Island Pilot: Jane Kelley. . .p. 16 Women`s World - Ninety

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OFFICIAL P U B L IC A T IO N OF THE IN T E R N A T I O N A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N O F W O M E N PILOTS
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1977
I s l a n d P i l o t : J a n e K e l l e y . . .p . 16
W o m e n ’s W o r l d R e c o r d s in A v i a t i o n . . .p . 11
S u r v e y on F o r m a t o f t h e 99 N e w s . . .p. 31
C o n t i n u i n g t h o u g h t s on . . .
India
ANO
NEPAL
CFI
REVALIDATION CLINICS
by Jan Million
3 W EEKS IN IN D IA
FO R ON LY
$1497.
Send to Ms. Chanda Sawant
c /o D estination W o rld L td .
680 L exington Ave.
New Y ork, NY 10022
□ 1 wish to participate in this trip to
India & N epal. Enclosed is m y C h e c k /
M oney order payable to “ D estination
W orld L td .” fo r $
representing:
□ dow n paym ent
□ full p aym ent
□ single accom m odatio n $50 ex tra
□ I w ould like com plete in fo rm a tio n on
the trip to India & N epal.
N am e:__________________________________
A d d ress:________________________________
P hone: (office)___________________
(hom e)___________________
N am es o f A ccom panying P erso n s:
W hen a pilot passes his check ride fo r the
Flight In stru cto r C ertificate, his new
certificate is valid fo r a p erio d o f 24
m onths. H e m ay renew his C F I a t th e end
o f th at period by tak in g a n o th e r check ride
or w ithout taking a check ride if:
1. H is record show s he is a com p eten t
instru cto r.
2. H e has a satisfacto ry reco rd as
com pany check pilot, ch ief C F I, o r pilo t in
com m and o f an a irc ra ft o p era te d under
P a rt 121. . .an d passes an oral.
3. H e com pletes an ap p ro v ed flight
in stru cto r refresher course. (F A R 61.197)
T he C F I check ride is one w hich m ust be
given by an F A A E x am iner an d n o t a
Designeee. T he m an h o u rs o f F A A tim e
required to re-exam ine th e 42,500 U .S .
flight instructors every tw o years o n a
one-to-one basis is m ind-boggling to say the
least. In this reg ard , n o t only have the
R evalidation Clinics served to stan d ard iz e
flight instruction an d provide an avenue fo r
the FA A to reach In stru cto rs (an d th ro u g h
them all pilots) w ith th e very latest
in fo rm atio n on new reg u latio n s an d p ro ce
dures an d aviation know ledge, they have
also in fact been one o f th e m o st cost
effective p rogram s w ithin th e F A A . In the
last 2 years alo n e, an estim ated 29,000
In stru cto rs atten d ed the C linics n atio n
wide.
W ally F u n k , Long Beach 99 w h o ’s also
an A ir Safety Investigator w ith th e N a tio n
al T ra n sp o rta tio n S afety B o ard , has sent us
som e pertinent facts w hich a re o f interest in
regard to this m atter.
1. D uring th e past 24 m o n th s, ap p ro x i
m ately 29,000 F light In stru c to rs attend ed
clinics nationw ide.
2. T here were a to ta l o f 86 clinics.
3. T here are appro x im ately 42,500 Flight
In structors nationw ide. E ach F light In
stru cto r’s renew al is g o o d fo r 24 m o n th s.
4. T here are 84 F A A D istrict O ffices
(G AD Os) w ith 492 G eneral A viation
O perations Inspectors natio n w id e.
5. It requires an estim ated 3 h o u rs to
renew a C h ief F light In stru c to r o r F light
In stru cto r w hen done on a o n e-to -o n e basis
(i.e. n o t o n basis o f atte n d an c e a t clinics).
6. T here are a p p ro x im ately 1600 “ a p
pro v ed ” flight schools. E ach C h ie f F light
In stru cto r is req u ired by reg u latio n to
atten d a clinic annually.
7. Based on item s 1 an d 5, no clinics
w ould a d d 12 m an years o f w ork annu ally
to D istrict O ffices. W ith co n tin u in g red u c
tion in staffing, m any C FIs will encounter
delays in certificate renew al.
8.
D uring the 10 years the clinics have
been in o p eratio n , there has been a greater
aw areness o f good practices and a very
significant drop in instructional accidents
— from alm ost 1,600 p er y ear to last y ear’s
605 (60% reduction).
It’s beginning to look m ore and m ore like
th e F A A will n o t back dow n o n it’s decision
to phase o u t their o p eratio n o f th e Clinics
a n d will go ahead an d let in d u stry handle
th em . H ow ever, F A A ’s M cLucas has
related th at for a period o f one year, the
F A A will w atch in d u stry to see w hat
happens with the clinics. I t’s extrem ely
im p o rta n t th a t we w atch the clinics also,
an d let o u r evaluations o f them be know n
to th e F A A . T here is n o reason to accept
less th a n th e best.
T here are several areas o f real concern to
be alert fo r w ith ind u stry -o p erated p ro
gram s. W ally F u n k p o in ts o u t som e areas
th a t we m ight closely scrutinize during the
next year:
• Is Industry providing th e b ro ad input
o f p roblem areas th a t the central FA A team
a ffo rd ed ?
• A re we achieving th e sam e level o f
stan d ard iz atio n o f flight train ing as in the
past? (It’s h ard to see how this could be
possible with so m any d ifferen t agencies
conducting refresher clinics.)
• Is industry providing th e sam e num ber
o f clinics as were available in the past?
• W ill cost becom e pro h ib itive to the
C F I? W ith the FA A clinics, th e cost ranged
fro m $0. to $35.00 depending w hat was
provided (m eals, lodging, etc.) fo r the
attendees by th e co-sponsoring group in
ad d itio n to the free FA A clinic. A large
increase in cost will pro b ab ly be a deterrent
to the attendance, leading to a dim inishing
n u m b er o f clinics, an d o n to eventual
ab an d o n m e n t o f the p ro g ram .
• Is there any u p tu rn in instructional
accidents?
• W ill in dustry g u aran tee th eir clinics
a n d schedules? In d u stry can (and has twice
recently in th e W estern R egion) cancel
clinics if atten d an ce is n o t to th eir liking.
T hen w hat happens to th e C F I w ho needs
to be certified?
L et’s n o t sit back a n d ju s t accept
in d u stry ’s p ro g ram s. L e t’s exam ine them
carefully, an d if they are good enough,
fine. I f not, let’s co n tin u e to let th e FA A
know th a t they are w anted.
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Volume 4
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January-February 1977
THE NINETY-NINES, INCORPORATED
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Editor
........................... The N inety-N ines, Inc,
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Circulation M anager
Loretta Gragg
H eadquarters Secretary
Contributing Editors
.................................................... V irginia O ualline
Sylvia Paoli, Joan Kerwin
Editorial A s s is ta n t....................................................................... Nem a M asonhall
Advertising M anager
Jan M illion (4 0 5 ) 6 8 2 -4 4 2 5
Special Articles and Features
Aircraft Oxygen System s ........................................................................................ 4
Continuing Thoughts on CFI R evalidation C l in i c s ....................................... 2
Flying in G erm a n y...................................................................................................... 14
India 99 s Visit U .S .A .................................................................................................10
Island Pilot: Jane K e lle y .........................................................................................16
It was October 25 th , 1 9 7 6 ......................................................................................6
Jerrie Cobb Inducted into OK Hall of Fam e .................................................... 5
99 NEWS S u r v e y ...................................................................................................... 31
To Save an Airport ...................................................................................................... 7
W om en's W orld Records in A v ia t io n ........................................................ 1 1 -1 3
Regular Features
Aviation L a w ................................................................................................................... 9
A W T A R ..............................................................................................................................4
C alen d a r..........................
KING
UP
5
Classified A d s ..............................................................................................................30
Chapter News F e a tu re s ....................................................................................1 9 -3 0
S F0 Convention U p d a t e ........................................................................................... 7
IN TER N A TIO N A L O FFICERS
In the past, the N inety-N ines have su p p o rted and sponsored
A ccident P revention S em inars, co n d u cted Safety P rogram s, and
encouraged G eneral A viation S afety. F o r these effo rts we were
presented a D istinguished Service A w ard from the FA A at our
Intern atio n al C o nvention in P h ilad elp h ia last Sum m er. We were
again recognized as a leader in the p ro m o tio n o f safety by the
FA A .
A t o ur last B oard o f D irectors m eeting in N ovem ber, the
N inety-N ines were asked to jo in w ith the FA A in a com bined
e ffo rt to revitalize the A ccident P revention P rogram . O ur own
safety program s are in teresting, inform ative, and highly
successful. W e have been asked to w ork w ith the FA A in putting
together q uality presen tatio n s w ith new m aterial and new and
qualified speakers from sources o th e r th a n FA A . W e will sponsor
the program s th ro u g h o u t the co u n try an d “ m ake them h appen” ,
as well as particip ate in their developm ent. W e will no longer be
“ tea an d coffee p o u re rs” .
T he FA A has agreed to a p p o in t at least one m em ber from each
C h ap ter as an “ A ccident P revention C o u n selo r” to plan,
co o rd in ate, and guide the p ro g ram s in th at area. I have sent a
m em o to all C h a p te r C h airm en an d G overnors in the U nited
States a b o u t this to get the p ro g ram m oving an d , I am certain, if
it has n o t already been discussed at yo u r C h a p te r m eeting, it will
be soon. A lso, I have ap p o in ted a dynam ic International
C om m ittee to co o rd in ate this p ro g ram betw een the FA A and the
N inety-N ines and betw een Sections. H azel Jo n es and Gene N ora
Jessen will serve on this co m m ittee, w ith o u r im m ediate Past
Presid en t, P a t M cEw en, as C h airm an . They will work closely
w ith M r. H u ard N o rto n , C hief, A ccident P revention S ta ff o f the
FA A in W ashington, D .C . I am certain th a t they will keep Mr.
N o rto n on his toes an d m ake things happen.
W ithin this com m ittee, we are going to design and w rite a book
o n safety, using in fo rm a tio n com piled from various sources, and
co ntaining som e carto o n s to m ake th e book light an d interesting.
T he FA A will p rint it an d m ake a wide d istrib u tio n o f it. We are
so fo rtu n ate to have so m any talented m em bers w ho give their
tim e an d effo rts freely.
This pro g ram is a w onderful o p p o rtu n ity fo r the Ninety-Nines
to m ake a m ajo r c o n trib u tio n to all o f G eneral A viation by
helping to im prove its safety record thro u g h dynam ic and
interesting program s. A V IA T IO N E D U C A T IO N IS T H E HUB
IN T H E W H E E L O F A C C ID E N T P R E V E N T IO N .
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92627
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Treasurer — Hazel H. Jones, 8536 Mediterranean, Dallas, TX 75238
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Charlene Falkenberg, 618 S. W ashington S t., Hobard, IN 46342
Gene Nora Jessen, 2814 Cassia, Boise, Idaho 83705
Betty Wharton, 6441 Montezuma Rd., San Diego, CA 92115
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Membership C ount: 4613 as of December 8, 1976
E d ito r Ja n and P resident L ois in N inety-N ines
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AWTAR
ENTRIES
TO OPEN
by Wanda Cummings
E ntry kits fo r the P O W D E R P U F F
D ERBY ’S 30th A nniversary C o m m em o ra
tive Flight will be ready early in F eb ru ary .
Trail-blazing has been com pleted, and
plans f o r a truly “ fu n ” trip across the 1947
race course are m oving right along.
T H IS IS N O T A S P E E D R A C E . T here
will be contests on som e legs, p o in ts for
each leg, and the entry accum ulating the
m ost points will be the overall w inner.
Entries will be lim ited to 99 airc ra ft, w ith
no limit on age or horsepow er (th a t alone
could be in te re stin g .. .) Passengers m ay be
carried, but m ust be w om en p ilots (up to
age 99).
The “ event” will sta rt from P alm
Springs C alifornia on July 2, proceed to
T ucson A Z , and RON in El P aso T X .
E ntertainm ent is planned fo r the evening,
with a possible visit to Ju are z, M exico.
July 3, the flight will continue th ro u g h
M idland T X , and R O N th a t night in
D allas, where a to u r o f the A m erican
Airlines Flight A cadem y will be available.
All contestants then have tw o days to
finish the course, via Shreveport L A ,
Jackson MS, M onroeville A L , an d T homasville G A . D eadline to finish will be July
5 in T am pa, Florida.
C ontestants will be carrying S tam p
C overs for the S m ithsonian, a n d will be
eligible for charter m em bership in the
Pow der P u ff D erby A sso ciatio n , to be
form ed at the T erm inus.
The A W TA R H ead q u arters office in
Dallas has been closed. M arian B anks an d I
are, currently, gypsies w ith o u t address. All
inquiries, therefore should be sent to
B arbara Evans
40 S tuart Place
M anhasset, NY 11030
B arbara will forw ard y o u r en try kit on
receipt o f check fo r $5.00 m ade to A W T A R
Inc.
Feb. 19, 20, 21
FA A Flight In stru cto r R ev alid atio n C linic
(Instrum ent & A irplane) at R ochelle’s
M otel & C onvention C enter, L ong Beach,
C A . Sponsored by the L ong Beach 99s. Fee
$40 including m aterial and lunch. C o n tact
Susan Greenwald, 206A R o y cro ft A venue,
L ong Beach, CA 90803. (213) 433-5446.
Aircraft
Oxygen Systems
by Mary F. Foley
The developm ent o f p o rta b le oxygen
system s fo r light airc ra ft has increased the
capabilities o f the pilot to m ak e m axim um
use o f the plane. It is now possible to fly
over m oun tain s an d , o ften , to to p the
w eather.
A lthough m any pilots have n o infention
o f flying at the altitudes w here su p p lem en t
al oxygen is needed, it is u seful to know
a b o u t oxygen equipm ent — ju s t in case.
Oxygen is frequently necessary w hen
tran sp o rtin g an ill passenger, fo r exam ple.
In general, an oxygen system consists o f
containers fo r storing th e oxygen supply,
tubing to conduct the oxygen fro m the
m ain supply to a m etering device, such as a
reg u lato r w hich controls th e flow o f oxygen
an d a m ask w hich fits over th e m o u th and
nose o f the user.
Oxygen used fo r b reath in g purposes
m ust m eet F ederal p urity specifications. It
m ust be at least 99.5 per cent p u re a n d have
a w ater v ap o r content o f less th a n .02
m g /liter. T hus b reathing oxygen is very dry
to prevent the freezing o f w ater v ap o r
w ithin the system at altitu d e.
A con tin u o u s flow system is m ost
com m only provided fo r passenger use on
je t tra n sp o rts. T his system consists o f a
loosely fitting m ask w hich will cover the
nose an d m o u th o f m ost indiv id u als, and
attach ed reservoir bag, a tu b e to co nnect
the m ask to the oxygen reg u la to r an d a
storage cylinder. T his type o f oxygen
reg u lato r provides a co n tin u o u s flow o f
100% oxygen. A s the flow co n tin u es even
when the user is exhaling, a reservoir bag is
attach ed to the m ask to help conserve the
oxygen. T he con tin u ou s flow system is
ad eq u ate fo r passengers at rest, b u t no t for
active flight crew m em bers.
The dilu ter dem and system w as devel
oped du rin g W orld W ar II fo r use by flight
crews. T his system provides oxygen only on
inspiration. T he oxygen is delivered diluted
w ith am b ien t air u p to an a ltitu d e o f 34,000
feet. T he diluter reg u lato r provides a
partial pressure o f oxygen equal to th a t at
sea level regardless o f the actu a l am bient
altitu d e. A t 34,000 feet, the system delivers
100% oxygen, w ith no am b ien t air dilu tio n .
A bove 40,000 feet, oxygen m u st be
delivered by a d ifferen t type o f system
which supplies the oxygen u n d er pressure.
T he dilu ter dem and system has several
advantages: it does n o t w aste oxygen, so
the supply lasts longer th a n in the
con tin u o u s flow type; th e d ilu tio n w ith
am bient a ir helps relieve the dryness o f the
oxygen an d thereby causes less irrita tio n to
the b reath in g passages; it can be used fo r
longer periods o f tim e th a n 100% oxygen as
u n diluted oxygen becom es very irritatin g to
the lungs after several hours.
It is im p o rtan t to take good care o f your
oxygen equipm ent. M asks m ust be properly
fitted to the w earer. T here sh o uld be no
leaks in the system o r in its connections.
M asks m ust be kept scrupulously clean,
follow ing the directions given by the
m an u factu rer, if possible. T he inhalation
valves o n som e m asks are extrem ely
sensitive to d irt. Surprisingly, d irt in an
in h alatio n valve causes problem s w ith
exhalatio n . If exhalation becom es difficult
durin g flight, vent the expired a ir by lifting
th e m ask slightly at th e side o f your chin.
A fter flight, thoro u g h ly clean an d test the
m ask an d its connections before using it
again . O f course, this should be done after
every use o f oxygen eq u ip m ent, and
periodically even if th e equ ip m ent has not
been used for several m onths.
Be sure to purchase yo u r oxygen cylinder
refills from a reputable dealer. R em em ber
th a t supplem ental oxygen is necessary for
flights above 10,000 feet du rin g the day and
above 5,000 feet at night.
Clarifications
& Corrections
IC E B E R G H ?
N o t really. But th ere’s a stray “ h ” aro u n d
looking for a hom e a fte r it was left o ff the
end o f L indbergh’s nam e in the title “ R uth
D obrescu an d the L indbergh S ta m p ” in the
D ecem ber issue. D o n ’t blam e it on the
a u th o r; it was right w hen she sent it in.
In ad d itio n to picking on L indbergh, we
also cropped an “ n ” o ff th e first nam e o f
o u r d ear friend an d aviatio n historian,
G lenn B uffington.
Som e good com es o u t o f everything,
how ever. A volunteer — N em a M asonhall
— has com e fo rth fo r the sole p urpose o f
sitting aro u n d in th a t final h o u r before the
m agazine goes to the p rin ter to p ro o f
headlines, by-lines & cutlines.
Catalog Correction
BUM PER STICKERS (See ad p. 7)
A vailable from E astern P e n n a . C hapter,
G ail P . L ingo, 17 G uild C o u rt, W illingboro , N J 08046.
JERRIE
COBB
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JA NU AR Y
N o D eadline for 99 N EW S
San G abriel Valley P h o to Rally
C able A irp o rt
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Inducted
In t o
FEBRUARY
O klahom a
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D eadline for 99 N EW S
G reat F lorid a A ir Race
Sponsored by F lo rid a Spaceport
C h ap ter
FA A Flight In stru c to r
R evalidation C linic
S ponsored by L ong Beach 99s
Hall of F a m e
19-21
by Gene Nora Jessen
W hat do Will R ogers, A n ita B ryant,
Wiley Post and o u r ow n Jerrie C o b b have
in com m on? T hey’re all h o n o red m em bers
o f the O klahom a H all o f F am e.
The N inety-Nines officers a n d directors
were privileged to w itness Jerrie C o b b ’s
induction into the prestigious g ro u p which
coincided with their fall m eeting in N ovem
ber. Jerrie spent th at evening in the m idst
o f pretty heady com pany — as befits a
H arm on T rophy holder and m u lti-h o n o red
lady.
Though acclaim has alw ays em barrassed
Jerrie, she surely belonged ju s t w here she
squirm ed in the lim elight th a t evening.
W hen 1 was building tim e an d ratings as an
O klahom a 99, Jerrie was at th e to p o f the
heap in com m ercial aviation . She held
several world altitude an d speed records in
the A ero C om m ander, was a d e m o n stra
tion pilot for th at firm an d later co m p an y
executive.
The M ercury a stro n au t p ro g ram caught
her fancy as it did so m any, b u t Jerrie did
som ething about it. She becam e the only
American w om an (to this day) to u ndergo
and pass all three phases o f a stro n a u t
testing. But Jerrie was fifteen years to o
early. NASA nam ed her a co n su lta n t, not
an astronaut.
Jerrie’s strong religious convictions then
led her to serve the u n fo rtu n a te s o f the
world through her skills as a pilo t. She
became a jungle pilot in the vast unexplored
areas o f A m azonia. H er “ te rrito ry ” to u c h
es six countries. F or 13 years she has flow n
doctors, m issionaries, an th ro p o lo g ists, lin
guists, medicines and supplies in to the
m any different Indian tribes, an d th e sick
and injured Indians out. Jerrie is not
affiliated with any one church or g ro u p (in
the past financing her flying fro m her
personal life’s savings) but will fly anyone
in need.
I would be remiss to pass u p a chance to
m ention that Jerrie now does accept help in
her hum anitarian service. She accepts funds
to The Jerrie C obb F o u n d a tio n , P .O . Box
1182, C oral G ables, Florida 33134 to keep
the airplane running. A nd she needs seeds
as she’s teaching the In d ian s to farm ; and
vaccines, antibiotics an d an ti-v en o m . H er
no n-m aterial request is fo r y o u r prayers.
But back to the cerem onies in O k lah o m a
C ity. Im pressions from th e audience in
cluded: giggle an d gasp at th e sight o f
cow boy Jim S houlders in tails a n d to p h a t;
a little local talent e n tertain in g — Roy
C lark m esm erizing w ith serious m usic on
th e gu itar; aw e at the sta tu re o f those
introducing inductees — a stro n a u t T om
S ta ffo rd , pianist V an C lib o u rn , C IA
D irector G eorge Bush; p rid e in th e w om an
pilot, an d 99, Jerrie C obb.
Dottie Shaw, Florida G ulf Stream, and
P resident o f the F lo rid a W om en P ilots
A ssoc, w hich runs the A ngel D erby, is
seriously ill w ith the Big C . an d is now
hom e a fter surgery. She w an ts to hear from
you all, so please send y o u r cards and
letters to her at: 601 N W 67th A venue,
P lan ta tio n , FL . 33317.
* * *
Palomar Chapter received sad news as
this rep o rt was going to press o f th e death
o f Fred T orres, 4 9 ‘/2er an d friend to all.
* * *
O n O ctober 28, E v erett P ro c to r, M em
phis 49'/2er, and the h u sb an d o f V irginia
P ro cto r, S .E . Sectional G o v e rn o r, died
suddenly o f a heart atta c k w hile playing
g o lf in Biloxi, M ississippi. In ad d itio n to
Virginia, he is survived by th eir th ree sons
an d several g randchildren.
Ev was an o u tstan d in g m em ber o f his
com m unity and had served it in m any ways
th ro u g h o u t his lifetim e. H e h ad been a
m unicipal ju d g e in W ynne, A rk an sas for
m any years and w as very active in the
affairs o f his church. H e will be m issed by
everybody w ho knew him an d had com e to
know his laughter, his jo k e s, a n d his jo y o u s
particip atio n in all o f th e processes o f
living.
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NEW
HORIZONS
D .C . 99 PERISHES IN CRASH
by Katie Lou Webb
Shirley O sw alt C hatfield died O cto b er 20
when the airplane she was piloting crashed
while m aking a landing ap p ro a c h at Dulles
A irport. She was 38 and lived in G reat
Falls, VA. Shirley took u p flying as an
active hobby about 4 'A years ago an d had
advanced to certified flight in stru c to r w ith
m ore than 1,000 hours o f flying tim e,
including instrum ent and aero b atic tra in
ing. She w orked part-tim e as a flight
instructor at Dulles an d L eesburg, VA
airports. The accident occurred as she was
transporting a C essna Skylane from N a
tional A irport to Dulles fo r C ole A irw ays.
Shirley w orked as a co m p u ter m an ag e
m ent specialist for the D ep artm en t o f
Justice. A native o f St. L ouis, she was
valedictorian o f her high school class and
g raduated in the to p 10% o f her class from
Rice U niversity. Shirley was a m em ber o f
the W ashington, D .C . C h a p te r, M iddle
E ast Section. T he past year she was
C orresponding Secretary and had also
w orked as M em bership C h airm an . She will
be greatly missed.
RENO AREA C H A PT E R LOSES
JO A N N E W INTERLING
Reno Chapter is saddened by the death
o f a m em ber, Jo an n e W interling, w ho died
in a C essna 310 on N ov. 17th. Jo a n n e was
the form er m anager o f th e H aw th o rn e
M unicipal A irp o rt, had her m ulti-engine
and instrum ent ratings, an d was w orking
on her C FI. She is survived by her h u sb an d
and 2 daughters.
Joanne and her passenger, Jo h n W alls,
were both killed when their plane crashed
and burned while attem ptin g to land at the
M ineral C ounty A irp o rt n o rth o f H aw
th o rn e during the evening. Jo a n n e a p p a r
ently had been hired to fly the recently
purchased plane to H aw th o rn e fo r W alls.
Investigators could not im m ediately d ete r
m ine the cause o f the accident.
49'/2er Sets R ecord
D r. Rod N ixon o f P o rt A ngeles, 49'Aer
o f F ar W est C h a p te r’s V iola N ixon,
established a w orld class record fo r aircraft
under 1,000kg in w eight w hen he left
W illiam Fairchild In tern atio n al A irp o rt
Tuesday, O ctober 12, in a C essna 170 and
landed in H om estead, F lo rid a tw enty-six
hours and 2,815 miles later. T he previous
record was set by a C zechoslovakian pilot
at 2,645 miles in 1956. C a p t. C .W .
Swickley o f the C oast G u a rd A ir S tatio n in
P o rt Angeles was the official observer for
the record flight.
Being interview ed befo re the show ing o f the
NBC film . A m elia E a rh a rt, w as M rs. N eta
Snook S o u th ern , 80, o f L os G a to s . M rs.
S outhern was the w om an w ho tau g h t A m elia to
fly.
Also being interview ed b efore the show ing o f the
film was M r. Jo sep h G u rr, o f Los A ltos, the m an
w ho installed A m elia K arh art's rad io d irectio n finding gear and taught her its use fo r h er last
flight.
It Was October 25th, 1976
by Rose Sharp
It was m ore th a n ju s t good coffee,
beautifully served hors d ’oeuvres and
flowing cham pagne — it was th e h appy
sounds o f old friends reu n itin g a fter years
o f sep aratio n , conversations beginning with
“ d o you rem em ber w hen. . .? ” flash bulbs
popping, au to g rap h s cheerfully given, o u t
standing, unselfish h ospitality by the P o rt
o f O ak lan d , an d it was a g ath erin g o f som e
o f th e m ost exciting people in A viation.
T h a t’s right, it was a p a rty th a t will long
w arm th e hearts o f those friends and
relatives o f A m elia E a rh a rt invited by Bay
C ities C h apter to m eet in H an g er 7 on
O a k la n d ’s N o rth Field.
T he occasion w as th e view ing o f the
A m elia E a rh a rt S tory on television by those
w ho “ rem em bered well” th e flitting ab o u t
o f the gentle, graceful an d co u rag eo u s girl.
T he relative new com ers to av iatio n w ho
a tten d ed were aw ed at the o p p o rtu n ity to
meet an d shake han d s w ith such folks as
C olonel Livingston Irving, W orld W ar I
Ace and m em ber o f th e D ole race o u t o f
O ak lan d A irp o rt; Jo sep h G u rr, w ho in
stalled th e radios in A m elia’s plane; N eta
Snook S outhern, a ch arm in g o cto g en a rian
w ho to o k tim e to au to g ra p h h er b o o k “ I
T aught A m elia to F ly ” as well as to
com m ent to the press o n h er experiences;
C om m ander T om m y T h o m p so n , long tim e
resident o f the Bay A rea w ho served w ith
the Navy w hen it was based at th e O ak lan d
A irp o rt; o u r ow n R uth N evada R ueckert
an d M arge H o o k F a u th , w ho rem em ber
A m elia as gracious an d u n tirin g ; a n d M ajo r
G eneral L aw rence A m es, w ho helped
A m elia an d G eorge P u tn a m select an d buy
the planes she purchased fo r her various
flights. O th er exciting guests w ere A m elia’s
secretary an d her cousin. B oth V erna W est
(Southw est Section G o v ern o r) an d M arion
B arnick (P ast S outhw est Section G overnor)
were in atten d an ce. F red G o erner, au th o r
o f “ The Search fo r A m elia E a rh a rt” and
Elgin L ong, w ho recently flew aro u n d the
w orld via both poles and w ho is recreating
A m elia’s last flight and plans to fly the
ro u te in the near fu tu re also were am ong
the guests.
Ben N utter, Executive D irector fo r the
P o rt o f O ak lan d together w ith K enneth
F raser, C harley Siefert, and G eneral R o
lan d M oore, all m em bers o f the P o rt S taff,
w ent all o u t in their su p p o rt o f the Bay
C ities’ plans for this festive evening which
received coverage by the th ree local T .V .
stations, A ssociated Press, was a front page
item in the new spapers an d th e topic o f a
ra d io talk-show .
It was good fo o d , good will, fu n , and
exciting, b u t m ost o f all it was a
T H R IL L !!!
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N O W T H E R E ’S A T H O U G H T
St. Louis C h airm an N elda Lee had
copies o f o u r local news m ailed to all
chapters in the Section, h oping to initiate
an exchange o f sam e. It w orked! She
received local news from ju s t a b o u t every
ch ap ter in N o. C entral. T his is an especially
good way to com m unicate w ith the other
chapters and exchange ideas. . .betw een
Section M eetings.
F irst C anadian C h a p te r in O n tario had
recently com e u p with the sam e idea for
E ast and W est C a n ad ian C h ap ters. The
th o u g h t is th a t som e m em bers w ho travel
could possibly a tten d som e events in other
chapters if they knew a b o u t them .
A n exchange o f new sletters is a good way
to have an exchange o f inform ation
w ithout special e ffo rt.
CTo Save an Jlirport
by Mardo Crane
UPDATE 99 IN T ER N A T IO N A L
CONVENTION — 1977 —
SAN FRANCISCO, C A LIFO R N IA
G UNG HAY F A T C H O Y ! T his is a very
San Francisco “ H appy New Y ear” to all o f
you, w ho will o f course be jo in in g us fo r a
m em orable International C o n v en tio n . In
tru th , the streets o f C hinato w n will resound
with the traditional greeting in F eb ru ary ,
according to the O riental cale n d ar, b u t the
fascination o f the unique co m m u n ity will
still be yours to enjoy in A ugust.
M eanwhile, back at the h ea d q u arters
H yatt Regency, we hope to ad d to yo u r
pleasure with exhibits, w hich are curren tly
being solicited. It will greatly ease C h a ir
m an Vivian H arsh b arg er’s financial w o r
ries if we line up at least fifty. C harg e fo r
each booth or display will be $90 fo r three
days, which com pares favorab ly w ith usual
convention rates o f $500! I f you can be o f
any assistance please contac t Sue F u h rm an
(Bay Cities) at 918 L afay ette S t., #4,
A lam eda, CA 94501. (A n o th er team n oted:
Sue’s m other, Beth F u h rm an o f M t. D iablo
C hapter, is doing the C onven tio n p rin tin g .)
Security for the exhibit area will be
provided by Jim Bigelow (o u r M r. P ow der
P u ff o f ’72) and his C A P cadets. These
stalw arts have also secured th e im p o u n d s
for all M ini-Derbies and are based in San
Carlos.
The O akland P o rt A u th o rity , w ho so
generously sponsored a C h am p ag n e P a rty
on the occasion o f th e A m elia E a rh a rt TV
Special, has again com e to th e assistance o f
the Ninety-Nines by do n atin g th e tie dow n
space for C onvention G oers d u rin g conven
tion time.
Rose Sharp o f Bay C ities C h ap te r is still
eagerly collecting rum m age (see the N o
vember issue) for our last m a jo r fund-raiser
in M arch. Do help, if you can , fo r it will
hold your expenses dow n and c o n trib u te to
a successful convention experience. H asta
la Vista!
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O xnard A ir F orce Base sat o n th e edge o f
th e blue Pacific O cean, so u th o f S an ta
B arb ara an d V en tu ra, C alifo rn ia. It had
been an active an d sorely needed A ir Force
Base bo th during the w ar a n d afterw ard s.
T hen began the political an d occasionally
desirable phase-outs o f air bases in various
p arts o f the cou n try . O nce this large air
strip , w ith its buildings, was a b a n d o n e d in
1969, it set o ff bitter hassling over how it
should now be used.
P ilots, such as 99 m em ber B arb ara
D eeds, o f the S an ta P a u la C h a p te r, a n d her
4 9 '/2-hu sb an d C harles, quickly saw the
trem endous possibilities o f this sp o t for
G eneral A viation. W hile the fine runw ays,
and hangar areas lay v irtually unused for
seven years, area pilots an d V entura
C ounty began the tedious an d b itter fight
with a sm all b u t vocal tow n n ear the
a irp o rt, C am arillo.
W hile this w ent o n , th e Base was
infiltrated (except for the runw ays an d taxi
areas) w ith such uses as a C o n tin u a tio n
S chool, the B order P a tro l, the FB I, the
Civil A ir P a tro l, the C o u n ty Fire D e p art
m ent, an d several p rivate firm s. C am arillo
kept pressing fo r its use as a College
C am pus, a P a rk , o r an y th in g else th a t
w ould keep airplanes aw ay. T here was
nam e calling, p etitions, an d a g athering o f
a n ti-airp o rt forces to force “ P ro p o sitio n
A ” o n the ballo t — an initiative which
w ould have required C am arillo residents to
app ro v e via b allot b efo re V en tu ra C o u n ty
could locate an airp o rt w ithin th eir city
lim its. It passed, w ith 53% m argin.
M eantim e, th e C o u n ty h ad w angled a
lease thro u g h the U .S . G eneral Services
A d m in istratio n , an d finally S u p erio r G ourt
Ju d g e R ichard C . H ea to n ruled th a t
P ro p o sitio n A was invalid. T h e w ar w as on
again. Expenses so ared , as each side w ent
to W ashington to lobby.
C am arillo was n o t th ro u g h w rangling.
They dem anded, and got an E nv iro n m en tal
Im pact hearing. T his dragged on fo r som e
tim e. A hearing o fficer left in th e m iddle o f
things fo r a vacatio n , a n d th e issue
dangled.
W hen C am arillo lost o u t o n this issue,
and the establishing o f th e airp o rt becam e
inevitable, the C ity C ouncil finally and
form ally d ro p p ed its o p p o sitio n to th e use
o f the form er A ir F orce Base as a civilian
a irp o rt. O bviously it was a die-h ard vote,
' w ith the tally 3-2.
N evertheless, the change was accom p
lished by determ ined pilots. T hey w rote
ream s o f letters; b u tto n h o led dozens o f
V .I.P .s; saw to it th a t p ro -a irp o rt councilm en an d county supervisors were elected in
the long seven-year fight. T h e N inety-N ines
were very m uch in the b attle, som etim es led
a n d som etim es backed by th eir h u sbands in
all the action. T here were tim es o f great
discouragem ent, when it seem ed the red
tape was fa r to o long an d m ixed-up to get
th ro u g h . It w as such an obvious necessity
for general aviatio n to win this one, that
they kept fighting.
A t last, on O ctober 31st cam e the big day
fo r the opening o f C am arillo A irp o rt.
C o u n ty Supervisor R alph B ennett flew in
with an airp o rt perm it d ated 1939, and the
big celebration was o n . B arry G oldw ater,
J r ., C alif. C ongressm an, an d his wife
S usan were am ong th e big nam es present.
A nticipating this gala a ffa ir, the S anta
P au la 99s had airm ark ed the runw ay during
th e Septem ber 25th w eekend. T he huge
sign, w ith 30 ft. letters stretched 189 feet
along the airp o rt concrete n ear the west end
o f the newest aviation facility in V entura
C o u n ty C alifornia.
Saving an airp o rt is n o sm all task.
W inning over a vocal an d o ften hysterical
m inority — aided by som e w ho sim ply do
n o t know w hat it’s all a b o u t — takes
trem endous d eterm in atio n , know ledge, and
a ctio n . P erh ap s we in general aviation
should start before it is necessary for
firew orks, and d o n a te m uch o f o u r time
an d energy to w ard the slow edu cation o f
the public. W e have been dragging our
heels o n this p roject m uch to o long!
(ED . NOTE: Let M ard o know o f your
airp o rt problem an d how you solved it or
are trying to solve it.)
99 BUM PER STICKERS
N um ber
Desired
□ Long Style
“ Here’s a 99 on the M ove”
□
R ound Style
“ 99s Love Flying”
(w ith 99 eyelashes)
50c each. O rder from E astern P enna.
C h ap ter, Gail L ingo, 17 G uild C ourt,
W illingboro, N J 08046.
International A
fopest Sstkk
99s movin’ around
and
fRiendship
featured
new members
by Jerry B. Roberts, Chairman
R EM IN D ER :
T he trees in The In tern atio n al F orest o f
Friendship are grow ing nicely an d being
cared for by the foresters o f K ansas S tate
U niversity. If your chapte r has n o t co n tri
buted its share for Y O U R S tate tree (th at
has already been planted ) w o n ’t you
arrange to do so at you r next m eeting?
C ontributions fo r state trees should be sent
to:
Jam es C. Geisler
A rea E xtension Forester
Kansas State U niversity
1515 College Ave.
M an h attan , KA 66502
T o be honored in M E M O R Y L A N E
w ould be an ap p ro p riate trib u te to o u r
past-presidents. W e have nineteen w aiting
to be sponsored. If the ch ap ters and
sections from w here o u r past presidents
cam e were to jo in in this p ro jec t, the $100
sponsorship w ould be divided in to nom inal
sum s, and each w ould have a p a rt in the
tribute. S ponsors should send their $100 to:
Jo h n E. Sm ith, T reas.
International F orest o f F riendship
A tchison, KA 66005
For the rest o f you — W h o d o Y OU
know whose nam e should be p erm anently
inscribed in M EM O R Y L A N E ?
Last minute Editor’s note: T he tw o m ost
recent nam es to be added to M em ory Lane
are Eileen Vene Redy V ollick, th e first
C anadian W om an P ilo t; an d W illiam
Jack son, w ho was the husb an d o f D .C . 99
Nellie Jackson and a loyal su p p o rte r o f 99
endeavors.
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AUSTRA LIA
Helen Henderson, the S tate P resident o f
the W estern A ustralia B ranch o f A .W .P .A .
is a new m em ber o f th e A u stralian 99s. She
is a vivacious personality w ho gives great
su p p o rt to fellow m em bers. She uses her
C essna 172 m ainly fo r trip s to inspect her
husband Jo h n ’s sheep p ro p erty . H er w ork
involves C om m unity W elfare.
Layne Glanville W illiams recently m oved
to W estern A u stralia fro m Sydney. She
used her C essna 210 to “ h o u se h u n t” and
fo u n d an ideal spot in th e hills giving a
w onderful view o f P e rth an d th e river
Sw an.
ch ap ter. P a t was form erly an executive
pilot b efore assum ing her presen t position.
Top o f Texas Chapter is getting active
again and is happy to an n o u n ce th at Mary
Vermeulen has tran sferred from Alaska.
Since m any o f th e m em bers are new 99s
they are pleased to have p ast A laskan
C h airm an M ary an d her experience to lean
on.
Topeka Chapter 99s invited prospective
m em bers into their hom es to w atch N B C ’s
m ovie E A R H A R T O ct. 25. W e had ten
girls atten d . Everyone enjoyed the movie
an d now we are passing Last Flight around
an d com paring the m ovie to A E ’s w ritings
o f the unfinished ro u n d the w orld adven
ture.
NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTHEAST
All-Ohio has an im pressive g ro u p o f new
m em bers. Christine D avis has an M A
degree from the U niversity o f C incinnati
and is em ployed as a U niversity M edical
C enter A d m in istrato r. She ow ns a C essna
172 an d is a m em ber o f th e N egro A irm an
Intern atio n al. Jean Scheerer is a D irector
o f th e N ational A ssociation o f Flight
Instructors, belongs to the A v iatio n Space
W riters and ow ns a C h ero k ee 180. Carole
Lee Siemon has a degree in jo u rn a lism and
w orks as a jo u rn alist.
SOUTH C EN TRA L
Shreveport is h appy to ad d M s. Patricia
Osborne, the first fem ale A ccident P rev en
tion Specialist in th eir G A D O , to their
Sharon Luciania, a tran sfe r from Con
necticut, now living in L aurens, South
C aro lin a is Blue Ridge Chapter’s newest
m em ber. S haron has her In stru ctors rating.
SOUTHW EST
Carmen Binladin o f Saudi A rab ia, while
visiting this country w ith her husband,
earn ed her pilots license an d learned the
English Language in less th an three
m onths. Claire Walters tau g h t b o th C ar
m en and her h usband to fly. C arm en has
now returned to Saudi A ra b ia w here she is
the only w om an pilot. She is hoping to
encourage o th er w om en in her cou n try to
tak e an active p a rt in av iatio n .
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L ubbock FB O ’s rep o rt m o re fem ale
students th an ever before — p ro b a b ly due
to the outstanding publicity o n th e LBB
stop during the P ow der P u ff D erby.
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T he Florida Spaceport Chapter will be
sponsoring the G reat F lo rid a A ir Race
(form erly the D eltona D erby) du rin g the
w eekend o f Feb. 11-13. E arly indications
seemed to favor O rlan d o fo r p a rt o f the
triangular course. O pen to m ale an d fem ale
pilots. Race kits available by D ecem ber
15th from Peg Sm ith, 1210 S o u th 10th S t.,
O rlando, FL 33450. Fee to be an n o u n ced .
P L A N N IN G FO R T H E A U S T R A L IA C O N V E N T IO N . Vice P resident an d C o n v e n tio n Liaison
O fficer T h o n G riffith visited A u stra lia recently to check out C o nvention facilities dow n -u n d er.
P ictured (I.-R ) are Lane G lanville-W illiam s, R osem ary C o lm an , T h o n G riffith an d N ancy Ellis
L eebold.
RVMTIOn LAID
Sylvia Paoli
C ontinuing our survey o f pilot involve
m ent in adm inistrative hearings, the case o f
F .A .A . v. Fifield (M ay 19, 1970) gives us
som e insight into the results o f flying into
unknow n areas and conditio n s an d receiv
ing poor inform ation from o th er sources.
The pilot, w ho resided in M t. V ernon,
W ashington, was enroute to M exico w ith a
passenger — a m issionary clergym an w ho
was a C anadian licensed pilo t. F rom the
start, w eather was a problem . T h e first day
the two flew only from M t. V ernon to
H illsboro A irport near P o rtla n d , a distance
o f 230 miles, w here they R O N ’d due to
p oor w eather. The follow ing day they flew
the short distance to Springfield early in the
m orning, where they called E ugene for
w eather ahead. W aiting fo r som e im prove
ment in conditions there, they did not
depart Springfield until a fte r n o o n . A fter
an unplanned stop at R oseburg fo r fu rth er
w eather checks, they refueled at A shland.
The w eather in fo rm atio n they received
there advised them their ro u te was V FR,
but ground fog could be expected late in the
evening, after 10 p .m ., in the Los Angeles
area. The pilot inform ed flight service th a t
his route was from A shland to M erced and
on to Los Angeles, but he w ould m ake a
stop at Oroville and again at B akersfield to
refuel so that he w ould have open the
option o f landing at a desert a irp o rt should
the L.A . basin be fogged in on his arrival
there.
Arriving in O roville a ro u n d 4:30 o r 4:45
p .m ., he found the gas statio n closed and
no telephone available. Fifield had been
having trouble getting airb o rn e w eather
since leaving A shland, evidently due to
radio transm itter problem s. H ow ever, he
talked to a pilot w ho had ju s t com e in from
the south who assured him th ere was no
problem getting to M erced, an d so th e tw o
left Oroville just before d ark . A p p ro ach in g
M erced, they could see surface haze and
sm oke, but it was otherw ise a clear m oonlit
night. Five minutes n o rth o f M erced, with
the weather beacon in sight, Fifield found
the area o f the airp o rt itself blan k eted with
ground fog. He did a 180° back to
M odesto, but the entire area was fogged in
by this time. W hen he turn ed back tow ard
Merced he had thirty m inutes o f fuel on
board.
He made several passes over the airp o rt
from the VOR; he could see buildings but
no runw ay lights. O n his final pass at right
angles to the runw ay, still unab le to see any
lights, he headed northw est aw ay fro m the
field, and the engine failed som e fo u r to
four and a half m inutes o u t — above the
fog. H e looked for a dark spot below w here
no lights indicating structures glow ed up
through the fog, and landed w ith o u t pow er
about 7:15 p.m . T he plane cam e dow n in an
o rch ard : the p ro p an d one wing tip were
dam aged, b u t th ere w ere no injuries to
either pilot or passenger.
A n FSS specialist a n d certificated w ea
th er observer testified to “ T u le ” fog — the
rapidly form ing w ide-spread g ro u n d fog
com m on in the San Jo a q u in Valley o f
C alifo rn ia during w inter m o n th s when
surface air tem peratures q uickly cool to the
dew po in t in the evenings a fte r sunset. The
pilot had never heard o f it. D ocum entary
evidence presented a t the h earing also
show ed the runw ay lights w ere o n betw een
4:30 an d 4:45 an d th ere w as n o m alfu n ctio n
indicated then o r later.
The b o a rd ’s findings w ere th a t the pilot
violated 91.105(a) and (b), a n d 6 1 .3 (0 in
th a t he operated in w eather below basic
VFR m inim um s in an airp lan e w ith o u t an
instrum ent rating. H ow ever, such a viola
tion was m itigated by th e fact th a t it was
occasioned as the result o f a b o n a fide
emergency encountered by the p ilo t. He
was fou n d N O T to be careless o r reckless in
violation o f FA R 91.9. T h ere w as no
suspension o f his license an d the “ notice o f
proposed certificate a c to n ” was dism issed.
A n o th er pilo t, in F .A .A . v. M orrison
(1967), was not so fo rtu n a te w ith his
w eather problem s. Flying a C-35 Beech
from L inn C reek, M issouri to D allas,
T exas, the pilot flew in to w eather below
VFR m inim um s near S pringfield, M issouri;
he was n o t in stru m en t-rated , a n d w as, in
ad d itio n , carrying a passenger. Calling
Vichy FSS earlier, he had received the
ceilings o f various places along his ro u te o f
flight, and believed on th e basis o f th at
rep o rt, th a t he could fly V FR to D allas.
H ow ever, evidence late r show ed th a t the
w eather bureau rep o rts were considerably
differen t th an his rep o rt fro m th e FSS. The
b o ard said it was a “ P ilo t’s d u ty to be fully
inform ed as to exisiting an d forecast
w eather conditions over his ro u te o f flight
when m arginal cond itio n s prevail; this duty
is not discharged by a telephone call tcv a
com m u n icato r at an F .A .A . flight service
statio n w ho is n o t a q ualified m eteorolo
g ist.” M r. M o rriso n ’s com m ercial p ilo t’s
license was suspended fo r 120 days for
violating 6 1 .3 (0 and 91.9 o f th e F A R ’s.
A po in t th at m ight be well tak en by those
w ho m ay som eday com e in to c o n tac t with
an adm inistrative b o a rd h earing o f any
kind is the fact th a t individuals are not
pro tected by the rules o f evidence th at
apply to proceedings in a c o u rt o f law.
T hus the “ hearsay” exclusions o f evidence
w ith w hich m ost o f us are fam iliar, are not
applicable a t such hearings. T he only
determ ining facto r as to the adm issibility o f
any evidence is the discretion o f the hearing
o fficer.
A M E L I A E AR HA RT HONORED
IN HA R RI S ON , N . Y .
IT H A P P E N E D IN P H IL L Y !!!
Jo M cC onnell, B arbara E vans and Kay
Brick were selling m int sheets o f A m elia
E a rh a rt .08 cent air mail stam ps at
C o nvention when we intercepted a philatel
ist convention. T heir ch airm an w o u ld n ’t
perm it us to o ffe r the stam ps for sale
w ithout being a “ registered d ea le r” , w hich,
o f course, we w eren’t. A chap overhearing
o u r overtures bought tw o sheets. W hen we
explained o u r “ m ission” o f raising m oney
fo r A m elia’s Lockheed Vega m odel to be
hung in the P ro testan t C hapel “ Shrine o f
A v iatio n ” at JFK In tern atio n al A irp o rt, he
revealed that he was the H isto rian for
H arriso n , N .Y. adjacent to Rye where
“ A E ” had lived. He fu rth er m entioned a
m o num ent dedicated to “ A E ” in a sm all
p ark in H arriso n . F or all the up w ards o f 34
years w e’d been N inety-N ines in the area,
B arb ara and I did not know it existed, and
decided to visit it.
O u r new -found friendly ad m irer o f
“ A E ” , M r. C harles D aw son, met us and
led us to the park-in-the-pines in the center
o f H arriso n . The m o num ent is a handhew n g ran ite form bearing a m agnificent
circular disc o f copper w ith a cowling
im plant su rm ounted with a solid copper
propeller. T he em bossed inscription around
the cow ling reads:
“ D E D IC A T E D TO
A M E L IA E A R H A R T P U T N A M
O f the Tow n o f H arriso n
W estchester C o u n ty , N .Y .
H a rb o r G race, N ew foundland
L on d o n d erry , Ireland M ay 20-21, 1932
In com m em oration o f her being the first
w om an
T o m ake a solo flight across the
A tlantic O cean.
A M E L IA was present at the dedication
which took place in 1935.
M r. D aw son then took us to visit the
residence th at was A m elia’s an d “ G P ’s” ,
now fo r sale. (The one show n in the recent
TV m ovie a b o u t “ A E ” n o t au th entic). A
p o rtio n o f the pro p erty form erly extended
into H arriso n . We left “ A E L an e ” in Rye
w ith a nostalgic, w arm glow.
KAB
D ec. 1, 1976
India 99* Visit U S A
by Rabia Futehally
July 19th o f this year was a d ifferen t sort
o f day for me, because I was going on a
visit to the U SA , w hich has been a dream
fo r me since I was a little girl. L oo k in g back
at it now , w hat a w onderful visit it was w ith
so m any new experiences, so m any new an d
w onderful friends, and so m uch th a t was
beautiful and m em orable seen an d rem em
bered. T here are no w ords in w hich
adequately to describe the 99 h o spitality. In
cities across the USA we were received,
looked after and pam pered by the 99s o f
that area. Truly the 99s are th e greatest.
Now for the details: My friend Sunila
Bhajekarand I arrived at St. L ouis A irp o rt
to find our friend an d p ro te c to r, Lois
Feigenbaum, w ho did so m uch to organize
o u r visit and m ade it c o m fo rta b le —
NOTICE
THE BYLAW S OF THE
N INETY-NINES, Inc.
The Bylaws m ay be am ended a t the
A nnual International M eeting, provided
th at the revision or am endm ent shall have
been recom m ended by the Bylaws C o m m it
tee and shall have been subm itted in w riting
to all Sections and C hap ters at least sixty
(60) days p rior to the A n n u al In te rn a tio n a l
M eeting.
T o becom e effective any Bylaw am en d
m ent m ust receive a tw o-thirds v ote o f all
delegates present a t the A n n u al In te rn a
tional M eeting.
*****
The Bylaws C om m ittee requests th a t all
Section O fficers and C h ap ters study the By
laws, and that any proposed am en d m en t be
sent to the C h airm an , p o stm ark ed NO
L A TER T H A N M A R C H 1, 1977.
P roposed am endm ents should cite the
specific article, section, page an d w ording
o f the Bylaws to be am en d ed . E ach
proposal should be accom panied by an
explanation and the reasons fo r the change.
Send to:
P at Jetto n
P .O . Box 187
A ddison, T X 75001
D E A D L IN E : M arch 1, 1977
aw aiting us together w ith 49'/2er Bob and
dau g h ter Susie and g ran d ch ild ren . W hat a
lovely reunion it was a fte r her visit to India
in M arch. They to o k us on a sightseeing
to u r o f St. Louis. A t a later visit to St.
L ouis we were hosted to a b eau tifu l
luncheon on the River B oat by 99s Alice
Jackson, Nelda Lee, Lorretta Slavik, Irene
Rawlings, Ruth Schuelier an d Virginia
Kunkel. L ater Lois Feigenbaum drove us to
her beautiful hom e in C a rb o n d a le , and
then to her farm h o u se n ear P ato si, w here
we spent a w onderful relaxing w eekend.
Lois flew us in her P ip er A p ach e to
A tchison in K ansas to a tten d th e A m elia
E a rh art Forest o f F rien d sh ip D edication
C erem ony. A m ong the people we were
privileged to meet were Fay Gillis Wells o f
W ashington, w ith w hom I have corres
ponded for 15 years bu t never m et. W e
visited A m elia’s ch ildhood hom e on the
M issouri. Lois then flew us to A ero Valley
A irp o rt near D allas, w here the 50th Flying
A nniversary o f E d n a G a rd n e r W hyte was
being celebrated by a fly-in. T h a t was a
m ost m em orable day, w hen we m et flying
enthusiasts ow ning an tiq u e airp lan es and
hitched rides in a variety o f old aircrafts,
o ften entirely re-m ade by the ow ner and
their fam ilies. E d n a, herself, is an am azing
person w hom we shall never fo rg et, w hose
way o f life and can d id p erso n ality in spite
o f her m am m oth achievem ents an d d edica
tion to flying has m ade a deep im pression
on Sunila, Chanda and me. Chanda Sawant
was destined to stay a while at A ero Valley
and get her license en d o rsed fo r “ In stru c
to r’s ratin g ” . Edna gave Sunila an in struc
tional flight in aero b atics. L ots o f people
flew in to co n g ratu late Edna fo r her long
and w onderful career in a v iatio n , an d we
were able to m eet a lot o f new an d very
interesting people.
A fter tw o w onderful days at A ero
Valley, w here we got to live in a m obile
hom e (o f which we had read but never
seen), Nema M asonhall from M inco, OK
an d her h usband drove us to O k lah o m a, a
very interesting drive w here we were able to
see the oil wells o f Texas a n d the red earth
o f O k lah o m a on the w ay. She very kindly
hosted o ur stay at the O k lah o m a City
airp o rt. W e were able to see the 99
H ead q u arters, go th ro u g h the scrapbooks
and the trophies, etc., an d m eet L o retta
G ragg, o ur secretary.
T he next stop was San F rancisco, where
Marge Carmine met us an d to o k us to her
beautiful hom e on the w a terfro n t. She and
her husband are sailing experts, an d we had
a m arvelous m oonlight cruise in the bay.
G ay McCauley was present to o . W e had a
lovely dinner on the veran d ah overlooking
the bay, w ith a stiff cold breeze blowing!
Gay to o k us on a “ G ay lin e” to u r o f San
Francisco and convinced us o f her own
opinion o f San Francisco being “ the m ost
B eautiful City in the W o rld ” ! (except
Bom bay o f course!). Rose Sharp hosted us
to a w onderful b reak fast an d later to ok us
to her flat w here we tasted kiwi fruit for the
First tim e.
T he next stop was Seattle, w here Ilovene
Potter flew me in her P ip er C om anche, so
th a t we were able to view M t. R ainier in all
its glory from its ow n a ltitu d e. Seattle is
beautiful and so is Ilovene’s cabin on
H o o d ’s C anal. I was able to pick oysters
right o ff the beach, an d a fte r Ilovene had
cleaned and packed th em , carried them all
the way to San Diego for Isabelle McRae
Hale, w ho met us at the a irp o rt and hosted
us for a w onderful day in San Diego.
Isabelle is the person w ho in troduced us to
the 99s 14 years ago at a chance m eeting at
Bom bay Flying C lu b , w here she was
visiting. L ater her C h ap te r, El Cajon
Valley, had us as h o n o ra ry m em bers for
several years. A t night Ida an d Del Gay had
us over for a b eautiful d in n er in their lovely
hom e in the m ountains.
O ur next stop was Los A ngeles, where
Juanita Thompson m et us an d put us up at
her hom e. She drove us to Beverly Hills,
an d later with Mary Pinkney an d daughter
Lisa to D isneyland. W e attended the
concluding session o f the S em inar o f Safety
(S .A .F .E .) conducted by the 99s o f the
local C h ap ter, w hich was m ost interesting.
T hen on to Las Vegas, w here 99s Rene’
Crow and Louise Erickson m et us, and
later Carol Vilardo, an d all three together
pam pered us. W e h ad a lovely dinner at a
newly opened Salad re s ta u ra n t, an d m ade a
ro u n d o f the sights o f L as Vegas at night
including the to p o f th e L an d m ark Tower.
Sunila was able to look-in on an operation
a t the Sunrise H osp ital, th an k s to D r. Ewy
o f the sam e hosp ital, w ho then took us
a long with his wife to a visit o f L ake M eade
an d H oover Dam .
Next we landed at G ran d C anyon where
June O ’Neil met us an d too k care o f o u r
staying and sightseeing arran g em en ts. She
runs a H elicopter service an d we were able
to avail ourselves o f a w onderful C o p ter
trip into the C anyon. We w ound u p the day
with a lovely M exican dinn er. June an d her
son are w onderful com pany an d it was such
fun being with them .
Next we found ourselves at P h ilad el
p hia’s Ben Franklin H otel, w here the ’76
convention was being held w here tw o oth er
girls from India, Chanda Sawant an d Capt.
Durba Banerjee o f Indian A irlines jo in ed
us. We sorely missed Mohini Shroff o f
Bombay, who had been at the convention
in 1974 and w ho gratefully rem em bers
American hospitality. It was fascinating
and instructive to w atch the business
procedures, meet so m any w o n d erfu l 99s
from all over the USA an d also from
C anada, G erm any, M exico, Brazil and
Korea. It was fun to be able fo r me to
perform an Indian C lassical D ance at the
Banquet, and gratifying to w atch the
reaction o f the people. W e were thrilled to
find out that Chanda Sawant had received a
special scholarship to o b tain her in stru c
tional endorsem ent at A ero Valley A irp o rt
under E dna G ard n er W hyte. A fte r the
convention was over Barbara Evans o f New
York was sweet enough to take o u r heavy
bags by car to New Y ork to aw ait o u r
arrival, while we went w ith sm all bags by
G reyhound to N iagara and B oston. L ater
in M anhattan, N Y, Barbara an d her
husband took us over to their p h o to g rap h y
workshop, and gave us a w o nderful steak
dinner. In M an h attan , Vicky Vilardo,
m other o f Carol Vilardo from L as Vegas
and sister Bobby took us on a w alk to
Times Square, the Indian shops on 26th
Street, etc., and fed us a w on d erfu l steak at
her favorite restaurant.
In Boston, Jean Doherty, w hom I met by
chance at the C onvention, an d h u sb an d ,
Ed, daughter Erin and son E dw ard hosted
us for three beautiful days. T he w eather
was being naughty but we m anaged to visit
Sturbridge Village and B oston In te rn a tio n
al A irport, also the S aturday M ark et newly
opened in B oston, an d a fascinating
afternoon at the B oston Fine A rts M useum .
It was just w onderful sitting at J e a n ’s
beautiful home on the R eservoir in F ram
ingham , chatting w ith the fam ily and
exchanging views on everything on earth .
This concluded o u r visit to the U .S . and
we left it with the feeling th at we had indeed
made a lot o f lasting friendships, th at the
99s as a bunch are the greatest bunch o f
girls. When any 99 com es to In d ia, and
specially Bombay, we shall be alw ays ready
to receive and look after her. T h ere w ere so
many people whom we m et an d w ho were
kind to us and took lots o f tro u b le over us;
but lest this newsletter should read like a
page from the W h o ’s W ho, I have been
forced to curb myself and no t ju st rattle o ff
long lists o f names. I hope my good friends
there will understand this an d know th a t if
they should com e to India they to o will
have friends here.
Women's World Records
in
Aviation
T he follow ing m aterial is a list o f W orld an d W orld C lass R ecords held by w om en
and was current as o f the end o f S eptem ber o f this year. W e hope you will find these
records inform ative an d th a t som e o f you will be encouraged to try fo r som e o f the
records.
In the M arch issue, we will show th e records on gliders, helicopters, an d speed over
recognized courses. W e w ere so rry to n ote th a t the U .S . has lost all o f th eir helicopter
records.
This in fo rm atio n has been com piled fo r us by 99 H isto rian , V irginia T h o m pson.
FEDERATION AERONAUT T^UE IHTERHAT IUKALE
FSMTIINE WORLD OR VCRLD CLASS RECORDS AS OF 9 /3 0 /7 6
SPACE CRAFT RECdtDS
6 /1 6 -1 9 /6 3
DURATION ITTH EARTH ORBIT
DI3TA1ICE WITH EARTH ORBIT
3REAMST ALTITUDE WITH
EARTH CRB IT
3REAIEST HASS LIN ED WITH
EARTH ORBIT
V a le n tin a V. T e rech k o v a
V0ST0K VI s p a c e c r a f t
1*8 E a r th O r b its
70 H rs . 1*0 M ins. 9 8 S ecg .
1 ,9 7 0 ,9 9 0 KKS.
1 ,2 2 3 ,7 1 6 M ile*
USSR
USSR
USSR
2 3 1 .1 XMS.
1 9 3 .5 9 M iles
A, 713 ms.
1 0 ,3 8 0 .3 L bs.
CLASS A - BALLOONS
A - l. L ess th a n 250 C ubic M ete rs
A -C. 250 t o ^00 C ubic M eters
USA
8 /1 2 /2 7
DISTANCE
/lim a P ic c a r d
P ic c a r d S -1 0 B a llo o n
I h d la n o la . Iowa
5 /1 9 /3 9
DURATION
A. K o n d raty ev a
SSR BP-31 B a llo o n
Moscow t o Louklno P o lie
5 /8 /5 3
DISTANCE
M rs, P a u l e t t e ’fe b e r
F-AMA} B a llo o n
2 8 .3 3
1 7 .6 0 Ml.
22 Hours
90 M inutes
5 1 1 .9 8 7 Ko3.
3 1 8 .1 2 8 Ml.
A - l . **00 t o 600 C ubic M sters
FRANCE
A -5 . 900 t o 1200 C u b ic M eters
7 /3 1 /7 5
V. 3ERM.
ALTITUDE
R en a te P e te r
D. T r e v i r a B a llo o n
A u g sb u rg , V. CJermany
A -6 . 1200 t o
A -7 . TSOO to
A -S . 2200 t o
A -9 . 3000 t o
Ap»1 0 .
O^er
1600
2200
3000
**000
4000
C ubic
C ubic
C ubic
C ubic
C ubic
6 ,1 ? 6 M.
2 0 ,2 6 2 P t.
M eters
M eters
M eters
M eters
M eters
11/ 20- 21/61
90 Houre
DURAT ION
USA
DISTANCE
USA
5 8 5 .7 8 6 K
C o n stan c e V o lf
9 00 C ubic M eter B a llo o n
B is S p r in g * , T e ia s /B o le y , Oklahoma
7 /3 1 /7 5
ALTITUDE
S e n a te P e te r
D. T r e v i r a B a llo o n
A u g sb u rg , V. Cermany
V. CH2RM.
6 ,1 7 6 M.
13 M inutes
3 6 3 ,0 9 Ml.
2 0 ,2 6 2 F t .
ro
FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE
FEM ININE WORLD OR CLASS RECORDS AS OF 9 /3 0 /7 6
-
3-
HOT AIR BALLOONS
c ia s s
S u b -C la s s AX-2
B etw een 250 an d 400 C ubic Me t e r s
3 /1 3 /7 5
DURATION
USA
DISTANCE
USA
ALTITUDE
USA
Donna W iederkBhr
M o d ifie d R aven H ot A ir B a llo o n
S t . P a u l, M in n e s o ta
2 Hours
1 8 .0 1 Kras.
595 M.
3 /1 3 /7 5
8 /3 /9 5
DURATION
USA
DISTANCE
USA
Donna V le d e rk e h r
M o d ifie d Raven Hot A ir B a llo o n
St* P a u l, M in n eso ta
ALTITUDE
BrendA Bogan
B arn e s B a llo o n
Anoka, M in n eso ta
USA
2 H ours
1 8 .0 1 K m .
2 ,9 7 7 .9 H.
9 ,5 1 5 .9 3 H I.
6 /2 9 - 2 5 /6 8
DISTANCE Hi A CLOS3D CIRCUIT USA
6 ,5 * 0 .2 8 Kins,
l e r a l d i n e L. Mock
C essn a P -206
(1 ) C o n ti n e n ta l 1 0 -5 2 0 e n g in e
C olum bus, O h io , San J u a n , P . R . C ourse
9 .0 6 5 .8 1 Ml.
6 /2 3 /3 6
FRANCE
ALTITUDE
M rs. M aryse H ils s
P o te x 506 B ip la n e
Jnome & Rhone 900 H .P . e n g in e
'/ l i l a c o u b la y
1 9 ,3 1 0 M etere
9 6 ,9 9 9 F e e t
1 2 /1 7 /9 7
SPEED OVER A 3 XM COURSE
USA
J a c q u e l in e C ochran
N o rth A m erican P-51
R o ll s Royce "M erlin * e n g in e
T h e rm al, C a l i f o r n i a
6 6 3 .0 5 9 KPH
9 1 2 .0 0 2 MFH
9 /9 / 5 1
SPEED o m A 15/25 km c o u r s e
N o rth A m erican F -5 1
N o lle Royce "M erlin * e n g in e
I n d io , C a l i f o r n i a
7 9 7 .3 3 9 KPO
9 6 9 .3 7 9 KPH
9 ,7 7 0 P t .
1 2 /1 0 /9 7
2 /2 9 /9 9
5 /2 2 /9 8
5 /2 2 /9 8
THE NINETY-NINE
DURATION
USA
DISTANCE
USA
D en ise Y le d e rk e h r
Raven S50A B a llo o n
S t . P a u l, M inn, t o Maupun, M isc.
11 Hours
3 6 6 .9 9 ia
10 M in u tes
2 2 8 .0 4 Ml.
9 /3 /6 5
ALP TPUD3
B ren d a Bogan
3 a m e s 3 a l lo o n
A noka, M in n e so ta
2 ,9 7 7 .9 H.
9 ,7 7 0 ? t .
5 /1 3 - 6 / 2 0 /6 7
As o f 30 S eptem ber 1 9 76, t h e r e I s o n ly one t e n t a t i v e fe m in in e r e c o r d .
A BALLOONS (AX-7)
9 /1 9 /7 6
U .K .
7.160
USA
CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/73/7**
USA
b h it m s )
7 .2 6 7 .6 9 E m .
40 M in u tes
1 1 .1 9 Ml.
B etw een 1200 a n d 1600 Cub ic M ete rs
B etw een l6 0 0 a nd 2200 C ubic H e te rs
B etw een 2200 a n d 3000 C ubic Me t e r s
B etw een 3000 a n d 4000 Cu b ic H e te rs
Over 4000 C ubic M eters
ao u p I (p is ra r
DISTANCE U! A STRATOUT LINE USA
T e r a ld ln e L. Mock
C essn a P -2 0 6
(1 ) C o n ti n e n ta l 1 0 -5 2 0 e n g in e
H o n o lu lu , H aw aii t o C olum bus, Chlo
40 M in u tes
1 1 .1 9 Ml.
1 ,9 5 3 ? t .
B etw een 400 and 600 Cubi c M eters
B etw een 600 an d 900 C ubic Met e r s
S u b -C la a s AX-5
B etw een 900 and 1200 C ubic H e te rs
e- i
9 /1 0 /6 6
He to r a
2 3 .9 9 0 .8 1 2 I t .
100 KMS. SPEED
OSA
7 5 5 .6 6 8
C o a c h e lla T a lle y , C a l i f o r n i a
500 KMS SPEED
USA
7 0 3 .3 7 6
Palm S p r in g s , C a l i f o r n i a
1000 KMS SPEED
USA
6 9 3 .7 8 0
2000 KMS SPIED
USA
7 2 0 .1 3 4
N o rth A m erican F-51
P a c k a rd b u i l t R o ll s Royce " M e rlin " en g in e
Palm S p r in g s , C a l i f o r n i a
KPH
9 6 9 .5 9 9 MPH
KPH
9 3 6 .9 9 5 MPH
KPH
KPH
9 3 1 .0 9 9 MPH
9 9 7 .9 7 0 MPH
U .K .
5 8 .1 7 9 KPH
SPEED AROUND THE l(EH>
36.15 MPH
M iss S h e i l a S c o tt
P ip e r PA-24 Comanche
(1 ) Iy co m in g 1 0-720 e n g in e
L o n d o n -K o m e -A th e n s-D am aacu s-B ah re ln -X arach l-Ja lp u r-N ew D e lh lC a lc u tta - R a n g o o n - ? e n a n g - 3 in g a p o r e - D a ll- D a r v ln - H t. I s a - B r la b a n e Sydney-A ukland-N or f o i k Is la n d s - y 1J i- 3 a a o a - C a n t o n -H o n o lu lu 3an 7 ran cisco -?h o en i3 C -3 1 P a so -O k la h o ra a C it y - L o u ls v ll le - N e w Y o rk R a l 1f a x - la n d e r - A z o r e s - L l s bon-London
D is ta n c e : 4 6 ,0 8 0 .9 7 KMS. (2 3 ,6 3 2 .7 5 M ile s )
E la p s e d T im e: 33 D ay s, 03 M inutes
NEWS
FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE
FEM ININE WORLD OR CLASS RECORDS AS OF 9 /3 0 /7 6
-4 -
-5 -
C la s s C—1 . d ro o p IT (T urb o p ro p )
1 0 /1 1 /6 6
1 0 /1 4 -1 5 /6 7
DISTANCE Hi A STRAIGHT LINE
Loubov U lan o v a
TL-18 A i r c r a f t
USSR
7 ,6 6 1 .9 4 9 KMS
4 ,7 6 0 .9 1 M ile s
6 /1 8 - 1 9 /6 9
1 0 /2 0 /6 ?
6 /1 3 /6 9
DISTANCE HI A CLOSED CIRCUIT USSR
ALTITUDE
USSR
ALTITUDE IN HORIZONTAL FLIGHT USSR
Loubor U lan o v a
8 ,0 2 3 .1 5 3 KMS
1 3 ,5 1 3 M eters
1 2 ,9 9 0 M eters
4 ,9 8 5 .2 5 M ile s
4 4 ,3 3 4 P e e t
4 2 ,6 1 8 P o e t
5 ,0 0 0 KMS SPEED
Loubov U lan o v a
7 0 1 .0 6 8 KPH
4 3 6 .0 MPH
2 ,0 0 0 KMS SPEED
E u g e n ia M arto v a
E-7S A ir p la n e
(1 ) R 3 7 P J e t S ig ln e
USSR
9 0 0 .2 6 7 KPH
1 1 /1 5 /7 4
■
■
■
CLIMB TO 3 ,0 0 0 METERS
CLIMB TO 6 ,0 0 0 METKRS
CLIMB TO 9 ,0 0 0 METERS
CLIMB TO 1 2 ,0 0 0 METERS
S v e tla n a S a v it s k a y a
E-33B A ir p la n e
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
1*1.2 Seconds
1 M in u te 01 S econds
1 M in u te 21 Seconds
1 M in u te 5 9 ,3 S eco n d s
7 /2 / 3 8
DISTANCE HI A STRAIGHT LINE USSR
2,21*1.501 KK3
P a u lin e O ssip e n k o
MP-1 S e a p la n e
■AM-32*- 750 UP E n g in e
S e b a s to p o l t o la k e K h o lm sk o le, USSR
1 ,3 9 2 .3 0 1 M l.
5 /2 4 /3 8
DISTANCE HI A CLOSED CIRCUIT
L t. P . O ssip en k o
MP-1 S e a p la n e
■AM-32*- 750 HP E n g in e
S e b a s to p o l, USSR
1 ,0 8 6 .9 0 8 M i.
ALTITUDE
L t. P . O saip en k o
•C an o t 7 o la n t" S e a p la n e
■AM-32*- HP E ngine
S e b a s to p o l, USSR
USSR
8 ,8 6 4 M ete rs
2 9 ,0 8 1 F e e t
100 KMS. SPEED
Mi88 C r y s t a l Mowry
K itt y Hawk S eap lan e
K ln n er 125 HP & ig ln e
M iam i, 7 1 o r I d a
USA
1 2 7 ,3 6 1 KPH
7 9 .1 3 8 MPH
I IMS TO CLIMB
CLOSED CIRCUIT
USSR
CLASS C -2 . GROUP I (PTSTOH SK I THE) SEAPLANE
C la s s C - l . CROUP ITT (JET)
4 /2 2 /6 2
DISTANCE HI A STRAIGHT LINE
USA
3 ,6 6 1 .3 3
Jaoq.ual i n e C ochran
Lockheed J e t S ta r
(4 ) P r a t t A W hitney JT12A -6 J e t E n g in es
New O r le a n s , La. t o G a n d e r, N fln d .
2 ,2 7 5 .3 5 M i.
9 /1 8 / 6 ?
DISTANCE Hi A CLOSED CIRCUIT
M arina P o p o v ltc h
RV A irp la n e
(2 ) 37V E n g in e s
USSR
2,1*97.009 Kne.
1 ,5 5 1 .5 6 8 M i.
5 /2 2 /6 5
ALTITUDE
N. P ro k h an o v a
B-33 J e t A i r c r a f t
(1 ) TRD 37P J e t a i g in e
Podjaoskovnoo , USSR
USSR
21*,336 M.
7 9 ,3 4 2 .5 1 P t .
5 /2 2 /3 7
6 /2 3 /6 5
SUSTAINED ALTITUDE
L. Z a its e v a
E -33 J e t A i r c r a f t
(1 ) TRD 377 J e t E ngine
P o daoakovnoe, USSR
USSR
1 9 ,0 2 0 M.
6 2 ,4 0 1 .5 7 P t .
CL0S3D CIRCUIT
1 2 /9 /3 6
2,683.1*1*6 KPH
SPEED OVm A 1 5 /2 5 KM COURSE USSR
S v e tla n a S a v it s k a y a
E133 A ir p la n e
(2 ) RD E n g in e s , 1 1 ,0 0 0 K gs. t h r u s t e a c h
P o d m o s k o m l, USSR
1 ,6 6 7 .4 1 6 MPH
2 /1 8 / 6 7
100 KMS SPEED
E u g e n ia M arto v a
S-76 A ir p la n e
(1 ) R37P J e t E ngine
USSR
2 ,1 2 8 , 7 KPH
1 ,3 2 2 .7 MPH
9 /1 6 /6 6
500 KMS SPEED
M arina S o lo v ie v a
B -?6 A irp la n e
(1 ) R 3 7 P J e t a i g in e
USSR
2 ,0 6 2 KPH
1 ,2 8 0 ,6 4 MPH
1 ,0 0 0 KMS SPEED
L i d ia Z a i t s e v a
3 -7 6 A ir p la n e
(1 ) R 37 T J e t E n g in e
USSR
6 /2 / 7 5
3 /2 8 /6 7
USSR
1,7**9.213 KMS
CLASS C -3 . GROJP I (PISTON ENGTHE) AMPHIBIANS
6 /1 8 /5 4
DISTANCE IN A STRAIGHT LTNE TTADf
M arq u ise C a r in a N egrone
P ia g g lo ? . 136 A m phibian
(2 ) ly co raln g Go 435 C2
G hedi ( B r e s c i a ) t o I u x o r , Egypt
2 ,9 8 7 ,9 3 KMS
1 ,8 8 5 .6 1 0 M l.
V i r g i n i a Thompson
H is to ria n
1 ,2 9 8 .1 6 KPH
3 0 6 .4 MPH
I
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6 /1 2 /6 9
5 5 9 .3 9 9 MPH
T he a u th o r's airp lan e, a 65 h o rsep o w er taild ra g g er w ith gull-w ings. It cruises a ro u n d 90 m ph.
by Rosemarie Zantow
It probably is d ifferen t in various
countries. N ot, o f co u rse, the basic
aerodynam ics which m ake flying possible.
W hy a plane flies in well know n by all
aviators. But do you know , fo r instance,
how to a ttain the ability fo r priv ate pilot
qualifications in W est G erm any?
FIR ST o f all, before o n e starts in stru c
tions in any kind o f planes, even in gliders,
the applicant m ust have passed his M edical
successfully at a special licensed physician.
SE C O N D one m ust apply fo r a “ certificate
o f good co nduct” from th e local “ O ffice
fo r Public A ffairs” , since applicants
involved in certain sorts o f conflicts w o n ’t
get perm ission to sta rt to fly.
If these tw o requirem ents are fulfilled,
one can either jo in a Flying C lub o r go to
Flight School fo r pilot train in g . T he law
requires 35 hours o f flight tim e when
conducted by the educatio n p ro g ram w ithin
5 m onths. A pplicants needing m o re th a n 5
m onths o f tim e m ust have 40 h o u rs o f flight
tim e. T he educational p ro g ram consists o f
20 hours o f flight in stru ctio n an d 15 o r 20
hours solo flying tim e, including one solo
cross-country o f 300 km flow n as a
triangle, 100 km each leg w ith tw o landings
in betw een, and one o f th e tw o landings has
to be on a controlled airfield .
Since M arch 1, 1976 a new law requires
the solo student to hold a t least a n atio n al
R adio C om m unication C ertificate (R C C)
before flying cross-country. In G erm any we
classify three d ifferen t types o f R C C : The
BZF II allows one to practice rad io
com m unication fo r national V FR -fiights in
the G erm an language. B ZF I enables the
holder to practice rad io c o m m u n icatio n for
international V FR -fiights in the English
language. The highest R C C is the A Z F , and
perm its radio com for international IF R
and V FR flights. In o rd er to o b tain any
kind o f the above certificates the stu d en t
usually takes p a rt in a course Which
fam iliarizes him w ith laws an d co n tracts
concerning aviatio n , flight rules an d safety,
basic know ledge o f rad io n avigation and
the use o f this equip m en t. In th e p ractical
p a rt the stu d en t learns the rad io p h rase
ology an d practices sim u lated ap p ro ach es
and d ep artu res o n co n tro lled airp o rts
likely. A fter gaining a certain a m o u n t o f
experience he has to tak e a test. T h e course
an d the test will cost th e stu d en t a b o u t
$200. o r m ore. A successfully com pleted
test will h and the R C C to the ap p lican t.
w hich is m an d ato ry in o rd er to apply for
th e private pilot flight test.
P A R A L L E L to the practical flight
in stru ctio n for p rivate pilot training the
stu d en t has part in a th eo retical ground
school to fam iliarize him w ith A erodynam
ics, M eteorology, N avig atio n , F light Safety
an d Rules, Law and O rd er a n d T echniques
concerning how the engine a n d plane parts
o p erate. A dditionally, the stu dent m ust
absolve a course in First A id.
A fter finishing the entire ed u catio n , the
stu d en t has to pass a w ritten test and the
practical flight test, w hich costs him
a n o th e r $60.
O nce you are a p rivate pilo t you m ay fly
planes under u n controlled cond itions in the
category SEL up to 2.0 tons. N o special
type rating in this category is necessary, but
a fam iliarization is m an d a to ry . F o r M EL in
this category, one needs to hold a
type-rating.
H ow m uch does it cost to get a P P L
w hich enables the holder to fly under
u ncontrolled conditions? A pproxim ately
$2000. W hat a b o u t th e capability to fly
u n d er controlled con d itio n s and night
tim e? It dem ands an ad d itio n al, so called
C V FR -rating. This requires an ed u catio n al
program consisting o f 10 ho u rs in stru m en t
flight instruction and 30 h o u rs o f gro u n d school. The instrum ent in stru ctio n teaches
the student basic instrum ent flying skills.
The use o f navigation aids like A D F and
VOR is m andatory. T his p ro g ram costs
between $1000.-$ 1200. an d closes w ith a
qualification test w hich takes a n o th e r $150.
The night-flying rating requires 10 h o u rs o f
total night flying tim e w ith an in stru cto r
and includes tw o cross-countries o f 100 km
length with landings at the destin atio n
airport.
Once you are a C V FR rated p riv ate pilot
you may fly under co n tro lled conditions
and land at intern atio n al a irp o rts. The
CVFR -rating requires the ho ld er to possess
a current English RCC .
A private pilot license is issued fo r 24
m onths only. F or the extension and
validation o f the license you have to fulfill
biennial requirem ents: 24 ho u rs P IC flying
time w ithin 24 m onths, including 3 crosscountries, each m ore th a n 100 km , an d 25
take-offs and landings w ithin th e last 6
m onths before applying fo r th e extension.
In addition you need to b ring a cu rren t
m edical and a new certificate o f good
conduct.
U nfortunately G erm any is a sm all c o u n
try and as a result we have controlled
airspace over m ost o f W est G erm an y except
for a few sm all co rrid o rs. G enerally the
controlled airspace starts at 3000 ft. u p to
unlim ited. The T M A ’s a ro u n d the large
airports cover m ost o f W est G erm an y and
start at 1000 ft. Y ou can find u n controlled
airspace below 1000 ft. th o u g h . T h ere is no
VFR flying above 10,000 ft. w ith o u t A T C
clearance an d p rio r perm ission.
A nother law effective since O ct. 1, 1976
prohibits private flying activities betw een
12 noon and 2 o ’clock G M T o n a irp o rts
with m ore th an 20,000 tak e-o ffs and
landings annually. T his is a very annoying
and sad part on flying in G erm any.
Environm ental protectors an d air-p o llu tio n
controllers fight fo r restrictio n s against
G eneral A viation.
You might be interested to know w hat
types o f aircraft are m ost com m only used:
C essna ranges first w ith 50 % ; P ipers are
definitely to p hits to o , b u t alm o st all
A m erican-m ade types o f a irc ra ft a re seen.
A few G erm an airplanes are in use too.
Several types o f F rench-m ade airplanes are
m uch in favor am ong certain kinds o f
pilots. A n exam ple is th e F rench JO D E L
(nam ed a fte r their c o n stru c to r JO L Y and
D E L E M O N T E Z ) with it’s ch aracteristic
G U L L -W IN G S. T his plane is very econo
mical an d has trem endously g o o d -n atu red
flight characteristics.
So m uch for p rivate flying. Becom ing a
com m ercial an d in stru m en t-rated pilot is
n o t only a question o f ab ility to learn a lot,
it’s also a question o f m oney. T h e C P L
requires aro u n d $4,000., while th e in stru
m ent rating consum es a n o th er $8000. The
rental rates fo r a SE F (p ar exam ple C essna
172) range from $30. in clubs an d a t ch arter
firm s, u p to $60. an h o u r o r m ore,
depending on the equ ip m en t.
F or M E L the rates can be fo u n d betw een
$150. and $200. O f course a plane has to be
inspected annually; the sam e w ith the rad io
equipm ent. A plane m ust be insured, but
fo rtu n ate ly there are n o tax requirem ents.
F o r the use o f rad io eq u ip m en t a m onthly
fee o f $2. for each ra d io m ust be paid.
Recent fuel prices are 30 cents fo r one liter,
w hich m akes $1.20 fo r o n e gallon.
L ooking across G erm a n y ’s bo rd erlin e to
S candinavia, th e re ’s no big difference.
T hey even charge fo r the use o f navigation
aids en route an d d o have high landing fees,
depending on the w eight o f th e plane — up
to $10. and m ore (this is the case in
G erm any, too).
The French are very flyer-friendly. They
d o n ’t charge landing fees fro m foreign
visitors an d fuel prices are a b o u t th e sam e
as in G erm any. A u stria an d S w itzerland are
fam ous for their high prices.
In conclusion everyone will agree th at
flying in G erm any is n o t a cheap hobby.
B ut anyone w ho loves it will pay w hatever it
costs.
T he a u th o r o f this article lives in
W est-G erm any, H asen fan g 13, D-3042
M U N S T E R -1 an d is a very p assionate
w om an pilot w ho is in terested in all kinds
o f aviation problem s.
Petit Prince DR 200/400 with 125 h o rsep o w er, gull-w ings an d nose w heel. It cruises, dep en d in g on
altitude, at 125 to 140 m ph.
99 is Hostess
At Wings Club Dinner
L -R : A stro n au ts C a p t. J o h n Y oung; W ally
S chirra; D oris R enninger, G eneral M anager of
T he W ings C lub; Neil A rm stro n g ; Ja m es Lovell.
T he astro n au ts were honored head table guests at
the W ings C lub 34th A nnual B anquet, in which
1000 were in atten d an ce at the A m ericana H otel
in New Y ork C ity. D oris is C h a irm an o f the
G reater N .Y . C h a p te r and was hostess o f the
gala a ffa ir, in which Neil A rm stro n g , the first
m an to step foot on the m oon was presented the
W ings C lub Second A nnual D istinguished
A chievem ent A w ard. T he W ings C lu b was
founded in 1942 and is the leading aviatio n club
in the U nited S tates, w ith a w orld wide
m em bership o f 1400 men and w om en. G eneral
Ja m e s H . D oolittle received the first aw ard in
1975.
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THE FO U R TH
K IN G D O M
by W illiam J . S auber
F o r som e really fascinating fireside
reading this w inter, w hy n o t try the
F O U R T H K IN G D O M w ritten by Bill
S auber, a good friend an d su p p o rter o f the
99s.
O n page 64 o f his b o o k , Bill S auber poses
the central question o f his fascinating
thesis: “ M ight it n o t be tru e th a t all the
scientific know ledge m an h ad ever accum u
lated was m eant to be used fo r m an ’s
destiny in space?”
F o r S auber — a sp o n so r o f the
W indecker Eagle in th e 27th P P D an d o f
the C o n tro l Tow er at the Boyne M ountain
P P D T erm inus as well as a 23-year veteran
o f D ow Chem ical C o m p an y — th e reacho u t into space is o u r u ltim ate im perative.
A fter a listing and ap p raisal o f hum an
technological progress, S au b er weaves the
various strands together an d argues fo r the
con stru ctio n o f vast “ a rk s” to carry the
best o f o u r civilization in to space fo r the
establishm ent o f earth colonies.
G iven the vast distances o f space, he
concedes th at only th e descendants o f the
original voyagers will be able to colonize
the discovered w orlds. H e feels, to o , that
long in terp lan etary jo u rn ey s an d the need
fo r a d a p ta tio n to varying types o f environ
m ent will aid in the establishm ent o f racial
harm o n y am ong the colonists.
fafyjtd PMoti Ja/te fatifey
by Marijane Nelson
I first heard about Jan e Kelley five years ago. D riving along a
C alifornia freeway to P a m o n a fo r o u r m onthly N inety-Nines
m eeting, I listened with envy as a friend described her recent
vacation in H aw aii.
“ I wish you could meet Ja n e K elley!” she com m ented. “ W e
met her when we stopped by the H aw aii C o u n try C lub o f the A ir
flight school at H onolulu In tern a tio n a l. She offered to take us up
for a flight over O ahu, an d while we were talking, 1 found out
th at she’s gotten into aero b atics an d plans to start instructing
soon in a C essna A e ro b a t.”
H aw aii. . .and an o th er fem ale pilot w ho shared by enthusiasm
for snaprolls and ham m erh ead s; 1 wished I could meet Jan e
Kelley, too!
By the tim e 1 did get to H aw aii, Ja n e had “ g ra d u a te d ” from
the A ero b at to the h ig h-perform ance P itts Special. T he day she
took me on a to u r o f th e general aviatio n side o f H onolulu
Intern atio n al we fo u n d her in stru cto r — A rt D aegling — w orking
on m odifications so his tw o-place P itts w ould b etter accom m o
date his petite stu d en t. Jokin g ly , he show ed me the “ glass
slippers” he’d m ade fo r Ja n e while she clim bed in the cockpit to
try o u t the fiberglass attach m en ts o n th e ru d d er pedals. I could
see they had a problem : Ja n e low ered herself in to the front seat
and prom ptly sank o u t o f sight. " A fiberglass b ooster seat is my
next p ro je c t,” said A rt, w ith a grin.
Ja n e clim bed into the fro n t cockpit an d pro m p tly sank o u t o f sight. . .
A rt Daegling ad ju sts the fiberglass atta c h m e n ts he m ade to the ru d d er
pedals o f his P itts S-2A so th a t J a n e can reach the rudders.
(Left) Practicing fo rm atio n flying over O a h u 's N orth S hore are Sam
Burgess. Ja n e Kelley (center) an d A rt D aegling.
(Below) Ja n e Kelley in M o th e r's Day p resen t, single P itts N 21JK .
Jane was serious enough a b o u t aero b atic flying to start socking
away money earned as a flight in stru cto r fo r her own single-place
Pitts. Recognizing the determ ined gleam in her eye, J a n e ’s fam ily
decided to chip in, and ord ered the plane as a M o th er’s Day
surprise in 1974.
It was a fitting gift fo r an accom plished pilot and the m other o f
a lively brood o f five: K athy (19), C huck (18), Linda (16), Bitsy
(13), and Colleen (11). W hile a new com er to the household m ight
have a hard tim e sorting ou t the young Kelleys from the o th er
teen-age surfers and soccer players w andering a b o u t, Jan e
efficiently keeps nam es, schedules, an d hom e-w ork assignm ents
straight.
The wife o f D r. R ichard Kelley, a H o n o lu lu pathologist w ho
devotes much o f his tim e to ru nn in g the fam ily hotels, Ja n e little
suspected w hat a full and active life she had ahead o f her when
she started dating th a t fellow from H aw aii at S tan fo rd
University.
A fter a sojourn in B oston w hile R ichard com pleted his medical
training, they returned to the islands. Raising a fam ily, along
with enjoying such year-rou n d tro p ical pleasures as swim ming,
SCUBA diving, and gardening, kept Ja n e occupied as she becam e
established in her new hom e.
Travel is a com m on interest o f all the Kelleys, and th ey ’ve been
fortunate enough to visit m any fascinating places on Jheir ann u al
sum m er vacations. D uring a trip to A frica in 1967, m uch o f their
travel was by sm all com m uter plane. Ja n e enjoyed this experience
so much that she decided to learn to fly.
Richard was skeptical. U nsu re o f the o utcom e o f her am bition,
Jan e quietly saved up enough m oney to sta rt training w ithout his
knowledge. She let him in on th e secret the day after she soloed. .
and ran out o f m oney.
Jan e got her P riv ate P ilo t’s license in 1968, and soon joined the
newly organized A loha C h ap te r o f the N inety-N ines. She has
served in several offices w ith the c h ap te r since, but especially
takes pride in her w ork as “ A P T ” (A nnual Proficiency Training)
C hairm an from 1971 to 1973. T he A loha C h ap ter was aw arded a
plaque from the N inety-N ines fo r having the m ost girls A PT
du rin g those tw o years.
Jan e set a good exam ple by m aintaining her own proficiency,
acquiring her C om m ercial (Single an d M ulti-engine Land),
M ulti-engine, In stru m en t, C F I, and In stru m en t Flight Instructor
ratings, as well as the G ro u n d In stru c to r certificates for Basic,
A dvanced, and In stru m en t.
In 1971 Ja n e flew in the 25th P ow der P u ff D erby (from
C algary, A lberta to B aton R ouge, L ouisiana) with Beth Oliver.
T he H aw aiian team , leaving a g ran d to tal o f eleven children
m otherless for the d u ra tio n o f the contest, was am used to learn
th ey ’d be racing against a team sponsored by Z ero P opulation
G ro w th . Louise M on tero an d Betty W orstell, flying “ the Sterile
S to rk ,” were from S an ta R osa, C alifo rn ia. . .J a n e ’s hom e town.
Ja n e and Beth w eren’t sure w hat type o f reception to expect when
they met the o th er team , but Ja n e recalls th a t the race officials
w eren’t looking for tro u b le: fo r the first tim e they issued the
num ber “ Z ero ” to a team .
Always welcom ing the o p p o rtu n ity to meet Ninety-Nines from
o th er parts o f the c o u n try , Ja n e volunteered use o f her hom e on
the beach below D iam ond H ead for the luau the A loha C hapter
planned when they hosted the 1974 S outhw est Sectional. “ How
m any people show ed up fo r th e lu a u ? ” 1 asked one day when we
were discussing the event. W ith o u t b attin g an eye, Jan e replied:
“ F ou r-h u n d red and fifty .”
W orking as a flight in stru cto r, Ja n e becam e m ore aw are o f her
responsibility to know how to handle the airplane in any
situ atio n . She called A rt D aegling, w ho had w orked with her on
her advanced ratings. A rt, a cap ta in for H aw aiian A irlines, is one
o f those highly-valued in stru cto rs w ho teaches for the sheer joy
o f w atching others learn to fly. H e feels th at aerobatics is an
im p o rtan t p art o f every p ilo t’s train in g . Since such training was
n o t available in H aw aii, A rt used the m oney h e’d earned flying in
the movie TO R A ! T O R A ! T O R A ! to buy the C essna A erobat
and P itts S2A, an d established the Polynesian S port A viation
School o f A erobatics.
By the tim e Ja n e com pleted her “ confidence building” course
in the A ero b at, she w as h o o k ed . She was soon w orking as the
first fem ale aerobatics in stru c to r in H aw aii, and perform ing
aero b atic routines with A rt at local air show s. W ith a m ixture o f
elation an d fru stratio n follow ing one perfo rm an ce (an aerobatic
ro u tin e flown to the tune o f “ Sweet L eilani” ), Ja n e w rote:
H arry Owens never heard
T he story o f a fem ale bird
W ho in an A erobat m ust try
His precious “ Sweet L eilani” fly!
K ahuku left, K aena right;
H aleiw a dead ah ead in sight. . .
But then the C loverleaves are pau*
A nd gosh!, she’s com e o u t right som ehow !
C u b an 8 ’s, then a Reverse,
“ W atch it now . . .th e y ’re getting w orse!”
U p and over, d o no t stall;
(W ithout A rt’s w eight. . .n o trick at all!).
T hen suddenly the m usic’s done,
A nd w hoops. . .th e tape m ust be rerun.
But Sweet Leilani, “ D ream com e tru e ”
H as ju st been etched high in the Blue!
*pau is a H aw aiian w ord for finished
N836CR
Ja n e with C herokee A rrow at H a w a ii's C o u n try C lub o f the A ir.
Ja n e Kelley ready lo fly at IA C sanctioned m eet at D elano, C A . (She
placed second in S p o rtsm an C ategory in the rented Cessna A erobat.)
M em bership in the A ero b atic C lub o f A m erica (A C A ) an d the
International A erobatic C lub (IA C ) kindled Ja n e ’s interest in
com petition flying and the challenge o f qualifying fo r the IAC
A erobatic A chievem ent A w ards. Ja n e earned her IA C S portsm an
A chievem ent A w ard in 1972, b u t it w asn ’t until 1974 th at she was
able to travel to the M ainland to com pete in her first sanctioned
contest. Flying a rented C essna A ero b a t, she w alked o ff with the
second place trophy in the S p o rtsm an category.
Jane loves the excitem ent o f th e aero b atic m eets and the
o p portun ity to m eet others w ho share her interest in aerobatics.
A dded to the expense o f traveling to the M ainland fo r the
contests is the som etim es in su rm o u n tab le problem o f Finding a
rental plane. N ot content to ju s t be a sp ectato r when she c a n ’t fly,
Jan e put a lot o f tim e an d e ffo rt in to becom ing qualified as a
judge. A fter attending a Ju d g es’ C linic sponsored by the A CA at
O ak G rove, Texas, an d assisting w ith the judging at contests in
C alifornia, W isconsin, an d T exas, Ja n e was nam ed (one o f two)
Regional Judge fo r the Pacific R egion fo r 1974-1976 1AC-ACA
sanctioned contests.
All the aerobatic activities an d the jo y o f practicing in N21JK,
her sprightly red Pitts, had sidetracked Ja n e from an earlier goal:
the A irline T ran sp o rt P ilo t’s certificate. T his past year she
decided that if she was ever going to get th a t highest o f all ratings,
it was tim e to go to w ork. She regretfully pushed 21JK in the
hangar, and asked A rt D aegling how he felt ab o u t taking on
another student.
Ja n e Kelley ju d g in g flights at the In te rn a tio n a l A erobatic C lu b ’s contest
at Fond Du L ac. W isconsin. (Y ou can alw ays sp o t this H aw aiian — ju d g e
by her barefeet!)
A rt dusted o ff the IFR train in g h o o d an d told Jan e to hang up
her helm et and goggles. “ By now I was fam iliar with Ja n e ’s
d eterm in a tio n ,” A rt says. “ I felt th a t her experience in aerobatics
had given her a great deal o f self-assurance, and 1 knew she had
the self-discipline to d o w ell.”
Jan e got her A T P in Ju n e , b u t w as to o m odest to tell anyone
the good news. I fo u n d o u t a b o u t it three weeks later, after
m aking a trip to H ilo w ith J a n e in untypically-H aw aiian bad
w eather. Knowing th a t Ja n e h a d n ’t been feeling well, 1 had
tactfully refrained from asking how so o n she’d be ready for her
flight check. A fter landing at H o n o lu lu , I exclaim ed, “ Y our
instrum ent procedures are great! Y ou sh o u ld n ’t have any trouble
w ith your check rid e.”
Jan e looked up w ith an em b arrassed grin. “ I know . I passed it
on the 10th.”
W ith th at objective ou t o f th e w ay, Jan e was able to leave with
a free m ind when the fam ily w ent on their sum m er vacation. This
year they returned to A frica; b u t the girl in the co -p ilot’s seat o f
the to u r planes winging over K enya an d T an zan ia was no longer
ju s t a w istful passenger curiously studying th e instrum ent panel.
In N ovem ber Ja n e retu rn ed from the U .S . N atio n al A erobatic
C ham pionships in S herm an, T exas, w here she w orked as a judge
(in fact, was the only fem ale in the ju d g es’ line-up there). She was
aglow w ith stories a b o u t the flying an d the people there. W hen we
finished lunch, I asked Ja n e w hat her plans were for the
aftern o o n .
“ O h , I’ve got to get over to the a ir p o rt,” she said. “ Jo h n
B ryan’s w orking on my P itts an d getting it ready to fly ag ain !”
N o d o u b t the b right red biplane is a b o u t to becom e a fam iliar
sight over the N o rth S hore beaches once again. . .
Cuban 8 ’s, then a Reverse,
“ Watch it now. . .they’re getting w orse!”
Up and over, do not stall;
(W ithout Art’s weight. . .no trick at all!)
99s
PROJECTS
A compilation o f the thousand and one
things Ninety-Nines do to fu rth er aviation
and aviation safety
FINNISH SECTION
C A N A D IA N
M IDDLE EAST
by Outi Nallinmaa
Lorna DeBlicquy, Eastern Ontario
Chapter, presented h a lf th e m aterial on
C areers in A ir T ra n sp o rt fo r a careers day
a t R idgem ont H igh S chool, O ttaw a, N ov.
24. She dispelled the n o tio n th a t you can
get an airline tra n sp o rt jo b w ith 35 hours
flying an d a g rade 12 ed u catio n ! L o rn a
gave the flying requirem ents while an o th e r
person covered A ir T raffic C o n tro l and
related fields.
Gini Buck, Hampton Roads Chapter,
organized a very successful Safety Sem inar
on N ovem ber 17 with over 250 persons in
attendance. A highlight o f the sem inar was
a skit on weight an d balance presented by
ch ap te r m em bers; the skit was based on an
original idea by Alice Fuchs o f the Central
Pennsylvania Chapter.
A irm arking in K au h ajok
O ne weekend at the end o f A ug u st the
99s gathered in K auhajoki (70 miles SE o f
Vaasa) to airm ark th e new airfield built by
the local aero club. Even th o u g h so fam iliar
to our sisters in the U .S ., this was a new
kind o f activity and a unique occasion fo r
us. We had a trem endous w elcom e by
Inkeri Kurkela (local 99) and the K au h ajo k i
A ero C lub, and it is only the lim ited space
th a t keeps me from going in to details o f
e.g. the m enu o f the delicious lunch
provided. T he press was notified o f the
event. We painted the centre line o f the
850-m etre runw ay and the figures at each
end. T here were som e tw enty o f us plus a
couple o f 49'As. T he picture you can see in
this issue was taken by 4 9 'A P en tti P esola.
W e have already been invited to p ain t the
nam e K auhajoki on the ro o f o f the h an g ar
as soon as it is ready, an d we are looking
forw ard to it.
F or six consecutive M ondays beginning
on 17 Jan u a ry 1977, First Canadian
Chapter will sp o n so r a series o f lectures on
aviation-related subjects at D C IE M , CFB
Downsview, T o ro n to . S peakers include
Bryce Owens o f A ir T ra ffic C o n tro l, T om
M urphy o f the A tm ospheric E nv iro n m en t
Services, M aj. Ja c k S o u ten d am o f the
School o f O p eratio n al M edicine, D C IE M ,
an d Dr. A lan Frosst o f M cM aster U niver
sity. Topics range from co m m u n icatio n s to
navigation and the sessions will ru n fo r tw o
h ours beginning at 8:00 P .M . R efreshm ents
are included in the fee o f $25.00 fo r the
entire series and $5.00 fo r an individual
lecture. These sessions are open to the
general aviation public an d fo r fu rth er
in fo rm atio n please co n tact Box 99, B uttonville A irp o rt, M ark h am , O n ta rio L 3P 3J9.
A recent p ro ject o f Greater W innipeg
Chapter was ju dged to be a great success. It
was arranged by the U n ited W ay F u n d
Raising C om m ittee to raise m oney fo r
various m edical centres a ro u n d the P ro
vince, a n d w as called T H E N IN E T Y N IN E S B A R N STO R M T H E U N IT E D
W AY. Planes were d o n ated by various
flying clubs aro u n d the city an d m em bers
(plus som e potential m em bers) to o k up
people from the news m edia o n a to u r o f
the city — highlighting various U nited W ay
sites such as the H ealth Sciences C entre.
W e gained coverage o f the event in b o th
daily new spapers an d on ra d io stations.
T his was the ‘k ick -o ff’ fo r the U nited W ay
cam paign.
T he Maryland Chapter S peakers Bureau
continues to be active. J. Hanson an d G.
V ogel spoke to a gro u p o f retard ed children
on aviation. R. Birch was guest speaker at
the St. M ary ’s G irls S chool A viation C lub.
T he club was form ed by D . Miller o f
Southern Maryland Chapter. C. Roberts
talked to the L aw son R o tary C lub on the
role o f the flight d a ta reco rd er in accident
investigation. Several m em bers are a tte n d
ing a R ain Check C linic presented by the
controllers o f BW I.
T h an k s to prospective m em ber, Bev
Mentzer, the Maryland Chapter is now tax
exem pt under 501(c)(3). Bev, an enrolled
tax consultant advises 99s th a t every
individual tax return is d ifferen t and to
consult a tax advisor as to p articular
situ atio n s, since there is a m axim um
charitable deduction allow ed, based on
incom e.
NORTH C EN TRA L
T he Greater Detroit Area Chapter spon
sored tw o Safety Sem inars w ith the Willow
Run FA A at M onroe C o m m u n ity College.
W oody Stam en gave the p resen tation,
tion.
W hen Joanne Marsden, Greater Detroit
Area, does substitute teaching, she in tro d u
ces the 99 organization an d general aviation
to her students by passing o u t back issues
o f the 99 News an d Flying an d Pilot
m agazines to read when they finish their
assigned w ork.
more
G reater K .C . A irm ark in g Scene. B obbie M iller,
Virginia P a c e ). Je an W ilson, Billie B ordner,
P auline C'lendening and H elen H am ilto n .
K.C. Will Share Paint
Greater K.C. 99s succeeded in getting
paint from O klahom a C ity a fte r m uch
contem plating and discussion. Now we will
share with other chapters 30 gallon drum s
o f white and yellow. C o n ta c t Jean Wilson
or Billie Bordner.
Lake W inebago an d E ast K ansas City
airp o rts were the recipients o f o u r “ fu n ”
an d airm arking fo r o u r fall pro jects.
standing on tw o street co rn ers in the
shivering cold, haw king new spapers fo r the
20th ann u al “ O ld N ew sboys D a y ” , estab
lished by the St. L ouis G lobe D em ocrat
new spaper. T he papers are d o n ate d by the
G lobe, an d are sold for as m uch m oney as
the haw kers can get. All proceeds going to a
variety o f w orthw hile ch ild ren ’s agencys in
the m etro St. Louis area. 99 sw eatshirts,
pins, em blem s, etc. were m uch in evidence,
to be certain the p urchasers knew from
w hom they were buying. N o rest fo r the
w eary — Dec. 21st fo u n d o u r ladies at an
O zark A irlines gate at L am b ert Field, doing
their “ w elcom e-of-w eary-C hristm as-travele rs” bit. 99-m ade holly corsages, along
with cheery greetings, were han d ed to
astonished, b u t g reatfu l travelers as they
d ebarked at STL. T his p ro g ra m , co-spon
sored by O zark, was so well received last
year, th a t they w anted us to d o it again.
T .V . and news m edia coverage was
excellent.
NORTHW EST
O n N ovem ber 20, the Rainier Chapter
presented its fifth A O P A P inch H itter
C o u rse. T he course has tw o basic objec
tives: (a) to train a co-pilot to help the pilot
w ith charts and basic navig ation, an d (b)
tak e over the co n tro ls in case o f an
incap acitated pilot an d land the airplane
safely.
W e have found it to be a great experience
fo r b o th the 99s an d the P in ch H itters. The
classes w ork best when lim ited to from 10
to 15 people. T he c h ap te r charges $15 per
person an d is th erefo re building up the
treasury while perfo rm in g a w orthw hile
educational an d safety oriented function.
A O P A provides the course m aterials fo r $5
per instruction packet. (E ach packet p ro
vides m aterials for five stu d en ts.)
W e feel th a t o th er ch ap te rs m ight w ant to
present the course as an o n going project
since it is a great fu n d raiser an d a
m arvelous intro d u ctio n to aviation for
w hom ever takes the course.
SOUTH CENTRAL
FA A Safety Sem inars have been held
w ith co operation o f the Arkansas Ninety
Nines in Russelville, F o rt Sm ith, and
Fayetteville. W e think the speakers in our
region to be o f the best F A A has to offer
an d we are h onored to have m en like Eddie
H o llan d , T om m y H an co ck , an d A rch
Lloyd.
Bev Price, Michigan Chapter, was one o f
the speakers at an FA A S afety Sem inar
held at T ri-City A irp o rt on N ovem ber 18th.
This was co-sponsored by the 99s.
St. Louis Goes All Out for P.R .
Elizabeth Jordan, o u r P .R . gal, has
m anaged to keep plenty busy this w inter
an d garner that coveted P .R ., to b o o t.
Nov. 20th, we team ed up w ith M o. P ilots,
Flight Instructors, and th e M o. F .B .O .
C ouncil for an FA A A pp reciatio n P a rty at
Spirit o f St. Louis a irp o rt. All area
m em bers o f the FA A an d their fam ilies
were invited as “ H e ro s” , an d all local
pilots paid $1.00 to be “ H o sts” . It w as o ur
chance to thank F A A , T ow er, G A D O ,
FSS, A C D O , A FS, security an d support
troops for a jo b well done. T h ere was really
a fine turn out o f folks to p at th e “ fu zz” on
the back, to u r the new FSS facility, tow er,
and ju s t plain hangar fly a t the new Spirit
T erm inal Building. B rain child o f area
aviation enthusiast, F ran k Block an d Spirit
a irp o rt m anager, Dick H ra b k o , the p arty
was eagerly accepted by area flying clubs as
a darned good idea. C om m en ts fro m o ur
“ H eros” proved we were right. H opefully,
this will becom e an an n u al event, to m ake
fo r better relations betw een pilots an d “ the
b oss” .
Next o u tta the box, the m orn in g before
Thanksgiving, several o f o u r gals were
PROJ
O L D N EW SBO Y S? St. L ouis 99s p rep arin g to
sell new spapers on (he co rn er.
Barb Jennings an d 4 9 ‘/ 2er W alt Falkenberg (Char was w orking) gave rides to m ore
th an 40 young people on N o v em b er 4 at
P o rte r C o u n ty A irp o rt, V alp araiso , IN.
They were from a Sheltered W o rk sh o p and
had never had this o p p o rtu n ity before.
N ovem ber 7th, Chaparral Chapter co
sponsored w ith the F A A an d Civil Air
P a tro l, a Survival C linic at New Mexico
S tate U niversity. G uest speakers w ere from
K irtland A ir F orce Base. Karen Iselin and
Ann Curtis were in charge o f arrangem ents,
an d approxim ately 80 atten d ed .
Loyce Rigdon helped load the planes. All
three felt they gained m ore th a n anyone
from th e gratitu d e an d th a n k s received
from these young people.
Golden Triangle co -sp o n so red a safety
sem inar in N ovem ber w ith th e F A A and the
A rlington Pilots A sso ciatio n . Em phasis
was placed on w inter flying. T heir last
airm arking for 1976 w as p lan n ed fo r G rand
P rairie A irp o rt the second week o f Decem
ber.
T he Indiana Dunes Chapter is ju st
com pleting som e plans fo r m aking money
to be able to provide ed u catio n al and
charitable events. W e now have fo r sale
A irplane M oney C lips, A irp lan e Key
C hains, and tw o sizes o f A irp lan e Jew elry
Boxes, all silver and pew ter. Prices are
reasonable so anyone in terested m ay co n
tact this C hap ter.
M aterials are being g athered fo r o u r
display o f 99 m em orabilia, activities, etc.
to be placed in the case a t th e Quad-City
A irp o rt. This display will also be used
elsewhere when there is a need to show it.
Marilyn Ratzlaff, Jan Million and Susie
Sewell prepared a 99 static display fo r the
10th A nniversary o f the new W ill Rogers
In tern atio n al A irp o rt T erm in al an d C on
course called B I-C E N -TE N .
T he First Civilian A viation Safety Fly-in
a t T in k er A ir Force Base, N ovem ber 21st,
a ttrac te d 262 planes an d a b o u t 2000
p ersons. The fly-in hosted by M aj. Gen.
C arl Schneider, base co m m an d er, was held
to develop a closer relatio n sh ip between
general aviation and the m ilitary. T here
were displays o f m ilitary, a n tiq u e and
experim ental a irc ra ft, also, new Cessnas,
CTS
by 99s
Pipers, M ooneys and G ru m m an s. O u r
O klahom a 99 booth garnered atte n tio n as
we were the only w om en’s org an izatio n
represented — m ost attractiv e, to o .
On N ovem ber 17, Shreveport Chapter
conducted the ann u al P in ch h itte r C ourse
fo r non-flying wives o f pilots. A t the
com pletion o f the all-day course, each
“ stu d ent” had m ade several actu a l tra n s
missions, had m em orized the em ergency
frequency and call sign, could go to a VOR
and was fam iliar w ith the cock p it an d the
function o f each co n tro l. W e feel th at we
taught them to cope w ith an em ergency and
will be glad to share o u r SO P fo r this
course with an interested chapter.
It took five trips but Shreveport 99s
finally com pleted airm arking the new little
airp o rt at Jefferson, Texas. It w as so cold
th at we resorted to a big b o n fire on one
occasion and on an o th er we w ere surprised
to discover tw o deer w atching us w ith
interest. We also painted tem p o rary n u m
bers on Runw ay 18-36 to be used while
14-32 is closed fo r resurfacing.
The Topeka Chapter earned $230.00
from their concession stan d at the 2nd
annual M anhattan, Ks. A viation D ay. N ot
bad fo r six hardw orking gals — w ho also
m anaged to get their last sun b u rn ed noses
th at O ct. 2. N ext year we get a shady
location! T o p ek a’s Charlotte Kenney is still
an active C A P m em ber, flying tw o sessions
in O ct., first to give C A P C adets a cross
country practice and the second a practice
search and rescue. Joanne Allen gave a talk
to the O verbrook, Ks. 6th g rade class on
Amelia E arhart. She was kept a fte r school
to answ er questions — she m ust be good.
SOUTHEAST
Mississippi Chapter sponsored an A via
tion Safety meeting in N ovem ber. H ostess
es were Ernestine Mahan an d Peggy
McCormick, FAA A ccident P revention
C ounselors, and Ruby W illiams. W illiam
T ruebe, Jackson G A D O A P S , presented
the program with new film s on m o u n tain
flying plus an analysis o f accidents in the
state during the last three years.
com prehensive discussion o f th e c o n tin e n t
al engine and the effects o f the 100LL fuel
on perform ance. O th e r topics included
lubrication and econom y flight. A b o u t 250
m em bers o f the av iatio n co m m u n ity a t
tended. P ro ject A W A R E is a p a rt o f the
F A A ’s A ccident P rev en tio n p ro g ram and
actively supported by the A rizo n a A viation
D epartm ent.
The Redwood Empire Chapter is pro u d
o f m em ber, Fran Gauger, w ho used her
P o w d er P u ff D erby an d C A P experiences
to m ake up an A erospace u n it fo r her
F airfield kindergarten class.
Reno Area Chapter m em bers w orked
th eir 13th year w ith the R eno N ational
C ham p io n sh ip A ir Races. T hey w ork in
Race H eadquarters an d alw ays enjoy
having visiting 99s stop in an d say hello and
sign the 99 guest register. Ann Gillivray, a
99 from V ictoria, A u stralia, was one o f
those seeing the races this y ear, an d she
atten d ed the ann u al 99 A ir R ace p arty at
Kathy and W ug Gray’s in R eno.
Frances Gustavson a n d Hazel Hohn
con trib u ted a W A SP display to the N evada
S tate M useum A viation H isto ry exhibit
w hich ran during A ugust an d Septem ber,
an d which was the m ost p o p u la r exhibit in
the history o f the m useum , they were told.
T he San Gabriel Valley Chapter is
planning a P h o to Rally fo r Ja n u a ry 15,
1977 which will orig in ate from C able
A irp o rt, U pland, C alifo rn ia. A n yone in ter
ested in participating, please call Deborah
Taylor 213-728-3420.
The A irlift sponsored by the San Gabriel
Valley Chapter at C able A irp o rt on
N ovem ber 6 was m et w ith 30 mile visibility
a n d a record crow d eager fo r a n in tro d u c
tion to aviation.
Santa Rosa 99s com pleted th eir first o f
several airm arkings plan n ed fo r this Fall on
O cto b er 30-31 at the S an ta R osa A ir
C en ter. A total o f 2700 sq u are feet was
com pleted with beau tifu l fall w eather to
help.
AUSTRALIAN
Christine Davey — A ustralia — 1st Class IFR & A TP
Bronwyne Searle — A ustralia — 1st Class IFR, Senior
C OM M , and renewal o f B Instructor
Rosemary Col man — A ustralia — 4th Class IFR & ME
M ID D LE EAST
C arol W indsor — Central Penna. — IFR
Mary G albraith — Central Penna — IFR
Becky Broach — H am pton Roads — IFR
Virginia Riley — Virginia — Glider
NEW EN GLAND
Anne Baddour — Eastern New England — IFR
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
Sherri Bliss — C entral New York — IFR
Daisy Posse — Long Island — CFI
Nicole Radecki — Long Island — ME
Jacqueline Acosta — Palisades — ME
C hris Hohensee — Western New York — COMM
Mary Rich — Western NY — FAA Safety Counselor
NORTH CEN TRA L
Sharon Fall — All-Ohio — ME
Pat Fairbanks — All-Ohio — ATP
Jean McLaughlin — C entral 111. — H
M artha W'innard — G reater Detroit — AM
M aripat Murphy — G reater St. Louis — CFI
Beverly Distelhorst — Indiana Dunes — CFI
Norma Nevitt — Indiana Dunes — COMM
Mary Carolyn Jenkins — Michigan — IFR
Mary Anglin — Michigan — CFI
SOUTH CEN TRA L
Joyce C annavan — El Paso — ME
Susie Evans — Lubbock — CFII
Norma V andergriff — O klahom a — BGI, A G I, IG1
C harlotte Kenney — Topeka — IFR
Jeanne Neel — Top o f Texas — IFR
Barbara Neel — T op o f Texas — COMM
SOUTHEAST
Marilyn Burch — Florida G ulf Stream — ME
Belle Hedges — Memphis — COMM
SOUTHWEST
Julie Ames — G olden West — CFI
Claire Ellis — Phoenix — IFR
Gwen Jaksick — Reno Area — Seaplane
Beverly Mahoney — San Gabriel Valley — IFR
NORTHW EST
Janna Imlay — Ranier — CFI
SOUTHW EST
The Phoenix 99s held their an n u al
project A W A R E this year w ith a d ifferen t
form at for the flying fam ily. F o r the
non-flying right seater there w ere sh o rt
talks from 99s on getting interested in
flying and the im portance o f know ing how
to use ground references and learning w hat
the instrum ents m ean so th at the co-pilot
can scan interm ittently. F o r the o th er pilots
there was Ken G ard in er w ho gave a
New
Ratings
S anta Rosa 99s “ pu ttin g on the p a in t" at the
S anta Rosa A ir C enter.
W ANTED: Qualified 99 Speakers
for
AOPA Flight Instructor Revalidation
Clinics.
F or m ore in fo rm atio n , co n tact Jim Stargel,
A O P A , 800-638-0854.
MEET
C A N A D IA N
Eastern Ontario Chapter will be hosting
the East-W est Section M eeting next A pril
15, 16, 17 at the C h ateau L au rie r H otel in
O ttaw a.
A t the N ovem ber m eeting held at Elaine
M agee’s hom e, First Canadian Chapter
held a “ G et A cquainted w ith the 99s”
evening. C hapter C h airm an Shirley Allen
and V ice-C hairm an Jean M acDonald ex
plained the structure and fu n ctio n o f the
99s and outlined m ajo r upcom ing projects
to 30 m em bers and 10 prospective m em
bers. Shirley bro u g h t a collage o f 99
pictures and m em orabilia an d the evening
ended with a show ing o f the film “ S tam p
o f F riendship” . W e were p articu larly
fortunate to w elcome East Canada Section
Governor, Jeanne McEachern, to o u r
meeting. Such an evening rem inds long
standing m em bers o f th e m any activities o f
the 99s and provides an excellent in tro d u c
tion to the prospective m em bers.
Niagara Trillium’s N ovem ber m eeting
was held at the T o ro n to In tern atio n al
A irport C ontrol C entre. Ken R alph m et us
with a short pre-flight briefing before
taking us on an extensive to u r. W e saw the
flight planning room w here N O R A D
missions are set up; the 1FR co n tro l centre
was quiet at that tim e o f night so we had
our own radarscope on w hich Ken was able
to dem onstrate the w onders (and vagarities)
o f rad ar — tran sponder-id en tin g , n o n
transponder a irc ra ft, w eather, etc. F rom
the tow er we had a great view, o f course,
and had various ra d a r an ten n ae p ointed out
to us and learned o f the problem s th a t the
noise abatem ent procedures were causing
the controllers. T he tw o -h o u r to u r was
extremely interesting an d inform ative.
The Alberta Chapter held a successful
M eeting O ctober 16th at T hree Hills
A lberta. T he tu rn o u t was g reat w ith girls
flying in from C ra n b ro o k , B ritish C o lu m
bia, B lairm ore, A lb erta, L acom be and
C algary and E d m o n to n . P lans called for
the N ovem ber 13th m eeting to be held at
Springbank. Dorothy Russell was to speak
on organizing the S pringbank A ir Show .
T he January 8th m eeting will be in
E dm onton with Vera Dowling as guest
speaker. V era has 22,000 h o urs to her
credit, ferried a ircraft d u rin g W W II and
instructed in E ngland and later in A lberta.
The Saskatchewan Chapter had a m eet
ing for all interested pilots in D ecem ber at
the King G eorge H otel in S ask ato o n . Dr.
June Mills spoke on “ C rash D ynam ics”
and Nadine Cooper o n “ S p o tter T ra in in g ”
M IDDLE EAST
C ham pe P o o l (49 Zi o f Marty Pool) w ent
to Kiev, R ussia w ith the U nited States
A erobatic T eam durin g Ju ly as th eir team
physician. C h am p e gave a slide presen ta
tion o f the event at the N ovem ber m eeting
and at the D ecem ber C h ristm as p arty o f
Central Penna. Chapter.
If any o f you ever have th e o p p o rtu n ity
to observe Navy pilots doing Field C arrier
Landing P ractice, d o n ’t pass it up! In lieu
o f a N ovem ber m eeting, Ham pton Roads
Chapter m em bers w itnessed this very
exciting event. T ry to im agine an F-4
P h an to m je t landing 30 feet fro m you
laterally in a 600-foot long area; the landing
area is th a t sh o rt to sim ulate th e flight deck
on an aircraft carrier. T alk a b o u t adren alin
flowing! T h at m ust be the m ost challenging
flying in the w orld.
In Nov. the Md. Chapter had an all day
to u r o f the S m ithsonian A ir an d Space
M useum . The m eeting was arranged by 99
Buzz Lux, a guide at the new m useum . The
Dec. C hristm as p arty was at the hom e o f J.
Ball.
NEW EN G LA N D
A t a recent Eastern New England
Chapter m eeting M r. Jo e Koegler from the
M assachusetts In stitu te o f T echnology
Lincoln L ab o ra to ry was o u r guest. M r.
Koegler briefly ou tlin ed L incoln L a b ’s
collision avoidance p ro ject fo r the FA A
covering the p ro je c t’s objectives as well as
its history an d fu tu re. H e extended an
invitation to the 99s to p articip ate as
subject pilots in the field testing program
fo r their system , ad ding as a bit o f incentive
and flattery his com m ent th a t everyone
connected w ith the pro g ram felt the
“ feedback” received fro m th e eight 99s
w ho have already p articip ated was superior
in b o th q u an tity an d quality.
M id d le East Section M eeting
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
by M elissa Messner
I am n o t sophisticated en ough to n o t be
star struck, so there 1 was in th e sam e ro o m
with Blanche N oyes, Fay Gillis W ells, Fran
Nolde and all those o th er accom plished
fem ale pilots. It w as my first sectional
m eeting and my th ird m eeting o f the 99s. I
w asn’t even a m em ber yet. T he m eeting was
called to o rd er w ith 82 gath ered fo r the
M iddle E ast Section m eeting hosted by the
Washington D .C . Chapter on O cto b er 30.
F or me, each m om ent was exciting, hearing
a b o u t w hat all the d iffe re n t ch ap ters were
doing: flying folks a t cents a p o u n d ;
hosting the E arly Birds at a dinner;
planning a to u r o f the C o n co rd e; air
m arking; flying activities an d an n o u n ce
m ents o f new ratings achieved.
D uring the m eeting Dorothy Tuller, a
M ajo r in the C A P , gave a talk a b o u t the
Civil A ir P atro l an d encouraged each o f us
to becom e m ore aw are o f th e service it
perform s an d to becom e as involved as we
possibly can.
T he tables at lunch were decorated for
H allow een with orange, yellow an d white
pom pom s and centered w ith a lovely witch
(w ith wings) flying on her b ro o m stick. The
witches were the creatio n o f Charlotte
Russell.
Blanche Noyes sp en t to o few m inutes
durin g the lunch telling o f h er early days o f
flight. H er talk included rem iniscences o f
her first flight and anecdotes ab o u t w hat
her husband told her to d o in difficult
situations. A nd, th en th e tim e she ripped
th e belly o u t o f her plan e. . .a n d then. . .
o h , it was m uch to o sh o rt a tim e to listen.
But, the w eather was beginning to
deterio rate and the tim e h ad com e to tell
old friends and new friends good-bye as we
winged o u r way h om e fro m Fredericks
burg, V irginia. F o r this fledgling 99 it was a
w onderful experience to meet so m any
fantastic gals w ho share this lovely m adness
called flying.
I N GS
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
Long Island’s N ovem ber m eeting fea
tured a fund raising au ctio n . M em bers
donated articles to be auctio ned and
spirited bidding w as heard o n everything
from pastries to paintings to p o ttery and
plants. A nd o u r treasury benefitted fro m a
fun evening.
NORTH CENTRAL
Central Illinois 99s flew to D ecatu r for
the N ovem ber m eeting. G ro u n d in stru cto r
Ruth Ritter conducted a review quiz on
w eather and FA Rs (4 9 ‘/2ers becam e notice
ably quiet a n d /o r absent). Joan Boyd and
Lois Freeman tied fo r high score w ith 13
out o f 15 correct. Gigi Green w as officially
pinned as a new m em ber. Gigi was
recruited by Norma Newberry at the Flying
Farm ers International at S ask ato o n , Sas
katchew an last A ugust. W e really go o u t o f
o u r way to get new m em bers.
The Greater Detroit Area Chapter’s
O cto b er m eeting featu red special speaker
Lee K oepkee w ith a slide p resen tatio n on
Ann Pelegrino o f the Michigan Chapter,
tracing the last flight o f Amelia Earhart on
the 30th A nniversary (1967) o f th e flight.
Lee Koepkee was responsible fo r rebuilding
the airplane used by Ann Pelegrino’s flight,
a n d went along as A n n ’s m echanic. H e is
President o f the D etro it In stitu te o f
A eronautics at W illow R un A irp o rt and
w orks for the N o rth C en tral A irlines at
D etroit M etro p o litan A irp o rt.
In N ovem ber the Greater Detroit Area
Chapter had a special m eeting at the hom e
o f June Jarvis, w ith Israel’s First w om an
pilo t, Yuel R om . T he subjects o f conversa
tio n covered were m any, from the P resi
dential election to w o m en ’s o p p o rtu n ity for
w om en in Israel. A ll the m em bers th a t
atten d ed fo u n d it m ost interesting.
K enneth D avis, A ccident P revention
Specialist, South Bend G A D O , was the
speaker at the Indiana Dunes N ovem ber
M eeting. This ch ap ter a n d M r. Davis have
GREATER NEW YORK C H A PT E R
HOLDS SECOND A N N U A L
AVIATION A U T H O R ’S D INN ER
Doris Renninger, form er In tern atio n al
B oard M em ber o f the N inety-N ines an d
C hairm an o f the Greater New York
Chapter was to ast m aster o f th e C h a p te r’s
Second A nnual A viation A u th o r’s D inner,
recently held at T he W ings C lu b , w here
D oris is G eneral M anager. T he them e o f
this years dinner was “ A n E vening with
C apt. R obert B uck.” “ B ob” , a u th o r o f the
fam ous Weather Flying, spok e to tw o
hundred N inety-Nines and guests on Flying
Know-How, incidently th e title o f his latest
book.
Floyd D. H all, C hairm an o f th e B oard,
E astern A ir Lines, ho n o red o u r dais by
introducing his long-tim e friend, B ob. M r.
H all and C apt. Buck are b o th form er
T .W .A . C aptains.
W e were also honored to have as dais
guests: M r. W illiam E. M organ , D irector
o f the E astern R egion o f the F .A .A .; M r.
R obert B. P arke, E d ito r o f Flying M aga
zine and our ow n lovely G overn o r o f the
N .Y .-N .J. Section, Doris Miller.
T he newest m em ber o f the Greater New
York Chapter, Eleanor Frieda, P ublisher,
( I.R ) M r. R obert B. P ark e, M r. F loyd D . H all,
D oris H. R enninger and C a p t. R obert B uck.
D elacorte Press, m ade available th e tw o
b o oks w ritten by C ap t. B uck. E lean o r was
also the publisher o f the p o p u la r Jonathan
Livjngston Seagull.
C h ap ter officers an d m em bers w ho
assisted in m aking the din n er a com plete
success were: Sharon Conover, Vice C h a ir
m an; Patricia D onnelly, Secretary; Julie
vom Saal, T reasurer, plus m em bers: Penny
Amabolie, Ruth W entz, Heide Hefner,
Marie D istefano, and Meg Martin.
N O TE: M r. H all, P resid en t o f T he
W ings C lub, and fo rm er C h a irm a n o f the
B oard, E astern A ir Lines, In c ., retired in
D ecem ber from the airline to assum e the
position o f C h airm an o f th e Executive
C om m ittee o f th e In te rn atio n al A ir T ra n s
p o rt A ssociation.
m any plans to w ork to g eth er on ed u cation
al and safety clinics, p ro g ram s, and
sem inars in 1977. New rules an d regulations
will be reviewed an d biennial flight reviews
will be given at the w orkshop-clinic planned
fo r M arch. M em bers o f the ch ap te r w ho
are flight instru cto rs an d gro u n d instruc
to rs will assist M r. D avis. Char Falkenberg
also showed slides o f th e In stallatio n o f
O fficers, In d ian a F A IR , Fall Section
M eeting, In tern atio n al C o nventions, and
D edication o f H e a d q u arters B uilding at the
N ovem ber m eeting. As the m ajo rity o f the
m em bers o f this c h ap te r are b ran d new 99s
this w hetted their ap p etite an d showed
them som e o f the activities available to
them .
Iowa Hosts
North Central Sectional
North Central Section m eeting was a
huge success. E veryone enjoyed the A m ana
to u r. W e had 185 at the b an q u et S aturday
evening. P ro f. O glesby’s film w ork on
“ Iow a-B eautiful L a n d ” was outstanding.
A n unreal am o u n t o f w ork — b u t so much
fun! Special T H A N K S to C onvention
C hairm an Ruth Ulfers & C o -C h airm an Pat
Borup. O ur4 9 '/2 installatio n was in te rru p t
ed by som e o f the “ B oys” w ho p u t on th at
ridiculous “ 198” D eclaration o f Indepen
dence!!! The only nice thing a b o u t S un
d ay ’s w eather is the fact th a t we had several
gals stay over w ith us!!!
Kentucky Blue Grass Chapter held its
N ovem ber M eeting at Lexington Blue
G rass Field. Dorothy Sherrard flew from
Berea, Ky. ju s t to show o ff her b ran d new
99 pin. W e w elcom e D o tty as a new
m em ber. Prospective m em ber Betty DeArk
from Louisville, Ky. w as o u r guest.
C hristm as party is scheduled fo r D ecem ber
11, a luncheon at the C am pbell H ouse,
L exington, Ky.
T he N ovem ber m eeting o f the Quad-City
Area Chapter was held on S atu rd ay , the
13th in the B oard R oom o f the M oline
A irp o rt a fte r w hich a film on “ A irfram e
Icing” was show n. M em bers and guests
m et fo r lunch in the A irp o rt R estau rant and
a fte r that those w ho wished were invited to
to u r the Jo h n D eere A ircraft and A viation
D epartm ent at the Q -C A irp o rt. Q uite a
full day topped o ff with a briefing and
w alk-through o f the G ru m m an G ulfStream .
Meetings (continued)
SOUTH CENTRAL
Alaska Chapter m em bers held their
regular m onthly m eeting at A ircraft Re
builders on M errill Field. A lfred Fleener,
Principal M aintenance Inspector at the
G A D O office, gave a p resen tatio n on
W inter M aintenance, P reflighting an d P ost
Flight Inspections as well as on p ro p p in g an
aircraft.
Plans for the N .W . Section to be held in
A nchorage, A laska next July are pro ceed
ing well according to Edy Miller, C o n v en
tion C hairm an. M any interesting activities
are planned. All 99s are invited to atten d
the sectional and m ake their sum m er
vacation a trip to A laska. M aterial on
flying the A laska-C anadian H ighw ay will
be available to those w ho w rite an d request.
A small donation fo r postage w ould be
appreciated as the book is bulky.
T he C oast G u ard -m ain tain ed m arine
navigational aids em erged as helpful aids
also for the aircraft pilot w hen L t. Jim
M cC rory presented a p rogram on the topic
to the Far West Chapter o f the 99s. R adio
beacons, usually utilized only by b o aters, as
well as light house and buoy flashes, and
m arine m aps were described an d displayed,
and pilots in attendance cam e aw ay with
the realization th at here was a resource we
had not appreciated.
O ur fly-out becam e a drive-out w hen Far
West and Ranier Chapters m et jo in tly at
A uburn C enter on a fog-b o u n d S atu rd ay .
Special guests were G ov. Gene Nora Jessen,
Vice G ov. Lou W icks, and fo rm er In te rn a
tional B oard m em ber Ilovene Potter. We
were impressed with the com plex electronic
system on which we rely fo r safe passage
through congested skies.
Greater Seattle Chapter’s D ecem ber
meeting is always a po t luck din n er
including our husbands, boy friends or
guests. Instead o f the usual gift exchange,
we plan to have everyone atten d in g pay for
a 99 Coloring Book and then follow ing the
party the books will be presented to the
fam ous C hildren’s O rthop ed ic H o sp ital in
Seattle.
Coastal Bend Chapter had th eir m eeting
for N ovem ber in the F lagship H o tel in
G alveston, Texas. T he H o tel fu rnished us
w ith a delicious seafood luncheon a n d a
very thoro u g h to u r o f the h otel facilities. A
very pro fitab le an d enjo y ab le tim e was
spent by all.
T he El Paso Chapter gave a coffee fo r all
student pilots and pilots w ho are interested
in learning a b o u t the 99s.
Topeka’s N ovem ber m eeting was a tte n d
ed by three prospectives. A fter a short
business m eeting the g ro u p w as lead
thro u g h a practice cross co u n try by C F I
Sondra Ridgeway. It really isn ’t funny the
im p o rtan t little things you can forget a b o u t
flight planning. O u r D ecem ber m eeting will
be o u r C hristm as p arty Dec. 4 at the
T opeka C o u n try C lu b , Nancy an d D on
Teel will be o u r hosts.
SOUTHEAST
Alabam a’s Margie Pohl, C h airm an o f
the SE Spring Sectional, rep o rts th a t the
convention will be held in M on tgo m ery,
A pril 15-17, 1976. Exciting events are
planned: The L am plighter D inner T h eatre,
The M ystery o f th e B erm uda T riangle seen
at the P lan etariu m , a to u r o f H istoric
M ontgom ery, highlighted w ith o u r first
w om an a stro n a u t, M rs. C aro ly n G rin er, as
guest speaker at the b an q u et.
Florida G oldcoast’s N ovem ber m eeting
featured a history o f the 99 O rg an izatio n
for appreciatio n o f its recently jo in ed
m em bers, an d for six new prospective
m em bers.
Jan u ary m eeting fo r Memphis Chapter
will feature a BFR review day. 4 9 ‘/2er Jim
Sullivan (hu sb an d o f C h airm an C arolyn)
will present a p ro g ram o f g ro u n d review fo r
the Biennial F light Review. M em bers are to
bring their a irc ra ft m an u al as a sh o rt
“ w ritten ” will be given, an d discussion,
q uestion and answ er period will follow .
A ny m em bers w ho need a B iennial m ay
arrange fo r it at this tim e, if they w ish, with
Jim (w ho has agreed to d o n ate his tim e for
the flight p o rtio n o f the biennial).
SOUTHW EST
T he Hi-Desert 99s recently jo in ed the
Santa Paula Chapter fe r a to u r th rough the
N A SA facility at the E dw ards A ir Force
Base Flight Test C enter.
M l. D iablo 99s at fly-in: Lynn M o o re, M arg
Kay ley, Shirley W inn, Belly W o rsted , Lou
Rollen an d Y vonne L ongo.
Mount Diablo Chapter had their m o n th
ly fly-in last m o n th to S onom a C ounty
A irp o rt. W e had lunch at “ B ” A irp o rt
C afe an d the fo o d a n d the com pany were
g reat. Several o f the Santa Rosa Chapter
Ninety-Nines cam e to jo in us for lunch
along with fo u r o f the Sacramento Chapter
Ninety-Nines. T he fly-in in N ovem ber was
a “ M ystery F light” . T he N inety N ines met
at the B uchanan T erm inal B uilding a t 10:30
a.m . on N ovem ber th e 20th a n d then
learned w here the fly-in was to be. T hen,
all flew to o u r m ystery d estin ation for
lunch.
Even in C alifo rn ia a rain d ate has to be
used, and Palomar Chapter m et for
luncheon at nearby Q uails Inn, San
M arcos, instead o f their anticip ated desert
fly-in in N ovem ber. B ut ever o p tim istic, the
g ro u p is counting on m eeting th e Coachella
Chapter in P alm Springs in Ja n u ary .
O n D ecem ber 5, 1976 the San Gabriel
Valley Chapter had a C h ristm as B uffet at
the A rrow head C o u n try C lub. Sherol
Carter was surprised by a P o tlu ck Baby
Show er when she cam e to an “ em ergency”
meeting on D ecem ber 13. Ilse C ook w on
the A m elia E a rh a rt S cholarship o f $100
from the San Gabriel Valley Chapter.
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FLYING ACTIVITIES
FOREIGN
NORTH CENTRAL
O n Saturday, N ovem ber 20, Carole
Chambers, Fran Davis, Sandy D unn, Judi
Schultz, and Leona Sweeting, m em bers o f
the Caribbean Section, F reep o rt, B aham as
flew to T reasure C ay on A baco Island to
jo in a group o f G rasshoppers (w om en
pilots and friends from various lo catio n s in
Florida) fo r the ann u al B aham as Fly-in
hostessed by 99 Ursula D avidson, Florida
Goldcoast Chapter. Som e o f the G ra ssh o p
pers took the opp o rtu n ity to en jo y Baham aian hospitality and sunshine fo r the
w eekend. O thers arrived S aturday m orning
and after lots o f hangar flying, sto ry telling
and all aro u n d fun with a super lunch at the
T reasure C ay H otel, the gals to o k o ff W est
to their hom e ports looking fo rw a rd to next
y ear’s get-together.
All O hio’s first air race, th e Buckeye A ir
R ally, was deem ed a success — we m ade
m oney — and Marion Jayne placed first —
she is from the Chicago Area; second place
w ent to Bernice Barns, Lake Erie; third
place to Ruth Ruggles from Indiana.
T he Great Australian Air Race from
P erth to Sydney drew several 99s this year.
O ut o f a total field o f 134 e n tra n ts, 99
Helen Henderson was the co-p ilo t (flying
w ith tw o other w om en o f the A u stralian
W om en Pilots A ssociation) fo r th e team
w inning the Best All W om ens’ C rew . They
also w on the Best P erfo rm an ce fo r a
C essna 172. O ther 99s in the race were
Nancy Bird-Walton, Christine W ills, Shir
ley Harris and Shirley Smith.
Shirley Smith was also th e w inning
N avigator in the Q uantas A ir R ace, a tw o
day event aro u n d V ictoria, A u stra lia last
Septem ber.
SOUTH CENTRAL
LaNell Easley, Coastal Bend 99, a tte n d
ed “ O p eratio n R aincheck” a t the H o u sto n
A ir T raffic C o n tro l C en ter in N ovem ber
an d h ad a very interesting a n d in fo rm ativ e
course on air traffic co n tro l. She w as even
allow ed to talk to som e o f th e incom ing
a irc ra ft u n d er the direction o f the c o n tro l
ler.
T ’w asn’t the best o f w eath er, but
Oklahoma Chapter had a flying P o k er
P a rty for th eir N ovem ber m eeting. B or
row ed, rented, ow ned 150s to a 206 to o k
p a rt allowing a b o u t 25 o f us to have a lot o f
fu n . T ry it, y o u ’ll like it.
T hirteen O k lah om a w om en p ilots flew in
th e 9th A n n u al Fairview F ly-L ady D erby,
N ovem ber 10th, from Fairview , O k lah o m a
to G age to Elk City an d back to Fairview .
Janie W atson, new m em ber, flying a 172
w on 2nd an d Sue Burrell, Fairview , flying a
P ip er C herokee to o k 3rd.
organized the Fly-in, getting th e incredible
price o f $13.45 per person a night fo r us at
this really beautiful place. O th ers flying
over from the Florida G oldcoast Chapter
were Lois Porter, Sue H offm an, Mariam
Davis, and Rita Rio.
Memphis Chapter was invited to fly in
and be guests o f Mississippi Chapter in
N ovem ber. Ernestine Mahan o f Batesville
invited M em phis to com e fo r lunch at her
h om e, follow ed by a safety m eeting.
M em phis m em bers June Pentecost, Chris
Brown, Janice New, Pat C ollins, Mary
Ellen Parks, Jean McCarthy (and her 49 Vi
M ac and d au g h ter C olleen), flew in, and
Amaryllis Avent (w ho lives in Batesville)
atten d ed . Ju n e Pentecost w as presented
w ith the “ early b ird ” aw ard fo r being the
first to arrive. Films on M o u n tain flying
an d D epth P erception & O ptical Illusions
were presented by M ississippi G A D O with
a review o f M ississippi flying m ishaps also
a p a rt o f the p rogram .
MOVING?
Let the 99s know you are m oving. One
report o f address change takes care o f all
mailings from Intern atio n al H ead q u arters,
including the 99 N EW S. Let us know 6
weeks in advance to avoid delays and
forw arding.
Send to: The 99s
P .O . Box 59965
O k lah o m a C ity, OK 73159
SOUTHEAST
C A N A D IA N
Niagara Trillium’s “ B unch fo r L u n c h ”
dates will have an added tw ist sta rtin g in
Jan u ary. Instead o f an nouncing w here the
lunches will be held by nam e, m em bers will
be given coordinates only! Y ou will be able
to check up before taking o ff, how ever, to
m ake sure th at you are going to th e right
place — after all, the object is a lunch d ate,
not an exercise in search an d rescue grids!
Hampton Roads Chapter is bragging
ab o u t Martie Pearce w ho placed second in
the K achina Doll Proficiency A ir Race
sponsored by Phoenix Chapter. M artie did
us proud in her first proficiency race by
coming w ithin 53 seconds and Vi g allon o f
her estim ated tim e an d fuel, respectively.
Blue Ridge Chapter recently held a very
successful P o k er R un. Flying to six
d ifferen t stops, 35 en tran ts p articip ated .
Mary Ellen Castelloe show ed o f f w ith fo u r
Aces and tw o Kings! R euben B yrd was
Second Best w ith three Jack s. Bunny
Castelloe (M ary E llen’s co-pilot) tu rn e d up
w ith W orst H an d H o n o rs. A n d lucky D ot
Penney had the h and w ith th e M ost Nines.
T wenty-six 99s flew over to T reasu re C ay
in the B aham as fo r th e w eekend o f
N ovem ber 19-21, w ith o thers flying over
fo r lunch o n S aturd ay . F ro m th e Florida
G ulf Stream Chapter were Ellie Reichenbach, Mina Elschner, Ellie M cCullough
and 49'/2 L ou O dorico, Virginia Britt,
Helene Krumholz, and tw o prospectives,
Alexis M ontague an d B arb ara C o ch ran e.
Ursula Davidson, Florida G oldcoast, had
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M ITCHELL FIELD CELEBRATES
A 50TH ANNIVERSARY
With Help from W isconsin 99s
by Helen Kelly
C en tral New Y ork C h a p te r 99s sp o n so r sp o t landing contest. (First Row) M arcia B uller. (Second
Row , l.-R) D o rothy T hesier, Shirley l.u d in g to n , Sherri Bliss. (T hird Row) H a rrie tte H illiard,
Millie M urray, V irginia W en t/el, M ary M yers, M uff E nglish, and Nancy M organ.
Thoughts on a
Spot Landing Contest
by M uff English
Central New York Chapter
It’s 9 A .M ., O ctober 2, 1976, a n d fo r the
first time in several w eekends, th e w eather
at Oswego C ounty A irp o rt, F u lto n , New
Y ork, is PU R E VFR.
Millie Murray and Shirley Ludington are
busy m easuring the runw ay. Dorothy
Thesier is inside the hanger, m aking sure all
the registration m aterial is ready.
M eanw hile, all is not VFR in o th er areas.
Virginia Wentzel phones from N orw ich —
she’s going to com e by car — N orw ich is
still thoroughly fogged in, w ith n o w ind,
and no clearing in sight. A t O neid a C o u n ty
A irp o rt, near U tica, Sheri Bliss, M uff
English and Mary Myers are in a C herokee
w aiting fo r the gro u n d fog to dissipate, and
as Sheri put it ‘bugging th e FSS for
rep o rts’. A t H ancock Field in Syracuse,
Marcia and D ale Buller have checked o u t
the C A P C essna 172, and are w aiting. . .as
are Ellen and C huck Herring, in a Syracuse
Flying C lub 172.
Back in F ulton, Millie an d Shirley have
unloaded the L udingtons hand-p ro p elled
fertilizer spreader, and m arked a w hite line
o f lime across runw ay 15. L ocal planes are
taking practice passes, as th e girls listen to a
m o nitor for incom ing 99s.
Finally, the sun break s th ro u g h — at
O neida C ounty the tow er advises, “ 4
m iles” . (“ Boy, are they glad to get rid o f
u s,” from Sheri); and at Syracuse th e tw o
172’s are finally airb o rn e. V irginia arrives
to announce th at it’s still foggy in all the
valleys. Nancy Morgan com es in from
C entral Square (by car) w ith fog rep o rts
from there also. Harriette Hilliard also
com es in via four-w heeler, to advise th a t
F ran k fo rt is PU R E G L U C K . A t least
Oswego C ounty is in the clear, b u t will
m any get here? W e decide to lengthen the
contest tim e by an h o u r to com p en sate for
the late start.
Finally the first co n testan ts begin, the
required safety ‘p ilo t-p erso n ’ in th e right
seat holding up th e entry n u m b er. Local
onlookers m arvel at how close th e wheels
seem to be, only to touch dow n 50 feet o r so
beyond the line. O r to bou n ce befo re it.
M ost o ften heard co m m en t, “ Y ou know ,
th a t’s a L O T H A R D E R th a n it lo o k s!”
N ot all goes sm oothly. C hu ck H errin g gets
a 200 rpm d ro p o n a m ag check an d taxis
back to find o u t th e p roblem is a cracked
plug. (FBO Bill Gilley fixes it ‘on th e h o u se’
but tim e will expire b efo re airw orthiness
sets in again.) So, a pilot w ho cam e to
w atch offers Ellen his p lan e, an d he will act
as safety pilo t, so o f f she goes, in a 172,
bu t a ‘strang e’ one.
A fte r all is done, sixteen planes have
m ade num erous p ractice passes an d the
three ‘real’ ones. All sizes, all types. F rom
everyone, “ Say, this was fun! Y ou girls will
have a n o th er contest, w o n ’t y o u ? ” .
F irst overall was o u r ow n Marcia Buller
w ho scored a perfect touch in the local
C A P 172. Second, at tw o feet from th e line
was C huck D eG one o f M exico, N .Y . in his
T ay lo rcraft; Dave C hristie o f F u lto n was
th ird at five feet in an A pache; a n d at eight
feet in a Beech 18 for fo u rth was W illiam
Gilley o f F ulton.
T rophies were given to to p m an an d to p
w om an scorer, an d m oney prizes to the
o th er w inners. Yes, we will d o it again , an d
th an k s to all w ho helped, an d to o u r host,
FBO W illiam Gilley.
I was invited to M itchell F ield’s 50th
anniversary celebration by b o th the M il
w aukee C o u n ty H istorical Society, an d the
W isconsin A viation H istory P ro je c t. . .and
was very happy to go. H isto rian G eorge
H ard ie prom ptly put m e to w ork under the
H isto ry P ro ject sign interview ing “ old
tim ers” w ho had also been invited. A bout
100 in vitations were sent to A viation
P ioneers. . .an d m any o f th em w ere in
evidence at the reception preceding the
ded icatio n o f th e H istorical M ark er at the
N .W . end o f the field. G ath ering in fo rm a
tio n a b o u t p h o to s d o n ated , ch attin g with
oth ers k ept m e quite busy.
H uey P icco. . .an FA A exam iner from
M itchell Field w as to fly th e chase plane
w ith cam eram en to film the flight o f the
“ Sw allow ” , the biplane used fo r a ir mail
service by V arney A ir Lines in 1926 (this
was the beginning o f com m ercial aviation
in the U SA ). V arney was the predecessor o f
U nited A irlines, and b ro u g h t th e Swallow
here fo r the celebration. B U T. . .it did not
fly. T he w ind was m uch to o stro n g . . .n o r
did the Stinson (bro u g h t here by N orthw est
A irlines), n or the W aco.
M any V IPs were present, TV cam eras,
and W isconsin 99s: Sandy Kambic, Flo
rence Toney, Cathy Mallick, Florence
Fintak, an d Eleanor H olt. C o ffee, donuts
and cake were provided by U n ited A irlines
catering an d helped to w arm us on the
chilly O cto b er 29th. A t 11 a .m ., m oving
in d o o rs fo r speeches and the unveiling o f
th e m ark er (sponsored by E astern A irlines)
we were given a big b oost (99s th a t is) by
G eorge H ardie fo r taking o n the H istory
P ro je ct. . .rem inding everyone th ere that
m aterial m ust n o t be lost fo r future
generations. Leaving, each guest was
han d ed a com m em orative b o o k let. . .
produced by 99s.
AVIATION H ISTO RICAL ROOM
D ED IC A T E D TO OMLIES
T he M em phis 99s had recom m ended to
the M em phis-Shelby C o u n ty A irp o rt A u
th o rity th a t a m em orial to C ap tain and
M rs. V ernon (P hoebe) O m lie be consi
dered. They have been in fo rm ed th a t the
A viation H istorical R oom a t M em phis
In tern atio n al A irp o rt will be dedicated to
them an d th a t a plaque will be placed in the
ro o m w ith w ords to this effect:
D E D IC A T E D T O T H E M EM O R Y
of
C A P T A IN V ER N O N C . O M L IE
Deceased -1 9 3 6
an d wife, P H O E B E O M L IE
1902-1975
A viation P ioneers o f M em phis
99s
in
the
News
Jan Churchill was nam ed D irecto r o f
P .R . fo r S um m it A viation in M iddletow n,
Delaware w here she is also a m em ber o f the
airc ra ft sales staff.
Ruth Benedict, M ary lan d 99, recently
served as a ju d g e fo r the P recision Flying
T eam . R uth is also on th e s ta ff o f the FAA
Aviation NEW S.
Carol Roberts, M aryland, has been
elected to th e In te rn atio n al B oard o f
D irectors fo r the Society o f A ir Safety
Investigators. C aro l has a P h .D . in
Electrical E ngineering an d w orks w ith the
B ureau o f A viation S afety, N TSB , in the
area o f digital flight d a ta recorders.
A USTRA LIAN
Edie Tirpak, Long Island, p articip ated in
the NY S tate R eading A ssociatio n C o n fer
ence w here she included her use o f aviatio n
in the im provem ent o f reading in her
p resentation on H igh School R eading.
Alice Borodkin, also fro m this c h ap te r, is
now w riting for Air Cargo News an d Air
World as well as staffin g the offices at JFK
In tern atio n al A rrivals. (H o p e you d id n ’t
miss her story on the L indbergh S tam p in
last m o n th ’s 99 NEW S.)
The late Robin Miller-Dicks has been
aw arded posthum ously the B rabazdon
C up, a senior aw ard o f the B ritish W om en
P ilots A ssoc, given fo r her w ork as a Flying
N urse in W estern A ustralia. A lso, th e Jean
Lennox Bird T rophy w ent to Christine
Davey for outstanding perfo rm an ce in
aviation over the past 16 years. T he aw ards
were presented by H is R oyal H ighness,
P rince C harles, at B uckingham P alace in
Nov.
C A N A D IA N
Madeline Fielding, First Canadian Chap
ter, was a delegate to the R oyal C an ad ian
Flying C lub A ssociation’s a n n u a l m eeting
this fall. Lorna deBlicquy represented the
O ttaw a Flying C lub at the A ir T ran sp o rt
Assoc. C onvention in C algary. L o rn a had a
good visit with Margaret Rubin, chairm an
o f the Greater Winnipeg Chapter, w ho was
sitting ahead o f her on the airlin er and
noticed L o rn a’s 99 pin.
MIDDLE EAST
Eileen Weigand, a M athem atics S tatisti
cian from Eastern Penna Chapter, was
presented the 1976 F ra n k fo rd A rsenal
W om an o f the Year aw ard by C ol. F ran k
H ackley, C om m ander. Eileen was cited for
her w ork in the Sm all C aliber A m m unition
M odernization P rogram w here she applied
advanced statistical analysis techniques to
the operational and quality assu ran ce d ata
collected.
C ol. F. H ackley and Kileen W eigand. P h o to :
U .S . A rm y P h o to g ra p h er
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
NORTH C EN TRA L
Bonnie McSwain recently w on the All
Ohio A chievem ent A w ard fo r 1976. B onnie
has a com m ercial license an d will soon be
getting the airfram e p a rt o f her A & P.
Bonnie Ferguson, a Greater Kansas City
99 with an A T P ratin g an d a B.S. in
aviation technology, is now a flight
inspector with the C hicago G A D O .
Kay Blevins is the only w om an on the
K entucky A viation A sso ciatio n B oard o f
D irectors.
Louise Yeazel is teaching g ro u n d school
at M adison A rea T echnical C am p u s. She is
th e first w om an on th e T ra d e School
B oard. She atten d ed her first m eeting
recently along w ith in stru cto rs o f a u to
m echanics, TV servicing, w oodw orking,
etc. . .a w orking W isconsin 99. . .doing
w hat she does best!
A n o th er Wisconsin 99, Jean Thurow, is
the first w om an to be ap p o in ted Safety
D irector for state highw ay travel by the
S tate T ran sp o rtatio n D ep artm en t.
A w ard with their tw o-place o pen cockpit
Steen Skybolt a t the T ucson, A rizo n a A A A
m eet. T he hom ebuilt w as previously aw ard
ed 1st place in the E x perim ental class a t a
Plainview , TX fly-in, an d 2nd at S anta Fe.
Amy Pilkinton recently explained the
p u rp o se o f the 99s an d described their
m any projects to listeners o f a Shreveport
rad io show “ Language o f the L ad ies” .
Linda Hooker, Golden Triangle 99, was
the only w om an on the council at the
N atio n al A erospace E d u catio n al C o n fer
ence in W ashington in N ov.
A n o th er Golden Triangle 99, Mary
W heelock, has been p ro m o ted to C aptain
in the Civil A ir P atro l.
Norma Wynn Vandergriff, Oklahoma,
has been aw arded the P ip er T ro p h y from
the Intern atio n al Flying F arm ers fo r the
W o m an Flying the M ost H o u rs during the
last year.
SOUTHEAST
Betty McGraw o f C learw ater, FL , has
been appo in ted A viation C h airm a n fo r the
C learw ater A rea C ham b er o f C om m erce.
She is serving her second y ear on the C ofC
B oard o f G overnors.
Fran Sargent and Ruth Fleishner, repre
senting the 99s on F A A ’s M iam i T erm inal
A rea Study G ro u p , are w orking on
establishing a new VFR c o rrid o r for
southeast Florida.
SOUTHW EST
T he Fear o f Flying clinic held in San
F rancisco recently received g reat coverage
on TV. K RON devoted alm o st 10 m inutes
to the project on th eir 6 & 10 p.m .
new scasts.
Janie Postlethwaite was nam ed
Golden West P ilot o f the year.
the
NORTHW EST
Alaskan m em ber Betty Rogers is on the
way to her A & P , having passed her
w ritten.
Elizabeth Lundine, o f Ranier Chapter,
was presented the A m elia E a rh a rt A w ard
by G ov. Gene Nora Jessen fo r the
trem endous w ork she did in p rep arin g and
presenting the IRS petitio n fo r T ax Exem pt
S tatus for the section.
SOUTH CENTRAL
Chaparral's Mary Sweetser a n d 4 9 Vi Ken
recently w on Best E xperim en tal P lane
W ally Funk
Did you recognize a fam iliar face during
those TV com m ercials durin g the Bowl
G am es? It was Wally Funk, form er
O k lah o m a an d now Long Beach 99,
w om an astro n a u t trainee an d FA A Safety
Investigator w ho m ade a TV com m ercial
representing M errill-L ynch while flying in a
S tearm an. It was show n du rin g the Bowl
G am es on CBS and N BC.
BREAD AND BUTTER AVIATION
CARIBBEAN
Judi and Phil Schultz saw q u ite a bit o f
the U .S. in their newly p u rch ased C essna
310 this sum m er. Now N7095L is h om e and
the Schultz’s are doing som e island hopping
as their TW A schedule perm its. P h il is a
C aptain on T W A ’s In te rn a tio n a l routes
and Judi is a flight a tte n d a n t, also on
T W A ’s international routes. Yes, she does
get to fly on P h il’s flights som etim es. Now
th a t’s real togetherness.
C A N A D IA N
Paula Brooks, Eastern Ontario, has been
appointed co-pilot on T w in O tters for
N orO ntair. P aula has been in stru ctin g at
Bradley A ir Services (one o f th e FBO s to
w hom we sent the 99 N EW S). B radley’s,
one o f the carriers op eratin g N o rO n tair,
m ade the appointm ent. . .a first.
M IDDLE EAST
Alice Fuchs and husban d Bill have ju st
com pleted their h angar an d received the
first o f their P iper line o f a irc ra ft. They
have opened a fixed base o p e ra tio n , Eagle
A viation, on the W m . P ip er M em orial
Field in Lock H aven. T his is the first such
dealership to open in P ip e r’s tow n o f Lock
H aven.
Roni Johnson, Central Pennsylvania,
acted as hostess fo r a cham p ag n e p arty and
fashion show fo r the wives o f P ip e r’s
International D ealer’s M eeting in N ovem
ber. R oni arranged fo r a fashion show o f
Pennsylvania D utch designs.
Soloing 3 new students recently, Ruth
Tolley Gwinn was overw helm ed by one
student w ho stands 6 ’7” an d tips the scales
at 270 pounds.
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
Jacqueline A costa, Palisades Chapter,
has given up full tim e instru ctin g to accept
a position as A ir T raffic C o n tro l Specialist
at JF K ennedy Tow er. S h e’s now at the
FA A A cadem y in O K C fo r train in g (and in
her o ff school hours, has been p u t to w ork
typing for the 99 N EW S).
fo r a plane, they prom ise to keep you on
A TC (A T rue C ourse) an d h an d le you w ith
T L C (T ender L oving C are).
Carol Stites is a flight in stru cto r at
M arlb o ro , M ass. H er stu d en ts have to fly
elsewhere to practice “ long-field-landings” ; M arlb o ro is 1600 feet w ith o b stru c
tions at b o th ends!
E astern New E n g la n d ’s A n n e Baddcm r is
w orking fo r B altim ore A irlines.
NORTH CENTRAL
Marcia Grismore, w ho ju s t tran sferred
from Iow a to M innesota, is em ployed by
H u b b ard B roadcasting in M inneapolis. She
flies news team s to events to get TV
coverage.
Brooks Richards, Kentucky Blue Grass
Chapter, is now C h ief Flight In stru c to r for
A T P ratings at K entucky Flying Service,
Louisville.
Janell Golden, M ichigan, entered the
U SA F N ovem ber 23rd as an A ircraft
M aintenance Inspector. G o o d L uck, J a n
ell.
Marcia Grismore, w ho has tran sfe rred to
M innesota from Iow a, is cu rren tly flying
K STP T V ’s C essna S kym aster.
Dr. Ann Kambic (Sandy), W isconsin 99,
has been nam ed a m edical exam iner by the
FAA.
NORTHW EST
Carol Fletcher, Secretary o f Far West
99s, m onitors the local av iatio n scene as she
keeps the newly opened T ig-aire P ilo t S hop
a t W m . Fairchild In te rn a tio n a l.
SOUTH C EN TRA L
Golden Triangle member, Beverly Bass,
is now a flight engineer w ith A m erican
A irlines, and an o th e r m em b er, Maggie
Strieker, initiated a flight train in g program
an d is now w orking fo r a flight school in
D allas.
Susie
Evans,
Lubbock,
is
flying
U .S .D .A . officials on c o n tra c t fo r th e Boll
Weevil D iapause p ro g ram . She is a “ Spy in
the Sky” as she flies in spectors w ho check
spray operations.
NEW E N G LA N D
SO U TH EAST
Two Eastern New England 99s, Jeanne
Ohnemus and Lucille Flyan, have started a
plane brokerage business u n d er the nam e o f
“ The P lane Jan e s” . T he v en tu re launched
with the arrival o f tw in C o m an ch e 68Y,
com plete with new engines, new interior
and M iller conversion. If y o u ’re looking
A lab am a 99s are busy in th e field o f
aviation. Ned Papineau is M anaging E d ito r
o f Air Progress. Donna Green has been
checked o u t in all phases o f C o n tro llin g at
Bates Field in M obile, an d Ann Taylor has
jo in ed H an g ar O ne in P en saco la, FL ,
coordinating their Flight an d Sales D e p a rt
m ents. Minnie Coggins is teaching In stru
m ent G ro u n d School a t th e U niversity o f
A lab am a in B irm ingham .
A n o th er G ro u n d School In stru cto r is
Ursula Davidson, Florida Goldcoast,
teaching at the A m erican In stitu te o f
A eronautics at O p a L ocka A irp o rt in
M iam i.
SOUTHW EST
Esther Gardiner, Reno Area, is flying a
C essna 411 on ch arter trip s fo r R en o ’s Exec
A ir.
Woman
&
Machine
T he J-3, 1939 V intage P ip er C ub w ith 75
hp. C on tin en tal ow ned by B ah am as’ D ub
an d Fran Davis was recently redone and is
now sporting its original cub yellow color
schem e. It was finished in tim e to break in
the newly sodded runw ay a t their farm
hom e in Indiana w here th e fam ily spends
sum m er vacations.
Yvonne Koepke o f the Hi-Desert 99s and
hu sb an d Dale finished resto rin g and rep air
ing their N avion an d it finally flew a fte r a
year in the h angar. Joan an d A rth u r
Fleishmann have their C essna 172 at hom e
fo r a com plete refu rb ish in g jo b to be
com pleted by them in 1977??
K.C. 99 Billie Bordner an d 49!/:er
C harles are q uite elated over th e change in
th eir Beech D ebonair from a 1965 into a
m odified 1977. H ow ? A ll new p ain t with
1977 Beech design, new u p h o lstery and
th a t’s not all — new radios! W ow!
Eastern Ontario’s Betty Jane Schermerhorn is patiently aw aiting the day when
th eir H elio C ourier will be flying.
New room in the h a n g a r w as m ade for
recent acquisitions by 99s. A labam a’s Mary
Ann Rhodes now has a C o m an ch e 180, and
Phoenix m em bers w ith Beech B onanza’s
are Marie Trudeau an d Cathy Nickolaisen.
Helen Krumholz is th e p ro u d ow ner o f a
b ra n d new M ooney executive, an d Peggy
Brown, also o f FL G ulf Stream Chapter,
now has a C essna 210.
C hanges were m ade in o th er places in the
99 fleet. Bonnie Klein, Greater Seattle, has
m oved u p to a C-206 equ ip p ed fo r aerial
pho to g rap h y . She is cham ping at the bit to
get logging a lot o f h o u rs in this new
treasure. Central Illinois 99 Barbara Parker
a n d hu sb an d Jo h n have recently replaced
th eir C essna 150 w ith a 172 to m ake room
fo r their 13 year old son w ho w ants to learn
to fly. Anita Albert trad ed fo r a newer
Skylane.
G
M IDDLE EAST
Some go the long way. . .D oris Phillips,
Virginia Chapter, logged 24 h o u rs o f cross
country flying a T-41 to H o t Springs, A rk.
and back. N ot to be o u td o n e , Sarah
Parmenter flew to F lo rid a in her C essna
140.
NEW EN G LA N D
Eastern New England’s Lillian Ebberson
and her 4 9 Vi, T om , started on a trip to the
west coast in their C herokee 180. Visiting
N ashville, T enn. and H o t S prings, A rk .
they met so m any pilots going to the A O P A
P lan tatio n P arty in San A n to n io , Texas
th at they changed their flight p lan . H ad a
great tim e for 5 days at the P a rty , h eard so
m uch about M exico, w hich th e y ’ve alw ays
w anted to see, th a t they fo rg o t ab o u t the
west coast and again diverted, b u t by
M exicana A irlines this tim e. Spent 5 days
seeing G u ad alajara, M exico C ity and
T axco am ong others. Picked u p 6318J in
San A ntonio and flew on to Vencie, F la. to
visit relatives. W rapped up the w hole trip
by flying back to R hode Island in one day.
W ould you call them “ flexible flyers?”
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY
A recent house guest o f Kay Brick’s was
charm ing Dr. Dorothy Herbert from
Charleville, on the edge o f the O u tb ack 500
miles west o f Brisbane. A general p racti
tio n er and “ Flying D o c to r” , D o ro th y is
Federal Secretary o f the A u stra lian W om en
P ilo ts A ssociation, an d is a m em ber o f the
99s in A ustralia. She has been flying fo r 30
years, ow ner o f a C om anche, a n d recently
becam e enam oured w ith soaring. “ G reat
co u n try for it,” she said. A lso she urges
A L L 99s to come “ dow n u n d e r” fo r a gala
1978 Ninety-Nines C onventio n . Kay an d
Barbara Evans first m et Dorothy a t the
W ings C lub w ith Doris Renninger, and
only wish that her tim e here could have
perm itted A L L 99s to m eet her.
Hazel Jones (In tern atio n al T reasu rer)
went to New Y ork w here she was the
speaker for the A ero C lub o f B uffalo.
Western New York 99s atten d ed as guests.
NORTH CENTRAL SECTION
Kathleen W ood, Central Illinois 99,
recently co-piloted a trip w ith h u sb an d Jean
to O ’H are to deliver tw o V eterinarians
carrying pig em bryos headed fo r im p lan t
ing in sows in E ngland.
o
s
te
Nancy and W arren H ecksel, G reater
D etro it A rea C h a p te r, flew to Kerrville,
Texas for the In tern atio n al M ooney Society
C o nvention w here they w on th e E L T in a
pre-flight contest.
June Jarvis, Greater Detroit Area, flew
to New O rleans fo r a few days. A w eather
sto p in T uscaloosa, A la. p ro v ed to be m ost
enjoyable, as it was th e hom ecom ing
w eekend, and A lab am a w on.
Nancy Miller, Michigan Chapter, has
perhaps started a tren d . She to o k her BFR
a t N ew m an, G A an d “ ju s t h a p p en e d ” to
go th e extra 40 miles to P L A IN S and
checked the p ean u t cro p as she flew over.
SOUTH C EN TRA L
Charlene and D r. M ac P o e flew to
L on d o n , E ngland fo r ten days while M ac
com peted in the U .S .-B ritish In vitational
G o lf T o u rnam en t w hich is an a n n u al a ffa ir
betw een forty d o cto rs, tw enty o f them
British and tw enty o f them A m erican.
Marguerite Nielsen an d friends, M ildred
Rose and R uth P a rk s atten d ed th e O k la h o
m a Hall o f Fam e festivities in O K C to see
Jerrie Cobb o f P o n ca C ity an d M oorehaven, F lo rid a inducted. T h e event w as m ost
enjoyable and also atten d ed by the in tern a
tional officers o f the N inety N ines, Inc. O ld
friends were reunited an d the h a n g a r flying
w as unexcelled.
R eports are still com ing a b o u t the 300
W A SPS w ho atten d ed the w eekend reunion
a t H o t Springs, A R K . Lois Auchterlonie
a n d Sara Hayden w ere th ere fro m E . New
E ngland, and Sara rep o rts th a t the W A SPs
are still w orking to get recognition. Helen
Sheffer to o k tw o girls fro m NY along as
her guests. T he tw o girls had gone to
W illiam sport, P A to interview H elen and
Betty H arlow fo r a b o o k they are w riting.
W e’ll be reading a b o u t the W A S P s in the
fu tu re.
El P aso’s Marilyn Cragin an d 491/2
G eorge planned an d m ade a w hole w eekend
a big success fo r the El P aso A viation
A ssociation o n a fly-in to K ino Bay,
M exico. Several 99s w ent including Muriel
Guggolz from the Santa Fe Chapter. K ino
w as a sm ash hit, all room s h ad a view o f the
ocean, everyone was knee high in salt w ater
an d all the M exican children w ere h appy
an d chewing on sugar cane. T h e re stau ran te
w as tw o blocks u p th e beach a n d th ere was
a M exican feast, beside th e p o o l, p u t o n by
the condom inium m anager on S atu rd ay
night. Vic and Pam Vander-Linden cam e
fro m C alifornia.
A Travelogue
o f N in ety-N in e
Trips and Flying Fun
Angela Boren and a fellow teacher m ade
a 25 ho u r flight to W ash in g to n , D C from
Lubbock to present papers at a professional
m eeting.
SOUTHEAST
Fran Sargent and her M iam i D ade N IFA
team went to A u b u rn , A L to com pete in the
R egional meet, and b ro u g h t hom e several
first prizes and a chance to com pete in the
N atio n al meet in O k lah o m a.
Berni Stevenson, Los Angeles Chapter,
was a featured speaker at the annual
M ooney O w ners C o n v en tio n in Kerrville,
Texas in O ctober, w here she was invited to
tell som e o f her air racing secrets. She then
flew over to F o rt L au d erd ale to see old
friends, and pick up Peggy Brown, to take
o f f an d d o som e “ trail b lazin g ” for the
1977 Angel D erby. T hey m et w ith FA A
officials and m em bers o f the C ham bers o f
C om m erce at som e o f the race stops, doing
advance publicity w ork a n d instilling
enthusiasm am ong the tow er an d Flight
Service personnel.
H ighlights o f the trip w ere having dinner
with Dot Etheridge, also d in n er with
S enator Bill Sullivan o f H en d erso n , Ken
tucky, w ho is the In te rn atio n al F orm ula
O ne W orld C ham p io n . H e was the only one
able to represent the U nited States in this,
the first In tern atio n al A ir R acing event in
fo rty years.
T he next day, Berni left fo r C alifornia,
an d Peggy went com m ercial back to Ft.
L auderdale. F rosting on the cake o f this
trip: while changing planes in A tla n ta , with
a tw o h o u r lay-over, Peggy w as invited to
have a drink by an o th er itin e ra n t, w ho was
intrigued by her flying jac k e t “ w ith all the
race p atches” ; tu rn ed o u t to be Tim
C onw ay o f TV fam e.
SOUTHW EST
W hen Pam Vander Linden o f Palomar
Chapter goes flying, it alw ays tu rn s out to
be a 99 event. In m id-O ctober P am an d her
relatives from H o lland an d a F allbrook
guest flew to G ran d C an y o n . June O ’Neill,
El Cajon Chapter, arran g ed fo r a helicop
ter ride dow n in to th e canyon to the
H avasupai village — a b o u t a 1 V* h o u r trip.
T hen they flew on to S an ta Fe a n d m et Meg
G uggolz, Santa Fe Chapter, w ho joined
them on a to u r o f an indian p ueblo and the
in d ian arts an d crafts m useum . T he trip
was m arred only by lots o f bad w eather
w ith rain and low clouds causing delays. O n
Continued on p. 30
Gone
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.Continued
N ovem ber 4, P am met w ith 37 El Paso 99s
and m em bers o f El P aso A irm en ’s A ssocia
tion at Kino Bay, S o n o ra, M exico, w here
she entertained them at th eir cond o m iu m .
Ginny Boylls o f Palomar Chapter discov
ered the unique thrill o f giving som eone
their first plane ride. N ot only som eone —
but her M other, age 78. T he flight took
place on their recent trip to K ansas C ity,
w here she and A9'/i J .C . to o k m o th e r to
C edar R apids, Iow a, to visit relatives. A fter
a sto p at C o lo rad o Springs, they continued
only to find the sam e sto rm P am V ander
L inden had encountered an d had to p u t in
at P resco tt before con tin u in g hom e th e next
day.
GREAT NOVELTY WATCH
FOR PILOTS
Blue, White & gold terminal-tower
picture on face w /airplane second
hand, blue band. $18 ppd. Eastern PA
Chapter, Gail Lingo, 17 Guild C ourt,
Willingboro, NJ 08046.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
PLANE-A-BROKER has openings for
lady pilots in our nationwide m arket
ing program. Contact Plane-A-Broker
home office: P.O . Box 7, Seymour,
TN 37865 or phone (615) 573-9646.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
AOPA is looking for qualified 99s as
speakers on their CFI Revalidation
Clinic Teams. Those interested should
contact Jim Stargel, 800-638-0854 for
more information.
INSURANCE WANTED
ATTENTION INSURANCE REPS:
The International organization o f the
Ninety-Nines, Inc. is now accepting
bids on insurance in the following
areas:
Headquarters Building & contents
Liability for 99 Flying Events
Please contact President Lois Feigenbaum , 26 Pinewood D r., Carbondale,
IL 62901, for additional inform ation.
VISITING LONDON? A partm ent
available. Marble Arch. Double bed
room & living room, etc. $100 a week.
Minimum 3 weeks. Contact Elizabeth
Overbury, Bircham, Old Hill W ood,
Whipsnade, LU62NF. UK.
Inland C a lifo rn ia 99, N ola an d D on R hodes,
sam ple flying and aerial sight-seeing in E ngland
recently as guests o f British 99. E lean o r (D aw n)
and D on Turley , w ho o p erate a C h a rte r service
at Teeside A irp o rt, Y orkshire. N ola an d D on
also dined with 99, G ilda D eterding, o f St.
A lbans. H erts, while visiting the L o n d o n area.
(L-R) N ola R hodes, E leanor an d D on T urley .
Continued fro m p. 27
99s
in
the
News
Susan Lea is the Redwood Empire
Chapter P ilot o f the Y ear. H e r proficiency
has been im pressive. D uring the last year
and a h a lf she has gone from p riv ate pilot
to in stru m en t, com m ercial a n d now has
aero b atic skills as well.
Frances Sim mons, Santa M onica Bay 99,
recently grad u ated fro m Law S chool at
U SC. Frances is curren tly a co n tracts
A d m in istrato r fo r H ughes A irc ra ft C o rp
and is also the first SW S 99 to co m plete a
course in “ A ircra ft A ccid en t Investiga
tio n .” A n o th er m em ber o f this ch ap te r,
Angela Masson Barris, has ju s t been hired
by A m erican A irlines as a F light Engineer.
W atch fo r m ore ab o u t A ng ela in a later
issue.
The
A num ber o f changes have taken place in
the 99 N EW S during the year 1976. As the
99 o rganization has increased in size, we
have tried to utilize th e m agazine as a
co m m unication device betw een the in tern a
tional officers an d co m m ittee ch airm an and
th e sections and ch ap ters. W e have also
tried to highlight som e o f the m ultitude o f
ou tstan d in g activities an d projects our
ch ap ters have originated by featuring them
in detail so others could learn from their
success. W e try to keep you ab reast o f the
accom plishm ents o f w om en in the field o f
aviation and to bring to you feature articles
a b o u t exceptional w om en w ithin our
o rganization.
N ow th a t we have h ad alm o st a year to
w ork o u t som e o f th e pro b lem s in the
change o f form at, an d you have h ad tim e to
look it over an d form o p inions on the
changes you think are im provem ents and
those th a t are n o t, we w ant to invite you all
to voice y o u r o p in io n s th ro u g h our
questionnaire below . H ere are som e consi
deratio n s we ask you to keep in m ind.
Space Considerations. O n .behalf o f cost
considerations, we have stan d ard ized the
size o f th e m agazine a t 32 pages a n issue.
T his size has actually been in effect fo r a
couple o f years now , b u t it still has a
sizeable effect on the ch a p te r rep o rt issue.
Space and the Chapter Report. There
was a tim e a few years ago w hen we had an
issue as large as 56 pages, 50 pages o f which
were devoted to C h a p te r R eports. The
num ber o f chapters has grow n considerably
since then — we now have over 150
chapters!
If you will bear w ith m e fo r a m om ent,
here are som e figures an ed ito r has to deal
w ith. W e have 900 colum n-inches to fill
w ith m aterial each issue (10 inches per
colum n, 3 colum ns per page, 30 pages plus
covers). If we divided th a t equally am ong
all 150 chapters, each ch ap ter could have
a b o u t 6 inches per issue (w hich w orks out
to a b o u t V* o f an 8 'A x il d o u ble spaced,
typew ritten page.) But th a t m eans the
w hole m agazine w ould be ch a p te r rep o rts...
no table o f co n ten ts, no headings, no pic
tures, n o w ords from the P resident o r In ter
n atio n al C om m ittees, no conv ention news,
no A E Scholarship form s, no articles on
501(c)(3) o r L egislation In fo rm atio n or
NEWS Survey
features on C h ap ter P ersonalities o r o u t
standing w om en in aviation. . .nothing bu t
chapter reports.
Relevancy o f Material in Chapter Re
ports. Over the years, all 99 N EW S E ditors
have tried to encourage chap ters to be
selective ab o u t the m aterial subm itted to
the m agazine. It should not be a vehicle to
tell your ow n chapter m em bers o f things
that are going on — m ost o f you have a
chapter new sletter for th a t purpose — but
should highlight the im p o rtan t, significant
and o u tstanding events or activities o f your
chapter or m em bers th at you th in k 99s all
over the w orld m ight be interested in
hearing abo ut. F rankly, m ost o f us a re n ’t
too interested in w hether you had cashews
o r alm onds in the chicken salad at th e last
meeting, but we m ight get really excited to
learn how you put together y o u r own
S afety Sem inar by bringing in 99s an d o th er
experts you know to talk o n V acation
Flying. . .in the m o u n ta in s, in the
B aham as, on the E ast an d W est C o a st, etc.,
fo r exam ple.
Options Concerning Space and the
Chapter Reports. By focusing on categories
an d topics such as P ro je c ts, M eetings an d
Flying A ctivities, we have tried to help
ch ap ters be selective a b o u t m aterial while
trying at the sam e tim e to conserve space by
m aking the reports b rief a n d to the poin t.
Som e o f you like th e idea o f topics, but
th in k som e o f the topics could be im proved
up o n o r elim inated. O th ers have expressed
a desire to return to the old form o f ch ap te r
rep o rts, the m ain idea being th a t you like to
see news o f one c h ap ter all to g eth ers in one
place.
T hose o f you w ho wish to re tu rn to the
old form o f ch ap ter rep o rts should be
p rep ared to o ffer com prom ises as to how
we can accom m odate this w ithin the space
fram ew ork. W e could, as we d em o n strated
above, toss out everything else an d ju st
h ave chapter rep o rts in th e m agazine. O r,
we could limit the size o f th e rep o rts to ju st
a few short lines (say a b o u t 7-8 typed-lines
on an 8 ' / 2 X l l page) fo r each c h ap te r each
m o n th . O r we could let you subm it regular
length reports on c h ap te r m atters o f your
choice, b u t d o it on a ro tatin g schedule so
th a t each ch ap te r w ould be featu red in only
3 o r 4 issues per year ra th e r th a n each
m o n th .
A bove all, we w ant you to know th a t this
is Y O U R m agazine, an d we w ant all the
in fo rm atio n in it to be m eaningful to you
an d in a form you will enjoy. Please send us
y o u r opinion.

Island Pilot: Jane Kelley. . .p. 16 Women`s World - Ninety

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