Aileen Egan at the White Waltham Airfield, and a nostalgic look back in time at the old WWII British Training Centre for the Air Transport Auxiliary. We chatted with Lettice Curtis who wrote the book. The Forgotten Pilots. She was one of the few women ATPs qualified to ferry four-engine bombers during the war. It was encouraging to see that general aviation was alive and well Shirley Allen, Lettice Curtis and Aileen Egan at White Waltham at a small aerodrome in England in spite of the inhibiting costs and Airfield near London, U.K. restrictions on flying. —Shirley Allen Old Dominion Chapter members Jann Thompson, RJ McGlasson, Old Dominion Chair Charlee Haskell, Vice Chair Kim Blair and Linda Weikhorst, Morgen Reeb and Peggy Doyle at Girl Scout Day at Treasurer Seth Houseknecht at College Park Air Fair sharing the the National Air & Space Museum love of flying with spectators. NORTHWEST SECTION children, many of them flying for the are very busy. In addition to attend she is using for a commercial rating; Our Fall Section Meeting in Se very first time. Everything ran very ing several safety seminars, we had her goal is to fly with the airlines. attle, Washington, in August was smoothly, and at the end of the day, our own seminar for members and In addition to several members hosted by the Mt, Tahoma and West we had received $2,900 in donations their 49 l/2s. We have helped with helping with judging spring and fall ern Washington Chapters. Speakers for our chapter. A successful event. several Young Eagles flights. At the Region 10 competitions for NIFA in were Suzanne Darcy-Henneman, a —Denise Jennings Confederate Air Force/Hampton Virginia, Carole Trump, Edith senior test pilot for 777s, Linda Roads Airport Appreciation week Fischer and Linda and Joe Mathias Morrison from Northwest Airlines WOMEN WITH WINGS end, we had a booth where we sold went to Grenada, Mississippi, to help and Judy Redshaw, our Safety Chair Donna and Carol Kitzmiller flew raffle tickets for a Texaco model vin judge at the national NIFA man, who has instructed pilots on in Donna’s Cessna 210 to the New tage aircraft and visors with airplane SAFECON. 777s and who developed leadership York Finger Lakes, where they motif as chapter fundraisers. Linda Mathias, a federal exam courses for Boeing.— Betty Prakken toured the wineries and enjoyed the We’ve had fly-ins to Manteo, iner, who has added Soaring Instruc Columbia Cascade Chapter landscape. While Donna was flying North Carolina, to Wakefield where tor to all her fixed wing ratings, flew in the Buckeye Air Rally, 15 Women we lunched at the Virginia Diner and her C l80 with 49 1/2 Joe to the FULLERTON with Wings were at Marion, Ohio, to Richmond for a tour of the Vir Women’s Soaring Seminar at Air We had eight aircraft and several flying gliders. —Jerry Fra! ginia Aviation Museum. Sailing in Reno in July and had two ground personnel on hand for Airport At our installation dinner, a flights above 15,(XX) feet, her first Day on September 9. We sold air HAMPTON ROADS $ 1,000 scholarship was presented to time using oxygen. — Joan Brockett plane rides to about 137 adults and We are a small chapter but we Kimberly Blair of Leesburg which General Aviation Aircraft. Other airplanes on static display were a B-25, Ford Tri-Motor, DC-3, P-51 Mustang and F4U Corsair. Our members were enthusiastically assisted by Kim Ernst of Fullerton Chapter and Fran Bera of Mission Bay Chapter. The Center Club, whose members are leaders in the Orange County community, honored our chapter and The 99s by invit ing our member and Southwest Section Gov ernor Pat Prentiss to tell their members about The 99s at a public affairs committee lun cheon. At the last minute, Pat was called out of town and Vicky Anderson graciously stepped in to save the day. Peter Murray, Patty Murray, Beverley Allen and Colleen Handrahan Vicky is a systems analyst at John at Big Bear Air Fair 2000. Wayne Airport and also teaches private ground school at Saddleback College. She ORANGE COUNTY is one of our most ardent supporters and Vicky Anderson Our chapter was well represented at the Big Bear Air Fair 2000 held dedicated members. She related to The Cen speaking about The 99s at Big Bear Airport. Many attendees stopped by our 99s booth to admire ter Club members some of the history of The at the Center Club in and ask about our display of enlarged photos of early women aviation 99s and our mission and goals and how and Orange County. pioneers. Our 99s handouts were popular. They included aviation-themed why we engage in fundraising. Other OC NASA posters, children’s aviation paintbooks and puzzles, fresh-picked members attending were Letty Bassler, Thon Griffith. Countess Jeffries, apples and 99s-labeled bottles of water. Patty Murray, Lianne Oakes, Brandy Raphael, Shirley Tanner and Eleanor Patty and Peter Murray’s Cessna 310 won an award for the Best Todd. — Mary Van Velzer GRASS ROOTS ------Continued AIRMARKING Sequim Valley Airport gets huge letters painted on the taxiway. GREATER SEATTLE ner, six paint rollers, four paint Showing off their awards at the SWS meeting in May: Eileen Gay, Chapter members airmarked trays and chalk for outlining the Lynn Meadows, Sue Ward, Kay Lynn Marble, Melissa McKinley, the Sequim Valley airport, a work letters. The Sequin Gazette chose Candy Whitfield, Ellie Compardo, Joan Hubbard, Annie in progress since last September the airmarking story to use as its Rodewald, Maryan Tooker, Traci Leider, Deb Richied, Nancy when it had to be postponed be front page feature story in its Au Humphries and Pam Smith. cause of high winds. Sequim (pro gust 9 newspaper. nounced “skwim”) means "calm Ninety-Nines from Everett RENO HIGH SIERRA water” in local Indian language. and Seattle flew in to help with Our Chapter hosted the first Earhart (a cousin of Amelia’s); The a irp o rt’s taxiw ay to the the painting. Helen Parke, a 99 Section meeting of the new mil Cmdr. Gerry Gallop of Top Gun, tarmac is now painted in big bold who lives at the Crest Air resi lennium for Southwest Section, NAS Fallon; and banquet speaker 20-foot-tall white letters spread to dential air park in Kent, helped which was attended by more than Dave Cronin, the retired United 200 feet wide, making the airport roll out the letters. She is a re 150 women pilots and 50 of their Airlines pilot who safely returned visible from 4,000 to 5.000 feet cently retired air traffic division guests. During the awards presen Flight 531 out of Hawaii bound in the sky. manager from the FAA. She says tation. our chapter received the for Auckland when the plane lost The project required four she likes being a member of The APT trophy for the third straight a cargo door in 1989. five-gallon buckets of special re 99s because it keeps her involved year and also the third place Aero An optional trip to Virginia flective highway paint procured with other pilots and she meets a space Education award. City—of Comstock Lode fame— from Seattle-based Alpine Indus lot of interesting people. Seminar speakers were Wally was also offered.—Lynn Meadows tries; eight gallons of paint thin —Marian Hartley SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COACHELLAVALLEY NOTAMl The FAA has issued an update to their "Standards for Air Dianne Fredrick, Virginia Our chapter is 51 years old! We port Markings." Advisory Cicular AC 150/5340-1H can be obtained by Harmer, Kathy Malinski and I sat celebrated with a birthday party on sending a self-addressed mailing label to DOT, M-443.2, Utilization on a panel at the Ladies Night at the September 23 and were joined on and Storage Section. Washington, D.C. 20590. It is also downloadable Brackett Airport Association meet this joyous and memorable occasion from the FAA website. ing in October. The discussion topic by Claire Walters from the Palms was on ways women in the BAA can Chapter and Faye Douthitt from the be active in general aviation, al Imperial So-Lo Chapter. As part of though most of the 30 attendees the celebration, our Chapter pre TOUCH & GO’S were not pilots. sented Claire with a donation for the • Diane Bartels, Nebraska Chapter, wrote a book, Sharpie, which We talked about going to el 99s Museum of Women Pilots. provided the basis for a television documentary about WAFS/WASP ementary schools or high schools Also flying in to join the cel pilot Evelyn Sharp on a statewide public TV network program in and helping with tours at the local ebration were Imperial So-Lo Chap Nebraska in September. airports. We also discussed the ac ter Chairman Mari Hurley and tivities of The 99s, particularly our Phyllis Westcott who with Faye pre • Elizabeth Clark, Big Muddy Mississippi Chapter, was awarded a C h ap ter’s activ ities such as sented the Chapter with a beautiful Challenger 604 type rating scholarship from Bombardier and airmarking, flying companion semi personalized album. Women in Aviation International at NBAA in New Orleans. nars and the support and encourage We were fortunate to have as • Carin Counihan, Greater Seattle Chapter, who received a schol ment we give to each other. our guest Southwest Section Gov arship from ISA for her CFI, is now living in Fairbanks, Alaska, —Judee Wilson ernor Pat Prentiss who filled us in where she is going to ground school for the Navajo with Frontier on the Palms to Pines Air Race to Flying Service. Oregon in which she participated. 99 NEWS reporters: if you As always, Pat was delightful, in • Marsha Hunter, Minnesota Chapter, graduated with distinction need a new reporter's form, formative, very enthusiastic and from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a master's of aero please let me know. Betty encouraged us to participate next nautical sciences degree in human factors. Rowley, editor, 807 N. Waco, year in this fun race. • Nancy McGinnis, Tennessee Chapter, has been hired by Conti Ste 22.. Wichita. KS 67203, fax —Carol Hamilton nental Express. 316-263-7350 or e-mail [email protected] • JoEllen Peters, Minnesota Chapter, has earned a PIV Hawker type rating. RACES & RALLIES OKIE DERBY State Racer award went to Tommy and Marilyn The 22nd annual Okie Derby sponsored by George (Kansas Chapter) who garnered first place the Oklahoma Chapter and chaired by Michelle two years ago. Best Speed Estimate was veteran Green and Erin Arwood had a record-setting num Okie Derby competitor Ron Perciful. ber of 46 planes entered and 43 competing on At the awards banquet, 1987 Okie Derby August 18-19. The route for this world’s largest Scholarship winner Stephanie Horton and her proficiency air rally was Wiley Post to Hennessey husband John presented a check for $1,000 to to Vici and back to Wiley Post. the Okie Derby Sponsorship and Scholarship The Spartan School of Aeronautics registered Fund as a thank you to the Oklahoma Chapter seven entries, Oklahoma State University/Tulsa 99s. Stephanie did not fly in the Okie Derby the registered six and Oklahoma University regis year she won the scholarship, but had accepted a tered two. These collegiate entries raised the level ride with John Horton, which turned out to be of enthusiasm for everyone flying and working love at first flight. They married and now have Okie Derby Scholarship winners: Stephanie in this year’s event. an 11-year old daughter. The Hortons have re Solberg, Stephanie Horton and Erin Arwood First Place and Best Collegiate Team was turned several times to compete in the Okie Alvin Mizner and Kelly Gawrys from Spartan. Derby. This race is not only fun for pilots, but Erin Arwood whose goal it is to become a pilot They also had the Best Fuel Estimate and Alvin tests their piloting skills and their knowledge of for Southwest Airlines, and one to Stephanie was the Best First Time Racer. the capabilities of the airplanes they fly. Solberg, who wants to pilot transatlantic flights Second Place and Best 99 was Jessica Two Okie Derby Wings of the Future Schol for a major airline. Schmidt with copilot Erin Arwood. Best Out-of- arships of $1,000 each were awarded—one to —Carol Sokatch, Okahoma Chapter PAEMS-TO-PINES COYOTE COUNTRY good time. Plan B was to launch at Thirty single-engine airplanes POKER RUN one o’clock on Saturday but when took off from Santa Monica Airport The 10th Coyote Country An that failed. Plan C was implemented. on Friday, August 11, under beauti nual Poker Run held September 30 All contestants were given race ful, clear blue skies for the 31st had 37 participants. The event sheets and made wild guesses for the Palm-to-Pines Air Race for women brought proceeds of $ 1,042 for the answers. Then everyone made their pilots. Chapter scholarship fund. Partici own design of paper airplanes and This year marked the much-an pants stopped at five airports to pick test flew and proved their design ticipated return to Bend, Oregon, as up their poker hands. Murray with a paper airplane spot landing the terminus for the race, which has Goodrich and his wife Margrit were contest following. terminated in Prineville, Oregon, for among those taking part in the poker At 4 o’clock, everyone gathered Paims-to-Pines first place winners the past three years. run. They flew in a plane they had for fun, chatting and hangar flying Friday’s two timed fly-bys were Fran Bera and C.J. Strawn with used for a round-the-world tour last at Janet Yoder’s hangar where we at Merced and then Red Bluff, D.J. Nellis in the middle year.—Kathryn Buckman had our catered dinner. where racers remained overnight. — Jackie Sauder, Kansas Chapter The race continued on Saturday BUCKEYEAIR RALLY morning from Red Bluff to The 25th annual Buckeye Air CATBIRD 500 AIR DERBY Prineville for timing purposes only Rally, sponsored by the All-Ohio Seven teams showed up out of and then on to Bend, where trophies Chapter, was held at Fremont, Ohio, the 10 who registered for the Catbird were presented on Sunday morning. on August 11-13. There were five 500 Air Derby held in Louisville. Fran Bera and C.J. Strawn in a chapters and two sections repre Kentucky, on October 14. Piper Comanche won the race. Sec sented. Section Governor Donna First place in the proficiency ond place went to Barbara Crooker Moore flew with Future Woman Pi race was won by Jackie Siegel, and Susan Pridmore in a Cessna 182 lot Sue Conrad as her copilot. Donna North Jersey Chapter, and Esther and third place was taken by Dene won the spot landing contest with a Grupenhagen, Greater St. Louis Chabot-Fence and Gloria May in scant six feet off the marker! Chapter. They also won Best EAA their Piper Cherokee. The Fremont Mayor proclaimed Team. Becky Hemple and Toni August 12 "Aviation Day” in honor Emerson—both of the Austin Chap The Palms Chapter puts on the Barbara Crooker and Suann of The 99s and the rally. ter—placed third in the proficiency race, chaired by Claire Walters of Prigmore, Mt. Shasta Chapter, Santa Monica. Race coordinators — Marge Hazlett race and second in the speed race. with second place trophies in were C.J. Strawn, Cecilia Weldon, — Sylvia Hall Palms-to-Pines Robin Becker and me. SUNFLOWER RALLY Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter Some racers were first-timers, On September 22, the weather holding new private pilot certificates San Joaquin Valley Chapter in Wichita, Kansas, was so poor that in hand, while others were veteran handled the Merced Airport timing a few airplanes could not get in for NOTAM race pilots with thousands of hours and hospitality and Mt. Shasta the Friday evening pilot briefing and Orders for the video of the logged as flight instructors, corpo Chapter took the timing task for Red on Saturday, instead of improving, 99s Conference in San Diego rate pilots or airline flight officers. Bluff. Crater Lake handled timing the ceiling got lower. Seventeen are still being accepted. Send There were three mother/daughter at Bend, Oregon. Lots of other 99s members of Spartan Aviation out of $15 (includes s&h) to Virginia teams this year. The weather was the were involved in helping us which Tulsa, Oklahoma, were there, and in Harmer, 8627 Banyan, Alta best it has been in years—and ev was very much appreciated. spite of doing the rally on the Loma, CA 91701. eryone had a great time. —D.J. Nellis, Palms Chapter ground, they still seemed to have a NEW HORIZONS RATINGS Mary Allen MICKEY CHILDRESS, longtime Hampton Roads member of the Tennessee Chapter, Betty Alair and Shirley Winnop Lehr, both o f the Sacramento Valley Chapter, CFI died of cancer on October 18. She was took their final flight to New Horizons together on Sunday, October 15, shortly after taking off from Monterey Peninsula Airport after the Southwest Section a member of the University of Tennes Kim Blair Fall Meeting. — Pam O'Brien, Monterey Bay Chapter see Basketball Hall of Fame. Old Dominion —Evelyn Bryan Johnson BETTY ALAIR did her flight training and had well over 2,(XX) hours in Commercial Tennessee Chapter the Beech Debonair she owned with her husband, Neil. Throughout her Instrument flying career, she piloted her plane all over the Rhonda Goodwin MARYANN GREER, Charter Mem United States with her family. In her own words, Garden State ber of the San Antonio Chapter and life she flew “for the feeling of freedom and pure joy Instrument member of The 99s, died July 24 at of being aloft....” Karen Hopson the age of 93 in San Antonio, Texas. She was a member of the Sacramento Valley Garden State Mary Ann began flying in 1940 in a 99s since 1974. Over the years she has held many Multiengine Piper Cub, then a Culver Cadet, a chapter offices, including Membership, Luscombe and a Cessna. She orga Airmarking and, most recently, Chapter Chair Patricia Leon nized the San Antonio Chapter of the man as well as being on the Nominating Com Greater Seattle Texas Wing of Women Fliers. She tried mittee for the SW Section. 737 Type to join the WASPs and ferry airplanes Betty worked on the 1976 PPD start in Sac Bett\ Alair Barbara Para for the military, but there was a height ramento and several Palms to Pines stop-overs requirement of 5 foot-2 inches, and she Garden State in Red Bluff. She often flew her Debonair to SW Section Meetings and Multiengine didn't quite make it. International Conventions throughout the United States. She was Governor of the South Betty was an active member of the flying community. She partici Pam Spang Central Section in 1947 and later be pated in educational seminars, community speaking programs on aviation Women W ith Wings came International Vice President. She and put together the first "Air Fair" at Sacramento Executive Airport. Multiengine worked diligently to organize the San She is survived by her husband, three children and grandchildren. Marilyn Urban Antonio Chapter which was chartered Yavapai in 1957. Not only was she active in SHIRLEY WINNOP LEHR, through her tireless efforts in the field of Instrument 99s activities but she supported her aviation, was an inspiration to anyone lucky enough to make her acquain Laura Vallee husband John’s involvement in the tance. She loved to fly and shared this enthusi New York Capital District OX-5, organizing many reunions and asm as a 99 at all levels. Taildragger arranging for Blanche Noyes and Shirley was well on her way to becoming an Louise Thaden to be guest speakers elementary school teacher when the flying bug Marcia Walker when OX-5 met in San Antonio. bit. After starting college, she married Ernie and Brazos River She was also a successful business soon found herself in Europe as the wife of an Instrument woman at the Standard Trust Company airman. Later, they settled in Sacramento just and her experience and contacts with around the corner from the Sacramento munici the San Antonio Express gained the pal airport. WINGS Chapter a tremendous amount of press She started flying in 1966 when her husband when she served as our publicity officer. gave her lessons as a birthday present. She had Joan Brockett —Alice Foeh her private certificate the following summer, com Hampton Roads San Antonio Chapter pleted her commercial and instrument rating and Phase XII then an instructor certificate and multiengine ratings. In 1980, she was Virginia Harmer BETTY MARSHALL. Fresno Chap appointmented an FAA aviation safety specialist until her retirement in San Gabriel Valley ter, died peacefully on September 22 1994. Phase VII after a four and a half year battle with Shirley joined the Sacramento Valley Chapter in 1967 and held nu Kathryn McNamera ovarian cancer. She was instrumental, merous offices including two stints as chairman. She was awarded the Fresno along with others, in starting the Fresno chapter's "Woman Pilot of the Year" in 1973 and 1991 and served on the Phase VI Chapter. We remember Betty for her hu Southwest Section Board as a Director (1998) and Nominating Commit morous life stories. Her loving, thought tee Chairman (1996). Most recently, she was the chapter newsletter editor Mary Samuels ful and gracious spirit touched many and was the SW Section Flying Activities Chairman. Yavapai lives. —Shirley Boling, Fresno Chapter She flew the Powder Puff Derby in 1971, 1972 (solo), 1973 and 1976. Phase V the Palms to Pines Race (solo) in 1971 and copiloted two Pacific Air Races. Diana Curtis Richard Campbell. 49 1/2 of Dorothy She is survived by her husband, two sons and five grandchildren. Hampton Roads Campbell, El Cajon Valley Chapter, Phase IV passed away on August 21. He was born in Texas, a graduate of Texas Bev Franklet A&M. and joined the service at the Greater Seattle start of WWII. As an engineer, with BOOKS Phase III A&P and MEI, he was able to assist Speaking of Flying by D iane Kahn—are 99s. The hardcover, 438- Joan L. McIntosh us with his many talents. After mov Titterington, Orange County Chap page book with more than 200 pho Fresno ing to Indiana and selling their plane, ter, is a collection of personal tales tos is $22.95, including shipping. Phase III Dick restored two antique Fords. A sad of heroism, humor, talent and terror The book may be ordered from Jayce Wolfram loss to Dottie and his many friends. related by 44 unique aviators. Four I JUST LOOKED AGAIN at your an aircraft at the old Curtiss Flying THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE of Air Raytheon announced its eighth last issue of The 99 News (for about Service in Valley Stream, New News, the Australian Women Pilots new business jet, the Hawker 450, the eighth time). The cover design York—so young and with a big Association’s magazine, features 99 and two other business jets—the Pre made such a strong statement and grin— and the one of her sitting in Nancy Bird-Walton on the cover. The mier I and Hawker Horizon— are in the stories inside were so inspiring! the cockpit of the Cessna with that organization celebrated its 50th an the final stages of the development — Vicky Anderson same exuberant grin touched my niversary this year. It was formed process. Orange County Chapter heart.—Tim O ’Connor with 49 inaugural members and now Cessna has launched four new has approximately 500. Says Nancy: business jet models in the past two THANK YOU SO MUCH for the “My greatest satisfaction is to see the years. Dassault Falcon Jet is also excellent article about the Interna THE JULY/AUGUST 2000 issue friendships that have been created adding a new business jet model, the tional Forest of Friendship. Hope was terrific. This issue is of interest between these women and the sup Falcon 2000EX. you can come again June 15,16 and to everyone, not just 99s, and that is port they have given to one another.” Deliveries of the Leaijet 45 have 17 in 2001. what makes this magazine so impor The 51 st Annual AWPA Confer doubled over this time last year. The The pictures and layout of the tant. I am involved as a docent for ence will be held from Wednesday, big question is: Where are they go 99s airlines pilots was the best I the County of Orange at John March 28. to Sunday, April 1,2001. ing to find the pilots to fly these new have ever seen. Thanks. Wayne/SNA Airport. The first six It is preceded by the 2nd Asia Pa jets? —Fay Gillis Wells, months of this year we have toured cific Women In Aviation Conference 2,378 participants. March 25-28. THE W OMEN’S MUSEUM: An THE LAST ISSUE of the 99 I plan to make copies of the ar Institute for the Future is now open NEWS magazine was outstanding ticle “Ninety-Nines Fly the Air AIRLINE PILOT HIRING remains in a 90-year-old art deco structure — Pat Prentiss lines” to give out, not just to girls, strong. October’s 1,840 new jobs at Dallas Fair Park. By depicting the Orange County Chapter but to all the children. The indi brought the total for the year to struggles of the past, the $30 mil vidual stories by the airline pilots 16,444. The forecast by AIR, Inc. lion project melds architectural his ON THE FRONT PAGE of the Sep give hope to all young people who predicts that will rise to 19,718 new tory with high-tech exhibits to show tember 28, 2000, issue of the New want a career in aviation. This issue pilot jobs by the end of the year. young girls their future can be what Jersey Star Ledger, there is a won is a real “keeper.” ever they can dream. “We want to derful story about Fay Gillis Wells — Eleanor Todd OUTLOOK IS GOOD for the air convey the message that if you work who was speaking at a senior citi Orange County Chapter craft industry. More and more hard enough and believe in yourself, zen complex in Lakewood, New people are accepting and using jets you can accomplish any great en Jersey. This amazing grand dame of THE JULY/AUGUST ISSUE is as tools to expand their businesses. deavor,” says museum founder aviation related her exploits to the great, truly a labor of love. Had a The number of new business jets Cathy Bonner. fascinated audience. Then at the age party this evening and everyone delivered to customers is expected You can visit their website at of 91, she went to Lakewood air passed it around all night. 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