99 News – May/June – 2006 1 PERPETUAL CALENDAR [email protected] or visit 2006 www.mich99s.org. 99 News JUNE 18-19 The 28th Annual Okie Derby Air Race, Wiley Post Airport, Oklahoma City, OK. 1 Deadline for the July/August issue of 99 The largest proficiency air race in the world. News. Polish you flying skills and have fun! For To list your 99s events 2-4 East Canada-New England Joint Section information, Nancy Roberts, 405-378- on this calendar page, Meeting, Saint John, NB, Canada. For 3602, email [email protected] or visit send information to: more information contact Sue Ehrlander, www.okiederby.info. Atlantic Chapter, 506-633-8513 or The 99 News SEPTEMBER 4300 Amelia Earhart Rd. [email protected]. Information and registration forms will be available on the 6-9 Powder Puff Derby Reunion, Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, OK Canadian 99s website. 73159-1140 Ohio, held in conjunction with the Silver 16-18 International Forest of Friendship 30th Wings Convention. Raddison Hotel, 800- Email: Anniversary, “World Friendship Through 333-3333 and identify SW/PPD for rates. [email protected] Flying,” Atchison, KS. Visit www.ifof.org Contact Barbara Evans, 925-687-1912. Online Form: for further information. 6-12 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) www.ninety-nines.org/ 20-23 Air Race Classic, Mesa, AZ to Menominee, Conference, Portland, OR. 99newsreports.html MI, 2154 nm. For information and entry 13-17 Reno Air Races, Reno Stead Field, Reno Please indicate the packet, go to www.airraceclassic.org. Nevada. name and location of the event, the JULY 15-16 Southeast Section Fall Business Meeting, Gatlinburg, TN. For Information, contact contact name and 5-9 International Ninety-Nines Conference, Linda Meese, [email protected] or the phone/fax/email. Washington, D.C., Marriott Hotel. 865-591-6004. 16-23 National Cross Country Air Races. Handi- 15-17 Aviation & Women in Europe Conference, capped speed racing open to all pilots and Varese, Italy. For more information contact all piston aircraft. July 16-18, Hutchinson Michelle Bassanesi, [email protected]. On the Cover 300, Hutchinson, Kansas; July 19-21, 1800 Mile Marion Jayne Air Race, 15-18 Gold Cup Rally, organized by the First Ca- Pikes Peak Chapter Hutchinson, KS-HUT, Akron, CO-AKO, nadian Chapter. The rally begins at Oshawa Rapid City, SD-RAP, Wolf Point, MT-OLF, airport and ends at St. Anthony, Newfound- Member Jacqueline Devils Lake, ND-DVL, Orr, MN-ORR, land. The rally is open to all women pilots. Randolph’s listing in Stevens Point, WI-STE; July 21-23, Wis- For information, contact Corinne Shalley, consin 300, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Free 905-607-4617, [email protected]. “Who’s Who in entry kit online at www.us-airrace.org. 21-24 Southwest/Northwest Section Meeting, America” reveals that 24-30 EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, WI. 99s Break- Ashland, OR. For more information con- she’s a Major in the fast Friday morning July 28 in The 99s Tent. tact Barbara Crooker at 530-515-7929 or Contact Rita Adams, 847-913-0490, [email protected]. Air Force, a pilot, a [email protected], to volunteer. world-traveler often OCTOBER AUGUST bound on humanitar- 1 Deadline for the November/December 1 Deadline for the September/October issue of 99 News. ian missions and the issue of 99 News. 17-19 NBAA (National Business Aircraft Associa- author of two novels – 11-13 Palms to Pines Air Race from Santa tion), Orlando, Florida. An opportunity to with a third in pro- Monica, CA to Bend, OR. Send $5 for a network with corporate pilots. Contact Race Kit to Claire Walters, 13026 Psomas www.nbaa.org. gress. This dynamic Way, Los Angeles, CA 90066, 310-397- 26-29 International Board Meeting, Hilton Gar- Ninety-Nine also 2731. den Inn, Oklahoma City, OK. plans on adopting two 11-13 50th Annual Michigan SMALL Rally, spon- sored by the Michigan Chapter 99s. Back NOVEMBER sibling children and to Basics Proficiency Event, flying a 200 2 Anniversary of the founding of The has her long-term nm route with compass, chart and stop- watch. Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), Ninety-Nines in 1929. sights on becoming a Traverse City, Michigan. For information, 9-11 AOPA, Palm Springs, CA. Visit The Ninety- missionary pilot. Lynn T. Sykes, 906-362-5966, Nines booth. Contact www.aopa.org. 2 99 News – May/June – 2006 99 News published by THE NINETY-NINES® INC. International Organization of Women Pilots A Delaware Nonprofit Corporation Organized November 2, 1929 99 News The Official Magazine of The International Organization of Women Pilots (ISSN 1548-565X) INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 4300 Amelia Earhart Rd. May/June 2006 Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved Volume 32, No. 3 Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1140 USA 405-685-7969 or 800-994-1929 CONTENTS FAX: 405-685-7985 Email: [email protected] 99s INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON D.C. ○○○○○○○○○○○○4 Website: www.ninety-nines.org Elizabeth Lundin, Headquarters Manager ○○○○○○ PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 5 By Elaine Morrow PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE JACQUELINE RANDOLPH — USAF, PILOT, AUTHOR, HUMANITARIAN○○○○○○6 Donna Crane-Bailey, Jacque Boyd, Diane By Phyllis Wells Pirman, Pamela O’Brien, Bobbi Roe, Liz Lundin A MESSAGE TO THE IDAHO 99s — I’M IN AUSTRALIA! ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Bobbi Roe: Editor-in-Chief 8 Danielle Clarneaux: Associate Editor, Graphics By Mary LaMoy ○○○○○○○○○○ AVIATRIX PUBLISHING, INC. PILOT CAREERS/PRO 99s PROFILE ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 11 Arlington Heights, IL 60006-0485 By Toréa Rodriguez and Betsy Jordan Donovan THE 99 NEWS ○○○○○○○○○○○○ NINETY-NINES NETWORK AT WAI ○○○○○○○○○○○○ 12 4300 Amelia Earhart Rd. By Aileen Watkins Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1140 Fax: (405) 685-7985 A PASSION FOR TRAVEL LED JOAN KERWIN TO THE SKY ○○○○○○○○○○○○14 Email: [email protected] By Diane Pirman ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ LETTERS ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 16 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President LISA COTHAM — “I WANT TO DO THAT, TOO!” ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○18 Elaine Morrow By Donna Crane-Bailey ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Vice President RATINGS AND WINGS ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 21 Patricia Prentiss Secretary BOOK REVIEW: “THE ART OF UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT” ○○○○○○○○○○○○21 Donna Moore By Jacque Boyd Treasurer NEW HORIZONS ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○22 Susan Larson ○○○○ Directors: Lisa Cotham, Joan Kerwin, TOUCH & GO ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 25 Francis Luckhart, Linda Marshall ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ GRASS ROOTS ○○○○ 27 Past President: Jody McCarrell ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ FROM PALMS TO PINES ○○○○○○ 30 By Lakshmi Vempati COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS Arabia: Yvonne Trueman Australia: Kathryn Flynn Austrian: Monika Stahl STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY Brazil: Andrea Simone Mion Caribbean: Mary Higgs The opinions expressed in the articles presented in this magazine are those of the authors and East Canada: Margo McCutcheon shall not be construed to represent the policies or opinions of The Ninety-Nines® Inc. 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