EVELYN "BOBBI" TROUT 1906-2003 99s International Conference Huntsville, Alabama July 8-13 — See page 4 PERPETUAL CALENDAR 2003 16-18 South Central Spring Section Meeting, El Paso, Texas. Hosted by El Paso Chapter. APRIL Contact Dottie Loveless, El Paso Chapter Chair, 505-589-4307, e-mail: Santa Clara Valley Chapter Flying Com­ [email protected]. panion Seminar, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. San Jose 16-21 NIFA, Grand Forks, ND. Contact Virginia State University Aviation Dept. Contact Harmer, 909-487-0087 or www.nifa.ws. Susan Tilley, [email protected], 408- To list your 99s events 733-2292 JUNE on this calendar page, Deadline for submission to the May/June 99 News. 7 Aloha Chapter Annual Banquet at the send information to: Hale Koa Hotel. 11-12 Mid-Atlantic Spring Section Meeting, Staunton, VA. The Shenandoah Valley 9 Deadline for submission to the July/August 99 News. The 99 News Chapter of The Ninety-Nines has worked hard to find a new location for the Mid- 14 100th Year Celebration of Powered Flight, P.O. Box 950033 Atlantic Spring Section Meeting. They Castroville, TX Municipal Airport. Safety seminars, aerospace education programs, Oklahoma City, OK need at least 35 people at the meeting to cover the meeting room expenses. It will airplane rides, spot landings, vintage 73195 be held one week later than originally planes, food, beverages and commem­ E-mail: planned at the Holiday Inn Golf and orative items. Contact Gloria Blank, Conference Center, exit 225, 1-81, Chair, San Antonio 99s, e-mail: [email protected] Woodrow Wilson Parkway Exit, Staunton, [email protected], 830-510-4693. VA. Contact: Sara Fultz, 540-886-2027, 14-16 Buckeye Air Rally, Norwalk, Ohio. Contact e-mail [email protected]. Linda Blodgett 419-289-2244. Please indicate the 15 Air Race Classic entries close. Pratt, 20-22 Forest of Friendship, Atchison KS. A name and location Kansas to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. special remembrance for Fay Gillis Wells Contact [email protected]. of the event, the will be held on June 21. Contact Kay 21 - 24 Virginia Aviation Safety Week presents Baker, 913-367-1419. contact name and Rod Machado, "How to Avoid Making 21-24 27th Annual Air Race Classic, from Pratt, their phone/fax/email. Headlines in Your Local Newspaper." Kansas to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Richmond, Fairfax, Chesapeake and Contact [email protected]. Roanoke,Virginia, www.doav.state.va.us. 23-27 Annual Women's Soaring Seminar 25-26 New England Section Meeting, Nashua, (WSPA). The Albuquerque Soaring Club NH. Contact PatTheberge, 978-682-4638. will host the 25th Annual Soaring Seminar, 26 Flying Companion Seminar, Orange Moriarty, NM. Contact Kathy Taylor, On The Cover County Chapter, contact Pat Prentiss, 909- [email protected]. 533-3341. Charter Member MAY JULY Bobbi Trout, who Maple Leaf Chapter (East Canada 8-13 The Ninety-Nines International Con­ ference, Huntsville, Alabama, the flew to new hori­ Section), Open House, 1- 5 p.m. at #427 Wing, RCAFA, London (Ontario) airport. Marriott Hotel at the Space and Rocket zons on January 24, Theme is Aviation Awareness For The Center. Hosted by the Southeast Section, contact Lisa Cotham, 225-293-4359, was recognized as Community. Light refreshments, special guests, door prizes, raffles, exhibitors. lisacotOearthlink.net one of the top Contact: Pat Crocker, [email protected] 17-20 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight; women aviators of or (519) 680-0357 Dayton's 2003 Air Show. Contact Kim Dell at 937-898-5901. her time. Here she 9-11 Spring Southwest Section Meeting, Columbia, CA. Contact Donna Crane- 18-25 US Air Race, Inc. 1800 Mile Marion Jayne poses fo r a Holly­ Bailey, 813-688-9760, e-mail Air Race, Start 300 Air Race, 1800 Mile wood promotional [email protected]. Historic Air Cruise and special 16-18 North Central Section Spring Meeting, events. Contact: 81 7-491 -2842, photo circa 1929. "The Drive to Fly in Detroit — 100 Years www. us-a i rrace.org. Photo credit: of Aviation in the Motor City." Hosted by 29-4 EAA Airventure, Oshkosh, Wl. Greater Detroit Area Chapter, Holiday Stockton Holly­ Inn Livonia West. Contact: Joan AUGUST wood. Photo Rucker, phone 248-348-5381, e-mail [email protected]. 15 The Palms to Pines Air Race, Santa courtesy o f the Monica, CA to Bend, OR. Kits will be 16-18 NY-NJ Section Spring Section Meeting, Bobbi Trout Estate available March 1, 2003. Send $5 to Claire Albany, NY. Contact Harriet Bregman 518- Walters, 13026 Psomas Way, Los Angeles, 293-6039. CA, 90066; phone 310-397-2731. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN PILOTS MAGAZINE" (ISSN 0273-608X) 99 NEWS INTERNATIONAL Published by THE NINETY-NINES® IN C International Organization of Women Pilots A Delaware Nonprofit Corporation WOMEN PILOTS' Organized November 2, 1929 n INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS g Box 965, 7100Terminal Drive Oklahoma City, O K 73159-0965 USA OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE N I N ETY-N I N ES® INC. 405-685-7969 or 800-994-1929 FAX: 405-685-7985 March/April 2003 Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved Volume 29, No. 2 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ninety-nines.org CONTENTS Street Address: 4300 Amelia Earhart Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1140 COVER: Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout circa 1929 PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE WELCOME TO HUNTSVILLE............................................................................ 4 Anna Taylor, Jacque Boyd, PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE..................................................................................... 5 Donna Crane-Bailey NINETY-NINES THEN AND NOW ...................................................................6 Bobbi Roe: Executive Editor Danielle Clarneaux: Associate Editor, Graphics By Jenny T. Beatty AVIATRIX PUBLISHING, INC. WINGS OF HOPE ............................................................................................... 7 Arlington Heights, IL 60006-0485 By Karen Glines THE 99 NEWS Fax: (405) 685-7985 REMEMBERING EVELYN "BOBBI" TROUT.................................................... 8 Mail: The 99 News By Jacqueline Boyd P.O. Box 950033 Oklahoma City, O K 73195 CHARTER MEMBERS.........................................................................................12 E-mail: [email protected] AGING CAN'T GROUND THESE WOMEN................................................. 14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS By Dennis McCarthy President Jody McCarrell REASONS FOR JOINING THE 99s.................................................................15 Vice President By Jenny T. Beatty/Captain Karen Kahn Elaine Morrow EMILY HOWELL WARNER...............................................................................16 Secretary By Jean Haley Harper Donna Moore Treasurer NEW MEMBERS.................................................................................................21 Susan Larson NEW HORIZONS ..............................................................................................22 Directors: Martha Dunbar, Pat Prentiss, Betty Prakken, Anna Taylor AMELIA EARHART BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM................................................. 25 Past President: Vicki Lynn Sherman GRASS ROOTS .................................................................................................. 26 Section and Chapter News, Races and Rallies, Awards and Recognition, Airmarking, COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS Arabia: Nancy Taylor Touch & Gos, Letters, Ratings & Wings, New Horizons. 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