INTERNATIONAL 99 NEWS WOMEN PILOTS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NINETY-NINES® INC. VOL. XXIII NO. 4 July/August 1997 GIVE WINGS TO YOUR DREAMS" A Project to Benefit the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum Home Restoration S pecialty Item s " Give Wings to Your Dreams" Neiv! by Diana Augustine-Heckman Notecards A Limited Edition of 999 8 cards with S pecial O ffer envelopes only s10 T h is I ssu e ! Unframed L/E Print Only - $4499 Short Sleeve T-Shirts - *15 Mugs - *10 each Long Sleeve T-Shirts - *20 16"x20" Framed Prints Sizes: A dult - S, M, L, or XL (XXL add s2) (was *129”) - Now $99 Frames — Your choice...Gold or Oak. To order the prints, t-shirts, notecards or mugs call: Mat Colors - Your choice...Navy with Gold (A), 1- 800- 344-0708 Green with Gold (B), or Buff with Green (C). J.Franklin Gallery • 3605 Beck • St. Joseph, MO 64506 *Quality framed with brass plaque, Shipping/handling charges extra. 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Las Vegas, Nev., 517-782-2424 24-26 — Amelia Earhart Birthday Centen­ 3-5 — North Central Section Meeting, nial Celebration, Atchison, Kan., Stan Rochester, Minn., Elaine Morrow, 1 9 9 8 Lawson, 800-234-1854, or Marilyn Copeland, 612-955-2802 816-246-4671 APRIL 4 — San Fernando Valley Air Derby, Van 8-12 — First Asia/Pacific Conference, 26-27 — Torrance Air Fair 1997, Torrance, Nuys, Calif., to Mesquite, Nev. Mary Rawlings, Calif., Nancy Clinton, 310-325-7223 Queenstown, New Zealand, hosted by the 818-888-5360 or fax 818-888-1402 New Zealand Airwomen s Association, 30-8/5 — Oshkosh '97 EAA Convention, 4 — Coyote County Chapter Poker Run, fax 64-3-312-5818 Oshkosh, Wis., Cathie Mayr, 414-648-5092 Kathy Buckman, 760-758-2629 JULY AUGUST 11 — Second Annual Fayette Airshow ’97, 8-12 — The Ninety-Nines International 6 — All Canada Section Meeting, Mary Lee Fayette Regional Air Center, La Grange, Texas. Convention, Guadalajara, Mexico, Pat Ward Burns, 604-736-4340 Margo Johnson, 409-968-5756 or 1-800- LAGRANG 7-9 — Canadian Women in Aviation Conference, University of British Columbia, 8-12 — American Bonanza Society ATTENTION: Mary Lee Burns, 604-736-4340 Convention. Wichita, Kan., Nancy Johnson, GOVERNORS AND CHAPTER CHAIRS 316-945-6913 To list your 99s events on this calendar 8-9 — Okie Derby, Oklahoma Chapter, Wiley page, send information to: Post Airport, Oklahoma City, Okla., Phyllis 8-12 — Staggerwing Museum Foundation Miller, 405-721-2573 Convention, Wichita, Kan., Mattie Schulz, Carolyn Carpp 615-455-1974 International Date Coordinator 8-11 — Palms to Pines Air Race, Santa 18-19 — New York/New Jersey Section 11021 NE 123rd Lane #C116 Monica, Calif., to Prineville, Ore., Claire Kirkland, WA 98034 U.S.A. Walters, 310-397-2731 M eeting, Canandaigua, N.Y., Finger Lakes Chapter, Charlotte Shawcross, 716-229-4165 Fax 425-823-9799 14-17 — Northwest Section Meeting, [email protected] Ridpath Hotel, Spokane, Wash., Barbara 23-25 — AOPA Expo ’97, Orlando, Fla., Please indicate the name and location of the Mayfield, 509-447-2174 Marriott's Orlando World Center event and the name, phone and fax num­ 15-17 — 2nd International Ladies Cup, 31-11/1 — Third Annual SLO Derby, central bers of the contact. Deadlines for info are: Eindhoven Airport, The Netherlands (entry coast of California, San Luis Obispo Chapter, Dec. 9, Feb. 9, Apr. 9, June 9, Aug. 9 and deadline May 31), Thea Geris-Vogels, 00-31 - Heather Heaps, 805-528-5237 O ct. 9. 77-466-2255, or fax 00-31-77-466-1364 30-11/2 — International Board of Directors 23 — Maple Leaf Poker Run, London, M eeting, Oklahoma City, Okla. Ontario Canada, Betty Ellison, 519-439-3564 31-11/2 — Southeast Section Meeting, FUTURE 99 NEWS 23-24 — Pacific Coast Air Museum Annual Victoria Wiltsie, 305-232-2718, or Bobbi • September/October: Convention highlights, Open House, Celebration of Women in Lichtiger, 305-444-3458 AE Scholarship winners, Second Floor Museum Aviation, Sonoma County Airport, Santa at Ninety-Nines Headquarters and Canadian Rosa, Calif., Sue Canavan 707-575-7900 or NOVEMBER Women in Aviation conference. 707-545-8838 7-8 — Mid-Atlantic