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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS
N O V E M B E R 1976
Historical Air Foto Identification Contest. . .16
Operation Raincheck. . .14
A.E. Scholarship Information. . .10-13
by Jean Turner, Carolinas Chapter
RE: M ay ’76 99 NEW S
I thought the article “ F ord E m b alm ing G eneral A v iatio n ” was excellent. 1 placed it
in my stack o f things to tak e to w ork (Sierra A cadem y o f A eronautics) to copy and
distribute to my im m ediate su p erio r a n d tw o co-w orkers. Because o f m ore pressing
com m itm ents, it stayed in the “ sta c k ” an d went now here until late Ju ly — no w onder
G eneral A viation is going dow n the tu b e if everyone is like me. L ate Ju ly I did d o as I
intended, and the next thing 1 noticed was a copy o f the article o n the P resid e n t’s desk.
My im m ediate superior, Vice P resid en t o f the com pany, th o u g h t it im p o rta n t enough
to pass on.
I ’m very pro u d to be a 99, a n d especially p ro u d to have m em b er’s articles passed on
in this m anner.
Vivian Harshbarger
M echanic’s bills have b ro k e me,
1 c a n ’t a ffo rd to fly!
Bring back, o h , bring back
Som e eighty o ctane to buy.
T he engine was a good one.
It ran like a d ream ;
T hen it coughed an d it sputtered
A nd cam e ap a rt at the seam s.
T he plugs they are fouling
T he valves an d rings are shot!
I t’s all due to the h undred o ctane
T h at o u t o f necessity I ’ve bo u g ht.
G reetings from the Big Sky C o u n try !
W hat a difference!! Since 1 have been a 99 for a b o u t a year now , I have seen a b o u t
equal am ounts o f the old an d new 99 N EW S. T he present fo rm at is q u ite d ifferen t and
interesting — it’s a challenge to try an d find the N orthw est Section an d any news from
the E astern W ashington C h ap te r!! F o r th a t reaso n , I did enjoy th e old layout m uch
better. C onvenience. But I will have to ad m it, this new one is really som ething!!
Kathy O ’Leary
D ear E ditor:
This is in regard to Jo an K erw in’s sto ry in the A ugust 99 N EW S. I am m aking these
com m ents because I do n o t believe th a t her article tells the w hole sto ry . This is n o t
m eant as a defense o f the oil com panies — L o rd know s they d o n ’t need my help — b u t 1
believe they have been som ew hat un ju stly m aligned over the w hole situ atio n .
R eferring to Avco Lycom ing Flyer d ated F eb ru ary 1971 advising o f the tren d o f the
oil industry to elim inate 80/87 fuel; know ing a b o u t this five years ag o , w hy h a sn ’t
Lycom ing adjusted its engines o r d iscontinued the m an u factu re o f engines requiring
80/87? Furtherm ore, why did th e general flying public w ho were also aw are o f this
trend continue to buy these engines? A fter all the nam e o f th e gam e in a free enterp rise
system such as ours is th at nasty w ord “ p ro fit” an d I d o n ’t believe any co m p an y is
going to continue to m an u fa c tu re a p ro d u c t fo r w hich there is n o d em an d .
Shell Oil C om pany, the last I h e a rd , is still p roducing 80 /8 7 fuel in its facility in
W ood River, IL. A ccording to an article published in Business an d C om m ercial
A viation, S tandard Oil o f C a lifo rn ia was q u o ted as saying th eir co m p an y will pro d u ce
80/87 as long as there is a d em an d a n d p ro fit. M obil Oil C o m p an y says it will contin u e
to produce 80/87 fuel. A s a m a tte r o f interest, this sam e article stated th a t som e experts
in oil production blam e the engine problem s encountered in using 100 LL in 80/87
engines on new m ethods o f refining ra th e r th an in octan e differences. T hey claim th at
the new m ethods o f refining are inexpensive carry-overs o f sim ilar m eth o d s learned
during the refining o f au to m o b ile fuels. T he experts p o in t o u t, q u ite correctly, th a t
w ater cooled a u to engines are m uch less susceptible to problem s caused by refining
m ethods than air cooled a irc ra ft engines.
To wholly blam e the oil com panies is a fallacy w hen in m any cases it is either th e fault
o f the d istrib u to r w ho wishes to reduce the num ber o f grades he is req u ired to carry in
his inventory, or the dealer w ho is lim ited in storage space and finds it m ore p ro fita b le
to elim inate 80/87 and use these facilities fo r je t fuel.
W riting letters may have som e results, b u t 1 believe a m ore effective w ay to get o u r
message across is to , w henever possible, p u rchase your gasoline only fro m facilities th at
o ffer both 80 and 100 octan e even if you hap p en to use 100 o ctan e in y o u r a irc ra ft. I
believe this action w ould speak m uch louder th an letters.
Vi M ason
Ennix, TX
T he experts all agree,
T he oil m en ju st gloat;
T he F A A says, “ H ave patience,
W e’re all in the sam e b o a t.”
W ell, patience is w aning
My p ro u d bird she ails!
L et’s A L L w rite to W ashington
A nd shake u p som e tails!
Leave the 80 to M obile
T he 100 for the rest,
O u r 150 engines
H ave a right to the best!
A life m ay be saved
By the action you take
W rite to C ongress today
F o r G eneral A viations sake.
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T hank you all fo r your card s, letters a n d prayers after the accident in Ju ly . It is good
to report I ’m doing well an d get b etter each day. I ’m to o ornery to be kept dow n!
T hanks again, your loving kindness has been so helpful.
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CONTENTS
A.E. Scholarship F o r m s ...............
10
A.E. S cholarship W inners, 1976
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Aviation L a w ...................................
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C a le n d a r.............................................
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Chapter News (b e g in s ).
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H istorical A ir Foto Identification C o n te s t.....................................................16
International Forest of F rie n d s h ip ..................................................................15
Legislation In fo rm a tio n ........................................................................................ 4
News Notes from the Foreign S e c tio n s ........................................................18
Operation R a in ch e ck...........................................................................................14
Tax Exempt 501 (c) (3 ) Inform ation ...............................................................9
V ie w p o in t................................................................................................................. 2
ADVERTISING INDEX
C la s s ifie d ..............................
Sportys
U .S. Precision Flight Team .
KING
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D uring my first m o n th as y o u r P resid en t, I attend ed several
Section meetings. Besides the great enjoym ent I have derived
from m eeting w ith so m any N inety N ines, I have learned many
new things and picked up several new thou g h ts. 1 w ould like to
sh are one o f these with you.
A t the N orthw est Section m eeting in Sunriver, O regon,
G o vern o r G ene N ora Jessen p ro p o sed th a t the C hapters em bark
u p o n an “ A d o p t a C h a p te r” p ro g ram ; th at is, th at each C hapter
should con tact an o th er th a t m ay be floundering, o r have lost
interest, and invite th a t C h a p te r fo r reciprocal m eetings and
activities. In this way we could re-generate interest in the
m em bers o f the C h a p te r to again fu n ctio n w ith direction and
p u rpose and with fresh en th u siasm . W hat a lovely idea. I am
g ratefu l to G ene N o ra fo r this b eau tifu l th o u g h t. I w ould like to
propose to each o f you th a t we expand th a t idea and em bark
u p o n an “ a d o p t a m em b er” them e.
H ow m any tim es have we said “ the sam e m em bers always
a tte n d all o f the functions an d d o all o f the w o rk ? ” L e t’s resolve
to change th at now . If each o f you will select one m em ber w ho is
less active, and “ a d o p t” her, thin k o f w hat we can accom plish.
Pick up the p h o n e an d call y o u r “ a d o p te d ” sister N inety-N ine
a n d invite her to go w ith you to the next C h ap ter m eeting, o r the
next C h ap ter p ro ject, or to jo in you at the next Section M eeting.
W e can d o uble o u r atte n d a n c e an d bring back to active
p articip atio n , m any m em bers w ho have go tten ou t o f the habit o f
a tten d in g . D o n ’t give up! If she tu rn s you dow n once, call again,
a n d if she tu rn s you dow n th e second tim e, call a th ird . If you are
successful, you will e n jo y a feeling o f g reat satisfaction, an d will
have found a new friend.
T he sam e goes fo r the C h ap te rs. W e have m any th at are
floundering an d need help. Schedule reciprocal m eetings, fly-in’s
a n d jo in t functions. This will b enefit b o th C h ap ters by gaining
new friends, new ideas, new places to fly, an d a feeling o f
accom plishm ent th ro u g h stren g th . L e t’s keep “ L ooking U P ”
th ro u g h an increase in unity a n d p a rticip atio n .
A s o u r beloved C h a rte r M em ber, W om an o f the Y ear, and
A ccom plisher o f Im possible F eats, Fay Gilles W ells, said to me
several weeks ago, “ D o o u r m em bers realize th a t being a
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W inners o f the T ennessee C h a p te r’s H istorical A ir F o to Id entifi­
c atio n C ontest, Donna Bower, one o f the first w om en in the
Knoxville A rea to earn a M ulti-engine R ating and M ulti-engine
In stru cto rs ratin g , an d Ruth T hom as, the only active charter
m em ber o f the T ennessee C h a p ter. T his is R u th ’s C essna
Skyhaw k. Photograph by Photique Studio, Maryville, Ten­
nessee.
Legislation Information
ACTIVITIES
BY Margo Smith, Chairman
A ctivities — th a t’s the new nam e. W hile
the nam e has been shortened fro m Flying
A ctivities, the scope has been increased. W e
have becom e so diversified in the types o f
activities in which we p articip ate, it seem ed
logical to have one com m ittee w hich w ould
encom pass not only aw ards, achievem ents,
sem inars, A P T , com m unity service p ro ­
jects, “ fu n ” events such as P o k e r R uns,
Flyins, etc., but w ould also include all
contests and races.
Am delighted to tell you I have inherited
this fun jo b from C h a r F alk en b erg ’s
capable hands. I’d like you to thin k o f me
as the Activities Coordinator, th e o n e to
w hom you can brag o f y o u r p ast achieve­
m ents (as individuals o r collectively), to
w hom you announce plan s fo r fu tu re
events, from w hom you can seek help and
SO Ps in m any cases, an d to w hom you
inevitably report.
T o assist you, a new In tern atio n al
Activities SO P is in the o ffin g as well as
SO Ps o r references for individual events. In
ad dition to the fam iliar fo rm s (C h a r’s)
there will also be new ones to stream line
notices and reports. You will h ear fro m me
by letter with details as soon as the new
roster is available.
M eantim e, G overnors — w hom have you
ap pointed as A ctivities C h airm a n fo r your
Section? Section and C h a p te r (Flying)
A ctivities C hairm en — will you d ro p me a
n o te now to say hello an d open o ur
com m unications lines?
L et’s discuss C h apter new sletters. Be it
one page or m any, serious o r light-hearted,
a C hapter new sletter is the glue th a t binds
the C hapter for it contains new s, notices,
experiences shared, fu tu re p lan s an d o f
course social “ gossip” . T h ro u g h it m em ­
bers keep in touch and prospective m em ­
bers, and new ones, get a feeling fo r th e.
C hapter. Please do put me on yo u r m ailing
list; it is a fast, inform al com m u nicatio n
channel that often saves you a letter.
From the new sletters 1 d o receive, it
seems O ctober is a big m o n th fo r races,
contests and sem inars! H ow did they go?
W ho w on? Let me know — M arg o S m ith,
1635 Ricky Ave, A naheim C A 92802.
Now that A P T has becom e an integral
p art o f C hapter life, 1 recom m ended, at
C onvention, that A P T be term in ated as an
International Program (bookkeeping) at
the end o f this calendar (A P T ) year and
revert to a Section and C h a p te r activity.
M any thanks to all w ho su p p o rted the
P rogram and m ade it so successful.
by Joan Kerwin
C om e on, all you G eneral A viation
pilots, y o u ’re not paying yo u r fair share!
H ow ever, you will, w hether your legislators
in W ashington vote fo r it o r n o t. In an
econom y m ove, the F . A . A . is d iscontinuing
the services o f the F .A .A . A cadem y team s
w hich conduct the Flight In stru cto rs R eva­
lid atio n Clinics. T he clinics will be turned
over to p rivate gro u p s, w ith the a tte n d a n t
fees w hich they require. N ot only will there
be extra fees, b u t we are also losing the
extrem ely high q uality speakers an d the
benefit o f getting the in fo rm a tio n “ from
the h o rse’s m o u th ” .
A dm ittedly, A .O .P .A .
an d
sim ilar
g roups also o ffe r high q u ality speakers and
in stru ctio n , but the cost m ay well be
p rohibitive for som e. A ccording to the
A .O .P .A ., they will finish o u t 1976 a t $35
per person an d in Jan u a ry will u p the fee to
$45 each.
So, you say, let them th at gets, pay.
T ru e, b u t this boils dow n to the sam e song
the D epartm ent o f T ra n sp o rta tio n has been
singing for the last few years regarding the
C o st A llocation S tudy. S oak th e G eneral
A viation pilot — if they can a ffo rd to fly,
then can a ffo rd an y th in g . T he D .O .T .
c o u ld n ’t get the C ost A llocatio n bill
th ro u g h C ongress, so they figured o u t a
w ay fo r us to pay fo r th e services we receive
to private organizations. T h a t w ay, we can
pay twice. O nce th ro u g h fuel tax an d the
Use T ax levied o n each a irc ra ft being flow n
in G eneral A viation, a n d again th ro u g h
paying p rivate org an izatio n s for providing
the service the F .A .A . is collecting th e tax
to provide. R enters, w ho never see these
bills, are paying these sam e bills th ro u g h
increased rental rates.
If all goes well w ith this “ econom y
m ove” , doubtless they can th in k o f others.
H ow a b o u t elim inating th e F .A .A . Flight
Inspectors? A fter all, we now have exam in­
ers w ho, fo r a fee, can give you yo u r flight
tests. T h en , o f course, they can elim inate
th e F .S .S . except fo r p h o n ed in requests for
w eath er an d filing o f flight plans. (M aybe
they can arran g e w ith th e telephone
co m p an y to pu t charges fo r these services
o n y o u r phone bill?) A ny w ay you look at
it, they are trying to weasel o u t o f the
services provided to G eneral A viation.
F or any governm ent b ranch to w ant to
econom ize, is a laudable g oal, b u t why do
they feel they m ust exercise these econom ies
in areas w hich a ffect G eneral A v iation
only? Unless w e’re back to the old C ost
A llocation again. You see, the m oney
collected from us really needs to be spent to
im prove baggage facilities for the airlines
an d to im prove term in al facilities. A fte r all,
we d o n ’t w ant to com prom ise safety in
those areas, d o we?
If they truly w ant to econom ize, I have a
few suggestions for them : H ow ab o u t
discontinuing the p rinting o f the “ cutsie”
signs they have hanging in F .B .O .s and
Flight Service S tations aro u n d the country?
Y o u ’ve all seen them ; the c a rto o n airplane,
obviously distressed, w ith a little rhym ed
m oral rem inding the pilot o f som ething
they all h ad to know to get th eir private
license. H ow a b o u t elim inating the give­
aw ay o f Flight T raining H an d b o o k s, Flight
In stru cto rs M anuals an d o th e r printed
m aterials fo r w hich, unless y o u ’re in the
right place at the right tim e, you have to
pay a couple dollars?
If they m ust elim inate p ersonnel, why the
co n stru ctio n o f useless tow ers at low traffic
airp o rts? These tow ers all m ust be m anned
at a considerable cost, n o t only in salaries,
b u t fo r training personnel. H ow a b o u t the
N atio n al T ra n sp o rtatio n Safety B oard?
W hy d o they investigate accidents involving
privately ow ned, privately flow n aircraft?
They d o n o t investigate a u to m o bile acci­
d ents, not even those involving taxi-cabs
w hich are operated fo r hire. T h e N .T .S .B .
is properly involved in any com m ercial
tra n sp o rta tio n accident b u t should not have
to m aintain personnel to re-investigate
accidents in p rivate airp lan es w hich are
already being investigated by th e F .A .A .
You can all think o f o th er econom ies that
could be instituted w ithout com prom ising
th e safety o f G eneral A viation. Let your
legislators know w hat they are. Tell them
th a t you are aw are o f this back door
ap p ro a ch to C ost A llocation , an d th at you
object.
By the tim e you read this, it will be too
late to prevent the d um ping o f the
A cadem y team , b u t there is alw ays a chance
to back track an d u n d o the h arm .
W R IT E O N
Clarifications
& Corrections
Fay Gilles Wells was in advertently given
th e ad d itio n o f an “ e ” on th e end o f her
first nam e in the A ugust issue.
D UES INCREASE
W hile the dues increase does n o t go into
effect for cu rren t m em bers until the
Jan u a ry 1 renew als, the increase is effective
for new m em bers im m ediately.
Please throw away all m em bership
applications on h an d . Use only new ones
reflecting the $30 fee for new m em bership
and requiring p ro o f o f license o r BFR.
IN DIA AD
T he o ffer in the In d ia A d on back page
o f S ept.-O ct. Issue is good fo r fam ily and
friends as well as 99s.
AVIATIOn LflUJ
Sylvia Paoli
In reviewing the c o u rt cases digested in
Ninety-Nines News in recent m o n th s, we
have often seen the U nited S tates g o v ern ­
m ent, or an arm o f it, as a d efen d an t. T here
are m any m ore volum es o f cases, how ever,
where the governm ent is instead the
p lain tiff — the prosecutor. T hese a re the
thousands o f adm inistrative hearings
brought by the Federal A viation A dm in is­
tration before a single adm in istrativ e ju d g e.
Their decisions are seldom m ade public,
although they d o set precedents to be
followed in later cases, and very few o f
them are appealed to a co u rt. It is these
adm inistrative hearings th a t this colum n
will be devoted to in the next tw o issues.
In FAA v. Fichtner (1973) th e pilo t o f a
small com m uter airlines lost his license as
the result o f flying in to icing co n d itio n s on
tw o different occasions. A lth o u g h there
was no emergency either tim e, th e FA A
held that the pilot had violated FA R 135.85
which prohibits flight in to know n or
forecast light or m oderate icing cond itio n s,
and FA R 135.73 which requires th a t flight
conducted IFR m ust be w ith a co-pilot on
board (both parts being applicab le to air
taxi operations.) T he judge stated th a t the
purpose o f the regulations is to p ro m o te
passenger safety, and the p u rp o se o f
im posing sanctions on a pilot in violation
o f the regulations is threefold: (1) rem edial;
(2) as a deterrent to o th er pilots; a n d (3) to
foster com pliance w ith regulations. W hile
these two flights ended safely, the ju d g e
noted that they m ight have ended o th e r­
wise, and he affirm ed the suspension o f the
pilo t’s com m ercial license an d his in stru ­
ment rating, until such tim e as the pilot
re-passed qualifying tests fo r b o th .
FAA v. Gross was a typical situ atio n o f
changing w eather conditions th a t were not
expected, and w hich have caused m any
pilots m uch woe, if not m ore th a n th at.
W hen pilot G ross took o ff from N o rth ­
am pton, M assachusetts, on a flight to
Rochester, New Y ork, he had received a
w eather briefing w hich he interp re ted as
indicating that a V FR flight w as possible.
H e had turned back the previous day,
however, due to bad w eather, a n d had
called for w eather in fo rm atio n several
times on the fateful day in q uestio n before
finally deciding he could m ake it.
Shortly after 10:00 a.m . G ross asked for
assistance from the A lbany tow er, stating
he was having trouble m aintain in g VFR
over the hills north o f A lbany. A fte r ten
m inutes o f discussion, he declared an
emergency, and was cleared to fly th ro u g h
clouds to get “ on to p ” — 12,500 feet.
A fter over an hour o f com m unications, and
with the assistance o f a tw in B onanza, he
was guided dow n through th e clouds to a
Calendar
n o v e m b f :r
landing a t A lbany at a p p ro x im ately 11:57
a .m . T he result was the filing o f a violation
against him by the FA A fo r being in the
clouds w ithout an in stru m en t ratin g , for
careless flying, and fo r violating the basic
w eather m inim um s fo r VFR flight.
G ross defended his actio n s by saying first
th a t he had been given erro n eo u s w eather
in fo rm a tio n , and secondly, as a result o f
th a t in fo rm atio n was “ req u ired to receive
em ergency help because his lim ited experi­
ence in the air did n o t enable him to ju d g e
early enough th at the w eather and cloud
fo rm atio n s were w orse th an the fo rec a sts.”
T he adm inistrative ju d g e w as n o t im pressed
w ith the defense. T he w eather rep o rt
cu rren t a t the tim e G ross to o k o ff stated
there were clouds in layers a t 3000 a n d 7000
feet, an d the ju d g e felt th a t G ross used
p o o r judgem en t in electing to atte m p t the
flight betw een the layers. H e could also
have m ade the tra d itio n a l 180° and
retu rn ed to b etter co n d itio n s once he saw
the w eather starting to d eterio ra te. T h ere­
fore, he was fo u n d to be in violation o f
FA R 91.9 (careless flight) an d FA R 61.3
(n o n -in stru m en t rated in the clouds). The
ju d g e said th a t the “ fact th a t G ross
declared an em ergency an d was instructed
to clim b th ro u g h the clouds an d later
descend th ro u g h the clouds does n o t a ffo rd
him any im m unity from this re g u la tio n .”
H e was cleared o f a v iolation o f FA R
91,105 (basic VFR w eather m inim um s), as
th ere was no w ay o f proving w hether he
was in the clouds or only in haze an d a t a
p ro p e r distance from clouds p rio r to the
tim e he declared an em ergency. T he fact
th a t he was not willfully careless was held
to be irrelevant, and a sixty day suspension
o f his license was im posed by the F A A ,
w hich suspension the ad m in istrativ e ju d g e
affirm ed .
Dave Rahm
Killed in Crash
Dave R ahm , aero b atic pilot and geology
pro fesso r w ho presented the m ain banquet
address at In tern atio n al C o n v en tio n in
C o eu r d ’Alene, Id ah o (1975) was killed this
sum m er during his aero b a tic ro u tin e in
Jo rd a n . Dave was n o t only an o u tstan d in g
perfo rm er, b u t an eloqu en t sp eak er as well.
H is death is h eartfelt am o n g those w hom
his life touched.
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D eadline for 99 N EW S
Fullerton C hapter-3c-a-lb.
B oard o f D irectors m eeting
N inety-N ine H ea d q u arters
O k lah o m a City
DECEMBER
1
D eadline for the 99 N EW S
Jan u ary -F eb ru ary Issue
AWTAR
UP-DATE
by W'anda Cummings
T he PO W D E R P U F F D ERBY C O M ­
M E M O R A T IV E F L IG H T will p ostpone
A W T A R ’s b urial. In my rep o rt from
W ilm ington, 1 m entioned th at the S m ith­
son ian had suggested we ro u n d o u t our
history to 30 years w ith an “ ev en t” along
the course o f the original P o w d er P u ff in
1947. This possibility was discussed at the
A W T A R B oard M eeting in W ilm ington,
an d fu rth er plans were m ade during
co nvention in P hilad elp h ia. R esult: T here
W IL L be an event in 1977.
It will start July 2 in P alm Springs, C A ,
w ith proposed Stops in T ucson, A Z , El
P aso , M idland, an d D allas, T X , Shreve­
p o rt, LA, Jack so n , M S, M onroeville, A L ,
Thomasville, G A , an d end in T am p a,
Florida on July 5. T he flight will be open to
w om en pilots only, with n o age lim it on
airc ra ft. Each leg will be a sep arate contest
in th at we will mix speed, proficiency,
picture hunts, ect., all fo r p oints. The
co n testan t w ho accum ulates the m ost
p oints will be the overall w inner.
M eanw hile, the S m ithsonian will have
issued cachet covers to be carried by
contestan ts, declared July 1977 “ P ow der
P u ff D erby M o n th ” an d the Race as their
“ M ilestone o f F lig h t".
A t convention, this event was endorsed
by the N inety-N ines. C h ap ters concerned
with the W estern S tops have indicated their
willingness to hostess. M arian B anks an d I
have set up m eetings with S tops E ast o f
D allas startin g Septem ber 13.
F or speed racers, these plans seem like
com m itm ent to the R etirem ent H om e.
A W T A R is, how ever, appreciative o f the
ho n o rs bestow ed by the S m ith so n ian . We
will d o o u r honest best to m ake it a flight to
rem em ber, and hope y ’all com e. Race or
no, flying from Palm S prings to T am p a in
Ju ly will show the w orld th e re ’s stam ina
an d life in the old girls yet!
Pilot Safety Maintenance Program
Activity Points Listing
N o te :
M a r i ly n H ib n e r - M c L o r e n
" A d v i s o r y " C h a irm a n
D ia n a Fish e r
"W o r k in g " C h a irm a n
N A M E : ___
W h e n c o m p le te d , subm it to C h a p te r S afe ty E d u c a tio n C h a irm a n
____________________ M A IN T E N A N C E PERIOD From
S E C T IO N
CHAPTER
The f o llo w in g "P o in t V o lu e s " h a v e b ee n assigned to S a fe ty E d u c a tio n A c tiv itie s /A c c o m p lis h m e n ts
fo r th e 1 9 7 6 -7 7 fis c a l y e a r th a t may be e a rn e d by a C h a p te r a n d /o r S e c tio n to a c c u m u la te p o in ts
on a S e c tio n le v e l. The S e c tio n s c o rin g the h ig h e s t num ber o f p o in ts w i l l be th e r e c ip ie n t o f the
9 9 's ro ta tin g S e c tio n A w a rd p la q u e ; th e C h o p te r in th a t S e c tio n most re sp o n sib le fo r th e S e c tio n 's
w in n in g p o in t a c c u m u la tio n w i l l be th e r e c ip ie n t o f the G . A . M . A . ro ta tin g C h a p te r A w a rd p la q u e ;
the S e c tio n w it h th e h ig h e s t p e rc e n ta g e o f p a r t ic ip a t io n in the P ilo t S a fe ty M a in te n a n c e Program
A c tiv ity /A c c o m p lis h m e n t
P o in t V a lu e
10 (e o ch tim e )
A p p o in tm e n t o f S e c tio n S a fe ty E d u c a tio n C h a irm a n
S a fe ty E d u c a tio n Them e and Program a t S e c tio n M e e tin g
CHAPTERS
A p p o in tm e n t o f C h a p te r S afe ty E d u c a tio n C h a irm a n
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10 (e a ch tim e )
10 (e a ch tim e )
5 (e a ch tim e )
2000 (e a ch m e m b er)*
5 (e a ch m em ber)
S a fe ty Program o t C h a p te r M e e tin g
P e n n y (ie s )-A -P o u n d E ven t
S pon sorin g S a fe ty C l i n i c in A s s o c ia tio n w it h F A A
S ponsoring S a fe ty C h e c k -R id e C l i n i c w it h F A A
S ponsoring C F I R e v a lid a tio n C l i n i c w it h F A A
S ta tic D is p la y o n A V I A T I O N SAFETY E N C O U R A G E M E N T
fo r P ILO TS os P rim a ry V ie w e rs
S ponsoring S . A . F . E . S em inar
S ponsoring A . W . A . R . E . S em inar
P u b lish e d A r t ic le o n A V I A T I O N SAFETY E N C O U R A G E M E N T
fo r P IL O T S os P rim a ry Readers
O n e Y e a r's C o m p le tio n o f P ilo t S a fe ty M a in te n a n c e Program
- o r - U p g ra d e d L ic e n s e /N e w R a tin g d u rin g C u rre n t F is c a l Y e a r
F A A - A p p o in te d S a fe ty C o u n s e lo r
* * In te rn a tio n a l S a fe ty E d u c a tio n C h a irm a n w i l l c o n v e rt th is to a C h a p te r V a lu e by d iv id in g th e
2 00 0 p o in ts p e r m em ber b y th e num be r o f C h a p te r members o f re c o rd os o f 1 -1 - 7 7 .
NOTE:
S E -10 0
(9 /7 6 )
These p o in ts m ay be c la im e d O N L Y BY S U B M IT T IN G O F F IC IA L C L A IM FO R M S OR
E X A C T C O P Y THEREOF fo r a c tiv itie s /a c c o m p lis h m e n ts w h ic h o c c u rre d b e tw e e n 7 - 1 - 7 6
and 6 - 3 0 - 7 7 . Forms c o m p le te d a nd m a ile d w it h a P O S TM A R K N O LATER T H A N 6 - 3 0 - 7 6
w i l l be th e o n ly ones e li g i b l e fo r th is fis c a l y e a r's p o in t a c c u m u la tio n . Forms b e a rin g
a postm ark a fte r th e d e a d lin e d a te w i l l be h e ld o v e r fo r th e n e x t fis c a l y e a r ’ s p o in t
a c c u m u la tio n .
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is c u rre n t u nd er BFR re q u ire m e n ts .
S IG N E D :
C O -S IG N E D :
P IL O T - I N - C O M M A N D C H E C K S :
S E C T IO N S
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I h ereb y c e r t ify t h a t , to the best o f my k n o w le d g e and u po n re v ie w in g the p ilo t 's log b oo k fo r PIC a nd d ua l
e n trie s , th e a b o v e -n a m e d p ilo t has a cc o m p lis h e d the b e lo w -lis te d P ilo t S a fe ty M a in te n a n c e Program fo r th e
a b o v e -s la te d o n e -y e a r p e r io d , in a s in c e re d e sire to m oke h e rs e lf a sa fe r p i l o t . I fu rth e r c e r t ify th a t th is p ilo
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w i l l be the r e c ip ie n t o f a n F . A . A . p la q u e .
THE N IN E T Y -N IN E S
SAFETY EDUCATION FORMS
- L ie . *
Class M ed ./E x p .D a te
/n e w ra tin g and a tta c h c o p y or o th e r v e r if i a t io n o f same .
E very Y e a r
Every
Every
E very
( * o r Two Y ea rs)
Three M on th s S ix M onths
X -C F lig h t
R e view e d c u rre n t FAR's 1 , 6 1 , 9 1 , NTSB 8 30
R e view e d p ilo t in s tr u c tiv e m a te ria l a p p ro p ria te
to lic e n s e /r o tin g (s )
R e view e d O w n e r's M a n u a l and O p e ra tin g L im ita ­
tio n s fo r A ir c r a f t most fre q u e n tly flo w n
R e v ie w e d /p ra c tic e d W e ig h t & B ala nce problem s
X
X
X
P ra c tic e d DF steers
X -W in d ta k e -o ffs and la n d in g s (5 )
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
S lip la n d in g s (5 )
N o rm a l ta k e -o ffs and la n d in g s (1 0 )
S ta ll la n d in g s (5 )
S h o rt/S o ft F ie ld ta k e -o ffs and la n d in g s (5 e a ch )
N ig h t ta k e -o ffs a nd lan d in g s (5 )
M in im u m c o n tro lla b le a irspe e d
S to lls (a p p ro a c h , d e p a rtu re , a c c e le ra te d )
Steep turns a b o u t a p o in t
F ile d VFR F lig h t P lan - f lig h t u nd er 200 s .m .
- f lig h t o v e r 200 s . m .
W e a th e r b r ie f in g and w r it t e n flig h t- p la n n in g she
X -C T rip v ia na v a id s /p i I o ta g e /d e a d re c k o n in g
A tte n d e d S a fe ty C l i n i c ( i f a v a ila b le in a re a )
T a k e -o ffs and la n d in g s - C o n tr o lle d A irp o rts (3 )
X
X
X
X
O p tio n a l
X
X
X
X
X
X
D U A L CHECKS:
O r a lly q u iz z e d on c u rre n t FAR's
O r a lly q u iz z e d on p ilo t k n o w le d g e fo r lic e n s e /
ra tin g (s ) u nd er w h ic h c u rre n tly f ly in g
O r a lly q u iz z e d on O w n e r's M a n u a l, O p e ra tin g
L im ita tio n s , W e ig h t and B ala nce d a ta
F A A S a fe ty C h e c k rid e (o r e q u iv a le n t by C F I)
B ie n n ia l F lig h t R e view (o r e q u iv a le n t u p - g ra d in g )
Use o f c h e c k lis ts a nd p r e flig h t pro ced ures
E m ergency pro ced ures & g e n e ra l d u a l re fre she r
ins*rum ent F lig h t c h e c k - o u t
S pin d e m o s /in s tru c tio n on e n try a nd re c o v e ry
(9 /7 6 ) S E-107
CO
Safety
Education
Diane Fisher, Working Co-Chairman
Marilyn Hibner-McLaren, Advisory
Co-Chairman
T he Safety E ducation p ro g ram fo r this
year is L O O K IN G U P w ith the ad d itio n o f
D iane Fisher o f the Long Island C h ap ter
joining the C om m ittee as its W orking
C hairm an (all o f the pap erw o rk , m ailings
and record-keeping); and M arilyn M cL aren
rem aining in an advisory cap acity fo r
D iane’s First year. The P o in t C laim F orm s
are L O O K IN G U P also — they are
m ultiple-copy carbonless form s w hich elim ­
inate the need to p hotoco p y ; they are
standardized for year-to-year use; they only
require one signature, and they all have
form num bers on them . A co m plete set has
been mailed to each G overno r an d C h ap ter
C hairm an for her to pass o n to her
appointed Safety E du catio n C h airm an .
A nd — the P o in t V alue fo r a m em b er’s
com pletion o f the P ilot S afety M aintenance
Program * IS U P — to 2000 P O IN T S on a
per-m em ber basis! W ith the elim ination o f
the A P T program , this should fill the
“ g ap ” on proficiency. A nd th e revised
P .S .M .P . has altered the req u irem en t on
VFR flight plan filing so th a t it is o p tio n al
fo r flights under 200 s.m .; req u ired for
flights over 200 s.m . A lso, the P .S .M .P .
requirem ents can be autom atically m et by
an up-graded license/new ratin g . A copy o f
the new form for the P .S .M .P . has been
printed in this issue o f 99 N EW S so th a t
each m em ber will have a copy an d can
begin im m ediately on it. R em em ber it’s
now w orth 2000 PO IN T S on a per-m em ber
basis.
You will notice from the revised P o in ts
Listing printed in this issue o f the N EW S
th at the Public Speaking categ o ry has been
deleted to om it the “ fine line” o f
differentiating betw een S afety E d u catio n
and general A erospace E d u catio n . H ow ev­
er, we are N O T A SK IN G you to stop
talking! It is still one o f the aim s o f this
C om m ittee as well as the A erospace
E ducation C om m ittee.
W e hope to see a high level o f
participation on this year’s S afety E d u ca­
tion P rogram , as w e’ve listened to your
com m ents all year an d at C o n v en tio n an d
im plem ented all the good suggestions.
H E L P K EE P SA FETY E D U C A T IO N
A LIVE — SAVE A PIL O T !
U PD A T E 99 IN T ER N A T IO N A L
CONVENTION — 1977 —
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFO R NIA
by Vivian Harshbarger
“ T he end is ju s t the b eginning” . Since
sum m er o f ’74 this seems to be o u r fo rm at.
W e dedicate ourselves to tally to th e cu rren t
p ro ject (usually a fu n d raiser) then as each
one ends, go on to the business of
organizing C onv en tio n ’77. T he “ e n d ” this
tim e was o u r “ W ine an d F rench Bread
A ffa ir” a t C onvention ’76. I w o n ’t bore
you w ith the horrib le details o f logistics
such as tra n sp o rta tio n o f fresh french
b read from SFO to P h ilad elp h ia, the
problem s w ith Pennsylvania L iq u o r Laws,
o r O U R bringing booze in to the h otel —
suffice to say we “ m ade it” , an d felt o ur
“ A ffa ir” was a huge success. W e do thank
all o f you w ho atten d ed . O u r final (we
hope) fu n d raiser will be a rum m age sale in
early M arch o f ’77. W e d o solicit IM ­
P O R T E D rum m age. C all Rose S h arp (in
roster) to m ake arrangem ents to fly or drive
in rum m age.
A few statistics:
Headquarters: H yatt Regency, San
Francisco. N ear everything! C onvention
rates less $4.00.
Airport o f Entry: O ak lan d , C alifornia.
D o n ’t w orry ab o u t T C A . W e’ll give
directions later. I t’s easy to go under.
C om m ercial and G eneral A viation same
location — separate fields an d tow ers. We
will have hospitality room s at b o th fields
a n d tra n sp o rta tio n to San Francisco.
Special: H o spitality ro o m fo r 49!/2ers.
M en are invited to A L L activities except
business m eetings and we are w orking on
extra o p tio n al activities to en tertain them .
Exhibits: W e plan a large exhibit area
th a t should be o f interest to everyone
a tten d in g .
If we reach o u r goal an d we are
determ ined we will, you will only pay for
y o u r hotel (and personal expenses) plus the
C o nvention package co n tain in g tickets for
A E L uncheon, B anquet an d possibly a
break fast.
W e w ant all 99s and th eir fam ilies to
a tte n d , so you can be sure we will do
everything we can to m ake it possible.
See you in A ugust 1977 in San Francisco.
LOUISE M. T H A D E N FIELD
REDEDICATED
Louise M. T haden Field, B entonville,
A rk an sas, was rededicated o n A ug u st 22,
1976 at 2:00 P .M . This day has g one dow n
in A viation H istory with o u r own C h arter
N inety-N ine Louise T haden present fo r the
cerem onies in her hom e tow n o f B en to n ­
ville.
Louise M cP hetridge T h ad en grew u p in
B entonville in the early days o f av iatio n .
She becam e hooked on av iatio n a fte r her
first $5 b arn sto rm er ride, and th ro u g h
d eterm in atio n and the g o o d fo rtu n e o f
being at the right place at the right tim e,
w as able to be a p art o f this dynam ic new
aviation industry.
Louise set m any a ltitu d e an d en d u ran ce
records during her days in av iatio n . She
w on the first W o m en ’s A ir D erby in 1929
flying a T ravelaire. A m elia E a rh a rt and
B lanche Noyes were am ong the 20 oth er
w om en w ho com peted in this race from
S an ta M onica, C A to C o lu m b u s, O H . In
1936, the first tim e w om en w ere allow ed to
com pete with men in the Bendix T ra n sc o n ­
tinental A ir Race from NY to Los A ngeles,
Louise, w ith B lanche as co-pilot, cam e in
first. They flew a Beech Staggerw ing and
crossed the contin en t in 14 hours an d 15
m inutes.
E xhibits exem plifying Louise T h a d e n ’s
days as an aviatrix were o n display at
B entonville fo r the cerem onies. B oth a
Staggerw ing and a T ravelaire w ere brought
to the field fo r this occasion and a new
p erm an en t display case filled with her
m em entos and pho to s was installed at the
a irp o rt.
Arkansas 99s with Louise Thaden (center top) at
Rededication o f Louise Thaden Field.
T he program was a very im pressive one
an d the refreshm ents were served by the
A rk an sas 99s, o f w hom alm ost all were
p resent from far an d n ear. T he agenda
included airplane rides by the Bentonville
pilots, stu n t flying, and the historical
a ircraft display o f T ravelaires, W acos, and
Staggerwings. The Staggerw ing form ation
flight w as a thrill to the sp ectato rs as well as
the m om ents o f p resentation o f the gold
plaq u e and the painting to L ouise T haden.
(M aterial com piled from rep o rt by
M arguerite Nielsen, an d acco u n ts in the
Northwest Arkansas Merchandiser, and
Flight in Arkansas.)
P ilo t -W h ir le y G ir l-W r ite r-E d ito r &
P u b lis h e r
by Auleen K. Hall
TONY PAGE
GIVE: THE 99 NEWS
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student pilot o" FBO when you m ake out
your C hristm as list. W hat b etter g ift th a n a
subscription to the 99 N EW S. L e t’s keep
everybody abreast o f the progress o f
w om en in aviation in the only perio d ical on
the subject.
O n the contest board in tro d u ced in last
m o n th ’s issue. Eastern Ontario Chapter is
still in the lead with six gift subscrip tio n s.
O ther chapters with gift su b scrip tio n s to
their credit are Oklahom a, O hio and
Greater Seattle. W e’re w aiting to hear from
your C hapter.
Y ES, T H E R E IS A D IF F E R E N C E !
T here are those w ho can an d d o n ’t an d those w ho can an d d o . T ony P age, a m em ber
o f the F o rt W o rth C h ap ter o f 99s, is one w ho can and does.
In the 1940’s T o n y , A n to in ette E dg ett, was doing reader research fo r th e C urtis
P ublishing C o. She interview ed a D allas b an k er w ho was so im pressed w ith her w riting
ability th a t he suggested she go to w ork for Southern Flight Magazine — now Flight
M agazine. She becam e a s ta ff w riter in H o u sto n under ow ner, G eorge H ad d aw ay . She
m oved to their D allas office an d becam e so h o oked on w riting th a t she has been doing it
ever since.
T ony was b o rn in M oscow , Id a h o . H er F ath e r, M ike, was a geologist w ho w as on the
team th a t discovered th e T ea p o t D om e oil deposit in W yom ing. B ecause o f his
traveling, he put her in M rs. W illiam ’s P re p a rato ry School fo r Y oung Ladies at 8th &
C o o p er in F o rt W o rth . L ater she w ent to high school in Los Angeles an d to o k special
courses at U C L A .
In 1945 she m arried a pilot nam ed H o llan d Page, and in 1952 he gave Cross Country
News to her as a b irth d ay g ift. C ross Country News, a n aviation new spaper, is
published at M eacham Field in F o rt W o rth . T ony is now E d ito r & P ublisher. She has
“ jazzed u p ” th e p u blication in her ow n inim itable style!
T ony has particip ated in th e P o w d er P u ff D erby an d once w on a Texas flight
com petitio n . She holds th e A m elia E arh a rt M edal fo r her activities in prom oting
av iatio n and is the only w riter to receive, 4 tim es, the Sherm an F airchild International
S afety A w ard. She has w on the Felicity Burnelli A w ard, nam ed fo r th e sister o f Vincent
J. Burnelli, fam ous a irc ra ft designer.
T ony was nam ed A viation W o m an o f the Year in th e early sixties, an aw ard by the
W o m a n ’s N atio n al A ero n au tical A ssociation. She has been a m em ber o f th e A viation
W riters A ssn., since 1947, an d in 1962 w as given the to p w riting aw ard from the
A viation Space W riters, an in te rn a tio n a l o rganization.
H er w riting got her in to flying. In 1941 she w rote an essay o n why she w anted to learn
to fly. H er essay w on first place — th e prize was a flying course.
T he vivacious, fun-loving T ony is saluted in the C ongressional R ecord. She is one o f
10 w om en in the U .S . nam ed by C a lifo rn ia C ong. D on H . C lausen in his trib u te on the
flo o r o f the H ouse to “ dynam ic an d dedicated w om en. . .w ho have been aviation
pioneers an d played a lead role in advancing aviatio n , aero n au tics a n d aerospace
pro g ram s an d sciences” .
T ony is a ch arter m em ber o f th e F o rt W o rth Press C lu b . She loves the place so m uch
she has set aside $1,000 in her will fo r fellow m em bers to drink to asts to h er m em ory.
H AY U N A D IF F E R E N C IA !
A U S T R A L IA in 1978
i n t e ;r c o n t i n e : n t a l t o u r s
By now , most o f you in th e N o rth
A m erican C ontinent have received in fo r­
m ation in the mail regarding w hat is being
offered and what is available fo r th e 1978
99s C onvention in A ustralia. Be sure to fill
in the form at the bottom an d retu rn it to
IN T E R C O N T IN E N T A L T O U R S in Los
Angeles and let them know w hich to u rs you
are interested in. C olorful b ro ch u res will be
sent you upon receipt o f y o u r com pleted
Editors note: Since this is the first
form . For those of you w ho have not
Convention we have had away fr o m the
received any inform ation o n this to u r
offering, feel free to w rite to IN T E R C O N ­ N orth American Continent, we have no
past experience on which to base estimates
T IN E N T A L T O U R S and request it from
them . T hose o f you w ho w ere in P h ilad el­ r t) f attendance fo r this convention. Both
the Australians and Intercontinental Tours
phia and saw what exciting things a re going
would appreciate it very m uch i f yo u would
on “ Down U nder” will know w hy we w ant
indicate your potential interest in going to
to m ake our 1978 A ustralia C o n v en tio n the
Australia by responding to the fre e o ffer
biggest and best attended yet!! C o n tact
IN T E R C O N T IN E N T A L T O U R S at 609 fo r information so they will have som e idea
o f how many m ay want to go. This is not
South G rand A venue, Suite 1007, Los
binding in any way, o f course.
Angeles, C alifornia 90017.
A group o f Australian wom en pilots pose in
front o f a Boeing 747 o f the Qantas Australia
Fleet. 99s included are Sandra l.ogan , far left:
Nancy Softies and Lyn Butler under “ Boeing” :
Dawn Gregory, second from right. The group
had just had a tour o f the Qantas plant at Sydney
Airport. The lour culminated with a “ Qantastic” meal served in the sim ulator by a Cabin
Crew on a refresher course. The event was
organized by 99 Shirley Harris, Secretary o f the
N .S .W . Section o f the Australian W om en’s
Pilots Association as part o f the 1976 Annual
General Meeting celebrations. Photo Q A N TA S
A U STR A LIA .
NEW
HORIZONS
Stella Hardin
Her Heart Wore Wings
by Betty Wharton
On Septem ber 2, 1976, the N inety N ines
lost a true an d faithful frien d . Stella
H ardin, from San Diego C h a p te r suc­
cum bed to a ten year battle with cancer. As
a local news item stated , Stella w as a
Registered N urse, but her heart w ore
wings! She learned to fly in 1939, in New
York C ity, joined the N inety Nines in
H awaii in 1950, an d tran sferred to San
Diego in 1958, w here she was C h a p te r
C hairm an from 1964-66.
I just learned an interesting sto ry from
D on H ardin. In 1941, when th e Navy
needed Floyd Bennett Field, and th erefo re
pushed G eneral A viation o u t, Stella and
friends went looking for a new a irp o rt site.
“ Sunrise A irp o rt” resulted. A fte r the w ar.
M ayor La G uardia liked the location they
had picked, and. . .you guessed it. . .New
York C ity bought the airp o rt, an d it is now
JFK!
In addition to being a nurse a n d pilot,
Stella was also an aircraft m echanic, a
welder, which allow ed her to m ake jew elry,
a hom em aker for D on and three d au g h ters,
active in her church. . .and all this in spite
o f a congenital defect in her spine, which
would have kept a lesser spirit at hom e in a
rocking chair! D uring W orld W ar II, she
flew courier service for the Civil A ir P atro l,
since her handicap prevented h er from
being a W A SP.
Stella H ardin was quite a w om an. . .and
there will alw ays be a special place in o u r
hearts for that shy little lady w ho w as o u r
friend.
501 (c) (3) INFORMATION
by Sylvia P aoli, C hm .
A n answ er to the m any q u estio n s and
inquiries m ade by various ch ap te rs to
headquarters an d b o ard m em bers should be
forthcom ing in the very near fu tu re. By
O ctober 1st o r shortly th ereafte r, requests
directed to headquarters will bring you an
in form ation packet answ ering the m ostfrequently asked questions a b o u t the 501(c)
(3) status and giving you som e prelim inary
in form ation as to how to get started on it
for your chapter.
If your chapter or section has already
decided to w ork on its applicatio n fo r the
deductible status, o r will be doin g so in the
future, you should start right now to g ath er
the m aterial required for the ap p licatio n , as
it will take from six m onths to a year o r
m ore to com plete the p rep ara tio n s neces­
sary for the actual ap p licatio n , if you are
Tribute to the late
BOBBY TERRY
by Nancy-Bird W alton.
“ O ne o f the first o f the few ” was pioneer
w om an aviatrix N ancy-B ird W a lto n ’s des­
crip tio n o f her colleague in the air, Bobby
T erry w ho died in A ugust. M rs. T erry was
the first A u stralian w om an to w on her own
plane an d the second to hold a com m ercial
p ilo t’s license, a n d w as one o f the
fo rm atio n w ho flew o u t to m eet A m y
Jo h n so n w hen she landed in Sydney. M rs.
T erry left the records to o th ers. She used
her plane only to fly from her p ro p erty at
Q uirindi to Sydney.
Nancy added th at Bobby T erry was the
second A ustralian to jo in the N inety Nines
in 1936, follow ing M rs. Keith M iller w as a
C h a rte r m em br. Bobby T e rry nom in ated
N ancy in 1937.
Carolinas Chapter Saddened by
Two Deaths
T he Carolinas Chapter was saddened to
h ear o f th e d eaths o f tw o m em bers. Kay
W illiams, an active m em ber, died a t H igh
P o in t, N .C ., in A ugust. F o rm er m em ber
Kathleen O ’Brien died 19 Ju ly at M enlo
P a rk , C a. She had been a m em ber o f the
c h ap te r fo r years. B oth w om en will be
greatly m issed.
Arkansas ATP Perishes in Crash
o f her Pitts Special
Ellen Spellman, A T P , A rkansas’ first
and only lady pilot to achieve th e A T P
rating has gone o n to a new ho rizo n . Ellen
ow ned and o p erated her ow n ch arte r
service, flying a Beech B aron o u t o f
G oodw in Field, El D o ra d o , A rkansas.
Ellen ow ned a P itts Special w hich w as fo r
her p asttim c and in w hich she m ade her last
flight to the new horizon.
doing it on a g ro u p basis — th a t is,
subm itting an ap p licatio n fro m y o u r sec­
tion which will include all the ch ap ters in
th a t section.
T h e best m aterial fo r the applicatio n
com es from new spapers, so sta rt now to
save all articles th at refer in any way to
y our ch ap te r activities th a t su p p o rt the
deductible purposes — scientific, ed u ca­
tio n al, and charitab le. T h a t will include
alm ost everything except purely social
activities. Flyers, b ro ch u res, new sletters,
N inety-N ine News rep o rts, letters an d
m any o th er sources can also be fo u n d for
this m aterial. L etters from a irp o rt officials,
FA A personnel an d o th ers in av iatio n ,
com m ending a ch ap te r o r section fo r its
w ork in som e p articu lar area are especially
favored. T hinking to w ard s the fu tu re,
w hen you plan a safety sem in ar, o r flight
in stru c to r’s clinic, o r d o som e charitable
flying (carrying m edical supplies, etc.),
C A L L Y OUR L O C A L N E W S P A P E R and
start generating th e kind o f publicity th at
will aid yo u r ap p licatio n .
H IS T O R IC A L P L A Q U E TO
C O M M E M O R A T E E IL E E N V O L L IC k
C A N A D A ’S F IR S T L IC E N S E D
W O M A N P IL O T
An historical plaq u e to com m em orate
C a n a d a ’s first licensed lady pilo t, Eileen
V ollick, was unveiled by m em bers o f the
fam ily in front o f H a m ilto n ’s new C ity Hall
on Sunday, Septem ber 19th, 1976. M any
local and provincial d ignitaries were pre­
sent.
Eileen obtained her license in the year
1928 at the J.V . E lliot Flying School
located at nearby G h e n t’s C rossing. The
p laq u e was erected by th e M inistry o f
C u ltu re and R ecreation, H eritage F o u n d a­
tio n B ranch, and was due to th e effo rts of
M rs. D orothy R enwick, M useum C hair­
m an o f the East C an a d a Section o f the 99,
In c., w ho fo r the past three years has been
instru m en tal in providing C a n a d a w ith it’s
first m useum collection o f p h o to g raphs,
news clippings an d artifa cts respecting our
pio n eer C an ad ian w om en pilots.
T he unveiling was p art o f th e First
C an ad ian C h a p te r’s 25th A nniversary cele­
b ratio n s which took place at the Chelsea
Inn in T o ro n to the week end o f Septem ber
17 th -19th.
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*
*
C h arlo tte Kenney, T o p ek a 99, flew an
E L T search on Ju ly II w ith her 49'Aer Bob.
T he little devil was fo u n d the next day in a
W est T o p ek a hom e, a fte r it had been
rem oved from an a irc ra ft th a t had been
flying for three h ours all over the T opeka
area. M oving targets are very d ifficult to
find.
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*
l»B FINIS W ITH 99s.
A fter ten years. Headquarters Secretary Darla
Bullard, m oves to San A ntonio. A farewell party
was held at International Headquarters, com ­
plete with cham pagne, cake and gifts. The Board
presented her with an AE M edal. She will he
greatly missed and we wish her well.
a E a rh a rt S e llo ((tr illip 5
Career
Scholarships
Research
Scholarships
FACT SHEET
P ERTAINING T O T H E A P P LIC A TIO N S FOR TH E
99s AM ELIA EAR HART M EM ORIAL CAREER S C H O LA R S H IP S
FACT SHEET
P ER TAINING TO TH E A P P LIC A TIO N S FOR TH E
99s AM ELIA EAR H A R T M EM ORIAL RESEARCH SCH OLAR
The A m elia Earhart M em orial S cho la rsh ip ap p lica tio n form is
made a part o f th is N inety-N ine News. Any N inety Nine w ishin g
to apply for the scholarship is invited to read it th o ro u g h ly. The
crite ria for a candidate in clud es the fo llo w in g :
• have been a 99 in good stan din g fo r the tw o previous years
prior to date of ap plication
• hold a current m edical c e rtific a te
• have a m inim um o f 200 hours p ilot-in -co m m an d since
receiving her private license
• have need o f award fin a n c ia lly
• have the support o f her chapter
• m ust have letter of reco m m en datio n signed by the Chapter
A.E. Chairman or Chapter Chairm an
• m ust agree to com plete the course a n d /o r train ing w ith in
tw o years
• su b m it a separate a p p lic a tio n fo r each rating or educational
goal fo r w hich you are a p plying
A pp lica nt fo r the A m elia Earhart M em orial Research Scholar
grant m ust meet the fo llo w in g crite ria :
• have been a 99 in good stan din g fo r the tw o previous years
prior to date of a p p lica tio n .
• have a m inim um o f 200 hours p ilot-in -co m m an d since
receiving her private license
• have the support o f her chapter
• have a le tter o f reco m m en datio n signed by the A.E.
Chairman or Chapter Chairm an
• sub m it a form al proposal (c o n s is tin g of an A dm inistrative
and Technical sectio n) fo r the research she wishes to
perform
• to be q u alified and recognized scholar in the area of her
proposed research
• propose to do research in the area o f wom en in aerospace
a n d /o r aviation
The application con sists o f A p p lica tio n form , Experience
record, E lig ib ility form and le tte r o f recom m endation from the
chapter. FIVE copies o f each o f these m ust be su b m itte d to her
Chapter A.E. Chairman, o n ly one of w h ich m ust be notarized.
One head and shoulders, black and w h ite glossy photo of the
applicant (at least 2 1/<x2V4) m ust accom pany each copy o f the
a p plication .
The Chapter A.E. C hairm an w ill ascertain that the m em ber’s
a p plication is com plete and th a t all statem e nts in it are true. She
w ill determ ine the num ber o f a p p lica n ts perm itted from her
chapter. Each chapter is allow ed one a p p lica tio n fo r every 30
mem bers or m ajor p o rtion th e re o f. Regardless of size, each
chapter is allow ed at least one a p p lica n t. If there are more
ap plican ts than the quota fo r her chapter, the Chairm an w ill
select a com m ittee to assist her in screening the ap p lica tio n s.
This w ill be com posed of tw o o r three 99s o r other m em bers of
the local aviation co m m u n ity w ho w o uld have a non-biased
interest in fu rth e r aviation. T his co m m itte e w ill screen the
candidates using the fo llo w in g c rite ria :
• what has the applicant already accom plished?
• how much does she need the Award fina ncia lly?
• how w ell w ill she use it to advance her career?
• how w ide a field in aviation w ill th is benefit?
• is she w orthy of the Award?
• how long has she been a 99 and how active has she been?
Chapter A.E. Chairman w ill m ail her qu ota (or less) of the
ap plican ts to the Section A .E. S cho la rsh ip C hairm an to be
postm arked no later than JAN U AR Y 15th. The Section Governor
w ill have inform ed each chapter o f the name and address o f the
Section A.E. Chairman in advance o f th is date.
Section A.E. Chairman w ill in tu rn select a co m m itte e (sim ila r
to that described fo r the local chapter) and screen the
ap p lica tio n s subm itted by the cha pters, using the crite ria listed
above. Each Section A.E. C hairm an may su b m it one ap p lica tio n
fo r each 200 members o f the sectio n or a m ajor p o rtion thereof
to the Chairman of the Board o f Trustees o f the A.E. M em orial
Scholarship Fund to be postm arked no later than FEBRUARY
15th. The Section A.E. Chairm an w ill n o tify tho se candidates
not included in the quota su b m itte d to the Board.
A Section w hich does not have a chapter may itse lf su b m it at
least one ap plication regardless o f size.
As fo r the Career S cho la rsh ip s, the Research Scholar m ust
include in her a p p lic a tio n : an A p p lic a tio n form , E lig ib ility form
when applicable, and le tte r o f recom m endation from the
chapter. FIVE copies o f each o f these m ust be subm itted to her
Chapter A.E. Chairm an, o n ly one of w h ich m ust be notarized.
One head and shoulders, black and w h ite glossy photo of the
applicant (at least 2 1/4x2’/4) m ust accom pany each copy of the
ap plication .
The Chapter A.E. Chairm an w ill ascertain that the m em ber’s
ap p lica tio n is com p lete and th a t all statem ents in it are true.
S ubm ittal o f ap p lica tio n fo rm s w ill fo llo w the form at printed
in the 99s M em bership D irectory. There w ill be no quota for the
num ber of a p p lica tio n s m ade fo r Research Scholars either at the
Chapter or the S ection level. The Chapter A.E. Chairman w ill
m ail the ap p lica tio n s and p ro po sals fo r the Research Scholar
grants w ith her quota for the Career S cholarships to the Section
A.E. S cholarship Chairm an to be postm arked no later than
January 15th. The S ection G overnor w ill have inform ed each
chapter o f the name and address o f the S ection A.E. Chairman
in advance o f th is date.
The S ection A.E. Chairm an w ill not evaluate the applications
and proposals for the Research S cholar grant but w ill forward
them to the Chairm an o f the Board o f Trustees o f the A.E.
M em orial Scholarship Fund to be postm arked no later than
February 15th.
If the 99 belongs to a S ection w h ich does not have a chapter
she shall sub m it her a p p lica tio n and proposal d ire ctly to the
A.E. Chairman of the S ection postm arked no later than January
15th. The Section A.E. Chairm an w ill com p lete the verification
form and the S ection G overnor w ill prepare the letter of
recom m endation.
Evaluation o f the proposals fo r the Research Scholar w ill be
on the basis o f research areas liste d by the A m elia Earhart
M em orial Scholarship Board o f Trustees as desirable and on the
basis o f technical excellence.
1977 A PPLIC A TIO N FORM
AM ELIA EA R H A R T M EM ORIAL CAR EER S C H O LA R S H IP
AM ELIA EA R H A R T M EM ORIAL RESEARCH SC H O LAR
(cross o u t one)
These scholarships and grants are made possible through the
desires of TH E N IN E T Y N IN E S , IN C. to develop the talents of
women in the fields of aviation and aerospace and to sponsor
research relating to women in these fields. The monies making
this scholarship possible are drawn partly from interest on the
trust fund and partly from annual donations by Chapters,
Sections, individuals and special interest groups within the
N IN E T Y -N IN E S , IN C. and friends of the N IN E T Y-N IN E S , INC.
Nam e
Airm an's C ertificate #
(as it appears on Airman Cert.)
A d d re s s _________________________________________________________________________ __________________
Chapter________________________________________________________________
9 9 sin ce ____
M onth
Year
Age---------------------------------------S in g le--------------------------------------- M a rrie d _______________________ Husband's nam e__________________
M inor C h ild ren --------------------------------------------------- ages______________________________ oth er_dependents_________________________
Private rating ree d
Pilot in comm and hours since Pvt__________________
M o / Yr
Certificate & ratings now held_______________________________________________________
Scholarship w ould be used tow ard^-.
Reasons for applying (proposed uste of rating, opportunities available be com plete!! Use additional sheet if necessary).
Present position and em ployer
Previous em ploym ent________
Husband's position and em p loye r_____________________________
* A pplicants for Research S cholar gra nts may e lim ina te th is
answer since the essence o f the statem ent w ill be reflected in
the Formal Proposal or she may choose to provide a
thum bnail sketch o f the response if she chooses.
EXPERIENCE
CROSS COUNTRY: List flights in excess of 250 miles from home base (Use attached sheet if necessary).
Instructing: (year, place, approx. hours or duration o f job)
Other aeronautical experience o r training, including form er ratings:
Hours in various types of aircrafts: (give details)
(Number of flig h t hours or sem ester hours)
N OVEM B ER 1976
11
ELIGIBILITY FORM
(To be used by all a p p lica n ts fo r Career S cholarships and by
a p plican ts fo r Research S cholar grants if the grant is to be used
in con ne ction w ith an advanced degree o r on a “ m atching fu n d s ”
co n tra ct.)
School from which course of instruction requested in this application would be obtained (if not an accredited school, then the name
of the qualified instructor)
(Name of school or qualified instructor)
(Address of school or instructor)
The follow ing statem ent is to be com pleted by a responsible official Of the school (or qualified instructor) who would give the instruc­
tion.
Approxim ate cost of in stru ctio n —
.----------------------------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A pproxim ate hours of in stru ction ------------------------------------------- ------------------------- --—
— —
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type of aircraft to be used---------------------------------------— -------------------------------------------------—
--------------------------------------------------------------------- -
I have exam ined the credentials (certificates, logs, transcripts, etc) of — i_ —
----------------------------and find her to be eligible to begin instruction, and deem ed fu lly qualified to accom plish the rating for the course e n titled:---------------------(full name of course)
The cost quoted above is standard for this school:
S ig n e d :----------------------------------------------T itle :---------------------------------------------------Date:---------------------------------------------------(If application is for m ore than one course copies of this form, duly signed, are required for each course.)
TO BE NOTARIZED
Be it known that I am a m em ber in good standing o f THE
NINETY NINES, INC. tha t I have been a mem ber fo r the 2
previous years prior to the date o f th is a p p lica tio n , that I have
logged 200 hours or more as a p ilo t in com m and since receiving
my private p ilo t ce rtifica te and th a t if I receive the AM ELIA
EARHART MEMORIAL CAREER SCHOLARSHIP o r the AM ELIA
EARHART MEMORIAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR GRANT (cross
out inappropriate title ) I w ill co m p le te the course o f in s tru c tio n ,
education or research fo r w h ich th is ap p lica tio n is sub m itte d
w ith in 2 years and I understand it is to be used o n ly fo r the
p u rp o se /o r rating fo r w h ich I am ap plying . I furthe r agree to
retain m y m em bership in THE NINETY NINES, INC. du ring th is
tim e and to keep in c o m m u n ica tio n w ith the Board o f Trustees
of the AM ELIA EARHART SCH O LARSH IP TRUST FUND and
inform them , at least qu arterly, o f my progress.
I attest to the fact tha t m y a p p lica tio n reflects an honest
appraisal o f my a b ility to co m p le te the ra tin g /e d u ca tio n a l
goal/research goal requested in th is a p p lica tio n .
The follow ing is to be com pleted by the
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT A LL INFORMATION
APPLICATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT:
IN
THIS
S ig n e d ----------------------------------- Subscribed and sworn to me before th is
,
day o f
19-------
NOTARY PUBLIC
My C o m m ission e x p ire s
__
CHAPTER A.E. C H A IR M A N
I have exam ined all three pages o f this application and any substantiating credentials I have deem ed necessary and I find them to be
true and in order. I recom m end this applicant w ith no reservations A le tter of recom m endation from the chapter chairman accompanies
this application.
Date:----------------------------------------Chapter A.E. Chairman
If the Chapter Chairman is the applicant, then the next responsible chapter officer w ill w rite the le tter of recom m endation
Five copies o f this application must be subm itted to the S ection A.E. Chairman postmarked no later than JANUARY 15th. A black
and w hite glossy head and shoulders photo at least 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 must be attached to each copy. Five copies o f the le tter of recom m en­
dation from the Chapter Chairman must also accom pany this application
1976 A.E. Scholarship Winners
Susan Cutler Linsley will be using her award for a m ulti-engine rating,
which will allow her to fly charter for her em ployer, Bryant & Stratton Jr.
C ollege Aviation Dept. Susan already holds a CFI and Commercial
Certificate with IER along with all Ground Instructor ratings. Her
husband died in 1970 and she has been the sole support for her two
children, ages 12 and 8.
Elizabeth Jane Schermerhorn will use her award toward a m ulti-engine
rating to add to her present ratings o f Senior Com mercial, SMELS, IER.
She is currently an Instructor at R ockcliffe Flying Club, Ottawa, O NT.
LINSEI.Y
EASTERN NEW E N G L A N D
SCH ERM ERH O RN
EASTERN O NTAR IO C H A PTER
Amy Pilkinton will use her award toward a B .S. degree in Professional
Aviation. She is a full-tim e student working on her degree which will take
her through her CF’I. At the time she receives her degree she has been
offered a teaching position with La. Tech. U niv. as a flight and ground
instructor. She ultimately hopes to becom e an Accident Prevention
Specialist.
Mary Elaine Anglin will use her award toward a CFI and Instrument
rating. She is secretary and ferry pilot for Albatross Airways, Inc. She is
the sole support for herself and sm all son . Mary has a job promised upon
receipt o f these ratings.
PILKINTON
SH REVEPO RT
ANGLIN
M ICH IGAN
Nicole Radecki will use her award toward a multi-engine rating, which
would allow her to fly charter for her present employer and also broaden
her opportunities in aviation. She already holds Commercial and CFI plus
CFII ASELS. Nicole has six children ranging in age from 2 to 13.
Lynn Palmer Cary will use her award toward a CFI rating. She is the
C hief Ground Instructor for Let’s Fly. In c., and feels that the CFI will
enable her to continue in the field o f aviation. She has previously taught
elementary school, directed a nursery school, and operated Sonom a
County Air Am bulance, Inc. She has three minor children and a son at
the University o f California.
RADECKI
LONG ISL A N D C H A PTER
CARY
C A N T A ROSA
Catalog Changes and Corrections
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COLORING BOOKS: Bulk O rders, price correction
I000-S1200
5000-$4950
PATCH-W isconsin Chapter-$2 each
BUMPER STICKERS from Eastern P enna. C hapter, address correction: Gail
Lingo, 17 Guild C t.. W inningboro, NJ 08046 (Not NH)
W RIST W ATCH address correction: Micki Thom as, 635 H am burg Turnpike, A pt.
804. Pom pton Lakes. NJ 07442.
RING: Cape Girardeau Area C hapter, yellow gold, Florentine finish, price change
to $54.50.
C H IC A G O AREA ( H A P I KR JEW EL R Y : A num ber o f price changes were put
into effect on these items this summer. Some o f them were not caught in the copy
before press time, and some o f them have been put into effect since that time.
O rder all the items below from : C hicago A rea C hapter, Ethel Scott, 8133 S.
Kolmar Ave., Chicago, IL 60652.
PINS: C hairm an’s pin — same as style *1403 w /synlhetic ruby set in hub of
prop-solid I0 K gold only $24.00.
CH ARM S: Large pierced 99 m onogram #1115 Sterling $10.00, gold-filled $14.85,
solid I0 K gold $40.00. Smaller pierced 99 m onogram w /p ro p ( Vi ” size) #1403,
Sterling $7.50, gold-filled $8.80, solid 10K gold $21.00. Small pierced 99 monogram
w /p ro p on round base ( '/<” size) Sterling $9.50, gold-filled $12.65, solid I0 K gold
$27.50 — Specify #I403/8471T .
BRACELETS: Heavy C urb Link Bracelet Br3 with large 99 charm #1115. Sterling
$15.50, gold-filled $21.35. Bracelet BrIO with 34" 99 monogram w /p ro p #1403
Sterling $15.00. gold-filled $20.00.
EARRINGS: Pierced 99 monogram w /p ro p (34” size) Specify style #1403 Sterling
$16.50 p r., gold-filled $19.25 p r., (if for Pierced ears specify). Same 99 monogram
w /p ro p on round base, specify style #1403/847 TT Sterling $21.50 pr., gold-filled
$26.95 p r., (if for pierced ears specify). Either style earrings in dangle style add $1 .50
and specify.
OPERATION RAINCHECK
by H azel Jo n es
T he Ft. W orth A ir R oute T ra ffic C o n tro l
C enter has for several m onths been holding
weekly classes called “ R ainch eck ” . T his is
a course which encom passes all three parts
o f the A ir T raffic C o n tro l System ; Flight
Service, Tow ers, and C enters. Specialists
from all three com e to tell the stu d en ts w hat
their (FA A) function is and how they all fit
together. The classes last fo u r nights and
are held usually at the center train in g room .
Septem ber 13th, the D allas R edbirds
attended as a group and by all c o u n ts, h ad a
blast. The first night, T iner L apsley, local
A PS, gave a lecture on sp in /sta ll accidents
th at are on the increase. We also heard
from Jim Bedgood from the D allas FSS on
w hat was available at your local FSS and
how to get a good w eather briefing. H e also
discussed w hat the FSS specialists needs to
know about you, the pilot, to help him
tailor a briefing to your type a irc ra ft and
y our pilot qualifications. H is pictures o f
w eather and particularly the recent D allas
T o rn ad o were great. His discussion o f how
a n IFR flight plan gets in to th e A T C system
was m ost inform ative. L ots o f q uestions
back and forth. O ne o f th e “ teasers” was
th at each time we went to class we saw the
controllers at w ork and knew th a t one night
we w ould be in there with them .
T uesday or day 2 brought us lectures by
D ennis G rah am , DFW T R A C O N o n the
D FW T ow er, D FW A pproach C o n tro l, and
the DFW T C A . H e discussed th e arrival
and dep artu re routes, the V FR ro u te across
the T C A , and the rad ar used fo r ap p ro a c h
control with the new sophisticated c o m p u ­
ter equipm ent that assists in th e c o n tro l o f
traffic. H e had slides on th e way a target
looks and w hat appears on the scope if you
have transponder and encoding altim eter.
H e explained w hat happens w hen you have
an emergency an d code 7700 in yo u r
transponder an d also w hat happens when
tw o airplanes get to o close to g eth er. Jo h n
W erner then took over an d explained the
center’s rad ar and w hat happens to your
IFR flight plan when you file it an d also
w hat happens if you file an d d o n ’t get o ff
w ithin tw o hours (the com p u ter throw s you
o ut). M any, m any questions to b o th men
on w ho to call to do w hat.
W ednesday, day 3, we all w ent to the
DFW T racon w here we w ere divided in to
Dallas Redbird Chapter Graduating Class of
Operation Raincheck. (First Row: Kathy Long
and Pat Jetton. Second: Beth T om linson, Elinor
Johnson, Helen W ilke, Sherrell Jones, Duane
Perry (D ogw ood Chapter), Dewey M cAlister
(Instructor and EPDS FTW ARTCC). Third:
Hank Newman (Regional Director FA A ), Bryant
H utchinson, Doris Fuller, John Fuller, Hazel
Jones, and John Werner (Instructor FTW
ARTCC).
tw o groups. W ith headsets in h an d , h a lf
w ent to ap p ro ach co n tro l a n d h alf w ent to
the tow er. T here we plugged in beside the
Part o f the Raincheck operations is to have the
students plug in with controllers to observe the
radar and hear the radio conversation between
the pilot and the controller.
co ntrollers and could m o n ito r w hat they
h eard an d w hat they to ld the pilo t. W e also
got to observe w hat was on the ra d a r scope
a n d see how the co m p u ter helps the
con tro ller. T here was w eather in the area
an d we got to see w hat “ th ey ” see an d how
it is presented on th e ra d a r. T hey only see
w eather that has strong vertical cu rrents so
th a t a clear area m ight actu ally have rain
b u t not be seen on their ra d a r.
T h u rsd ay , day 4, we w ere briefed on
w hat we were going to d o an d again issued
headsets an d w ent dow n to th e flo o r o f the
F t. W o rth A ir R oute T ra ffic C ontrol
C en ter w here we plugged in beside the
co ntrollers an d w atched an d listened as
they received h an d o ffs from o th e r sectors,
vectored airplanes, an d han d ed them o ff to
ap p ro a c h co n tro l. Som e o f us got to see
w hat the em ergency code looked like and
also w hat it looked like when tw o airplanes
got less th an 3 miles a p a rt. All to o soon it
was tim e to go back up stairs fo r our
g rad u atio n exercises a n d com m ents from
the C h ief o f the center, Sabe C om ley, and
com m ents from H ank N ew m an, D irector
o f the Southw est R egion o f the F A A . M r.
N ew m an than k ed the “ R ed b irds” for
com ing an d also th an k ed the N inety-N ines
as a w hole fo r the w ork they d o in aviation
safety, airp o rt m arking, etc. M r. Newm an
has great respect and a d m iratio n for the
N inety-N ines an d expressed his app recia­
tio n to them for all th e good things we do.
W e in tu rn than k ed him an d his s ta ff for
providing us the o p p o rtu n ity to p articipate
in “ R aincheck” .
T his is a good p ro g ram an d is provided
as a service to the flying public by the FAA.
W hether you are in stru m en t rated o r not, it
is m ost w orthw hile an d very educational.
A nyone having this great p ro g ram available
in their area should take ad v an ta g e o f it
because o f w hat you learn an d also because
it is a w hole bunch o f fun.
Chapel to Honor Amefia Earhart
A votive m odel o f A M E L IA E A R H A R T ’S L ockheed Vega in w hich she
soloed the A tlan tic O cean is now being
constructed to hang in the P ro te sta n t
C h a p e l’s Shrine o f A viation a t JFK
In tern atio n al A irp o rt. It will be the only
one o f the m any m odels there to h o n o r a
w om an, an d will take its place alongside the
W right Flyer. These tw o are th e only
general aviatio n a irc ra ft dedicated to hang
in the C h ap el’s S hrine, all o thers being
airline type m odels. T h e fa th e r o f the
W right b ro th ers was an E piscopal B ishop
a n d inspired the fo u n d in g o f this S hrine.
T h e P ro te sta n t C hapel is flan k ed by the
C ath o lic and Jew ish C hapels, gleam ing
w hite arch itectu ral beauties w hose stained
glass w indow s reflect the sunlight fro m the
lagoon w aters o n w hich they are lo cated.
T his “ C hapel P ro je c t” is being sp o n ­
sored by the P O W D E R P U F F D ERBY
B oard o f D irectors. T en years ago w hen the
A m elia E arh a rt .08 cent A ir M ail stam ps
were issued, the B oard invested in some
sheets. T here are 50 stam ps to a sheet. The
B oard is now offerin g them fo r sale at $10.
per sheet to N inety-N ines. Som e o f you are
philatelists, o r you m ight w ant to give them
as presents. (G im bel’s philatelic d ep art­
m ent sells them for $26. a m int sheet.) The
fu n d s from these sales o f o u rs will go
to w ard s the building a n d hanging o f
“ A E ’s” Vega. They m ay be obtained
(while they last) from B A R B A R A EVA NS,
40 S tu art Place, M anhasset, New Y ork,
11030.
YOU an d your guests are hereby invited
to atten d the ded icatio n at N O O N ,
D EC E M B ER 17, 1976 at the P ro testan t
C h ap el, JFK In tern atio n al A irp o rt. The
New Y ork-N ew Jersey Section will hostess
th e event. T he consecration service will be
follow ed by a cham pagne reception. RSVP
to one o f the C hapel C o m m ittee: Kay A.
B rick, B arb ara E vans, M ario n A ndrew s.
The International
Forest Of Friendship
by
Fay Gillis Wells
General Chairman
The ceremonial area o f the International Forest o f Friendship, with the
fla|>s o f the Bicentennial, America and the Slate o f Kansas, flying from
their permanent, twenty-five fool high flag staffs.
The International F orest o f F riendship
now is a p art o f the official archives o f
A m erica’s 200th B irthday C eleb ra tio n . It is
putting dow n deep ro o ts in the h e a rtla n d o f
A m erica to grow and thrive w ith o u r
country into her T hird C entury , as one o f
the B icentennial H orizon program s.
The N inety-Nines launched th eir In te rn a ­
tional Bicentennial program at th e g ro u n d ­
breaking cerem onies for the F orest, July
24, 1973. T he F orest was dedicated Ju ly 24,
1976, in A tchison, K ansas, w ith th e trees
from the fifty states and nine o f th e
countries aro u n d the w orld w here there are
99s. T he oth er 24 In tern atio n al trees will be
planted when the representative trees have
been properly aclim atized in th e nurseries
at K ansas State U niversity, in M a n h a tta n ,
Kansas.
All the trees are identified by g ran ite
m arkers, etched w ith the nam es o f th e trees
and the states or countries. T here is a
perm anent flag stan d beside each m ark er
for special cerem onies.
nam es o f the sponsors, along w ith a short
b iography o f their honorees — a p art o f the
perm an en t record o f th e In tern ational
F orest o f F riendship, a jo in t v en tu re o f the
N inety-N ines an d the city o f A tch iso n , the
b irth p lace o f A m elia E a rh a rt.
H aro ld G allaher, o f the K ansas State
F orestry E xtension Service is in overall
charge o f the trees in the N inety-N ines
F orest. Jim G eisler, also o f th e K ansas
S tate U niversity F orestry E xtension, directs
th e ro u tin e w ork a t the F orest. T W A pilot,
E arl A d am , also a fo rester, lives in
A tchison a n d is the on-the-scene liason
betw een the F orest an d K ansas State
U niversity.
C erem onies to add new trees to the
F orest an d new nam es to M em ory L ane will
be held at a p p ro p ria te tim es th ro u g h o u t the
year. H ere is the ch art o f the forty-tw o
honorees presently in M em ory L ane. T here
is only space for one h u n d red nam es in this
special lane, but there is ro o m for
ad ditio n al lanes o ff the In tern a tio n a l walk.
The entrance to Memory Lane. 99 Irene
W irtschafter and Joe Carrigan, Chairman o f the
Atchison Bicentennial Com m ittee.
Secretary o f the In te rio r, T h o m as Kleppe, has designated the In te rn atio n al F orest
o f F riendship T rial a p a rt o f th e N atio n al
R ecreational T rail system , th e first in the
S tate o f K ansas.
P a rt o f the In tern a tio n a l T rail is M em ory
L ane. It w anders th ro u g h th e w oods to a
serene cul de sac, o u tlined by redw ood
benches. H ere the visitors can reflect on
those w ho have been o r are a p a rt o f
aviatio n history, etched o n g ran ite plaques,
em bedded in th e co ncrete w alk. S ponsors
pay $100 fo r each p erso n , id entified with
av iatio n , they w ant to h o n o r in M em ory
L ane. T his helps to d efra y th e cost o f the
4-inch thick g ranite p laques, m o re d u rab le
th an w riting the nam es d irectly in to the
concrete, and m ore p erm an en t th an bronze
p laques th a t could easily be pried ou t o f the
w alk. Sponsors sh o u ld w rite directly to
Jo h n E. Sm ith, T reasu rer, In tern a tio n a l
F orest o f F riendship, A tch iso n , K ansas
66002. In the F o restry L ib rary , in A tch i­
son, there will be a G olden B ook, listing the
(Below left) Lois Feigenbaum , International
President, standing beside the Illinois flag and
marker.
(Below right) The H onorable Nikio M orim oto,
from the Consulate General in C hicago, repre­
senting Japan at the dedication o f the Interna­
tional Forest o f Friendship.
Ninety-Nines at the Atchison Mali for the
dedication o f the Zonta flagpole honoring
Amelia Earhart. Kneeling: Lois Feigenbaum ,
President: Shanda Sawant and Rahia Futehally
from India. Standing: Nancy H opkins Tier,
Alice H am mond, Lois Broyles, unidentified,
Blanche Noyes, Shelia Scott, Margaret Thom as
Warren. Sunila Bhajekar, Gertrude L ockw ood,
Fay Gillis W ells, and Betty Huyler G illes. Photo
by Bob Farrington.
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Editors Note: A s a very special Christmas
gift, why nor remember yo u r fa vo rite 99 or
aviation personality by sponsoring them in
M em ory Lane.
Thousands Celebrate the Bicentennial
With Tennessee Chapter 99s in the
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He led his group to a royal spot
Where Ferguson breathed his last.
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H IS T O R IC A L S IG N IF IC A N C E
SA M PLE C LU E. T o be identified was the town
o f Sevierville, located in Sevier County and
named for John Sevier, probably the best known
figure in Tennessee history. Sevier was an early
settler and Indian fighter and later G overnor o f
the State o f Eranklin and o f Tennessee.
T h o u san d s cam e to TYS (M cG hee T yson A irp o rt) o n A pril 10,
1976. Som e were co n testan ts in the h istorical landm ark contest
anxious for the $1,000.00 prize an n o u n cem en t; som e were public
figures o u t to m eet c o n stitu en ts, som e were paren ts o f little kids
anxious to frequent the coke an d p o p co rn stan d s am ong the
full-flight, rad io -co n tro lled m odel airplanes; som e were families
looking fo r special interests o n a lazy, h o t S atu rd ay afternoon;
som e were W orld W ar 1 (sic) v eterans reliving thrills o f the skies
w ith the m any b arn sto rm in g b iplanes in o p eratio n ; som e were
exhibitors, the C A P , E E A an d m a jo r com m ercial an d passenger
airlines; som e were w aiting fo r th e o p p o rtu n ity fo r a ride in the
basket o f S outhern A irlines h o t a ir b allo o n ; som e were having
lunch at the m agnificent b u ffe t p rep ared by M r. P aul o f Sky
C hef; an d som e w ere th e 99s w ho p ro m o ted the H istorical A ir
F o to Identification C o n test.
Fran Davis, Flight A ctivities C h a irm a n for th e Tennessee
C h ap ter 99s, conceived an u n iq u e contest idea in connection with
the n atio n al, state and local B icentennial festivities.
T h irty p h o to g rap h s o f h istorically significant landm arks
assem bled in kits with id en tificatio n “ clues” prepared by Bill
K ershner, aviation a u th o r an d co n test ju d g e, were sold to eager
c o n testan ts for $25.00. C o n te sta n ts w ere given 30 days in which
to identify the lan d m ark s an d to indicate th e historical
significance o f the p h o to g ra p h .
M om entum developed speedily am o n g th e 99s, contestants,
Bicentennial officials, an d local TV statio n s an d new spapers.
F ran o b tain ed trem en d o u s su p p o rt fro m m any state and local
businesses an d aviatio n o rg an izatio n s. P articu larly, C herokee
A viation an d Sm oky M o u n tain A ero at T Y S ’ g ranted hanger and
a p ro n space.
T he high po in t o f th e festivities was the acclaim for the
T ennessee 99s w ith th e aw ard in g o f th e prizes. S enator H ow ard
B aker led in the pro g ram w ith th e p resen tatio n o f th e first prize
— a 2x4 fo o t check fo r $1000.00 to D onna Bower and Ruth
Thomas as co-pilots fo r the co n test.
Donna Bower is one o f K noxville’s first m ulti-engined pilots
and first m ulti-engined flight in stru cto rs w hich rating she
o b tain ed in a C essna 310 in w hich she has logged hundreds o f
h ours. D onna is past ch airm an o f th e T ennessee C h apter o f 99s;
an accident prevention co u n selo r to F .A .A .; an d A ssistant C hief
Flight In stru cto r fo r Sm oky M o u n tain A ero, Inc. D onna was an
in stru cto r o f H an s H o lstru m o f A u stra lia, th e first pilot to fly the
sm allest single-engined airp la n e, a 2-place G ru m an A m erican,
a ro u n d the w orld w ith o u t an a u to p ilo t.
Ruth Thomas started flying o n the first d ate with her husband,
Ferris, in 1938, was licensed A ugust 8, 1940 an d becam e a
m em ber o f the 99s th e very next d ay w hen th e Tennessee C hapter
was ch artered . D uring W o rld W a r 11 R uth was an A irw ay T raffic
C o n tro ller in the D etroit C en ter. R uth flew 8 “ P ow der P u ff”
derbies, placing 4th an d 6 th ; a n d tw o In tern atio n al A ir Races,
placing th ird in b o th races. R u th a tten d ed the 1952 A erospace
W o rk sh o p at the U niversity o f C o lo ra d o and for 15 years has
com bined her aviation know -how w ith her profession as an
e d u cato r an d tau g h t av iatio n e d u c a tio n to Tennessee teachers at
the U niversity o f T ennessee a n d M iddle Tennessee State
U niversity — th e first A v iatio n E d u catio n ist in Tennessee.
Joyce Hewins, M o rristo w n , w on the special aw ard for 99s, for
speedy iden tificatio n o f th e 30 p h o to s plus an additional photo
(fo r 99s only). T he aw ard w as a m agnificent red, white and blue
plexiglas U .S .A . flag w ith b icentennial coins fo r the stars and
Ideijtificatioii CoqteSt
do llar bills covering the red stripes, a m ost ap p ro p riate
bicentennial em blem on display now at th e M orristow n a irp o rt.
She has been flying since O cto b er 1972 — has a p rivate pilots
license with 110 hours and is a very loyal an d active m em ber o f
the Tennessee 99s.
Bill K ershner, contest ju d g e w ho w rote clue lines fo r th e p h oto s
and also too k m any o f the p h o to s, presented A lbert G . H olm es o f
Knoxville with the second prize tro p h y an d $50.00.
Helen Veerland (Tennessee 99) received the third prize tro p h y
an d a $25.00 bond from Jud g e D an K utcha. C olonel K utcha is
the U niversity o f Tennessee A irfo rce R O T C in stru cto r.
Bob Sw anson and Jo h n N ance, A T C tow er chiefs, also
generously served as contest ju d g es.
T he Tennessee N inety-N ines’ “ K now Y our C o u n try B icenten­
nial A ir T o u r” was one o f 30 p ro jects (from several h undred)
selected for State-w ide recognition an d aw arded a special
certification o f official recognition — by C h airm an Jo h n Reese
an d M rs. D avid C reekm ore o f the B icentennial C om m ittee.
M em bers o f the Tennessee C h a p te r o f 99s garbed in red, w hite
and blue, com plete with B icentennial em blem s, sold cokes,
w ashed and decorated hangers in trem en d o u s q u an tities o f
b unting and flags an d guided the 5,000 visitors thro u g h an tiq u e
plane exhibits, lunch and pro g ram areas.
Planes included 2 P itts, a BD4, a V P2, a F lybaby, a FA T
M idget Racer, E lm er W o o d ’s b ip lan e built when he was 65 years
o ld , a G rum an B earcat, along w ith L uscom bes, B ellancas, P iper
C ubs and A eroncas o f years long ago. H aro ld Beal flew in his F86
Je t Fighter w ith m any a flourish to the am azem ent o f m any
spectators.
E nthusiastic exhibitors added m uch interest to the p ro g ram .
President Ed H arn and the Knox C o u n ty R adio C o n tro l Society
d em onstrated over 12 fully aero b a tic , rad io controlled m odel
planes w ith 5 to 6 foot wing spans.
A m erican A irlines was celebrating its 50th A nniversary with
m agnificent posters o f the C u rtis C o n d o r biplane — first
KOTO 30. an extra for 99s only. The C lue was:
A bible story o f sheep for values & a clue
And it ties on aid with (his sam e line
To lead to the spot to get a view
Where existing, see I and exam ple find.
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(A bove left) Mrs. David Creekm ore, Bicentennial Officer and Kran Davis
(L) present special red, white and blue plexiglass flag with coins as stars
and dollar bills as stripes to winner Joyce Hewins (R).
(Above right) Senator Baker, program speaker and contest judge with
First Prize check for $1000. - as later cashed by winners Ruth Thom as and
Donna Bowers.
(Below) Pitts 2. part o f Display o f Antique and experim ental Aircraft.
com m ercial plane (m ail & express) to fly in to Knoxville on July
18,1934 the 6 passenger m odel T S tinson an d later the DC2 — the
first passenger com m ercial p lanes to land at TYS July 29, 1937.
U nited and D elta had displays w ith souvenir schedules, planes
a n d pins for the public.
T he Civil A ir P a tro l exhibited a slide series o f trem endous
interest. Bill K ershner’s flight m an u als were featured at another
b o o th . Several h ang gliders w ere d em o n strated — as well as a hot
air balloon w hich carried passengers fo r rides to the length o f
m ooring ropes. T he P ip er Flight C en ter exhibit was well attended
a n d also th at o f the G lass In su lato rs o f T ennessee which featured
energy saving devices.
A special 99 exhibit provided a superb historical perspective o f
th e 99s (particularly th e T ennessee C h ap ter) an d prom oted
interest, in fo rm atio n an d enth u siasm dbout the International 99
p ro g ram s to the th o u san d s o f visitors.
Special th an k s were extended to 49'/2ers Leon R idenour, Fred
V reeland, & Ferris T h o m as fo r th eir stau n ch su p p o rt, and to Bill
C hildress, E d ito r & the Knoxville Journal which facilitated
pictures, printing, air tra n sp o rta tio n o f personnel, and solved
m any m any o th e r needs as they arose.
T o S enator B aker, M rs. C reek m o re, o u r judges, our
co ntestan ts, o u r th o u san d s w ho celebrated th e B icentennial with
us in various kinds and a m o u n ts, we are g rateful for the day o f
fu n , frolic an d fullfillm ent.
M ost o f all the T ennessee C h a p te r ap preciates the very special
expertise o f F ran Davis, nobly assisted by Mickey C hildress, who
plan n ed , p roduced and co o rd in a te d th e m onth-long festivities
culm inating in the A pril 10 Fly-In B icentennial C elebration at
TYS.
News Notes from the FOREIGN SEC TIO N S
AUSTRALIA
Australian 94, Pen Reiman, Far right, is also
Federal President o f the Australian W om ens
Pilots' Assn. Peg is photographed here at the
grand banquet at the Annual General Meeting
1976 o f the A .W .P .A . with Mrs. Port, Lady
Mayoress o f Sydney; Rosemary Harris, H ostess;
Alderman Leo Port, the Lord Mayor; and Mrs.
M. Harris.
CARIBBKAN SECTION NEW S
by Carole Chambers, Vice-Governor
The C aribbean Section is at long last a
reality! For several years three very
frustrated 99s w atched eagerly as w om en
student pilots progressed to w ard s their
licenses only to have them leave the islands
before we reached the m agic n u m b er o f five
to start a Section. Suddenly this spring we
found we had w om en getting their licenses
one after the o th er and had fo u r, then five,
then six 99s. At this point we could see o u r
dreain o f a C aribbean Section a b o u t to
com e true. By the tim e o u r C h a rte r was
approved at the spring B oard M eeting, o ur
m em bership had reached the unbelievable
(to us) num ber o f eleven w ith several m ore
potential licensed pilots an d stu d en ts.
T hough we all presently reside in the
B aham a Islands, we did not w ant to lim it
o u r Section to this country a n d hope we
have laid the ground w ork fo r an ex panding
99 Section th ro u g h o u t the m any islands o f
the C aribbean.
W hile we are a C aribbean Section by
residence, o u r m em bership is truly “ in ter­
n atio n al” with w om en w ho are C an ad ia n ,
B aham ian, A m erican, British and P olish.
O ur gals own six airplanes (three singles
and three twins) and have flying experience
ranging from the new P rivate P ilot to A T P
candidate and all stages in betw een. Flying
activities run the gam ut from sightseeing,
shopping trips to F lorida, P o w d er P u ff
Derby races, M ed-Evac flights, flights fo r
BASRA (B aham as A ir-Sea Rescue A ssocia­
tion — B aham ian all volunteer version o f
the U .S. C oast G uard) to vacatio n and
business trips to nearby islands, N o rth
A m erica and E urope.
T he C arib b ean Section also represents a
wide variety o f careers including fo rm er
an d present airline hostesses, d o c to r, nursean eth etist, com m ercial a rtist, bank execu­
tive, flight in stru cto r, lawyer an d shop
m anager. We feel we have an extrem ely
interesting g ro u p o f 99s and plan to
in tro d u ce you to all o f us in com ing issues
o f the 99 N EW S.
M ost o f us learned to fly in F reep o rt and
feel we have the best o f all possible w orlds
— alm ost co n stan tly beau tifu l flying
w eather an d a relatively uncrow ded and
fully instrum ented a irp o rt. T his, coupled
w ith u npolluted air an d a variety o f islands
to fly to fo r cross-countries, m akes learning
to fly an even m ore m arvelous experience.
M uch o f o u r pilotage includes learning to
“ re a d ” w ater colors an d sighting sandy
beaches — with co u n tin g large fish an d rays
in the shallow s fo r diversion.
A s I m entioned at C o n v en tio n in
P hilad elp h ia, we invite all 99s a n d their
fam ily an d friends to com e visit us in o u r
beautiful islands in the sun.
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SOUTH AFRICAN SECTION
by Reporter Merle Ball
W hat a happy an d m em orable occasion
o u r biannual m eeting p roved to be. This
w as a special m eeting, p lan n ed to celebrate
o u r 10th A nniversary. T h e setting was
superb. T he Sabi River B ungalow s nestle
a m o n g the beautiful hills o f the T ran sv aal.
T he local go lf course was th e landing strip
. . .and for those less d arin g a p rivate strip
(also grass) som e 5 miles away!
A birthday cake for the 10th anniversary o f the
South African Section presented by the hotel.
About to blow out the candles are M erle Ball,
Eva H ollingw orth, Yvonne van den D o o l, Beth
Sal/cr, Jeanette Erazer-Jones, Ann W hite, Fay
Preston. Ingrid Adolphs, Am alia von M altitz,
Jeanette van Ginkel and Val H unt-Davis.
T hose o f us w ho had arrived o n the
Friday were able to tak e ad v an tag e o f being
in the centre o f “ gam e c o u n try ” a n d spent
S atu rd ay m orning driving th ro u g h the
gam e reserve looking a t th e m any b eau tifu l
species o f anim als available to see. H ow
Those attending the m eeting at Sabi were:
Yvonne van den D ool, Sheila Fradl, Beth Sal/er,
Jeanette Frazer-Jones, Fay Preston, Fa a H ol­
lingworth. Ingrid A dolphs, Jeanette van Ginkel,
Kay Arm strong, Noel Harper, Merle Ball.
Amalia von M altitz, Val H unt-Davis and Ann
White.
fo rtu n a te we were, to o . In the sh ort space
o f tw o hours we saw elep h an t, lion,
leo p ard , giraffe an d o f co u rse countless
buck, zebra an d m onkeys.
T he m eeting th a t a fte rn o o n was well
a tten d ed and the follow ing office bearers
were elected; V -Gov. Jea n e tte van G inkel;
T reas. Ingrid A dolphs; Sec. Val H u n t-D a­
vis; an d Pres. M erle Ball.
C o n g ratu latio n s to A nn W hite on being
n om in ated as W om an P ilot o f the Year for
all she has done fo r A viation an d for the
99s. T his lady w orks quietly, efficiently and
does so m uch to help us all. A urial Miller
w on the O pen (C om m .) an d P riv ate Pilots
C om petitions in the W estern C ape. A urial
does not have her C o m m . License but
certainly has the “ know h o w ” as this Open
com petition was against m ales as well.
(W ho says I am a W o m a n ’s L ibber?!!)
Well done Beth Salzer w ho ad d ed 2 m ore
ratings to her license, also A nn W hite who
did her Instrum ent R ating on Pipers and
now instructs on them as well.
Val H unt-D avis co m peted in the State
P re sid e n t’s A ir R ace, an d was n o t only the
1st W om an P ilot hom e, the 1st 99 to reach
th e finish but was also presented w ith a 3rd
T ro p h y for the m ost M erito rio u s Pilot in
the race. N o sm all feat as this is o u r big
race, an d all pilots in S .A . w ho have the
ch ance enter. . .M en, W o m en , C om m , and
P riv ate Pilots. C o n g ratu latio n s V al, you
have represented us well an d we are very
p ro u d o f you.
Y vonne van den D ool w as interview ed by
th e press, and it was b ro u g h t to the
a tte n tio n o f the newer m em bers th a t it was
Y vonne w ho was the person w ho actually
started the 99 Section in S .A . She was
en thusiastic then and is able to tran sm it this
excitem ent and love o f av iatio n to any
listener she speaks to . She m ust have felt
ra th e r pro u d to be there at the m eeting 10
years later to share w ith us th e achieve­
m ents o f all the m em bers.
NORTH CENTRAL
99s
in
the
News
C A N A D IA N
E astern O n ta rio ’s Betty Jane Schermerhorn was the recipient o f an A m elia
E arh art Scholarship at In tern atio n al c o n ­
vention. We are pleased for and p ro u d o f
Betty Jan e as she has been a m ost
enthusiastic and active m em ber from the
day she joined o u r ranks. Betty Ja n e will be
East C a n a d a ’s incom ing V ice-G overnor.
M IDDLE EAST
Mary Ann Gorski, Delaware Chapter,
left July 28th for a year o f study in
G erm any on a Fulbright Scholarship.
CONVENTION NEWS COVERAGE
Philadelphia new spapers gave g o o d co­
verage to the 99s during the C on v en tio n in
August. O n S unday, A ugust 8 th , the
Philadelphia Inquirer carried a featu re on
Balloonist Connie W olf and Ferry Pilot
Louise Sacchi.
Lee Zeller, Indiana Dunes Chapter and
her 11 m onth old son, Sean, were
p h otographed by a local re p o rte r and
headlines an o th er article on the co nvention
in the Inquirer.
O n Sunday, A ugust 22nd, Gail Lingo
and her airplane in beautiful colo r ad o rn ed
the cover o f the m agazine section o f the
Burlington County Times. Inside w ere tw o
pages devoted to convention coverage as
well as a separate tw o-page article o n the
“ Last Pow der P u ff D erby.”
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
T he Buffalo Courier Express featu red
several Western New York 99s, in their
“ G ood L istener” colum n on A ug u st 8th.
NORTHW EST SECTION
Vi Nixon, Far West 99, and her sister
Arlene R enken, illustrator, have had an
article from their book Finnish Folk
Recipes published in the a u tu m n issue o f
Wisconsin Trails M agazine.
Sharon Fall, All O hio, has enrolled in
C incinnati Tech. College as a fulltim e A &
P stu d en t. She is the first w om an stu d en t in
the history o f their aviation p ro g ram .
T he W o m en ’s A ir an d Space M useum
display at D ayton C o n v en tio n C en ter
includes a m annequin dressed in A m elia
E a rh a rt’s flying suit and a life size p icture
o f Blanche Noyes.
Mary Carolyn Jenkins, M ichigan, has
been ap po in ted to a three year term on the
M idland-B arstow A irp o rt C om m ission.
M ichigan C h a p te r w ould also like to pat
Lillian Snyder on the back for h er w ork on
the B oard for the D etroit C ity A irshow this
sum m er, and pass o n c o n g ratu latio n s to
Mary Anglin fo r being aw ard ed the A .E .
S cholarship this year.
SOUTH CENTRAL
Arkansas 99 Cary Hunt has fought a
h ard b attle an d w on the p osition o f Justice
o f the Peace. C o n g ratu latio n s also to
Charlene Poe w ho placed th ird in the
A rkansas A ir Derby.
Ruth Deerman, El Paso, w as h o n o red by
the M ary Kay C osm etic C o m p an y in D allas
for being one o f the to p sales D irectors in
personal sales for 1976. Because o f this she
was “ Q ueen for the D ay” at K RO D R adio
S tatio n in El P aso. (She is willing to share
the limelight with o th er 99s — see her
classified ad .)
Shreveport Chapter is very p ro u d o f their
new ch airm an , Amy Pilkinton, w ho was
selected as one o f the recipients o f the A .E .
S cholarship aw ard. She is th eir youngest
m em ber, an d they predict th a t she will
m ake m any co n trib u tio n s to av iatio n .
SOUTHEAST
Edna Hartness, Blue Ridge Chapter, a
Jack o f all trad es, was recently aw ard ed her
Life M aster C ertificate by the A m erican
C o n tract Bridge League.
s o u t h w f :s t
T he Los Angeles Chapter to o k several
aw ards at the S outhw est S ectional. They
took 1st place for Large C h a p te r having
M ost M em bers A P T (68% are card
carrying A P T ers!); 1st place in the M em ­
bers with the M ost P ro fessio n al Flying
Tim e; 3rd place fo r M em bers w ith the M ost
N onprofessional Flying T im e (an average
o f m ore th an 90 h ours in th e sky for each
m em ber); an d 3rd and 5th fo r P ilo ts o f the
Y ear, N orm a F u tterm an an d V irginia
Show ers.
Virginia Hash, Phoenix Chapter, is a
newly ap p o in ted m em ber o f the M unicipal
A eronautics A dvisory B oard.
Betty W harton, new In tern atio n al B oard
M em ber, w as also nam ed P ilot o f the Y ear
by the San D iego Chapter.
BETTY M cNABB
1976 AMRA Distinguished Member
O u r w arm and w onderful Betty McNabb, w ho has served the N inety-N ines as
In tern atio n al President as well as being a
b o ard m em ber for 10 consecutive years, has
been o u t lighting flames o f fam e in her
professional area as well.
T he A m erican M edical R ecord A ssocia­
tio n , a professional organ izatio n w ith over
17,000 m em bers, recently nam ed Betty
their D istinguished M em ber for 1976.
A ccording to the M E D IC A L R E C O R D
N EW S, “ In light o f her m any c o n trib u ­
tions to medical record ad m in istra tio n ,
particularly in the sm all hosp ital and
nursing hom e areas, Betty M cN abb, R R A ,
has been selected A M R A D istinguished
M em ber for 1976.
“ In ad d itio n to her pioneering w ork in
consulting in the S o u th , a few o f the m any
accom plishm ents w hich have earn ed her the
A M R A h o n o r are her a u th o rsh ip and
con tin u o u s u p dating o f Medical Record
Procedures in sm all H ospitals an d her
editorial w ork for Southern Hospitals
m agazine, her teaching abilities as exem pli­
fied in various w orkshops a n d training
p rogram s, an d her o u tstan d in g co n trib u ­
tions to civic o rganizations at state and
n atio n al levels.”
Betty has used her plane th ro u g h o u t the
years in conju n ctio n w ith her professional
consulting to get from m eeting to m eeting
and to various hospitals th ro u g h o u t the
so u th , and is well know n as the “ Flying
R R A .”
Betty has a long list o f academ ic
credentials as well as having been the
recipient o f m any h onors in her “ o th e r”
favorite flying organ izatio n , the Civil A ir
P a tro l. She will u n d o u b ted ly accu m u late a
few m ore as tim e goes by, as she reports
th a t she is “ still busy doing hospital
consulting, w riting, teaching, lecturing (38
states) and in general enjoying life despite
senior citizenship sta tu te s.”
Sue
Mason
Oklahoma 99
Becomes Navy Plot
Sue Mason, a 99 from R ingw ood, OK,
will be one o f fo u r w om en rep o rtin g for
N aval pilot training at Pensacola, FL on
O ct. 12. A fter an eight week N aval O fficer
School, the cadets will begin flight train in g ,
w hich will last alm ost a year. T he w om en
will not be allowed to fly in co m b at (they
are legally barred from this endeavor)
although they may be com m issioned to fly
anything that any other N aval officer can
fly. Sue indicated that she is looking
forw ard to the challenge o f a irc ra ft carrier
o perations and hopes th at this technique
will be part o f the w om en’s train in g .
Sue is a Social Science g ra d u a te o f
O klahom a State U niversity w here she was
also a flight instructor fo r several years. In
fact, her own academ ic progress was
som ew hat delayed as she first to o k and
then taught every flying course offered.
Most recently, in addition to teaching basic
and advanced students, she has been O S U ’s
aerobatic in stru cto r, using a B ellanca
D ecathalon.
Sue had checked out in a taildragger long
before becom ing involved w ith the D ecath­
alon and aerobatic flight. T his was acco m ­
plished when she taxied herself aro u n d a
pasture in South D akota befo re bringing
hom e the 1947 A eronca C h ief she had ju st
purchased from “ a little old m an w ho flew
it only on Sundays.” T he C h ief an d all her
o ther flying experience will now be p u t on
the shelf for a while as Sue sta rts all over
an d learns to “ Fly N avy .”
Sue applied for the N avy p ro g ram tw o
years ago when the first w om en were
accepted into the p rogram . A t th a t tim e,
she was ineligible since she did not yet have
her college degree. She kept her applicatio n
up to date an d was inform ed in July th at
she had been accepted. She has spent the
last tw o m onths in p rep aratio n — w inding
up personal affairs and getting in shape
physically by a daily program o f running
and swimming which the Y M C A helped her
to set-up. Now the years o f an ticip atio n
and weeks o f preparation are building to a
climax and Sue was anxious fo r O cto b er
12th to arrive so she could get on w ith the
business o f “ Flying N avy.”
Bread ’n Butter
Aviation
Michelle M cDonough an d h er 49'A er,
M ichael, Indiana Dunes Chapter, will be
m oving to R ochelle, IL an d will be
m anaging an d o perating the FBO at
Rochelle A irp o rt. All 99s are extended an
invitation to d ro p in to see them w hen in
the M idwest.
FOREIGN SECTION
SOUTH CENTRAL
June Sutherland is flying to u rists aro u n d
East Africa for Safari A ir C h a rte r C o m p a ­
ny at N airo b i’s W ilson A irp o rt.
Celia A lexander flies w ith In ter-Islan d
A irw ays on the Seychellen Islands.
Liz Lautner o f the Coastal Bend 99s has
secured a p osition as a travelling saleslady
fo r the W estern A ero S upply C o rp o ratio n
located on the San A n to n io In ternational
A irp o rt. She is the First w om an we know o f
w ho is doing this type o f w ork for a
w holesaler o f aircraft p arts and supplies.
La Nell Easley o f Coastal Bend 99s
w orks fo r the El C am p o M etro A irp o rt as a
secretary an d also trips to the C essna
facto ry to ferry new a irc ra ft hom e.
Emily How ell, C olorado, now C aptain
flying th e O tte r fo r F ro n tier o u t o f D enver,
has been tak in g a few trip s as C o -P ilot on
the C o n v air 580. Em ily was fe a tu re d .o n
N BC N ew s’ P ersonality P ro file on Sunday,
July 25.
Ft. W orth’s Mary Ann H udak, w ho is
w ith Bell H elicopter In te rn a tio n a l in T eh­
ran , Iran , has ju s t been p ro m o ted to
Supervisor o f the Flight M anagem ent
P ro g ram . T he first fem ale to be so honored
in Iran. She plans a visit to New Delhi and
N epal in O ctober before retu rn in g to Ft.
W o rth a t C hristm as to tell all a b o u t her
w ork an d travels to M oscow a n d Lenin­
g rad , etc.
Beth C ovey, Lubbock, rep o rts flying a
p lane back fro m the P ip er factory in
F lo rid a. W hat a deal Beth has going — all
th a t flying and getting paid fo r it, too!
EAST C A N A D IA N
Eastern Ontario Chapter has a rath er
im pressive list o f gals w ho w ork in av iatio n
full tim e. Lorna deBlicquy is a D esignated
Flight Test E xam iner fo r P riv ate &
C om m ercial ratings and Gean Hem m ing is
a C hief Flying In stru cto r. Debbie W hite
has a C om m erical License an d an E ngineer
while Judith Strome is an IFR C o n tro ller at
O ttaw a U plands. Elaine Summer is an
E ngineer at Russel, O n tario a n d Lyn
Edwards, Paula Brooks and Lois Smith
also w ork full tim e. P a rt tim e in stru cto rs
are Betty Jane Schermerhorn an d Felicity
McKendry.
M IDDLE EAST
Jan Churchill has jo in ed th e Sales
D epartm en t o f Sum m it A v iatio n , In c.,
M iddletow n, D elaw are as an a irc ra ft
salesperson. T his is in a d d itio n to being
E d ito r o f The Summit Informer. Ja n flew
the P P D as T A R 76, sponsored by Sum m it
A viation, an d a fte r the race, p u rch ased the
Skylane from Sum m it.
SOUTHEAST
Stillaguamish C h airm an Marge Thomas
w orked for Southeast Skyw ays in th eir
dispatch and ticket office in Ju n e a u ,
A laska durin g the sum m er m o n th s. A fter
w orking hours she ro d e along on to u rist
ch a rte r flights viewing th e countryside.
T he Carolinas Chapter is very p ro u d o f
C h airm an Mary Foley and her w ork in
A erospace M edicine. H er recent article on
H ypoxia ap p eared in last m o n th ’s 99
N EW S an d should be o f interest to all.
Linda Snell, Florida G oldcoast Chapter,
w orks as an A ir T raffic C o n tro l Specialist
at M iam i Flight Service S tatio n .
NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTHW EST
Evelyn Brases, Cape Girardeau Area, is
now at the FA A C en ter in O K C fo r a
10-week trainin g session p rep arin g for
w ork in FSS.
Good News and Bad News. . .th e re ’s
good news, an d bad news in the co n tin u in g
b attle th a t Rosemary Roth Boyd, Greater
St. Louis Chapter, has been co n d u ctin g for
several years w ith O zark A irlines to be
accepted as flight crew m em ber. T h e good
news is th at a ju d g e ruled the m inim um
height requirem ent by O zark fo r a flight
crew m em ber was unreason ab le an d dis­
crim inating and should be low ered to 5 ’5 ” .
T he bad news? T iny R osem ary is only 5 ’2 ”
tall! Seems she opened the d o o r fo r a lot o f
people, but lost her ow n objective.
Iris Critchell, Long Beach Chapter, is a
busy Flight In stru cto r. She recently saw
flight tests com pleted for 8 new Private
P ilo ts, and has 7 C o m m ercial/In stru m en t
candidates in progress. In her spare time,
Iris, w ith d au g h ter S an d ra C lary as
co-pilot, flies stu d en t research flights for
th e H arvey M udd E ngineering Clinic
involved in a ir pollution research.
Gloria H ovde, A & P from Santa Clara
Valley Chapter, has started w orking for
U nited A irlines at SFO in th eir Sheet M etal
Shop as a m echanic. G lo ria says that
repairing an d exam ining those ‘big b ird s’ is
really exciting. She is pouring over travel
bro ch u res to take advantage o f the benefits
o f w orking fo r an airline.
NORTHW EST
(Right) Presentation o f gold 99 charm on disc
and chain from the Fort W orth 99s. (I.-R)
Channel 11 TV, 49'/:er Al H all. F.dna, Carole
Sue Wheeler, and Verna Stubbs.
(Below) Fdna Gardner W hvlc with Fort Worth
99s Carole Sue W heeler. Chairm an, \e r n a
Stubbs and Genie Grimes.
(Below) Celebration Cake for Fdna.
50 Years o f F l y i n g
Edna Gardner Whyte
Day
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( Above) Indian 99. I)r. Sunilla Bhajekar. Tons
Page. Fort W orth 99 and Kditor o f X-C NKWS.
(l.efl) A Texas Downpour. F.dna and Channel II
TV photographer under wing.
(Above) 49'/:er Boh Barrett and Ted White
preparing for Radio Controlled airplane d em on­
stration. The men are members o f the R.C.
Thunderbirds.
PALMS TO PINES AIR RACE
T he seventh annual P alm s-to -P in es A ir Race was flow n A ugust
20-21, 1976. The routing, w hich rem ains the sam e each year,
takes racers from S anta M onica, C A to Independence, O R with a
RON at Red B luff, C A . T he 816 mile race is sponsored by the
S anta M onica Bay 99s and the citizens o f Independence, O R.
The race was won this year by Beverly an d Sandee M ahoney, a
m o ther-daughter racing team from C h in o , C A in their Piper
O FFICIA L W IN N ERS: T O P TEN
Place
Name
C om anche 250. Beverly is a m em ber o f the San G abriel Valley
C h ap ter and her d au g h ter, S andee is a student pilot. They
finished eighth in the 1975 race an d also received the “ U nder 500
h o u r te am ” prize last year.
Fifty-five aircraft com pleted th e ’76 race course with the
follow ing results: (N ote: T h e T o p Ten p riz e /tro p h y w inners are
ineligible for the leg tro p h ies.)
LEG PRIZES
Plane
Score
1
Beverly Mahoney
Sandee Mahoney
'60 Com anche 250
25.11
2
Mary W enholz
Rosemary DeAngelo
'71 Cessna 182
24.85
3
Norma Futterm an
Virginia Showers
'76 Bonanza A-36
24.29
4
Jean Rose
Janice Free
'74 C itabria 7KCAB
23.68
5
Velda Mapelli
'66 C omanche 260B
22.45
6
Eugenia Rohrberg
Jean Johnson
'76 Piper PA-28-151
21.81
7
Claire Walters
C ara Lund
'71 Cessna 172
21.35
8
Berni Stevenson
Marie Hoefer
'67 M ooney M20F
21.05
9
Kathleen Moskow
W aynette Fisher
'74 Cessna C ardinal 177
20.99
10
Eva McHenry
Bonnie Zrust
'76 Piper PA-28-151
20.21
Name
Plane
Score
'62 Cessna 172
28.88
2nd Leg Pamela Brands
Elizabeth Nuckolls
'76 Cessna 172
20.74
3rd Leg Juanita Thom pson
Pat Thorpe
'73 Piper Arrow II
14.62
4th Leg Wally Funk
Judy Broom
'75 Citabria 7KCAB
23.65
I si Leg
Georgia Lamber(
Joyce Jones
BEST 1ST TIM E RACERS
Eugenia Rohbert
Jean Johnson
21.81
BEST RACERS UNDER 500 HOURS
Pamela Brands
Elizabeth Nuckolls
18.55
BEST GRUMMAN RACER
Lorrie Blech
Barbara Michaels
MYSTERY SPOT AT R EI) BI.UFF
Mary Firth
Karen Charest
'75 AA5B
15.68
'73 G rum m an Traveler
Ed. Note: M any thanks to our good friend, Glen Buffington, fo r
sending the race results to the 99 N E ITS.
MOTHER-DAUGHTKR
NEWSLETTER INTRO DUCED
As an outgrow th o f a m ost en joyable 99
m other-daughter picnic held durin g c o n ­
vention ’75, In term ountain C h ap te r a n ­
nounces the beginning o f a M o th er-D au g h ­
ter Newsletter to be published 6 tim es per
year. The fo rm at will include personal
items, career highlights, kids an d recipes,
flying activities — w hatever m o th er-d a u g h ­
ter flyers are doing. All 99s w ho have a 99
m other, daughter, o r g ran d m o th er (n a tu r­
al, foster, adopted or w hat-have-you!) are
invited to send a letter a b o u t them selves
with their subscription fee o f $2. to:
Meg Hatch and Daryl Ann Kyle
Cedar Mountain Sky Ranch
Rt. 1, Box 93
Athol, Idaho 83801
Let us hear from you!
PERSONALS
V irginia H ake, D aughter o f Dorothy
Hake, Western New York Chapter, soloed
on her sixteeth birthday, Ju ly 29th, with
less than 10 hours o f in stru ctio n . H er
instructor was Theresa Pirrung.
Vonne Bourgois, C hairm an o f the North
Dakota Chapter, has enrolled in the
aviation course at the U niversity o f N o rth
D akota at G rand Forks. V onne is u n d o u b t­
edly one o f the youngest chairm en o f a
N inety-N ine chapter. She is 19 years old,
w orking on her com m ercial and in strum ent
ratings and plans to m ake av iatio n her
career.
Shawnee Culbertson. All Ohio Chapter,
is assisting with the new sletter o f W orld
W ings A ssociation, In c., w hich is an
organization recently found ed in D ayton,
O hio, for anyone w ho has soloed any type
o f aircraft to retain their interest in
aviation. W orld W ings is startin g chapters
in southw estern O hio but hopes to expand
nationally and internationally.
Lois and Bob Feigenbaum recently had
the pleasure o f having Rabia Futehally and
Sunila Bahjarah visiting in th eir hom e
before their return trip to In d ia. L o is’s
d aughter, Sue Long o f Cape Girardeau
Area Chapter, noted th a t it was h a rd to
explain to her four-year-old th a t these
Indian girls were not the kind o f Indians
th at w ore feathers.
D ue to injury ch arter m em ber Mary Von
Mach was unable to atten d the ded icatio n
o f the International Forest o f F riendship,
but Lois Broyles, C h ap ter C h a irm an , was
able to represent the Michigan Chapter.
Special thanks go to P au l A llingham ,
publisher o f the A tchison G lo b e and
present ow ner o f A m elia E a rh a rt’s g ra n d ­
m o th er’s hom e and also w here A m elia was
b o rn , for allow ing the to u r o f the hom e.
FLYING
C A N A D IA N
A fter helping m an the start o f th e 1AR at
Q uebec C ity, Mary MacMillan flew her
C essna 170 to Iro q u o is, O N T to Eastern
Canadian Chapter’s Ju n e Flyaway an d won
the C arso n to te bag prize in o u r bom bing
co m p etitio n , so ably organized by Lydia
Little. In ad dition to M ary, Virginia
Cunningham. Isabel Darinzanco, Lorna de
Blicquy, Felicity McKendry, Lydia Little
a n d Marilou Comerford p articip ated plus
o th er fam ily and friends. Coleen Carr w as a
great help in getting all th e arran g em en ts
m ade.
NEW ENG LA N D
99s are “ Subjects” for MIT
A num ber o f New E ngland Section
N inety-N ines have been flying as “ subject
p ilo ts” in aircraft belonging to th e M assachusettes In stitu te o f T echnology, Lincoln
L ab o rato ry . W e were invited to p articip ate
in this testing pro g ram to help assess the
utility and acceptability o f a p ro p o sed FA A
collision avoidance system called In te rm it­
tent Positive C o n tro l (IP C ). M any test
flights have already been flow n by p ro fe s­
sional test pilots to verify the co m m an d
logic o f an experim ental version o f IP C .
Full assessm ent o f IP C m ust, how ever,
include flights in a live air traffic en v iro n ­
m ent by typical pilots, i.e., subject p ilots,
u n fam iliar with the system . W e were
p articip atin g , th erefo re, as p a rt o f a large
g ro u p o f “ subject p ilo ts” selected because
o f our wide range an d variety o f experience
an d unfam iliarity , hence o bjectivity to w ard
IP C . O u r range o f responses to th e IP C was
expected to be sim ilar to th a t o f the
u ltim ate IP C users. A nd, we were advised
th a t we all m ay be ‘users’ by 1980.
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
T hree tim es Finger Lakes Chapter sche­
duled a flight activity to P enns C aves in
Pennsylvania b u t were w eathered o u t each
tim e. They did have a nice day fo r their
flight to the T h o u san d Island C lu b for
lunch.
NORTH CENTRAL
Martha Velesky, All O hio, had a picnic
at her p rivate sod strip fo r friends, relatives
an d local 99s.
M em bers o f the Greater Detroit Area
Chapter helped with a flying treasure hunt
an d spot landing contest at G rosse lie
A irp o rt o n Septem ber 18. Fifteen planes
p articip ated in the event. A pilot from
G ross He w on first place. O u r ow n Beverly
Mitchell a n d her hu sb an d , N eal, cam e in
second. 99 m em bers from Ohio an d Lake
Michigan chapters were also present.
LAKE ERIE AIR DERBY
T he L ake Erie A ir D erby, a proficiency
race sponsored by Lake Erie 99s, w as held
in association with the C leveland N ational
A ir Show over the L ab o r Day w eekend.
T wenty-six planes were lined u p , but one
failed to sta rt (and how d isap p o inting to
C arol G ale, a pilot o f less th an two
m onths). It took only 13 m inutes to get the
o th er 25 o ff on their 234 m ile course
requiring low app ro ach es at th ree u ncon­
trolled fields. First place tro p h y w ent to
Joyce and Mickey Odom o f G rosse P o in t,
M ich, with a score o f .9902. Second was
R ichard M axfield o f A u ro ra , O hio and
R obert Barris, H ighland H ts. w ith a .9871.
T h ird place Ray K oogler and G ary Fitzm artin o f C leveland averaged .9867, while
fo u rth place Lydia Rogers o f Broadview
H ts. and Jan et Squire o f A k ro n settled for
.9854. F ifth place Jack G w ynne and
W illiam A dam s o f Berea, O h io clocked a
.9832. Jack was o u r first place w inner last
year, but adm itted th a t those sod strips are
som etim es mighty h ard to find.
Gini Sutherland a n d 49'/2er N eal, o f the
Greater Detroit Area Chapter, flew their
C herokee 180 fo r tw o days fo r “ Fly High
fo r M uscular D y stro p h y ” at O a k lan d -P o n tiac A irp o rt. T h ro u g h all th e pilo t efforts,
$5,552 was collected fo r M .D . at P o n tiac or
$10,500, in the D etroit A rea.
Chris Poster from the Greater St. Louis
C h ap te r, sporting a new In stru m ent R at­
ing, really wowed the S .A .C . (Standing
A ro u n d C lub) at Weiss a irp o rt as she and
b ra n d new p rivate pilot Jo A n n e S abo came
in first in their an n u al proficiency race
A ugust 22nd, an d “ iced th e cak e” by
w inning the spot landing contest at the end
o f the race! Ruth Lake an d Doris Kuhn
fo rm ed an o th e r w inning fem ale team ,
com ing in 5th out o f a m ixed field o f 16
airplanes. R uth an d D oris w ere only 3
seconds o f f o n their tim e an d Zi o f a tenth
o ff on fuel, com ing in 5th, so you can well
im agine the co m petition am o n g those guys
and gals in th a t race.
ACTIVITIES
SOUTH CENTRAL
A Fly-in Ice C ream S u p p er w as an
unusual activity this sum m er fo r Lubbock
Chapter. It was hosted by Susie an d R obert
Evans at Slaton Flying Service.
Spanish Peaks Chapter to o k p a rt in the
annual E aster Seal P en n y -a-P o u n d flights
at P ueblo A irport on Septem ber 23.
Spanish Peaks Chapter had their an n u al
fly-in brunch on O ctober 17 a t the
M innequa U niversity C lub in P u eb lo ,
C o lo rad o . W illiam M adsen, U .S . A ir F orce
A cadem y, spoke on C o lo rad o A viation
H istory. A side o f beef was raffled o ff with
the proceeds going to upcom ing ch ap te r
aviation education projects.
Oklahoma Chapter co-hosted a C F I
refresher course along with the O k lah o m a
A eronautics C om m ission one w eekend in
O ctober. This was the last o f the free ones
(with the FA A conducting the classes) on
the schedule.
Oklahoma Chapter also assisted w ith the
ann u al Big B rother-L ittle B ro th er Fishing
D erby taking place on the sm all lake at Will
Rogers W orld A irport in S eptem ber. Ruth
Jones and Skip Carter helped supervise the
fishing. International 99s d o n ated coloring
books for prizes. Sue Halpain to o k the 6
w inners with the biggest catches fo r an
airplane ride.
The Tulsa Chapter had a record tu rn o u t
at their July fly-in at F o untain H ead Lodge
on Lake E ufaula. M em bers, 4 9 ‘/ 2er, and
guests were eager to greet Jan Mauritson
and Sue McBride, back from the P P D and
to hear their descriptive rep o rt o f their
exciting experiences.
SOUTHEAST
Blue Ridge 99s again sponso red a “ Fly
for L ife” day, A ugust 22nd, in G reenville,
S.C . Proceeds from this event go to the
A m erican C ancer Society. T hey to p p ed o ff
with $2,800 — not bad for a d a y ’s w ork!
M eyer greeted us, an d we w ere divided into
three g roups, w ith one heading first to the
g iant 727 an d D C-10 sim u lato rs, a n o th e r to
the c o m p u to r reservation center, an d the
th ird to the m aintenance h an g ar. Everyone
had a chance to crash a t least one o f the
sim ulators, an d m any agreed th a t the
m aintenance h an g ar was alm ost m ore
fascinating th an the sim u lato rs. It is one o f
the largest cantilever buildings in the w orld,
an d has ninety fo o t d o o rs w hich open and
close electrically. W e saw m any oth er
m arvels, including th eir c o m p u to r system .
RATINGS
Ann W hile — South Africa — IFR
CANA D IAN
Felicity McKendry — Eastern O ntario — Class II CFI
M ID D LE EAST
Jan Churchill — Delaware — IFR
D ottie Hines — Eastern Penna — IFR
NEW EN G LAN D
SOUTHW EST
A fter tw o stay-at-hom e m eetings p la n ­
ning the ann u al P alo m ar M en ’s A ir R ace,
Sept. 25, the Palomar Chapter is looking
fo rw ard to their fly-in b ru n ch at Im perial
A irp o rt in N ovem ber.
Los Angeles Chapter 99s have tak en to
th e air in g reat num bers this sum m er — five
team s from this ch ap ter in the P o w d er P u ff
D erby an d three in the A ngel D erby. They
really cam e o u t in force fo r the 7th an n u al
P alm s to P ine race from S an ta M onica, CA
to Independence, O R . T h ree team s placed
in the to p ten spots: Norma Futterman and
Virginia Showers to o d 3rd; Eugenia Rohrberg an d Jean Johnson, 6 th ; and Berni
Stevenson and Marie H oefer, 8th. O th er
trophies were w on by Georgia Lambert and
Joyce Jones for the first leg o f the race;
Eugenia Rohrberg an d Jean Johnson for
best first tim e racers; Mary Firth and Karen
Charest for spot landing.
San D iego’s Eva M cHenry placed 10th in
the recent Palm s to P ines race. . .b u t we
h ear the R EA L fu n w as w hen W X kept
m any racers in M edford overnite com ing
hom e!
T he San Gabriel Valley Chapter is
p lanning a fly-in to W illets, C A for a ride
on the Skunk T rain , a diesel train w hich
m akes its way th ro u g h the R edw oods.
Jeanne O hnemus — Eastern New England — ME
C arol Stiles — Eastern New England — CFI
Pam Hawes — Eastern New England — CFI
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
Theresa Pirrung — Western New York — Examiner:
PVT. COM M . IFR
NORTHW EST
Jean M. Davis — Interm ountain — IFR
D orothy F. Albright — R oundup — COM M
Lois Lange — North D akota — MEL
Sally Plumley — Stillaguamish — IFR
NORTH CEN TRA L
Sharon Fall — All O hio — C FI. IFR
Janet Bone — Greater Detroit Area — IFR, A G I, IGI
Judy G raham — Indiana — IFR
Nancy Hagans — Indiana Dunes — IFR
C harlene Fee — Lake Erie — CFI
Bea Axelrod — Lake Erie — IFR
Colleen Bradley — Michigan — COMM
SO U T H C E N T R A L
Katherine Caraway — Coastal Bend — Spanish PVT
Donna C astor — Golden Triangle — IFR
Cheryl Shaw — Lubbock — IFR
Susie Evans — Lubbock — IFR
Marge Culwell — O klahom a — A G I, IGI
Norma Wynn Vandergriff — O klahom a BGI
Amy Pilkinton — Shreveport — IFR
Evelyn Snow — Shreveport — IGI
Earlene Biles — Tulsa — CFII
Deanna Robertson — Tulsa — ME
SO U TH EA ST
C arolyn Pilaar — Blue Ridge — H
B arbara Leitner — C arolinas — COMM
Karen Stone — Carolinas — CFI
SO U TH W EST
99s Fly-in to Tour
National’s Training Facilities
Florida Gulf Stream Chapter's Dottie
Shaw and Marilyn Burch (w hose h u sbands
are N ational A irline C aptains) hostessed a
to u r o f the N ational A ir L ine T raining
facilities in M iami on A ugust 25, 1976, and
about forty 99s flew in to O p a L ocka for
the event. C hief Systems P ilot C a p t. Jim m y
New
Ratings
Norma Futterman and Virginia Showers, Los
Angeles, and Evelyn Kropp, C onnecticut, re­
ceived their Seaplane rating at M oosehead Lake
in Maine from Northern New England 99 and
FAA FXaminer Ramona Morrell.
Lilly M artin — El C ajon Valley — COMM
Tookie Hensley — Inland CA — IFR
Alberta Brown — Inland CA — IFR
Nola Rhodes — Inland CA — IFR
Jo an Reese — Long Beach — AGI
Norma Futterm an — Los Angeles — Seaplane
Virginia Showers — Los Angeles — Seaplane
Betty Ackerman — O range C ounty — COMM
Susan Lea — Redwood Empire — COMM
Marilyn Eimers — San Diego, CFI & CFII
M arion Barnick — Santa C lara — ATP
Sherry Salveson — San Gabriel Valley — IFR
Sherry Knight — Santa Rosa — BGI
C arol Clarke — Utah — IFR
Starting in Septem ber, th e Eastern
Ontario Chapter has been g ran ted perm is­
sion to use the m eeting ro o m at the W ar
M useum as a regular m eeting place o n the
3rd W ednesday. It has been in dicated th at
their attendance may im prove by having a
fixed base available by public tra n sp o rta ­
tion.
MIDDLE EAST
The Delaware Chapter’s A ugust m eeting
featured slides o f the 1976 P P D T erm inus
that were taken by G reater W ilm ington
A irp o rt’s general m anager. Bill C om er.
The Maryland Chapter fiew into a 3200
grass strip called Russell, w hich is p a rt o f
the G reat O ak R esort, fo r th eir S eptem ber
m eeting. T he strip is sm ooth w ith nice clear
approaches, and the dining room had good
food and a view o f the 85-slip m arin a. If
th at w asn’t enough to m ake yo u r day in the
beautiful fall w eather, there was also a 9
hole g o lf course an d a sw im m ing pool.
The Shenandoah Valley Chapter met in
July for a swim party at th e h om e o f
B arbara B arber in W oo d sto ck , V irginia;
A ugust, a pot luck dinner a t M ary H o rn e r’s
hom e in S tau n to n , V irginia.
Shenandoah Valley Chapter 99s Barbara Barber,
Chairman Anne Adam s, Klizabeth C'uadra and
Middle Hast Governor Maryann Jessup. Back
row: Virginia Thom pson, Kthel Garber, Mary
Horner, and Nancy Belote.
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
T he A ugust dinner m eeting held by
Western New York Chapter was a planning
session for the fall section m eeting. Shirley
/w illin g brought her d a u g h te r, Bonnie
Quenzler, w ho along w ith P. Mallary,
placed fifth in the P ow der P u ff D erby.
M em bers all enjoyed hearing a b o u t her
experiences.
Finger Lakes officers Marcia G itelm an, Chair­
man: Alice McKachern, Corresponding Sec.;
Sally Hershberg, V. Chairman; Joye Sw anton,
Recording Sec.; and Justine M athews, Treasur­
er.
MEET
NORTHW EST
T he Far West Chapter held its Septem ber
m em bership m eeting at the C lallam O m ni
S tatio n . They were escorted th ro u g h the
facility by FA A T echnician C lau d e C adm an. The presentatio n an d q uestion an d
answ er session served to fam iliarize the
m em bers with the inner w orkings o f this
im p o rtan t navigational aid.
F o r their O ctober m eeting, Greater
Seattle Chapter asked each m em ber an d
prospective to fly solo to A rlin g to n , even if
they had to rent o r b o rro w an a irp lan e to
accom plish this m ission. H opefully this got
the “ inactives” flying again. They did this
once before an d everyone agreed th at it was
a barrel o f fun. T hey really invaded the
field!
F or a w elcome change, the w eather on
the second W ednesday (Greater Seattle’s
m eeting day) was excellent in Septem ber.
Y akim a, W ashington was their destination
an d besides the eight m em bers from their
c h ap te r they happily w elcom ed fo u r m em ­
bers o f the Yakima Chapter an d Jean Davis
from Intermountain. Elli M cE lroy from
R anier chapter flew to Y akim a from
n o rth e rn C alifo rn ia ju s t to atten d this
m eeting an d then RON w ith her h usband in
S eattle (he w orks fo r the airlines). Jan
LeCocq, Y akim a C h ap ter, surprised them
all by presenting each o f them w ith a bag o f
apples.
Audrey Baird was hostess for the
S eptem ber m eeting o f the North Dakota
Chapter at her hom e in D ickinson, N .D . A
guest at the m eeting was Judy Beckman o f
the Central Missouri Chapter, w ho has
recently m oved to B ism arck, N .D .
NORTHW EST SECTIO NAL
T he last w eekend o f sum m er fo u n d the
b eau tifu l resort com m unity o f Sun River,
O regon full o f 99s, a irc ra ft an d activities
su rro u n d in g the N orthw est Section m eet­
ing.
The Executive B oard m eeting an d C h a p ­
ter C hairm an m eeting had the good fo rtu n e
o f P a t M cE w en’s an d L ois F eig en b au m ’s
expertise. A m o u n tain flying sem inar was
tau g h t by Sparky Im eson, Jack so n H ole,
W yom ing fo r four h o u rs F rid ay , follow ed
by a delicious steak fry by the D eschutes
River.
S a tu rd a y ’s section business m eeting was
co nducted by G ene N o ra Jessen, N orthw est
Section G overnor an d h eard rep o rts on
501 (c) (3) by Liz L u n d in , the convention
report by llovene P o tte r, and an invitation
to Sectional in A lask a next Ju n e by Joyce
B ergstrand an d the A lask a m em bers.
In ad d ition to P a t an d L ois, T hon
G riffith , In tern atio n al T reasu rer, llovene
P o tte r, Betty W h arto n , and o f course G ene
N o ra Jessen, In tern atio n al B oard m em ­
bers, were present.
G A D O officers gave sh o rt g ro u n d re­
views and offered BFR rides free th ro u g h ­
o u t the weekend.
M ary Jo O liver K n o u ff, F A A , W ashing
to n , D .C . conducted a sem inar anc,
discussion on aviation edu catio n and ways
the 99s can fam iliarize the public with
aviation.
O ur salm on bake b an q u et, hosted by the
C olu m b ia C ascade C h a p te r, concluded
w ith a hum orous talk by Jim Yarnell o f
B eechcraft C o rp o ra tio n , W ichita, Kansas,
w hose subject was — m ailboxes! There
w ere half-C essnas, full-C essnas, half-A ztecs and pigeon m ailboxes. It w as hilarious!
T o q u o te S parky Im eson, “ H appiness is
a clear day in Sun River an d the tim e to go
flying!”
Subm itted by:
W illam ette Valley C h ap ter
w ith add itio n s from the C olum bia
C ascade N ew sletter
(Above) Back row: l.ois Feigenbaum , Pal McKwen, Pegge Blinco, Jane
Capizzi. Jim Yarnell, Thon G riffith, G eorge G riffith. Front row: Arthur
Kamm, Charlotte Kamm, lloven e P oller, Betty W harton, Claud
W harton. Louise W icks and N oel " P ap p y" Wicks.
(Left) Northwest Section Achievem ent Award winner Billie Dulcher being
congratulated by Betty Prakken.
NGS
Dave Em pey, an I.A ., talk ed to the
Stillaguamish Chapter ab o u t the repairs
they could attem pt if they were caught o u t
at a field with an airplane engine th at
refused to start. T h an k s, D ave, fo r
rem inding 99s how to give T .L .C . to the
radios and mikes, plus th e p lan e’s batteries.
NORTH CENTRAL
The All Ohio O ctober m eeting w as held
at New Philadelphia, O hio, w ith a pro g ram
on forest patrol presented by an O hio
D istrict Forester w ho gave a d em o n stratio n
o f fire fighting techniques by flying a w ater
d ro p from a helicopter. T h eir hostess
Jeannette Jenkins started flying in 1941 at
New Philadelphia. O ne o f the oth er
students on the field was Jo h n G lenn.
S ecretary’s decision was to build in Illinois.
T his w as no t th e fav o rite idea o f the
M issourians.
We were also pleased to have M r. & M rs.
R on S kinner o f Aviation W orld News, a
general aviation p aper fo r th e M idwest
area, as o u r guests. M r. S kinner covers the
eastern p art o f M issouri a n d is m ost
anxious fo r news a b o u t w om en in av iatio n .
H ope to receive nice coverage from him
ab o u t o u r in stallation.
New Indiana Dunes Chapter
Has First Installation o f Officers
L ansing, Illinois M unicipal A irp o rt was
th e scene o f the first in stallatio n o f officers
for the Indiana Dunes Chapter. Barb Gross
and Carol Zander, hostesses, provided
b eau tifu l w eather so th a t th e A ugust
m eeting could be held o utside. A n inspiring
installatio n service was led by B arb G ross,
Installing O fficer, assisted by Joan Kerwin,
newly elected chairm an o f th e Chicago
Area Chapter. T he new officers are:
B arb ara Jennings, C h airm an ; M ary A nn
B ellafiore, V ice-C hairm an; D ian a A ustin,
T reasu rer; K athy W alker, R ecording Secre­
tary , a n d C harlene F alkenberg, C o rre s­
po n d in g Secretary.
Central Illinois members who flew into Rushville
for the September 99 meeting.
Fourteen m em bers attended the S eptem ­
ber meeting o f Central Illinois 99s at
Rushville. Jim M cH aley, from B eardstow n
A irport, provided an exciting b ack g ro u n d
with several low “ fly-bys” in his recently
restored open cockpit W A C O U P F 7 . T he
sod strip at Rushville was lined w ith 14
planes flown in by 99s and 49!/iers.
Greater Detroit Area Chapter m em bers
had their A ugust m eeting at th e ho t air
balloon factory in Pontiac. Nancy Hecksel
was th e w inner fo r the hot a ir ballo o n ride.
So on A ugust 24th, a lovely w arm sum m er
night, she took o ff in the b allo o n . It was
one o f the m ost fantastic experiences she
had ever had. E verything th a t you w ould
have ever im agined a b o u t flying in a h o t air
balloon is there. T he ow ner o f th e b allo o n ,
Lynn H arding, even let her w ork the
burners and talked her th rough a landing,
which she “ m anaged better th an som e with
the M ooney.”
Greater St. Louis Chapter had a lu n ­
cheon installation o f officers a t Sunset
C o untry C lub as guest o f Loretta Slavick.
Ron M oore, Asst. D irector o f A irp o rts for
L am bert St. Louis A irp o rt, w as o u r guest
speaker. H e rem inded us o f the vital airp o rt
study decision being announced Sept. 1st
by Secretary C olem an regarding th e fu tu re
o f Lam bert International A irp o rt. In sh o rt;
will we build an o th er “ D F W ” in Illinois, or
keep and expand o u r present a irp o rt to
service the m etro St. Louis area? The
Iowa 99s had their A ugust m eeting at
G reenfield w here they saw slides and
movies o f the P o w d er P u ff tak en by the
Iow a racers an d by the c h ap ter m em bers
w ho had gone to the O K C sto p . Follow ing
the p ro g ram , glider rides were o ffered and
8 people to o k the o p p o rtu n ity to so ar. Ann
Clay rep o rts, “ Still d o n ’t see how you can
co n centrate on flying the thin g w hen you
can enjoy all the peace & q u iet an d the
b ubble gives you such a b eau tifu l view .”
Quad-City Area held th eir Septem ber
m eeting in Iow a City durin g the w eekend o f
th e Section M eeting. T hey w ere p lan n ing to
have a big percentage o f th eir w om en there
to be in the running fo r the atten d an ce
tro p h y .
SOUTH CENTRAL
Chaparral Chapter m em bers flew to
Silver C ity, New M exico to hold their
A ugust m eeting with Marjorie Ketterling as
hostess. Mary W ooten an d Rene Hirth were
the pilots fo r th e flight. M arge served us a
very en joyable lunch after o u r m eeting and
her h u sb an d , D uane, helped w ith the
tra n sp o rtatio n to an d from the a irp o rt,
w hich is 20 miles from tow n.
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New Indiana Dunes officers at Installation.
(I.-R) Diane A ustin, Treasurer; Charlene Kalkenberg. C or. Secretary: and Kathy W alker, Rec.
Secretary.
Both Chicago Area Chapter an d Indiana
Chapter, m o th er ch ap ters fo r th e In d ian a
D unes C h a p te r, w ere invited to the
m eeting. M any took ad v an ta g e o f the
invitation an d enjoyed the picnic lunch o f
hot dogs an d cold drinks. H ow ever, Ruth
Ruggles, C h airm an o f the In d ian a C h a p te r,
sent her regrets along with a frien d sh ip card
an d n ote from her C h a p ter, an d three
bottles o f C h am p ag n e to be used to toast
o u r new C h ap ter (by those n o t flying,
only). R u th ’s local a irp o rt was having R uth
Ruggles Day in h o n o r o f her p articip atio n
o f the 1976 P ow der P u ff D erby on this
date.
T he C hicago A rea C h a p ter presented a
b eautiful blue and w hite b an n er to the
Indiana D unes C h ap ter w hich had been
m ade by Arta Henson o f th e C hicago
C h ap ter.
A new type o f sh o rth an d ? Yes, as a
m atter o f fact! T he A resti system used in
A erobatic flying was d em o n strated to the
C o lo ra d o C h ap ter by M r. Ken (N ick)
N icholas o f “ T h e Flying S ch o o l” at
B oulder A irp o rt in A ugust. Nick presented
a tw o -h o u r gro u n d school covering such
topics as “ T ail D am pening P ow er F a c to r” ,
effects o f engine to rq u e an d “ P ” facto r,
rolling slipstream and gyroscopic effect,
not to m ention a discussion o f w here baby
propellers com e from . . .and according to
new C h airm an , Mary Adams. . .“ W hy, the
‘to rq u e ’ brings them , o f c o u rse!”
A picnic lunch, a short business m eeting
an d d em o n stratio n rides in a C itab ria
follow ed.
Fort Worth Chapter’s S afety M eeting
featured their own 49'/2er — A1 H all. A1
was pilot in com m and o f a C essna 310 for
an FA A Safety film o n V ertigo.
Golden Triangle Chapter was one o f
m any th a t held a form al d in n er and
in stallation o f officers in lieu o f their
A ugust m eeting.
Shreveport Chapter had the pleasure o f
having M s. P atricia O sb o rn e, the new
A viation Safety O fficer from SH V G A D O ,
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Ninety-Nin
At their ‘hand over’ executive m eeting,
Eastern Ontario Chapter agreed to su p p o rt
the O ntario A viation C ouncil w hich has
been instrum ental in preventing T o ro n to
Island A irport from disappearing o ff the
m ap.
Niagara Trillium airm ark ed runw ays 32
and 15 at W aterloo-W ellington A irp o rt this
sum m er and plans to retu rn to m ark the
other runw ays this fall.
NORTHWEST
Greater Seattle Chapter m ark ed C rest
A irpark in July and plans are underw ay to
do the sam e for Puyallup a irp o rt. They
think it would be terrific if every chapter
scouted around its own area, setting a goal
to have every airport m ark ed w ithin this
com ing year.
M ONTANA 99s PAINT TH E SCENE
Vel Innes
P aint by the num bers, brushes bristling,
busy 99s and ’49'/2ers surely set th e scene at
several airports for the M ontana Big Sky
fem inine flyers.
In May the group ran , drove, o r flew to
Laurel, not to paint the tow n red, ra th e r to
freshen the runw ay num bers with bright
yellow. At the local pizza p a rlo r, luncheon
was provided the w orkers th ro u g h the
Laurel C ham ber o f C om m erce.
In Septem ber som e m o re p ainting was
done on A ugusta airp o rt, w hich is at the
base o f the Rockies and w est o f G reat Falls.
T he airport is beautifully nestled am ong
low lying hills and has the tow ering peaks
ju st a few miles west.
The first S aturday o f O cto b er it’ll be a
R oundup “ ro u n d u p ” o f Montana 99s to
do airm arking. T hat m ay so und s o rta ’ like
double talk but the gals will g ath er o n the
airp o rt at R oundup, the first tow n n o rth o f
Billings. The letters a to p a h an g ar have
need o f being redone; th en , if tim e, p ain t ’n
N RG last, runw ay end id entifier posts
might be painted for the first tim e.
A lthough R oundup (R P X ) is a relatively
small com m unity there is q u ite a bit o f
aerial activity com ing in on coal, lum ber
and oil exploration as well as new
construction along the M usselshell River
tow n site.
North Dakota Chapter has also been
busy airm arking the C ity o f M ohall this
sum m er.
NORTH CENTRAL
T here are alm ost as m any d ifferen t ways
o f raising m oney as there are 99 ch ap te rs to
do it. Cape Girardeau Area Chapter is
going to try a rum m age sale, a n d Iowa
Chapter reports that its new sale item ,
C hristm as C ards, is doing very well.
Quad-City Area Chapter had a plane wash
in A ugust and netted their c h ap ter $110.
They w ashed, debugged, an d cleaned the
interiors o f 9 airplanes.
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BL A N C H E NOYES A N D DORIS SCO TT
Blanche N oyes, the first licensed fem ale pilot in
the State o f Ohio and also a charter member of
the 99s, was the guest o f honor on the 99 float in
the l)a>ton Fourth o f Jul> Parade.
Pinch Hitter Course Popular at Oshkosh
Jayne Schiek, Jean W est, an d o th er 99s
from Central Illinois Chapter helped o u t at
th e A O P A Pinch H itte r course at O shkosh
this sum m er. Several hu n d red w om en
atten d ed . They had the use o f a b ank o f
A TC sim ulators an d it was the m ost
p o p u la r place on the field. The w om en are
really getting en thusiastic a b o u t flying.
Claudia Jones o f Las Vegas (99, in stru cto r,
an d P ip er girl) got herself released to this
p ro ject (instead o f h anding o u t T -sh irts in
th e P ip er bo o th ) an d was w o n d erfu l in
“ C h ats with In stru c to rs” and instructing
on the sim ulators. T his p ro ject has a lo t o f
potential in the m aking o f fu tu re 99s an d is
a lot o f fu n , to o . Next year, com e, see and
help!
research was answ ered by P a t and instru­
m ent rated Lois Truchinski on A ugust 29,
1976.
T he blood sam ples were tak en at 10:30
A M , flown out o f the sm all northern
W isconsin com m unity o f P hillips at 12
n o o n , arriving at M itchell Field, M ilwaukee
a t 2:30 to be p u t on w aiting tran sco n tin ­
en tal a ircraft. P a t an d Lois were met at
Phillips by a large gro u p o f nurses, Bob
W hite, A irp o rt M anager, and concerned
citizens. M .S. is at a high percentage in this
a re a. Tw in b oys’ blood sam ples were
included in the 8 dual sam ples carried. O ne
o f the tw ins afflicted, the o th er spared. . .
why? T his disease, unlike M .D ., affects the
b rain . . .slow d eterio ratio n follow s. Re­
search is trying to determ ine if there is a
facto r in the blood o f those w ith M .S. and a
close, well relative.
T he flight was m ade in L o is’ P iper, and
m et by d irector o f M .S ., Lucille U lrich,
w ho than k ed th e 99s fo r the g o o d jo b . Last
year a plane was ch artered at g reat cost to
the charity. B oth P a t an d Lois said they
w ould happily do the task again. T h a t’s
w hat 99s are all about!
SOUTH CENTRAL
Graduate Students Build Plane
Sandra Frank, o f Greater Detroit Area
Chapter, w orked with 14 o th er g rad u ate
stu d en ts at E astern M ichigan U niversity
building a Sonerai II, a tw o-place tan d em
sp o rt plane. Eighty per cent o f th e plane
was com pleted in fo u r weeks tim e. (D id you
get to fly it, S andra?)
Kathy Walker, Indiana Dunes, is one o f
m any 99s w ho have been en thralling
organizations by speaking to them o f her
experiences flying the last P o w d er P u ff
Derby. In her case, as K athy to ld th e L ady
Lions O rganization, the last P P D was also
her first PPD .
MISSION OF MERCY
Gerri Kuehn
A p hone call fro m W isconsin 99 h isto r­
ian Florence Toney (an M .D .-g ro u n d ed 99)
to Pat Weir, chairm an o f W isconsin 99
Chapter, resulted in a relay m ission for
M ultiple Sclerosis. A need to fly blood
sam ples o f afflicted patien ts a n d close
relatives to research centers at B ethesda
N .I.H ., and L .A . M edical C en ter fo r
F o u r m em bers o f the Cimmarron Chap­
ter m ade the front page o f the Garden City
Telegram — all decked o u t in their
p h o to g rap h ic best while painting the a ir­
p o rt tetrah ed ro n . In co n ju n ctio n with this
sam e p roject, they also p ain ted the runw ay
light covers — extending u p an d dow n the
runw ay for 1200 feet plus ends!
Coastal Bend 99s painted the num bers
a n d centerline at the E d n a, Texas airport
this sum m er. In A ugust they helped
sp o n so r a safety sem inar at W harton,
Texas attended by 60 area pilots.
Dallas Chapter co-sponsored the first
safety sem inar scheduled fo r the Dallas
G A D O area this fall. T his one was a
S tall/S p in P ro g ram put on by ex-99 NEW S
E d ito r Saundra’s 49'/2er, T iner Lapslay,
w h o ’s the new A ccident P revention Special­
ist there. This was the first tim e a S tall/S pin
rojects
program has been offered in th e D allas
area. Incidentally, as part o f th eir co-sponsoring duties, Edna Wright, Mary Kit­
chens, and Judy Cobb helped Dorothy
Warren put address labels on a b o u t 7000
flyers.
The El Paso Chapter has really been busy
w ith projects o f m any kinds lately. T hey
h ad a successful day selling lem onade
during the airp o rt open house on N ational
A viation D ay, and the ranch-style fly-in
b reakfast they sponsored at C lo u d cro ft
airstrip was so well attended th at they have
been invited back to do it again.
El Paso Chapter held a one week sem inar
on aviation fo r G irl Scouts. Lois Hailey
tau g ht navigation an d aerodynam ics. Doris
Shreve talked ab o u t the w eather. O thers
assisted on tours. O n the last day, Sim
Lindley, Joyce Canavan, an d Marilyn
Cragin gave the scouts rides in th eir planes.
Jean Cartier organized the entire sem inar
an d appeared on TV with the G irl Scout
C ounselor.
Marilyn Cragin an d Doris Shreve have
also been busy giving talk an d slide
program s abo ut the P P D to th e El P aso
A viation A ssociation, with a n o th e r sche­
duled fo r the W elcom e W agon C lub.
Last Minute Effort Brings 2nd Prize
Golden Triangle m em bers Jo McCarrell
and Linda H ooker (w ith one d a y ’s notice
an d assisted by som e o f J o ’s neighbors) put
together a float for the local c o u n ty fair
parad e in A rkansas. T heir flo at w on second
prize o u t o f tw enty-five or m ore flo ats. The
m ost stand-out feature was th e 10’xlO ’
airplane (painted 99 blue) m o u n ted o n a
pickup truck, high above the g ro u n d -features, which were in the bed o f the tru ck .
L inda designed it and they p u t it together
with chicken wire and new spaper. It turn ed
out so well, Jo has it stored in her b arn fo r
future use by the chapter.
Nebraska 99s Sponsor Poster Contest
In conjunction w ith “ G eneral A viation
Awareness M o n th ” , Nebraska 99s are
sponsoring an aviation poster co n test for
elem entary school age youngsters. N inetynines in different areas o f the state sp o n so r
local contests. The w inning local posters
are then entered in a statew ide co n test. As a
p art o f the poster project, N e b rask a 99s
provide inform ation ab o u t general aviatio n
to elem entary teachers. Sally Van Zandt is
chairm an o f the aviation poster p ro ject.
N ebraska 99s are also prov id in g rides
again this year for pilots an d passengers
w ho fly to Lincoln fo r N ebrask a fo o tb all
games. They drive football goers from the
a irp o rt to the stadium . T hey’ll be especially
eager to meet any 99s from o th e r states.
San Antonio 99s really plan to w ork o u t
during the com ing A O P A convention
O cto b er 26-31, 1976, in San A n to n io .
N inety-N ines, and o th er interested o rg a n i­
zations, plan to help greet A O P A m em bers
an d tra n sp o rt them from th eir a ircraft to
buses w hich will take them to th e h otel. A
few o f the m em bers are also p lanning to
help m an the 99 b o o th at th e convention.
South Louisiana Chapter assisted with
th e Blue Angels A ir Show a t C h en n au lt A ir
F orce Base o n O cto b er 3rd — the last air
show at the A FB b efo re C h en n au lt is
decom m issioned.
A irp o rt beau tificatio n is o f special
interest to the Shreveport Chapter a n d one
o f their m em bers, Jere Sauer, has p erso n ­
ally supervised plan tin g an area in fro n t o f
th e term inal building and has also la n d ­
scaped the Civil A ir P a tro l trailer.
Spanish Peaks Chapter h ad an aviation
display at P ueblo R egional L ib rary from
A ugust 16 to A ugust 31. A viation boo k s,
a irc ra ft p h o to g rap h s, an d m odel a irc ra ft
furnished by Sky C o rral R /C C lub m ade up
the display, which featu red the official
p ro clam atio n o f the P u eb lo C ity C ouncil
proclaim ing A ugust 19 N atio n al A viation
D ay in P ueblo. A ccording to library
personnel, the display a ttra c ted great
interest.
SO U TH EAST
T he Carolinas Chapter is d o n atin g
$25.00 to the K ansas S tate U niversity fo r
the purchase o f the S o u th C aro lin a tree in
th e F riendship F orest. It w as also decided
to m ake a yearly p ro ject o f d o n atin g
$100.00 to m em ber Nancy W ren’s A viation
Science Class a t S w an n an o a H igh School,
S w annanoa, N .C .
99s Part o f Study Group in Miami Area
T here is now a “ M iam i T erm inal A rea
S tudy G ro u p ” to stu d y th e volum e o f air
traffic in the general M iam i area, w hich
includes traffic from H om estead A ir Force
Base to P alm Beach. T he study hopes to
locate problem areas a n d try and suggest
ways to solve them , as well as to generally
expedite air traffic safety in the area.
Florida Goldcoast Chapter m em bers in ­
volved are: Fran Sargent, representing
M iam i D ade C om m unity C ollege; Ruth
Fleisher, representing th e 99s; an d Lois and
4 9 l/ 2er Saul Eig, representing general
aviation.
Sun Coast Chapter go t its air education
o f f th e gro u n d w hen M argie O ’R iorden
to o k a gro u p o f G irl/B o y Scouts on a to u r
o f the S araso ta A irp o rt.
Bay Cities 99s assisted w ith a FA M ILY
A W A R E N E SS SE M IN A R p u t on by the
FA A an d Sierra A cadem y o f A eronautics
in O ctober. The sem inar co n cen trated on
the psychological an d em o tio n al effects o f
pilot stress and strain, an d featu red special
guests from the FA A Civil A erom edical
B ranch in O k lah o m a C ity an d a rep resenta­
tive from the FA A A ccident Investigation
B ranch o f A viation M edicine in W ashing­
to n .
DRF is still going strong in California.
Inland California had 5 airplanes and 15
people o u t one S unday this sum m er to
tra n sp o rt 1700 pounds o f m edical supplies
to S anta B arbara. Nina Rookaird from
Redwood Empire Chapter, 49'/ier Dick
an d g ran d d au g h ter H ope drove to Santa
B a rb ara to deliver 250 p o u n d s o f D RF
m aterial. Incidentally, they rep o rt th at the
w arehouse is extrem ely interesting to visit.
Golden West Chapter was p lanning to take
D R F supplies with them to S an ta B arbara
when they attended the Fall Sectional there
over L abor Day W eekend.
Pennies-a-Pound Flights Popular
Fullerton Chapter has a Pennies-aPound event scheduled for N ovem ber 6.
T his seems to be a successful kind of
m oney-raiser. Santa Rosa Chapter recently
had such an event in which they carried 292
passengers on rides an d m ade a p ro fit of
$655.75. T hey were charging 3c a p o u n d .
W hen the Palomar Chapter treasurer
rep o rted a shockingly low balance, em er­
gency m easures were set in m o tio n . Instead
o f an outright assessm ent, each m em ber is
planning a personal p roject to bring in $10.
to the treasury. O ffers o f hom em ade
biscuits, ja m and jellies were m ade. Some
prom ises were m ade th a t n o questions
w ould be asked when the m oney is turned
in.
Redwood Empire Chapter m em bers H a­
zel Bertangna, Pat Stouffer, Fran Gauger,
Erma Chance, Jeanne Gibson and Esther
Harri p articipated in an A irp o rt Use Survey
a t N ap a A irp o rt fo r one w eek. Jane Fuller
(Las Vegas Chapter) also assisted.
The San Gabriel Valley Chapter will have
th eir an n u al A ir Life on N ovem ber 6, under
th e guidance o f C h airm an Helen Blan­
chard.
Utah 99s co-sponsored (w ith th e U tah
P ilots A ssociation an d S alt L ake G A D O ) a
“ D ensity A ltitude C linic” at W endover,
U ta h in A ugust. A fter the events o f the day
w ere over, the sponsors decided to have the
next clinic on “ C rossw ind T ak eo ffs and
L an d in g s.”
Kay Howells and Wilma Nichols did a
great jo b helping with th e p rep aratio n s for
the clinic. In the activities o f the day,
Sidney Sandau won a prize for the shortest
tak e o ff distance at the closest gross w eight.
Janet Knowles overestim ated her take o ff
distance the m ost and was aw arded a W orld
W ar II drag p arachute.
MEETINGS. . .Continued
as a guest speaker. They will e n jo y having
her in their area and hope to be o f
assistance to her.
South Louisiana Chapter is having an
o rganizational m eeting in N ovem ber with
several glider-rated w omen pilots to explore
the idea o f sponsoring a new C h a p te r at the
O ak Hill G liderport to serve southeast
L ouisiana w om en pilots, particu larly H a m ­
m ond, Slidell, C ovington, F ran k lin to n ,
A m ite and Bogalusa.
In D ecem ber, they will be h osting a
C hristm as party for the Flight Service
S tation an d Ryan A irport p erso n n el, and
their fam ilies.
San Antonio 99s have been co n cen tratin g
on im proving their know ledge lately. In
July, m em bers were aw akened to the
im portance o f keeping cu rren t in new
developm ents an d rem aining fam iliar with
the A IM when Peggy Kemble presented a
quiz on A IM . T he Septem ber m eeting saw
inform ative IF R tips for th e V FR pilot
presented by Jane King. A b o u t th irty 99s,
49'/2ers and guests attended a d in n e r a t San
A n tonio International A irp o rt R estau ran t
in Septem ber where C ol. C arl C ra n e
(husband o f Pamela Crane) gave a very
interesting slide-show p resen tatio n o n the
history o f IFR flying and a new a ircraft
instrum ent he is introducing (w hich is his
ow n invention).
SOUTHEAST
An interesting gentlem an, M r. Len
Povey spoke to the July 25 m eeting o f Blue
Ridge Chapter. M r. Povey spent fo u r years
in C uba training pilots fo r B a tista’s air
force an d is the originator o f th e C u b an 8.
H e now resides in H ighlands, N .C ., a n d is
em ployed by Stevens A viation.
A covered dish supper at the hom e o f Jo
Hartness was the setting for the Blue Ridge
Installation o f O fficers.
Carolinas Chapter held th eir A ugust
m eeting at the beautiful Flying H F arm
belonging to Elizabeth H am ilton. H er
beautiful 3500’ grass strip (m ain tain ed by
Betty personally!) went begging as tropical
storm D ottie brought IFR w eath er to pilots
and drivers alike. This m eeting is a yearly
event and is looked forw ard to by all the
m em bers.
A jo in t m eeting with the Kitty Hawk
Chapter and the First Flight Society was
held at Nags H ead, N .C . in S eptem ber
w here there was a cerem ony h o n o rin g the
W right B rothers an d the F iftieth A n n iv er­
sary o f C om m ercial Flight.
At their Septem ber m eeting, m em bers o f
the Deep South Chapter enjoyed a to u r o f
the G rum an-A m erican p lan t in S av an n ah ,
conducted by H ow ard S andbeck, m anager
o f the G rum an-A m erican FB O .
The Florida Gulf Stream Chapter’s first
meeting o f the “ new year” to o k place on
S aturday, Septem ber 18th at th e R ath sk el­
ler R estaurant in F ort L auderdale w here the
new officers were introduced.
Memphis 99s w aded th ro u g h a t least 6
inch deep fioodw aters an d sat a ro u n d in
wet stocking feet at their S eptem ber
m eeting. A nybody no t there really m issed a
treat. Y ou could tell by the look o n their
faces th a t the tourists at the S h erato n really
knew th a t they were in T ennessee w hen the
99s cam e in w ith p an ts legs rolled u p ,
b arefo o ted and shoes in hand!
SOUTHW EST
O utgoing Redwood Empire Chairman Lynn
Ahrens hands the gavel to new Chairman Janet
Allbeck.
J.C . and Ginny Boylls
celebrate 49'/2er Day as
nine new recruits are
added to the Palomar
fold.
New 49'/2ers installed by Palomar Chapter.
A t an afte rn o o n pool p arty an d p otluck
at P am V ander L in d en ’s, nine h u sb an d s o f
recent m em bers were royally installed into
the mystic o rd er o f 49!/2ers by Esther
W hitt. T hose h o n o red were: Bob R o b in ­
son, J .C . Boylls, Ray G rim singer, Jim
H atfield , Bob H arris, Allen T h o m p so n ,
Bill M izell, N orm C o p u s, an d Fred T o rres.
B ringing their ow n specialty salad,
P a lo m a r’s O ctober m eeting w as a co m b in a­
tion gourm et salad lun ch eo n , officer
in stallation an d m oney-raiser as well.
San Diego Chapter celebrated it’s 30th
A nniversary w ith a W O W party at D iane &
Bob Stocklin’s hom e. It was a p o t luck
din n er, with T W O deco rated cakes. W e
invited those m em bers in El Cajon Chapter
w ho were previously in San D iego Chapter,
an d m any o f them jo in ed us, an d presented
us with a b eautiful scrap b o o k . (D iane
b u bbled all evening a b o u t her recent “ rid e”
in a 727 sim u lator.)
Redwood Empire Chapter recently held a
m eeting at the Velvet T u rtle in P leasan t Hill
a t w hich new officers were installed.
San Gabriel Valley Chapter began the
new year with a gathering o f 99s and
49'/2ers a t Beverly M ahoney’s hom e for a
luau. Follow ing d inner the 99s had a
business m eeting to plan fu tu re activities.
TEN WOMEN BEGIN AIR FORCE
PILOT TR A IN IN G
The Air Force has begun the training o f
the first class o f women in Pilot Training.
They are currently in the Flight Screening
Porgram at Lackland Air Force Base where
they are in academic courses including
flight principles and analysis o f aircraft
systems. From there they will go to San
A ntonio for flight instruction in the T41, a
military version o f the Cessna 172, and then
on to W illiams AFB for a 49-week course in
the T37 and T38 jets.
SOUTHW EST SECTIO NAL
L ab o r day W eekend an d a college
cam pus form ed the back g ro u n d fo r the
S outhw est Section M eeting this fall. In te r­
n atio n al O fficers Thon Griffith, Vice
P resident, and Hazel Jones, T reasu rer,
were on h an d as was new B oard M em ber
Betty Wharton.
T he Santa Barbara 99s were w arm an d
w elcom ing hostesses. T he U niversity o f
C alifo rn ia S an ta B arbara C am p u s was
right on the beach and very lovely. R ep o rts
we received indicate th at d o rm ito ry life was
a riot w ith everyone trying to get in to the
show er at once. A pparen tly , th e volley ball
gam e at the beach bar-b -q u e was w orth the
price o f th e w hole trip . A nytim e this
collection o f m agnificent pilots ju st m an­
aged to find the ball was considered a
m ajo r triu m p h .
M any aw ards were presented at the
b an q u et. Marie McMillan w on th e “ W o­
m en P ilot o f the Year a w a rd ” , and
well-deserved it was a fte r noting her
incredible list o f accom plishm ents. (P lagia­
rized version o f Bay C ities L o ghorn)
(Left) Past Governor Marion Barnick hands
silver pitcher to Governor Verna West as Vice
G overnor Margo Smith looks on . P hotos by
Maggie Burch.
(Right) Maggie Burch, SW Section P .R . Chair­
man, awards trophy to Santa Clara Valley
Chapter for outstanding work accom plished in
Public Relations this year. M arion Barnick
accepts for Nancy Rodgers, Chapter P .R . Chrm.
A Travelogue
of Ninety-Nine
Trips and Flying Fun
G
FOREIGN
M any o f the East Africa m em bers have
been visiting overseas! Dr. Anne Spoerry to
France and Sw itzerland; Virginia Gay
Stephenson to A thens an d C o rfu in G reece;
Nani Croze to G erm any; Veronica Scott
Mason to O regon; Marcia Gordon to
A lbuquerque, New M exico an d G eneva,
Sw itzerland; and Carolyn Thresher to
W ichita, Kansas.
C A N A D IA N
Betty Jane and Carolyn Thom as were
E .O .C .’s only entry in the P P D as Lorna de
Bliquy and Marilou C om erford’s entry was
snagged due to the Civil A viation Inspec­
to r’s strike. W ithout the pro p er p a p er w ork
com pleted on their newly im ported airc ra ft,
they d id n ’t get past T o ro n to . Som e anxious
m om ents were even created b efo re L o rn a
an d M arilou left on the IA R , n o t know ing
when the A ir traffic C o n tro lle r’s strike due
to concern over air safety and bilingualism
w ould be called.
M IDDLE EAST
Susie Simon, Eastern Penna Chapter,
flew a N avajo C hieftan to “ see A m erica
first.” F rom P H L to L ancaster to M o rris­
tow n to Cleveland, to Louisville, KY,
staying overnight. F rom there to T u lsa, to
A ustin, then G eorgetow n, T X — 11 hours
o f flying in tw o days! H er hom e “ Flying
H igh” in L afayette Hill is w ell-nam ed.
Maryland 99 Kay Bays flew her Twin
C om anche to U tah to join a 9-day raftin g
trip dow n the C o lo rad o River. S h e’s also
been p utting her C FI rating to good use
teaching her daughter Jo d y to fly.
Shenandoah Valley 99 Martha Morrison,
R epresentative to the U .S . fo r the In te rn a ­
tional C ouncil o f W om en, atten d ed the
T rian n ual International C ouncil o f W om en
at the U niversity o f British C o lu m b ia in
V ancouver this sum m er. She highly recom ­
m ends a to u r o f the N orthw est, L ake
Louise and B aniff Springs in A lberta,
C an ad a.
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
Finger Lakes 99 Marcia Gitelman and
fam ily spent 3 'A weeks flying to San
Francisco and Seattle. T rue to Seattle
w eather they took o ff in to a h o rrib le ceiling
and encountered c arb u reto r ifce w hich
required 3 hours o f heat to m elt.
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n
e
NORTHW EST
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Margaret Layton, Far West' Chapter,
flew in her frien d s’ 150 to Y an k to n , SD in
July taking her dog as her co-pilot!
Robbie Taylor, a m em ber o f Alberta
Chapter from C ra n b ro o k , B .C . flew dow n
fo r Intermountain’s S eptem ber m eeting.
Kay an d Dave Vogel o f B ism arck, N D
flew their Skyhaw k to S un R iver, O R fo r
the P ro v id en t Life In su ran ce C onv en tio n ,
an d also flew to W innipeg, M an ito b a over
L ab o r Day to take in the races.
Gail Bashforth, Stillaguamish Chapter,
w ondered why her C essna 140 was a bit
squirrely handling on landing a t A b b o ts­
fo rd , BC. H er passenger, 99 G race G reer,
noticed while w alking behind the plane th a t
a tailw heel spring was m issing. W hen the
gals returned to th e plane a fte r their
m eeting, a new spring w as in place. H o w ’s
th a t fo r in tern atio n al relations?
It has been a busy sum m er fo r Ali Sharp,
W illamette Valley Chapter, w ho logged 270
P IC hours since Ja n u ary . She flew the IA R ,
the P P D , the P alm s to P ines, an d was
entered in the P A R . She to u red H e a d q u a r­
ters before the IAR an d m ade a to u r o f the
M ooney factory before the P P D .
Willamette Valley m em bers Frieda Bunt­
ing an d Nancy Spaniol flew th e Palm s to
Pines fo r the first tim e this year, while
Marge Petersen an d Janet Fitch had their
second try.
NORTH C EN TRA L
Central Illinois Chapter had a letter from
Jerrie C obb th anking them fo r the gift o f
seed corn fo r the A m azon Indians.
Jerrie said the floods this sum m er were
the w orst in 40-50 years. She has been
flying, searching fo r survivors an d deliver­
ing rice and m edicine to m u d d y strips if
they a re n ’t u n d er w ater.
Joyce and Mickey O dom , Greater De­
troit Area, w on the C leveland A ir Race,
p a rt o f th e C leveland A ir Show , in
Septem ber.
Mary West an d h u sb an d A be, from
Michigan, flew to D u ra n t, OK in a P acer
P A 20 visiting th eir oldest son. A be
received a G lider R ating in D ecem ber from
a 99 in F lo rid a, Pat Haynes.
Von Alter, Quad-City Area, has been
getting a little practice filing IFR on trips to
central Indiana. Judy H odges an d Joanne
Walker recently flew to M o rris, IL fo r an
Illi-N ine Race B oard m eeting. Ju d y re­
m ains as the C h airm an o f the new b o ard .
SOUTH CENTRAL
Henrietta Hallinan o f Chaparral Chapter
an d 49'/2er Jim , are back from a fishing
trip an d vacation in C a n ad a. They flew to
L ynn Lake in N o rth ern M an ito b a, and
to o k a seaplane to W ate rb u ry L ake in
Saskatchew an from there. Santa Fe 99s
Phyllis Brasher and Kay Bond, along with
her h usband C al, jo in ed th em , flying a
separate plane. They rep o rted fishing good
a n d a great trip.
Betty Rogers and Ruby Tatm an, El Paso,
to o k a 21 day to u r o f R ussia in S eptem ber.
Fort W orth’s Gladys an d E rnie Latham
kept their Bellanca w arm this sum m er — 50
h o u rs in six weeks, with trips to San
F rancisco, L ouisiana, and so u th ern Texas.
Gene Anne Cozart still m anages to keep
up on her flying even though she has her
ow n Indian jew elry o u tlet an d is doing
show s from H aw aii to the E ast C o ast.
Verna Stubbs, Henrietta a n d B ob Pierce,
Ft. Worth, p articipated in the Texas A ir
T o u r. The Armstrongs an d the McEarherns
flew to A lbany, NY w ith th e lost A ngels,
an d then took a bus to u r th ro u g h New
E ngland States.
Jeannette Barrett, Golden Triangle
Chapter, flew a straight 9 h o u rs from her
paren ts hom e in D etro it w ith her children
on b o ard one T uesday (m eeting day) and
she still had the stam in a to a tten d the
m eeting th a t evening.
99 Flies Own
Plane to Europe
Martha Christy, Shreveport, an d 49'/2er
Ray logged 97 hours in their Twin
C om anche on a tran satlan tic flight. They
left B angor, M aine, headed fo r G oose Bay,
L ab ra d o r, refueled in G reen lan d and
Iceland and landed in Irelan d . They
lunched with Helen Wray in O x ford,
E ngland, then headed fo r the continent
w ith stops in Spain an d Belgium. Shreve­
p o rt 99s enjoyed their m arvelous television
ap p earan ce and will look fo rw ard to
reading their article FREEDOM TO FLY
an d a show ing o f their slides at o u r next
m eeting.
Gone
Flying
. . .Continued
Shannon (Hawthorne) Crouse, Spanish
Peaks Chapter, and new 49 'A D ick flew to
C ortez after returning from H aw aiian
H oneym oon in A ugust. A lso in A ugust
Joan Alyea and 49 Vi D ale flew to
L ongm ont and Van A ire (B righton) C o lo r­
ad o , and m ade a leisurely flight to L am ar,
C o lo rad o , spending an h o u r aerial p h o to ­
graphing the newly restored B ent’s F o rt
near La Ju n ta , C olorado.
From Tulsa Chapter, Sue an d Ken
Duncan are o ff again for a lengthy v acation
through the west in their B onanza. Kay
Brunton and Bill are back from a trip along
the East C oast, and Carol Brown is
w orking on an active rating in a C herokee
140.
SOUTHEAST
Barbara I^itner, Carolinas Chapter, and
husband T om m y flew their C ard in a l to
New O rleans, La. recently. G uests w ere the
wives o f tw o friends w ho w ere atten d in g
N ational G uard cam p. T hey landed at
beautiful Lakeside A irp o rt, enjoyed a to u r
o f the city and had a m em orable ride o n the
R iverboat President.
Jean Turner, Carolinas Chapter, and
h usband Don attended the n atio n a l c o n v e n -.
tion o f Flying D entists at H ilto n H ead,
S.C . C an you im agine 250 a irc ra ft p arked
alongside a single runw ay an d no taxi
strips? The planes were all tied dow n
together with continuous steel cables. O ne
big wind w ould have wiped o u t nearly all o f
the planes at once!
Jean also recently atten d ed a b o ard
m eeting o f the International Flying N urses
A ssociation held in A tlan ta, G a. T his is a
newly chartered group o f professional
nurses and related fields. A ny flying nurse,
tech., etc. is invited to jo in .
Lois Eig, Florida Goldcoast Chapter, got
q uite a thrill when she took o ff fro m Dulles
A irport. She left at the sam e tim e as the
C oncorde (A ir France) an d th e tow er m ade
the C oncorde hold fo r L ois’ T w in C o m a n ­
che take-off.
Mary Jane Law, Spaceport, a n d 4 9 Vi
Bob, Peggy Brown, Gulf Stream an d Patsy
Judges, First Canadian, flew o u t to the
R eno A ir Races in P atsy ’s 310 an d M ary
J a n e ’s C om anche 260, respectively. It was
reunion time again at the H o liday H otel in
R eno for them and Berni Stevenson,
Norma Futterman, and Virginia Showers,
all Los Angeles Chapter.
Sun Coast Chapter's Ethel Gibson and
h usband flew their airplane to th e In te rn a ­
tional C onvention o f the Flying F a r m e r s .. .
St. P etersburg to S askato o n , S askatche­
w an. D ottie Birdsong an d h u sb an d airlined
it.
Gwen Zimmerman has com bined her
flying with her cats. . .flying to various cat
show s th ro u g h o u t the c o u n try , an d w hat
we h ear — she has been bringing hom e the
b aco n . W e will be anxious to h ear a b o u t
G w en’s trip to P o lan d an d C zechoslovakia.
SOUTHW EST
H awaii’s travelling m em bers have really
been at it recently. Coral Hansen an d Dee
Keaveny are back from th e m ain lan d an d
Florence Beamon has been in F lo rid a. Jane
Kelley an d her fam ily are going to E ast
A frica fo r a m o nth . Eleanor Sharpe has a
M ainland trip in the near fu tu re a n d plans
to d o p art o f the flying herself. Kathy
W alton an d h u sb an d , Rich, will also be o ff
th at-a-w ay, also.
Do 99s Have 9 Lives?
If 99s, to o , have nine lives, Gay
McCauley, Bay Cities Chapter, is dow n to
seven. A while back she was to take a
rented 182 o n a business cross-country w ith
her associates. The ren ter ju st b efo re her
trip encountered an engine o u t on ta k e -o ff
an d m anaged to “ c ream ” the plane in the
em ergency landing.
A short tim e ago, G ay scheduled to take
a n on-pilot friend fo r a to u r o f the area in a
172, and w ould you believe the preceeding
ren ter had an engine o u t on tak e-o ff? This
tim e the plane was landed in tact, b u t
w ith o u t operable e n g in e .. .G ay o p ted fo r a
150. H er friend d id n ’t know th a t this was
un u su al, an d proceeded to enjoy his to u r.
Carolyn Zapata, Golden West Chapter,
had last m inute panic b efo re the P P D when
th e ow ner o f the plane she was scheduled
fo r “ changed his m in d ” a b o u t the plane
being flow n in a “ speed rac e ” . T h an k s to
Alameda Chapter's Fran M ilford an d her
h u sb an d , Vic, C arolyn had a plane — their
182. M akes you feel g o o d w hen the day is
saved by a fellow 99.
Sally LaForge, Rachel Bonzon and
Dorothy Limbach atten d ed the Spirit o f
Flight Film Festival at C larem o n t, C a lifo r­
nia, a pro g ram w hich included th e viewing
o f a num ber o f new film s o n soaring, sky
diving, hang gliding an d included film s by
M ira Slovak, A rt Scholl an d R ichard Bach.
Norma Futterman and Virginia Showers,
a fte r com pleting the P o w d er P u ff D erby,
decided to d o som e sightseeing before
view p o in t
retu rn in g to the E ast C o ast fo r the
In tern atio n al in P h iladelphia. T hey visited
— in th eir plane — W ash in g to n , D .C .;
A nnapolis, M d. (w here they h opped a ride
ab o a rd a 55-foot yacht escorting the Tall
Ships Race dow n the C hesapeake Bay);
B oston; G reenville, M aine (w here they got
seaplane ratings); C hicago; D ay to n, O hio;
K entucky and O k lah o m a befo re going to
P h ilad elp h ia fo r the Spirit o f ’76 meeting.
US 99 Visits Australia
Sharron Temps o f Orange County
Chapter rep o rts th a t going to Sydney,
A u stralia on Q an tas was quite an enjoy­
able experience. “ F o r those o f you who
p lan to a tten d th e 1978 C onv ention in
C an b e rra , ju s t be p rep ared fo r lots o f TLC .
T h e people o f A u stralia are very w arm and
caring to travelers.
“ T he aviation com m unity is especially
stro n g and is fo rtu n a te in th a t the whole
co u n try su p p o rts a v iatio n , because w ithout
a ir tra n sp o rta tio n A u stralia could n o t have
developed econom ically as fast as it has.
T h e m ajo rity o f the G reat O u tb ack is still
w ithout ro ad o r rail lin es.”
A rrested in the sky? It can happen! Betty
Kitchin o f Palomar Chapter rep o rts seeing
it happen while viewing the tall ships at
B altim ore. A sm all plane lazily circled at a
very low altitude. A police helicopter,
clearing the area fo r the a n ticip ated arrival
o f P resident F o rd , a p p ro ach ed the plane
w ith siren screeching, an d escorted it to a
higher elevation an d th en o u t o f the area.
T he highlight o f Redwood Empire 99
Donna Spontak’s visit to P ennsylvania was
checking o u t in a rented 172 a n d flying over
g ra n d m a ’s house.
Wendy Meyer, Redwood Empire Chap­
ter, is in the A ir F orce Reserve. W hile
statio n ed at V andenberg, she was able to
o b tain som e je t tim e.
Margaret Lawson o f San Gabriel Valley
Chapter visited G reat B ritain this sum m er
a n d was given an official w elcom e by
Barbara Cannon o f th e United Kingdom
99s. She was invited to th e Bizzin H ill A ir
Show com m em orating “ th e B attle o f
B ritain (1940)” by 99 C onnie Fricker. Both
B arb ara an d C onnie p lan to a tten d the
In tern atio n al C onv en tio n next y ear in San
F rancisco.
. . .Continued from Page 2
T o the E ditor:
I know this may not be an a p p ro p ria te letter fo r the 99 N EW S, b u t I w ant the 99s to
know how I feel.
O u r son, D avid, w ho was nine years o ld , w ent to H eaven on A ugust 31, 1976. D uring
th e preceding three weeks we fo u n d o u t ju s t how w onderful the 99s are.
D avid was able to die at o u r lake h om e w ith those w ho loved him because we had
su p p o rt from friends like the 99s. They sent cards and m ade p hone calls to express their
love, the flew m edicine to us, sent flow ers, an d one 99 we m et at the P P D cam e and
stayed to share o u r sadness and to give us strength.
W e are h appy now th a t D avid is free o f his cancer. A nd I am p ro u d to be a 99.
Jo Dieser
Monterey Bay Chapter
Woman
&
Machine
M IDDLE EAST
June Hanson, Maryland, had her P iper
C olt recovered. It has new colors — w hite
with in ternational orange stripes.
Maryland 99 Rene and 49 Vi Phil Birch
rem odeled their C herokee 180 w ith new
interior and exterior. T he new colors are
w hite with brow n and gold trim an d brow n
interior.
NEW ENG LAND
Pat Thrasher from Eastern New England
is the pro u d and excited new ow ner o f a
sunflow er bright M ooney R anger, N 6870N.
“ Pete” Ingals, Finger Lakes Chapter,
has a “ new ” 68 A ztec and is busily w orking
on her m ulti.
Connie Weeda is thrilled over her newly
acquired G rum m an A m erican ’72 T raveler.
She now flies by all red, w hite, an d blue.
Stillaguamish Chapter is happy fo r her and
wishes her m any joy o u s and carefree hours
flying above o u r beautiful co u n try as she
views it from on high.
Jackie Klaus, Central Illinois Chapter,
traded in the W arrior fo r an A rro w and
reports there’s a lot o f difference betw een
150 H P and 200 H P.
NORTH CENTRAL
Doris Kilanski, Greater Detroit Area
Chapter, bought a C essna C ard in a l and
im m ediately took o ff fo r E scanaba.
Pat Hayes and 49'/2er Jim , fro m Iowa
Chapter, are now building an A ero d u ster
One — one o f 18 under con stru ctio n in the
USA.
SOUTH CENTRAL
Liz Lautner, Coastal Bend Chapter,
owns a C herokee W arrio r with her fiance,
Jo h n W eaver w ho recently m ade a fab u lo u s
98 on his Private Pilot test.
Anne & Gene Cozart, Fort W orth, are
the p ro u d owners o f a new P ip er L ance.
Shannon Hawthorne, Spanish Peaks
Chapter, becam e p art ow ner o f a P ip er
C herokee 6 in A ugust in the process o f
becom ing M rs. R ichard “ D ick” C ro u se in
a H onolulu, H aw aii, cerem ony. C o n g ra tu ­
lations to Shan and Dick — we are alw ays
glad to add a new 49‘A .
Eleanor Lowry, South L a., recently
bought a little G rum m an A m erican,
N9955L — bright yellow w ith a black
racing stripe. She is still building h er Bede
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SOUTHW EST
Pat Kirkland (O klahoma Chapter — now
living in Sum ter, S .C .) a n d hu sb an d D r.
C harles are the p ro u d new ow ners o f a new
C herokee A rrow .
Phoenix m em ber Shirley Rogers is
sp orting a new C-175 w ith a 180 H P
C onversion. Cathy and Jack Nickolaisen
are the p ro u d ow ners o f a new 1966 V35
B onanza. . .just in tim e fo r the A ir Rally.
Marena Palmer from C ed ar C ity (Utah
Chapter) has a new C itab ria . She will be
teaching at the College o f S ou th ern U tah
this year.
The San Gabriel Valley Chapter is proud
to have tw o new planes in the group.
Deborah Taylor an d Jam es Biever have
purchased a 1968 C ard inal and Joan and
Ed Winter have a 1961 250 C o m an ch e with
a personalized N nu m b er, N 328EJ.
Jean Turner, Carolina Chapter, and
h u sb an d D r. D on are also p ro u d new plane
ow ners — a new C essna Skyhaw k II,
fondly referred to as “ L ittle B ird ” .
Jean and Jo h n n y Pate, Deep South
Chapter, sold their C essna 172 an d bought
a C om m anche 250. Q uite a change o f pace
fo r Jean!
HELP OUR TEAM GET OFF THE GROUND
U.S. Precision Flight Team Fund
Suite 307, 805 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C, 20005
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Make all checks payable to "National Aeronautic A ssociation/U S Team Fund." (The National
Pilots Association, sponsor of the U S Team, is a division of the N ational A eronautic A ssocia­
tion.) All contributions are fully tax-deductible, and will be prom ptly acknow ledged.
Financially, that is.
W e’re confident that the four pilots
who will eventually represent the U.S.A.
in the W orld Precision Flying
C ham pionship can take on the best
from any country in the world. And
come out on top.
But first we have to get there.
And th at’s why we’re asking for
your support. The world competition will
take place in Linz, Austria. And the
N ational Pilots Association and the
N ational Intercollegiate Flying
Association have accepted the
responsibility for sponsoring the official
US Team.
This m eans raising money now to
defray travel expenses for the US Team
to and from A ustria and living costs
there. And organizing the funding for
regional Team try-outs all across
America.
M atched against dozens of other
countries, our Team will test its talents
in precise aircraft handling and
precision navigation— techniques every
pilot is taught but which few can do
faultlessly. W hile there have been
hundreds of contests for parachute
jum pers, airplane racers, aerobats and
sailplaners, this is the only W orld
Precision Flying Cham pionship of its
kind anywhere.
I t’s a wonderful way to show the
world that we’re second to none when it
comes to pilot skill in light aircraft.
And, naturally, we hope you’ll
dem onstrate your support by sending a
contribution.
Six regional contests are open
to all qualified pilots, and the top five
finalists from each will participate
in the national fly-off to determ ine the
four-m em ber US Team .
T o thank you for your support
w e’ll send you an official U nited States
Precision Flight Team decal. F o r a
donation of $25 or over, you receive
a beautifully em broidered US Team
patch as well. All contributions are fully
tax-deductible.
You can feel free to contribute
anything from $1 to $1000. And you
can even charge it on your personal
credit card. Put your donation in the
mail to us as soon as possible.
Since no agency of the Government
is involved in any way, we have to
rely on our friends to get our Team off
the ground— and over there.
This advertisem ent appears as a public
service to the aviation community.