WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORTTHE NINETY-NINES, INC.

INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

OKLAHOMA CITY AIRPORT TRUSTPHILIP J. RHOADS TRUSTEE

HOWARD D. McMAHAN— TRUSTEE.

JOHN D. SOLOMON — DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS

CONTRACTORCOMMANDER CONSTRUCTION CO.. INC.

ARCHITECT - ENGINEER HUDGINS. THOMPSON. BALL ft ASSOCIATES

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Ours.The new FAR 141 high-standard

criteria for advanced training (commercial certificate and instrument rating) sent some folks rushing back to the drawing boards to update their flight training programs.

Not us.We're ready now with a complete,

coordinated Beech Advanced Training Course designed to meet all FAR 141 requirements.

The commercial course is designed around flight instruction in a retractable-gear airplane with constant speed propeller. (You will be required to take part of your training and may be required to take part of your check ride in this type of aircraft. The Beechcraft Sierra, available for flight training at all participating Beech Aero Centers, is an ideal advanced trainer.)

This training course consists of a packaged instructional program that

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utilizes proven techniques for thorough and accelerated learning... techniques that take into consideration an individual’s own rate-of-learning and that deeply imbed new skills for retention and recall. It is a coordinated course that is actually three courses in one. (1) commercial/instrument, (2) commercial, (3) instrument. You study for the certificate or ratings you want.

Although the Advanced Training Course is just now being introduced, Beech is no stranger to sophisticated flight training programs.

For the past two years, beginning students across the country have been moving quickly to their first ticket with the aid of the Beech Private Pilot’s course...a program that utilizes the same modern, coordinated training techniques used in the advanced training.

Where can you find out more about the Beech Advanced Training Course?

See your nearby participating Beech Aero Center. Or write direct to Joyce Case, Beech Aircraft Corporation, Wichita, Kansas 67201.

Hib S B heiusVol. 2 No. 6 March

The Ninety-Nines, Inc.

W ill R ogers W orld A irp o rt In te rna tiona l H eadquarte rs

O klahom a C ity, O klahom a 73159 Return Form 3579 to above address

2nd Class Postage pd. at N orth L ittle Rock, Ark., and at add itiona l m ailing o ffices.

Editor........................................................................................................................... M ardo CraneCirculation M anager Lore tta G raggContributing Editors.......................................................................M ary F o ley - B e tty H icksEditorial Assistant Phyllis P ierce

C O N T E N T S

P re s id e n t P a t's A c t io n L in e ....................................................................................................2V ice P re s id e n t C o m m e n ts ...................................................................................................... 2In te rn a t io n a l B o a rd M e e t in g —llo v e n e P o t te r ............................................................. 2T r ib u te to W o m e n —G la d y s W is e .........................................................................................4B r it is h S e c t io n ’s T e n th A n n iv e rs a ry —S h e ila S c o t t ............................................. 6 -7In te rn a t io n a l S c e n e —L o re tta Je a n G ra g g .....................................................................8

N ew B o a rd M e m b e rs .............................................................................................................8

R E G U L A R F E A T U R E S

C o m m itte e R e p o r ts .................................................................................................................... 9A P T —M a rg o S m ith ............................................................................................................... 10A W T A R —W anda C u m m in g s .............................................................................................10A ir A g e E d u c a tio n 99 S ty le —L in d a H o o k e r ............................................................... 9F ly in g A c t iv i t ie s —C h a rle n e F a lk e n b e rg .................................................................. 10N IF A —J o y F e a k ........................................................................................................................9M useum R e p o r t—Page S h a m b u rg e r ..........................................................................11

N ew H o r iz o n s ................................................................................................................................ 5N ew s B r ie fs .....................................................................................................................................1P ro f i le —N a n c y B ird W a lto n ................................................................................................... 8R o u n d u p 7 5 —D a ry l A n n K y le ............................................................................................... 5C om in g E v e n ts ..........................................................................................................................12C h a p te r R e p o r ts .........................................................................................................................13R o s te r A d d it io n s ....................................................................................................................... 36

President — Pat McEwen, 16206 East C entral, W ichita , Kansas 67230 Vice President — Lois Feigenbaum, 103 P inew ood Dr., C arbondale, Illino is 62901 Secretary, Thon Griffith, 314 R obinhood Lane, Costa Mesa, C a lifo rn ia 92627 Treasurer, Janet Green, P.O. Box 629, Ocean Springs, M ississipp i 39564 Board of Directors:

Mary Able, 9009 Braeburn Valley Dr., Houston, Texas 77036 llovene Potter, 12705 Shorew ood Dr. SW., Seattle , W ash ington 98146 Susie Sewell. P.O. Box 59906, S outhw est S ta tion O klahom a C ity, OK 73119 Mary Vial, #38 L inco ln H ills Estates, 3500 E. L inco ln Dr., Phoenix, A riz. 85018

Publisher.................................................................................................................J e rry E. Erich1315 E. Ju lian S tree t, San Jose, C a lifo rn ia 95116

Art Director............................................................................................................. Susan HaughProduction M an a g e r ...........................................................................................E rn ie S pencer

Published b i-m onth ly. Annual S ubscrip tion rate is $6.00 and is inc luded as part o f the annual m em bersh ip o f the N ine ty-N ines, Inc.

M AILING ADDRESSES Editorial: P.O. Box 477, C upertino , C a lifo rn ia 95014Circulation: H eadquarters, W ill Rogers W orld A irpo rt, O klahom a C ity, Okla. 73159

Cover: Site of the new 99s H eadquarters B u ild ing w ith 99s E xecu tive S ecre tary Loretta Gragg.

NEWS BRIEFSAWNEAR

N orthe rn New England C hapter o f the New England S ection w ill be sponsoring the All Woman New England Air Race this year. The event is a p ro fic ie n cy race, and a ll licensed w om en p ilo ts are e lig ib le to enter. C o n s is tin g o f a 300 s ta tu te m ile cou rse , the race th is year w ill be based in M ancheste r, N .H . The date has been set (and approved !) fo r June 21st, w ith Im ­pound schedu led fo r June 20th, and (we hope no t) a ra in date o f June 22nd.

Besides fun and c o m p e tit io n , the race o ffe rs tro p h ie s fo r the w inners , a p ilo ts - a n d -fr ie n ds banquet, and a guest speaker from a p a rticu la r spec ia lty w ith in A v ia tion .

Entry deadline is June 2, 1975. Race en try k its may be ob ta ined by enc los ing one d o lla r to R eg is tra tion Chairm an M illie D orem us, 177 Essex S treet, L yn n fie ld , M assachuse tts 01940.

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NEW BOOKSCOWS ON THE RUNW AY by Jo Ed-

d lem an , m em ber o f the W ash ing ton , D.C. C hapter. It is a fas t-m o v in g , laugh-m aking a u tob io g ra p hy , w h ich may be ob ta ined from Jo Edd lem an, 4509 Cedell Place, Tem ple H ills , MD 20031, fo r $4.95 p lus 35 cen ts postage . The au tho r is don a tin g 50 cen ts from each copy so ld to the 99s W om en ’s A ir M useum at Dayton, O h io . It is p ub lished by S leep ing Fox E nterprises, P.O. Box 1322, Santa Fe, N .M . 8750I.

HAN G A R FLYING by V io la G entry is a s to ry o f the e xc item en t o f early day fly in g in the 1920s and ’30s. V io la is a charte r m em ber o f the 99s, and m a in ta ins her m em bersh ip in the Long Island Chapter. A u tog raphed cop ies may be ob ta ined fo r $5.00 p o s tpa id , th rough V io la 's neice, Helen C o d lin g , w ho is hand ling the sales. A d d ress : 4 Santa Fe Rd., C he lm sfo rd , M ass. 01824.

(Ed. Note: A copy of the new book, I TAUG HT A M E LIA TO FLY, by Neta Snook Southern, reached me in tim e to be reviewed here. A lth o u g h N eta was never a 99, the sub je c t o f her book, A m elia Earhart, m akes it o f great in te res t to ou r o rg a n iza tio n . It is pub lished by Vantage Press, 516 W . 34th S t., N .Y ., N .Y. 10001. A u tog raphed cop ies may be ob ta ined from N eta S nook S ou the rn , 15891 Shannon Rd., Los G atos, Ca. 95030. C ost, $6.95 p lus 35 cen ts postage .)

You w ill rea lly en joy th is s to ry o f the f ly in g life o f a very de term ined wom an du ring the pre-W W I years. It was Jan. 3, 1921, when she gave our fam ous A m elia her f irs t f l ig h t lesson . Her d e sc rip tio n s of a ll o f the “ f l ig h t " and “ n o n -flig h t” ac tions invo lv ing A m e lia provide an in s ig h t in to the unusua l and reso lu te characters of bo th o f these w om en. The book is fu ll o f h is to ric a l, and n o s ta lg ic in c id e n ts , w h ich w ill d e lig h t the p ilo t-o v e r-fifty , and w ill d e fin ite ly in tr ig u e the younger w om en w ho f ly . Ye E d ito r is happy to recom m end th is in te re s tin g , w e ll docum en ted 169 page book.

President Pat'sA C T I O N

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“ We w ish to express ou r app rec ia tion to the 99s w ho have g rea tly c o n trib u te d to ou r o u ts tan d in g sa fe ty record in av ia tion d u rin g the past yea r.” So said F A A 's a d m in is tra to r A lexander P. B u tte rfie ld at the February 10th F A A -G A M A -ln d us try S a fe ty M eeting held at the A e ronau tica l C enter in O klahom a C ity , Okla.

Your p res iden t was in a ttendance fo r the day-long session w ith FAA Regiona l A cc id e n t Prevention C oo rd ina to rs , represen ta tives from G A M A , A D M A , AO P A, EAA, CAP, INA and a representa tive from the S tate av ia tion a sso c ia tio ns . I beamed w ith p ride as each of these gen tlem en expressed the ir thanks to 99s everywhere fo r th e ir c o n tr ib u tio n s to the av ia tion sa fe ty p rogram s du ring the past fo u r years. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to you a ll fo r you r e n th u s ia s tic su p p ort o f these p rog ram s! It is th is k ind o f A C T ion th a t reaches ou t and te lls ou r s to ry - the 99 s to ry - wom en p ilo ts ded ica ted to im p ro v in g th e ir s k ills and those o f the fly in g w orld we share w ith a ll p ilo ts and n o n -p ilo ts a like . L e t’s keep up ou r s tandards and su p p ort th a t we have given in the f ie ld o f av ia tion sa fe ty .

Som e very e x c itin g news was released d u rin g th is m ee ting . The p a rtic ip a n ts were a ll asked w hat they cou ld do th is next year to keep the sa fe ty record on the up -sw ing . G AM A said tha t A p ril 1, 1975 to A p ril 1, 1976 they w ill again sp o n sor the sw eepstakes, w ith a $40,000,00 plane (w in n e r’s cho ice) to the w inner. A d raw ing is to be held at each FAA- involved sa fe ty sem inar. AOPA is d o n a tin g an a ll-expense pa id , tw o -w eek tr ip to Europe fo r tw o p lus an expense-pa id tr ip fo r tw o to the annual P lan ta tion Party. O ur c o n tr ib u tio n and goal w ill be to sp o n sor o r co -sp o n so r 300 sa fe ty sem ina rs n a tio n -w id e . I fe lt we cou ld eas ily do th is as we have done w e ll over th is num ber in the past. We now have over 150 chapters and if each chap te r w ill have one sa fe ty sem ina r th is sp rin g , a fte r A p ril 1 st, and one in the sum m er, fa ll o r w in te r - be fore A p ril 1, 1976 - we co u ld read ily acco m p lish the goal I have set fo r us. Le t's get busy now and show ou r true 99 b lue c o lo rs by keeping us a ll a live in 1975 by our p a rtic ip a tio n in the spo n so rin g o f 300 sa fe ty sem inars.

Many thanks to you a ll fo r you r past, p resent and fu tu re c o n tr ib u tio n s tow a rd s ou r goa l.

International Board Meeting Jan. 13 - 15, 1975

llovene Potter, reporter

The Board m et Sunday evening January 12 at Pat and Owen M cEw ens spac ious ranch hom e on the o u ts k irts o f W ich ita , Kansas. Believe me it was hard to s tic k to the bus iness at hand w ith so many ex­c it in g th in g s to look at and exp lore .

O ur bus iness m eeting go t under way at 8 :0 0 A .M . m onday m orn ing . We spent the m orn ing on the fin a l d ra ft o f the S .O .P ’s so they can now be sent ou t fo r p rin tin g . We tr ied to be sure there w ill be a m in im um num ber o f co rre c tio n s and rev is ions on the

f in ish e d p rod u c t. A great deal o f tim e was spent on the 99 News, the new con trac t, the fo rm a t, p ic tu res , a rtic le s and ad ­ve rtis in g . M ardo Crane has done an o u ts ta n d in g jo b w ith very lit t le he lp as w ell as being in the hosp ita l fo r su rgery th is last year. .The Board com m ends her fo r her generous d o n a tio n of t im e and devo tion to a d if f ic u lt job .

We review ed a ll our fin a n c ia l reports, headquarters, general finances , insurance and 501-C-3. A great deal o f t im e was a lso s p e n t on c o rre s p o n d e n c e fro m th e m em bersh ip . Item s fo r sale, answ ers to q u e s tio n s and w ritten reports . The last item on ou r f irs t day was a preview of the new A .E . M edal and a report on the cos ts assoc ia ted w ith th is p ro jec t. The Board extends th e ir s incere thanks to Doris R enn inger, J u lie Vom Saal and Marian A ndrew s fo r the m any hours and m on ths o f travel t im e , le tte rs and te lephone ca lls requ ired to com p le te th is p ro jec t. The m edal is b e a u tifu l and we feel everyone w ill w an t one and w ill wear it w ith pride.

(Continued on Page 4)

The Vice President Comments

LOIS FEIGENBAUM Vice President

At the 1974 N orth C entra l S ection S pring M eeting in Kansas C ity , d u ring the General Business M eeting , m any q u e s tion s cam e up invo lv ing bo th S ection and In te rna tiona l a c t iv i t y , p ro b le m s an d g e n e ra l in ­fo rm a tio n . M uch o f th is had l i t t le to do w ith actual fo rm a l bus iness , bu t inc luded q u e s tions and requests fo r in fo rm a tio n fro m th e m e m b e rs a t te n d in g . O u r P resident at th a t tim e , S usie S ew ell, in ­vited a ll m em bers de s iring to ask q u es tions , m ake co m m e n ts , or ju s t p la in express them se lves to an in fo rm a l “ Rap S ess ion ” in the H o s p ita lity Room im ­m ed ia te ly fo llo w in g the bus iness m ee ting .

T h is was so su ccess fu l and so m uch was acco m p lish e d th a t she schedu led a s im ila r sess ion p rio r to the In te rn a tio n a l C on­ven tion in San Juan. Here, aga in , th is was very su cce ss fu l and the m em bers ex­pressed th e ir e n joy ,nen t and a pp rec ia tion fo r the o p p o rtu n ity to be b rie fed , ask q u e s tion s , and make co m m e n ts in an in fo rm a l se ttin g w ith o u t the res tra in ts o f a fo rm a l bus iness agenda, and w ith o u t the need fo r R oberts R ules o f O rder.

O ur P res iden t, Pat M cEw en, a fte r g e ttin g the favo rab le “ feedback” o f these prev ious sess io n s , has decided to co n ­tinue th is type o f in fo rm a l m ee ting , and has schedu led one p rio r to the General B us iness M ee ting at the 1975 In te rn a tio n a l C onven tion in C oeur d 'A lene . She has des ignated it a “ COM M S e ss io n ” (C om m , being an a bb rev ia tion fo r co m m u n ica tio n ). As you know , P at’s them e is ACT, fo r A c tiv it ie s , C o m m u n ica tio n s , and T ra in ing . T h is “ COM M S e ss io n " w ill be open to any m em ber w ho des ires to a ttend , w he ther she has a q u e s tio n , seeks in fo rm a tio n , has a com m en t, o r ju s t w an ts to s it in and observe. It w ill a lso be a ttended by a ll m em bers o f the board o f D irec to rs . Th is w o u ld be yo u r o p p o rtu n ity to ask q u e s tio n s o f Pat o r any o the r Board M em ber in a to ta lly in fo rm a l and relaxed a tm osphere .

We w ou ld urge you to plan on a ttend ing th is sess ion and com e prepared to ask you r q u e s tion s o r make you r com m ents . T h is w ill a lso g ive the Board an o p ­p o rtu n ity to b rie f you on past a c tiv it ie s and fu tu re p lans. A sess ion , such as th is , w ill a lso a ss is t in guaran tee ing a sm oo th b us iness m ee ting and pe rm it de legates to vote w ith m ore con fidence in what the issues are, and w ith m ore know ledge of the fa c ts . W e hope that you w ill plan on a tte nd in g the "C O M M S e ss io n " and w ill make a lis t o f you r q u e s tion s in advance. T h is w ill pe rm it you to gain a fu lle r know ledge o f w hat is go ing on in the N in e ty -N in es , and make ou r B usiness M eeting sm oo th , sho rt and p roductive .

THE S C R A PB O O K ER SA YS......P hotos and c lip s are a rriv ing da ily . Your

cha irm an p lanned to thank everybody by persona l no te , but life is to o short, postage to o h ig h , and the s tack is ge tting to o b ig .

So thank you a ll and keep ’em com ing — CLEAN CLEAR p ho tocop ies if you can ’t get o r ig in a l c lip s ; dates and id e n tif ic a tio n on EVERYTHING. Two cop ies , please -- hate to deprive e ith e r H eadquarters or your h a rd -w o rk ing Prez o f those prec ious m em ories !

Do you know enough about

aviation insurance to order a poicy over the phone?

Probably not. Most pilots are not insurance experts — they don’t know the m arket and aren’t fam iliar with such terms as declarations, exclusions, conditions, warranties, etc.

Moreover, dealing direct is no guarantee that you’ll save money on purchasing a policy. In most cases, your local independent insurance agent can get you a better deal than you can make yourself. A fter all, he’s an insurance professional who can accurately assess your needs and arrange proper coverage through any of a num ber of aviation insurance markets.

For reasons like these, U SA IG believes in and works through licensed insurance agents and brokers in arranging aviation coverages. T h is doesn’t mean we’ll always write your business, but it guarantees you — the Insured — the best all around protection and service money can buy.

So, next time you need aviation insurance, check with your local agent. And while you’re at it, ask him about the U SA IG 360° protection plan — it’s a lot U S H IEmore than just another insurance policy. th""'fr T f " " /ns“ Cff0WJ v j the aviation insurance pros

New York • Atlanta • Chicago • Dallas • Houston • Toledo • Los Angeles • San Francisco

International Board Meeting(Continued from Page 2)

Our second and th ird days were devoted to the new B y-law s. Helen W ilke , b rough t Kathy Long, Pat Je tto n , and Hazel Jones to W ich ita in her ow n Bonanza. Helen and Kathy have raced tog e th e r fo r many years and placed 2nd in the last Powder Puff Derby in th is sam e Bonanza. Pat and Hazel gave us an exce llen t report on the new By- Laws, a com p le te sum m ary o f the rep lies to th e ir ques tion a ire to the Chapters. Her report was in last m on ths 99 News so I w on 't repeat it here. O the r item s d iscussed were m em bersh ip , headquarters report g iven by M arilyn C ope land, convention report fo r 1975, co nven tion 1976, overseas f in a n c in g , and fe a s ib ility o f a leg is la tive in fo rm a tio n co m m itte e .

I w ill have to adm it we d id take tim e o ff to en joy Mr. M cEw ens kind o ffe r o f a to u r o f the Ranch. Som e o f the an im a ls we en joyed were R acoons, a m othe r and lit te r o f Great Danes (B lue), B lack Pygm y G oats, Barbado Sheep, P eafow l, Dutch R abb its , Bantam ch icks , Racing P igeons, European F a llow Deer, B u ffa lo , Kansas M ud, Jackasses, a M o the r L lam a and baby w ho as yet has no name, m ore Kansas M ud, Geese, Ducks and C ats. Last bu t not least were the 50 b e a u tifu l A rab ian H orses. I th in k Owen and Pat have good reason to be proud of these b e a u tifu l horses. They have a tack room fu ll o f rib bo n s and trop h ie s to th e ir c red it and fo r th is year on ly . Each year they take the o ld ones down and s ta rt a new c o lle c tio n . We d id resum e ou r m eeting la te r and a ll agreed it was w e ll w o rth the extra evening hours at the con ference tab le .

The Board w ou ld like to express ou r thanks to Pat and Owen M cEwen and the ir sons fo r m aking us feel so w e lcom e and even g iv in g up th e ir ow n beds as w e ll as privacy fo r ou r co m fo rt. O ur thanks a lso to M arilyn Copeland fo r be ing such a great chae ffeu r, tak ing us ou t to d in n e r in the evening and tr ip s to the a irpo rt and back. Aga in last bu t not least ou r thanks to the m any 99s o f the Kansas C hapter w ho cam e each day to answ er the te lephone du ring ou r m ee tings.

HEADQUARTERS NOTAMOrange C oun ty was o m itte d from the lis t

o f H eadquarters B u ild in g c o n tr ib u to rs in th e J a n u a ry -F e b ru a ry is s u e . O ra n g e C oun ty C hapter is a S ubscriber.

BALLO TS fo r 1975-76 In te rna tiona l O ffice rs w ill be m ailed in May. M ust be returned no la te r than June 30, 1975 to be coun ted . Please Vote !

RENEW ALS w ill be m ailed in May fo r the 1975-76 m em bersh ip year and to be lis ted in the R oste r they MUST be returned to H eadquarters by June 30, 1975.

• • •N AM E BADGE

The name badge described on page 295 o f the m em bersh ip d irec to ry and o ffe red by the C o lo rado C hapter is now $2.25.

The "S ta m p o f F rie n d sh ip ” f ilm is s t i l l ava ilab le from the C aro linas C hapter (as lis ted in the 1973-74 Roster)

Tribute to W omen in Aviation Sends In tern ation al W om en’s Y ear

Off to a Flying S ta r t!By: Gladys Wise

W a sh in g ton , D.C. N in e ty -N in es and the Z onta C lub o f W ash in g ton put the n a tio n ’s cap ita l c ity in to a ga la g round loop on January 11, 1975, and sen t In te rna tiona l W om en 's Year o ff to a fly in g s ta rt.

W h ile o the r N in e ty -N in es and Z on tia n s around the na tion and the w o rld a lso m arked the 40th A nn ive rsa ry o f A m e lia E arhart's so lo f l ig h t from H aw aii to the M ain land as the s ta rt o f th is year-long tr ib u te to w om en 's ach ievem en ts , m ore than 800 people gathered fo r the fo rm a l “ T ake o ff" d in n e r in the W a sh in g ton H ilto n H o te l's in te rn a tio n a l ba llroo m .

The guest lis t read like a com b ined W H O ’s W HO in gove rnm ent, d ip lo m a cy and a v ia tion . There was a s tu n n in g array o f o ff ic ia ld o m at the head tab le - Ambassador Carol Laise and her husband, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker: Mayor and Mrs. W alter W ashington, to nam e ju s t a few . There were VIPs from the av ia tion co m m u n ity . And there were som e o f the m ost rem arkab le w om en in av ia tion represen ting m any face ts o f the in d u s try :

General av ia tio n — Olive Ann Beech, C ha irm an o f the Board o f Beech A irc ra ft; a ir tran sp o rt — Anna Chennault, Vice P resident fo r In te rn a tio n a l A ffa irs , the F ly ing T ige r L ine ; the f irs t w om an to break the speed o f sound and to p p le dozens of o th e r av ia tion records — Jackie Cochran; the f irs t w om an in space — the Reverend Jeannette Piccard, w ho gave the in ­vo ca tio n ; The Honorable Betty Dillon, U .S. R epresenta tive to the In te rna tiona l C iv il A v ia tio n O rgan iza tion (IC AO ); the h e lico p te r in d u s try — Jean Ross Howard, fo u nd e r and f irs t p res iden t o f the W h irly G ir ls ; Ferry p ilo t Louise Sacchi — noted fo r m ore than 260 A tla n tic and P ac ific c ross in g s in lig h t a irc ra ft; C h ie f p ilo t, c h a r te r p i lo t , F A A f l ig h t e x a m in e r , W a sh in g to n ’s f l ig h t in s tru c to r o f the year last year — Velta Benn; rep resen ting ou r in te rn a tio n a l aspects — Anesia Pinheiro Machado — B raz il's f irs t w om an p ilo t ; Blanche Noyes, one o f ou r o rig ina l av ia tion ach ievers, noted on th is n ig h t fo r

g iv ing John D. R ockefe lle r, Sr. h is f irs t (and on ly) a irp lane f l ig h t ; and, o f course, Fay W ells, a no the r C harter 99.

Fay Wells was the overa ll co o rd in a to r fo r IWY Take-O ffs . It was she w ho pu lled the w ho le evening toge the r and narrated the A m e lia Earhart com m em ora tive program . It was h ig h lig h te d by a three-w ay radio hookup betw een H aw aii, O akland and W ash ing ton — a d ram atic recall o f the day, 40 years ago, when A m e lia Earhart set ou t from H aw aii fo r what was to becom e a reco rd-break ing f lig h t. In th is scenario , A c to r Ron David, as W ill Rogers, re­created th a t fam ous s ta r’s com m entary about A m e lia 's f lig h t.

As if th a t were not enough, the aud ience , too , con ta ined a bevy o f wom en in av ia tion w ith enough “ f ir s ts ," “ o n ly 's ” and “ m o s ts " to s ta rt new vo lum es reco rd ing av ia tion ach ievem ents. There was Kay Brick, Alice Hammond, Fran Nolde, Dorothy Tuller, Connie Marsh, Cheryl Richi (F irs t O ffice r w ith P iedm ont A ir lin e s ,) Lt. Linda Horan (The A rm y ’s second w om an h e lico p te r p ilo t), Ensigns Rosemary Conasterand Anna Marie Fuqua (The Navy’s f irs t and second wom an h e lico p te r p ilo ts ).

Irene W irtschafter, co -cha irm an fo r the d inne r w ith Zon ta AE Chairm an Lois Earl, opened the fe s tiv it ie s w ith w ords of w e lcom e. Mary Stewart, President o f the co -sp o n so rin g Z on ta C lub o f W ash ing ton , in troduced IWY and Zonta d ig n ita rie s . And Gladys W ise, D.C. C hapter C ha irm an of the N ine ty -N in es , had the happy honor of in tro d u c in g the s ta rs of the evening — the wom en in av ia tion named above.

The T akeo ff d in n e r a ttrac ted n a tionw ide a tte n tio n fo r the news m edia so that thousands o f people w ho never rea lly knew th a t w om en p lay an im p o rta n t ro le in av ia tion now know . Perhaps thousands m ore, o u ts id e the av ia tion com m u n ity , now are a lso aware o f the role N ine ty- N in e s p la y w i th in th a t c o m m u n ity . G A M A ’s tr ib u te to wom en in av ia tion and to N in e ty -N in es th rough the Paul Harvey rad io show (January 21) reached an aud ience es tim a ted at s ix m illio n people. One th in g is ce rta in — m ore than 800 people in W a sh in g ton , were de lig h ted to m eet in person som e o f o u r na tio n 's m ost noted av ia tion achievers.

International W om en’s Year Gala Takeoff, held in W ashington, D .C ., January 11th, marked the start of this UN-designated, year-long tribute to wom en’s achievements by paying honor to women in aviation and the aerospace sciences. Shown here, left to right, Gladys E. W ise, Chapter of W ashington, D.C. Chapter, N inety Nines, co-sponsors of the Takeoff Dinner with the Zonta Club of W ashington; Eleanor Jamm al, International President of the Zontas; Jackie Cochran, honored at the dinner for her aviation achievements; Mary Stewart, President of the Zonta Club of W ashington; Lois Earl, AE Chairman for the D.C. Chapter, who were co-chairmen for the Takeoff Dinner.

(Ed. Note: The Heading NEW HORIZONS reflects the belief that death is a horizon toward which we all fly. even though this new adventure is brought about by diverse causes. In a sense it is a flight from the "bonds of earth" to unknown ‘‘New

Lois Fairbank, G reater New York Chapter, Past G overnor o f the New York-New Jersey S ection and L ife M em b e r o f T he N in e ty -N in e s . January 15, 1975.

Mildred Louise Goodson, High Sky Chapter, a N in e ty -N in e s ince 1960. December 21, 1974.

Isabel Blodgett, aged 74, d ied o f a cerebral hem orrahge at the end of January. She and her Bonanza co ns tan tly fle w the sk ies between here and C o lo rado . Last year she took her daugh te r and so n -in -la w to explore A laska! She w as very active in East New England C hapter ac­tiv itie s , had flo w n in the ALL W O M A N NEW E N G L A N D A IR RACE, was so h e lp fu l to a ll o f us, and yet a lw ays eager to increase her know ledge o f a v ia tion . She is a trem endous loss no t o n ly to her fam ily , bu t to a C hap ter w ho tru ly loved her.

Helen Budwash, natura l causes. Charter m em ber o f C h icago Area Chapter - her 99s m em bersh ip card was s igned by A m e lia Earhart.

Friends of the N inety-N ines A n th o n y S . (S p e e d ) H a n z lik ,

h u s b a n d o f lo n g - t im e p i lo t W ilhelm ina (W illie) Hanzlik, m em ber o f the G reater New York C hapter, d ied in Ju ly at the age o f 71. He was m anager and fly in g in s tru c to r at the F lush in g A irp o rt, and a lw ays a favo rite w ith the 99s. R eports to the 99 NEW S co n tin u e to eu log ize “ Speed", and to say tha t he is very m uch m issed.

Edward Walsh, Ju ly , k ille d in a ir crash in Tom s River. H usband of Florence Walsh, m em ber of Garden S ta te C hapter.

MARION DIETRICH in her own plane.

Marion DietrichM arion D ie trich so loed at the age o f 16,

and jo in e d the 99’s in 1947. That year, w ith less than 100 hours each, she and her ide n tica l tw in , Jan, w on the F irs t C h ico - San M ateo A ir Race. It was a speed race w ith 37 en tries , o n ly 4 p lanes p ilo te d by w om en.

M arion w ro te the f irs t av ia tion co lum n fo r the San M ateo T im es w h ile in h igh sch o o l, w on a sch o la rsh ip to the San F ranc isco C onserva to ry o f M us ic , was head o f the W om en ’s S w im m ing Team at the U n ive rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia , the on ly wom an on the UC F ly ing Team that won the In te rco lle g ia te Meet tha t year, and was la te r P residen t o f the UC F ly ing C lub. She was on the L ib ra ry Board o f the C a lifo rn ia H is to r ica l S oc ie ty and a L ife M em ber of the S ierra C lub.

In 1951 M arion and Jan w ith ap­p ro x im a te ly 200 hours each entered the AW TAR aga ins t 87 planes. M arion had 10 hours in a s ide -by wheel p lane and Jan o n ly 3, so M arion fle w the f irs t leg, and then they a lte rna ted . They placed Second.

As a jo u rn a lis t fo r San F ranc isco Bay Area new spapers, M arion o ften took news pho tog raphe rs on f lig h ts in her own plane. She fe rr ied a irc ra ft fo r Cessna and Piper, and was one o f 13 wom en to pass the p re lim in a ry te s ts fo r as tronau t. M arion flew a Beech Queen A ir as c o -p ilo t w ith Jan across the A tla n tic to G erm any. W ith a C om m erc ia l L icense she held Ins trum en t, M u lt i - e n g in e , F l ig h t In s t r u c to r , and Seaplane ra tin g s . The San M ateo M useum created a spec ia l av ia tion sec tion to d isp la y her trop h ie s and log book.

M arion d ied Dec. 14th a fte r a long and ex trem e ly cou rageous ba ttle w ith cancer. She requested tha t her av ia tion books be given to Bay C itie s C hapter m em bers. She had a very deep love o f f ly in g , and was one o f those g ifte d w om en w ho were “ born to f ly ” .

Her Last F lig h t over the G olden Gate w as in a p lane p ilo ted by Jan w ho sca t­tered her ashes to the w ind and the sea w ith one red rose - the sym bo l o f courage.

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Flying on to

NEW HORIZONS

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By Daryl Ann Kyle

NORTHERN ID A H O -S O M E T H IN G FOR EVERYONE

W hether you 're a h iker, cam per, jogge r, see -it-by-a ir b u ff, skier, boater, n a tu ra lis t, fisherm an, or Ind ian h is to ria n , N orthern Idaho has so m e th ing fo r you . C oeur d' Alene, scene o f the 1975 In te rna tiona l 99s C onvention J u ly 30 th ro u g h A ugus t 2, is located in the Panhandle o f the s ta te about one-hundred m iles sou th o f the Canadian border.

If you arrive by a ir, y o u ’ ll su re ly see beautifu l lake C oeur d ’ A lene. C om ing in from the sou th? Then look ca re fu lly where the St. Joe river a c tu a lly flo w s th rough a portion o f the lake, a rare occurrence indeed! The St. Joe, in c id e n ta lly , is navigable and large passenger boats take groups from the docks near the C on­vention C enter up the "J o e 's " shadow y waters and back again regu la rly du ring the sum m ers.

North o f C oeur d ’ A lene is ano the r "c a n 't- m is s - it” check p o in t, lake Pend O re ille . S tre tch ing fo rty -th re e m iles from Sand-

p o in t sou th to Bayview , th is huge, deep (1105 feet m ax im um ) lake boasts D o lly Varden, ka m loops , and a type o f land ­locked sa lm on the loca ls ca ll b lue-backs. T h ro u g ho u t the area are num erous sm all lakes, m any e as ily a ccess ib le by flo a t plane. And fo r tha t f lo a t p lane, B rooks fly in g serv ice is located ju s t a few s teps dow n the beach from the C onven tion Center.

S andpo in t, f i f ty m iles no rth o f C oeur d' A lene, is the hom e o f S chw e itze r Ski B asin . Y ou ’ ll be hard pressed to fin d snow in A u g u s t, bu t a ride up the ch a ir l i f t rew ards one w ith a breath tak ing view o f the N orthern R ockies fa r in to M ontana. Y ou ’ll p robab ly fin d e xce llen t v is ib il ity fo r th is scen ic v iew , as w e ll as d u ring you r f ly in g in the area. W h ile we read ily adm it to p o l lu t io n p ro b le m s , o u r s p a rc e p o p u la tio n and env ironm en ta l aw areness help keep it to a m in im u m . Those o f you from sm oggy areas w ill e sp e c ia lly en joy Idaho ’s c le a r b lue sk ies . W h ile in Sand­p o in t, sam p le d e lic io u s “ G em " cheeses produced at the fa c to ry there . These cheeses are a lso ava ilab le at area m arkets.

C oeur d ’ A lene is ad jacen t to several N a tiona l F orests . If you 're the w oodsy type , a drive, h ike , o rc a m p o u t in the C oeur d ' A lene, K an iksu , o r S t. Joe N ationa l Forest w ill be an experience to rem em ber. W ild gam e abounds in the fo re s ts so bring a cam era o r an observan t eye. Idaho ’s

fo re s ts co n ta in about five percent o f the s ta n d ing sa w tim be r in the w ho le U nited S ta tes. A lm o s t fo rty percent o f the s ta te is fo re s te d ! That m eans p len ty o f m oun ta in s tr ip s fo r you w ho like terra in fly in g . Lo ts o f these are one-w ay, th o ug h . Check ca re fu lly and take a loca l w ith you if yo u ’re in d o u b t.

East o f C oeur d' A lene is the rich Ke llogg m in in g d is tr ic t. Lead, z inc and s ilve r are taken from deep in the earth . Once the ta ilin g s from these m ines are dum ped in to the C oeur d' A lene River. Now, as we b e c o m e in c re a s in g ly a w a re o f th e b o u n tifu l land upon w h ich we live, we cease such p ractices. The river once again is runn ing c lea r and lands are being rec la im ed by in d u s tr io u s farm ers.

On the w ay to K e llogg one can v is it the o ld e s t b u ild in g in ou r area, the C ata ldo M iss io n . It is being restored and w ill rem ain an im p o rta n t h is to rica l landm ark in N orthern Idaho. Rich Indian lore is found th ro u g h o u t the area.

One o f the th in g s m ost o f you w ill no tice is Idaho ’s lack o f po p u la tio n . The w ho le s ta te d oesn ’t even have a m illio n people, yet it ranks th irte e n th in size by land area. We are o ften teased about N orthern Idaho ju s t be ing a suburb o f Spokane, W a sh in g ton (m aybe you th in k so to o !), but those o f us w ho live here choose Idaho because we love it. We have a fee ling you w i l l , to o ! See yo u in J u ly .

Members of the welcoming com m ittee. Sheila Scott (Governor) greets HRH Princess Alexandra. The Hon: Angus Ogilvy talks with April Clavell (Section Hon: Secretary), Barbara Cannon (Section Hon: Treasurer) and 49Vier James Clavell.

BritishSection'sTenthAnniversary

By Governor Sheila Scott

The B rit is h S ection ce lebra ted the ir ten th ann iversary by ho ld ing a recep tion at the top o f New Zealand H ouse in the M artin i Terrace, w ith the fin e s t panoram ic v iew tha t London can prov ide fo r lovers of the sky. Her Royal H ighness Princess A lexandra, w ith her husband the H on . Mr. A ngus O g ilvy , honoured us w ith the ir presence.

Several overseas guests were present, and no tab le N ine ty N ine am bassadors were the a ttra c tive Ann C arter from A u s tra lia , and cha rm ing Sue M addock w ith 491/2er F rank from Texas, USA. The Hon. M rs. V ic to r B ruce represented the p ioneer s p ir it o f the w om en p ilo ts o f an earlie r age. (It may be rem em bered she was ac tua lly the f irs t w om an to c ircum ven t the w orld so lo in 1930 in her B lackburn B lueb ird , w h ich she s tow ed aboard a steam er fo r the long ocean c ross ing s o f the A tla n tic and P a c ific !) A num ber o f ex ATA m em bers (w artim e o p p o s ite num bers to the US W ASPS) were w ith us, and o f course Diana Barnato W alker, Le ttice C u rtis , Joan Hughes and F reyd is Sharland were present as N ine ty N ines as w e ll as being m em bers o f tha t h is to r ic g roup o f w om en. We were th rille d to receive te leg ram s and m essages from N ine ty N ines all a round the w orld .

The G ir ls Ventu re C orps form ed the G uard o f H onour fo r Her Royal H ighness. The U.S. equ iva len t to these teenagers are the CAP cadets , som e o f w hom en joy an exchange ho lid a y each year between our tw o co u n trie s .

Airline captain Yvonne Pooley (who recently captained the first airline all women crew); Ann Carter from Australia; Col. Whitbread (a past sponsor of the British Ninety Nines Air Race); HRH Princess Alexandra; Sue and Frank Maddock from Texas; Betty Cones (a co-founder of the British Section).

Founder Chief 49% er Ernie Cones swears in the new 491/2er, Alan Fricker, while Governor Sheila Scott and im mediate Past Governor Freydis Sharland demand their rights for the night!

An International group. Ann Carter (Australian Section); Beryl Northcott (ZONTA); Frank & Sue Maddock (Texas, USA.)

HRH Princess Alexandra talks to new 99s Connie Fricker, Yvonne Pooley, and prospective Pam Burger. Our AE Chairman, Dawn Turley, can be seen in the background next to the Princess. Dawn was the recipient of our AE Medal, for extreme bravery, some years ago.

H R H P rincess A lexandra p resents Im m e d ia te Past G overno r, F reyd is Shariand, with an Amelia Earhart Medal for her services to others in aviation, par­ticularly with the youth.

The B ritish S ection w as founded ten years ago by the then cu rren t B r it ish Members A t Large, B e tty Cones, Janet Ferguson and S he ila S co tt (no t fo rg e ttin g of course, 4 9 1/2er A t Large, Ern ie C ones!). A fte r assem b ling n ine w om en p ilo ts ou r Charter was gran ted , and it has becom e trad ition ever s ince to in tro d u ce ou r new N inety N ines at ou r annual T hanksg iv ing party to ou r guests and the press. T h is year we w e lcom ed te lev is io n program m e organizer Kay B ird , ex Red C ross C om ­m andant C onnie F ricke r, av ia tion C om ­pany D irector Yvonne Poo ley, and co m ­pe tition ae roba tic p ilo t Lynn W illia m s aboard ou r N ine ty N ine f lig h t.

The new 49V2er, A lan F ricke r was sw orn in by h is honourab le lo rd sh ip our F ounder Chief 491/2er, Ernie Cones. A part from dem anding the usual requ irem en ts o f a 49’/2er, Ernie a lso d u ly in s ta lle d h im w ith the B rit ish S e c tio n ’s tra d itio n a l cha in o f o ld spark ing p lugs and o th e r necessary accessories.

Her Royal H ighness presented the ’S ir Alan Cobham A ch ievem ent A w ard ’ to Joan Hughes, M BE, fo r her unceasing fly in g ach ievem ents s ince the la te ’30’s ’ u n til the present tim e . T h is is an award w h ich was given to us by the great av ia tion p ioneer, the late S ir A lan C obham , and is a s ilve r rep lica o f ‘Jason ’ , w om an p ioneer A m y Johnson ’s a irc ra ft. A m y w as the f irs t wom an to f ly so lo to A u s tra lia in 1930, and a very good friend o f A m e lia Earhart. The Ach ievem ent Award is on ly given w hen it is really m erited and n o t necessarily yearly. The A m e lia Earhart M edal was presented by Her Royal H ighness to F reydis S hariand, o u r im m ed ia te past G overnor, bo th fo r her f ly in g and w ork fo r o thers in av ia tion p a rticu la r ly w ith the G irls Venture Corps.

HRH P rincess A lexandra de lig h ted everyone by ta lk in g to as m any people as poss ib le apparen tly w ith no t a l i t t le know ledge of N ine ty N ines, and f ly in g . She and her husband honoured us by th e ir acceptance o f o u r S ix ty S ix and T h irty Three C e rtifica te s — w ith som e G overnors Advice — LOVE IS GOING FLYING W ITH HIM, o f course.

A large g roup o f us ad journed to Mr. Chow ’s restaurant fo r d inne r, and a few s ta lw arts c losed the p roceed ings next m orn ing by c lo s in g R a ffles ’ n igh t c lu b to o !

Princess Alexandra, and her husband, the H on. Angus Ogilvy, accept souvenir certificates of Sixty Six & Thirty Three — with some Governor’s advice!

Her Royal Highness presents Joan Hughes with the Sir Alan Cobham Achievement Award’ for Joan's unceasing good work since ATA days.

The Girls Venture Corps formed the Guard of Honour for their President, HRH Princess Alexandra and her husband the Hon: Mr. Angus Ogilvy.

N A N C Y BIRD W ALTONby Mardo

(From facts contributed by John Behr, Aviation Writer, Australia)

Nancy B ird W a lto n , m em ber o f the A us tra lian S ec tion 99s, was the f irs t wom an in A u s tra lia to earn her liv in g as a charte r p ilo t. In the 1930’s in the "never never c o u n try ” she w as her own eng ineer, book ing c le rk , w eather prophet and luggage porter. A t the age of 17, she began her fly in g lessons under fam ous K ing s fo rd S m ith at M ascot A irp o rt, now Sydney's m ain a irpo rt. Then it was a sm a ll p lace w ith one red d ir t runw ay covered w ith rough grass. T h is was 1933, and Nancy w e igh ing 102 lbs . and be ing 5’ 2 ” was a p re tty young redhead w ith de te rm in a tion , who sat on a cush io n in the co ckp it o f the DH C irrus M oth . Her cos tum e was kn icke rbockers w orn ju s t be low the knee, like p lus fou rs . She go t her license and advanced “ A ” before she turned 18. By the tim e she was 19, she had her com m erc ia l license. There was, o f cou rse , m uch male p re jud ice in those days. It m elted before her s ince re , independen t pe rso n a lity . Even when she persuaded K in g s fo rd S m ith ’s ch ie f eng ineer to teach her so m e th ing about eng ine m ain tenance , the men gradua lly accepted her w ith respect. She fin a lly decided to ow n her a irc ra ft, a DH G ipsy M oth , in w h ich she w ent “ barn­s to rm in g ” a round the co u n try , try in g to make som e m oney by tak ing people up fo r " jo y rid es ” . She had a lready organized the f irs t "Lad ies F ly in g T ou r” in A us tra lia . Then, on c red it, she bough t a Leopard M oth , w h ich was im ported to her from England. Th is was big enough fo r tw o passengers, and no longer d id she have to wear her gogg les and he lm e t. She based herse lf in Bourke, in the fa r w est o f New S outh W ales, in those days ca lled "back o ’beyond” — a long way from now here. She w orked fo r the Far W est C h ild re n ’s H ealth Schem e o rg a n iza tio n , fly in g c lin ic s is te rs on her rounds in aeria l am bu lance w ork. T h is was before rad io and f l ig h t p lann ing , when roads, tracks, fences, and in te rse c tio n s of te legraph lines were all she had. In trou b le , she w ou ld “ sw arm up ” a post and cu t the w ire and w a it u n til the linesm an cam e to repa ir it. There was a lw ays the p rob lem o f fin d in g su ita b le land ing spo ts , but she made it c red ita b ly . Once she decided to en te r the B risbane to Ade la ide a ir race, a d is ta n ce o f 1500 m iles . She w on the fa s te s t t im e of the 31 s ta rte rs and the Lad ies ’ T rophy. She w orked to o hard at her cha rte r and aeria l am bu lance fly in g , and on the verge o f a breakdow n, she was persuaded to se ll her Leopard M oth in 1938. W hen the w ar came, she d id

p ra c tica lly no f ly in g . She m arried C harles Waltorv, was made com m andan t o f the W om en ’s A ir T ra in ing C orps (la te r the W om en ’s A u s tra lia n A u x ilia ry A ir Force). Jus t a fte r the w ar she had tw o ch ild ren , a son and a daugh te r. In the 1960's she began to cam pa ign fo r an aeria l am bu lance service in the S ta te o f New S outh W ales. It to o k five years to ra ise the m oney fo r the f irs t aeria l am bu lance , a B eechcraft Queen A ir. She found tim e to s ta rt the A us tra lian W om en P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n . W hen B etty G illie s was In te rn a tio n a l P res iden t, she jo in e d the 99s and v is ite d USA. S ince tha t tim e (1939) she has v is ite d m ore than seven tim es , even p a rtic ip a tin g in tw o Pow der P u ff Derbies — once in 1958 when she flew w ith Ir is C ritc h e ll, and 1961, f ly in g w ith Laure tta Foy. In 1961 her book BO R N TO F L Y , a fa s c in a t in g a u to b io g ra p h y o f h e r u n u s u a l and rew ard ing fly in g years. Today, a fte r 42 years o f f ly in g , she s t i l l h o lds a private license , lives in Sydney, A u s tra lia , a tru ly great N in e ty -N in e w ith her ow n p a rticu la r n iche in A u s tra lia ’s av ia tion h is to ry .

Nancy Bird W alton, yesterday

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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE NINETY-NINES, INC

Lore t ta Jean Gragg I Executive Secretary

Lo re tta Jean Gragg - born January 19, was 37 aga in th is year. A native OKIE, she was born and raised in O klahom a C ity . She and her husband, Joe, w ho ce lebrated th e ir 26th .W edd ing Ann iversary February 12, have 2 s o n s ; S tephen, 23, and Robby, 22; 1 daugh te r, Liza, 17, and 1 grandson, N athan, 3 years o ld .

Lo re tta loves to cook and Joe adm its read ily th a t her cook ing is exce llen t. Reading is her favo rite pastim e , travel a c lo se second. She is m ost fond o f H is to ry , esp e c ia lly the C iv il W ar Period, and can d iscu ss a lm o s t any area. She w ill rem ind you th a t her b irth d a y is the same as Robert E. Lee, and w edd ing ann iversary is on Abraham L in c o ln ’s b irthday ! A big fan of W .C . F ie lds , she w ill s tay up a ll n ig h t to see one o f h is o ld m ovies.

Lo re tta cam e to w ork fo r The N ine ty- N ines in M arch, 1968, and has seen the m em bersh ip g row from 3300 to 4510. An a rdent a dm ire r o f The N ine ty -N ines in ­d iv id u a lly and c o lle c tive ly , she hopes to see a m uch grea te r percentage o f m em bers re tu rn ing b a llo ts . S ince b a llo ts and en­ve lopes are num bered to insure va lid ity on ly , she was surp rised to hear som e th o u g h t records were kept from the num bers as to w ho voted and how . Not T ru e !! No one know s w ho ge ts what ba llo t num ber, and no one has ever asked fo r any in fo rm a tio n o f th is nature.

A t te n d in g C o n v e n tio n s and B oa rd M ee tings has broadened L o re tta ’s un­d e rs ta n d in g o f The N in e ty -N in e s o rg a n iza tio n a l s tru c tu re and been o f great b e n e fit on a day to day basis . “ It ’s a p riv ilege to be associa ted w ith The N ine ty- N ines” , says Loretta .

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TW O NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Mary Vial llovene N. Potter

Mary V ia l, new ly e lected Board m em ber, from Phoenix, A riz. (S ou thw est S ection , Phoenix Chapter), has com e up the 99 s ladder in a typ ic a lly leadersh ip way. She has served as C hapter Treasurer, M em ­bership C hairm an, C ha irm an, C hairm an of the 1967 S ou thw est S ectiona l (S pring), Phoenix A ir Race co -cha irm an , S ection Secretary, Section V ice-G overnor and Governor. It seems a natura l tra n s itio n in to In te rna tiona l Board.

Mary has a lw ays been an “ a c tiv is t" in the “ devoted serv ice" sense o f the w ord. A fte r m arriage to p ilo t "G eo rg e ,” and during fo u r ch ild ren and five g rand ­ch ild ren , she pa rtic ipa ted in B row n ie Scouts, U n ited Fund, Cub S cou ts , M arch of D im es, M em oria l H osp ita l A u x ilia ry , go lf, garden ing , and R epub lican Com - m itteew om an. C u rre n tly , son C harles is teaching her to sk i.

Her f irs t a irp lane ride w as at age five in a barnsto rm er's b ip lane , w ith her dad. Her so lo c ross -co u n try cou ld have ended in d isaste r had she not been so exact in m arking her course , fo r a p is to n th rew a rod th rough the eng ine, and w ith o il all over the w in d sh ie ld , she s t i l l m anaged a sm all fie ld land ing on a s tr ip ca lled Tacna in the desert, ro llin g f in a lly upside dow n after her nose gear b roke o ff. S ince then she has accum u la ted m ore than 1,500 hours, and flie s w ith the assurance o f a C om m ercia l license , and an in s tru m e n t rating. She has flo w n seven Pow der P u ff Derbies, and m any loca l races. Her pleasure is now fly in g a ll over the U .S. and M exico, som e tim es on bus iness , in the Cessna 182 w ith her fa vo rite 491/2.

• • •llovene N. P o tte r. N ative o f Tacom a,

W ash ing ton : A ttended P ac ific Lutheran U nivers ity at Parkland, W a sh in g ton .

She is a m em ber o f the N ine ty -N in es , Inc., past governor o f the N o rthw est S ec tion ; T reasurer o f the W h ir ly -G ir ls ; m em ber o f The H e lico p te r A sso c ia tio n of A m erica; A irc ra ft O w ners and P ilo ts , N ationa l and S eattle U n it; P ac ific N or­th w e s t H is to r ic a l F o u n d a t io n , In c . (m em ber o f the Board o f D irec to rs); mem ber of Dr. John B. M anning O r­thoped ic G u ild ; W om en ’s C ounc il W est S e a tt le C h r is t ia n C h u rc h ; S he has com peted in five Powder P uff D erby’s, one in te rna tiona l a ir race, th ree P ac ific A ir Races and tw o Palm s to P ines as w e ll as several local W ash ing ton and O regon races.

She has logged over 50000 hours o f flig h t tim e and h o lds an A ir lin e T ransport C e rtifica te w ith C om m erc ia l p riv ileges, a irp lane s in g le eng ine land and sea m u ltien g in e land and ro to rc ra ft-h e lico p te r ra tin g s ; F lig h t In s tru c to r a irp lane , In­s trum en t and H e lico p te r; g round in ­s tru c to r advanced and in s tru m e n t; she is a FAA p ilo t exam iner fo r a irp lane and in ­s trum en t. She ow ns a P iper Turbo 260 Com anche.

She was C apta in o f the f irs t U.S. H e licop te r team tha t pa rtic ipa ted at the 2nd W orld H e lico p te r C h a m p ionsh ips at M iddle W a llop , E ng land. (June 1973) She was on the W om en ’s A dv iso ry C om m ittee on A v ia tion fo r tw o years.

Her H usband, Leslie M. P o tte r is an a irp lane and h e lic o p te r p ilo t and is E xecu tive D irec to r o f M utua l H osp ita l Services, Inc. They have three sons, Ted and Greg are Private p ilo ts and David is a so lo p ilo t ; they have three g randch ild ren .

What it's all about

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Air A ge Education

9 9 StyleBy Linda Hooker

R ecently I had the p leasure o f w o rk ing w ith several 99 ’s from the D a llas-Fort W orth area on a "C areer E ncoun te r" program fo r teenage g ir ls sponsored by the Tejas G irl S cou t C o u n c il, the YW CA and the loca l C am p F ire G irls . The fo llo w in g 99s d iscussed career o p p o rtu n it ie s in the fie ld o f av ia tion fo r th e ir respective area of expertise .

D orothy W arran - F lig h t A tte n d a n t and f l ig h t in s tru c to r

Sandra S im m o ns (F irs t w om an p ilo t w ith B ra n iff)-A ir lin e p ilo t

Helen H ill - Secre taria l and c le rica l p o s itio n s w ith the Federal A v ia tio n A d ­m in is tra tio n .

A no th e r p a rtic ip a n t in the av ia tion po rtion o f the program w ho c o n tr ib u te d a great deal was W illie Jo h n son , w ho w o rks in the Fort W orth F lig h t Service S ta tio n . W illie d iscussed o p p o rtu n itie s fo r w om en as to w e r c o n tro lle rs , ARTCC c o n tro lle rs and w ith the FSS. A ll o f these g ir ls were w e ll prepared w ith answ ers to the g ir ls ’ q u e s tio n s and pass ou t m a te ria ls they had ob ta ined from experience , loca l a ir lin e and Federal A v ia tio n A d m in is tra tio n o ffice s . In a d d itio n , S outh C entra l S ection A ir Age Educa tion C ha irm an, Jo M cC arre ll, made s e v e ra l “ P e a n u ts " c h a ra c te rs p o s te rs d e p ic tin g o p p o rtu n it ie s fo r w om en in av ia tion and w as on hand to he lp answ er q u e s tion s and counse l the g ir ls .

I was ex trem e ly proud o f a ll the N ine ty- N ine p a rtic ip a n ts and the recep tion they received from the young w om en in te res ted in en te ring the f ie ld o f av ia tion as a career.

The program a lso inc luded o u ts ta n d in g w om en from the loca l area from the fie ld s o f bus iness , ed u ca tio n , law , sp o rts , gove rnm ent and e tc.

T h is type of program is an o u ts ta n d in g educa tiona l p ro je c t w h ich any C hap ter can organ ize w ith very l i t t le expend itu re of fu n ds and e ffo rt and need not be lim ite d to g ir ls o n ly . It is an e xce llen t idea to co o rd in a te th is type p ro je c t w ith you r loca l G irl and Boy S cou ts , YW CA, YM CA, CAP, C am p F ire G irls , h igh sch o o ls , and etc. In m os t ins tances, at least one of these o rg a n iza tio n s w ill donate the use o f a m ee ting fa c ility , m ail o u ts and help

e n lis t the a ss is tance of wom en in o ther career fie ld s .

Each ch a p te r w h o u ld co ns ide r p u ttin g on a “ Career E ncoun te r” p rogram w ith em ­phasis on a v ia tio n . For fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n or ass is tance in p lann ing an agenda, m ail ou ts , e tc ., fo r such a p rogram , please w rite . (N o te my new address is as fo llo w s :) P.O. Box 45021, Dallas, Tx. 75235

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N .I.F .A . NEW Sby Joy Feak

The f irs t m eeting w ith N .I.F .A . com ­m ittees to o k p lace January 22 in Santa Fe, New M exico and a ll o f a sudden th in g s sta rted happen ing . The S pring Meet and C onference w ill be held in Santa Fe A pril17-20 co -hos ted by the U n ive rs ity of A lbuque rque and the C ollege o f Santa Fe. G ail Sanderson is the FIRST wom an President o f N .I.F .A ., a s tuden t p ilo t, an A ir T ra ffic C o n tro l s tuden t and a cha rm ing person. In a d d itio n to a ll the exc item en t and p lann ing fo r the m eet, there w ill be the W orld Cup C o m pe titio n in Santa Fe p rio r to the N .I.F .A . The top w inners o f th is year’s meet w ill have a spo t on the U.S. P recis ion Team tha t is go ing to Sweden fo r In te rna tiona l C o m p e tit io n . The in te res t and c o m p e tit io n w ill be te rr if ic . Many events are be ing p lanned fo r a ll such as a B a lloon F es tiva l, Cavalcade of W ings M useum op e n ing , e tc. O ur 50-60 m ile v is ib il ity coup led w ith the q u a in t a t­m osphere o f ou r c a p ito l w ith its m ix tu re of Ind ian and Span ish cu ltu re w ill make th is year’s A ir Meet and C onfe rence a year to rem em ber.

C o n t r ib u t io n s fro m 99s a re m o s t essen tia l to aid these great co llege kids w ith th e ir endeavors in the fie ld of a v ia tion . Those already contributing are Chicago Area Chapter, Western N .Y. Chapter, Houston Chapter, El Paso, S.E. Section, M iddle East Section, Dallas, Tx Redbird Chapter and the Florida Goldcoast Chapter. In a d d itio n the A ll O h io C hapter sponsors the A rlene Davis M em oria l. Th is year P o lly G ilk iso n reports tha t the Central I ll in o is C hap ter has found one o f the n icest ways to serve co llege f ly in g , tha t o f aw ard ing a q u a lifie d young lady a sch o la rsh ip . The C hicago Area C hapter a lso helped a s tu d en t fo rm a fly in g c lu b so they cou ld jo in N .I .F .A ....h o w about that fo r e n th u s ia s m !!! They a lso inv ited a ll the area N .I.F .A . co lleges to a f ly - in ju s t before th e ir Reg iona l A ir Meet.

I f in d it im p o ss ib le to get in fo rm a tio n on a ll the a c tiv it ie s tak ing place a ll over the co u n try bu t there is a way fo r in d iv id u a ls or chap te r cha irm en to do th is . In support o f N .I.F .A . a don a tio n o f $10.00 per year w ill get you a s u b s c rip tio n to th e ir p u b lica tio n know n as CO NTACT. T h is m ay be o b ­ta ined at the same address tha t you send support to : N a tiona l H eadquarters O ffice , N a tiona l In te rco lle g ia te F ly ing A sso c ia tio n c /o Parks C o llege , St. Lou is U n ive rs ity , C ahokia, III. 62206. I ce rta in ly hope to hear from m any m ore o f you persona lly . My address: 2824 Dallas N .E. A bq ., New M exico 87110.

AWTARWanda Cum m ings, Reporter

E ntry k its fo r the 1975 AW TAR, ava ilab le fo r $3.00 from headquarters, were m ailed in February.

Even though , as Board M em bers, we are not e lig ib le to race, exc ite m e n t m ou n ts as we plan tow ard J u ly 4. On W ednesday, A p ril 9, the “ F irs t-D a y” d raw ing fo r race num bers w ill be held at the M arrio tt H ote l on S tem m ons in Dallas. Luncheon fee is $6.75. Make reserva tions fo r th is gala occas ion w ith us now . Let us know if you are fly in g in, and we w ill arrange tran ­sp o rta tio n from Love F ie ld . As an added a ttra c tio n , we w ill a lso co n d uc t to u rs o f ou r a ttra c tive new o ffic e !

On a m ore som ber no te , a M em oria l Fund has been e s tab lished fo r racers and fr ien d s of the race. C o n trib u tio n s have been received in m em ory of Doris Eacret, Lo is Fairbank, D oris Langher, M arion Burke, and Ruth H ildeb rand .

RACE ROUTE

PPD Bi centennial 76Pam Vander Linden, Reporter

Thanks to you gals who supplied the means to support the ways for the All Woman Transcontinental Air Race.

For the c o n tr ib u tio n s a lready received fo r the 1976 Pow der P u ff Derby, we give ou r s incere thanks and app rec ia tio n . Th is year we are s ta rtin g so m e th in g new. We are asking each chap te r to ho ld an annual "P ow der P u ff Derby D ay", each year at a d iffe re n t a irpo rt w ith in the ju r is d ic tio n o f the chapter. I be lieve tha t th is w ill g ive a great deal o f added p u b lic ity to the Powder Pu ff Derby, a great deal m ore local coverage in the m edia , and a lso be a com para tive ly pa in less way to raise the necessary m oney. If we w ant to co n tin u e w ith the race, we a ll have to w ork fo r it.

The fo llo w in g are som e su g g es tio n s fo r Powder P u ff Derby Day: The C hapter can w ork w ith one o f the service c lu b s (L ions, S o ro p tim is ts , Zon ta , e tc .) in the area. They are usua lly g lad to he lp w ith the re fresh­m ents in return fo r ha lf the p ro fits on same. In the past we have had pancake breakfasts, w iene r roasts , ham burgers w ith a ll the tr im m in g s , K en tucky Fried C h icken , barbeques— w hatever f i ts the occas ion . P lanes from nearby chap te rs shou ld be inv ited to f ly in . Scen ic rides, 3 cen ts per pound rides, r ides in A n tiques , s ta tic d isp la ys , and o the r en te rta in m e n t are popu lar. An em pty hangar can be used to d isp la y p ic tu re s , c lip p in g s , fo rm er

Derby rou tes, e tc . O ld f ly in g m agazines can be given away and Aero P ub lishe rs , Inc ., pos tca rds sh o u ld be ava ilab le . A n o th e r hangar m ig h t be used fo r a bazaar w ith loca l p ro d u c ts fo r sa le . M aybe you r chap te r w o u ld like to have a hangar dance in the even ing. The net p ro fits cou ld then be d iv ided 5C/50 betw een the chap te r and A W T A R . W e w o u ld w e lc o m e an y su g g es tio n s and w ou ld like to have a co- cha irm an in each se c tio n to he lp co o r­d ina te “ Pow der P u ff Derby Day" in the various chap te rs b e lo n g ing to th a t sec tion . By now , I hope, each ch a p te r cha irm an has received a le tte r w ith regards to “ PPD D ay.”

Pa lom ar C hap ter has p lans to ce lebra te1975 Pow der P u ff Derby Day at F a llb ro o k C o m m u n ity A irpa rk on A p ril 6. The L ions C lub has o ffe red to pu t on a pancake b reakfast fo r us and share the p ro fits . We are a im in g at feed ing 1500 at $1.50 a head. In a d d itio n we plan a hangar d isp la y of past PPD rou tes, f ilm s , p ic tu re s , and o the r pa rapherna lia p lus a s ta tic d isp la y of an tiq ue a irc ra ft and 3 cen ts per lb . a irp lane rides. A n o th e r hangar w ill be used fo r d isp la y in g loca l p ro d u c ts fo r sa le and Aero P ub lishe rs books and f ly in g accessories . Aero P ub lishe rs has p rom ised the p o s t­cards by the m id d le o f M arch so I w il l have them to the chap te rs by the 1st o f A p ril.

P lease send in any ideas you m ay have to m ake “ Pow der P u ff Derby Day” m ore e x c itin g , and I w ill pass them a round. I s t il l need S ec tiona l C o-C hairm en fo r M idd le E a s t, N ew E n g la n d , N o r th C e n tra l, S o u th e a s t, S o u th w e s t , an d C a n a d a . Volunteers, please co n tac t me.Pam Vander L inden, C hairm an1976 AW TAR W ays & M eans C om m ittee P.O. Box 352, F a llb ro o k , CA. 92028

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M argo S m ith , Chairm anI fo rg o t to m eet the Decem ber 31st 99

NEW S dead line . T ha t's w hy there was no APT co lu m n in the last issue.

“ I FORGOT” . T h ink o f the im p lic a tio n s in tha t ca tch -a ll excuse - d is in te re s t, in ­d iffe re n ce , d iso rg a n iza tio n , laz iness e tc. C o ns ide r to o , the o th e r com m on excuse, “ I ju s t haven’t had the t im e ." S trange, bu t we never fo rg e t o r lack the tim e fo r those th in g s w h ich are tru ly im p o rta n t to us.

Le t’s take an exam ple . On you r w ay to the a irp o rt a fte r a long la y -o ff from fly in g , have you ever w ondered if you s t i l l know how to fly? (U sua lly the th o u g h t is ac­com pan ied by a kno t in the s to m a ch !) Then, once a irbo rne , you are relieved to fin d you haven’t fo rg o tte n ! B u t, how m uch o f the s k ill have you lo s t w ith o u t you r be ing aware o f it?

T ha t’s w ha t p ro fic ie n cy rides are all abou t - a chance to have yo u r inne r vo ice (or the one in the r ig h t seat) te ll you w hat you have fo rg o tte n . In fac t, each and every f l ig h t m ade can be a p ro fic ie n cy ride by us ing s e lf-d is c ip lin e to ass ign ourse lves

sp e c ific goa ls and s tandards that re in fo rce w hat we learned and help im prove our s k ills .

May I pu t on my in s tru c to r hat fo r a m om ent? M aybe on the next f lig h t you in s is t on pegg ing the w ind co rrec tion ang le and a p p ly in g it, so the VOR needle s tays centered the w ho le tim e ! Can you ho ld you r a lt itu d e + 20 feet? 50? 200? There ’s a phrase I have found handy, “ W hat w ill I do i f . . . .? ” I do n ’t mean m o rb id ly d w e llin g on d ire em ergencies - a lth o ug h th a t does have to be p lanned fo r - bu t ra the r on less ea rth -shak ing co n ­d it io n s . I use it m ore in the sense o f an­t ic ip a tio n . I use it when I see thun - de rbum pers ahead, o r when approach ing a s trange, busy a irpo rt on a Sunday a f­te rnoon , or when re tu rn ing hom e know ing the v is ib il ity cou ld very w e ll have dropped to 2 '/ i m iles . You th in k o f som e o thers. H ow long has it been s ince you p ractised a fo rced land in g , w ith o u t an in s tru c to r, by en te ring a g lid e from 3000 feet AGL, ch o o s in g a p lace to land, go ing th rough yo u r em ergency co ckp it check w ith o u t fu m b lin g , and then leve ling o ff having com p le ted the exerc ise w ith no m ore than 200 feet a lt itu d e loss? Having troub le rem em bering you r em ergency check lis t? Try ch a n tin g it o u t loud w h ile d riv ing un til it is m ore fa m ilia r than the N ationa l A n ­them .

Then the re ’s a p h ilo so p h ica l ques tion fo r w h ich I have no answer. W hy does it take so l i t t le e ffo rt to fo rge t but so m uch e ffo rt to learn and rem em ber? And even m ore e ffo rt to reprogram ourselves?

Now back to APT. Are you sure you tu rned in you r com p le ted APT fo rm , the a p p rop ria te part, to you r C hapter APT C hairm an? W as it im p o rta n t to you? It c e rta in ly is to the o rgan iza tion to w h ich you be long !

Please note: S ally G luckm an , 1323M ardi Lane, H ou s to n , Texas 77055, is now the S ou th C entra l APT C hairm an. Many thanks to Sondra R idgew ay w ho served so capably , so long .

Next tim e you say “ I fo rg o t" , ask yo u rse lf “ W hy?” . I d id - and p ro m p tly m ade som e new year’s re so lu tio n s , a lbe it it a l i t t le late.

FLYING ACTIVITIESby Charlene Falkenberg

It is f r ig id co ld as I s it here in the M idw est w r it in g th is co lu m n . However, by the tim e you receive you r 99 News many p laces w ill be experienc ing sp ring tim e. Som e of you lucky ones live where it is n ice a ll year a round. O thers in the fa r north are s t i l l in the m id d le o f w in te r.

N everthe less, it is not too soon to be m aking p lans fo r F ly ing A c tiv it ie s . Thanks to each o f you FA Chairm en tha t have w ritte n me o f yo u r p lanned a c tiv it ie s and to request he lp . D on ’t fo rg e t tha t m idd le le tte r in A C T. CO M M U N IC A TE. I app rec ia te each and every co m m u n ica tio n th a t I receive.

It is hea rtw a rm ing to know g ir ls like Jan ice C lem ens o f the K it ty Haw k C hapter are tak ing my su g g es tio n s o f co m b in in g

F lying A c tiv it ie s w ith L e g is la tio n and A ir Education. A no the r idea to com b ine w ith fly ing ac tiv itie s is o u r “ b i-cen tenn ia l ce lebra tion” . W hy no t p lan f ly - in s to ce lebra tions o f the b i-cen te n n ia l th a t are being held in nearby c o m m u n itie s . C itie s all over the U.S. are being named as a b i­centennia l c ity and have spec ia l a c tiv it ie s p lanned. W atch you r new spapers.

Our m em bersh ip is very active even though it is w in te r tim e in m any p laces. F ly ing A c tiv it ie s have been p lanned in recogn ition of In te rna tiona l W om en ’s Year.

The M iss iss ip p i C hapter sponsored a B ie n n ia l F l ig h t R e v ie w w h ile N o r th G eorgia’s 99s cam e up w ith a w onde rfu l idea called “ Vaca tion F ly ing S em inar” .

Betty F isher and Bea W ild e r are keeping the W ash ing ton C hapter in the a ir w ith the ir planned F ly -ins .

A Spot Landing C on tes t was held by the Garden State C hapter. I have SOPs fo r Spot Landings. Send a stam ped envelope and you ’ll get them by return m ail.

The C onnec ticu t 99s go t in som e fly in g w h ile m aking som e S en io r C itizens happy by g iv ing them rides.

If you w anta know a bou t "P ie in the S ky” con tact Val Johnson o f the G reater St. Louis Chapter.

These and m any o th e r fly in g a c tiv it ie s are being p lanned. Get to know o ther 99s by inv iting several C hapters to m eet fo r lunch. It ’s not to o early to s ta rt p lann ing a fly - in to you r S pring S ec tiona l. Le t’s have all seats fille d when we f ly .

Betty F ishe r to F a lls C hurch , V irg in ia has shared w ith us som e in te res ting

Charlene Falkenberg, left, International Flying Activity Chairman and Chicago Area Chapter Membership Chairman pinning new member, Florence W hipple, January, 1975.places to fly to . A n y tim e you are in tha t part o f the c o u n try try one o f the fo l lo w in g :

LU R A Y C A V E R N S A IR P O R T , V irg in ia ...T ra n s p o rta tio n prov ided to the M im s lyn H ote l fo r fo o d . A fte r pa rtak ing o f d e lic io u s food you can to u r the caverns, and a lso look at an extens ive c o lle c tio n o f an tiq ue a u to m o b ile s .

HERSHEY, P A ...L u n ch at O ld Hershey H ote l - Vi m ile from a irpo rt.

H A G E R S T O W N , M D . . . E x c e 11 en t restaurant on a irpo rt.

READING, P A ...C onven ien t restaurant on a irpo rt. Serves o u t-o f-d o o rs in warm w eather. V an ity F a ir o u tle t % m ile from a irpo rt. F abu lous lin g e rie and Kay W in d so r c lo th e s at h a lf-p rice .

Let us know a ll about your f ly - in s .

M U SEU M REPORTby Page Shamburger

Sorry tha t we've had so l i t t le com ­m u n ica tio n s la te ly . It's no t because the M useum and the ded icated w orkers aren’t d o ing th in g s . They are. But the g lam ou r of a f in ish e d b u ild in g , a fine house fo r a ll the v ita l research m ate ria l conce rn ing wom en in av ia tion is ju s t no t part o f to d ay ’s eco n om ic s itu a tio n . Th ings we want ju s t co s t to o m uch r ig h t now ; so - we m ust s it s t i l l on the b ig , the exc itin g p ro jec ts .

L ike I sa id , th o ug h , it doesn 't mean we re not do ing th in g s ! And a lw ays, a new fo rce com es to lig h t. Take fo r ins tance Jo Edd lem an. Jo , a N ine ty -N ine o f long s ta n d ing , has w ritte n a book ca lled COWS ON THE RUNW AY. We haven’t seen a copy, ye t, and I d o n ’t th in k Jo has e ither, bu t she says “ M any w rite ‘How T o ’ books bu t th is one is d e fin ite ly a ‘How NOT to ’ v o lu m e .” Jo says she had fun w ritin g it.

She has p rom ised and we g ra te fu lly accept 50 cen ts per book so ld to a 99 donated to ou r M useum . We d id n ’t ask fo r

it. She b ro u g h t up the w ho le th in g , and th a t’s w ha t I mean about 99’s w o rld -w id e th in k in g “ M use u m .” The book is $4.95 p lus 35 cen ts per copy fo r postage. I t ’s ca lled COWS ON THE RUNW AY and by the tim e you read th is , cop ies w ill be ava ilab le , au tog raphed if you ask, d ire c tly fro m : Jo Edd lem an, 4509 Cedell P lace, Tem ple H ills , MD 20031.

Then the re ’s Peggy B row n from up M assachuse tts way. Peggy, w ith o u t any begg ing from us - in fact, on ly now do we

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Know about it ! - searched out and found the GeeBee tha t Jack ie C ochran fle w in the race from London to M elbourne. T h is is a Q .E.D . m odel and the on ly GeeBee know n to ex is t except a GeeBee S po rts te r in the M useum in C on n e c ticu t.

W e ll, Peggy B row n doesn ’t do th in g s ha lf-w ay! She go t the he lp (and en ­thus iasm ) o f C ha rlo tte and Ed G ranville (he designed the GeeBees) and decided th is a irp lane shou ld be in our M useum . I t ’s a long s to ry - a year’s w o rth o f e ffo rts on her part - but inc ludes phone ca lls , hundreds o f le tte rs , and tw o tr ip s in her Skyhaw k to M exico. Som eday, perhaps we can get her to te ll us a ll about it!

Anyw ay, she d id fin d the a irp lane . I t ’s “ in a b e a u tifu l m em oria l e xh ib it o r m useum in Torreon o u ts id e of M exico C ity .” Seem s th a t th is p lane was flo w n by the M exican h e ro -p ilo t F ranc isco Sarabia on h is record f l ig h t from M exico C ity to New York. Sarabia was k illed near W ash ing ton and reports have it tha t the US A ir Force fle w h is body - and the Q .E .D . back to M exico w ith great cerem ony.

Of course , th is is not the end o f the sto ry . Peggy hasn ’t th row n in the tow e l, yet. Som eday, perhaps, we can share the plane w ith M exico. They honor it because of Sarabia and we cou ld honor it because o f Jack ie C ochran.

So, you see. O ur M useum is not s ta tic . As long as we have the ded ica tion and be lie f o f 99s like Jo Eddlem an and Peggy Brown - and the dozens m ore I ta lk w ith co n s tan tly - ou r M useum w ill a lw ays be active ! The tro u b le is, we d o n ’t a lw ays te ll YOU about it!

COMING EVENTS

Florida Spaceport Ninety Nines TREASURE HUNT

M arch 15 ,1975 - rain date M arch 22, I975 K iss im m ee A irp o rt, K iss im m ee F lo rida Entry Fee - $5.00 each person in a irc ra ft. (S po tte rs are va luab le !) Open to fem a le p ilo ts , bu t m ale c o -p ilo ts and sp o tte rs are w elcom e.

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SANTA BARBARA CONTESTSanta Barbara C hapter o f the 99s, an

in te rn a tio n a l o rgan iza tion of licensed wom en p ilo ts , w il l sponsor a treasure hun t and spo t land ing co n tes t Saturday, May 10 .

D eadline fo r en tries is May 3. Entry fo rm s are ava ilab le from Rachel C ow in , 1230 C res tline Dr., Santa Barbara, Ca. 93105.

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WASP REUNIONHazel H ohn, 605 Jeanell Drive, Carson

C ity NV 89701 and Fran G ustavson, 54 Venturacci Lane, F a llon NV 89406, of the Reno 99s w ill be m aking a rrangem ents fo r the W ASP R eunion to be held June 19th ■

1UCSCK' TREASURE |

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SW Spring Sec-fcional

Spend T hu rs . a ft. and evening in sunny Tuscon w ith lod g in g at the new H ow ard Johnson Inn . F ly the H u n t on F rid a y , te rm in a tin g in Phoen ix in t im e to reg is te r fo r the S ectiona l.

25th Anniversary ALL W O M EN ’S IN ­

TERNATIONAL AIR RACE

DATES:Q u a lify in g : May 19, 20 - H am ilton C iv ic

A irp o rt, O n ta rio , CanadaT ake o ff: May 22, 9 :0 0 AAM - H am ilton

C iv ic A irp o rt, CanadaF in is h : May 24, 12 :00 PM - TI-CO

A irp o rt, T itu s v ille , F loridaA w a rd s : May 26, 8 :0 0 PM - Royal Oak

C oun try C lub , T itu sv ille COURSE:

A 1428.9 s ta tu te m ile rou te beg inn ing at H a m ilto n C iv ic A irp o rt, O n ta rio , Canada and c o n tin u in g w ith enrou te s to p s at -

1. London A irp o rt, O n ta rio Canada -2. M ich iana Regional A irp o rt, South

Bend, Ind iana - Required S top3. Dress R egional A irp o rt, Evansville,

Ind iana4. H un tsv ille -M o n ro e C oun ty Je tpo rt,

H u n tsv ille , A la.5. T hom asv ille M un ic ipa l A irp o rt,

F lo rida6. Ja ckso n v ille In te rna tiona l A irp o rt,

F lo rida7. TI-CO A irp o rt, T itu sv ille , Fla.

(TERMINUS)PILOT Q U A LIF IC A TIO N S :

M in im u m 500 to ta l f lig h t hours, 200 P ilo t- ln -C o m m a nd hours w ith 50 P ilo t- in - com m and c ross -co u n try hours, 10 hours in a irc ra ft to be flo w n .

A IR C R AFT ELIG IB ILITY :S tock m ode l, non-tu rbosupercharged,

fixed w in g a irc ra ft o f not less than 145 ho rsepow er and not m ore than 520 hor­sepow er.H A N D IC A P S A N D M E T H O D OF SCO RING :

Each a irc ra ft m odel is assigned a handicap in m iles per hour based on speeds ob ta ined from tim ed f l ig h t tests over a m easured course . Average ground speeds fo r the to ta l course are com puted from the to ta l e lapsed in -a ir tim e . W inners are de te rm ined by sub tra c tin g handicap m iles per hou r from average g round speed in m iles per hour. H igh score w ins.

PRIZES:$7,000 p lus trop h ie s are awarded to the

top s ix f in a lis ts , p lus o th e r specia l ca tegory aw ards. $3,000 to f irs t place.

SPONSORS:G re a te r T i tu s v i l le C h a m b e r o f

C om m erce, T itu s v ille , F lo rid a C ity of H a m ilto n , O n ta rio , Canada O rgan iza tiona l sp o n so r: A ll W om en 's In te rna tiona l A irRace, Inc.

START COORDINATOR Mrs. A .R . (A lic ia ) Gooch 3 W o o d ru ff Avenue St. C athe rines, O n ta rio L2R 2H7 T e le .: (416) 685-5656

TERM INUS COORDINATOR M rs. H o lland (E leanor) Starkey 3534 Palm er Drive T itu s v ille , F lo rid a 32780 T e le .: (305) 269-1969

SA N C TIO N IN G AUTHO RITY:S anctioned by the N ationa l A e ronau tic

A sso c ia tio n , U n ited S tates Representative o f F edera tion A e ronau tique In te rna tiona le (w orld a u th o r ity govern ing spo rt f ly in g and

flig h t records). Approved by 99's C ontest C om m ittee (Valera Joh n son , Chm .)

TH EM E:W omen p ilo ts from a ll na tions are in ­

vited to pa rtic ipa te and a ll past and fu tu re w inners w ill be honored at the te rm in u s fes tiv itie s in keeping w ith the them e of In ternational W om en 's Year.

RACE HEADQ UARTERS:A irport - C anadaH am ilton F ly ing C lub H am ilton C iv ic A irpo rt P.O. Box 40M ount Hope, O n t., CanadaTele.: (416) 679-6044H otel - C anadaRoyal C onnaught Hote l112 K ing Street EastH am ilton , O n t., Canada L8N 1A8Tele.: (416) 527-5071A irport - U .S .A .Term inal B u ild in gc-o TI-CO A irp o rt A u th o rityP.O. Box 548T itusv ille , F lo rid a 32780Tele.: (305) 267-8780Hotel - U .S .A .H oliday Inn4951 S. W ash ing ton Avenue T itusv ille , F lo rida 32780 Tele.: (305) 269-2121

Organized and conduc ted under the d irec tion o f A ll W om en ’s In te rna tiona l A ir Race, Inc. in accordance w ith the sp o rtin g Code of the F edera tion A e ronau tique In te rna tiona le and w ith the S po rting Regula tions o f the N at’ l A e ronau tic A ssoc ia tion .

For fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n p lease c o n ta c t: ALL W O M EN 'S IN TER N ATIO N AL AIR RACE, INC.P.O. Box 9125Fort Lauderdale, F lo rida 33310 Telephone: (305) 587-3741 (V irg in ia B ritt)

99’s Spring Sectional 45th Anniversary

South Central Section 1930-1975

April 11-13, 1975 Pre-registration: $19.00

Registration at Door: $23.00

Friday1 -5 :30 S po t Land ing C on tes t. (Please

id e n tify yo u rse lf as a 99 a irc ra ft to the tow er. T ouchdow n w ill be w ith m ain gear on w h ite line o r a fte r. T ouchdow n before lin e d is q u a lif ie s you .) If you w ill be co m ing ea rlie r o r la te r than th is , p lease co n tac t un ico rn 123.0 and have them ca ll The Royal Inn 692-3022.

F riday N ig h t: N o th in g is p lanned fo r th is n ig h t. A ll bu t th is meal is inc lu d e d in y o u r r e g is t r a t io n c o s t .

Saturday8 :3 0 Bus to O ld A b ilene Town 9 :0 0 B reakfast (C on tinen ta l S tyle)10 :00 Preview o f M oun ta in F ly ing C lin ic

by C o lo rado C hapter 1 0 :30 Specia l T our fo r Men o f Texas

Aerospace 10 :30 B us iness M eeting 12 :00 Lunch and G uest Speaker, G ordon

B axter1 :30 T ou r o f O ld A b ilene Town 3 :0 0 Bus to E lm da le A irp o rt; C rop D usting

D e m o n s tra t io n by Ed H a rg ro v e ; P arachuting E x h ib itio n by Lou Sparks (P res iden t, Texas P a rachu tis t C ounc il), Tony Sparks and Ken M athew s

5 :0 0 Bus to ho te l6 :3 0 B u ffe t D inner, C om bo 't i l 10 :30 Sunday7 :3 0 -8 :3 0 W eather B rie fin g by F lig h t

Service (F lig h t P lans w ill be taken .); C on tin e n ta l B reakfast

9 :0 0 Bus to A irp o rt; Free tra n sp o rta tio n is ava ilab le at o th e r tim es if necessary. P lease let us know in advance if poss ib le .

DALLAS CHAPTER 99sM .P .A . P R O F IC IE N C Y A IR R AC E M A Y 17, 1975D ALLA S, TEXASW rite : B a rb a ra W h itse ll, R aceC ha irm an

P.O. Box 272 Farm ersv ille , Texas 75031

• • •1975 Indiana Fair Ladies Race

A nderson , Ind iana , Sept. 19, 20, 21, 1975. Race k its now ava ilab le . Send $2.00 to M rs. Sue Bathauer, 11861 H oste r Road, C arm el, Ind iana , 46032.

• • •W is-Sky Run

JU N E 21, 1975 W IS -S K Y R U N ,W IS C O N S IN 99 P R O F IC IE N C Y A IR DERBY, MOREY AIRPORT, M IDDLETON, W IS. P .I.C . MUST BE FEM ALE. CO-PILOT REQUIRED: M ALE OR FEM ALE. SEND $2.00 fo r RACE KIT TO PAT W EIR, RT. 5 BOX 162, M AR SH FIELD , W l 54449

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CALENDAR NOTICE JUNE 7, 1975: 3RD A N N U A L M IN I­

DERBY, Hayward A ir Term ina l, Hayward, C a lif. 1 0 :30 a .m . N on-s top 300 m ile round- rob in speed and c ru ise -a n d -p ro fic ie ncy races fo r p ilo ts w ith less than 750 hours. S ponsored by Golden W est C hapter, The 99s, Inc. $1.50 en try k its ava ilab le A p ril 1 th ro u g h May 15 from Geri W iecks, 1588 Forge Road, San M ateo, Ca. 94402. R eg is tra tion fee $12.50 per person. Inc ludes m em ento , con tin en ta l breakfast at b rie fin g , 2nd banquet.

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Chapter Reports

East Canada Section

FIRST CANADIAN CHAPTER Nora Parish, Reporter

On January 10, 20 w om en m em bers o f 1st Canadian C hapter tog e th e r w ith m em bers o f the Z on ta C lub , gathered in the o ffice of the M ayor o f H a m ilto n , O nta rio , h is w o rsh ip V ic to r K. C opps. Mr. C opps read a p roc la m a tio n dec la ring January 11th, 1975 as A m e lia Earhart day in H am ilton . The p roc la m a tio n reads as fo llo w s :

O FFICE OF THE MAYOR PRO CLAM ATIO N

W H E R EAS :

H a m ilto n has been one o f the f irs t c it ie s to p roc la im "A m e lia Earhart Day” , and whereas th is year the fam ous “ A ngel D erby” on its 25th A nn ive rsa ry w ill s ta rt at the H a m ilto n M un ic ipa l A irp o rt, and whereas we w ish to fu rth e r recogn ize ou r Z on ta C lubs, ou r "Z " C lub and the N ine ty - N ines In c ., spo n sors o f th is a ll-w om en In te rn a tio n a l A ir Race and th e ir w ork to sp o n so r the A m e lia Earhart F e llow sh ip A w ards and o th e r learn ing o p p o rtu n itie s fo r young w om en to c o n tr ib u te to the advance o f a v ia tion .

N ow Therefore I, V ic to r K. C opps, M ayor o f the C ity o f H a m ilto n do hereby p roc la im January 11th 1975, to be

“ A M E LIA EARHART DAY” in H a m ilto n and urge everyone to jo in in h o nou ring the m em ory o f the la te A m e lia Earhart in th is way and to su p p o rt ou r e ffo rts to make the 1975 A nge l Derby the m ost su cce ss fu l in the 25-year h is to ry o f th is great in te rn a tio n a l event.

P lans are g e ttin g under way n ice ly fo r the A ngel Derby and h o p e fu lly w ill be one o f m any a c tiv it ie s undertaken by the 99s as th e ir c o n tr ib u tio n in the ce leb ra tion of In te rna tiona l W om ens Year as declared by the U nited N a tions.

L.toR. Gillian Holden, Chairman 1st. Canadian Chapter, Mayor Copps, Barbara B ro th e rto n , G overnor, A lice G ooch , Chairman Angel Derby, Sheila Scott, Dean of w o m e n , M c M a s te r U n ive rs ity , Ham ilton, and the Chairmen of “Z” Club and Zonta respectfully.

MAPLE LEAF CHAPTER Jean Fenton, Reporter

We are a busy g roup of w om en, w ho are very libe ra ted as fa r as w om en of the w orld go, in th is year tha t the U n ited N ations are out to libe ra te w om en. We fly , we se ll Real Estate, we take U n ive rs ity courses, we get ou r com m erc ia l, in s tru m e n t and n igh t ratings. We are S ecre tary 's of a irc ra ft com pan ies, Queen o f F ly ing Farm ers and yes, we are w ife , m othe r and g randm other. W ho says we are not liberated?

We o f the M aple Leaf C hapter have a busy year p lanned. We are m aking p lans fo r ou r Poker Run and a lready have been in the L is tow e l Santa C laus parade, show ing the p u b lic th a t w om en do f ly . We are not a ll G randm o the r’s, but th o u g h t th is says w hat we are.

G randm a Is O ff Her Rocker The o ld rock ing ch a ir is vacant today, For G randm a is no longe r in it.She's o ff in the p lane, ju s t buzzing around. Now G randm a is o ff to c lasses today. She's versa tile , fo rc e fu l, dynam ic .Her typ e w rite r c la cke rty -c la ck th rough the

n igh tFor G randm a is w r it in g a book.She isn ’t co n ten t w ith crum bs, as of o ld w ith m eagre secondhand

know ledge.D ont’ b ring ou t the m end ing fo r G randm a

to do,For G randm a has gone back to co llege .

MONTREAL CHAPTER Sandy Frank, Reporter

C hris tm as found ou r 99s rea lly ven tu ring to d is ta n t lands! A lthea S m ith went to New Zealand where she m et and flew w ith a 99 o f tha t land of gnus and em us! Upon her return she then hopped over to France fo r a few weeks w here she p lans to m eet, and im prove her French w h ile f ly in g , w ith one o f those “ C h ic ” 99s. Patti Sue G ould w ent sou th to F lo rida in a Cessna 150, s to p p ing at Key Largo and Key W est. She then p icked up a Cherokee 180 and d id som e is land hopp ing in the Baham as. Irma and Syd Selig flew to G rand Caym an bu t had to do it the hard way - by A ir Canada - the ir tw in C om anche is la id up fo r a m ajor overhaul.

January found ou r chap te r very busy p rom o ting In te rna tiona l W om en ’s Year and A v ia tion m on th . T ogether w ith the Cen- taure Aero C lub we put on a “ F ly ing w ith o u t Fear" Ladies N igh t to try to tu rn those pe trifie d passengers (w ives and g ir l­fr iends o f flye rs ) in to com pe ten t c o -p ilo ts in one easy lesson. G eorge tte B uch, an in s tru c tre ss and ou r la tes t m em ber, gave a ta lk on map nav iga tion and then show ed a f ilm ca lled "C om e F ly w ith Me, D arlene ,” a te rr if ic f ilm fo r those w ho d o n ’t th in k they want to becom e in te rested in fly in g . The h ig h lig h ts o f the d in n e r were the b rie f ta lks g iven by our guests o f honour. They were M rs. L u c ille G rant, the f irs t C anadian stew ardess, she s ta rted w ith Trans Canada A ir lin e s in 1938. And M iss Frances O neson, the f irs t C anadian wom an A ir T ra ffic C on tro lle r. B o th these lad ies delivered d e lig h tfu l sagas o f th e ir ex­periences and answered a ll ou r cu riou s q u e s tions . O ur tu rn -o u t fo r th is surpassed ou r w ild e s t dream s and was such a

trem endous success th a t they hope we w ill a tte m p t ano ther.

A t ou r February m eeting to o k care of a ll pe rtin e n t bus iness and d iscussed com ing a c tiv it ie s . Jack de Bagheera w ho is the 49 ’/2er of G ise lle has taken over ope ra tion o f EDUCAIR a f l ig h t tra in in g en te rp rise in M ontrea l so plan a n ig h t of L IN K w ork soon . Plan to do som e a irp o rt m ark ing in the S pring . A lso d iscussed the S pring S ectiona l m eeting w h ich is to be a jo in t m ee ting w ith the W estern sec tion in W in n ip e g , h o s te d by th e W in n ip e g C hapter. H ope to be w e ll represented at it, and hope to see som e o f ou r A m erican 99s there a lso .

Western Canadian Section

GREATER W INNIPEG CHAPTER Marg. Rubin, Reporter

C O M E T O T H E FIRST ALL-CANADIAN

MEETING April 11 -1 3 , 1975

In Winnipeg

W e are busy o rgan iz ing the f irs t A ll- Canada m eeting to be held A p ril 11-13 at the H o liday Inn in W inn ipeg . As w e ll as p rov id ing an o p p o rtu n ity fo r the Eastern and W estern C anadian sec tio n s to meet and ho ld d iscu ss io n s , specia l a c tiv it ie s are being p lanned. We are loo k in g fo rw ard to m eeting a ll the m em bers and hope they can a ll a ttend .

In January, we w e lcom ed back R ose lla B jo rnson to the 99s . R ose lla is one o f the fo u n d in g m em bers o f the G reater W in ­n ipeg C hapter. She is cu rre n tly fly in g as f irs t o ff ic e r on the Fokker F-28 fo r T ransa ir L td . o u t o f W inn ipeg .

In D ecem ber, o u r chap te r hosted a C h ris tm a s party fo r ch ild ren from the S choo l fo r the Deaf. A fte r gam es and supper ou r m em bers fle w the ch ild ren over the c ity to view the C h ris tm as lig h ts . The ch ild ren rea lly en joyed the f l ig h ts s ince none o f them has ever flo w n before.

The C hapter is a lso occup ied w ith the Poker Derby to be held on June 14. Th is has becom e an annua l event fo r us. P ilo ts from a ll over the p rov ince w ill be par­t ic ip a tin g . A ga in , it p rom ises to be a su cce ss fu l, fu n -f ille d event fo r everyone.

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Australian Section

V____________________________/AUSTRALIAN SECTION

Rosemary Colm an, Reporter

The Lad ies ' N ig h t o f the A u s tra lia n In s it itu te o f N av iga tion was cha ired by 99 M argaret K en tley . The guest speaker was

M iss Isobel B ennett, one o f A u s tra lia ’s m ost d is tin g u is h e d m arine b io lo g is ts and an a u th o rity on the Great Barrier Reef. M iss B enne tt gave a p a rticu la rly in ­te re s tin g ta lk on how cora l reefs fo rm and how they g row n and show ed th is w ith s lid e s taken lo ca lly and from the air. The Coral Sea area is entrenched in A u s tra lia 's h is to ry , early in Capta in C ook 's voyages of d iscovery and la te r in the Coral Sea B attles o f ou r U n ited S ta tes A llie s .

C h ris tin e W ills , A u s tra lia 's G overnor is m aking an extensive fly in g to u r of A u s tra lia to v is it her w ide flu n g C om m ittee before ou r annua l general m ee ting . This m eeting is scheduled fo r Sunday 16 M arch, 1975 at 0800 hours at the Freeway M o te l-H o te l, Perth, W estern A u s tra lia . T h is date co in c id e s w ith the Annual G e n e ra l M e e tin g o f th e A u s tra l ia n W o m e n 's P i lo ts A s s o c ia t io n S ilv e r Ann ive rsa ry M eeting and a lso w ith the A u s tra lia n W om en P ilo ts N aviga tion Trial in r e c o g n it io n o f th e In te rn a t io n a l W o m e n ’s Y e a r. C h r is t in e w as a c ­com pan ied on th is tr ip by her brand new baby M arguerite Clare, w ho is bea u tifu l.

The papers are fu ll o f news about the record New S outh W ales A ir Race to be run M arch 22 from Sydney to N arrom ine and M a rch 23 c o n t in u in g N a r ro m in e to S um m erton . It was won last tim e by the 99s, so good lu ck th is tim e , g ir ls

There is a legend c irc u la tin g Sydney’s a ir f ie ld s o f a g ir l w ho boarded a lig h t a irc ra ft du ring the approach of C yclone Tracy in gale fo rce w in d s and saved one lig h t aerop lane from the devasta tion that fla tte ne d the C ity o f Darw in and sm ashed a ll a irc ra ft. She is said to have landed in Sydney five days la te r but no trace o f her name can be found .

The la te 99s, Ruth H odges and Pie G ursansky are to be rem em bered in a S cho la rsh ip w h ich w ill enable licensed p ilo ts to tra in tow a rds a C lass 4 Ins trum ent Rating.

99 Anne C arter is home a fte r f ly in g w ith Dr. W esse ll in the Baden Baden Rally, g a in ing 17th p lace over a ll, and 2nd in the

99 N ancy B ird W a lto n , cen tre , photographed dining out with 99 Mutz Trenze - Germany, left and Mrs. Alan Bean, wife of the U .S. Astronaut. Nancy opened her charming home to women pilots recently to entertain 99 Margaret Golledge of All Ohio Chapter. Nancy also held a Christm as Pool-side party which was most refreshing in Sydney’s hot summer, and recently gave a dinner party for Florence Beamon of Aloha Chapter.Photo - Courtesy of the Australian W om en’s W eekly.

Ladies' D iv is ion . In France she m et Joseph Marie de Beauregard and D an ie lle Decure.

W hirley G irl, Rosem ary H arris has ju s t renewed her h e licop te r ra ting in A de la ide , South A us tra lis . She to o k the o p p o rtu n ity to make con tac ts w ith m any w om en flie rs in the states she v is ited .

The Royal Aero C lub o f N .S .W . now has tw o wom en on the fly in g s ta ff.

Many 99s were am ong the g roup o f women p ilo ts and fr iends w ho toured the Hawker de Haviland e s ta b lish m e n t at Bankstow n, v iew ing C a ribous, DC3s, the boat bu ild in g d iv is io n and the d iv is io n responsib le fo r m an u fa c tu rin g the w ing ribs fo r Boeing 727s.

Canberra 99 Helen B lackburn is to u rin g the N orthern T e rrito ry and the fam ous B irdsv ille trac t. Dawn G regory is m oving to Perth but in tends to keep her nu rs ing and fly ing in te rests .

The Award fo r the best pe rfo rm ance by a woman p ilo t in 1974, was awarded by the R edcliffe Aero C lub to 99 V irg in ia G ilfe lt. She is com m enc ing w ork on her co m ­mercial su b jec ts . Pam B arlow and 491/2 Keith are departing from Q ueensland fo r the New Hebrides.

N ancy L e e b o ld s p o k e m o s t e n ­te rta in ing ly at the A v ia tion H is to rica l Society as guest speaker and am ongst th o s e p re s e n t w a s L a y n e G la n v il le W illiam s.

Overseas v is ito rs :A ir T ra ffic C o n tro lle r, C laud ia C arlson of

Santa C lara V a lley C hapter toured the K ingsfo rd S m ith , S ydney, C on tro l Tow er w ith S h irley H arris and Senja Robey.

Marion Zaegel, A laska C hap ter has been re n e w in g a c q u a in ta n c e w ith M a r ie R ichardson. M arion toured the East Coast of A us tra lia and tr ied S no rk lin g on the Great Barrier Reef. M urie l G uggo lz of Santa Fe area toured Tasm an ia and V ic ­to ria and is s tay ing w ith M arie on her way to Perth.

A m ino r invas ion (frie n d ly ) is expected in April when an A us tra lian F ly Y ourse lf T rip , arranged by w e ll know n A rth u r S hu tt, arrives from Los A ngeles.

Our b i-annua l S ectiona l m eeting is planned fo r A p ril and shou ld prove to be a trem endous am oun t o f fu n . 99s from all corners o f S outh A fr ica w ill congrega te in the pleasant su rro u n d in gs o f the H o liday Inn at Maseru.

I believe S heila S co tt is p lann ing a v is it to South A fr ica w ith in the next coup le of weeks. It w ou ld be m ost in te re s tin g if she cou ld be at ou r m ee ting to te ll us o f her la test a cco m p lish m e n ts and a m b itio n s .

Anneliese von -W allenberg-B aum and 49 '/2 K laus d e lig h t in f ly in g fo r bus iness as well as p leasure, in the rem ote arid areas

o f S outh W est A fr ica . She te lls me tha t the on ly d isag reem ents tha t they have is try in g to decide w h ich one o f them flie s the best!

Jenny Louw has been f ly in g a va rie ty of p lanes to G aberone, and Port E lizabeth recen tly , and looks fo rw ard to be ing able to do her tw in ra ting soon.

A uria l M ille r ju s t loves liv in g in Cape Tow n. One ca n ’t b lam e her e ithe r, fo r th is c ity , found on the S ou the rn t ip o f the C o n tin e n t o f A fr ica e n jo ys a M editerranean c lim a te , and can boast som e o f the m ost b e a u tifu l scenery o f o u r land. A u ria l has jo in e d the Cape A ir C lub and says th a t the e n thus iasm these p ilo ts share is m ost in fe c tio u s . So m uch so, th a t she w ent out and d id her n ig h t R ating soon a fte r “ jo in in g u p ." It is p o ss ib le th a t the next we hear of A u ria l w il l be th a t she has a C om m erc ia l L icense.

SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA SECTION Brigitte Hildebrandt, Reporter

I t ’s been a q u ie t tim e w ith very l i t t le by way o f f ly in g a c tiv it ie s to report from ou r end, bu t fa in t s t ir r in g s are being de tected at a ll co rners o f 'S ou th C entra l A fr ic a , ’ w h ich augur w e ll fo r the fu tu re .

The S outh A frican g ir ls spent an ex­ce p tio n a lly in te re s tin g - and u se fu l-day at W a te rk lo o f A ir fo rce base near P re to ria tow ards the end o f las t year. ’H igh A lt itu d e N a v ig a tio n ’ was the to p ic o f a lec tu re but, in te re s tin g th o ug h it was, it c o u ld n 't m atch the fa sc in a tio n o f the M irage S im u la to r w h ich som e o f us were a c tu a lly a llow ed to a tte m p t to f ly . And a tte m p t is the w ord - the a n tic s reflec ted on the in ­s trum e n ts o u ts id e (c r it ic a lly w atched by p re s e n t ly n o n -b a t t l in g 99s ) w e re so m e th in g to beho ld . That was as c lose as we are lik e ly to get to the real th in g fo r the tim e be ing , as ou r a irfo rce adheres s tr ic t ly to the reg u la tio n no t to take wom en up in m ilita ry a irc ra ft. On the o the r hand, however, we were amazed and very pleased indeed at the genu ine in te res t taken in o u r a im s. If ever a g e t-to g e the r w ith a h ith e rto very rem ote and v ita lly im p o rta n t body co m m itte d to av ia tion fos te red in s ig h t and m utua l unde rs ta n d in g , th is was it ! C red it to Ing rid H einz fo r paving the way.

The R hodes ians m anaged to get in a h e lico p te r ride when they v is ite d a c rop - sp ray ing concern in February to be in it ia te d in to the in tr ica c ie s of th is spec ia lised k ind o f f ly in g .

A n o th e r v is i t o r fro m th e S ta te s , C harm ian B yers-Jones managed to meet bo th the S ou th A frica n 99 ’s and the F lam e L ilie s o f o u r sec tio n w ith in a few days o f each o th e r (som e th in g w h ich som e o f ou r S outh A frica n based m em bers are s t i l l try in g to a ch ieve ...) She w as very w e lcom e indeed and we hope she en joyed her jou rney.

In fu tu re I’ ll have to issue a d irec tive to p lease stage m a jo r events in f ly in g careers a l i t t le fu rth e r away from the report dead line. I had c o n firm a tio n an hou r ago th a t Ing rid H einz has ob ta ined her In s tru m e n t R ating . C o n g ra tu la tio n s , th a t’s a great s tr ide fo rw a rd ! Everyone please no te th a t she has o ffe red to teach the rest o f us h o w ..!

South A frican Section

SOUTH AFRICAN SECTION Merle Ball, Reporter

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Middle East SectionDELAWARE - MARYLAND

PENNSYLVANIA - VIRGINIA

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER Mary Galbraith, Reporter

O ur January m eeting was held at the love ly 200 year o ld hom e of Mary and Jim H u ll w h ich they are cu rre n tly res to ring . Ten m em bers were present. P lans were d iscussed on the S pring S ectiona l as ou r C hapter w ill host th is event fo r the M idd le East S ec tion to be held at the new co n ­ven tion cen te r in Hershey, Pa. F o llow in g the m eeting and a d e lic io u s ham luncheon we en joyed an auc tio n of a rtic les donated by the g ir ls . "B o o ts " Husted was our capable a uc tionee r and the proceeds fa ttened o u r treasury.

F ebruary 's m eeting was w e ll a ttended as everyone w as eager to help prepare d eco ra tio n s and cen terp ieces fo r ou r fo r th ­co m ing S ec tiona l. The en tire m eeting co n s is te d o f c u tt in g , pasting and p lann ing fo r th is event. We p red ic t it w ill be fu ll o f d e lig h tfu l su rp rises and one you w ill long rem em ber. Two prospective m em bers, B e tty Parthem er and Lynn O’Donnel were a lso on hand to help.

In M ay, o u r m em bers are a n tic ip a tin g a Safety C lin ic sponsored by ou r Centra l Pa. C hap ter and P iper A irc ra ft. A lice Fuchs is C ha irm an fo r the event and she w ill be ass is ted by 49'/2 B ill. M any in te res ting th in g s are p lanned fo r th is c lin ic and your reporte r w ill have m ore at a la te r date.

W hat ou r m em bers have been d o in g : Carol W in d so r, ou r cha irm an , has recently f in ish e d teach ing CAP g round schoo l fo r private p ilo t and w ill begin ano the r soon. Joyce W illia m so n has been appo in ted to the s ta ff o f CAP G roup 1300 as Aerospace E duca tion O ffice r. Her husband, Ken, Is

Marion Garberick and Helen Sheffer ad­miring their work during airmarking.

Central Pa. Chapter members airmarking at Oregon Hill

D e p u ty G ro u p C o m m a n d e r. M a r io n G arberick resigned her p o s itio n as G roup C om m ander and at the same tim e that po s itio n was assum ed by 49'/z Jack.

Ann Turley and 491/2 M ajor T urley are cu rre n tly w o rk ing on th e ir in s trum en t ticke ts . Debbie B a rto le t and Ronnie Johnson were recen tly hosp ita lized .

Mary and Bob G a lb ra ith returned from a m onth long tr ip to the w estern s ta tes in the ir Navion R angem aster. They v is ite d in New M exico, C o lo rado and M ontana. It was the ir f irs t encoun te r w ith m oun ta in fly in g .

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SECTION Gail Lingo, Reporter

Our very ha rd -w ork ing Kate M acario and fa m ily were f in a lly caught up w ith and given a very deserving award fo r th e ir c o n trib u tio n to a v ia tion . The C hester C ounty P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n awarded a beau tifu l p laque to Kate, 49'/2er Tom and sons M ichae l, M atthew and Mark fo r th e ir en thus iasm , d e d ica tion and many hours of ha rd w o rk o v e r th e p a s t y e a rs . C o n g ra tu la tio n s to a w onde rfu l f ly in g fa m ily o f w hom we are a ll very proud.

A t the sam e tim e we were pleased to have ano the r m em ber o f o u r C hapter, Anna Spivey, g iven an award w ith the same honors fo r her w ork and many hours of devo tion at C heste r C oun ty A irp o rt.

Fran W rig h t, ou r fly in g G randm othe r from Lancaster ju s t returned from fly in g her 172 to Key W est, F la ., s to p p ing at F lorence, N .C ., Boca Ratan and St. Petersburg enrou te . In Decem ber she a lso flew her plane to W e llsv ille , N .Y. to go deer h u n ting . She d id n ’t get one but next ye a r...Q u ite a ga l!

C indy and A rt B re tna ll had a vaca tion fly in g th e ir T w in -C om m anche to A baco in the Baham as where they stayed fo r a week.

Edie and J im B u lli t t took th e ir fo u r ch ild ren in th e ir Cherokee to V erm ont over the W ash ing ton B irthday w e e ke n d -h a d w onde rfu l s k iin g w ith an abundance of snow .

W anda Hansen de livered a car to San A n to n io w h ile 4 9 ’/2er Fred flew the N avion. A fte r several days o f bad w eather they were able to return hom e in th e ir fa ith fu l fly in g m achine.

Yvette H ortm an took her ch ild ren to A spen, C o lo ., over the C h ris tm as ho lid a ys fo r the ir f irs t ven ture in sk iin g .

Adele and Sid Parsons flew to New O rleans fo r som e Post G raduate w ork and to see the M ardi Gras.

The w rite r and 491/2er Jack ju s t returned from a great fly in g vaca tion to Ft. M yers, F la. We w ent a ll the way the day we p lanned and returned the day we p lan ­n e d ...C A V U ...d id n ’t have to leave the Navion in any strange a irpo rts th is tr ip . O ops— the fo llo w in g weekend A lice and Ray M eisenhe im er and the L ingos fle w to New H am psh ire fo r som e sk iin g and guess w ha t-the Navion is t i l l tied dow n in Keene, N .H . because o f ra in, fog and ha il.

W e are proud to say we have tw o new F lig h t In s tru c to rs ...B e th W h irle in and Brenda H ildeb rand t. Joan Jones a lso passed her C om m erc ia l on 2-22 in a

Cherokee A rrow . Joan B ertles is now a FAA F lig h t E xam iner fo r Private and C om m erc ia l and based at M ercer C ounty A irp o rt, T ren ton, N .J.

O ur new est m em ber is a gal from Newark, D ela., Anne G russem eyer w ho f lie s a 172 from O xfo rd (Pa.) A irp o rt. Anne is A ss is ta n t M anager at the W ilm in g to n S avings Fund S oc ie ty .

A nne S h ie lds had the o p p o rtu n ity to show ou r A m e lia Earhart f ilm and spoke to a loca l NOW g roup in January. (N a tiona l O rgan iza tion o f W om en)

O ur N ovem ber m ee ting was held at Lancaste r A irp o rt us ing Lancaste r A v ia tion fa c ilit ie s . A fte r the bus iness m eeting we show ed the f ilm “ Pow der P u ff fo r Joan ’’ and had lunch at the S tockya rd Inn. W hat a love ly jo b Fran W rig h t d id o rgan iz ing th is m eeting .

January m ee ting day b ro u g h t snow , s lee t and rain bu t s t i l l 30 s tou thea rted ga ls tu rned o u t at P o tts to w n M un ic ipa l A irp o rt to show E ileen Reider a ll her p lans and a rrangem ents were not in va in . Everyone en joyed the f ilm o f the 1972 T erm inus at Tom s River, N .J. PPD.

W e m et in February at F rank lin In s titu te , P h ilade lph ia , and had a to u r o f the H all o f A v ia tio n and viewed the f ilm “ 48 hours Coast to C o a s t.” C apta in Ralph Barnaby was ou r h os t and was ass is ted by ou r m em ber Mary R o b in s o n -e x c e lle n t a t­tendance.

MARYLAND CHAPTER Paulette Jones, Reporter

MD 99 J il l B row n is the f irs t b lack w om an in the na tion to be en lis te d in the US Navy’s f lig h t tra in in g p rogram . She is the dau gh te r o f Mr. and M rs. G ilb e rt B row n o f M ille rs v ille , MD - bo th p ilo ts . Her m othe r, E la ine, was a lso a MD 99. M iss B row n was one o f fo u r c iv ilia n s chosen when the Naval f l ig h t tra in in g program was reopened fo r e ig h t m ore w om en th is year.

J il l earned her private p ilo t license from Lee A irp o rt. She began o ff ic e r tra in in g at N ew port, Rl, in Novem ber 1974, and w ill en ter Navy f l ig h t tra in in g at Pensaco la , FL, in A p ril o r May 1975. A fte r fu rth e r f lig h t tra in in g at C orpus C h r is ti, TX, J i l l w ill be q u a lif ie d to f ly fixe d w ing a irc ra ft - e ithe r tran sp o rt or w eather service planes.

O the r 99 ’s stayed busy in January w ith a b oo th at the W om en ’s Fa ir in the P im lico C lubhouse . W ith good w eather on the way, p lans are be ing s ta rted fo r several a ir- m ark ings , b a llo o n in g and an APT day.

Sally W illiam s and Barbara Marder were on duty in the Maryland 99s booth at the W O M A N ’S FAIR held in the clubhouse of Pimlico Race Course. Thousands attended the one day affair; many were introduced to the 99s and women in aviation. Also on duty at the booth throughout the day were Chairman Rene Birch, Donna Hawkins, Barbara Feader and June ffanson.

VIR G IN IA CHAPTER Kendra J. Roth, Reporter

You are r ig h t. We d id n ’t a ll f ly to the 99 m eeting in C aro line S ch u tts “ dream m ach in e ." But it makes a n ice background fo ra p ic tu re o f us w ho fle w in to Luray fo r the Nov. get toge the r.

To say Jan. 18th was a ll w e t, is an unders ta tem en t! D esp ite the weather, m any m em bers m et at the Hanover A irp o rt and lunched at the H o liday Inn. Our C ha irm an, Carol M athew s, announced that the ra ffle t ic k e ts fo r the five band radio were ava ilab le to se ll. The d raw ing w ill be M arch 15. We hope to raise m oney to pay o u r in co rp o ra tin g fee. Carol a lso an­nounced tha t she and her 4 9 Vi are ex­p ec ting a baby. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to you bo th . Ju s t th in k , a 24% .

Then cam e Feb. and a tim e to meet at Sky Bryce, the a irp o rt w ith a sk i s lope fo r a n e ig h bo r and, you guessed it, a w eather p rob lem . A few ga ls m anaged to meet at the p lanned tim e . O thers found them ­se lves ta lk in g to various approachs center and to w e r c o n tro lle rs . M arch has go t to be be tter. A fte r a ll, the w eather has o n ly one way to go.

D o ttie H artle is trave ling a round Europe w h ile her Navy 4 9 1/2 is seeing Europe via a irc ra ft ca rrie r. She p lans to ca ll 99s in the various co u n tr ie s she v is its .

Jan ie A llen is in s tru c tin g people in the C arbonda le , III. area in the new spo rt o f o rie n te rr in g . T h is is a race in w h ich the c o n te s ta n ts d isappear in to the w oods, earring a m ap and a com pass. They depart

Outgoing Governor of the M iddle East Section Jackie Scott(D.C) passes the gavel to new Governor Maryann Jessup Mac- conochie (Va.) with Treasurer Boots Husted (Central Pa.) and Secretary Doris Jacobson (M d) at Fall Sectional meeting in Pittsburgh.

L to R,49'/2 Phil Birch, Md 99 Chairman Rene Birch, Ginny Vogel, Lenora Eaton, Monica Reilly, and Doris Jacobson at Greater Pittsburgh Chapter's first Sectional— Fall1974. They did a great job as hostesses!

at two to five m inu te in te rva ls search ing fo r con tro l p o in ts w h ich w ill lead them to the fin ish line.

O ur C hapter was represented at the I.W .Y. in Jan. by M ary Ann Jesup M cConochie, Luci T hom pson , Rosemary Conaster and Anna M arie Foqua.

In March, we w ill v is it Navy squadron VRC-40 at N .A .S . N o rfo ld . The squardon 's Executive O ffice r, C om m ander Roth, w ill give us a to u r and show a m ovie on Naval Avia tion .

April w ill be a poker run. G ood w eather has been requested so th a t ou r new est member, K im W a ld rop , can e n joy a day of fly ing along w ith the rest o f us.

Caroline Schutt (Bay Cities Chapter) stands in the door of her airplane, while Virginia Chapter 99s group for a picture before flying home.

W A SH IN G TO N , D.C.Gladys E. W ise, Interim Reporter

The In te rna tiona l W om en ’s Year Take-o ff Dinner, reported e lsew here in th is e d itio n , was the cu lm in a tio n o f in tense December and January a c tiv ity . Specia l thanks go to Fay W ells , w ho p robab ly has done m ore to encourage wom en in av ia tion than anyone e lse . Ire n e W ir ts c h a f te r , d in n e r c o - chairm an w ith her Z on ta coun te rpa rt, spent many long hours in the e ffo rt, a long w ith s ta lw a rts Jean Ross Howard, Fran Nolde, Mary Jo O liver, B lanche N oyes, and many o thers . Helen W ray and Helen H ew itt o f the Shreveport C hapter flew up fo r the event bearing a p roc la m a tio n from th e ir Mayor. Soon a fte r arriva l, they presented them selves at Take-o ff headquarters and went to w ork, w o rk ing a ll th ro u g h the day on Saturday before the d inner.

Our February m eeting was held at Jo Eddelm an’s house. J o ’s book, COWS ON THE RUNW AY, is ju s t o ff the presses and she was k ind enough no t o n ly to host the m eeting, bu t to in sc rib e the book. We recom m end it to a ll N ine ty N ines. It is absorb ing reading.

Irene W irts c h a fte r gave a de ta iled a fte r­action report on the IWY takeo ff d inner, fo llow ed by Fay W e lls , w ho is now deeply involved in a d isp la y o f the N ine ty N ines ' B icen tenn ia l S ta r p rogram . A fte r being opened to the p u b lic here, the d isp la y w ill be made ava ilab le as o ften as poss ib le to o ther chap ters and se c tio n s . Proceeds from the IWY Takeoff d in n e r are fin a n c in g th is , as w e ll as a hea lthy c o n trib u tio n ($300) to the In te rna tiona l Forest o f F riendsh ip -- part o f the D.C. C hapter's co n tin u ing e ffo rt to m ake the n a tio n ’s 200th b irthday a m em orab le - and rem em bering year fo r N ine ty N ines everywhere.

Any m eeting is a success when ou r charter m em bers B lanche Noyes and Fay

W e lls are presen t. The February m eeting was no tab le , to o , fo r new faces. We were d e lig h ted to have C ourtney Evans, from the A u s tra lia S ec tion , as ou r gues t. D oris M. C anter becam e ou r new est fu ll- fle d g e d m em ber; Dabney Hart ou r new est transfe r, from Eastern P ennsy lvan ia ; and three p rospective m em bers jo ined us fo r th e ir f irs t m ee ting , K a thy Lehm an, V ick i L. M cQueen and Mary F rances S ilitc h (M ary F rances is w ith the N a tiona l P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n ). Janet B a tte rby and R uth F reck le ton , w hom we have not seen in som e tim e , were am ong the m em bers at th is large tu rn o u t.

It m ust have been J o ’s b o o k ; the overlong bus iness m ee ting co u ld not have a ttrac ted so m any, bu t we d id a cco m p lish som e im p o rta n t w ork. O ur nom inees fo r In te rna tiona l O ffice are Mary C lark, Hazel B a rto le t and Jack ie S co tt. Helen Delaney agreed to take on s la te p repara tion fo r next season's C hapter o ffic e s . O ur fle d g lin g speaker’s bureau g o t o ff the g round w ith a sm all s tab le o f speakers, to ta lk to in ­c reas ing ly receptive aud iences about general a v ia tio n , w om en in av ia tio n , and N ine ty N ines. O ur base line b rie fin g is loaned to us from G A M A . We inv ite in q u iries from in te rested chapters.

S pring is a lm o s t here, and Bea W ild e r and B e tty F ische r have set up o u r f irs t 1975 f ly - in to S m ith v ille , M arch 16.

New Y o rk-N ew Jersey SectionNEW YORK - NEW JERSEY

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Dolores Jane Zilincar, Reporter

On January 12th we were guests at H am m onton A irp o rt opera ted by G eorge A rs lan ian Jr. A fte r ou r spo t land ing c o n tes t, w on by D olores Z ilin ca r, we had a m eeting w ith g ues ts M ayor and M rs. C lark o f H am m on ton . M r. M arvin S m a ll, ou r guest speaker, en livened the a fte rnoon w ith h is appra isa l o f the b e n e fits derived from a ll phases o f av ia tion .

C ha irm an, C la ire K urica , co n duc ted the m eeting and o f f ic ia lly announced S m ith ­v ille A irp o rt as the s ite o f ou r 1975 GARDEN STATE 300. The da te is Satur­day, June 7th with the 8th as rain date. D eadline fo r en try is May 10th. (send one d o lla r fo r you r k it to Jan is B lackburn , C ha irm an .) C o m m itte e C hairm en in c lu d e : R ules, A lice H am m ond ; E n tries , Dana M ack; Im pound , S tephana G redsted ; R eg is tra tio n , E d y th e F e in ; T ra nspo rta tion , M ary R. M yers ; Banquet, C la ire K urica and D olores Z ilin c a r; Judges, C h icky A lp e r; R oute, G race M cG uire and K itty P ankow ; Program , Judy M e ltsn e r; and Aw ards, Sandy Duma.

N ew s: D iane Shaw passed the in ­s trum e n t w r itte n . Mary Rose M yers, Roz Lavin, E dythe Fein and W anda M am m el are w o rk in g on in s tru m e n t ra tings , Bea C overdale, C la ire K urica and S tephana G redsted are APT, G race M cG uire passed her CFI w ritte n and K itty Pankow is a fu ll

fledged 99. Roz Lavin and her 491/2 flew th e ir Cherokee to the Baham as and Dana Mack ju s t returned from a f lig h t to F lorida . W h ile on a w in te r vaca tion to San Juan and o ther Is lands, C h ick ie A lper reported fly in g P rina ir C om m ute r w h ich was p ilo ted by a lady named Judy S tan ton . Judy ha ils from San F ranc isco , has been fly in g o n ly five years and has a ll her ratings. Now there 's an in sp ira tio n fo r a ll wom en co n tem p la tin g a career in av ia tion .

O ur February m eeting at M illv ille , New Jersey began w ith the w eather crash ing dow n ju s t m om ents a fte r o u r w indy spo t land ing co n tes t. W anda M am m el and 49'/2 Lew is were undaunted by the fr ig id air. The w inne r th is tim e was Dolores Z ilin ca r and s ince the d is ta ffe rs were far ou tnum bered in the co n te s t, we m ust co n c lude that a certa in gender is m ore than ho ld in g its ’ ow n. C o m p e tit io n never hurts .

N ow fo r the ou ts tan d in g news - ou r p rogram fo r the day was devoted ex­c lu s ive ly to the even tfu l and n o s ta lg ic 92 year fly in g careers o f our spa rk ling A lice H am m ond and her 49'/2 John. S ince the program w as so ex trao rd inary we sha ll not a tte m p t to cover it here, but sha ll o ffe r it as a specia l report to a ll ou r 99s at som e fu tu re date in the 99 News. A lice has k in d ly consented to a llow you r reporte r to w rite a pe rso n a lity p ro file , w h ile m odestly w ondering if her a c tiv itie s s ince the beg inn ing o f her fly in g career in the tw e n tie s w ou ld be o f s u ffic ie n t in te res t to the readers. Any lady w ho is considered a p ioneer in av ia tion , w ho has been in such spec tacu la r com pany as A m e lia Earhart and Ruth N ich o ls , and w ho has been a past In te rna tiona l P resident of the 99s doesn ’t have to do any th ing . Jus t sparkle! And th a t's the tru th .

GREATER NEW YORK CHAPTER Julie vom Saal, Reporter

On January 15th we los t a very dear and ded ica ted 99 Lo is Fairbank to New H orizons. Lo is jo ined the 99s in 1943, was tw ice G overnor p lus m any, m any im ­portan t co m m itte e s . Last year, though ill, she aga in served as ou r C hapter Secretary. Lo is and her M other tru ly loved a ll 99s. I w ou ld like to say God B less to ano the r fine ded ica ted 99 and her 491/2, Barbara and Ed Evans w ho eased L o is 's p rob lem s and pain d u ring her long illn e ss . We a ll extend ou r deepest sym pa thy to Lo is 's M other.

T h is w ill be a sho rt p ro file on Sally B uege le isen , C hapter V ice-C ha irm an, fo r you w ill be reading a longer one in her book “ In to The W in d " w h ich relates the life , tr ia ls and tr iu m p h s of ou r beloved Max C onrad. A MUST fo r you r av ia tion lib ra ry. Sa lly has m any ta len ts . Her f irs t p rio r ity is husband A b b o tt, then M other, teacher, w rite r and au tho r. It is no suprise tha t she is a m em ber of the A v ia tion Space W rite rs A sso c ., A u th o r ’s G u ild and W ACO A. Her fr ien d s say she has a w ell earned t it le of “ racon teu r ex tra o rd in a ire ” andean w h ip up a d ish to d e lig h t the m ost d isce rn ing gourm et. T ru ly a 99 w ho wears m any hats.

We had a fun Xm as n ite at ou r C hapter C ha irm an ’s hom e in B ronxv ille , N .Y. The S p ro u l’s de livered a ll Xm as p resents to the C h ild re n ’s W ard at Bellevue Hosp. NYC, a

pro jec t o f ou r C hapter w h ich was s tarted by Ruth N icho ls .

Doris R e n n in g e ra n d I a ttended the k ick- o ff banquet in W ash. D.C. w h ich began In te rna tiona l W om en ’s Year. The f irs t m on th , January began by a sa lu te to wom en in a v ia tion . They chose to co m ­m e m o ra te A m e lia E a rh a r t ’s re c o rd breaking f l ig h t from H o n o lu lu to O akland.

We are a ll im pressed w ith our B a llo o n is t, Penny A m ab ile w ho has a lso passed her In s trum en t In s tru c to rs w ritte n and d u ring N ovem ber spen t three days at W elles ley C ollege Careers C onference m eeting w ith s tu d en ts in te rested in av ia tion as a career.

Ruth W entz is rep resenting the 99s and wom en in av ia tion by a ss is tin g a g roup of Exp lorers, Boy S cou ts o f A m erica at Som erset A irp o rt in N .J.

Jan. 19th D oris R enn inger, W h ir l-G ir l No. 59 flew to a ttend the 20th Ann iversary “ H overing " at A nahe im , C a lif. D oris flew both a Jet Ranger and an Enstrom and a lso had rides in tw o French H e licop te rs , a Dauphin and Gazella.

O ur new C hapter Secretary Sharon C onover and husband fille d tw o em pty seats o f an Aztec from Teterboro , N .J. to Nassau and happy Sharon added seven beau tifu l le ft hand seat hours to her log.

W elcom e to o u r new m em bers: A lison H o lland , N .Y .C ., Sara Rose Neubauer, B ronx, N .Y. Joyce Green, Chappaqua, N .Y ., D oro thy F reydberg, W h ite P la ins, N .Y. and Carol Ja reck i, recent trans fe r from G erm any w ho now lives in Rye, N .Y. If I have inc luded everyone, ou r m em ­bersh ip now to ta ls 43.

As the w eather here is m iserab le I plan to brush the ice and snow o ff my fa ith fu l Cessna 206 and have fly in g fun w ith my F lo rida friends .

LONG ISLAND CHAPTER Anita Coderre, Reporter

Daisy Poss passed her C om m ercia l w ritten and is c o n tin u in g to get the rest of the ra tings. Passing a lso was M in i C la rem ont w ith her Ins trum en t. Ida Van S m ith , F lig h t C lubs s ta rted on a p ro jec t to w ork w ith New York F am ily C ourts and ch ild ren w ho have had a brush w ith the law. A lice B o rodk in is w o rk in g w ith Ida by to u rin g the sch o o ls and ta lk in g to c lasses about careers in a v ia tion .

C atch ing up on som e late ho liday news, the Long Is land C hapter had th e ir C h ris tm as Party at Ruth D obrescu 's “ G overnor’s M an s io n .” N ico le R odecki to ld us she has been shopp ing fo r a su ita b le DC-3 to tran sp o rt her fa m ily (6 ch ild ren ) fo r a C h ris tm as vaca tion in upsta te New York! They f in a lly had to resort to d riv ing by au to fo r a fu n -f ille d 4 days o f w in te r spo rts .

The Long Is land C hap ter co n trib u te d $60.00 to the St. C h ris to p h e r’s H om e in Sea C lif f , Long Is land at C hris tm as. P resenta tion was made by R uth D obrescu, A lice B orodk in and D oris A bbate . They were given a to u r and were m ost im pressed w ith the lov ing care g iven these ch ild ren . The m oney was g ra te fu lly accepted, to be used fo r p rogram s o f deve lopm en t fo r w h ich they cannot use s ta te funds , (the

State p rov ides o n ly food and c lo th in g ). These are hard to place ch ild ren and ch ild ren w ho w ill s tay there te m p o ra rily u n til p rob lem s at hom e are resolved.

The Long Is land C hap ter o ff ic ia lly w e lcom es Lorre Ness as o u r newest m em ber.

NEW YORK CAPITAL DISTRICT CHAPTER Peg W eiss, Reporter

Ju s t because you r new reporte r was a l i t t le s lo w g e ttin g s ta rted , d o n ’t th in k the chap te r was. O ur new s la te o f o ffic e rs Nancy F itz ro y , Ann M atthew s, B e tty E ll io tt and Helen F ans le r have led us th ro u g h a busy fa ll and w in te r.

C ha irm an N ancy F itz roy and you r repo rte r were a ll set fo r an early ta ke o ff on a CAVU day to the fa ll se c tio n m ee ting in New Jersey when a m a lfu n c tio n in g brake aborted the p lans. The de lay fo r repairs prec luded ou r m aking the m ee ting , so we fle w to Keene, New H am psh ire fo r a m arve lous lo b s te r lunch . N ot a bad s u b s titu te fo r a d isa p p o in te d crew !

C hapter m em bers had a great op ­p o rtu n ity to evaluate th e ir in s tru m e n t fly in g s k ills when Bob R osencrantz gave us fu ll use o f tw o ATC s im u la to rs fo r ou r O c tober m ee ting .

O ur Novem ber m eeting was cance lled to a llo w us to jo in w ith the loca l un it o f PATCO and o the r C ap ita l D is tr ic t p ilo ts fo r an in fo rm a tive p ilo t-c o n tro lle r sem inar.

January 11th inaugura ted the beg inn ing o f In te rn a tio n a l W om en 's Year, and Nancy F itz roy , JoA nn Perko, Ann M atthew s and L illia n R oylance represented the N ine ty- N ines at the loca l Z on ta m ee ting to com m em ora te the event.

The flu bug fo rced ca n ce lla tio n o f our February m ee ting . In M arch w e 'll have a superb program about w hat it was like to rea lly f ly the o ld m ail routes.

C ap ita l D is tr ic t is on the move as a chap te r, and so are its in d iv id u a l m em ­bers. N ancy F itz roy flie s her C essna 310 to eng inee ring m ee tings . L illia n Roylance and Peg W eiss fle w in L i l ’s D ebonair to E lm ira to v is it Ralph H aeslop o f the A m erican Bonanza S oc ie ty and then to B ing h a m to n fo r lunch . R uth and Rob Green fle w th e ir S kym aste r to St. Peter­sbu rg , F lo r id a on bus iness and to en joy som e o f th a t sunsh in e . Ruth te lls us o f the great a c tiv it ie s o f the G rasshoppers . Joan and G eorge G annon, w ith p ilo t fr ien d Em il M cKay, flew the G annon ’s Baron to Fort Lauderda le and Port C ha rlo tte , Fla.

The N ortheast w ill soon be free o f the icy g rip o f w in te r, and once m ore the sk ies w ill beckon e n tic in g ly .

PALISADES CHAPTER Helen Egan Levy, Reporter

Top O ’ the M o rn in ’ to you a ll! Shure and th e L e p re c h a u n s have w o rk e d th e ir m a g ic .. . .w ith a wee b it o f he lp from ou r devoted m em bers. W ou ld you be lieve the 25 cha rte r m em bers have increased to 27 and the en thu s ia sm o f a d e lig h tfu l g roup have tipped th e ir ra inbow s to 27 p rospects . O ur th in k in g is to sp o n so r each p rospect, one fo r one!

We m ig h t be a new one, but 't is a f ly in g ' and, r ig h t now , one o f the sw im m in g e s t

C hapters, desp ite the co ld , fo g gy , N orth . A sp lash party held at B e tty Lou H u b in ’s (and 491/2, Tom ) was ou r February m ee ting . G eorge Meade, “ T ra ffic Eye in the S ky” , de ta iled tra ffic c o n d it io n s in the New York M etro p o lita n Area w h ile he flies W O R -A M ’s H e lico p te r 710. We learned of the tra ff ic p rob lem s, and ga ined h in ts on tow e r c o m m u n ica tio n and low f ly in g in m arg ina l w eather, a no-go fo r ou r non­h e lico p te r p ilo ts .

K udos to Peggy N aum ann, C FII, ATP, and FAA Designated P ilo t Exam iner, all w h ile tak ing tim e o u t to add a fu tu re 99 to ou r area. Rebecca, born in January, has a lready taken her f irs t ride in an a irp lane and spends her tim e at L ibe rty A v ia tion , C a ld w e ll-W righ t A irp o rt, w ith her s is te r and M other, C h ie f P ilo t fo r L .A . C larice B e llin o and her 491/2, Joe, flew to Exum a in January and upon return bo th obta ined th e ir m u lti-e n g in e ra tings. Jeann S ilver, in sp ite o f h o sp ita liza tio n co m p lica tio n s , received her G lide r, Sea, M u lti-E ng in e and In s tru m e n t ra tings . B e tty Lou H ubin co n tin ue s upgrad ing even a fte r receiv ing h e r S ea, C o m m e rc ia l, G lid e r and In s tru m e n t ra tings . M ick i Thom as has C om m erc ia l, In s trum en t and M u lti-E ng ine . Lou ise G alfas keeps a ll her ra tings, C om m erc ia l, Ins trum en t, C FII, ex tra ­cu rren t as a sa lesm an fo r W ig g in s A irw ays (N .Y . Piper). A nge la Kovacs w ith her CFI an d C o m m e rc ia l is in u n d a te d w ith s tu d e n ts at the new ly-fo rm ed Teterboro F lig h t A cadem y, both by fly in g and teach ing g round schoo l. P .A .M . C rouch, inactive , h o ld s a C om m ercia l ra ting . Kay B r ic k , h o ld in g C o m m e rc ia l and In s tru m e n t, is kept active as a D irec to r o f N .P .A . Selm a Cronan has her C om m ercia l. B lossom F riedm an, V icky Searles and your reporte r are co n ce n tra tin g on ins trum en t ra tin g s ! 11

B etty Lou H ub in helped ce lebra te 1975 In te rn a tio n a l W om en 's Year by b ring ing the 99s to the fo re fro n t fo r "Z o n ta ” . Helen Egan Levy, b rough t the 99s past, present and fu tu re to the M id -A tla n tic P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n , a g roup b ring in g sa fe ty to all p ilo ts in o u r area. W ith the ass is tance of ou r C ha irm an , B e tty B arlia , the M APA g roup viewed the 1972 Pow der P u ff Derby f ilm . A ll p resent were e n th u s ia s tic about the a cco m p lish m e n ts o f, and reason for, be ing N in e ty -N in es .

A nd a b less in g to you a ll. . . .M a y the sky rise to m eet you . May the w in d be a lw ays at you r back. May the sun sh ine warm upon you r face, the ra ins fa ll so ft upon you r f ie ld s , and u n til we m eet aga in , may God ho ld you in the palm o f H is hand.

Helen Egan Levy News Editor - 99 News New York-New Jersey Section Palisades Chapter

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CONNECTICUT CHAPTER Vivian Utko, Reporter

Our January m eeting day was a day to remember. The m ee ting covered a lo t o f business and was h ig h lig h te d by the add ition o f tw o new m em bers. We are proud to announce : C laud ia S tua rt, RFD No. 2 Box 66 S to n in g to n , C onn. 06378 and Sue C ostanzi, 9 5 ’/2 Great P la in Rd., Danbury, Conn. W e lcom e! F o llo w in g the m eeting we proceeded to H ote l Sonesta in H artfo rd fo ra jo in t luncheon to launch IWY in the sta te o f C o n n e c ticu t. Those present were the area Z on tia n s and the Conn. C hapter 99s p lus the c ity ’s M ayor and o ther c ity and s ta te representa tives. The a ffa ir was h ig h lig h te d by tw o speakers one being S is te r Mary E llen M urphy w ho as a co nsu ltan t to NASA on the recent m oon exp lo ra tions, exp la ined w ith s lides the find in g s and w o rk in g s o f the f l ig h ts to the m oon. She was m ost fa sc in a tin g . The other speaker, ou r N ancy T ier (charter member), spoke of A m e lia Earhart, her flig h t, and her goal as a w om an and her great in sp ir in g s p ir it fo r the freedom o f the air. A ll in a ll it was a day to rem em ber and Mary S cribne rs p lann ing m ade it so, especia lly o b ta in in g TV coverage o f the event. To top it a ll o u r chap te r received an o ffic ia l p roc la m a tio n to IWY from the s ta tes ’ f irs t wom an G overnor, Gov. E lla Grasso.

At th is w r it in g , ou r cha irm an , Evelyn Kropp is recupera ting from surgery and we’re a ll w ish in g her the speediest recovery.

L to R Mary Scribner, Chairman Evelyn Kropp, and Nancy Tier (Charter Member), receiv ing the o ff ic ia l p ro c la m atio n beginning International W om ans’ Year in Conn., from the states’ first woman Governor.

Four o f o u r m em bers had the o p ­po rtu n ity to view the early s tages in the m aking o f the new A .E . M edal. B obbie Herbert, Nancy T ier, A udrey Sweet and Vivian U tko v is ited the M ed a llic A rts Corp. in Danbury, C onn. and had a com p le te to u r of the processes involved in m anu fac tu ring com m em orative m edals. W h ile we were there the A .E . M edal was in the process of being scaled dow n from i t ’s o rig ina l d ra ft to actual size. It was a ll very in te res ting and fun to see the various s tages o f the p roduction o f the m edals, and the m eta ls them selves.

Laurie Spence fle w to F la. d u rin g the h o lid a ys , v is it in g m any fa m ily m em bers a long the w ay. S tops inc luded W ash. D .C ., Delray Beach, and Lakeland. Then on to Key W est w here there were a record num ber o f v is ito rs fo r the season.

Ruth C row e ll Z im m erm an has been se lected "C F I o f the Year” fo r the New England R egion. R uth , one o f ou r very active m em bers, is a f l ig h t in s tru c to r at B rad ley In tn 'l A irp o rt w ith a w ho le lis t o f ra tings . C ongra ts and loads o f luck are extended to her.

As fo r o u r m o n th s ’ a c t iv it ie s .. .n il . . .s n o w and ice cance lled ou t o u r bus iness m ee ting and F ly -F o r-L u nch -B ru n ch , p lus the rain dates. S o ...w e 'll try again next m on th fo r m ore favorab le w eather.

EASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER Lucille Flynn, Reporter

B o s to n 's Logan A irp o rt, 8 th bu s ie s t ir> the w o rld , w as the scene on January 11, fo r a jo in t m ee ting o f ou r chap te r w ith ZO N TA, a fe llo w s h ip o f E xecu tive and P ro fe s s io n a l W o m e n . T he c o m b in e d m eeting was ca lled to ce lebra te the m onth o f January, ded ica ted to W om en in A v ia tio n , as part o f the In te rna tiona l W om en 's Year.

B il lie D ow n ing , G eorg ia Pappas and M ona B udd ing were in charge o f the a rrangem ents fo r the d e lig h tfu l luncheon in R estauran t 76. H arrie t F u lle r very ab ly presided over the 93 w om en and 2 men w ho were p resent. G eorg ia , an em ployee o f MASSPORT, arranged fo r a gu ided to u r o f a TW A 747, a fte r w h ich we boarded a bus to v is it the “ inne r c irc le ” and w o rk ing fa c ilit ie s o f th is b e a u tifu lly developed In te rn a tio n a l F a c ility .

H arrie t in tro d u ce d the f irs t o f ou r tw o guest speakers, Mel G regorie , C hairm an of the S ta tus o f W om en C o m m itte e , New E ngland D is tr ic t o f ZO N TA. Mel referred to A m e lia Earhart as th e ir m os t o u ts tan d in g m em ber. She gave a d e sc rip tio n o f her service o rgan iza tion and in fo rm ed us th a t a p o rtio n o f each m em ber’s dues is p laced in to th e ir ow n A m e lia Earhart Fund.

In o rder to fa m ilia rize o u r g u es ts w ith o u r purpose , H arrie t read a b rie f h is to ry and to ld o f the m any a c tiv it ie s o f the 99s. She in troduced M rs. M urie l M orrissey, A m e lia E arhart's s is te r, w ho spoke b rie fly on the a ttr ib u te s o f the “ spec ia l peop le" w ho make up o u r o rgan iza tio n .

T h is m em orab le day was m ade o u t­s ta n d ing by Mrs. M o rrisse y ’s re c ita tio n o f a poem w ritte n by her s is te r and c o n ­sidered a fa ir su m m a tio n o f A m e lia Earhart’s p h ilo so p h y o f life .

“ C ourage is the price tha t life exacts fo r g ra n tin g peace.

The sou l th a t know s it no t, know s no release

From li t t le th in g s ;K now s no t the liv id lo n e lin e ss o f fear,N or m ou n ta in h e ig h ts w here b itte r jo y

can hearThe sound o f w in g s .”We fe lt ou tse lves d o u b ly b lessed on th is

occass ion to not o n ly be able to m eet at the sam e a irp o rt w here A m e lia Earhart had done m uch o f her f ly in g , bu t a lso to have her d e lig h tfu l s is te r as ou r honored guest.

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER Anne Good, Reporter

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Pamela H icks. She is a tte nd in g U .S. Navy O ffice r C andidate S choo l at N ew port, R .l. fo r n ineteen weeks. A fte r co m m is s io n in g , she w ill go on to p ilo t tra in in g .

F ly in g s ince she was fou rteen , Pam has acqu ired an im press ive fly in g record ; o b ta in in g a private , com m erc ia l, and flig h t in s tru c to r ra tin g , she received her in ­s tru c to r ra ting at the age o f n ineteen.

Before en te ring the Navy, Pam was em p loyed by W h ite M ounta in A irp o rt and worked sum m ers at a flig h t schoo l at Hanscom F ie ld , B ed fo rd , M assachuse tts .

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ALABAM A CHAPTER Juanita Halstead, Reporter

The A labam a C hap ter has m uch old news and I w ill try to report o u r past m ee tings b rie fly .

On N ovem ber 3 we had a love ly m eeting in Luverne, A labam a. The w eather was perfec t and we h a d 'th e pleasure o f having Bee Reid, ou r G overnor w ith us.

On Decem ber 8, Juan ita and Foy H alstead, hosted the C h ris tm as m eeting at th e ir co u n try hom e near M on tgom ery . In s p ite o f low hang ing , scuddy c lo u d s we had a good c row d. The bus iness m eeting was m a in ly devoted to a review o f the proposed By-Law Changes.

For a change, Sunday, January 5 was so c lear and b e a u tifu l you cou ld see fo r tw en ty m iles . We a ll flew in to H u n ts v ille ’s Je t-P o rt to en joy lunch and m eeting w ith the g ir ls in tha t area. M iriam P u llins , C h a p te r C h a irm a n , p re s id e d a t th e bus iness m ee ting . Reports were heard. She announced the s top in H u n tsv ille of the A ngel Derby.

The February m eeting was in C lan ton . C loudy , overcast sk ies kept som e away. There were, however, tw en ty th ree present, in c lu d in g 4 9 1/2S and guests.

E ve ry o n e e n jo y e d M in n ie W a d e 's h o s p ita lity and lunch at the C lan ton H o liday Inn.

The M arch m eeting w ill be held in M ob ile and is an ove rn igh t m ee ting w ith a v is i t to B e l I in g ra th G a rd e n s . The M is s is s ip p i C hapter is inv ited to jo in us.

Harriet Fuller, Chairman, Eastern New England Chapter 99s, and Muriel Earhart Morrissey at Logan Airport 11 January1975.

BLUE R IDG ECH APTER Virginia G ilreath, Reporter

mLeft to Right - Chairman, Louise W hite; Southeast Section Governor, Bee Reid and Hostess, Virginia Gilreath at the Dogwood Room in Charlotte, North Carolina lor the January Meeting of The Blue Ridge Chapter.

O ur January m ee ting in C ha rlo tte , was held at the love ly D ogw ood Room w ith 37 lady p ilo ts a tte nd in g . A bu ffe t luncheon was served; hostesses were: V irg in ia G ilrea th , P risc illa S tickney , Anne Adam s and C rem ilde B lank.

G uest speaker was S outheast Section G overnor Bee Reid o f C hattanooga, Tennessee. She was very h e lp fu l in g iv ing us ideas fo r fu tu re organ ized chap te r a c tiv itie s .

A m ovie f ilm o f the Powder P uff Derby was show n, encourag ing ou r g ir ls to en ter the Ju ly 4 race.

Tw o new m em bers jo in e d ou r chapter, Patty M cM anus and D orothy Penney, a retired a ir lin e stew ardess.

C arolyn P ilaar is try in g o u t her new A & P license . She is reb u ild in g a Luscom be. She has the w in g s ready to be p rim ed and covered.

C arolyn and V irg in ia G ilrea th are hard at w ork p reparing fo r th is year's Powder Puff Derby Race. They have TAR No. 14 reserved as th e ir p lane race num ber. It is C aro lyn 's f irs t try and V irg in ia ’s second a tte m p t as P ilo t- ln -C o m m a nd of h e - a irc ra ft, a C herokee A rrow 200.

The C hap ter's February m eeting w a i held at G reenville , at Therm al Belt A v ia tion in the m ain te rm in a l b u ild in g . Those w ho cam e "e a r ly " w ent to the bea u tifu l T hunderb ird fo r lunch . In sp ite o f ano the r weekend o f bad w eather, we had a large tu rn ou t o f m em bers and p rospective m em bers. A to ta l o f 23 lady p ilo ts were present. Ruby G u inn o f the C aro lina C hapter le t us use her F .B .O . fa c ilit ie s and we en joyed having her a ttend ou r m eeting .

A g roup o f us fle w in to P ickens A irp o rt to take part in the P ickens C iv il A ir Patro l “ F lea -M arke t". We set up ou r ow n boo th and so ld m any d iffe re n t item s. It was a trem endous success.

Soon as the w eather c lears we have m any o u td o o r a c tiv it ie s com ing up, such as A irm a rk in g , a P ro fic iency Race, an A irshow in A shev ille , N .C . and o ther m oney-m aking p ro jec ts .

"W e sa lu te ” Cha irm an Lou ise W h ite fo r do ing such an o u ts ta n d in g jo b d ire c tin g us and her deep devo tion to ou r chapte r.

Lucy M erritt received her In s tru m e n t Rating recen tly . G round In s tru c to r Carol M cK inney gave us a te s t on ru les and reg u la tio n s to make sure we were a ll aware o f the changes s ince last N ovem ber 1, 1974.

Lou ise W h ite ’s b lue and w h ite M ooney A irc ra ft has “ 99 " LW as her ca ll num bers

and V irg in ia G ilrea th recen tly purchased “ 99” INC fo r her 1975 car tag. W onder what the g ir ls w ill th in k up next???

CAROLINAS CHAPTER Nancy Duncan, Reporter

The C aro linas C hapter has been busy, w ith a w ide varie ty of a c tiv it ie s . O ur m ost recent m ee tings have been concerned w ith d iscu ss in g the In te rn a tio n a l reso lu tio n recom m enda tions and cand ida tes fo r In te rna tiona l O ffice s , as w e ll as endors ing and he lp ing to organ ize a sem ina r in c o n ju n c tio n w ith A ir Service, an FBO in G reensboro . T h is sem ina r is rather un ique, we believe, and w e 'll report it in de ta il in the next issue.

We w e lcom e to ou r g roup Babs R ochester, Jo Payne, and Barbara Le itner. They are new m em bers and a trem endous asset to ou r C hapter. Barbara recen tly received her ASES ra ting . Nancy Jones, N ita H udm an, and A ileen H am rick got in s tru m e n t ra tin g s th is past year. Lou ise and Herman S m ith 's daugh te r, L inda , is cu rre n tly w o rk in g tow ard her private license . We are a ll th r il le d about tha t and can 't w a it to see her fly tha t go rgeous Bonanza.

On February 2, we m et at M ille r A v ia tion in C o lu m b ia , S .C . F rances M ille r and S ylv ia Roth greeted us. T ha t’s one o f ou r fa vo rite m ee ting p laces so we turned o u t in large num bers in sp ite o f very dreary w eather.

The ch a p te r presented one o f the A m e lia Earhart f irs t day covers to each of ou r new m em bers and p rospective m em bers.

Now we are a ll lo o k in g fo rw ard to S pring S ec tiona l. O ur chap ter, a long w ith K itty Hawk, w ill be hos tess . W ith the leadersh ip o f ou r m em ber w ith the m ostess, Page Sham burger, th is one p rom ises to be a super good one.

DEEP SOUTH CHAPTER Betty W . M cNabb, Reporter

The deep S outh C hap ter m et in A lbany, Ga., at C om m ander A ir Serv ice ’s p lush and h o sp itab le con fe rence room . Luncheon at the new T erm ina l res tau rant, and an e x -, ce lle n t p resen ta tion on th e Care and Feeding o f Eng ines by Ralph A ld r ich , M ain tenance C h ie f fo r C om m ander.

N orth G eorg ia and Deep S outh chapters have coo rd in a te d a c tiv it ie s la te ly w ith three “ H o lid a ys w ith W in g s ” --V aca tion F ly in g S em inars. Each has been spear­h e a de d by N o r th G e o rg ia ’ s P a u lin e M alla ry , im p lem en ted by S outhern Region G ado’s S a fe ty S p e c ia lis t, Herb Schaaf, and MC’d by N. Ga. C hapter C ha irm an, Kay G uice. Each has a ttrac ted c lose to o r m ore than 100 lis tene rs .

F irs t: A tla n ta . Deep S outh A lyceS trong, w ith 491/2er Byron, show ed b rea th ­tak ing s lid e s of 9000 m iles in th e ir C ard ina l “ S ky-C am per” , Savannah ro u n d -tr ip to A laska. C aro lyn S teele (N . Ga.), presented M oun ta in F ly in g . W anda C u m m in g s gave her sp a rk ling sp e c ia lty , F ly in g in M exico. B e tty M cN abb o f Deep S outh presented t ip s on Is lan d -H o p p in g and Over-W ater F ly in g , and to ld the aud ience w ha t a N ine ty N ine is.

Second in the series, by in v ita tio n of Lockheed-G eorg ia F ly ing C lub , was held in M arie tta , Ga. Kay added M ounta in F ly ing to her d u tie s as M .C ., A lyce , Byron and B e tty repeated the ir spec ia ltie s .

The th ird p resen ta tion , in A lbany, b rough t the S trongs, B e tty , and W anda b a c k . W a n d a and M a r ia n B a n ks C om anche ’d up from Dallas, m os tly on so lid gauges, as far as M ontgom ery, A la ., then drove the rest o f the way. So did everybody e ls e -d r iv e , th a t is . Not one soul was ab le to f ly in . We were a ll de ligh ted at the size o f the aud ience co ns ide ring the rea lly d read fu l w eather, rep lete w ith rain, w in d , and a few to rnados th row n in. S ponso ring th is sem inar were FAA and Gray A ir Service o f A lbany.

The sem ina r w ill be repeated th is sum m er.

FLORIDA SPACEPORT CHAPTER Bonnie Quenzler, Reporter

The Spaceport C hapter is not res ting on its a cco m p lish m e n ts th is year. Behind us is Septem ber's D e ltona Derby A ir Race, h ig h ly su cce ss fu l and on the agenda fo r next year. The O ctober m eeting in M elbourne refreshed us on the new part 61 and 91 FAR 's. To encourage us a ll to becom e APT, one m em ber fu rn ished her a irc ra ft, and a f l ig h t in s tru c to r h is tim e , fo r check rides. O ther chap te rs m ig h t con ­s ide r th is at th e ir own m eetings.

In N ovem ber, Vero Beach m em bers hosted a w o rkshop fo r ou r M arch Treasure H unt. Decem ber found us in O rlando at Ju a n ita B lu m b e rg ’s hom e ‘T ra n q u ility ’ fo r a C h ris tm as H o liday Luncheon served to F lo rid a G rasshoppers and N ine ty N ines. Jua n ita is now a co lu m n is t fo r the “ F lorida A v ia tio n Jo u rn a l" .

January ’s m eeting was held in St. A ug u s tin e , w here we en joyed a to u r o f the O ld C ity . In February we m et at M ayport Naval S ta tion in Jacksonv ille . There we were roya lly escorted about the Base and toured a new Destroyer E scort, the C apodonna.

Is S h irley O sborne lucky o r w hat? She was one of seven 99s from the Spaceport C hapter w ho a ttended the AOPA Plan­ta tio n Party and cam e away w ith several prizes, in c lu d in g a rad io and a panel cover. Then she w on the VFR ETA prize at the N o v e m b e r G ra s s h o p p e r m e e tin g in F reeport - a fo u r day vaca tion at a Baham ian R esort!

N ine Spaceport m em bers aided in the ju d g in g o f Em bry R idd le A eronautica l U n ive rs ity ’s N IFA meet in D aytona during N ovem ber. The lad ies p a rtic ip a tin g were Cy Beers, A lm a D rum m ond, Juan ita B lu m b e rg , B o n n ie Q u e n z le r , R ic k y M cD anie l, G ail S im s, W anda M organ, S h irley O sborne, and Dot Parsons. A ll but one of the co n tes ta n ts were male.

K iss im m ee m arks the spo t o f our Treasure H un t in M arch. If you have never flo w n in a treasure hun t you 've m issed a fun experience. We w ou ld like all S ou theast S ection N ine ty N ines to jo in us. For in fo rm a tio n ca ll o r w rite Juan ita B lum be rg . See a lso o u r announcem ent e lsew here in the News.

S till under cons id e ra tio n fo r la te spring

is an a irm ark ing p ro jec t. S om e th ing w ith a short name, r igh t?

Next m on th ’s report w ill in c lu d e m ore news o f te rm inus p lans fo r the 1975 Angel Derby. The race th is year from T oron to to T itusv ille p rom ises a large fie ld o f co n ­testants. E llie S tarkey, N ine ty N ine te r­m inus cha irm an reports a flu rry of preparations.

See you at the Treasure H un t!

Sharon Leavine and the rest of the Spaceport Ninety Nines invite all women pilots to enter our Treasure Hunt at Kissimmee March 15.

FLORIDA SUNCOAST CHAPTER Doris Herndon, Reporter

S u n c o a s t 99s e x p e r ie n c e d a ve ry e n ligh ten ing and in te re s tin g m ee ting in January when we toured Mac D ill A ir Force Base in Tam pa. The 94th T ac tica l F igh te r Squadron rea lly presented a f irs t c lass to u r w hich inc luded a c lose up in sp e c tio n of the F-4E Phantom je t, the co n tro l tow er, the Aerospace P h ys io lo g y T ra in ing C enter and the R ickenbacker Lounge. O ur gu ides fo r the day, Sgt. Schw end and C apt. Jerry S ta lnaker were charm ing and provided an u n fo rge ttab le day fo r us.

The February m ee ting was held in ce lebra tion o f the 10th A nn ive rsa ry o f the chartering o f the S uncoast Chapter. T w en ty -fou r m em bers en joyed a lunch com p le te w ith b irth d a y cake, at the H ilto n Hotel in S t. Petersburg . Specia l favors and a copy o f the charte r were presented to the three cha rte r m em bers p resen t; Jessie Corser, The lm a D awson and E thel G ibson . We were g lad to w e lcom e Mary Rose Myers, a guest from the G arden S tate Chapter. C h ris tie Sam ple, Terri W alters and Barbara Maxey are new m em bers pinned at the m eeting . A m ovie was show n on a ir sa fe ty to get us o ff on the r ig h t fo o t.

Ethel G ibson and B e tty Hood have in fo rm ed us they are p lann ing to fly the Powder P u ff Derby. Good Luck g ir ls !

A pa in tin g p ro jec t is p lanned fo r M arch at A lbe rt W h itted A irp o rt, S t. Petersburg .

Florida Suncoast 99s touring MacDill AFB, Tampa, Fla. on Jan. 8th

M EM PH IS CHAPTERBelle Hedges, Reporter

C harm ing Sandra S im m o ns (D allas C hapter) insp ired a ll M em ph is 99s w ith her a c c o m p lis h m e n ts le a d in g to th e ach ievem ent o f becom ing B ra n iff ’s f irs t w om an p ilo t. Sandra w as the guest speaker at a luncheon held to k ic k o ff In te rn a tio n a l W om an 's Year in M em ph is . It was sponsored by the N in e ty -N in es and Z on ta C lu b o f M em ph is in honor o f A m e lia Earhart. C h ris B row n, w ho is bo th a N in e ty -N in e and Zonta , was cha irm an of the event w h ich a ttrac ted 200 men and w om en. M ayor W yeth C hand le r issued a p ro c la m a t io n fo r W o m e n ’ s Y e a r in M em ph is . S ou theast G overnor Bee Reid and 491/2 John fle w in from C ha ttanooga fo r the event. New m em ber Carol and John Edw ards cam e dow n from New M adrid , M isso u ri e sp e c ia lly to hear and meet Sandra.

C hris B row n 's in ia tio n in to “ sk i c o u n try ” f ly in g was the g rea test! W ith Rosem ary and Bob W illia m s in th e ir Barron and H ilda and Doyle Savage, she spent a g lo rio u s week s k iin g S now m ass at A spen w h ile s tay ing in the fa n ta s tic G uggenhe im m ou n ta in cha le t.

That w in te r w ea ther changes p lans o f w in te r f ly in g is know n to o w e ll. B e lle and Posey Hedges were s ta lle d in Denver tw o days a fte r s k iin g Va il before f ly in g on to C h icago w ith s t i l l tw o m ore o ve rn igh ts spen t in A in sw o rth , Nebraska and M oline, I ll in o is because o f snow s to rm s . M artha and Frank Tobey ou tran the w ea ther at least as fa r as G reenville , N orth C aro lina on th e ir b u s iness tr ip to C ha rlo tte .

G ladys Estes, Dot W ilso n and H ilda Savage chased the sun dow n to W est Palm Beach in H ild a 's p lane. A t Tallahasse , h o w e v e r, th e M o o n e y d e v e lo p e d a m echan ica l prob lem and there it had to s tay fo r repa irs . N ow they have the great excuse fo r ano the r tr ip to F lo r id a to b ring it hom e aga in .

In sp ite o f w in te r, C aro lyn S u llivan is se ttin g a good exam ple in p ra c tic in g her spo t land in g s as w e ll as g iv ing her m ost in fo rm a tive ae ronau tica l ta lks to M em ph is Prep S choo ls . “ S trive in ’7 5 !”

M ISSISSIPPI CHAPTER Jenny M cW illiam s. Reporter

O ur February m ee ting w as held in M erid ian and inc luded a T our o f the Navy M erid ian A ir Base, co m p le te w ith o rie n ­ta tio n r ides in a S inge r S im u la to r w h ich g ives the sam e e ffe c t as be ing launched o ff an a irc ra ft ca rrie r, and on Ins tru m e n ts y e t ! ! M em bers o f ou r fa m ilie s were guests , as w e ll as p rospec tive m em bers : Sarah W illis o f C an ton, Pat Bow ney o f B u tle r, A la ., and Ruby D ickerson o f C lin to n . The Navy is a superb host and a llow ed us to v iew the fin e s t m ach ines they use, the ir readyroom s, and tra in in g fa c ilit ie s . The sk ip p e r o f the base, C om m ander Ben jam in W o o d w o rth , p resented o u r C hapter w ith a pho tog raph o f th e ir je t tra in e rs used by the VT-19 S quadron , and p e rsona lly s igned by h im . W anda G arson is resp o n s ib le fo r having arranged th is unusua l and in ­fo rm a tive o u tin g fo r us. We have been inv ited to com e aga in next year!

The M is s is s ip p i C hapter w e lcom es tw o new m em bers to The N in e ty -N in e s : Barbara Freeman o f C o lum bus and Judy Peteet o f G reenw ood, both new Private P ilo ts , and bo th a v id ly in te rested in fly in g and The N ine ty -N in es . They have each been fa ith fu l a tte nd in g m ee tings and he lp ing o u r p ro jec ts .

A n e w sw orthy item in av ia tion c irc les w ith in o u r S ta te is th a t the 1975 FAA In s tru c to r o f the Year Award was w on by a w om an, Suzie Lam bert. Suzie is not a 99, bu t we can a ll feel proud tha t “ one o f us lady p ilo ts " has been so honored.

K itty e Green is the f irs t to becom e APT fo r 1975, w ith Jenny M cW illia m s second. Com e on g ir ls , y o u ’ve got to have your BFR, anyw ay, so take a long you r APT fo rm .

Jackie Enochs, w ho is based in M c C o m b , h a s c o m p le te d p la n s fo r h o s tess ing a S top on the A p ril ’75 L o u is iana A ir T our at “ her" a irpo rt. We look fo rw ard to m eeting those o f you m aking the Tour. P lans are underw ay fo r the "M a g n o lia A ir T ou r” to beg in at the c lose o f the com b ined S ou theast-S ou th C entra l S ection M eeting in A p ril 1976, in Baton Rouge, Lou is iana .

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North Central SectionILLINOIS - INDIANA - IOWA

KENTUCKY ■ MICHIGAN - MINNESOTA MISSOURI - OHIO - WISCONSIN

ALL OHIO CHAPTER Charleen Mehaffie, Reporter

O ur January m eeting in S p rin g fie ld tu rned in to a weekend a ffa ir fo r m any o f us due to V irg in ia Thom as having h o s p ita lity at her house the n ig h t before w h ich was very en joyab le - great chance to get to know each o th e r be tter. V irg in ia was a lso ou r hos tess fo r the m ee ting , and we had a good tu rn o u t co n s id e rin g the w eather d id no t pe rm it f ly in g . O ur speaker was Caro Bayley Bosca w ho was in the W ASP program d u ring WW II.

The O h io H ouse o f Representa tives p roc la im ed January 11-18, 1975, "O h io W om en in A v ia tio n W eek” as part o f In te rn a tio n a l W om en ’s Year and January A v ia tio n M on th . M any o f ou r m em bers go t som e good PR v ia new spapers and radio, and ou r cha irm an Pat Fa irbanks was on TV in C in c in n a ti. The 99s were honored by the Fa irborn Zontas at a d inne r at the Fairborn H o liday Inn on January 15 in c o n ju n c tio n w ith W om en in A v ia tio n W eek and Doris G ill, Ann B uvinger, Vi B low ers , Marsha G reenham , Janet K e lley , and Judy W inn a ttended.

O ur February m ee ting was held at Lunken A irp o rt, C in c in n a ti, and once again the w ea ther kept a ll o f us on the g round. Our hostess was C hairm an Pat Fairbanks. She presented o u r program show ing s lides o f a irc ra ft acc id e n ts and m ishaps at Lunken d u ring the past 15 years. V irg in ia T h o m a s and R o s a lie W y s e in v ite d everyone to jo in them fo r h o s p ita lity the evening p rio r, a t the Ramada Inn where they were s ta y in g .

B etty Bobo a ttended a F lig h t In s tru c to r R efresher Sem inar in K noxv ille , Tenn. in January, and w h ile there she v is ite d the Tenn. C hapter 99s w here she was a m em ber before m oving to O h io . Pat Fairbanks a ttended a three day F lig h t In s t r u c to r R e v a lid a t io n S e m in a r in February at L o u isv ille and a lso passed her ATP w ritte n - co n g ra tu la tio n s .

O ur APT year has begun again, rem inds C onnie H u ffm an , ou r APT cha irm an.

CAPE GIRARDEAU AREA CHAPTER Sue Long, Reporter

Sue Burford, Elm er Heuer, Mary Boyd, Lois Feigenbaum and Evelyn Braise at annual dinner.

At the annua l pot lu ck m eeting Mary Boyd presented Gene W illia m s and Lo is Feigenbaum w ith c e rtif ic a te s o f ap­p rec ia tion fo r th e ir w ork on o u r past sec tion m ee ting .

We a lso voted to subs id ize a d iffe re n t chap te r m em ber and send her to the In te rna tiona l C onven tion each year.

We were happy to have M illie L im baugh , Nadine Heuer, and Gene W illia m s meet w ith Cape G irardeau M ayor Tooke and sign a p roc la m a tio n dec la ring a week in January as “ W om en in A v ia tio n W eek.”

One o f ou r m em bers, N ell R ice, gave a speech to a large g roup o f Futu re Hom em akers o f A m erica. She to ld them tha t m any careers were ava ilab le to wom en in the area o f f ly in g , and it was s t ill poss ib le to be a w ife , m othe r and hom em aker.

Lo is Feigenbaum has been appo in ted C o-C hairm an o f the A dv iso ry C o m m itte e on A v ia tio n , fo rm e rly W A C O A. She w ill be in W ash ing ton in M arch fo r a p lann ing m e e tin g w ith F A A A d m in is t r a to r , A lexander B u tte rfie ld , to help set up the next m ee ting o f th is g roup.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER Joan Boyd, Reporter

O ur January m eeting was held in C en tra lia on a b rig h t, b e a u tifu l January day. It was the on ly m ee ting o f the last fo u r tha t had be tte r than m in im u m IFR w eather! F ive of ou r ga ls a ttended the IFR f l ig h t c lin ic in B lo o m in g to n re ce n tly ; they were Jean W est, M ary W aters, Barb Brusseau, Dot W rig h t, and Joan B oyd. A t least tw o -D e e d H o lcom b and Jean W est a ttended the f l ig h t in s tru c to rs c lin ic in C arbondale . R uth R itte r, Jan Vanatta , Jean W est, Lou ise S tah ly , and Joan Boyd were

on p rog ram s fo r D ecatur, M a ttoon , and B lo o m in g to n January Zon ta m ee tings. Did you know th a t A m e lia Earhart was a lso a sp o n sor o f Z on ta and th a t they, to o , have an A m e lia Earhart aerospace edu c tion award? A lso January w as N a tiona l “ H onor W om en in A v ia tio n " m on th . Jeanne M orse presented a program fo r a C ub S cout B lue and G o ld banquet and Barbara Jen ison w ill g ive the program fo r the S lip and Skid c lu b , a g roup o f S p rin g fie ld , III. p ilo ts . W ith a ll these ga ls be ing ca lled upon fo r prog ram s, o u r chap te r dec ided tha t m ore 99s w ou ld be w illin g to present p rogram s in the c o m m u n ity if they had ava ilab le an a lready assem bled p rog ram s to use at least as a s ta rtin g p o in t. Ka th leen W ood, cha irm an , appo in ted a co m m itte e to assem b le such a program .

Barbara Jen iso n , m em ber o f the I ll in o is Aerospace E duca tion C om m itte e , recen tly a ttended a co m m itte e m eeting at Evan­s to n , III. There she heard G ordon C ooper, a s tronau t, re la te m any in te re s tin g ex­p e r ie n c e s w h ile s p e a k in g fo r th e d e d ica tion o f the new N ationa l Aerospace C o llege in Evanston.

Mary W aters, race board, repo rts p lans and c o m m itte e s be ing fina lize d fo r the l l l i - N ines Derby to be held at C ham pa ign , I I I . - W illa rd A irp o rt May 23, 24, 25, and rain da te May 26 th . We are lo o k in g fo rw ard to a fin e race th is year. C o -sponso ring the Derby are the C h icago Area and Quad C itie s chap te rs .

Deed H o lcom b and 49 ’/2 Max had a fin e f l ig h t in th e ir C essna 210 to T reasure Cay, Baham as. A lso m ak ing a long f l ig h t in a 210 were Jean M cLa u g h lin , husband Mac, and ano the r coup le . They th o ro u g h ly en joyed a to u r o f C entra l A m erica .

L ibby K a iser and fa m ily spent C h ris tm as in A spen sk iin g . A p lu s fo r husband Bob and son J im , was hang g lid in g . The Jon T o tm ans have a hang g lid in g (fly in g o ff o f the m tn . on sk iis ) schoo l on the T iehack area o f B u tte rm ilk M tn.

Central Illinois 99s are busy planning for the llli-N ine Derby at Cham paign, Illinois— Willard Airport May 23, 24, 25, rain date May 26. L to R Joan Boyd, reporter, K ath leen W o o d , c h a irm a n , B arbara Jenison, public relations, Mary Waters, race b o a rd , and M a rjo r ie H u g h e s , prospective 99 and entrant in her Bonanza.

Jayne S ch iek g o t in to ano th e r b lizzard a fte r fly in g her dau gh te r back to co lle g e at M in ne a p o lis a fte r C h ris tm a s vaca tion . W hen the w eather f in a lly c leared enough to f ly hom e, the ice was so th ic k on her plane tha t it to o k from 8 :3 0 a .m . to 2 :3 0 p .m . to thaw in a hangar heated to 80 degrees.

M arsha Marvel is s t i l l teach ing schoo l

bu t is now a lso fly in g a Cessna 411 part t im e fo r a co rp o ra tio n .

Joan Boyd and fa m ily had a great f lig h t to F lo r id a in th e ir Cessna 182. Left Decatur w ith 6 inches o f snow so rea lly enjoyed tha t F lo rid a sun!

CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER Sandy Klock, Reporter

Members of the Chicago Area Chapter want to tell you about their visor hats which they are wearing in this photo! These visors are available as a great m oney-maker for all chapters! They are red, with a star-studded blue and white band with 9 adjustable slots. The front boasts of the history of the 99s, with membership requirements and a 99 com pass rose. Selling them at air shows is a lot of fun, and the “sellers” not only make money for their chapter, but get to enjoy the air show at the same time! See page 299 of 99s directory for details in ordering—make $$$ this summer, the fun way!

January 25th was a specia l day fo r C h icago Area C h a p te r-4 6 o f us par­t ic ip a te d in a w ond e rfu l to u r o f the C h icago A ir R oute T ra ffic C on tro l C enter at Aurora , I ll in o is . There were m orn ing and a fte rnoon to u rs , and there was a to u r gu ide fo r every 7 o r 8 people. Very persona lized!

O ur C enter has been com pute rized fo r about a year now , as the w ho le co u n try w ill be even tua lly . It was fa sc in a ting to stand at the c o n tro lle rs ’ e lbow s and w atch the tin y green b lip s move across the screen, each w ith a l i t t le b lock o f in fo rm a tio n next to it sho w in g the f l ig h t num ber (fo r a ir lin e tra ffic ) , the a irc ra ft 's a ltitu d e , and a num ber co d in g w h ich , when punched in on the s ide co nso le , g ives a read-out o f po in ts o f o rig in and d e s tin a tio n and a ll o ther p e rtin e n t in fo rm a tio n on the f lig h t.

It w as a w o n d e rfu l o p p o rtu n ity fo r the ga ls o f o u r chap te r, espec ia lly those w ho were in s tru m e n t-ra ted , to be able to see how IFR tra ff ic is co n tro lle d and to meet som e o f the vo ices on the o the r s ide o f the m ike.

S y lv ia S he ldon is back a fte r a long stay in her second co u n try , New Zealand. F ly in g h e r b e a u t i fu l ly - r e s to re d D e H a v illa n d “ M o th , ” S y lv ia re c e n tly q u a lif ie d fo r her New Zealand p ilo t ’s license , as d id her 491/2er Bayard.

Gen Bow m an spent the ho liday season on her seat (?) in the V irg in Is lands a fte r fa llin g o ff her b ike and in ju r in g he. fo o t. C urse you , Red Bike!

Sue D eW ulf and fa m ily w en t to Phoenix fo r the h o lid a ys and caugh t headw inds go ing dow n fo r the good tim e and ta ilw in d s co m ing back hom e.

Ruth F rantz and M arion Servos w ith 491/2ers fle w to Long Is land , Bahamas,

th rough rain, snow and ice to reach the sunsh ine. They report S te lla M aris lodge now has its ow n land ing s tr ip .

Mary Panczyszyn flew to Hayward, W ise, w ith her 2 boys fo r a b it o f sn o w m o b ilin g --so n M ike, w ith 30 hours, was a great c o -p ilo t!

R ita Adam s, o u r cha p te r’s cha rm ing 99 jew elry sa les lady, has been b lessed w ith a second daugh te r, born January 23rd.

A warm w e lcom e to new m em bers p inned so far th is year: F lorence W h ipp le , B etty Pepich, G ail Rezabek, C ha rlo tte B lizn ick , and A rta H enson. A lso to A vis O 'C onnor, w ho has transfe rred to C hicago Area from M inneso ta .

FUN! FUN! FUN! Yes, i t ’s the 1975 ll l i- N ines A ir Derby, to be run th is year ou t of W illa rd A irp o rt, C ham pa ign , III. I t ’s open to both men and w o m en ; f ly fo r e ithe r speed o r p ro fic ie n cy . C o-sponsored by 3 Illin o is 99s chap te rs . Com e on and jo in us fo r a real fun weekend! For race k its ($2) and m ore in fo , co n tac t Von A lte r, R.R. No. 1, Box 419X, Coal V a lley , III. 61240.

GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER Jan Pocock, Reporter

Mayor John Poelker of St. Louis, surrounded by 99s, as he signs proclamation for Women in Aviation Week. (Did he have a choice?)

January found STL 99s m oving in all d irec tio n s c o lle c tive ly , as w e ll as in ­d iv id u a lly , p ro m o tin g w om en in av ia tion . Pursuing the dec la ra tion by the U .N . Gen. A s s y , o f " I .W . Y . , ” w e re c e iv e d p ro c la m a t io n s fro m th e c i t ie s o f W a s h in g to n , U n io n , and S t. C la ir , M issouri. In a d d itio n , Val Johnson and Sue M athe is have each been do ing th e ir b it on the “ C hicken K iev” c irc u it, address ing luncheon and banquet a ffa irs o f Rotary C lubs and the like , go ing a ll o u t to spread the w ord. How fo rtu n a te fo r us to have such d e lig h tfu l am bassadors o f w om en in av ia tion .

We were pleased to meet and greet St. Paul 99s w ho fle w in to S p ir it o f St. Lou is a irpo rt w ith m ed ica l su p p lie s fo r the “ F riends o f C h ild ren in V ie t N am .” L inda Haedge and S a lly W oodw orn fe lt th e ir f lig h t to STL was not o n ly a c o n tr ib u tio n fo r the F .C .V .N ., but a large boost fo r wom en in av ia tion m on th , as w e ll. ‘Twas! They received good T .V . and press coverage bo th in MSP and STL.

O ur January m eeting was com b ined w ith an exc itin g to u ro f the Ozark A ir lin e s hom e base. The fo llo w in g S aturday, we jo ined the St. Lou is C hapter o f Zon ta In tn ’ l. fo r th e ira n n u a l A .E . Luncheon, and we w ound up the m onth w ith a nearly w eathered-ou t representa tion o f o u r ga ls at the grand opening o f the “ T im es Square” shopp ing center in M t. Vernon, III. Featured was a Cessna S kylane e x h ib it, fo r th e ir gala

open ing , and how be tte r to set it o ff than w ith lady p ilo ts ? So m uch to do, in fac t, tha t it lopped over in to Feb. w ith ano the r com b ined ga the ring w ith the Z on ta C lub to he lp them honor o u r ’C op te r Sue.

M eanw h ile , o u r in d iv id u a l m em bers have been w o rk in g on persona l up-grades. O ur A e ronau tica l Eng ineer Secretary, N e lda Lee and fa ir ly new m em ber, Ruth S c h u e le r have b o th p a s s e d th e ir In s tru m e n t w r itte n s ; Sue M athe is and Val Johnson are tak ing h e lic o p te r tra in in g ; and ou r a lready to o -b u sy C ha irm an , Doris Kuhn, is in s tru c tin g in C om m erc ia l as w e ll as Private g round schoo l.

W in te r is a good tim e fo r g e ttin g sch- m artz and ou r Feb. m ee ting was an exerc ise in do ing ju s t th a t, thanks to ou r tw o guest speakers. M u lti- ta le n te d , m ucho experienced Fred A tk in so n o f S t. C la ir a irpo rt tr ied to pu t us at ease about what he referred to as the “ S ta ll-S p in S yn­d ro m e ," fo llo w e d by 4 9 1/2 J im Board w ho to ld us he p racticed “ S tuden t Centered In s tru c tio n " as he lec tu red on the "A g o n y and E cstasy o f F lig h t In s tru c tio n .” (Or, I w onder w hat ever happened to o ld w ha ts- h is name, my in s tru c to r !) Such a w orth w h ile even ing and o u r thanks to hostesses Irene R aw lings, A lice Jackson , and Laura S e llenger. W e’re lo o k in g fo rw ard to sp ring and lo ts o f love ly f ly in g w eather. W e ’re about due! W e w ish the sam e to a ll o f you.

Sue M atheis, of the Greater St. Louis Chapter, winner of the 8th Annual Doris Mullen W hirley-Girls Scholarship. (See story p. 12. Jan-Feb issue)

INDIA N A CHAPTER Lois Yawley and Kathy Forrest, Reporters

January 11 found th e Ind iana lad ies c o m m e m o ra t in g A m e lia E a rh a rt and sa lu tin g "W om en In A v ia tio n Day" by jo in in g w ith m em bers o f Z on ta In te r­na tiona l fo r lunch at the Purdue U n ive rs ity A irp o rt. Purdue's Research F ounda tion was the o rgan iza tion th a t funded A m e lia ’s Lockheed fo r her f l ig h t around the w o rld . A spec ia l d isp la y (see photo) was set up on the U n ive rs ity cam pus to sa lu te her on the 40th ann iversary o f her f l ig h t from H o n o lu lu to the m a in land , Jan. 11, 1935 and to p rom o te “ W om en In A v ia tio n D ay." To fu rth e r b ring em phas is to the specia l observance, a specia l p roc la m a tio n was issued by Gov. O tis Bow en, nam ing the week o f J a n . 11 -18 as "W om en in A v ia tio n ” week in Ind iana.

The new year has b rough t a busy schedu le fo r o u r ga ls and a real cha llenge to o u r m em bersh ip to meet the goa ls set fo rth . We w ill be hos tin g the Spring S ectiona l in 1976. A co m m itte e was fo r ­med to he lp in s ite -se le c tio n . C hairm an, D o ro th y N ie k a m p p re s e n te d th e ir recom m enda tions and fina l se le c tio n was m ade fo r the F ires ide Inn, B lo o m in g ton , Ind ., w ith p robab le dates o f May 14-16,1976.

APT cha irm an , D orothy N iekam p is push ing fo r 100 percent APT Chapter. Three m em bers are now cu rre n tly APT fo r 1975, C ha irm an D orothy, L illie Danek and Lo is Haw ley.

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to C laude tte Parker, M u lti-E n g in e ra tin g ; M ild red Newm an, M ary C am pbe ll, CFI ra tings and to Joyce Shriver, C FII, w ho com p le ted an av ia tion w eather observer schoo l and is now an o ff ic ia l w ea ther observer fo r Sky H arbor at Eagle Creek A ir Park, Ind ianapo lis where she is em p loyed as a f lig h t in s tru c to r.

The Ind iana Fa ir Ladies Race w ill be held in A nderson , Ind. Sept. 19, 20, 21 th is year a fte r p o s tponem ent last year due to the fue l shortage . (See n o tice under com ing events)

Under co n s id e ra tio n is the geograph ica l d iv is io n o f ou r chap te r. The co m m itte e c o n s is tin g o f Sue Bathauer, Chairm an, D orothy S m ith , M artha H o ls t and M arty W y a ll have c o n d u c te d d is c u s s io n m ee tings w ith m em bers to be able to present a feas ib le s o lu tio n to the Chapter.

IOWA CHAPTER Annetta Haack, Reporter

A good g roup o f 99s, 49 ’/2ers and guests en joyed the h o s p ita lity and program presented by the Cedar Rapids hostesses at the January m eeting . It was a busy and in te re s tin g day. A le tte r o f w e lcom e from the m ayor was read. Robert Johnson , B icen tenn ia l cha irm an gave a sho rt ta lk on h is g ro u p ’s a im s and a ccom p lishm en ts and urged us a ll to get involved in the B icen te n n ia l. D oro thy Hall and 491/2, C larence, presented an exce llen t program on e duca tion . Jack H icks gave the men a d e m o n s tra tio n o f the new H.P. 65 ca lcu la to r.

The February m eeting in Des M oines proved to be a co ld day, but aga in , a good g roup in a ttendance . I understand som e planes d id n 't app rec ia te the co ld , and e ith e r froze up o r ju s t p la in refused to s ta rt a fte r the m eeting .

The h ig h lig h t o f ou r January a c tiv itie s was the p roc lam a tion by Gov. Ray

Women in Aviation Day

p roc la im ing "W om en in A v ia tio n ” week.C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Pat M uehl and 4 9 1/2,

Ph il, on the arriva l o f M ichele Ann, born C h ris tm as eve.

We hope by now th a t Fran D oherty is "back in a c t io n .” She has been w o rk ing very hard on her IFR ra ting , but w h ile at the a irpo rt, s lipped and fe ll. A cast to her h ip hasn 't been very conduc ive to f ly in g .

K itty and C lif f Hach report a b e a u tifu l and uneven tfu l tr ip to G a insv ille , F lo rida and Dallas,- but som e o f the toughes t headw inds ever. Gwen M cC lure and S onja M il le r f le w M c C lu re 's T ra v e le r to A lbu rqueque to spend C h ris tm as w ith G w en’s daughter. Gwen is new secre tary o f rad io co n tro lle d m odel p lanes c lu b in DSM. C arolyn R owney presented her program on “ W om en in A v ia tio n " to the Zon ta C lub of S ioux C ity . R eports o u t o f Ind iana are tha t C laude tte Parker has passed the IFR w ritten .

C o n g ra tu la tio n s a lso to Edna VanW yk, w ho reported at the Decem ber m eeting that she now has bo th her In s trum en t and C om m ercia l ra tings.

Jean and Lem E llin gso n and daugh te rs flew to Key W est fo r a week o f F lo rida sunsh ine . Bob and A nne ta Haack took advantage o f a long weekend and fle w to Dallas, Texas.

The b ig day arrived fo r Pat and J im Hayes, w hen J im fle w the S ta rdus te r (w h ich they have been b u ild in g , fo rever it seems). Pat w ill f ly it on w arm er days. Pat is the new p res iden t o f EAA C hapter 135.

Snow and co ld may have cu rta ile d som e o f ou r fly in g in Iowa, bu t no t o u r s p ir its and fa ith tha t w arm er CAVU days are ju s t ahead.

Standing behind Gov. Ray: (as he signed the “ W om en in A v ia tio n ” w eek proclamation) L to R: Dr. Betty Orduna, pres. DSM Zonta; Gwen McClure, la. 99; Bob Nemmers, acting head of la. Aeronautics Com m ission; Pat Hayes, la. 99 & pres. EAA Chapter 135; Sue Potts, la. 99

LAKE M ICHIG AN CHAPTER Evelyn Borst, Reporter

The January 1975 m eeting was held in Jackson. The w ind was b lo w in g at 40 kno ts w ith g u s ts to 55, so everyone drove in . We to o k in one new m em ber, Doris K inse lla w ith her husband M ilt, becom ing a 4 9 1/2er. W e lcom e! The proposed changes in the B y-Law s were read and d iscussed and the resu lts o f tha t d iscu ss io n were sent to the B y-Law s C om m ittee . Our C hapter was m os t g ra te fu l to th a t co m ­m ittee fo r the chance to express ou r o p in io n s in th is im p o rta n t m atter.

Ruth Kersten has returned from 6 m on th s in A laska and g lad to be hom e. O ur chap te r has been asked to hand le the Im pound Area at Boyne M oun ta in A irp o rt

fo r the Pow der P u ff Derby. W anda Jubb is cha irpe rson o f th is co m m itte e .

Lynn K n o ll and husband Dr. B ruce are fly in g to O klahom a C ity in February fo r an A v ia tio n M ed ica l Sem inar. They w ill f ly in th e ir Bonanza V35-A. A lso N a ta lie Kreeger w ill be in Las Vegas fo r a H igh S chool P rin c ip a l's C onven tion . N ata lie w ill g ive a ta lk w h ile there . E sther B enne tt is a t­tend ing G lenn Oaks C o m m u n ity C ollege w o rk ing on her Degree in B us iness A d m in is t r a t io n . N a n c y S te w a r t has f in is h e d In s t ru m e n t an d C o m m e rc ia l t ic k e ts in Septem ber. E lo ise S m ith , Mary C lark, Evelyn B ors t and M a is ie S tears are in the su nsh ine and su rf at M arathon in the Keys.

Our lu n ch -b u n ch m et at noon February 18th and had lunch and hanger-ta lk fo r over 2 hours . There were 10 o f us and we meet every m on th at a d iffe re n t c ity . O ur February m eeting was in B a ttle Creek at the a irpo rt. Had an FAA f i lm on F loa t Plane F ly in g - part o f it be ing film e d in A laska . The M arch m ee ting w ill be in Lans ing.

M ICHIG AN CHAPTERBette Crook, Reporter

The M ich igan C hapter jo in e d the Zonta C lub o f D e tro it fo r th e ir tra d itio n a l A m e lia Earhart C om m em ora tive B runch w h ich was held January 12 at the Dearborn Inn, D earborn. Lom a May presented us w ith a sp le n d id p rogram , and the occas ion was a m em orab le one. C o l. B il lie B o b b itt o f the U n ited S ta tes A ir Force fle w in from W a sh in g ton , D.C. to be ou r spec ia l guest speaker. She is re sp o n s ib le fo r see ing tha t W AF o ff ic e rs are e ffe c tive ly em p loyed in the USAF. A m ong the o the r g u es ts on the p rogram was C o l. Ed Palka, M ich igan W ing C om m ander, C .A .P . The C iv il A ir P a tro l A m e lia E a rh a rt A w a rd s w e re presented to deserv ing cade ts d u rin g th is segm en t o f the p rogram . The event received te le v is io n coverage from C hannel 2, TV, D e tro it. Suzanne W hyte read the p ro c la m a tio n s w h ich had been issued by G overnor M illike n and by M ayor C o lem an Y oung of D e tro it dec la ring Jan. 12-18 as W om en in A v ia tio n W eek. It was a grand w a y to “ ta k e - o f f ” fo r In te rn a t io n a l W om en ’s Year 1975.

The February m ee ting was held at F lin t B ishop A irp o rt and devoted to b u s iness . A “ M oney T ree" o f $99.00 was ra ffled o ff. Suzy Parker and L illia n S nyder were co- cha irm en fo r th is fund ra is ing p ro jec t. A irp o rt a u th o r it ie s inv ited o u r g roup to to u r the new to w e r fa c ilit ie s , and, hostesses, Im ogene R oss and Sam m y M ckay prov ided tra n s p o rta tio n fo r those w ho to o k advantage o f the o p p o rtu n ity .

Sam m y M cKay represented the N ine ty - N ines at the F lin t C o m m u n ity C o llege IWY k ic k -o ff at B ishop A irp o rt on Jan. 11th. She gave a sho rt ta lk on o u ts ta n d in g w om en in a v ia tio n . Sam m y a lso presented an A m e lia Earhart program fo r the Zonta C lub o f Port H uron . Im ogene Ross flew w ith Sam m y to th is p rogram .

Suzanne W hyte gave an A m e lia Earhart program in P e tosky fo r the loca l Z on ta C lub . She w as asked to speak a bou t the

N in e ty -N in es . Roberta W o lf was inv ited to a ttend and jo in the g roup fo r lunch. Suzanne w as a lso in te rv iew ed on W ATC rad io , G ay lo rd , and d iscussed avia tion o p p o rtu n itie s availab le fo r young people th rough the CAP Cadet program .

L illia n Snyder was one o f the judges fo r the F A A ’s F lig h t In s tru c to r o f the Year Aw ard fo r the D is tr ic t. Pat Dom as was chosen over s ix o ther h ig h ly q ua lified cand ida tes.

M ary W est w rite s from Punta Gorda, F lo rid a tha t she and A .B . rented a Cessna 150 and w ent fly in g on th e ir 47th A nn iversary.

Karen Jones has been accepted in to the C o llege o f E ng ineering at the U n ive rs ity o f M ich igan next year.

Tw o S afe ty C lin ic s are scheduled fo r A p r il. One w ill be held in Dearborn, the o the r in F lin t. S tan ley M oh le r, M .D ., A e rom ed ica l A p p lica tio n D iv is ion , FAA, and Pete Pederson, S afe ty C oo rd ina tion D iv is io n , FAA, are expected to f ly in from W a sh in g ton , D.C. to be fea tured speakers.

A Poker Party is p lanned fo r May 17, u t i l iz in g a ir p o r ts in s o u th e a s te rn M ich igan . Those in nearby s ta tes w ho w ou ld like m ore in fo rm a tio n shou ld c o n ta c t E ln a B la s s , 38 M a p le f ie ld , P leasant R idge, M l.

MINNESO TA CHAPTER Clara Johansen, Reporter

C o m m u n ica tio n between ou r chap te r m em bers, o the r 99s and the co m m u n ity is, to q uo te C hairm an G ayle V a il, “ our p r io r i t y . ” S he fo l lo w e d th ro u g h by speak ing on A m e lia Earhart and W om en in A v ia tio n to 40 wom en execu tives at the Mn. S ta te Dept. Hum an R igh ts Luncheon held as part o f th e ir observance o f In te r­na tiona l Year o f the W om an. Gayle a lso spoke on A m e lia Earhart’s deve lopm ent of the 99s to about 50 m em bers o f Zonta In tn ’ l and to top o ff the Feb. observance of the year, Gayle and L inda Haedge spoke about w om en in A v ia tion to the W est St. Paul Kaw an is C lub .

O ur c o m m u n ica tio n w ith the av ia tion c o m m u n ity was streng thened when the Mn. N a t’ l A ir G uard hosted us at a d inner m ee ting , show ed s lides o f th e ir w ork, gave a to u r o f th e ir fa c ilit ie s and encouraged us to p rac tice PAR land ings at A noka A irpo rt w here they p rov ide th is service.

The f ir s t th ree issues o f the Ms M in ­neso ta N in e ty -N in e News have been p rin te d , thereby co m m u n ica tin g news am ong ou r ow n m em bers in a ll secto rs of the sta te . O ur C h ris tm as party at the home o f S a lly W oodburn and 49 ’/2 Bob assis ted by L inda Haedge and 49>/2 Carl was a great o p p o rtu n ity to share experiences and get be tte r acqua in ted . Som e o f us worked la b o ro u s ly on the answ ers to tw o pages of “ w r itte n te s t” type of q u e s tion s on ly to d iscove r they were a hoax as were the surviva l k it p rizes, but we apprec ia ted and p roud ly p inned on the APT A irp lanes from the ce ram ic tree w h ich APT Chm n Shari M ills had arranged. T h irty o f ou r m em bers are APT as o f the end of the year.

W CCO TV No. 4 covered ou r Jan. m ee ting , a sem ina r on general a irc ra ft

opera tions and m ain tenance presented by Paul G riffin , fo rm er M ankato S ta te C ollege Ins truc to r. This was the f irs t o f three m echanical sem inars and was w e ll a t­tended by m em bers, and p rospective m em bers, Carol Sexton , G retchen Beall, Jan Porter and K ris ti Iverson, the la tte r w ith Lee Ayers and Sandy Peterson were approved fo r m em bersh ip in Mn C hapter 99s and we've heard tha t the TV coverage alerted o ther Ms Mn P ilo ts to 99 a c tiv itie s .

A f lig h t made by S a lly W oodburn and L inda Haedge in th e ir respective M ooneys to St. Lou is , Mo. from St. Paul M n. was a com b in a tio n service and co m m u n ica tio n pro ject. They ferried P ed ia tric supp lie s on the f irs t leg to C a lifo rn ia . F ly ing w ith S a lly was G lo ria Krier, Pres, o f the loca l chap te r o f F riends o f C h ild ren o f V iet Nam, the o rgan iza tion co lle c tin g the su pp lies . 99 Mary G r iff ith s flew w ith L inda. Before they took o ff, they were in te rv iew ed by WCCO Televis ion and the St. Paul D ispatch and Pioneer Press and the Sun New spapers. At St. Lou is , th e ir arriva l was covered by Channel 5 TV, NBC N e tw ork , and the St. Lou is Newspaper. O ur 99s were th rille d to be m et by St. Lou is 99s A m y Law s, Gov. of No. Centra l S ection , Jan P ocock, A lice Jackson, Ruth Lake and 49>/2 Lake as w ell as the P resident o f St. L ou is C hapter of F riends o f C h ild ren o f V ie t Nam , tw o o ther m em bers and tw o adopted V ie tnam ese ch ild ren . Specia l in v ita tio n s to a ttend the S pring and Fall S ection m ee tings in M issouri were b rough t back to o u r chapter.

L inda Haedge and Lauri N e lson recen tly earned th e ir com m erc ia l ra tin g s . Lauri has ju s t taken a leave from her p rin tin g business and is a tte nd in g Em ery School o f A v ia tion Greeley, C o lo rado . Lauri d id a te rr if ic jo b on o u r 1st issues o f Ms M in ­nesota N ine ty -N ine News. We know she w ill succeed at Emery.

W ISCONSIN CHAPTER Betty W illm ore, Reporter

A c h ill fa c to r o f 30 degrees be low on January 12 d id n ’t s top ou r W isco n s in 99s from a ttend ing the m ee ting at F our Lakes A v ia tion , M ad ison . T w e n ty -fo u r m em bers and 9 guests were p resent.

T w o m e m b e rs fro m M SN C .A .P . squadron were guest speakers. They d iscussed C .A .P . a c tiv it ie s and urged more 99s to get invo lved. Pat Back and Ann L y tton have a ttended several m eetings of the MSN squadron .

Jane Caryer announced tha t the W is-S ky Run race k its w ou ld be ready the m id d le of February. The p ro fic ie n cy a ir derby w ill be held the week-end o f June 20, 21 22 at M orey A irp o rt, M id d le to n , 8 N .M . W est of M adison. P .I.C . m ust be a w om an. C o­p ilo t requ ired, e ithe r man or w om an. (Send $2.00 fo r race k it to Pat W eir, Route 5, Box 162, M arsh fie ld , W l 54449.)

Church W om en U n ited o f M adison film ed in te rv iew s at the m eeting w ith Louise Yeazel, M arilyn Schaefer, and Betty W illm o re fo r a cab le T.V . program s p o tlig h tin g wom en in av ia tion during January o f '75 In te rna tiona l W om en ’s Year.

C o ng ra tu la tions to M arie G rim m , charter m em ber o f the W isco n s in chap te r, w ho

recen tly w as a p po in ted to the W isco n s in Aerospace E duca tion C o m m itte e by the S ta te S u p e rin tenden t o f sch o o ls . The 21 m em ber co m m itte e w ill serve as an ad- v is e ry g ro u p re g a rd in g a e ro s p a c e educa tion in W isco n s in schoo ls .

M arie G rim m is a lso p res iden t o f the W isco n s in A v ia tio n Trades A sso c ia tio n . She is the f irs t w om an p res iden t in the a s s o c ia tio n ’s 27 year h is to ry . M arie and her fa m ily have operated G rim m ’s F ly ing Service at the W ausau A irp o rt fo r m any years.

The fly in g H o llm ans , M argaret and Don are heading th e ir M ooney to Yucatan and H onduras on a 3 week to u r w ith s ix o th e r cou p le s th a t they m et on s ta te tou rs . In N ovem ber they fle w the M is s is s ip p i A ir Tour. W eather was so lid IFR so on ly they and 4 o th e r p lanes com p le ted the to u r. But M argaret says they had a great tim e. M argaret is the new m em bersh ip cha irm an o f the chapter.

Ram ona and Jew el Huebner, K a tie and John C o n k lin g , Joan and John M cA rthu r, Pat Back, Ann L y tto n , and F lorence F in tak a t te n d e d Z o n ta ’ s A m e lia E a rh a rt S cho la rsh ip Aw ard D inner in M ilw aukee on January 22.

G overnor P a trick J. Lucey p roc la im ed January as A m e lia Earhart M onth in W is c o n s in . He c o m m e n d e d Z o n ta In te rna tiona l fo r e s ta b lish in g the A m e lia Earhart F e llo w sh ip Aw ards in aeronau tica l sc iences.

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South Central SectionARKANSAS - COLORADO - LOUISIANAKANSAS - NEBRASKA - NEW MEXICO

O KLAHOMA - TEXAS

ABILENE, TEXAS CHAPTER Marjorie Andrews, Reporter

For the f irs t tim e in m any years, ou r chap te r baked C h ris tm as coo k ie s and bread to take to the loca l F lig h t Service S ta tio n , W eather Bureau, Dyess AFB Tow er personne l, RACON fa c ility , tw o loca l FB O ’s and the A b ilene C on tro l Tow er. A t Dyess, we were treated to an escorted to u r o f the f l ig h t line , ac tu a lly d riv ing on the enorm ous runw ay to reach the tem pora ry tow er.

P lans fo r the S outh C entra l S pring S ectiona l in A b ilene on A p ril 11, 12, and 13 are w e ll under way. Under the "I TH IN K we C A N !” leadersh ip of C ha irm an Betty H eise o u r sm a ll, bu t e n th u s ia s tic g roup has been w o rk in g hard to make it w o rth w h ile and fun . G ordon Baxter, A ssoc ia te E d ito r o f Flying M agazine w ill be ou r featured luncheon speaker on Saturday. In a d d itio n , there w ill be a preview o f the M oun ta in F ly ing C lin ic to be o ffe red at the Fall S ectiona l in C o lo rado . A lso , a crop d u s tin g d e m o n s tra tio n , a pa rachu ting e x h ib it io n by cham p ion ju m pe rs and a to u r o f a loca l aerospace in d u s try are p lanned. Those w ho w ish may en ter the spo t lan ­d ing co n tes t on F riday a fte rnoon from 1- 5 :3 0 . We have m aile rs ready and they shou ld be a rriv ing soon a fte r th is issue o f 99 News.

Evelyn W o ltje n had a so lo adventure in a 172 fly in g from O m aha to A b ilene , part o f the way m inus a fu n c tio n in g om n i receiver. A t the tim e , Evelyn had on ly 80 hours to ta l t im e ! She a d m its to being a p re tty fa ir co n tac t nav iga to r now . A lice Foeh and h u s b a n d A .W . a t te n d e d th e re c e n t In s tru c to r R e ce rtifica tio n Course at San A n to n io . She is eager to get s ta rted on her In s tru m e n t ra ting . Peggy Hawes has been g e ttin g w ith it in a 150 w h ile aw a itin g the fa te o f her beloved C itab ria that has had its share o f ups and dow ns la te ly . Marj A ndrew s and C hris , had a d e lig h tfu l w ea ther-induced vaca tion a long the Rio G rande and they b ro u g h t back som e of tha t good, M exican sugar ju s t in tim e fo r som e consc ience-free C h ris tm as baking.

Y ’a ll C o m e ! A p ril 11, 12, 13------A b ilene , Texas.

ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER Becky Lutz, Reporter

A p ril p rom ises to be a busy m on th fo r ou r chap te r. W e’re lo o k in g fo rw ard to the N a tiona l In te rco lle g ia te F ly ing A sso c ia tio n annua l a ir c o m p e tit io n on A p ril 18, 19, and 20 at Santa Fe, and several g ir ls are p lann ing to a ttend the S outh Central S pring S ec tiona l a t A b ilene on A p ril 10, 11, and 12.

Joy Feak has been w o rk ing c lo se ly w ith N IFA to m ake th is na tiona l m eet one that w o n ’t soon be fo rg o tte n by p a rtic ip a n ts and New M exicans a like . Joy has been b u s y ra is in g m o n e y , c o o rd in a t in g re g is tra tio n and h o s p ita lity a c tiv it ie s , and secu ring judges . We cong ra tu la te Gail S a n d e rs o n o f th e U n iv e rs ity o f A lb u q u e rq u e p re s e n t ly s e rv in g as p res iden t o f N IFA.

O ur chap te r sponsored a S afe ty Panel D iscuss ion on M arch 2 at M id tow n H o liday Inn. R epresenta tives from the A lbuquerque tow er, GADO, and loca l FBO ’s served as pane lis ts . M ain to p ic s o f d iscu ss io n were p rob lem s around unco n tro lle d a irpo rts .

At o u r February m eeting , the g ir ls endorsed the fo rm a tio n o f a cen tra l board com posed o f representa tives from the various av ia tion o rgan iza tions in the state. A gal w ho has long p rom oted th is idea, Joyce Buehler, w as appo in ted to represent the 99s on th is board.

K athy Fox and Joy Feak a ttended the Zonta banquet honoring A m elia Earhart in January. New M exico 's G overnor Jerry Apodaca declared a W om en in A v ia tion W eek, and A lbuque rque M ayor K inney declared an A m e lia Earhart W eek. Becky Lutz was named chap te r a p p lican t fo r the A m e lia Earhart scho la rsh ip .

F ly ing a c tiv it ie s th is past m on th have been lim ite d to local weekend fly in g . R ita E ll io tt repo rts a fly in g tr ip to the ski s lopes at A ngel F ire w ith 49</2 G lenn in the ir C om m anche. B .J. S law son and Becky Lutz are w o rk ing on the Ins trum en t ra ting , and C laud ia Beckner co n tin ue s in s tru c tin g at 7-Bar.

ARKANSAS CHAPTER Marguerite Nielsen, Reporter

Zonta C lub o f Fort S m ith honored A m e lia Earhart w ith an av ia tion d inne r A m e lia Earhart Day. Speaker o f the

evening was Fort S m ith C on tro l Tow er C h ie f, Ed Stacy w ho spoke on careers fo r wom en w ith FAA, a ir tra ff ic co n tro l and Fort S m ith ’s new radar sys tem . Arkansas N ine ty N ines were inv ited and represented by Chairm an L inda Hargraves, Charlene Poe, and Zonta A m e lia Earhart co m m itte e cha irm an , M arge N ie lsen.

Arkansas 99s flew in to L it t le Rock th is m onth fo r lunch , m uch p u b lic ity and pho to g ra p h ing , and last bu t not least to hear one o f o u r fa vo rite speakers Mr. Tom m y H ancock A cc id e n t P revention S pec ia lis t o f L itt le Rock General A v ia tion D is tr ic t O ffice .

DALLAS REDBIRD CHAPTER Pat Jetton, Reporter

1975 is shap ing up as a busy year fo r the Dallas R edbirds. January sta rted o ff w ith a m eeting o f the B y law s R evis ion C om ­m ittee (Hazel Jones, K athy Long, Helen W ilke , E lino r Johnson and Pat Je tton) w h ich lasted tw o days and accom p lished m uch. The next week we w en t to W ich ita , Kansas to report ou r fin d in g s to the Executive Board. Great fun w ith the Board and som e o f the Kansas m em bers.

We ce lebra ted M arian Banks’ b irthday and had a party at ou r m ee tin g ; at w h ich we had a lm os t m ore g u es ts than we have m em bers. V is itin g w as Pauline M alla ry from N orth G eorg ia ; Ann E ng lish from H o u s to n ; Sue S tidham , C o n n e c tic u t; Lo is S m ithey, I l l in o is ; Mary A dam s, C o lo rado ; Doris F u lle r, p rospective m em ber from D a llas ; and W anda C u m m in g s ’ M other.

Several o f us a ttended the In te rna tiona l W om en 's Year k ic k o ff luncheon . Som e jo ined w ith Dallas C hap ter and Golden T riang le C hap ter to a ir-m ark Caddo M ills , Texas.

O ur February m eeting w as a ttended by Pat M cEwen, Kansas. W e ce lebra ted her b irthday and M arg ie Barr's. We had tw o p rospective m em bers as guests and w elcom ed D oris F u lle r as a new m em ber.

D oris is a re la tive ly new p ilo t, has a new Bonanza and has jum ped feet f irs t in to ou r a c tiv itie s . W ELCO M E, DORIS.

FORT W ORTH CHAPTER Jean Bishop, Reporter

O ur January m ee ting was a f ly - in o r drive in at Edna G ardner W hyte 's Aero Valley A irp o rt. The spo t land ing co n tes t was won by Juan ita W adde ll. We en joyed an FAA film on radar and a rap session fo llo w in g on VFR f ly in g in the DFW TCA, led by ou r own 491/2er J im A rm s tro n g .

In February we cosponsored a sa fe ty sem ina r at Oak Grove A irp o rt w ith Oak Grove F ly ing S choo l and the local chap te r of ACA. D esp ite the co ld w eather and icy tem pera tu res in the hanger, we had a good attendance .

On January 11 the N in e ty -N in es and Zonta C lubs o f Dallas and Fort W orth sponsored the In te rna tiona l W om en 's Year luncheon in Dallas. One o f our m em bers, Dora S tro the r, was the featured speaker and Auleen H a ll, N ancy A rm s tro n g ,

Lorra ine W adde ll, Mary Ann Hudak, and Jua n ita W adde ll represented o u r chap te r at the luncheon .

H en rie tta and Bob Pence fle w to H or­seshoe Bay, a resort area on LBJ Lake, to jo in the Texas S ta te A v ia tio n A sso c ia tio n g roup fo r lunch and a m ee ting . Penny and Bud B arn ick flew to Shreveport, Lou is iana , fo r the horse races, and Lorra ine and Eari W adde ll flew to Tucson, A rizona , so Earl cou ld p lay in the S ky line In v ita tion a l G o lf T ournam ent.

C arole Sue and Joe W hee le r have opened th e ir a irs tr ip at Cone, Texas, between Lubbock and F lydada. They inv ite everyone to f ly in.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE CHAPTER Linda Hooker, Reporter

The G olden T riang le 99s have been on the go th is m on th . A jo in t F ly -In and A irm a rk in g w ith Dallas and R edbird chap te rs rea lly pu t C addo M ills A irp o rt on the m ap. G olden T riang le had 20 m em bers w ho arrived via seven p lanes and a u to ’s. We layed o u t and pa in ted fo u r se ts o f num bers on tw o runw ays ( le ft & r ig h t.)

The ATW AR g ir ls , W anda C um m ings and M arian Banks presented a sk it on rac ing d u rin g o u r January m ee ting . It was a real rib tic k le r and we had over 25 in a ttendance . Tw o o f ou r m em bers, L inda H ooker and Jo M cC arre ll w ill be ATW AR a ss is ta n t tim e rs at the P la inv iew , Texas a ir race s top th is sum m er. D uring the M eacham A irp o rt d e d ica tion , the G olden T riang le C hap ter hosted a sa fe ty f ilm and rest s to p room . Had over 800 people look in on us d u ring the day. We passed ou t lite ra tu re on the a c tiv it ie s of 99s to the general p u b lic . Several m em bers o f the chap te r pa rtic ip a te d in a N orth Centra l Texas Area Career E ncoun te r Day fo r the Tejas C o u n c il O f G irl S cou ts , C am pfire and YW CA you th p rogram , on February 22.

On January 11th, the chap te r had five p lanes and several m em bers a ttend a jo in t F ly -in w ith the Texas D ogw ood C hapter at the Cedar Creek Lake C oun try C lub. S e ve ra l o f th e c h a p te r m e m b e rs represented the 99s at the In te rna tiona l Year O f The W om an d inne r, co -hos ted by the area 99 C hap ters and Z on tas on January 11th. The C hap ter is s tr iv in g to stay ac tive in A ir Age E duca tion . C om ing up next week is a to u r o f the ARTCC in F orth W orth . W e ended the year w ith 23 m em bers APT, w h ich I fee l is a real fea ther in o u r cap, thanks to ou r APT cha irm an , Barbara R outh .

KANSAS CHAPTER Carolyn W esterm an, Reporter

The Kansas C hap te r has had an active w in te r. Gates Learje t was ou r m ee ting s ite fo r January. A ll m em bers and g u es ts were given th e o p p o rtu n ity to f ly th e Learje t s im u la to r and to to u r the p lan t.

On January 14, 1975, Kansas G overnor Robert B ennett s igned a p roc la m a tio n p ro c la im in g the week o f January 11-18 W om en in A v ia tio n W eek. T h is is in c o n ju n c t io n w ith th e In te rn a t io n a l W om en ’s Year and the fa c t January had been set as ide to h o n o r w om en in av ia tion

NEBRASKA CHAPTER Sharon Meyer, Reporter

We express o u r s incere sym pa thy to M ild red Barre tt w hose m o the r passed away in January. We know tha t th is is a d if f ic u lt t im e fo r M illie and we o ffe r her our un d ers tand ing .

W e've acqu ired som e m em orab ilia of an early p ioneer in av ia tio n —Evelyn Sharp. Evelyn, w ho was a m em ber o f the 99s, began her fly in g career in O rd, Nebraska in 1934 at the age o f 14. She became a f lig h t in s tru c to r a t 20 and soon was one o f the n a tio n ’s f ir s t fem a le a irm a il p ilo ts . In W orld W ar II, Evelyn jo ined the W om en's A u x ilia ry F erry ing Squadron. She was k ille d in A p r il, 1944, in the crash o f a P-38 p u rsu it p lane near M id d le to n , Penn­sy lvan ia . C op ies o f new spaper c lip p in g s and p ho tog raphs have been donated to the Nebraska 99s by Dr. Glen A ub le o f Ord fo r eventual use in the In te rna tiona l W om en ’s A ir and Space M useum .

The O rd, N ebraska A irp o rt is named a fte r Evelyn Sharp. If you have an op ­p o rtu n ity to s top there som e tim e on a c ro ss -co u n try f lig h t , be sure to read the in s c r ip tio n on the m onum en t th a t is ded ica ted to her.

Dawn Parken ing is he lp ing teach an Aerospace c lass fo r a d u lts in the Omaha area. M ost o f the p a rtic ip a n ts are Omaha teachers w ho are in te rested in aerospace

and the ae ronau tica l sc iences. There were representa tives from several chapte rs of the 99s (G reater Kansas C ity , Topeka, and the Kansas C hapter). Pat M lady, Kansas C ha irm an, and Jan ice W ilson were there to represent the Kansas Chapter.

A jo in t m eeting between the Zonta In te rna tiona l W ic h ita C hapter and the Kansas 99s was held to award Mrs. A nnam m a John from A lleppedy , Ind ia , the Z on ta A m e lia Earhart F e llow sh ip . Mrs. John w ill co m p le te her M asters degree at Kansas U n ive rs ity in the f ie ld o f Gas D ynam ics th is sp ring and return to her hom e land.

The In te rn a tio n a l Board M em bers were house guests o f Pat McEwen. They were very busy in bus iness m ee tings but took tim e to a ttend a co ck ta il party hosted by the Kansas chap te r fo llo w e d by a d inner.

B e tty C o rb in , Lee K ense tt, Lyndall LeCrone, C indy M artin , Barbara Brantner, and Chavela C lark are the Kansas Chap­te r ’s new est m em bers.

Pat M lady has earned her ins tru m e n t ra ting and D orothy D ickerhoof her com ­m erc ia l ra ting .

Safe f ly in g !

Left to Right - Lillian Eis, President W ichita Zonta; Annamma John, Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awardee; Pat Mlady, Chairman, Kansas Chapter.

education and are hop ing to become p ilo ts .

Evelyn Sedivy has ju s t f in ish e d teach ing two g round schoo ls , one fo r the S outheast Nebraska C o m m u n ity C o llege and the other fo r em ployees o f a L in co ln bank.

Mary R obb ins gave a p resen ta tion to wom en in a ttendance at a N ebraska Avia tion and Trades A s s o c ia tio n m eeting in Kearney in February.

OKLAHOM A CHAPTER Marge Hudson, Reporter

At ou r January G uest Day m ee ting there were 27 m em bers and 6 p rospective m em bers present. S usie S ew ell gave a resume o f the 99s a c tiv it ie s , h is to ry , and purpose to ou r g ues ts , a fte r w h ich C harles V andergriff show ed s lides taken d u ring ou r various a c tiv it ie s in years past. Lou ise W ilcox was g iven an a p p lica tio n fo r m em bersh ip . The Sheridan Inn R estaurant at W ill Rogers A irp o rt was the scene o f th is m eeting.

In February the O klahom a C hap ter was w elcom ed at the C oun try C lub in Ponca C ity , O klahom a. There were 24 m em bers and 3 p rospective m em bers present. Duane T ren ton, Test P ilo t fo r G reat Lakes gave a very in te re s tin g and hum orous ta lk and show ed m ovies o f the aeroba tic maneuvers he had flo w n . M ary Jane M ig is of the M inneso ta C hapter was present and is trans fe rring to the O klahom a Chapter. We are very happy to w e lcom e th is charm ing , active m em ber. W anna Lou W yler, o f Tonkaw a, O k lahom a was present and we hope w ill jo in ou r chap te r.

One o f ou r “ lo s t" cha rte r m em bers was found by acc iden t in M a tam oris , M exico by Marge H udson w h ile en rou te to Central Am erica w ith the In te rna tiona l F ly ing Farmers. Her nam e was I la Fox and she is now liv ing in S ou th Padre Is land.

The w ho le O klahom a C hap ter is go ing to m iss Jan M illio n when she m oves to W a s h in g to n , D .C . a ro u n d M a rch 1. F e b ru a ry 19 tw e n ty -s e v e n m e m b e rs gathered at the H ungry Peddler Pub and R estaurant to b id her a fa rew e ll. South Central S ection w ill m iss her a lso , s ince she was section V ice-G overnor. D espite the very m erry ga the ring in O klahom a C ity , we are sorry to lose Jan.

The O klahom a C hap ter C ha irm an has a new name. The fo rm er N orm a W ynn is now Mrs. C harles V ande rg riff. We w ish them every happ iness.

SAN ANTO NIO CHAPTER Pamela H. Crane, Reporter

San A n to n io C hap ter had p lanned to “ m ark” the s ta rt o f 1975 by a irm a rk ing the G uadalupe C oun ty A irp o rt, S egu in , Texas on January 11th, bu t uncoopera tive w eather caused th is event to be postponed to March. The regu la r m ee ting was moved up to January 18th and held in the a irpo rt m eeting room (G en-Aero, Inc .) at noon. Routine bus iness was transacted and plans were d iscussed fo r co m ing events. Members M elba A y le sw o rth , Jane K ing , C yn th ia McGary and Ann Low e ll a ttended a F lig h t In s tru c to rs R efresher C lin ic held in San A n to n io in January. They reported

tha t a sess ion on eng ines was p a rticu la r ly good.

February a c tiv it ie s m ore than co m ­pensated fo ra fa ir ly s lo w s ta rt in January. The regu la r m ee ting was held at noon on February 8 th at the ch a p te r m ee ting room , and was a live ly sess ion , w ith 14 m em bers and 6 g ues ts presen t. A d e lig h tfu l su rp rise was a v is it from L inda H ooker, In te r­n a tiona l A ir Age E duca tion C ha irm an, and Jo M cC arre ll, S ou th C entra l S ection A ir Age E duca tion C ha irm an. Jo is a lso cha irm an of G olden T riang le C hap ter and L inda is a m em ber o f th a t chap te r. They were in San A n to n io to a ttend the annual S tock Show and Rodeo, and “ d ropped in ” to say a few w ords o f encouragem ent fo r a ir age educa tion a c tiv it ie s . They a lso d isp layed th e ir very e n te rta in in g chap te r a c tiv ity report in illu s tra te d fo rm , as presented at the las t se c tio n m eeting .

Three new m em bers, C a therine Se lle rs, Joyce Greer and Sarah M cPherson were w e lcom ed at th is m eeting and several p rospective m em bers were am ong the g uests . M em bersh ip C hairm an Saralda Ross reported tha t she has con tac ted o the r p rospective m em bers. O ur chap te r IS g ro w in g ! B us iness transacted re lated to fu n d -ra is in g a c tiv it ie s , fu tu re a irm a rk ing p lans, sa fe ty lite ra tu re d is tr ib u tio n at loca l FB O ’s in A p ril and ou r second annual chap te r p icn ic in Ju ly .

San Antonio Chapter members Melva Aylesworth (extreme left) and Laura Richter (extreme right) with Ursuline Academy students during the Free Form Week aviation program at the school, February 13th.

The week o f February 10th th rough 14th held a real av ia tion V a len tine in the program fo r Free Form W eek at the U rsu line Academ y (loca l g ir ls h igh schoo l). T h is is a spec ia l period between regu lar sem este rs when cou rses and a c tiv it ie s not regu la rly ava ilab le are schedu led , and fo r the th ird year chap te r m em ber Laura R ich te r, an U rsu line fa c u lty m em ber, coo rd ina ted an av ia tion program w h ich inc luded the fo llo w in g a c tiv it ie s :

M onday: (1) a v is it to San A n to n ioIn te rna tiona l A irp o rt w here Mr. S. Reed, ch ie f p ilo t o f H .B . Zachry Co. (w o rld -w id e c o n s tru c tio n com pany) exp la ined co r­porate av ia tion and gave the s tu d en ts a to u r o f a com pany p lane, (2) a v is it to the SAT ARTS III fa c il ity and to the co n tro l tow er, and (3) an in fo rm a l b rie fin g by a S ou thw est A ir lin e s stew ardess.

Tuesday: a s lid e p resen ta tion on C iv il A ir P atro l o rgan iza tion and a c tiv it ie s by CAP C o l. Robert Cam ina.

W ednesday: a ta lk on genera l av ia tion a c tiv it ie s by E rick A ndreson , San A n to n io GADO S afety C oo rd ina to r.

T hu rsday : a p resen ta tion by chap te rm e m b e r M e lb a A y le s w o r th on he r background and experiences as an in ­s truc to r.

O rien ta tio n f l ig h ts were scheduled fo r F riday, bu t had to be cance lled when the p ilo t was ca lled ou t o f tow n on business. Laura is to be com m ended fo r her e ffo rts in th is p rogram .

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Ann Low e ll w ho received her in s tru m e n t ra ting on February 10th, and to Betsy Hogan and 491/2er B ill w ho were honored on February 19th w ith a spec ia l p rogram presented by the local W o lve rine H e lp -A -B oy-C am p fo r the ir su p p ort o f the W olve rine program fo r boys from d isadvantaged background.

SHREVEPORT CHAPTER Marjo W right, Reporter

Shreveport Chapter 99s and 4 9 '/2 s with Helen Wray and Helen Hewitt attending Take-Off Breakfast sending them on their way to the Amelia Earhart ceremonies in W ashington DC

SHREVEPORT CHAPTER IS 100 PERCENT APT

January sta rted the year fo r us w ith the C h a p te r ’s A n n u a l M e m b e rs h ip S a lad Supper, Jo Ann C arro ll was H ostess.

N ine ty -N in es , Helen H e w itt and Helen W ray were chosen by the H onorab le M ayor C a lhoun A llen to represent Shreveport, January 11, 1975, in W ash ing ton D.C. at the A m e lia Earhart ce rm on ies . P resident Ford des ignated 1975 as In te rna tiona l W o m e n s Y e a r and A m e lia E a rh a rt ce rem on ies sta rted the 1975 a c tiv it ie s . The tw o Helens found the c ity a “ d e lig h t” and en jo y in g m ee ting , he lp ing and v is it in g w ith the W ash ing ton 99s.

Mary Jo Voss and Benny have been trave ling a round the co u n try in th e ir m o to r hom e - M ex ico in January and New O rleans in February.

S afe ty w as the w ord fo r the C hapters February m eeting and w ith the w in te r w eather it was a good tim e to show the f ilm s .

One o f o u r m em bers bough t a 1974 C essna S kyhaw k II, and that m em ber is the C hap ter's reporte r - ME (and husband, C u rtiss ), And a partner, Barbara R ingo ld a fu tu re 99.

Am y P ilk in to n , o u r 99 co llege -ga l, has entered the W orld C ham p ionsh ip fo r General A v ia tio n sponsored by NPA and N IFA be ing held in A uburn, A labam a,M arch 8 -9 G ood Luck, A m y. HelenH e w itt, Shreveport C hapter 99s, w on the Zon ta C lub 's 13th annua l A m e lia Earhart Service A w ard. The p laque is awarded to the person se lected as m aking the m ost

o u ts ta n d in g c o n t r ib u t io n to a v ia t io n science in the A rk-La-Tex. Th is is the second tim e in the h is to ry of the award that it has been presented to a w om an. Helen W ray, Shreveport, w on the award in 1968.

SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER Betty Jones, Reporter

A m ost su ccess fu l sa fe ty sem inar, covering various av ia tion sub je c ts and d e m o n s tra tio n s o f the ve rtigo cha ir was held in Lake C harles, La. C o-sponsors of the event w ere: S ou thw est Lou is iana C hapter 99s (Sandra Rice and Dee W ilso n - h o s te s s e s ) L ake C h a r le s A c c id e n t P re v e n tio n C o u n s e lo rs , a ir p o r t m a n a g e m e n t and F e d e ra l A v ia t io n A d m in is tra tio n . Over one hundred area p ilo ts a ttended the sem inar.

Pat W ard, M o lly S to ckw e ll, and P o lly Baughm an fle w (cou rtesy o f the H ilto n H e licop te r) to Jackson , M iss iss ip p i fo r a m eeting w ith the M is s is s ip p i chap ter 99s.- -Purpose o f the m eeting was to d is c u s s - SECTION C O NVENTIO N, 1976. There w ill be tw o separate conven tions , separate re g is tra tio n s , separate bus iness m eeting e tc .- and jo in t soc ia l even ts— sounds like great fu n !! Even th o ug h p lans are fa r from co m p le tio n , the date o f the event w ill be: APRIL 22-25, 1976.

The local Zon ta C lub of Zon ta In te r­na tiona l and Lou is iana C hapter 99s jo ined to ce lebra te w ith a B u ffe t Banquet at the Roadway Inn. Pat W ard G lo ria H o lm es and E leanor Low ry exp la ined the 99s so b e a u tifu lly . I was pleased as p u n c h -a ll over a g a in - to be a m em ber o f such a great o rgan iza tion .

Mary W h ite was hostess fo r the January m ee ting , a d e lic io u s luncheon was served and a trem e n d ou s ly in te re s tin g program .

Zontians and 99s banquet honoring women in aviation. L to R: Billieann Riddle, Pat Ward, Eleanor Lowry, Polly Baughman, Elizabeth Stevens, Gloria Holmes, Francis Cox.

Sandra Rice, of Southwest Louisiana Chapter 99 and E.P . Crawford, Lake Charles Accident Prevention Counselor, summarize plans for the Aviation Safety Seminar.

M ovies and d e m o n s tra tio n s o f the Laser beam.

C R A W FIS H -S H R IM P BOIL and S lum ber Party w ith Cal M ered ith in H oum a, Lou is iana fo r the February m ee ting . I understand the tu rn o u t was e xce lle n t, the c raw fish superb , and, fo r those o f us w ho cou ld no t a tte n d —hope Cal o ffe rs rain- ch e cks ....

Fran T ay lo r now has her ins tru m e n t ra ting .

G lo ria H o lm es is f ly in g a SCHW IEZER SGU 1-19 open c o c k p it g lid e r. Roger W ard, Dave H o lm es, Inc. are the happy ow ners.

To solo a glider must be like “kid stuff” for PAT W ARD..never-the-less, she looks down right pleased about the whole thing.

SPANISH PEAKS CHAPTER Joan Alyea, Reporter

1975 began as a busy year fo r us. O ur January m eeting w as held in a sm a ll room at the Pueblo A irp o rt w here the opera tion o f a f l ig h t s im u la to r was exp la ined to us by Paul Eubanks, ow ner and p ilo t. Paul is a lso one o f the c o n tro lle rs at Pueblo Tow er, so know s bo th ends o f the bus iness.

O ur February m eeting was b u s ily spent m ak ing p lans fo r a sem ina r on “ W om en in A v ia tio n " w h ich we w ill present A p ril 23 as part o f “ W om en ’s W eek” a c tiv it ie s at S ou the rn C o lo rado S ta te C o llege in Pueblo . T h is type o f sem ina r is a f irs t fo r the co lle g e and fo r the Span ish Peaks C hapter. W ith the exce llen t speakers we have inv ited and the w illin g help we are rece iv ing from the co lle g e and av ia tion c o m m u n ity , we're lo o k in g fo rw ard to a great success. T im e and exact lo ca tio n w ill be ready next m on th and w e 'll p lan a irpo rt p icku p s fo r a ll oos w ho w ou ld like to jo in us.

A nn C o u rtr ig h t, 49>/2 C la ibo rne and fa m ily fle w to F lo rid a in January in the ir P iper 2 3 5 -to o k in a m ed ica l convention and D isney W orld .

February fly in g was m in im a l—w hat w ith snow , low c lo u d s and h igh w in d s , we were lucky to get a round the pea patch a few tim es . If w e 're lucky, M arch sh o u ld f in d us in the a ir a lo t m o re -w e hope!

TEXAS DOGW OOD CHAPTER Elaine W hite, Reporter

The sh in y , new 99 em b lem s o f Texas Dogw ood m em bers are tu rn in g up at a varie ty of fu n c tio n s these days. F or m ost o f us, it m eans tim e lo v in g ly sandw iched in betw een jo b s , ch ild re n , ch u rch , and o th e r a c tiv it ie s .

S a turday, January 11 fo u nd us at the l i t t le s tr ip beside the Cedar Creek C oun try C lub scann ing the gray sk ies to w atch ou r sca tte red m em bers sa fe tly set dow n th e ir

p la n e s . H a p p ily e n o u g h , w e a ls o w e lcom ed e igh t 99s from the Golden T riang le C hapter fo r o u r f ly - in luncheon. O ur veteran and cha irm an , Peg O ng, is fo rtu n a te in know ing 99s from many places.

Then, on Thursday even ing, February 13, we sponsored a S afe ty Sem inar in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the FAA. Dr. D w ight Jones led a d iscu ss io n o f tw o exce llen t f ilm s to a large g roup o f p ilo ts w ho had gathered from the A thens-T y le r-E nn is area fo r th is d in n e r m eeting at the Town House R estaurant in A thens. D orothy Duncan, ou r new est m em ber, and her husband D eW itt (from Tyler) were a lso present.

Duane Perry and E la ine W h ite , from A thens H igh Schoo l, jou rneyed to Dallas on th e ir in -serv ice tra in ing day February 21 to v is it S ky line H igh S ch o o l’s A v ia tion - A erospace program in a n tic ip a tio n of the ir ow n proposed course fo r the next schoo l year. An a u x ilia ry to u r inc luded a g lim pse o f S ky lin e ’s A & P s tudy c lu s te r. S is te r 99s from a ll over the cou n try . S ix teachers superv ise the 30,000 square fo o t area and teach a irfram e c o n s tru c tio n and s tu d y of the e le c trica l, hyd rau lic and o th e r system s o f the pow erp lan t. H e lipcop te rs , planes, and various k inds of eng ines f i l l the huge space. It is q u ite an experience!

On the way hom e we made a d e tou r to A dd iso n A irp o rt to v is it Pat Je tton o f the Dallas R edb irds. W hat shou ld we fin d but an im p ro m p tu ga the ring o f the Redbirds m eeting w ith In te rna tiona l P resident Pat M cEwen and G overnor Hazel Jones! We neophytes were d u ly im pressed, fo r we w ager there is no m ore active chapter than ou r sponsors , the R edbirds!

In the fu tu re -a n o th e r safe ty sem inar and an a ir m ark ing . Those sh iny , new em b lem s of ou rs w ill be at the scene of m uch a c tiv ity .

TOPEKA CHAPTER Sondra Ridgeway, Reporter

O ctober, 1974 - C o -sponso rs andhostesses fo r FAA S afe ty Sem inar. D orothy Pow ell and 491/2er Ben organized and conduc ted a 3 day av ia tion w orkshop fo r 8 Topeka W est H igh S choo l s tuden ts . F irs t day inc luded general o rie n ta tio n and to u r o f fa c ilit ie s at Topeka M un ic ipa l A irp o rt. Second day a tr ip to Forbes A ir Force Base, Topeka and a f l ig h t to W ich ita to v is it the C essna fa c to ry . Th ird day a look at radar fa c ilit ie s ATC C enter, O lathe, Kansas and f lig h ts in TW A s im u la to rs Kansas C ity , M isso uri. How about th a t fo r an a ir-age educa tion p ro jec t. Sondra and Dale R idgew ay a ttended Fall section m ee ting at Las C ruces, New M exico.

N ovem ber, 1974 - We enterta inedprospec tive m em bers at a Saturday m orn ing co ffee , Topeka M un ic ipa l A irpo rt. Barbara R uhnke represented Topeka 99s and served as hostess at the F lin t H ills A v ia tio n M ee ting , M anhattan , Kansas.

Decem ber, 1974 - O ur annua l C h ris tm as party and b u ffe t supper was held at the hom e o f Dale and Sondra R idgeway. C h a r lo t te K e n n e y p a sse d h e r FA A In s tru m e n t w ritte n exam. V irg in ia M arshall o f M anhattan Kansas jo ined ou r chap te r as a new m em ber.

January, 1975 - N ine ty n ine and Zonta C lub m em bers from Topeka, Kansas C ity and W ich ita assem bled January 13 in the o ffice o f new Kansas G overnor Robert Bennett fo r s ig n in g o f “ W om en in A v ia tio n " p roc lam a tion .

February, 1975 - R egular business m eetings were changed from the th ird W ednesday to the second S aturday of each m onth . We held a p lann ing sess ion fo r spring and sum m er a c tiv it ie s .

TULSA CHAPTER Jan Mauritson, Reporter

W in te r w eather a lw ays seem s to s low fly in g a c tiv it ie s to som e ex ten t, so Tulsa C hapter is lo o k in g fo rw ard to sp ring in a n tic ip a tio n o f a num ber o f p ro jec ts .

The January m eeting w as held in the lounge o f T u lsa ir Hangar 12 at Tu lsa In te rna tiona l A irp o rt. Besides ou r fa ith fu l regulars, there were tw o g u es ts p resen t; Sherry K illio n and Jean C o n k lin g . S ince Tulsa is one o f the s to p s fo r the AW TAR th is year, som e p re lim in a ry p lans and arrangem ents were d iscussed . W e a lso have q u ite a l is t o f a irp o rts fo r a irm ark ing and are hop ing to get s ta rted w ith these as so o n as w e a th e r p e rm its . D eanna R obertson is now o ff ic ia lly Ins trum en t rated and is p roceed ing w ith CFI tra in in g . She has the w ritte n exam s passed and says she is p robab ly a bou t ha lf way through the f l ig h t tra in in g .

Lyd ia G utie rrez flew w ith a friend to “ Never-sweat In te rn a tio n a l” to v is it w ith Sue and Ken Duncan. The red carpet is a lways o u t at the Duncan a irs tr ip . O ur cha irm an, Carol B row n, is a frequen t d rop- in at “ N ever-SW EAT". A lso Johnny Salyer and husband, B ill, fle w over fo r a v is it earlier th is m on th . Sue and Ken ju s t returned from a fly in g fun to u r of the C o lorado, New M exico area. They spent a coup le o f days in Durango, then flew in to ABQ fo r the ba lloon races and on to Sante Fe before re tu rn ing to Tulsa. The m idd le o f February Jan M auritson fle w to Denver to meet her son and d a u gh te r-in -la w w ho were d riv ing up from Dallas. A ll th ree spent a d e lig h tfu l fo u r days s k iin g in the W in te r Park area. It was a su cce ss fu l tr ip - no bones b roken!

O ur February m ee ting was at the home o f Johnny S alyer and, am ong o the r th in g s , we w ill begin m aking p lans to a ttend ou r Spring S ection m ee ting in A b ilene .

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Northwest SectionALASKA - IDAHO - MONTANA

NORTH DAKOTA - OREGON SOUTH DAKOTA

WASHINGTON - WYOMING

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ALASKA CHAPTER Margaret W agnon, Reporter

W ith subzero tem pera tu res and snow - lo ts of snow - the fly in g w eather has kept many o f us ea rthbound. Oh w e ll, sw eeping snow o ff o f a irp lanes is good, o u tdo o r exercise.

There have been som e new ra tin g s . Beth

W ade and S tephany D edrick have th e ir C om m erc ia l. M arion T a lb o t earned her In s tru m e n t. ATR p ilo t Ruth O ’Buck has been to the A m erican A ir lin e s A cadem y in Fort W o rth , Texas o b ta in in g her type ra ting in a C essna C ita tio n .

O ur m ost in te re s tin g m ee ting th is w in te r was held at D im ond H igh S chool P lane ta rium . Em m a W a lton m ade the necessary a rrangem ents . W e may no t be ready fo r ce le s tia l na v ig a tion , bu t we learned m any in te re s tin g fac ts .

Lavelle Betz held a Tupperw are Party at her hom e in January as a C hap ter fu n d ­ra is ing p ro je c t. Due to very bad w eather th a t n ig h t, the tu rn o u t was poor, bu t those brave ones w ho a ttended had an en joyab le evening.

M arion and B ill Zaegel had a vaca tion tr ip to A u s tra lia and New Zealand. They en joyed spend ing a day in S idney w ith M arie R icha rdson and M argaret K en tley of the A us tra lian S ec tion . They sa w 'th e New Zealand na tiona l g lid e r m eet w ith 35 g lid e rs p a rtic ip a tin g , and they to o k a flo a t p lane ride in R oto rousa , New Zealand over m oun ta in lakes and b o ilin g m inera l and s u lp h u r poo ls .

EASTERN W ASHING TO N CHAPTER Daryl Ann Kyle, Reporter

D esp ite a p ile o f snow on the g round , s ince la te C h ris tm as eve, we're ab le to get toge the r, at least by car!

In January we m et at Hen ley A erodrom e near A th o l, Idaho and d iscussed bus iness (tha t m eans m o s tly co nven tion p lans), and were treated to a trem endous program begun by Steve M arrow , parachu te r w ith the Henley H um m ers and p a rtic ip a n t in an18-m an, Idaho record s ta r fo rm ed last sum m er. Steve speaks w ith great in ­sp ira tio n about h is fa vo rite sp o rt and answ ered ou r q u e s tio n s expe rtly . G ladys B u ro ke ra n d S a lly S im u n d so n , ou r res iden t b a llo o n is ts , (a lso m o th e r and daugh te r!) then to ld us a bou t b a llo o n in g and showed s lid e s o f som e o f th e ir b a llo o n ing ad­ven tures. G ladys a lso ta lked about the early days o f pa rach u tin g . Her ta les le ft us a ll o o o h in g !

G uests at ou r m eeting were M issy Davis w ho w as v is it in g her s is te r, 99 C arolyn Love from K e llogg , Idaho, and 491/2ers A u g u s t Lake and Carl B oyd. L e w is ton 99 M arg ie W ood passed her in s tru m e n t check ride the day a fte r o u r C h ris tm a s Party. Now she ’s a fte r the m u lti-e n g in e ra ting . G ladys B uroker passed her in s tru m e n t w ritte n .

February b ro u g h t us to Spokane fo r a luncheon m ee ting . We w e lcom ed Robin A nderson as a brand new 99. Robin learned to f ly at Henley A erodrom e. L ew is ton p ilo t Barbara D un lop has jo ined the fo ld . P rospective m em bers present inc luded s tu d en t p ilo t N ad ine H enley, and Jean Davis, a p ilo t from W a lla W alla , W a sh in g ton .

C h ie f new sm aker th is m on th is Lana Balser. She and several o th e r wom en A .& P . s tu d e n ts at Spokane C o m m u n ity C o llege were fea tured in a fu ll-p a g e of p ic tu re s and a ccom pany ing s to ry in the Spokane papers. Lana says men at the

schoo l are now dem and ing equal tim e !W e were treated to a p resen ta tion by

John Radamaker, fo rm er B lue A nge ls p ilo t from L ib e rty Lake, W a sh in g ton ; now a cha rte r p ilo t w ith Executive A ir C or­po ra tion in Spokane. John awed us w ith a spec tacu la r B lue A nge ls dem on s tra tio n f ilm , then fie lded co u n tle ss ques tion s from the g roup . W hat a way to f ly !

Rem em ber ROUNDUP '75, Ju ly 30 th ro u g h A u g u s t 2, C oeur d ’ A lene, Idaho. We hope to make it a very spec ia l In te r­n a tiona l C onven tion fo r YOU.

W ESTERN W ASHINGTON CHAPTER Della Koss, Reporter

O ur New Year s ta rted o ff w ith a bang. Pat E rickson arranged a to u r th rough M cC hord A ir Force Base. M a jo r Joe Menard brie fed us on the a c tiv itie s o f the A ir Force Reserve and conduc ted us th ro u g h a C 141. The h ig h lig h t o f the tr ip was be ing able to f ly the C 141 s im u la to r. T h o s e a t te n d in g : T he d a B re n ts o n ,P ris c illa C ook, Pat E rickson , Lou Burrow s, Jayne A lice Pykonen and Della K oss did have som e d if f ic u lty , beating ou r 491/2ers to the c o n tro ls o f the s im u la to r. We all m anaged to get a tu rn . Th is was fo llo w e d by a tr ip up to the tow e r and lunch at the o ffic e rs c lub .

D oris W o lfs to n e w as the re c ip ien t o f the Bern ie Lym an A w ard. The W ash ing ton P ilo ts A s s o c ia tio n present th is to her at th e ir S ta te con ve n tio n . Th is is a very m ean ing fu l award as it is g iven to the “ unsung hero” o r "h e ro in e .” A person w ho a lw ays g e ts th e jo b done w ith o u t a lo t o f p u b lic fan fare .

P r isc illa C ook 's youngest daughte r, Tandy, to o k her f irs t so lo f lig h t. T h is puts P r isc illa f if th in lin e fo r the p lane behind husband B ill and three fly in g o ffs p rin g s .

Della Koss com p le ted her C om m ercia l ra ting and husband , George, now has h is in s tru c to rs license . W ith fo u r fu tu re 99s rap id ly g ro w ing up, it w il l com e in handy.

IDAHO CHAPTER Gene Nora-Jessen, Reporter

Idaho 99s are w o rk in g hard, bu t it 's the u nspec ta cu la r ye t necessary type o f w ork. W e're sea rch ing ou t p rospective m em bers

Doris W olfstone, Western Washington Chapter, receives the Bernie Lyman award at the Washington Pilots Association for her “unsung heroine" roll in always getting the job done.

and Pat Jenk ins is s lav ing over 501 (c)3 fo r the S ection . W e’re in the th ic k of S ectiona l p lans w h ich w ill be im m ed ia te ly p rio r to the In te rna tiona l m eeting in C oeur d 'A lene . It is a lit t le d iffe re n t p u ttin g on a m eeting 300 m iles away from the hostesses, but w e ’re up to the cha llenge.

N ot m uch fly in g o u ts id e ou r banana be lt va lley - except to the sk i areas. We heard from C hris W inzer from the C hicago Area Chapter on a ski cha rte r to Sun Valley. C hris reports a happy th o ug h busy life w ith the C h icago GADO.

Jane M cKew en has finag led a co u p le of weeks absence from her m edica l p ractice and is e s ta tic at the p rospect of f ly in g her C. 172 in the AW TAR . O ur tow e r ope ra to r Sylv ia Burkey w ho earned her liv in g in av ia tion fo r so long before she g o t her nerve up to try fly in g he rse lf now has the evange lis tic fever. She’s go t her room m ate nav iga ting fo r her at every o p p o rtu n ity . C hairm an A nn S to tt has been dow n fo r m ain tenance put p lans on being a irborne soon.

Carol dePue has lived in B o ise and worked w ith ou r chap te r fo r the las t co u p le o f years though she le ft her m em bersh ip w ith the E. Idaho C hapter s ince they are so sm a ll. Now we have bo th lo s t her to Las Vegas. W hat do you bet she ’ll have p len ty o f v is ito rs from Idaho.

A sp rin k lin g o f 99s was spo tted at Pete C am pbe ll’s m u lti-e n g in e c lin ic . Joyce B lankenbaker repo rts having go tten to w ith in ten m in u te s o f the last m eeting before g iv ing up and reversing course . Pat Jenk ins never even g o t o ff her ranch tha t day fo r the sky was fa llin g in b ig w h ite flakes. We apprec ia te the lo ya lty o f ou r a w ay-from -B o ise m em bers w ho rea lly g ive it the extra try to get to w in te r m ee tings.

Plans are a fo o t to move ou r s ix th annual d e n s ity a lt itu d e c lin ic - f ly - in b reakfast from S m iley Creek in A ugus t to M cCall in late June th is year. S m iley Creek w as ju s t a lit t le tough fo r the low tim e p ilo ts w ho are ou r real ta rge t fo r a d e n s ity a ltitu d e c lin ic . Tenta tive da te - June 29.

W ILLAM ETTE CHAPTER JaneC apizzi, Reporter

The snow Surviva l sho rt course , Feb. 15- 16, sponsored by the W illa m e tte Valley 99s, w as a success. We a ll survived!

Over 50 p ilo ts a ttended the evening lec tu re o f Mel Jackson o f the Eugene Park and R ecreation Dept. Mel showed s lid e s to em phasize surviva l techn iques in snow cave c o n s t ru c t io n , c lo th in g , fo o d , equ ipm en t and pos itive com m on sense a ttitu de .

Tw enty one p ilo ts and p rospective p ilo ts (6 99s) from C o rva llis , Lebanon, and Eugene jo ined fo rces fo r the actua l tr ip in to the W illa m e tte Pass area fo r an ove rn igh t surviva l tes t. W e were w arm ly dressed, loaded w ith a pack of s leep ing bag, sponge pad, p la s tic underp iece , stove, fo o d , d ig g in g to o l, ex tra set of c lo th e s , fla s h lig h t, cand le , and a ja r o f w ooden m atches. M any took s k is or snow shoes w h ich were lit t le used because

we were so busy b u ild in g o u r snow caves, ig lo o s and she lte rs . M el's 'A m ile from the h ighw ay tu rned ou t to be nearly s tra ig h t up th ru w a is t-deep snow . The scenery was fa n ta s t ic - fre s h pow der snow g lis te n in g aga ins t a b righ t deep b lue sky w ith the snow laden f ir fo re s t and O dell Lake be low us.

We had been so warned o f the dangers o f be ing co ld and w et th a t we over-dressed and were to o ho t d u ring the c lim b up the m oun ta in . Upon reach ing ou r cam p ing area, everyone s ta rted d ig g in g in fo r the n ig h t, except Cec and Bev Saxon w ho put up a b rig h t o range te n t r ig h t in the m idd le o f the c lea ring . Som e o ld snow caves there he lped 5 o r 6 co up les , w h ile several in ­dependent in d iv id u a ls w orked on th e ir own new caves o r tree she lte rs . S a lly P lum ley and Jean M ackey d id a ll the w ork and then had to return to C o rva llis tha t n ig h t.

W ith Jan A m u n d so n ’s 49'/2 as head a rch ite c t, we s ta rted a 3 room u n it fo r 5 or 6 o f us. The ig lo o was tim e -co n su m in g but rea l; the she lte r, o f snow b lock w a lls and sk i ra fte rs covered w ith p la s tic and snow , was h u rrie d ly fin is h e d before dark, and a neat snow cave in between th e 2 o ther u n its looked the coz ies t w ith red cand les g lo w in g th ru the en trance snow , above w h ich , a ttached to crossed sk i po les, was a long red p ilo t tube cover "R em ove Before F lig h t ." The fragrance o f tea w affed from the cave en trance as we se ttle d in s id e our sh e lte r next d oo r and aga in as we le ft a t 8 the next m orn ing to d ig ou t o u r s toves e tc. fo r b reakfast.

I t ’s a long n ig h t from dark to daw n (5 :30 p .m . to 7 :3 0 a .m .). Verda G ivs tin a and I sat up and ta lked about every 2 o r 3 hours , snack ing on d ried fru it and w ine , and kn o ck ing the deepen ing snow from the en trance fla p o f ou r roo f.

S a tu rday ’s d in n e r was in fo rm a l to say the least, w ith 3 o r 4 s toves—butane o r s te rn o —hea ting snow w a te r s lo w ly fo r co ffe e , cocoa, tea and re co n s titu te d d inne rs . S u p ris in g ly , we fe lt w e ll-fe d , s ta n d ing a round the m id d le o f the stam ped dow n open ing su rrounded by g ian t snow laden f ir t re e s . The snow was fa llin g lig h tly du rin g d in n e r and people s ta rted d isa p ­pearing in to th e ir lit t le snow caves before dark.

As the snow deepened, Mel made the rounds o f a ll the snow caves several t im es th ru the n ig h t, check ing to see if there was v e n t i la t io n a nd e v e ry o n e w a s w a rm enough.

W et b o o ts were s t i l l w et in the m orn ing , and M e l’s w a rn ing s o f the necess ity of w oo l sox, m itte n s and pan ts was re in ­fo rced . The co ld people s ta rted dow n h ill a f te r b re a k fa s t , m e e tin g a b lo w in g sn o w s to rm from the c res t o f the h ill to the h ighw ay. The warm people en joyed a second o r th ird cup o f co ffee , packed and re lu c ta n tly le ft.

The experience o f rea lly s leep ing o u t g ives one an idea o f w hat is im p o rta n t to in c lu d e in yo u r p lane ’s surv iva l bag— A w ide b laded, sho rth a n d le d s trong shove l, a dow n s leep ing bag, a s tove, a b it o f dried fo o d , and extra w oo l c lo th in g .

M aybe the h u m ility to be lieve the w ea ther b rie fin g and to make a 180, com es f irs t.

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Southwest SectionARIZONA - CALIFORNIA

HAWAII - NEVADA - UTAH

ALOHA CHAPTER Marijane Nelson, Interim Reporter

A loha C hapter m em bers rea lly go t down to bus iness when they m et fo r a luncheon m ee ting at the T ah itian Lanai on January 7 th , fo r there were many fin a l de ta ils to be w orked ou t be fore our launch ing o f In­te rn a tio n a l W om en ’s Year on the 11th!

The year 1975 has been p roc la im ed In te rn a t io n a l W o m e n ’s Y e a r by th e S ecretary Genera l o f the U nited N ations, U n ited S ta tes P residen t Gerald Ford, and H a w a ii ’ s G o v e rn o r G e o rg e A r iy o s h i. H o n o lu lu was se lected as the loca tio n fo r the open ing event as a sa lu te to A m elia Earhart, w ho le ft Hawaii a t 4 :3 0 p .m . on January 11, 1935, to becom e the f irs t p ilo t to f ly so lo to the N orth A m erican C on­tin e n t. It was fe lt tha t her h is to r ic f lig h t re p re s e n ts th e p e rs e v e re n c e and d e d ica tion to ach ievem ent w h ich IWY e xe m p lifie s .

F lorence Beam on (C hairm an o f the A loha C hapter), B e tty S ko ld , Pat Davis, and L indy Boyes worked hard p lann ing our open ing event and arrang ing fo r p u b lic ity fo r the past tw o m on ths. U n ited A ir lin e s o ffe red to ho s t the party aboard one of th e ir 747 a ir lin e rs .

The c u lm in a tio n o f a ll th is p lann ing took p lace at 4 :3 0 on the a fte rnoon o f January 11 th —fo rty years a fte r A m e lia Earhart’s departu re fo r the w est coast. Som e 200 w om en leaders from the is lands were inv ited to the event sponsored by the N in e ty -N in es . W e had o u r la rgest tu rn o u t in the h is to ry o f ou r chapter!

M a rg u e r ite G a m b o W o o d (c h a r te r m em ber o f the A loha C hapter and an active av ia trix in H aw a ii s ince the early 1930s) was honorary cha irm an o f the a ffa ir. She was ass is ted d u ring the cerem on ies by D orothy Read, F lorence Beam on, and Jane K e lley (w ho spoke on the background of the N ine ty -N in es ). G overnor A riyo sh i was represented at the fu n c tio n by M rs. Eileen A nderson , D ire c to r of F inance fo r the State of H aw a ii. M r. H .C . Chee, d is tr ic t m anager o f the U .S. Posta l Service, presented A m e lia Earhart “ F irs t Day C overs" at the ce le b ra tio n .

M uch c re d it is due ou r “ p lann ing c o m m itte e ” and U nited A ir lin e s fo r suc­c e s s fu lly la unch ing th is im p o rta n t event,

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Amor Bitanga, representative from the Civil A ir Patrol, waits with Aloha chapter members Marijane Nelson and Sue Young for turn to tour the flight deck of the United Airlines’ 747-scene of the celebration held to lunch International W om en’s Year.

Florence Beamon, Chairman of the Aloha Chapter, reads greetings sent from Yae Nozoki, chief director of the Japan Women’s Association of Aeronautics and member of the 99s in Tokyo. (Dorothy Read waits in the background).

Jane Kelley tells about the Ninety-N ines during the International W om en’s Year ceremony aboard a United 747 at Honolulu International Airport.

On behalf of the United Nations Association, Fren McQuesten (on left) presents a check for the Am elia Earhart Scholarship to Marguerite Gambo Wood, honorary chairman at the International Women’s Year opening event. Sonja Frost, President of the FAA W om en’s C lub, looks on at right.

BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER Pat Church, Reporter

The b igges t b oos t fo r ou r ch a p te r is the recent se le c tio n o f June Edw ards as a runner-up fo r the N a tiona l Spokesm an A w a rd by A g ric u ltu ra l C h em ic a ls Magazine. June has earned th is honor fo r her trem endous jo b b o o s ting the dual cause o f av ia tion and a g ricu ltu re . She has been very ac tive in av ia tion and a g ricu ltu re . She has been very active in av ia tion and a g ricu la tu re education in Bakersfie ld and is now teach ing an ag ricu la tu re av ia tion course at B akersfie ld C ollege. The program has been s tron g ly supported by ou r chapter, e spec ia lly by “ B u tch ” Ayers, w ho has been serving on the education co m m itte e . N ow B akersfie ld C o llege w ill be expand ing its av ia tion program th ro u g h the In d us tr ia l E ducation

D epartm ent, add ing related cou rses such as m arke ting and jo u rn a lism .

A n o th e r ac tive f ly in g teacher, Marge H arps, is teach ing a basic av ia tion course to ju n io r h igh schoo l s tu d e n ts in T aft. We are try in g very hard to “ ed u ca te ” o u r c o m m u n ity abou t av ia tion .

W e to o k five o r s ix p lanes and fle w about 1,200 pounds o f D irect R e lie f su p p lie s to Santa Barbara on M arch 8. There are a lso te n ta tive p lans fo r a fly - in m ee ting w ith the H igh Desert chap te r in the near fu tu re . W e 'll pu t ou r heads to g e th e r fo r som e “ sp e c ia l” p lans fo r the fa ll se c tio n a l.

Several ga ls , in c lu d in g Joan Paynter, A chsa H o lfe ld e r and P ris c illa Spencer are p lann ing on a tte nd in g the sp ring sec tiona l in A p r il, w here th e y ’re p lann ing on g e tting a ll so rts o f ideas on how a sec tiona l m ee ting is run. W e're go ing to do it up r ig h t!

Speaking o f do ing th in g s r ig h t, we d id s p o n s o r o n e v e ry s u c c e s s fu l e v e n t recen tly . On January 22nd we co -hos ted a program on a ir sa fe ty w ith the FAA, fe a tu r in g C o lo n e l W il l ia m S p ru a n c e . C o lone l Spruance gave a very in fo rm a tive program in w h ich he en livened h is advice on a ir sa fe ty w ith an accoun t o f h is ow n trag ic experience in a v ia tio n , when he crashed and nearly pe rished . It m eans so m uch m ore to hear such advice from those w h o ’ve “ been th e re ." Lo ts o f very favorab le co m m e n ts resu lted from the p rog ram , and w e ’re very proud to have been a part o f it.

B a ke rs fie ld ’s w ea ther w ill be im p rov ing now , and the o ld w o rn -o u t runw ays o f Kern C oun ty w ill be spa rk ling w ith b rig h t new ye llo w and w h ite m ark ings c a re fu lly ap­p lied by the pa in t-besm eared lad ies o f the B ake rs fie ld 99s.

BAY CITIES CHAPTER Vivian Harshbarger, Reporter

W e've been genera lly g rounded because o f w ea ther s ince the last report bu t have been w o rk in g on num erous p ro je c ts , i.e ., a rum m age sale M arch 7 ( fo r 1977 In­te rn a tio n a l 99 C onven tion expenses), D o m in o T o u rn a m e n t—A s tra J o h n s o n , C ha irm an, a C hap te r 43 year B irth d a y F ly- in to Santa Rosa on M arch 22, and a ir m ark ing o f nearby a irpo rts . The las t tw o p ro je c ts are be ing arranged by A s tra and M aureen C arter. A lso , Dorcey H adley, w ith he lp from A stra have been busy m aking item s to se ll in the b o u tiqu e sec tion o f the rum m age sale. These three have added so m uch to ou r C hapter, s ince jo in in g in late 1974, we w ant to thank them in th is news report, and no te th a t even w ith a ll these a c tiv it ie s , Maureen and A s tra are a tte nd in g In s tru m e n t G round S choo l, and Maureen m ay soon be pu rsu ing an e x tra -cu rricu la career in the Navy Reserves to ob ta in tra in in g as a T ow er C o n tro lle r.

Rose Sharp, C hairm an o f the rum m age sale, sponsored by the Bay Area C hapters has every de ta il w orked o u t, and she and Joyce W e lls p lan to s ta rt se ttin g us the n ig h t before.

W e lls made a fo u r hou r IFR tr ip to San L u is O b ispo and back. They were th a nk fu l it was sm oo th , th o ug h ra in ing in c lo u d s .

I am invo lved w ith fo re ig n s tu d en ts learn ing to f ly , and is th a t ever a w ho le new b a llgam e. L ike the one w ho landed at

M ather A ir Force Base, w h ile in radio co n tac t w ith M arysv ille . He was greeted by an arm ed esco rt, and fo rtu n a te ly released in tim e to return before sunse t, as he w asn ’t checked ou t fo r n ig h t f ly in g . Im ag ine land ing on one o f those beau tifu l long runw ays in a Cessna 150 and have them say “ G o o d b y -p le a s e d o n ’t com e b a ck ," w ith o u t having to f i l l ou t a ll those fo rm s and m aybe end up w ith o u t a license.

COACHELLA VALLEY CHAPTER Ellenor Wagner, Reporter

We a ir-m arked Therm al A irp o rt in D ecem ber, Palm S p rings in January and are schedu led to tack le 29 Palm s on A p ril6. The January m eeting was held at the hom e o f R ose lla and Roy K ibbee w ith a g reat tu rn -o u t and an equa lly great steak barbecue. In a sense, it was a rather ‘to u c h in g ’ occas ion s ince the K ibbees have so ld the hom e on the runway at Berm uda Dunes A irp o rt and we w ill a ll m iss the fa m ilia r roo fto p um bre llas and cha irs and the fac t tha t we cou ld tax i in fo r a cup of co ffee and som e hangar fly in g any o ld tim e.

Ilia Mae and N ick C arosell have a new add ress : 3459 San M artin C irc le , Palm S p r in g s ...c o m p le te w ith sw im m ing poo l. The K ibbees w ill be having a new one soon . B e tty M anley, w ith TW A C apta in - husband en joyed a tr ip to F lo rid a where they sea-p laned them se lves r ig h t in to new ra tin g s in N ovem ber. Mary and Cal Turner have been tak ing som e bea u tifu l aeria l sh o ts a round ou r desert, p lu s m aking ph o to records o f ou r a irm a rk ings .

The loyal crew and supporters on the recent Palm Springs Airport project turned out en masse on a day when ‘you could see forever.’ (L to R) Jean Patane, Chapter and airmarking chairman, Connie W oolston, Ellenor Wagner, Roy and Rosella Kibbee, Ilia Mae Carosell, George Manley, Art W oolston, Betty Manley, Bill Carlton and the two Carlton boys. (E. Wagner Photo)

Heard from Lynne Greer, PPD s ta rt Co- C ha irm an, In land C hapter, w ith a progress report o f p lans fo r the 1975 Race from R ivers ide, CA. C .V . C hapter and o thers w ill be lend ing a hand and a financ ia l a ss is t fo r them .

M elba and B ill C arlton hosted the February m eeting at th e ir lovely hom e in Yucca V a lley . P rio r to the r tg , all en joyed a spag he tti d inne r ..i each m em ber b ring in g p o t-lu ck extras. It was a co ld , fu n evening en joyed by the host and hostess, G eorge and Betty M anley, Mary Turner, I lia Mae C arose ll, C onn ie and A rt W o o ls to n , R ose lla and Roy K ibbee and Peggy and D ick M arsh from San G abrie l C hapter, w ho have a lso purchased a hom e in Palm S p rings . Good to see S h irley and

G ordon Von K a lin o w sk i at the January m eeting and hope to see them m ore o ften .

Peggy and D ick M arsh have opened th e ir new Palm S prings hom e to a loca l chap te r m eeting and San G abrie l C hapter fly - in on March 9, from 11 a .m ., u n til 3 p .m . T he ir address is 1100 G ranvia V a lm on te, Palm S prings, in the event any o f you 99s are fly in g in the area and w ant to jo in the fun .

The a irm a rk ing at 29 Palm s on A p ril 6, from 8 a .m ., is a lso scheduled as a fu n -fly - in com b in e d w ith a p o t- lu ck p ic n ic ; so com e jo in us there and b ring you r ow n lunch and a pa in t ro lle r, to o !

LAS VEGAS VALLEY CHAPTER Liz Heller, Reporter

The February m eeting was an open m eeting fo r m em bers and th e ir fr ie n d s to lis ten to Joe Gervais, a u tho r o f A m e lia Earhart Lives. It was the second tim e Joe has been a guest speaker and as usual m ost in te re s tin g .

We have a lso w e lcom ed tw o new m em bers to ou r g roup , Kate C liffo rd and Kath leen Snaper. C om ing back to Las Vegas a fte r several years absence is Carole De Pue.

The A O P A F l ig h t In s t ru c to r s R eva lida tion C lin ic was held at the Sahara H ote l in February w ith Lo is E rickson , Marie M cM illa n , Jane Le igh ty , K athy Snaper, Nancy C raddock, Liz H e lle r and C a ro le V ila rd o h e lp in g w ith th e reg is tra tio n . M ost o f the g ir ls a ttended all o r part o f the sess ions.

Carole V ila rdo is C on tes t Chairm an fo r the S ou thw est S ec tion . The C hapter is sponsoring a N IFA C hapter at the U n ive rs ity o f Nevada, Las Vegas. Lo is E rickson fle w som e DRF su p p lie s to Santa Barbara and made use o f her in s tru m e n t tra in in g w ith an in s tru m e n t approach at G ole ta. W eather cu t her re tu rn tr ip sho rt at D aggett and the tr ip was com p le ted by G reyhound. Liz H e lle r fle w her back to D aggett a coup le days la te r to p ick up her plane. Nancy C raddock w en t a long to navigate. L o is is a lso proud possessor of persona lized license p la tes -99 LE. F ly -in s to Death Va lley and Pa lm dale C enter are on the agenda in the near fu tu re .

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER Grace M cGettigan, Reporter

W hile N ine ty N ines in m any parts o f the C oun try were g rounded by snow s to rm s and huddled in hangars to avoid the co ld , m em bers o f the Los Ange les C hapter spent the w in te r p ilo t in g th e ir b irds th rough the w arm , b lue sk ies o f S outhern C a lifo rn ia .

V irg in ia Show ers pa rtic ipa ted in the O range C oun ty P ic tu re H un t w ith her d augh te r-in -law A dele in the r ig h t seat as ch ie f sp o tte r. G eorg ia Lam bert a lso took part in the H un t, then w inged her way to San Jose and spent tw o days w ith her daugh te r and so n -in -la w w ho are a lso p ilo ts .

Jean P yatt, Rachel Bonzon and D orothy Pepin fle w ETA s tu d e n ts to SantS Paula in January fo r an in te re s tin g to u r th rough

m any o f the hangars and v is ite d b rie fly w ith Gwen Dewey and M arian F icke tt o f the Santa Paula and SBA C hapters respective ly .

Jeanne Rum m and Jan D reyfus headed fo r the s lopes at Lake Tahoe fo r a few days sk iin g .

To escape the fro s ty 60 degree te m ­peratures o f Los A nge les , ou r C hapter held its February fly - in at M ulege, Baja, C a lifo rn ia , w here m em bers en joyed a weekend o f sun , su rf, sand, and m ucho M argueritas.

Long tim e p rospec tive m em ber June S cruggs recen tly ob ta ined her Private P ilo t's license and we are now pleased to o f f ic ia lly in c lu d e her am ong ou r ranks.

Recent honors w en t to B e tty N esser w ho was in s ta lle d January 24th as V ice C om m ander o f the Coast G uard A ir F lo til la o f Van N uys. Berni S tevenson was ap­po in ted C on tes t C ha irm an fo r the Mohave A ir Races to be held June 20-21-22; LA 99 Jan D reyfus and Evalee Treen o f the Santa Barbara C hapter were appo in ted to Ramp C o n tro l.

In the academ ic sphere H o lley Ba lla rd recen tly a tta ined her M aster's Degree, and Bern i co m p le ted the g round tra in in g p o rtio n o f the very rugged Lear Je t C ourse.

M ONTEREY BAY CHAPTER Elaine Brady, Reporter

A t ou r C h ris tm a s P o tlu ck , C hairm an G eri H a lfpenny presented the P ilo t o f the Year A w ard to Dell H inn , m ost deserv ing of the tro p h y . Deputy Dell has logged in ­num erab le hours fly in g fem a le p risoners fo r the M on te rey C oun ty S h e r r if fs D ept., and to boo t, she is now f ly in g o il d r ille rs to San A rdo area. Even m ore new sw orthy now th a t Pow der P u ff Derby tim e is c reep ing up on us, are the p lans being m ade by Dell and her g randdaughte r, G a il, to f ly the Pow der P u ff as the f irs t g rand- m o the r-g ra n dd a u g h te r team .

C o n g ra tu la t io n s w e re e x te n d e d to A ltena , w ho recen tly m arried N eil Svend- sen. They were presented w ith a love ly w edd ing cake m ade by Geneva C ranford and w ith ou r 99 tray.

For the January m eeting at O lga S ch e ffle r ’s hom e, we had as guest speaker, C m dr. Jack B ranson, S afe ty O ffice r, from the Naval Post G raduate S choo l. He show ed tw o in te re s tin g f ilm s used in th e ir program fo r the sa fe ty o f­fice rs sch o o l. They were f ilm s o f the m ost sp e c tacu la r bu t u n fo rtu n a te phenom enal f ly in g m ishaps .

A fte r the bus iness ha lf o f ou r February m ee ting , 99 fr ie n d , M ike H ughes show ed us h is f i lm s on the so lo in g and subsequen t f l ig h ts o f h is h o m e b u ilt gy ro co p te r. A lso a t th is m ee ting , we w e lcom ed ou r new est m em ber, Sandy P ratt.

Kay H arm on fle w Geri H a lfpenny , Geneva C ranfo rd and Sandy in the “ Super- C h icke n ” to a d e lig h tfu l luncheon at San J o s e M u n i’s n e w e s t r e s ta u ra n t , "H eadqua rte rs o f the 94th A e ro sq ua d ro n .”

O ur C hap te r has fil le d a g lass covered cab in e t at the S a linas A irp o rt Term ina l w ith h is to ry o f the 99s, news, tro p h ie s and aw ards to help keep the p u b lic aware o f N in e ty -N in e s ’ a c tiv it ie s .

MT. DIABLO CHAPTER Fran Zanotto, Reporter

P ers is tance paid o ff aga in ! A fte r being fogged -in fo r ou r January F ly-In to South C o u n ty A irp o rt (Santa C lara C ounty) we had perfec t w eather th is m on th . On S aturday, February 22nd, 99s, th e ir fa m ily and fr ie n d s arrived at S outh C oun ty a irpo rt w here tra n sp o rta tio n was provided to the res tau ran t “ THE FLYING LA D Y " (m ost app ro p ria te fo r a N ine ty -N ine fly - in ). A fte r a d e lic io u s lunch at an unusua lly decora ted d in in g room we wandered down to the m useum . There is a fa n tas tic c o lle c tio n of b e a u tifu lly restored a irc ra ft, w a g o n s s u r re y s , s ta g e c o a c h e s , a u to m o b ile s , m any an tiques, o ld license p la tes and b e a u tifu l w ood carv ings o f fam ous people carved from R edwood tree s tu m p s . It was m ost in te res ting and so m e th in g everyone w ou ld en joy no m atter w ha t age.

O ur next fly - in w ill be M arch 21st to S acram ento M etro (w eather pe rm ittin g ). A nyone w ish in g to jo in us w ou ld be m ost w e lcom e.

M t. Diablo Chapter: South County Fly-In.

ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Jean Garrett, Reporter

E lizabe th S ha ttu ck and M argo S m ith o rgan ized a great P ic ture H unt in February. M argo w as beam ing at the awards cerem ony because her fo rm e r s tuden t, B obb ie R eiter, to o k firs t p lace and she d id it w ith a new private license . Second place w en t to E sther G rupenhagen (F u lle rton C hapter) and th ird place w ent to Darlene Brundage. By p lac ing a wheel on the “ e” o f A pp le V a lley , S h ir ley Cote w on the spot land ing co n te s t at the end o f the H unt.

N eedles A irp o rt is now c lea rly marked, in s p ite o f gravel on the pa in t ro lle rs , because o f the s k ills o f B e tty M arsha ll (a new m em ber!), Sharron Tem ps, Barbara S tew art, S h ir ley C ote , M arie C hris tensen, B obb ie Reiter, and Les H a ll. Les flew everyone there in h is bea u tifu l Grand C om m ander and has o ffe red to help ou t fo r the next a irm a rk ing ass ig n m e n t. If the w ea ther is good, C ata lina A irp o rt shou ld be g lis te n in g w ith le tters.

A ll has no t been w ork. The February m ee ting w as held at the Revere H ouse in T u s tin w here each m em ber to o k her va len tine to d inne r. That evening it was announced th a t B e tty M arsha ll is now a m em ber. If B e tty is not fly in g her Cessna 150, she is busy tak ing her second sem este r in M echan ics fo r P ilo ts .

C o n g ra tu la tio n s goes to M aggie Burch, M arty H arstad (yes, she is back from her to u r o f La tin Am erica), Diane H ixson , and B obb ie R e ite r fo r be ing the f irs t ones th is

year to becom e APT. Sharron Tem ps, w ho jo ined 99s as a g lid e r p ilo t, has now earned her private license . S h irley Baker m issed the P icture H unt because she co u ld n ’t pass up the chance to f ly a C-47. A new CFI ra ting has been earned by Diane H ixson .

PALOMAR CHAPTER Mary Pearson, Reporter

O ur annual C h ris tm as party , held th is year at the recreation room o f Bob and Ethel R ob inson 's to w n house com p lex, was a big event. Bob even gave up go ing to a very im p o rta n t fo o tb a ll gam e to act as h ost! O bserva tion : fo r so m any com pe ten t p ilo ts , w e ’re rea lly good co o ks !

The B oo ths spent C h ris tm a s on th e ir Oregon ranch, the K n ie fe l’s send gree ting from S ta te line , Nevada and the rest o f us have been do ing the usua l weekend f ly in g .

C o ng ra tu la tions to E llen and V irg il Fordham , parents o f a baby boy born in early December. He cam e to h is f irs t 99s m eeting, in January at B orrego , in the fam ily apache.

Pam Van der L inden reported on her flig h t th ro u g h M exico to G uatam ala w ith the Baja Brush P ilo ts . They fle w som e 60 hours, saw a lo t o f b e a u tifu l co u n try and met m any in te re s tin g people. Neil and Sue A d le r en rou te to La Paz in th e ir C om anche 400 to spend New Year’s report hearing a great num ber o f “ g rin g o ” vo ices (the Bush P ilo ts go ing sou th ) on 122.9.

Com e jo in u s -P a lo m a r ’s fund ra is ing p ro jec t fo r Powder P u ff Derby w ill be Powder P u ff Derby Day held at F a llb rook A irpo rt on A p ril 6. The L io n 's C lub w ill serve th e ir d e lic io u s Pancake B reakfast at $1.50 each. There w ill be 3 cen ts a pound rides, d isp la ys , m ovies, e tc . Pam Van der L inden is o u r leader in th is p ro jec t and the C hairm an of the W ays and M eans fo r the Powder P uff Derby, 1976. Please f ly in , drive in, have b reakfast, en joy ou r d isp la ys and su p p o rt the PPD! Pam believes th is is an easy way fo r each chap te r to make a su bs tan tia l c o n tr ib u tio n . Help Pam, and the Pow der P u ff Derby to a success fu l p ro ject.

See you A p ril 6 in F a llb rook .

PHOENIX CHAPTER Natasha Swigard, Reporter

The past m on th ou r chap te r has been b u s y c h o o s in g c o m m it te e c h a irm a n , handing o u t s p e c ific d u tie s , and m aking sure the ba ll is ro llin g in the r ig h t d irec­tion . The reason fo r a ll the hustle and bustle is our hostessing the Spring South­western Sectional to be held April 11-13. Last m eeting 19 o f us p lus 2 guests spent the evening “ s tu f f in g " 1500 envelopes w ith all the in fo regard ing the sec tiona l.

W e have a new idea (fo r o u r chapter) we’re try ing to get o ff the g round on fly in b reakfasts. Pam M arley is in charge o f th is ac tiv ity , and if anyone ou t there has had experience w ith th is type a c tiv ity , I’m sure Pam w ou ld love to hear from you.

Carol B orgerd ing spoke to the P rescott Zontas about w om en and th e ir ro le in avia tion . Mary Lou B row n and Ruby Sheldon have been fly in g around Pt.

Barrow , A laska som ew here (fo r the U.S. G eode tic Survey Dept.), bu t due to the ice f lo w s h ift in g p laces from p o in t to p o in t, w e ’re no t q u ite sure w here th e ir base is loca ted ! M ary V ia l a ttended the 99 In ­te rn a tio n a l Board m eeting in W ich ita , and had the p leasant o p p o rtu n ity o f s tay ing at Pat M cE w en ’s love ly hom e. The AOPA had ano the r su cce ss fu l sem ina r in P hoenix w ith app ro x im a te ly 100 p lanes here from va rious p laces. There were 13 loca l 99s to help d rive v is it in g p ilo ts to and from Sky Harbor.

C arol B o rge rd ing , Nancy Crase, Jan Edens, C athy N icko la isen and N atasha Sw igard a ll had the o p p o rtu n ity to m eet Raul C astro , G overnor o f A rizona . We re c e iv e d a s ig n e d p ro c la m a t io n d e s ig n a tin g a week tow ard recogn iz ing W om en in A v ia tio n to co in c id e w ith the Pow der P u ff Derby.

Sad to say we are lo s in g an active m em ber in L ibby P ruett - bu t ou r lo ss sha ll bene fit a C o lo rado chap te r. O ur new A irm a rk in g cha irm an is C a ro line R eibert - and warm WX shou ld b ring o u t the pa in t crew soon . C athy N icko la isen w ill be ou t try ing to e s tab lish P ub lic R e la tions w ith the co m m u n ity s ince tak ing over tha t post.

Sandra A nson is ou r new est m em ber, and ou r APT ga ls so fa r a re : June B ones te ll, Sandi Haag, and L iz Taylor.

P lum Tree in Santa Rosa. S pec ia llyprepared p rogram s and a N ine ty -N ine pin were at each pe rson ’s place. Form ercha rte r m em ber N e llie Palm er ass is tedw ith the luncheon , and provided lovely f lo ra l d e c o ra t io n s fro m he r g a rd e n . M em bers a tte nd in g inc luded Janet A lbeck, Lynn A hrens, Hazel Betagna, ErmaChance, Fran G auger w ith 491/2er H aro ld, J e a n n e G ib s o n , E s th e r H a r r i, N in a R ooka ird and Pat S tou ffe r. The C hapter presented M rs. B renner w ith a copy of B a re foo t in the Sky by Shie la S co tt.

C hap ter cha irm an N ina Rooka ird was q u ite active the past tw o m on ths , in line w ith the U n ited N a tions D eclaration of W om en ’s year, speaking to the Santa Rosa C hapter Z on ta on W om en in A v ia tio n , the St. Rosa C hapter 99s on Aerospace in S choo ls , and a tte nd in g the o rgan iza tiona l m ee ting o f the M t. Shasta C hapter 99s in R edding. Her a c tiv it ie s p rom pted an in ­v ita tio n to 49 ’/2er D ick to bring th e ir ATC to the 3rd grade c lass at A llexander Valley E lem entary schoo l in H ealdsberg.

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. ' - jSome of the group that helped “stuff” envelopes: from left to right, CarolB o rg erd in g , D iann e J o h n s o n , C acho Medina (a guest from Mexico City), Judi Gunter-Nancy Crase, Sue Harper, Marg Crowl, and Nan Sheer.

The elusive Ruth Reinhold who does not like to have her picture taken because she says, “ I come out looking like Zazu P itts!” She consented to have her picture taken only if “Curly” could be in the picture too. Ruth was featured last month as a (99) com m issioner for Arizona.

REDW OOD EMPIRE CHAPTER Elaine Hussey, Reporter

Redw ood Em pire C hapter N ine ty -N ines ce lebra ted th e ir tw e n ty -f if th ann iversary d u rin g D ecem ber, w ith C harte r M em ber Anna Brenner h o s tess ing a luncheon at the

Potential members of the new M t. Shasta Chapter 99s pose with their newly selected chairman, Lee Agnew (5th from right) and Redwood Empire Chapter President Nina Rookaird (3rd from right) at their o rg a n iz a tio n a l m ee tin g at E n terp rise Airport in Redding in January.

The chap te r held an a ll day m eeting in January at Janet A llbecks hom e, to d iscu ss the p roposed by law s, w h ich proved q u ite in te re s tin g . The fo llo w in g week they regrouped at Janet's aga in , th is tim e w ith guests and 491/2ers, fo r the C hap te r’s annual "D ecem ber" Bubble Bash, w h ich was a po tlu ck in the true fa sh io n , w ith no one te llin g anyone else w ha t they were b rin g in g , and w ith the “ b u b b les ” flo w in g .

Fran G auger passed her b ien n ia l. N ina R ooka ird passed the Ins trum en t W ritten - Erm a C hance received her com m erc ia l t ic ke t under the "g ran d p are n t" clause.

E la ine H ussey and 491/2er David pu r­chased a 1974 Cessna 150 to lease to the UC F ly in g C lub , o f w h ich E laine is the N ew s le tte r E d ito r. H o p e fu lly th is w ill encourage David in h is dec is ion w he ther to learn to fly o r ju s t take a “ p inch h itte r” course.

Kay MeGeehan, ou r newest m em ber, spen t the weekend fly in g up and dow n the coast co u n tin g w ha les. W e hope the plane fle w fa s te r than w ha les swam , so tha t the co u n t was accurate .

W e w e lcom ed D orothy G und ling to our February m ee ting , and hope she ’ll return m any tim es . She ho lds a private license, and teaches at the U n ive rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia , Davis, and a co lle g e in Napa, C a lifo rn ia .

Tw o m em bers of the UC F ly ing C lub recen tly a ttended ou r m eeting , Susan Lea

and Donna S poontak. Susan recen tly go t her private license , and Donna is ju s t tak ing lessons (about 7 hours now). H o p e fu lly th e y ’ll bo th be jo in in g us on a regu lar basis soon.

The Honorable Florence Douglas, Mayor of the City of Vallejo, California, (center) with Redwood Empire Chapter Members Louise Ramsey (left) and Fran Gauger, after signing the City of Vallejo resolution proclaiming the year 1975 as “International Women's Year” and the week of January11-18, 1975 honoring women pilots and all women serving in the aviation field.

RENO AREA CHAPTER May Haskell, Reporter

In sp ite o f h igh w in d s and lo ts o f snow , th in g s haven’t com e to a com p le te s ta n d s till in ou r Chapter.

Joann W in te rlin g go t her Ins trum en t Rating January 5th w ith a 25 kno t head­w ind go ing in to Stead on the ADF ap­proach.

Fran G ustavson and Hazel Hohn are on the C om m ittee fo r the W ASP R eunion to be held in Reno June 19, 20, 21st (m ore in fo rm a tio n in the A v ia tio n Calendar).

Hazel Hohn had an av ia tion m arker ins ta lled on H ighw ay 395 in Carson C ity com m em ora ting the f irs t f l ig h t made in Nevada in 1910.

Jerry G ard iner is ou r m em ber w ho flie s as m uch as we w ou ld a ll like to . Je rry does charte r fo r Reno Executive A ir and has ju s t fe rried a P iper Super Cub from the fa c to ry in Lockhaven, Penn, to Reno, sans nav rad ios!

O ur p rospective m em ber, Peggy Tw edt from Carson C ity , is a b a llo o n is t and had inv ited the Reno 99s fo ra ride in her ba lloon . W e a ll hope to accept th is in ­v ita tio n soon.

O ur C ha irm an, Dell Haas and 49V4 Carl, have ju s t returned from a fly in g tr ip to S outh Am erica.

SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER Barbara Foster, Reporter

Due to the bad w eather d o ld ru m s , Sacram ento Va lley C hapter has had its f ly in g a c tiv it ie s cu rta ile d . However, it has not prevented several m em bers from co n tin u in g w ork on th e ir in s tru m e n t ra tings , no r d id it prevent S h irley W inn from g e ttin g her G round In s tru c to r ra ting .

We are pleased to w e lcom e Marie D urbin as a new m em ber to ou r Chapter. Marie s tarted a tte nd in g m ee tings and fu n c tio n s w h ile s t i l l a s tu d en t p ilo t and is now the happy ho lde r o f a private tic ke t. She was sponsored by June Devine.

O ur m os t recent a irm a rk ing e ffo rt was on N atom as F ie ld . The s tr ip has been im proved and the o ff ic e re fu rb ished .

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER Betty W harton, Reporter

A fte r m any years o f “ the sam e o l’ faces” in ou r chap te r, we are experienc ing a lm os t a re b ir th ...p in n in g at least (1) new m em ber a m on th fo r the past fis c a l year, and THIS m on th , we had SEVEN g ues ts ! I t ’s e xc itin g to have the younge r ga ls a round, w ith fresh ideas and energy to m atch ! They are SO educated and eager, I som e tim es w onder, how long before they pu t me out to pasture??

O ur new est m em ber, C onn ie Goertz related a “ sn o w s to rm app roach ” in to B u ffa lo , N .Y. in Feb. N ew com er Bea W hee le r is APT '75. That m akes five o f us.

Ruth Ebey and 491/2 Jack fle w th e ir “ new ” Funk to the A riz. C hap ter’s W in te r A .A .A . F ly -In , held th is year at Casa Grande, (no, V irg in ia , TH IS AA A s tands fo r Antique A ircraft!) Lo is and Harry B a rtling go so m uch i t ’s no t news. They tried despera te ly to get snow ed in at Grand C anyon. Speaking o f G rand C anyon, ask Pat M aze lla about her last tw o tr ip s to the b ig d itc h . Snow is o n ly fun when it and we are on the g round !

W e are a ll lo o k in g tow ard a busy year. P lans in c lu d e a fu n f ly - in to Sedona in M arch, S ec tiona l in PHX in A p ril, ano the r F ly in g C om pan ion S em inar, a M echan ics c lin ic fo r loca l 99s, and o f cou rse ou r annua l (a lm ost) P ac ific A ir Race on O ct. 4 th . F lyers w ill be o u t soon w ith race in fo . P lans are fo r a s ta rt at G ille sp ie F ie ld , gas s to p s at B akers fie ld and C o lum b ia , and f in is h in Santa Rosa.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER Virginia Rainwater, Reporter

SPRING has rea lly sprung in sunny C a lifo rn ia . February m eeting gave us va luab le in fo rm a tio n on the ever cu rren t su b je c t o f W eather, thanks to M ack C arter o f the FAA. O ur 49ers were inv ited a lso . A fa n ta s tic tu rn o u t, a su cce ss fu l evening thanks to L o re tta H ines.

D onna Tracy w ill have to go to A laska to v is it her a irc ra ft and trac to r. T ha t’s what happens when you se ll yo u r toys to the A laskan p ipe line . Pat C annon en joyed a tr ip to Puerto V a lla rta . Pat is h id in g a secre t from us w h ich she w ill de live r in a few m on th s . A udrey S chu tte to o k H ughs A ir W est to R edding fo r a very im p o rta n t o cca s io n —not lo s in g a daugh te r, but ga in in g a son . C o n g ra tu la tio n s ! Mary Totans and her 49er are s tr ip p in g th e ir a irc ra ft. Such a jo b . Lorrie B lech fle w to H ills b u rg , SFO, and PSP. Lo rrie is the proud ow ne r o f an EAA B y-p lane . Many of us had a love ly v is it w ith the R iverside 99s as we d inned in th e ir fa m o u s RED BARON restau ran t. Those w ho fle w in were Lola R icci and Ed, Liz D inan, M arge R obb ins, S h irley T hom , Ely R ichabaugh, V irg in ia R a inw ater, and the fo u r Totans, Mary and Lou, D oris and H ubby, Beverly W oodw ard and Cec S chu lm an .

P au line F lem ing to o k ano th e r “ f irs t

tim e r” fo r a ride. Pamela Brands earned her com m erc ia l license . C ongra ts ! Pam a lso flew to E ngland and spent three days fe rry ing a Cessna 150 to A lo ro , OKC. Vesta M alby fle w to SBA. Marge reports she d ivo rced her hubby in the co ckp it many tim es as her f l ig h t in s tru c to r. Marge w ill “ be one” any day now ; th a t is f l ig h t in ­s tru c to r. S h irley Thom is s t i l l buzzing around in tha t Rallye S to le .

Tw o lad ies showed up at the M on­tg o m e ry fie ld f ly - in , D oris and Mary T o tans. They barely go t o u t o f there before the cos ta l fog c losed in. O ff to A pp le V a lle y fo r th e a lte rn a te lu n c h e o n d e s tin a tio n w ent Liz Dinan, Lola R icc i and gues t, Cec S chu lm an , Pat Hal le ft and g u es t, Lo rrie B leck, Marge R obb ins, and S h ir ley Thom .

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER Betty Skiles, Reporter

Las Vegas w as the fly in fo r the m onth of January. M arion and Bob M arrio tt inv ited a ll to a fin e Ita lian R estaurant and to see the Ann M argare t Show. Som e m em bers tried th e ir lu ck in the cas ino a fte r the show , d id n ’t hear o f any great w in n in g s , sad to report.

N ext m orn ing som e o f the g roup w ent to Ceasars Palace fo r the fa b u lou s Cham - pa igne B runch .

Great tu rn o u t fo r Eve and H arold H unts d in n e r pa rty . 32 in all cam e to en joy the d e lic io u s d in n e r. Eve supp lied the entree, w ith the rest o f the m em bers b ring ing sa lads, desserts , e tc . M em bers, 491/2S and g u e s ts had a s t im u la t in g e v e n in g d iscu ss in g f ly in g , what e lse? A good tim e was had by a ll and m any thanks to Eve and H arold fo r th e ir great h o s p ita lity .

Peggy M arsh reports tha t she saw a ll the m em bers o f the C oache lla V a lley 99s last weekend and inv ited them to jo in us fo r our “ F ly -In ” to P eggy’s on M arch 9.

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Marge Loom is . She has passed her w ritte n in s tru m e n t and is w o rk in g tow ard her f lig h t check.

A ir m ark ings fo r the San G abrie l Valley w ill be schedu led fo r C h ino A irp o rt in the m on th o f May. B ig Bear w ill be next on the schedu le fo r the m onth o f Ju ly . Joan W in te rs has aga in g ra c ious ly o ffe red her cab in at B ig Bear fo r the m em bers w ho w ish to s tay ove rn igh t.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER Rebecca Clayton, Reporter

In Novem ber ou r chap te r went to Palo A lto . D o ttie M cA lis te r made arrangem ents fo r luncheon and to u r o f the A llie d A rts center. O n ly the in s tru m e n t rated go t to f ly . Fourteen m em bers and s ix guests a ttended .

In Decem ber ou r luncheon m eeting was hosted by Lyn Davis o f O akhurs t. Due to heavy fo g in the valley ou r a ttendance was seven m em bers.

O ur chap te r had a f ly o u t to M onterey, w here m em bers o f the M onterey Bay ch a p te r m et us. We had lunch at cannery row , (fifte e n in a tte nd a n ce ).

S h ir ley M ille r has recen tly becom e Mrs. Ted Dare.

Helen McGee and her fa m ily flew to Seattle fo r the ho lid a ys then to Denver and Vail fo r sk iin g , and w h ile there they v is ited w ith Velva M ape lli o f the C o lo rado chapter. Norm a Draper a lso jo ined the g roup.

Laverne G udgel fle w to Reno, Nevada and B akers fie ld and by A ir lin e to San Diego fo r AOPA in s tru c to r c lass and to Las Vegas, Nevada w ith 491/ i Bob fo r the In­te rna tiona l conven tion o f N a tiona l Aeria l A pp lica to rs .

Rosie H ijo s fle w to Palm S p rings fo r the C a lifo rn ia F ly ing Farm ers conven tion . A ls o a t te n d in g th e c o n v e n t io n w a s Rebecca C layton and 4 9 1/2 C laud.

O ur ho liday d in n e r party was held at the Murray hom e in S to ck to n , en joyed by Mr. and Mrs. Howard G lan tz, Bob G udgel, Harvey McGee, C harles M o rr ill, Eugene M cA lis te r, Ted Dare, C laud C lay ton , M rs. Rosie H ijos , and host and hos tess Jean and Harley M urray. W h ite e lephan t g ifts were exchanged.

Rosie H ijo s was hostess fo r ou r February m ee ting . W e were happy to have as our guest Faye K irk from Santa Rosa chapter. Faye and 491/2 Bob recently moved to S to ck to n . S h irley Dare Pro’Tem conducted the m ee ting in the absence o f c h a irm a n B a rb a G la n tz w h o w a s vaca tion ing w ith 491/z H oward in H aw aii. N ine m em bers were present.

A fly o u t February 25th saw three a ir­planes, s ix m em bers and tw o guests land at the Santa M aria a irpo rt lu n ch in g at the beautifu l C handecces R estaurant.

SANTA CLARA VALLEY Pat Rowe, Reporter

Santa C lara Va lley has som e ca tch ing up news th is m on th . C ha irm an W illy Gardner can now lega lly poke her nose in to c louds , having annexed her new in s tru m e n t ra ting . Ig n om in iu s co n c lu s io n to g e ttin g her new ticke t at San Jose M un i, W illy had to get a specia l VFR hom e to Reid. I t ’s a seaplane rating fo r Sue W in d u s , w ho spen t an en tire day g iv ing rides to pon toon firs t- t im e rs . Susan Sosnow po lished o ff b o th her in ­s trum en t and com m erc ia l w ritte n exam s, and Maureen M ahoney has her CF11.

Jeanne M cE lha tton and B e tty H icks helped launch In te rn a tio n a l W o m en ’s Year w ith speaking on w om en in av ia tion fo r Zonta, an o rgan iza tion o f bus iness and p ro fessiona l w om en. B e tty fle w to Por­tland , O regon, fo r her p resen ta tion and Jeanne to San M ateo. Desiree S tua rt- A lexander has been sh ipped by boss US G eologica l Survey to Nasa Headquarters in W ash ing ton fo r a year ass ig n m e n t. Verna W est fle w c o -p ilo t in Des’ Skylane fo r the trip to W ash in g ton . Dian W ard m et M arion B arn ick in C leve land, v is it in g M arion ’s a ir line p ilo t son Bob. They p icked up a Skylane to fe rry hom e by a c irc u ito u s rou te in c lud ing a s top at D ian 's hom e tow n of Lum berton , N .C . M em bersh ip cha irm an E ve lyn L u n d s tro m a n n o u n c e d new m em bers; Jan M e itus , C aro lynn Chase, Grade C am pbe ll, Pat Davis and C hicago transfe r Sherry S isson .

Pat R oberts is c o n s is te n tly ge tting snow bound in Sun River, O regon, holed up in the fa m ily co n d o m in iu m . A parade of fron ts seem to fo llo w Pat around and

c lea ring h igh w a ys take p r io r ity to Sun R iver’s ru n w a y ..so Pat has to w a it so m e tim e s to Aztec ou t. M arilyn and husband Ken O rlo ff have been fly in g th e ir Bonanza to Sun R iver fo r great sk iin g at B ach lo r M ou n ta in . M arilyn H ow ard, w ith 491/2er John and th e ir g ir ls , le ft in Feb. fo r a tr ip on beha lf o f LIG A. LIGA has a c lin ic in G uaym as, M ex ico. The H ow ards en­joyed s to p s in N oga les, San Felipe , Lax and back to SJC.

C laud ia C arlson , recen tly retu rned from an A u s tra lia vaca tion . C a lud ia , O akland T ow er C o n tro lle r, spoke at the Feb. m ee ting about the d iffe re n ce in A us tra lian vs. USA fly in g . C a lud ia m et som e o f the 99s on her jo u rn e y and had a fa n ta s tic tr ip .

M arion B arn ick and d a ugh te r Kay, v is it in g from New Y ork, ju s t re turned from 172 tr ip to Baja. M arion said the f l ig h t was b e a u tifu l and the fis h in g great.

S a lly R o h lfin g , ou r pa in t bucke t queen fo r ’75 has approva l to a irm ark-S an Jose M un i. Dian W ard has gone coed aga in at San Jose S ta te«U n ive rs ity to get a degree in ae ron a u tics . F ly ing is tru ly sa fe r these days fo r som e Santa C lara ga ls . A bou t n ine o t the ga ls invested in the Ita lian fo ld u p B ianch i b ike . They are great l i t t le b ikes to s tu ff in the a irp lane . E conom y w ise , the ga ls to o k to w h e e ls .. .f irs t tr ip found them c y c lin g across the Golden G ate B ridge , to S ausa lito fo r lunch , fe rry in g back across the bay and re in ­fo rc in g th e ir ten m ile tr ip w ith ho t fudge sundaes at G h ira d e lli Square. Jack ie Petty becam e th a t da ring young w om an on the f ly in g hand lebars dow n an inc read ib ly steep h il l. Jack ie has recovered. Second tr ip was on f la t and level Vasona Park g ro u n d , bu t Vera is recovering n ice ly and says th a t her a irp lane is tru ly her hom e. The b ikes are no t fo r sale but there seems to be a l i t t le h e s ita tion on w here next and w ho nex t! Tw o o u t o f tw o hasn ’t been the best average bu t m aybe fly in g is ou r t h in g ! ! ! ! !

SANTA M O NICA BAY CHAPTER Whole Chapter, Reporter

The SM O Bay C hapter m et at Doris M in te r ’s hom e fo r a w o nde rfu l N ovem ber d in n e r m ee ting . 99 ru le changes were d iscussed .

Em m a M cG uire and L illia n Cam den fle w Em m a's 182 in the Kach ina D oll Derby a long w ith A nge la M asson and N ina Laughbaum in A nge la ’s Be llanca Super V ik in g . Dan and Maureen M o to la h itched a p lane ride to Phoenix and p icked up th e ir p lane in P resco tt.

C la ire W a lte rs and her Academ y have been busy w ith A ir Force and Navy ROTC s tu d en ts .

C huck and Juana W ilso n w ill be fly in g to Lom poc to v is it th e ir new g randson . They have tw o o the r g randch ild ren in T a ipa i, but u n fo rtu n a te ly , th e ir a irp lane w o n ’t make it th a t fa r!

R ita Polen can now w ork G round C on tro l a ll by he rse lf in the tow e r at SMO.

D oris M in te r ju s t f in ish e d a five hou r a e roba tic cou rse at M ike Dewey’s in Santa Paula. She fle w a C ita b ria and learned loops and a ile ron ro lls , ham m erheads, the inverted s ta ll, cuban e ig h ts , fo u r su c ­

cessive sp in s and im m e lm ans! D oris a lso go t her com m erc ia l license from C la ire W a lte rs th is week. Em m a M cG uire was her in s tru c to r .

G uests at the N ovem ber m eeting in ­c luded A de lle Young and her daughter, D enise, A udrey P. F ranklyn and Cara Lund.

The SM O chap te r held a g lo rio u s and raucaus go ingaw ay party fo r Larry M orton a t the W illia m s b u rg Inn. He had been SMO T ow er C h ie f and w ith the F .A .A . fo r 30 years.

SANTA ROSA CHAPTER Ruth oster, Reporter

O ur m o n th ly n ew s le tte r is now fly in g it's new n a m e -“ W in g s ’ n T h in g s . " L a s t m o n th ’s W ings ’n Th ings carried a syn o p s is o f the proposed by-law rev is ion. D iane C ory and Sandy Peterson spent m any hours research ing the proposed changes in o rde r to c la r ify it fo r the m em bers. Its been a great help and w e ll w o rth th e ir e ffo rts .

The m ovie, “ A Powder P uff fo r Joan" w as show n at the February m ee ting , m uch to the d e lig h t fo r a ll w ho a ttended. Many 99s b ro u g h t husbands and guests . W hat be tte r w ay to te ll the AW TAR sto ry? The p ic tu re b ro u g h t back many m em ories to those w ho have flo w n the race, and new d e te rm in a tio n fo r five o f ou r m em bers p lann ing to en te r th is year. The rest o f us ju s t tu rn green w ith envy! O ur W ays and M eans cha irm an , Sandy Peterson took th is o p p o rtu n ity to add a few d im es to the treasu ry by se llin g popcorn and so ft d rinks .

S hou ld you f ly in to Sonom a C ounty A irp o rt, be sure to s top by the lobby fo r a look at the 99s trop h y case. Carol V a le tte is w o rk in g hard on p u ttin g it a ll together. M em bers w ill have th e ir names engraved on a p laque fo r a ll to see. We hope to d isp la y trop h ie s and item s o f in te rest that w ill he lp to te ll ou r chap te r’s s to ry .

In Decem ber Carol and Bob V a le tte and Lynn Barthel f le w th e ir p lanes to Santa Barbara w ith a load of m edica l supp lies . Lynn m anaged over 1000 pounds. We have now caugh t up w ith the supp ly , bu t w ill s ta rt over aga in in M arch. If anyone needs an excuse to f ly , th is is ce rta in ly a w o r­th w h ile p ro jec t.

February 22 is the date fo r ano ther chance to experience the e ffe c ts o f the h igh a lt itu d e cham ber at M ather A ir Force Base. The 32 m em bers w ho a ttended the las t d e m o n s tra tio n urged everyone to take advantage o f th is o p p o rtu n ity to add to th e ir f ly in g know ledge.

May 18 is the date set fo r ou r 3 cent lb. F ly -In . 99s in the v ic in ity —jo in us fo r food and fun .

If there is a w edd ing in you r fu tu re , you m ig h t g ive th is som e th o ug h t. Sheri K n ig h t, a tran s fe r from the M arin Chapter, made the fro n t page o f the newspaper when she and Oren were m arried in h is 195 ta ild ra g g e r in the sk ies over Santa Rosa. Sheri ow ns a 150 and is cu rre n tly w ork ing tow a rds her law degree.

J o in in g Sheri as new m em bers o f the Santa Rosa 99s are: M arilyn Jack, Dee Neal and Rae Pass.

Zonta In te rna tiona l inv ited ou r chap te r to jo in them at th e ir January d inne r m eeting . Several o f o u r m em bers a ttended and en joyed g e ttin g acqua in ted w ith ano the r active g roup o f ga ls.

YUMA CHAPTER Patt Holland, Reporter

Yum a C hapter had a “ w in d -so ck ” ra is ing at A u x ilia ry No. 4 land ing s tr ip - 8 m iles so u thw es t o f Yum a, A rizona. Th is tr ian g le s tr ip , rem ent o f W orld W ar II, is used by s tuden t p ilo ts and o ld tim e rs w ish in g to 'up -da te .'

The sock was donated by new m em ber Lt. F rances W ilso n o f M arine C orps A ir S ta tion (MCAS), Yum a, w ho is ass igned to C on tro l Tow er O pera tions.

"S to c k ra is in g ,” s tone m ov ing , and pa in tin g were arranged by cha irm an M argaret Carpenter. P a rtic ipa ting were O liv ia B row n ing , Patt H o lland , and the three 4 9 1/2 S .

“ Yes, I cou ld see the sock ju s t f in e ,” said the p ilo t o f the plane show n. He landed w ith an em ergency: tw o o f the three ch ild ren tak ing a ride w ith h im had ju s t been v io le n tly ill!

Auxiliary No. 4 landing strip - Yuma, Arizona - showing new wind sock, rock circles, painting...and first plane to use the new sock.

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14 ways to scratch thousands more out of your airplane budget

They’re called n models.Now you can buy any one of fourteen Cessna

models and save big money.1 .Commuter II 2.Skyhawk II 3. Cardinal II 4.Skylane II5. Cardinal RG II6. Stationair II

8. Centurion II9.Turbo Centurion II

io. 31 o ii :11 .Turbo 310II 12.Skymaster II 13. Pressurized Skymaster II

7.Turbo Stationair II 14.34011These are extra well-equipped models,

loaded with comfort and convenience options and avionics you’ll probably order anyway, sooner or later.

If you were to order these options piecemeal, you would increase the cost of purchase dramatically. But when you order the II model, these options are installed as standard equipment at the factory-while your plane is being built-and you save with the installations engineered by the manufacturer.

IFR capability.The Skymasters, 310's and 340’s have IFR

capability as standard on II models. And you have the option of adding IFR capability to other II models with the installation of a Nav-Pac.At more savings.

The amount you save depends on the Cessna you buy. The Commuter II with Nav-Pac saves more than $2000. The 340II, over $5000.Other models fall somewhere in between.

What's more, all of these airplanes and option packages are backed by Cessna's one-source warranty.

For the exact amount of money you can save on a Cessna II model today, see a Cessna Dealer.|

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