COMINGEVENTS

SASKATCHEW AN POKER RUNSunday Ju ly 13, Rain Date, Sunday Ju ly

20, 1975. The N ine ty N ines Saskatchew an Chapter is spo n so rin g a poker run, te r­m inus Regina F ly ing C lub , Regina, Saskatchewan.

S tart from any o f the fo llo w in g a irp o rts : M oose Jaw, R adville , W eyburn , o r Regina. S tart between 8 :0 0 and 11 :00 a .m . A ll hands m ust be tu rned in to Regina by 2 :30 p .m . Entry fee is $2.00 per hand.

For m ore in fo rm a tio n co n tac t N adine Cooper, 7 C om pton Rd. P hone— 584-1121.

PALMS TO PINESA ugus t 15-17, 1975 — A LL W om an

“ Palm s to P ines" A ir Race — Sponsored by Santa M on ica Bay N in e ty -N in es and C ity of Independence, O regon — Entry K it $2.00 Palm s to P ines A ir Race; 3200 A irp o rt A ve .; S u ite 16; Santa M on ica , C a lif. 90405 C la ire W alte rs , C ha irm an — (213) 398-5766.

October 4 — 11th annual Pacific Air Race, from Gillespie Field, Santee to Sonoma County Airport. Sponsored by San Diego, El Cajon Valley and Santa Rosa 99s. Contact: Boo Bergman, 3872 Jewell St. Apt. H-208, San Diego, California, 92109.

The Los Ange les C hap ter has scheduled its e ig h th F lig h t In s tru c to r C lin ic , in co n ju n c tio n w ith the FAA. It w ill be held S eptem ber 20, 21, and 22, 1975 at the A irp o rt M arina H o te l, 8601 L in co ln B lvd ., Los Ange les, C a lifo rn ia . R eservations may be made by co n ta c tin g e ith e r V irg in ia S how ers, 3111 S. B a rring ton , No. 1, Los A nge les, Ca., 90066 (P hone: 213 * 390- 4715) o r G eorg ia Lam bert, 1625 Durango Ave., Los Ange les, Ca., 90035 (P hone: 213 - 556-1531).

The to ta l co s t w ill be $40.00, w h ich inc ludes lunches and a ll m ate ria ls needed.

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The N inety-N ines, Inc.

W ill Rogers W orld A irpo rt In te rna tiona l Headquarters

O klahom a City, 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 offices.

Editor............................................................................................................................M ardo CraneCirculation M anager Lo re tta G raggContributing Editors.......................................................................M ary Fo ley - B e tty H icksEditorial Assistant Phyllis P ierce

C O N T E N T SPresident Pat's A c tion L in e .......................................................................................................... 1O ur N ew H om e — Lois F e igenbaum ....................................................................................... 1A.E. Ju d g es ....................................................................................................................................... 2Prospectors F ind T roph ies — Jayne H u n te r......................................................................... 3That's M y M om! — S a lly S im undson....................................................................................4-5S ixth Annual Illino is 99s A ir D e rby ...........................................................................................5W righ t-A kers Team W ins A nge l D e r b y .................................................................................. 5A via tion Law — S ylv ia P ao li........................................................................................................ 6H eadquarters N o tam s................................................................................................................... 8

REGULAR FEATURES

C hapter P e rsona lities .....................................................................................................................7M argare t S h ip le y U xores Doctae A gu ilae Sue M atheis

C hapter R epo rts ....................................................................................................................... 12-36Com ing E ven ts ...............................................................................................Inside F ron t C overC om m ittee R epo rts .........................................................................................................................8

APT — M argo S m ith ...................................................................................................................8AW TAR — W anda C um m ings................................................................................................. 8A ir Age E ducation 99 S ty le — Linda H o o ke r................................................................... 9In te rna tiona l C om m ittee R eport — M arilyn P. H ib n e r................................................ 10In te rna tiona l H o t L ine U.S. R eport — L illian S n yd e r.................................................. 10N.I.F.A. C om m ittee R e p o rt....................................................................................................11

P.P.D. B i-C entenn ia l 7 6 ................................................................................................................ 9N ew H o rizons ................................................................................................................................... 8P ro file ...................................................................................................................................................6

Kay B rickR oundup '75 — Daryl Ann K y le ..............................................................................................2-3S ection R e p o r t ...........................................................................................................................

President — Pat McEwen, 16206 East Central, W ichita , Kansas 67230 Vice President — Lois Feigenbaum, 26 Pinewood Drive, Carbondale, III. 62901 Secretary, Thon Griffith, 314 R ob inhood Lane, Costa Mesa, C a lifo rn ia 92627 Treasurer, Janet Green, P.O. Box 629, O cean Springs, M ississipp i 39564 Board of Directors:

Mary Able, 9009 B raeburn V a lley Dr., H ouston, Texas 77036 llovene Potter, 22315 6th Ave. South, Apt. 401, Des M oines, WA. 98188 Susie Sewell, P.O. B ox 59906, S outhw est S ta tion O klahom a City, OK 73119 Mary Vial, #38 L inco ln H ills Estates, 3500 E. L inco ln Dr., Phoenix, Ariz. 85018

Publisher.................................................................................................................Je 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 AILIN G ADDRESSES Editorial: P.O. Box 477, C upertino , C a lifo rn ia 95014Circulation: Headquarters, W ill R ogers W orld A irpo rt, O klahom a C ity, Okla. 73159

On the cover: Eastern W ashington 9 9 ’s G ladys B uroker, Pearl M anch in i, and S a lly S im undson prepare to in fla te G ladys' balloon. W eather pe rm itting , G ladys w ill put her ba lloon up du ring the barbeque at H en ley A erod rom e during R oundup '75.

r r n r r p i lo t ’s i r n L t CATALOG

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(Editor Note:

Pat has been selected as the woman in region VII (which includes Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri & Iowa) who has made the greatest contribution to improving the status of women in the field of transportation. Presentation of the award was made Thursday, May 29 by Lt. Gov. Shelby Sm ith and RADM Russell R. W aesche USCG (ret.) regional representative of the secretary, U .S. DeDt. of Transportation. She was honored by a dinner and news conference by the W ichita Area Cham ber of Com m erce.)

S pring Section m ee tings were active and en joyed a large a ttendance fo r bus iness and fun . M em bers report th a t every S ection m ee ting was o u ts ta n d in g in every w ay. Y our Board of D irec tors tried to v is it you a ll, bu t had som e d if f ic u lty in th a t s ix S ec tio n s m et on the same A p ril w eek-end and fo u r m et on the sam e w eek-end in May. However, we th o rough ly enjoyed m eeting w ith you , lis te n in g , and sharing you r jo ys and so rrow s. Through th is type o f co m m u n ic a tio n we can be tte r serve you.

I was happy to hear from m any o f you th a t you apprecia ted the B y law s qu e s tion n a ire and you are rig h t - the C o m m itte e cam e up w ith w ha t they fe lt you w anted in the way o f Bylaw s. I know they a ren ’t pe rfec t bu t I hope we can approve them at con ve n tio n and live w ith them a year, then via the am endm ent p rocess, b ring them to pe rfe c tio n . U n til you have lived w ith so m e th in g fo r a w h ile , you o ften d o n ’t know w here to m ake the changes. Let’s a ll try them on fo r s ize and th e n , if needed, make the necessary a d ju s tm e n ts .

O klahom a C ity was the s ite o f y o u r Board o f D irec tors sp ring Board m ee ting , May 19- 21. We spent tw o days m ee ting and toured o u r b e a u tifu l new hom e. Y our H eadquarters b u ild in g is com p le te and a beauty to beho ld , bo th in s id e and ou t. Y our VP Lo is Feigenbaum is w o rk in g d ilig e n tly to co m p le te the in te rio r (fu rn ish in g s ) fo r you r v iew ing . The d e d ica tion w ill be N ovem ber 2, 1975 - o u r 46th b irth d a y . M arilyn C ope land, you r Headquarters C hairm an, has great p lans fo r a fu n -f ille d w eek-end s ta rtin g S atu rday, Novem ber 1st, so m ark yo u r ca lendar and I 'll see you at H eadquarte rs in O KC! See you firs t at convention in C oeur d 'A lene - y' a ll com e!

OUR NEW HOMELois Feigenbaum - Vice President

TENANT ARIA BELOW

O ur new Headquarters B u ild in g is fin ished and we’ve m oved in ! You w ill be as proud of and p leased w ith ou r new Headquarters as you r en tire Board is. We have 5,000 square fee t o f m odern , a t­trac tive , and fu n c tio n a l space. In ac­

cordance w ith ou r p lan as o u tlin e d to you, we are go ing to rent ou t th a t p o rtio n o f the b u ild in g we do no t need now and I am pleased to report th a t we have leased 1,500 square feet o f space to the A rth u r J. F ritz C om pany o f San F ranc isco (A ir F re igh t) fo r a renta l o f $7,000.00 per year. W h ile th is was s lig h t ly less than ou r ask ing price, they have agreed to pay the e n tire co s t co s t o f p a rt it io n in g and extra e lec trica l w ork. We s t i l l have 750 square feet of space to rent and we hope to have a tenant fo r th is in the near fu tu re . T h is is e xc itin g news s ince you m ay reca ll tha t ou r renta l co s t fo r the e n tire b u ild in g is $6,600.00 per year p lu s u t i l i t ie s and m ain tenance .

The b u ild in g is rec ta n g u la r in shape, be ing 72 feet square w ith a co m p le te fou r fo o t overhang. The e x te rio r w a lls are rock im pregnated m asonry w ith bronze f lo o r to ce ilin g w in d o w s on th ree s ides . M ost o f the fro n t is g lass. The do u b le e n try doors are centered on the S outh s ide o f the b u ild in g w ith b e a u tifu l N in e ty -N in es in ­s ig n ia doo r hand les. There is a concre te se m i-c irc le terrace ex te nd in g across the en tire fro n t o f the b u ild in g and centered on each s ide o f the fro n t are tw o tw e lve fo o t c irc u la r p lan te rs w ith a round concre te base from w h ich rises a th ir ty fo o t flag

pole. One po le w ill be used to fly the U.S. Flag and the o th e r the N in e ty -N in es F lag. There is a paved park ing lo t on the East s ide o f the b u ild in g w h ich is located on A m e lia Earhart Bou levard and Term inal Drive. As you w a lk in to ou r b u ild in g th rough its im p ress ive en trance you w ill s tep o n to a parquet t ile d area and q u ick ly scan the la rge R eception and D isp lay Room . The ca rpe ting is a neu tra l be ige to enable acce n ting in shades of b lue. Th is room is 38 feet by 40 feet and we hope to have d isp la y cases and b u lle tin areas to enable us to te ll about ou r N ine ty -N in es .

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O ur secre ta ries w ill be w o rk in g e ff ic ie n tly in th is room . The spo t lig h ts can be ad­jus ted to best enhance o u r d isp la ys , and p lan ters w ill be arranged to so ften the e n tire look. The p laque co n ta in in g the names o f c o n tr ib u to rs to th is p ro jec t w ill be in a p ro m in e n t lo ca tio n . To the le ft o f the entrance is o u r lib ra ry w h ich w ill have m any uses. It can be c losed o ff fo r privacy o r opened fo r an ex tens ion o f ou r m ain room by m eans o f a b i- fo ld door. The lib ra ry is 15 ’/2 feet by 38 feet. We v isua lize a con ference tab le and a d d itio n a l cha irs to m atch ou r e x is tin g ones, book shelves across the East w a ll w ith cab ine ts across the b o tto m c o n ta in in g s lides , f ilm and o th e r e duca tiona l to o ls . The pu ll dow n screen w o u ld be located on the S outh end o f the room andw hen th is is retracted p ic tu res o f a ll o f o u r P ast-P residen ts w ou ld be pe rm anen tly d isp layed . These p ic tu res w ou ld have m a tch in g fram es w ith the name and years o f o ff ic e on sm all p laques a ffixed to each fram e. A t the o ther end o r N orth end o f th is room we plan a lounge g ro u p in g . Tw o w a lls w ill have w a lnu t pane ling ( le ft from ou r fo rm er o ffice ) and we hope to have a couch , c lu b cha ir, use tw o o f o u r con ference cha irs , tab les, lam ps, and a co ck ta il tab le . Th is is the place to q u ie tly s it and g lance th rough the scrapbooks, read som e o f the books and m agazines, o r read the m in u te s o f any past m ee ting . If you plan on do ing research fo r som e p ro je c t, s it at the con ference tab le and be able to spread out a ll o f you r m ate ria l fo r yo u r convenience. You can be assured o f com p le te qu ie t and privacy, as the m echan ics o f ou r o rgan iza tion w ill be done at the o th e r extrem e end o f the b u ild in g . T h is is where o u r w ork room is loca ted, w ith o u r file s , m im eograph m ach ine , postage equ ip ­m ent, s u p p lie s and k itchen area. If y o u ’d like a cup o f co ffee o r coke w h ile yo u ’re v is it in g , p lease he lp yo u rse lf from the com pact k itchen w h ich we hope we w ill have.

O ur love ly b u ild in g w ill be inc luded on the A irp o rt T ou r so tha t when schoo l ch ild ren and v is it in g d ig n ita rie s take a to u r

o f W ill Rogers W orld A irp o rt N in e ty -N in es Headquarters w ill be inc luded as a m ajor po in t o f in te res t. W hen the Federal A v ia tion A d m in is tra tio n A cadem y has v is ito rs , they to o , w ill be b rough t to ou r Headquarters to be show n w hat we have accom p lished . W hat a w o nde rfu l way to get ou r N ine ty -N ines s to ry before the pub lic .

T h is is a ske tchy d e sc rip tio n of o u r new hom e, bu t com e see fo r you rse lf. Our dedication will be on November 2nd, 1975,the 46th ann iversary o f the N in e ty -N in es . We w ill have fe s tiv it ie s the e n tire weekend, and plan to h onor a ll C harte r M em bers and Past P resident at a luncheon on N ovem ber 1st, fo r w ith o u t these d ilig e n t, ded ica ted w om en, we w ou ld not be w here we are. Our banquet w ill be the evening of N ovem ber 1st, and we hope you w ill all plan to a ttend.

A.E. JUDGESThe A m e lia E a rh a rt M e m o r ia l

S cho la rsh ip T rustees have se lected three H onorary Judges (see p h o tos & cap tio ns ) w hose b ig jo b it w il l be to se lec t from the m any o u ts ta n d in g 99s nom ina ted to receive the AE S ch o la rsh ip s each year, the m ost deserving acco rd ing to the h igh standards es tab lished .

DON FLO W ER: C hairm an o f the Board o f D irec tors o f Don F low er A ssoc ia tes , Inc ., W ich ita , Kansas.

Mr. F low er pe rso n ifie s the fly in g bus inessm an. A fte r 25 years in the a irc ra ft ind u s try as sa les m anager fo r the Cessna A irc ra ft C om pany, he th o u g h t he w ou ld sw itch p ro fess ions and open an a irc ra ft insurance com pany. T h is , he reasoned, w ou ld perm it h im to live a low pressure life in se m ire tirem en t. N ow , m ore than 20 years la ter, h is com pany insu res m ore a irp lanes than any agency in the w o rld . Th is inc ludes fixed -base o pe ra to rs , in ­d iv idua l a irc ra ft ow ners , co m m u te r a ir lin e s and a ir tax i ope ra to rs . He em p loys fo u r agents, a ll p ilo ts . Tw o com pany a irc ra ft log about 900 hours a year, 700 o f w h ich are logged by F low er h im se lf.

H is bus iness is in te rn a tio n a l. A t least once each year som eone from Don F low er A ssoc ia tes covers S outh A m erica in a sm all p lane. A n n u a lly he trave ls to London where L loyds o f London hand les h is in ­te rna tiona l bus iness.

Mr. F low er is past p res iden t and lo n g ­tim e m em ber o f the N a tiona l P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n . He is an a ssoc ia te m em ber of the F ly ing Farm ers and an honorab le m em ber o f the F ly ing P hys ic ians.

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W ILLIAM E. D U N K LE: S en io r V iceP residen t, F lig h t O pe ra tions , U n ited A ir L ines.

A native o f S eattle , C apt. D unkle was raised in the p ioneer c o u n try of A nchorage , A laska . G radua ting from the fam ous B oeing S choo l o f A e ro n au tics in 1938 he f irs t tr ied h is w in g s w ith S ta r A ir Service and an A laskan a ir lin e before jo in in g U n ited in the DC-3 days o f 1940. A t U n ited h is ta le n ts were q u ic k ly recognized and he m ade “ c a p ta in " w ith in tw o years. He has served U n ited in m any jo b s : as part o f the M ilita ry T ranspo rt System d u ring WW II; on extens ive line se rv ice ; as an a d m in is t r a t iv e f l ig h t m a n a g e r ; as a ss is ta n t to the se n io r v ice p re s id e n t- flig h t o p e ra tio n s ; and as reg iona l m anager of f l ig h t o p e ra tions at San F ranc isco . In A p ril 1972 he was e lected to the a ir lin e ’s Board of D irectors.

C apf. D unkle has seen av ia tion d u ring its m ost e x c itin g g ro w th pe riod . D uring these years he was acqua in ted w ith ou r ow n D oris Langher, herse lf a long tim e and devoted U nited em p loyee . He jo in s us in a d m ira tio n o f her ach ievem ents d u rin g the tim e s when it was d if f ic u lt , a lm o s t im ­p o ss ib le , fo r a w om an p ilo t to achieve re co g n itio n w ith a m a jo r a ir lin e .

DR. STANLEY ROSS M O HLER, M .D .: C h ie f o f the A e rom ed ica l A p p lic a tio n s D iv is ion o f the O ffice o f A v ia tio n M ed ic ine , F e d e ra l A v ia t io n A d m in is t r a t io n , W ash in g ton , D.C.

Dr. M oh le r has been a co n s ta n t and long tim e friend and su p p o rte r o f w om en in a v ia tion . T h is handsom e d o c to r is both p ilo t and man o f m ed ica l research and educa tion . A native o f Texas and g raduate o f the U n ive rs ity o f Texas M ed ica l Branch he is in te rn a tio n a lly know n in h is sp e c ia lty , p reventive m ed ic ine . A m ong h is m any honors he is a D ip lom a te o f the A m erican Board o f Preventive M ed ic ine (w ith C e rtific a tio n in Aerospace M ed ic ine) and in 1968 was nam ed a F e llow o f the A m erican C o llege o f Preventive M ed ic ine .

P ilo t M oh le r has a s tr ing o f c re d its to a ttrac t a d m ira tio n o f the m ost ded ica ted av ia to r. He h o ld s an A ir lin e T ransport P ilo t c e rtif ica te , m u ltie n g in e Land, w ith S ing le Eng ine Land C om m cerc ia l P riv ileges, F lig h t In s tru c to r— A irp lane .

ROUNDUP'7 5

By Daryl Ann Kyle

MEET THE HEAD HONCHOS!Daryl Ann Kyle

Fern Lake, cha irpe rson o f Round Up '75 and Helen S hanew ise, w ho cha irs Eastern W ash in g ton chap te r haven’t had much tim e fo r horsep lay la te ly . W h ile Fern handles leadersh ip o f conven tion du ties, Helen takes care o f chap te r ac tiv itie s . T oge the r they are q u ite a team !

Fern has been a 99 fo r over th irteen years. She f irs t jo in e d in B o ise, Idaho and was cha irpe rson o f Idaho chapte r. Am ong her honors she c o u n ts a N orthw est S ectiona l A ch ievem ent A w ard. Fern serves on the K oo tena i C oun ty A irp o rt board and is a co o rd in a to r o f S ta te Search and Rescue o pe ra tions . C u rre n tly Fern is in s tru c tin g (CFII) FU LL-TIM E and p lann ing Round Up ’75! In a d d itio n she ’s m arried to p ilo t hubby A u g u s t and is m o the r to three c h ild re n , M ike (22), Leslie (17), and Diane (14).

H elen, w ho h o lds a private tic ke t w ith in s tru m e n t and tw in ra tin g s , has been a 99 fo r five years. She was in charge o f Eastern W a s h in g to n ’s su cce ss fu l 3 cen ts a pound a ir l if t in the sp ring o f ’74 and has been secre tary o f the chap te r p rev ious ly . Helen is an ope ra ting room techn ic ian and w ill soon beg in tra in in g fo r her R.N. She and hubby R obert, an o rth o p e d ic surgeon, ju s t

co m p le ted a tr ip to Surakarta, Indonesia w ith the Care M ed ico Program . The S hanew ises have three c h ild re n — Katie S m ith (26), Jack (24), and Steven (22). Katie ju s t b lessed them w ith a g ra n d so n — three- m on th o ld Creedence.

MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHERDaryl Ann Kyle

Fern Lake, left, and Helen Shanewise take time out from convention planning for a quick flin g — horseshoes!

Loaded with paraphernalia, Meg Hatch prepares for a picture-taking session!

Meg Hatch, Eastern W a sh in g ton 99 from A th o l, Idaho is the pho tog raphe r o f th is issue 's cover. A private p ilo t, she teaches s ix th graders du ring the schoo l year, f lie s a Com m anche, and takes p ic tu re s as a hobby! She and her 491/2er W es live on Cedar M ounta in Sky Ranch, near A th o l, Idaho and have a 2300 fo o t g rass s tr ip in th e ir b o ttom fie ld .

A fo rm er reporte r fo r the Western Flyer, M eg's e d ito ria l ta le n ts are used ex tens ive ly by th is w rite r. She read a ll m y te rm papers, so it is on ly natura l tha t I ask fo r ass is tance on 99 NEW S copy a lso. You may have gussed by now th a t one o f her ou ts tan d in g a ttr ib u te s is be ing my M om ! (P.S. Her e d ito ria l com m e n t on th is a rtic le was "T e ll them m y o n ly c la im to fam e is tha t I so loed a J-3 Cub in 19431” )

LAST M INUTE REM INDERS FOR ROUND U P ’75

TOURSF or a ll tha t free tim e on S atu rday, Leona

H e b e r l in g , o u r to u rs c h a irp e rs o n , p rom ises so m e th in g to f it everyone! L ik e — boat rides on b e a u tifu l Lake C oeur d ’A lene fo r the nau tica l 99— or perhaps a seap lane scen ic ride over the m any lakes o f N orth Idaho. T ours o f the m a jo r in ­d u s tr ie s may be r ig h t on fo r you r 4 9 ’/2er— a sa w m ill or a s ilve r-lead -z inc m ine.

TIE DOWNSF ly in g in to C oeur d ’A lene A ir te rm ina l

fo r conven tion? W ant to fin d you r p lane in the sam e p lace you leave it? Then please rem em ber to b ring you r ow n t ie dow ns. T ra n sp o rta tio n from the C oeur d ’A lene and S pokane a irp o rts w ill be p rov ided .

IN TER N ATIO N AL 1975 ROUND UP SCHEDULE

Wednesday July 30

Thursday July 31

Friday August 1

Saturday August 2

Sunday August 3

1 400-1800 Registration1800 - Cocktails, Dinner, Educational Programs,

Communication Sessions (NO HOST)0800 - 0900 Governors Breakfast0 900-1030 Chairman's Coffee1130-1330 A.E. Luncheon1400-1700 Business Meeting1800 - No Host Dinner, Boat Rides and Educational

Programs0700 - 0745 Continental Breakfast (Juice, Coffee, Roll)0800 - 1200 Business Meeting1 230-1400 Lunch1230 - 1700 Business Meeting if Needed, Post Board Meeting

Immediately A fte r Meeting; New and Old Board in President's Suite

1800 - 1900 Cocktails or What Have You at Aerodrome1900- Education Programs0 7 0 0 -1 8 0 0 A ll Day, Have Fun!!1830-1930 Cocktails1930- Banquet0700 Fly Away Breakfast

T H E N IN E T Y N IN E S 1 975 R O U N D UP July 30 , 31 and August 1, 2

Coeur d 'A lene Idaho

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By Jayne HunterFor the f ir s t t im e a loca l team placed in

the W in n e r’s C irc le in T ucso n ’s annual T reasure H un t, and the place they won was FIRST. The ’75 H unt covered a zig-zag course o f 265 m ile s from Tucson to Phoenix and it was tim ed th is year to co o rd ina te w ith the SW S ectiona l held in P hoenix on A p ril 11-12-13.

The w in n in g “ P rosp e c to rs " were Jean Servaas, M em bersh ip C hairm an o f the Tucson C hapter, and her 4 9 1/2er, P ieter Servaas. They are a lso the f irs t w inne rs of the C hap ter’s new m em oria l trophy honoring B ill and C hris Ruck, fo rm er m em bers w ho perished in an a irc ra ft acc iden t las t year. T h is trop h y records the h ighes t sco ring team am ong the A rizona e n tries in the H unt and the perm anent Ruck T rophy, s u ita b ly insc rib ed , w ill jo in the perm anent T reasure H unt T rophy on d isp la y at Tucson In te rna tiona l A irp o rt in the GA T erm ina l. Ind iv idua l trop h ie s are reta ined by the w in n in g co n tes ta n ts . The 1st Place tro p h y , c o n trib u te d by the Senator, is The Barry G o ldw a te r T rophy. O ther w in n e rs are:

2nd - N orm a F u tte rm an and V irg in ia Show ers, Los Ange les

3rd - Bob Long and B ill Jo h n son , Los A ngeles

4th - Sandra Case and Susan W est of S acram ento

5th - Pam M arley and V icky Bruce of Phoenix

6th - Joan S te inbe rge r and Jan Edm ond o f G o le ta, Ca. (Joan is a prev ious w in n e r of the G o ldw a te r T rophy).

H unt ru les requ ire tha t co n tes ta n ts enter as team s, a lth o u g h it is not required that the "s p o tte r ” be a licensed p ilo t. The H unt is open to bo th sexes, and team s may carry passengers. One o f th is year’s en­tries , a Cessna 210 p ilo te d by Fay K irk, carried ou r S ection G overnor, M arion B arn ick, am ong its team o f five.

The H un t invo lves loca tin g and iden­tify in g from the a ir na tura l and person- made “ c lu e s " on the g round . The course and the c lues are a w e ll-guarded secret u n til H un t tim e . There is a tim e a llo tm e n t ass igned each plane bu t the event is not a speed c o m p e tit io n and success depends upon im a g ina tio n , d e d u c tio n , nav iga tiona l s k ill, g round o rie n ta tio n and good team w ork.

Jayne Hunter (L), Clues Chairman, and Wyn Hayward (R), Vice-Chairman and Starter for the 1975 Tucson Treasure Hunt congratulate the winners of the event, Jean and Pieter Servaas. As high scorers among the Arizona entrants, the Servaases also received the Chapter’s new memorial trophy honoring Bill and Chris Ruck, 49 ’/2er and 99 of Tucson who perished in an aircraft accident last year.

Gladys and Pearl Manchini on the job at Kootenai Memorial Hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Gladys’ solo photograph. After five hours of instruction she soloed an 0 X 5 Waco 10!

That’s My Mom !By Sally Simundson

The ba lloon was a b e a u tifu l s ig h t in the co o lin g a fte rnoon sky. M om w as up there w h ile I s tood tense by the chase rig . But I’m g e ttin g ahead o f m y s to ry . L e t’s go back in the life o f th is rem arkab le w om an.

M om ’s h is to ry is a c o lo rfu l s to ry . Raised in Ferndale, W a sh in g ton , she a lw ays had her eyes on the sky. A t seventeen and out o f h igh schoo l she to o k her f irs t f ly in g lessons at T u lip F ie ld . She so loed the 0X 5 W aco 10 in a record tim e o f less than five hours!

A fte r she had her p riva te license she s ta rted w o rk ing on her co m m e rc ia l. Then cam e her F .l. She was a lw ays s tu d y in g . She had g round schoo l ra tin g s in m e te ro lo g y , n a v ig a t io n , c iv i l a ir re g u la tio n s , a irc ra ft, in s tru m e n ts , and parachutes. In those days you to o k a separate tes t fo r every su b je c t. She rem in isces about her f irs t a ss ig n m e n t a fte r her in s tru c to r ’s ra ting . The f irs t lesson was to be given in a s id e -b y -s id e T a ilo rc ra ft w h ich she had never flo w n . U ndaunted , she c lim b e d in and eve ry th ing w ent fin e !

One o f her s trong des ires was to parachu te ju m p . She had a ta lk w ith Frank K am m er and J im G a lv in . They were p lann ing a ba rn s to rm in g tr ip ! F rank had a C u rtis Thrush and J im an 0 X 5 S w a llow . Eddie Brow n w as the parachu te rigger. Eagerly they co n trac ted her to make tw en ty jum ps.

On her seventeenth ju m p tragedy to o k its cou rse . She had m ade her ju m p and was nearing the g round w hen a p lane to o k o ff be low her. The s lip s tream from tha t p lane p a rtia lly de fla ted her chu te . W hen she m ade im pact w ith the b la ck to p run ­way, she received se rious in ju r ie s to her rig h t knee.

A v ia tio n w asn ’t M om ’s o n ly love. Her fo u r-cy lin d e r Ind ian Ace m o to rcyc le played an im p o rta n t part in her life . As a p u b lic ity s tu n t to a d v e r t is e B e ll in g h a m ,

W a s h in g to n , M om a nd h e r f r ie n d M ade line , f it te d o u t w ith lea ther jacke ts and p is to ls , tou red the U n ited S ta tes by m o to rcyc le . The m ayor o f B e llingham had given them le tte rs to de live r to the m ayors o f a ll the m a jo r c it ie s . T h is tr ip inc luded Canada and M exico.

In 1937, M om m arried her f l ig h t in ­s tru c to r , Herb B uroker. They moved to O lym p ia w here they m anaged the a irpo rt. Tw o days a week they were in Port Ange les to teach s tu d en ts .

M anaging a irp o rts w as a w o nde rfu l o p p o rtu n ity fo r m ee ting fa m o u s people like W ylie P ost, W ill R ogers, R oscoe Turner, and Tex R ankin . M om reca lls her s tu n t- f ille d f l ig h t w ith Tex in an Ercoupe.

W hen the w ar b roke o u t, p ilo ts were in d e m a n d . W ith M o m ’s th o ro u g h background in g round sch o o l and fly in g experience , the gove rnm ent h ired her to teach at S t. M a rtin ’s C o llege in Lacey, W a sh in g ton . She was in s tru c to r at a non- coeduca tio n a l co lle g e tra in in g th e ir f irs t c lass of men p ilo ts !

In 1942, the W est coas t th rea tened, U ncle Sam fo rced a ll a ir fa c il it ie s to move

All Smiles! Left to right: Clay Henley, operator of Henley Aerodrom e, Gladys, and Dr. Dave Rahm, geology professor

in land . M om and Dad le ft the O lym pia o p e ra tions and set up tra in in g at W eeks F ie ld , C oeur d ' A lene, Idaho, the firs t m u n ic ip a lly ow ned a irpo rt in the United S ta tes. They flew round the c lo ck . Forty- seven a irp lanes were in o p e ra tion . Now, M om was p rim a rily involved w ith the advanced tra in in g o f naval o ffic e rs who w ou ld be ae roba tic f l ig h t in s tru c to rs in UPF7 W acos.

Her av ia tio n career co n tin ue d u n til 1953 when she and Dad so ld the avia tion bus iness . They bough t som e acerage east of C oeur d ’A lene and w ent in to ranching fu ll t im e . F ifteen o r s ix teen years later found M om back f ly in g and Dad in his shop p u tin g new fa b ric and eng ine parts on a J-3. N ow , as in the very beg inn ing , av ia tion w as th e ir fo rm o f recrea tion !

Back in 1969 one o f M om ’s greatest p leasures cam e when she began teaching her ch ild ren to fly . K e lly , her s ix teen year- o ld son , w as the f irs t to learn. M om was pa tien t w h ile he learned to tru s t the fly in g m ach ine . W hat a th r il l the day he soloed the J-3. Soon h is fr ie n d s were inqu iring about lessons.

from Western Washington State College. Dave will be featured speaker at Roundup’75.

Her daughte r S a lly and fa m ily were now spending th e ir w eekends at the a irpo rt. S a lly 's husband, D ick, w as eager and q u ick to learn. It seemed inev itab le tha t S a lly , a te rr ib ly c a u tio u s in d iv id u a l, w ou ld make the dec is ion to try f ly in g to o . That w in te r they a ttended M om ’s g round schoo l. In the sp ring they passed th e ir w ritten . Soon D ick had h is p riva te and a year la te r S a lly had hers. D ick now has h is com m erc ia l and in s tru c to r ’s ra ting SEL, g lide rs and ba lloons . S a lly has a private in a irp lanes and g lid e rs and her com m erc ia l in ba lloons .

M om a lso taugh t her spec ia l fr ien d , 99 Pearl M anch in i. She is a tin y but sp ir ited gal w ho is d ire c to r o f nurses at Kootena i M em oria l H osp ita l and learned to f ly in M om 's J-3.

I w il l never fo rge t the shock I fe lt the day Dad to ld me she was tak ing lessons in a hot a ir ba lloon . Several m on th s passed. In A ugus t, 1973, she was ready fo r her check ride. That f lig h t began at a roads ide rest

area ju s t w est o f C oeur d ’A lene , Idaho. F riends and re latives, to u r is ts , and the F .A .A . e x a m in e r , M r. Del R a n d e ls , gathered round. In fla tio n was a spec­tacu la r s ig h t w ith the burners th ru s tin g fou r feet o f b lu e -ye llo w flam e and G rand­ma Buroker at the c o n tro ls o f the burner. In a m atte r o f m in u te s they were w e igh ing o ff. The g round crew steam ed o ff in hot p u rsu it. She was nearing C oeur d ’A lene Lake when she se lected a f ie ld fo r land ing . W ith the g round c rew ’s shou ted w arn ing tha t there were to o m any w ires , she added som e heat and w ent up in search o f a m ore w e lcom ing land ing s ite . The p la y fu l w inds changed her course and w ith a lum p in m y th roa t I w atched the ba lloon jo u rn e y out over the lake. O ur g roup decided to go back to tow n and grab a b ite o f supper w h ile we w aited fo r the ba lloon p ilo t to ca ll in her land ing p o s itio n . W e were th rough w ith supper and s t i l l no w ord . W hat to do? The k id s were asleep so we carried them ou t to the car when w hat to ou r w orried hearts shou ld appear? The chase rig w ith ba lloon and p ilo t and in sp e c to r! N o th ing but sm iles . They had traveled five m iles to the east shore, land ing on the beach o f a sum m er hom e. B oats flo cke d to the land ing . One p a rticu la r yach t o ffe red them a ride to tow n . The task o f load ing the gondo la and enve lope on board began. They had on ly departed a few m inu tes when M om d iscovered the sk ip p e r was a man she had taugh t to f ly fo rty years ago! Back hom e, the happy reun ion was c lim axed w ith the tra d itio n a l p o p p ing o f a b o ttle o f cham pagne. The even ing cam e to a c lose w ith the e xc itin g d e ta ils o f the ba lloon f l ig h t and w ith the issuance o f a com m erc ia l ra ting in hot a ir b a llo o n s w ith a ir borne heater fo r m y M om .

Mom is D irec to r o f H osp ita l E ducation fo r the K ootena i M em oria l H osp ita l and fin d s her w ork a p leasant cha llenge. C urren tly she is m ak ing av ia tion p lans fo r the b icen tenn ia l. T hrough co rrespondence w ith C liffo rd Place, fo u nd e r o f the J-3 fly in g C lub , she hopes to jo in h is to u r o f A m erica. Mom p lans to c o n tr ib u te a fo rm a tio n o f seven J-3s p ilo te d by seven w om en!

Sixth Annual Illinois 99s Air DerbySPEED C A T E G O R Y

Place

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

PilotCo-Pilot

Margaret Ringenberg Larry Thrush

Dolores Addison Doug Combs

Judy Suit Ellen O 'H ara

M ike Donagan Field M orey

Plane

PiperPa-151

BellancaCitabria

G rum anA m /T ig er

Cessna182

P R O F IC IE N C Y C A T E G O R Y

Richard Rush S cotty Harm on

Edie A llen Bruce A llen

Joyce O dom M ickey O dom

Bob Frantz R uth Frantz

PiperP A 28 -1 8 0RPiperPA 2 8 -1 8 0PiperP A 32 -3 0 0PiperP A 28 -1 4 0

Score=

+ 1 5 .6 3 9 6

+ 1 5 .4 4 8

+ 1 4 .2 8 1 9

+ 1 4 .2 8 1 0

9 9 .6 76 6 %

9 9 .3 6 7 0 %

9 9 .2 3 6 9 %

9 9 .0 3 0 6 %

From the 51 e n trie s in th is year’s race the p lanes ranged from the C om m anche 260B, Beech M-35, M ooney M 20F, C essna 310, Cessna 182, G rum an A m -T ige r, Cessna 177, Navion, G rum an Am -Traveler, P iper A rrow , Beech A23-24, C essna 172, P iper PA28-180, Pa28-151, PA28-140, PA32-300, C essna 205, Be llanca C itab ria , Cessna 150, P iper T ri- Pacer, and fin a lly the las t to ta ke o ff w as a P iper Cub handicapped at 80 m iles per hour. It was flo w n by fa th e r and son , W a lte r and Peter K e rw in , and Peter had ju s t so loed the prev ious S aturday.

For a weekend o f e xc itm e n t, fe llo w s h ip , fu n , and th r il ls , p lus the bonus o f increasing yo u r p ro fic ie n cy in yo u r p lane, and w in n in g trop h ie s p lu s cash, en te r one o f the many sm all races held th ro u g h o u t the co u n try . C on tes tan ts fo r th is years ’ lll i-N in e s A ir Derby cam e from C a lifo rn ia , C o lo rado , M inneso ta , M ich igan , Ind iana , I ll in o is , W isco n s in , P ennsylvan ia , O h io , M is s o u r i— w hat a chance fo r m ak ing new friends .

Charlene Falkenberg, Publicity Chairman - llli-N ines Air Derby

W right-Akers Team Wins Angel DerbyT opp ing a f ie ld o f 98 p lanes, E sthe r W rig h t o f T hom asv ille , G A ., and Joyce Akers of

Decatur, G A ., buzzed the line at the T itu s v il le F lo rid a te rm in u s to take f irs t p lace in a C essna 182. Second place w en t to M arion Jayne and daugh te r, P a tric ia , o f Palatine, III., f ly in g a PA-30 T w in C om anche. T h ird p lace was cap tured by S oph ia Payton, o f C lear­w ater, F la ., and Pat Fa irbanks o f C in c in n a ti, O h io , in a M ooney M ark 21.

The race, tabbed " th e best ever” in its 25 year h is to ry , s ta rted in H a m ilto n , O nta rio , Canada, on May 22, and ended at T itu s v il le on S aturday, May 24th.

Valera Jo h n son , o f S t. C la ir, M isso u ri, crossed the f in is h lin e ahead o f the pack, but co m p u to r read -ou ts p laced her in 36th p lace in her Beech V35B. Judy W agner, and Helen W ilke , each f ly in g so lo , p laced 8 th and 9 th (each in a B eechcraft). M artha Gaunce, Lorrie B lech, Pat A rn o ld , and C arole F reem an were the o the rs fly in g so lo .

1975 ANGEL DERBY W IN N E R S (Left to right)Third Place: Pat Fairbanks, co-pilot and Sophia Payton, Pilot. First Place: Esther W right, Pilot and Joyce Akers, co-pilot Second Place: Marion Jayne, Pilot and Patricia Jayne, co-pilot.

AVIATIONLAW By Sylvia Paoli

One Of Our Greats

■B* "

Kay Brick

“ I was fe rry in g a C u rtis H e ll-D ive r to P a la c io s ,” she sa id , “ My passenger was a huge ped igreed rabb it nam ed ‘Texas G entlem an the T h ird ’ , new m asco t fo r the S quand ron .” Laugh te r w as on the edge o f her vo ice, and her b row n eyes spark led . “ It was rou tin e to crack the canopy on lan­d in g , and each tim e I d id , grass from the ‘G en t’s ’ cage w ou ld f ly a ll over the cock ­p it . . . ”

T h is was Kay B rick , re m in isc in g . G raduate o f B os ton U n ive rs ity , M asters in p sych o lo gy from N .Y .U ., g raduate w ork at C o lum b ia U n ive rs ity ...S h e a lso had a com m erc ia l license , and about 200 hours when she jo in e d the W ASPs d u rin g W orld W ar II. A fte r to w -ta rg e t a ss ig n m e n ts in N orth C aro lina and G eorg ia , she was sent to B iggs A ir Force Base in El Passo, Texas.

M eanw hile , she had ga ined m u lti-e n g in e and in s tru c to r ra tin g s , and was w o rk ing tow ard the A rm y A ir C orps In s trum en t Rating.

“ She had fa n ta s tic good lu c k ,” reca lls fe llow -W A S P Lo is H a iley , “ She and her in s tru c to r were p ra c tic in g approaches one n ig h t...K a y was under the hood, and the In s tru c to r dec ided to go a round . He poured the pow er to the BT 15, and it began to ro ll. One w in g w as lo s t, then the eng ine, the o th e r w in g , and, f in a lly , the ta il. W hen the d u s t had s e ttle d , Kay and her in s tru c to r sa t at the end o f the runway in a w e ll- tr im m e d fu s ila g e , u p rig h t and

un sca th e d .”Kay became her Squadron C om m ander

at B iggs F ie ld , Texas. The g ir ls were fly ing “ S e a rch lig h t” m iss io n s and “ M other" p lanes fo r rad io -co n tro lle d A n ti-A irc ra ft A r t ille ry ta rge ts .

W hen the W ASPs d isbanded , Kay met and m arried the dash ing p ilo t Frank Brick from N orw ood , N .J. (The ir daughter, B unny, is now a ta len ted com m ercia l a rtis t) Kay becam e in te rested in a ir racing, and was a p po in ted to the AW TAR Board in 1951. 10 years la ter, she was made Chairm an.

She is a fo rm e r In te rn a tio n a l P resident of the 99s, and m em ber o f the FAA W om en ’s A dv iso ry C o m m itte e on A v ia tion . In 1966, she received the FAA C e rtifica te of C o m m e n d a t io n fo r th e “ M an y c o n ­tr ib u tio n s she has m ade to the develop­m ent o f A m erican C iv il A v ia tio n ." The f o l lo w in g y e a r, B o s to n U n iv e rs ity presented her w ith the Sargent College A lu m n i H u m an ity Award.

U nder her name in “ W h o ’s W ho of A m erican W om en” , there is an awesom e lis t o f c red its . A recent a d d itio n , from the F edera tion A e ronau tique In te rna tiona le , is the Paul T issand ie r D ip lom a. O n ly two o the r A m erican W om en have received th is , w h ich is the h ighes t In te rna tiona l General A v ia tio n Aw ard.

W ith a ll her s o p h is tic a tio n , Kay is re fre sh in g ly app rec ia tive o f the tr iv ia l. In a barren w as te land , she can fin d a tin y f lo w e r and, p o in tin g , e xc la im :

"L o o k at tha t m a jes tic m o u n ta in !” Because o f her e n thu s ia sm , sudden ly

you, to o , see the flo w e r, and the m ounta in is indeed m a jes tic .

T h is year, as A W TA R ’s E x-O ffic io A dv iso r, she describes herse lf as a “ Has B een." For w ha t she has been, she is w id e ly -kn o w n , w e ll-lo ved and respected. To us, her name w ill a lw ays be syn o n om o u s w ith The Pow der P uff Derby.

By W anda C um m ings

_ s M U Sylvia Paoli

Last m onth we d iscussed a case w h ich upheld the FAR reg u la tio n sho w in g the p ilo t as u ltim a te ly respons ib le fo r h is a irc ra ft. Now le t’s look at one w h ich show s tha t som eone e lse may be held respon­s ib le .

In Freeman v. U .S .A . (509 F 2d 626) F reem an's esta te sued the gove rnm ent fo r h is death w h ich occurred d u ring a parachute ju m p in w h ich the jum pers landed in Lake Erie. The fa c ts ind ica ted tha t the e igh teen p a ra ch u tis ts to o k o ff in a B-25 to make a free -fa ll h igh a ltitu d e parachute ju m p from 20,000 fee t. A Cessna had taken o ff a bou t the sam e tim e ca rry ing a pho tog rapher w ho was to pho tog raph the ju m p . The radar c o n tro lle r hand ling the f lig h t o f the B-25 con fused the tw o p lanes, and a lth o ug h the p ilo t o f the B-25 kep t in co n tac t w ith the c o n tro lle r and ve rified h is p o s itio n before the ju m p , the ju m p was in fac t made, not over O rtner a irp o rt as schedu led , fo r fo u r m iles over Lake Erie. Two o f the p a ra ch u tis ts were rescued ; the o the r s ix teen perished.

The jum pers descended th rough a so lid c loud cover at 4000 feet, in v io la tio n o f 14C .F .R . 105.29, th a t fo rb id s p a ra ch u tis ts to jum p th rough c lo u d s . A lth o u g h the governm ent d id no t d isp u te the fa c t tha t the a ir tra ff ic c o n tro lle r w as n e g lig e n t, it c o n te n d e d th a t th is c o n t r ib u to r y neg ligence on the part o f the p a ra ch u tis ts and the jum p m aste r negated its own re s p o n s ib ility .

S ubsequent p ro o f show ed, however, tha t the jum pers had no know ledge o f the c o n d it io n s be low them , bu t re lied to ta lly on a s igna l from the ju m p m aste r. They were seated in the plane in a lm o s t to ta l darkness, so tha t when the bom b bay doors were opened fo r the ju m p , they were te m p o ra r i ly b lin d e d by th e s u d d e n b r ig h tn e s s . S in c e o n ly a b o u t t h i r t y seconds e lapsed from the tim e they were s igna led to ju m p u n til a ll were ou t o f the p lane, they w ou ld not have been aware o f the c lo u d s u n til a lready on th e ir w ay dow n.

In a d d itio n , it w as show n th a t the regu la tion had no t o r ig in a lly been enacted to p ro tec t the p a ra ch u tis ts them se lves, but to keep them from p resen ting a hazard to a irc ra ft and to persons and p rope rty on the g round. Thus the fa c t th a t they jum ped in to a c loud in v io la tio n o f a re g u la tio n , d id no t, in and o f its e lf, make them a u to m a tica lly neg ligen t.

In d iscu ss in g the neg ligence o f the p ilo t and the jum p m aster, the co u rt cons ide red the ques tion o f w he the r tha t neg ligence cou ld be passed on o r “ im p u te d ” to the

jum pe rs . If so they w o u ld be unable to re c o v e r b e c a u s e o f c o n t r ib u to r y neg ligence , under an O h io law s im ila r to the A labam a law w h ich governed the Todd case (May issue). The co u rt w as o f the o p in io n h e re , h o w e v e r, th a t th e p a ra ch u tis ts had no c o n tro l o f any k ind over the p lane o r the ju m p m aster, bu t w e re th e h e lp le s s p a s s e n g e rs and the re fo re w hatever l ia b il ity the p ilo t o r ju m p m aste r m ig h t have co u ld no t be passed on the them as “ jo in ven tu re rs ” in the p ro jec t. The a c tio n s o f the p ilo t and ju m p m aste r co n trib u te d to the d isa s te r, bu t those a c tio n s were no t independen t ones co m p le te ly separated from the c o n tro lle r ’s neg ligence , bu t were a resu lt

o f th a t neg ligence . Thus these a c tio n s did not q u a lify as legal " in te rve n in g a c tio n s ” s u ff ic ie n t to break the cha in o f causation runn ing from the c o n tro lle r ’s neg ligence to the ju m pe rs ' in ju r ie s and death . Had th is been held the o p p o s ite , recovery m ight w e ll no t have been a llo w e d , bu t the fina l c o n c lu s io n o f the co u rt, in th e ir dec is ion handed dow n on January 24, 1975, was tha t the p a ra ch u tis ts were innocen t v ic ­t im s o f the neg ligence o f o thers , and the ir es ta tes were a llow ed to recover damages from the gove rnm ent. The p ilo t was a llo tte d som e fa u lt, bu t it was the con­t r o l le r w h o w a s h e ld " u l t im a te ly resp o n s ib le ” , the sam e c r ite r ia w hich denied T od d ’s es ta te any recovery.

Chapter Personalities

Margaret Shipley

HMargaret Shipley

By Jenny M cW illiam sM argaret S h ip ley is a p ro fe ss io n a l p ilo t.

She e p itom izes the ideal in F lig h t In­s tru c to rs ded ica te d , know ledgeab le ,and in sp ir in g .

D uring the eleven years she has been f ly in g , a ll bu t 500 hours o f her to ta l o f 3000 hours, have been spent in s tru c tin g . Her base o f ope ra tion is S h ip ley A v ia tio n , a P iper Dealer, and C entra l Aero, Inc. in G reenw ood, M S., bo th o f w h ich are co ­owned by M argaret. These tw o com pan ies o ffe r Sales, M aintenance, fue l, s to rage , a ir tax i, renta l and in s tru c tio n fo r a ll land ra tings— the com p le te F .B .O ., a ll under the gu id in g hand o f M argaret.

A t any given tim e , her f l ig h t schoo l handles an average o f tw e n ty active s tuden ts in various stages o f tra in in g . Many of M argaret’s s tu d en ts are young p e o p le -g ir ls and boys. She has so loed seven young people on th e ir 16 th b ir th d a y ; one o f w hom is her ow n daugh te r. One young man so loed tw o d iffe re n t a irp lanes on h is 16th b irth d a y , a C herokee 140 and a Cessna 172. Two o f her s tu d e n ts passed th e ir Private Check ride on th e ir 17th b ir th ­day. A lso inc luded in her l is t o f p ro teges are e igh t se ts o f b ro th e rs ! A ll in a ll, a good cross-sec tion o f today 's you th .

It is a un ique b less ing fo r any o f us to be a llow ed the o p p o rtu n ity to w o rk w ith young people. Any in s tru c to r in th is s itu a tio n can have an in flu e n ce on y o u th ’s acceptance of d is c ip lin e and hard w ork, and as a ded icated C h ris tia n , M argaret is ta ilo r-m ade fo r her jo b . O the r areas o f her w o rk w ith y o u n g p e o p le , in c lu d e s S ponsoring the E xp lo re r S cou ts by us ing her F .B .O . as an A v ia tio n Post fo r bo th g ir ls and boys. One g ir l and fo u r boys have recen tly passed the Private W ritte n under her tu te lage in the S cout program .

In s tru c tin g is M arga re t’s fu ll- t im e en­deavor, as evidenced by the fac t th a t in 1974 a lone, she sent 27 p ilo ts up fo r Check R ides, seven o f w hom fo r th e ir C om ­m ercia l C e rtifica te . (A lso , in 1974, she added a ra ting o f her o w n ; C e rtified In­s trum en t F lig h t In s tru c to r. Her tra in in g fo r th is ra ting was taken from ano th e r w om an p ilo t, Suzie Lam bert.) The am o u n t of in te rest in F ly ing th a t M argaret engenders in her c o m m u n ity is am azing when one cons ide rs that she is no t loca ted in an urban area, bu t in a p rim a rily fa rm in g c o m m u n ity . H e r a p p o in tm e n t as a C om m iss ione r o f G reenw ood ’s A irp o rt Board bears ou t the h igh regard the C ity ho lds fo r her.

Upon being asked to respond to the ca ll fo r lis t in g on the Jo h n ny H orizon 99 A irp o rt N e tw ork , M argaret was one o f the f ir s t to answ er from the S ta te of M is s is s ip p i. D uring her ten years as a m em ber of the M is s is s ip p i C hap ter o f The N in e ty -N in es , she has held the o ff ic e of N om in a tin g C o m m itte e M em ber fo r the S outheast S ec tion , as w e ll as C hapter o ffic e s of Secre tary fo r tw o te rm s and R eporter. R ecently she appeared on a s ta te -w ide te lev is io n in te rv iew on behalf o f the M is s is s ip p i 99s. In sp ite o f the am oun t o f t im e dem anded o f her by her voca tion , she has ta u gh t a Sunday S choo l C las^ of 7 th and 8th G raders fo r the las t ten years.

A v ia tion in genera l, and the N ine ty - N ines in p a rticu la r, w ou ld not be the v iab le fo rces they are, w ith o u t the steady, day- by-day, p ro fe ss io n a lism th a t is g iven by w om en such as M ARGARET SHIPLEY, a true teacher o f a irm ansh ip .

UXORES DOCTAE AQUILAE

By Helen Wray SHV Chapter 99s

In case you are in te rested in tra n s la tin g La tin , you ju s t read the w ords “ w ives in s tru c t eag le s .” Shreveport C hapter 99s has three f l ig h t in s tru c to r w ives w ho have ta u gh t th e ir husbands to be f l ig h t in ­s tru c to rs . Talk a bou t a ch a llenge ! Let me te ll you a l it t le a bou t it.

F irs t o f a ll, the husbands were a ll p ilo ts . C harles W ray, m y husband, learned to fly in 1940. W hen he became m y s tu d en t fo r C ertified F lig h t In s tru c to r (CFI) in 1970, he s t i l l gasped every tim e I fla red fo r land ing . A fte r a ll, I had o n ly been f ly in g fo r five years at the tim e . It was s u rp r is in g tha t he w anted me fo r h is in s tru c to r , and I found ou t la te r th a t I had the great appeal of be ing “ free .” As long as I to ld h im how w ond e rfu l he was, he was a coopera tive s tu d en t. C r it ic is m w as not accep ted too w e ll. A l i t t le su g g es tio n on ch ande lles or lazy-8 ’s was lis tened to bu t not necessarily fo llo w e d . Several sess ions ended in s ilence (all the w ay hom e). A t the tim e of the FAA check ride, I fe lt th a t C harlie was ce rta in ly go ing to pass, bu t I a lso was prepared to be fu lly resp o n s ib le fo r the p ink s lip if it happened. L u ck ily a sm ile appeared as he returned from the exam ine r’s room and a ll w as w e ll.

Last year, tw o o th e r m em bers o f ou r SHV chap te r experienced the sam e m arita l traum a. Evelyn Snow taugh t her husband Dan to be a CFI (he w as an A ir Force P ilo t), and Jere Saur ta u g h t her husband the fine a rt o f C F I-ing . H enry was a c iv ilia n p ilo t o f long s ta n d ing and the reason Jere learned to f ly in th e f irs t place.

It was w ith great in te res t th a t I w atched th e ir e xp ress ions a fte r a f l ig h t . I no ticed the t ig h t- lip p e d e x its from the p lane, and the long pe riods o f s ilence . I fe lt great em pa thy. B u t aga in , a ll ended w e ll. Dan and Henry passed eas ily w ith fly in g co lo rs .

At f irs t , Evelyn, Jere, and I patted ourse lves on the back and cong ra tu la ted each o th e r fo r o u r a cco m p lish m e n ts . A fte r a ll, how m any lad ies had taugh t the ir husbands to be f l ig h t in s tru c to rs . On second th o u g h t, the s te rlin g q u a lity o f our husbands shone th ro u g h , and we realized that it to o k a good man to receive th is in s tru c tio n . Evelyn, Jere, and I say, "Thank you, husbands, fo r le ttin g us do our th in g .”

The s ix o f us have decided tha t an in ­te rna tiona l o rgan iza tio n is in order. It is to be com posed o f CFI coup les in w h ich the husband has been ta u gh t to be a CFI by h is CFI w ife . W e have se lected the name of UXORES DOCTAE AQ U ILA E, and have a lready held one m eeting com p le te w ith ca tfish and hushpupp ies at C u rley 's in U ncerta in , Texas. (Yes, V irg in ia , there is an U ncerta in , Texas, and the name o f the a ir fie ld is Beers.)

We now w ant to hear from o the r coup les w h o q u a l i f y fo r th is h o n o ra b le o rgan iza tio n . Please w rite C harles W ray, P resident UDA, 441 M onrov ia S treet, Shreveport, L ou is iana 71106.

Long live UXORES DOCTAE AQ UILAE.

mHelen and Charles Wray, Jere and Henry Saur, and Evelyn and Dan Snow, all of Shreveport Chapter 99s, happily pose in front of the Snow’s new hangar (built completely by Dan) at the SHV DTN Air­port. All three wives instructed their husbands to be CFIs and the three couples are ready to fly to the first meeting of UXORES DOCTAE AQUILAE. (See article).

Sue Matheis

Sue M athe is (M rs. R ichard A .), w inne r o f th e 1975 D o r is M u lle n W h ir ly -G ir ls S cho la rsh ip , is cong ra tu la ted by FAA F lig h t E xam iner W. A. M urphy, J r., a fte r su cce ss fu lly pass ing her f l ig h t te s t fo r her com m erc ia l h e lico p te r ra ting . T h is pe tite m othe r o f five , a p ilo t-re p o rte r fo r S ta tion KM O X-CBS in St. Lou is , M o., is now W h irly -G irl No. 194. She is a m em ber of the G reater S t. L ou is C hapter 99s.

(Ed N o te : The H eading NEW HORIZONS re flec ts the be lie f that death is a horizon tow ard w h ich we all f ly . even though th is new adventure is b rough t about by diverse causes. In a sense it is a f lig h t from the 'b o n d s o f ea rth " to unknow n "N ew H orizons")

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Margaret Ann Yourdon - M em ber of Kansas C hapter s ince 1953. A p ril, 1975 - Cancer.

Molly Stockwell

M olly S to ckw e ll, cha rte r m em ber, vice cha irm an and past cha irm an o f the South Lou is iana chapter, was an active m em ber o f the 99s s ince 1965. She was co- cha irm an o f the S ilve r A nn ive rsa ry Pow der P u ff Derby te rm in u s in 1971 and was to have served in tha t capac ity fo r the South C entra l Section S pring ’76 m ee ting . M o lly was a charte r m em ber o f the B aton Rouge A irc ra ft P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n , serving tha t o rgan iza tion as Secre tary fo r several te rm s and was one o f the f irs t tw o w om en ever to be e lected to its Board o f D irec to rs . For several years she was a fe rry p ilo t fo r the loca l Cessna d is tr ib u to r and on occas ion flew aeria l pho tog raphe rs . M o lly worked fo r Dr. H yp o lite Landry, a long tim e friend o f the 99s, w ho fo u g h t va lia n tly to save her life . She d ied A p ril 11.

M o lly was a valued m em ber o f the South Lou is iana C hapter, and her m em bersh ip in th is o rgan iza tion was a source o f great jo y to us and pride to her. She o ften expressed her be lie f in ou r re s p o n s ib ility to the 99s in bo th ou r persona l c o n d u c t and ou r p ro fe ss io n a l endeavors by say ing , “ If I am the o n ly 99 a person ever m eets, then to tha t person, I AM the N in e ty -N in e s ” . W ith th is fo rem ost in her m ind , M o lly represented the im age o f a ll o f us w ith charm and grace, and che rished the 99s.

W ith in the c lose persona l re la tio n sh ip tha t each of us in the S outh Lou is iana C hapter en joy , we looked to M o lly on m any occas ions fo r gu idance and s treng th as a chap te r no less freq u e n tly than we d id as ou r fr iend . She was a person o f great fa ith , s trong co n v ic tio n and devoted to fa m ily and her friends .

M o lly is survived by three ch ild re n , her m othe r, a younger s is te r and b ro the r,a n d those o f us w ho are fo rtu n a teenough to have shared the experience o f her young life .

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W A N TE D : M ore new sno tes from our overseas m em bers. You fin e f ly in g lad ies from around the w o rld sh o u ld be represented in the N ine ty N ine scrap ­books, even if som e o f us over here can ’t read the a rtic le s . Jt w ill pe rpe tua te YOUR part o f ou r w o n d e rfu l N in e ty N ine h is to ry .

I have heard from K im in Korea, and o f cou rse I ca n 't read K orean— but I’m d e lig h ted anyw ay. So com e O N — how about som e new sno tes from France, F in land , G reat B rita in (I can read th a t!) A u s tra lia — A fr ic a — you r o rgan iza tio n AND you r p res iden t want to hear from you! W hen I was prez, I received w o n d e rfu l scrapbooks from m y scrapbook cha irm en ,I w ill treasure them a ll m y life . D on 't le t o u r Pat dow n. (B e tty M cN abb, 3114 Beach- w ood Dr., Panam a C ity , F la. 32401)

What it's all about

COMMITTEE REPORTS

APTMargo Sm ith, Chairman

In the 12 m on th 1974 year, there were 1300 APT 99s w h ile in the 16 m on th 72-73 year there were 1200. A lth o u g h th is does ind ica te an increase in those repo rting APT, we m us t s t i l l co n s id e r the m em ­b e rsh ip increase and co n c lu d e we show 25-30 percent o f the m em bersh ip APT and s u p p o r t in g th e P ro g ra m — ve ry l i t t l e change from las t year’s 21 percen t. We m us t fu rth e r co n c lu d e he have very few a ctive p ilo ts in a f ly in g o rg a n iza tio n a nd -o r there are a great m any w ho d o n ’t su p p o rt the APT Program by tu rn in g in APT fo rm s .

A lth o u g h o u r APT P rogram was un ­d o u b te d ly in s tru m e n ta l in the in it ia t io n of the F A A ’s BFR req u ire m e n t; has enhanced o u r “ im age” in d ic a tin g we are p ro fic ie n t and sa fe ty c o n s c io u s ; has prov ided a source fo r s ta t is t ic s on w ho flie s and th e ir

ra tings, it is w ith o u t fu tu re va lue unless supported by a ll w ho f ly , every year. We all know o u r o rg a n iza tio n has a large p ro p o rtio n o f those w ho d o n ’t f ly — and we a lso know we c o u ld n ’t fu n c tio n w ith o u t th e m — b u t those w ho do, m ust support the APT P rogram , a d u ly authorized program o f the 99s, o r see it te rm ina ted.

My a p o lo g ies , dear Reader fo r sound ing so harsh. Y our read ing th is m eans you got the m essage long ago. Perhaps if you and I w ork e sp e c ia lly hard spread ing the word we can de m o n s tra te th a t w o nde rfu l 99 a b ility to d ig and do the job .

The fo llo w in g 1974 resu lts are ten­ta t iv e - la te ones seem to keep d ribb ling in. C o lom b ian O rch id , A u s tra lia n and French S ec tions are a ll APT by the ir c o u n try s ’ regs. The East A fr ica and F in­n ish S ec tions are ju s t jo in in g the Program. The B rit is h do no t pa rtic ipa te .East Canada 33M idd le East (no report) 0New England 54New York-N ew Jersey 77N orth C entra l 224N orthw est 82M em bers-a t-Large 1S outh A fr ica n 1 7S ou theast 1 1 3S outh C entra l 234So. C entra l A fr ic a 12S ou thw est 380W estern Canadian 25

AWTAR

Wanda Cum m ings, ReporterNo, luvs, H ow ard Rosen is no t fly in g the

Pow der P u ff Derby. We g ive h im “ A ” fo r p u b lic ity , however, and fo r keeping h e a d q u a r te rs ’ p h o n e ja n g l in g w ith in q u iries .

The last o f the b row n enve lopes post­m arked May 1 has f in a lly tr ic k le d through the m ail sys te m , m aking a to ta l o f 102 en trie s . T h is year, AW TAR has three “ f ir s ts ” : Dell H inn and her young co -p ilo t G ail C ham p lin o f C a lifo rn ia are the firs t G randm o the r-g randaugh te r team ; LTJGs Rosem ary C onss te r and Joe llen Drag are the f ir s t Navy te a m ; TAR No. 95 is C h iyoko M urakam i, Canadian p ilo t w ho w ill have as c o -p ilo t Yae N ozoki o f Tokyo , o u r firs t en try from Japan.

In de fia nce o f Texas w eather, a good g roup a ttended the F irs t Day D raw ing. We were honored to have bo th M others S uperio r, Kay B rick and Pat M cEwen. Kay stayed a bou t 1 0 days to help us through the f ir s t labo ring pa ins o f processing en tries . In prev ious years, her late husband , F rank, q u ie tly handled many unsung d e ta ils necessary to preparation fo r the race. He w o u ld be p leased tha t Kay

w ill be “ W om an o f the Year” fo r the 1975 Race Program .

On th is lovely May 16th, the O ffic ia l Program w ent res tle ss ly to bed at the pub lishe r's . The m im eo is s t i l l chu rn ing over the co n tes tan t l is t w h ich w ill be m ailed next week a long w ith any a d d itio n s or co rrec tions we have neg lected .

AW TAR has three new Board M em bers: From W ich ita , Peg N o ltensm eye r is O f­f ic ia l T im e r , L ia is o n fo r a ir c ra f t m anufactu re rs , and a ss is ta n t P rogram E d ito r ; L in d a H o o k e r, C e n tra l R e p re s e n ta t iv e , and Jo M c C a rre ll, P rom o tion . L inda and Jo are from the Dallas area (G olden T riang le C hapter) and w ill be tim ers fo r the M ust S top at P la inv iew , Texas.

A r t is t ic L y n n B r ig g s , San D ie g o Chapter, has d u p lica ted the m ap she made fo r the San D iego Aerospace M useum . Across the huge U .S. C hart, va ri-co lo red threads trace 28 PPDs. It m akes an im ­pressive d isp lay at AW TAR H eadquarters. Thank you , L yn n ......

Next issu e : “ Round R ob in ” by the Root Surveyors

Bulletin102 Planes are entered in the 28th PPD.

H onorary s ta rte r, B ill LaValles. O ffic ia l S tarter G eorge G r iff ith .

PPD Bi-Centennial 76The co ffe rs fo r the 1976 Pow der P uff

Derby have received 55 c o n tr ib u tio n s to ta lin g a lit t le over $3,500. T h is figu re inc ludes $800 from Palom ar C hap te r’s Powder P uff Derby Day held at F a llb rook

C o m m u n ity A irpa rk on A p ril 6. In sp ite of in c le m en t w ea ther ( it d rizz led on and o ff a ll day), I th in k we can ca ll th is day a success.

A p p ro x im a te ly 800 pancake b reakfasts w ere served and the p ro fits were shared w ith the L ions C lub . W e gave 183 scen ic f l ig h ts and avocados, oranges, and s traw be rries from the a irpa rk fie ld s were s o ld . F ilm s o f the Pow der P u ff Derby and F arnborough , England A irsh o w b ro u g h t in a d d itio n a l d o n a tio n s . Beer and so ft d rink sa les were dow n due to the c h il ly w eather. W e had a s ta tic d isp la y o f W ings and W hee ls. The s ta r a ttra c tio n was the W orld W ar II F ies le r S to rsch co m p le te w ith sw a s tica s and the Iron c ross w ith a M ercedes Benz fo rm e r Germ an arm y s ta ff car parked under the w ing .

Due to low ce ilin g several o f the e x h ib its were u n fo rtu n a te ly unab le to reach the A irpa rk . We h e a rtily thank a ll those w ho braved the w ea ther and e sp e c ia lly a ll the 99s w ho d rove long d is ta n ce s to help ce leb ra te and he lp m ake th is day a su c ­cess. If we had had good w ea ther we feel c o n fid e n t we co u ld have m ade w e ll over $ 2 ,000 .

In a d d itio n to the 1976 PPD c o n tr ib u tio n we were a lso ab le to c o n trib u te $250 to the 1975 PPD S ta rt and $200 to the A m e lia Earhart S cho la rsh ip Fund. W e had a fun day, p rom oted a v ia tion , and we go t a great deal o f co u n ty -w id e p u b lic ity fo r the PPD.

A ga in I urge a ll o the r chap te rs w ho are in te rested in see ing the PPD co n tin ue d in fu tu re years to p rom o te such a day w ith loca l va ria tio n s in th e ir area. It w o u ld o n ly take an average o f $500 per ch a p te r event and we w ou ld have it m ade. Ju s t add up the fig u re s and you w ill see w ha t I m ean. It is up to us, ga ls . L e t’s en thuse and get the jo b done.

Pam Vander L inden, Chairm an 1976 W ays & Means C o m m itte e

P.O. Box 352 F a llb ro o k , CA 92028

Air A g e Education 99 S ty le

C H A IR M A N ; LINDA HOOKERPhrases such as “ Aerospace E duca tion ,

th a t's the nam e o f the gam e ,” and A v ia tion is w here i t ’s a ll a t ," cou ld be heard echo ing from every room and dow n every ha ll a t the F oun ta ineb leau H ote l in New O rleans on A p ril 3rd th ru 5 th . The event th a t p rec ip ita ted such co m m e n ts was the N a t io n a l C o n g re s s on A e ro s p a c e E duca tion .

Teachers represen ting a ll educa tion levels and d is c ip lin e s , representa tive o f a v ia t io n -a e ro s p a c e o r ie n te d p ro d u c ts , from o rg a n iza tio n s in te rested and involved in aerospace-av ia tion ed u ca tio n , the CAP and ROTC, sch o o l a d m in is tra to rs , and “ ju s t p la in , o rd ina ry fo lk ” w ho are co m ­m itte d to the im p rovem en t and expans ion o f aerospace e d uca tion gathered tog e th e r fo r the congress. T he ir u n ifie d purpose w as to learn w ha t is be ing done in a e ro s p a c e e d u c a t io n th ro u g h o u t th e w o rld , to share teach ing ideas and ex­periences, and to try to asce rta in w hat can

be done in the fu tu re to carry the word “ a v ia tio n " to m ore people and to im prove the q u a lity o f educa tion and teach ing te chn iques em p loyed in the fie ld of aerospace education .

Jo M cC arre ll, SCS A ir Age E ducation C hairm an, and I fle w in to New O rleans, to reg is te r. On ou r w ay up to reg is tra tio n , the f irs t th ree people we m et were 99s - N ina R o o k a ird , S o u th w e s t S e c t io n A A E C hairm an (R edw ood Em pire C hapter); Nancy W renn (C aro linas C hapter); and Lorna K rin g le (Puget Sound Chapter).

That a fte rnoon a ttendees had several program o p tio n s w h ich inc luded bo th E lem entary and S econdary E ducation a c tiv it ie s . S ince one co u ld not a ttend them a ll, I began w ith the E lem entary a c tiv itie s . T h is program was co nduc ted by Mrs. Pau line M aup in , a teacher w ho has received m uch acc la im in her hom e sta te o f Tennessee fo r her innova tive and un ique p rogram s in “ Open E d u ca tio n .” This sess ion w as in te re s tin g , provacative, th o u g h t - s t im u la t in g and ’ ’a c t iv e p a r­t ic ip a t io n ” o rien ted . The h ig h lig h t came when each p a rtic ip a n t had to design h is ow n paper a irp lane , f ly it in a d is tance co n tes t, and then analyze w hy it d id o r d id no t do be tte r than the o thers . (Use th is idea in yo u r ow n c la ss roo m .) A t the c lose o f the sess io n , each a ttendee received a f irs t p rin t, co m p lim e n ta ry e d itio n o f Mrs. M aup in ’s book, “ Aerospace E ducation Games & A c tiv it ie s fo r the E lem entary S c h o o l.” S ince th is book is not ava ilab le anyw here at th is tim e , I w ill be m ore than happy to send a Xerox copy to anyone in te rested in having one.

The m orn ing o f the 4th began at 7 :00 a .m . fo r me w ith the very d is tin g u ish e d honor o r rep resen ting the 99s at the F irs t A nnua l M ee ting o f the N a tiona l C ounc il on Aerospace E duca tion . I cons ide red it a d is tin g u is h e d honor because m em bersh ip on the co u n c il is by in v ita tio n on ly and is made up o f represen ta tives from each of the top tw e n ty o rgan iza tio n s involved in aerospace e duca tion . The in v ita tio n fo r the 99s to seat a representa tive o f ou ro rgan iza tion on the co u n c il is a m ajorbreakth rough in re co g n itio n o f the 99sconcerted e ffo rts and w ork in the fie ld o f aerospace e d uca tion . Y our represen ta tive w ill a lso be the on ly w om an on theco u n c il.

9 :0 0 a .m . fo u n d a ll p a r t ic ip a n ts assem bled in the Grand B a llroom fo r a tru ly e xc itin g p rogram , “ Take O ff In to G rea tness ," by Mr. G rover Loen ing , a p ioneer av ia tion eng ineer. Mr. Loening, w hose ae ronau tica l career spans more than s ix ty years and w ho was an eng ineer fo r the W rig h t B ro thers , d isspe lled several m yths abou t the beg in n ing s o f av ia tion . A series o f s lid e s fea tu ring early a irc ra ft and p a rticu la r ly ones Mr. Loen ing played a m a jo r ro le in the deve lopm ent o f ac­com pan ied h is ta lk . Mr. Edward S tim pson o f G AM A then presented “ The General A v ia tio n S to ry " via a series o f s lides. F o llow in g Mr. S tim p s o n ’s p resen ta tion , Carol S. R osin o f F a irch ild Industries related her experiences and how she, as a teacher, in co rpo ra ted aerospace in to her to ta l teach ing program in an open

28 PPD Routes by Lynn Briggs (in AWTAR Headquarters Office) L-R: Kathy Long, Helen Wilke

First Day Drawing, Dallas, April 9, 1975. L- R: Charlie Hillard (pulling TAR No. 1) Marian Banks, Chr. AW TAR.

First Day Draw ing...Dallas, April 9 1975. L- R: Wanda Cumm ings, Pat McEwen, Kay Brick

c lassroom . She used the them e “ I t ’s Your Turn” to encourage teachers to experim en t w ith new ideas to w ork aerospace in to th e ir overa ll teach ing cu rr icu lu m .

The a fte rnoon was one f ille d w ith A c tio n Report S essions. There were s ix A c tio n R eports w h ich were presented tw ice d u rin g the a fte rnoon so tha t each a ttendee at the C ongress had an o p p o rtu n ity to take in tw o o f them . I op ted fo r “ A v io lo g y ” d u rin g the f irs t sess ion p resented by Mr. Paul B ech t o f P.K. Younge Labora to ry S choo l o f the U n ive rs ity o f F lo rida . Mr. Becht exp la ined tha t A v io lo g y is an ex­pe rim en ta l p ro jec t u tiliz in g f l ig h t as the veh ic le to h ig h ly m o tiva te learn ing d u rin g a year-long phys ics course . They are a t­te m p tin g to pe rsona lize e d uca tion by id e n tify in g the m os t e ff ic ie n t m odes of learn ing (v isual a ids , lec tu re , hands-on , e tc .) fo r an in d iv id u a l. T h is is be ing done th ro u g h the use o f a c o lle c tio n o f in ­te rd is c ip lin a ry m a te ria ls arranged in to fle x ib le m odu les.

The second A c tio n Report Session I chose to aud it w as “ A v ia tio n — An In­d iv idua lized A p p ro a ch .” M r. Fred F. Seeds, o rig in a to r and teacher o f the av ia tion course at M unde le in H igh S choo l, M unde le in , I ll in o is , w here th is un ique approach to le a rn ing -teach ing was f irs t em p loyed shared w ith those o f us present h is experiences th ro u g h a s lid e presen­ta tio n he had prepared from h is own classes. Mr. Seeds u tilize s ind iv id u a l lea rn ing packets ca lled LEGS (Learners E duca tiona l G uides) w h ich a llo w the s tu d en t to p rogress at h is ow n pace. He has developed a m ost in te re s tin g and un ique program .

W ith the co n c lu s io n o f th is last ac tion report cam e the co n c lu s io n o f a very rew ard ing C ongress. It was hard to leave such a bea u tifu l c ity and to say “ g o o d-bye " to ou r m any new -found fr ie n d s , m any of them 99s, but Jo and I found c o n so la tio n in know ing tha t we w ou ld m eet them again at next year’s C ongress.

International Committee Report

SAFETY EDUCATION

Marilyn P. Hibner, ChairmanA lth o u g h the last few issues o f 99

NEW S d id no t co n ta in a co lu m n fo r “ S afe ty E d u ca tio n ” , d o n ’t th in k w e’re not w o rk ing on m ethods , p rog ram s, co n tac ts , e tc. In the N ovem ber-D ecem ber issue o f the NEW S, I o u tlin e d som e p rocedures I wanted chap te rs and se c tio n s to in it ia te and pu t in to o p e ra tion , i.e ., S ection G overnors (my co m m itte e m em bers on the in te rn a tio n a l level) a p p o in tin g a S afe ty E duca tion C hairm an and a C hairm an o f a S p e a k e rs B u re a u ; C h a p te r C h a irm e n

a p p o in tin g a S afe ty E duca tion C hairm an fo r c h a p te r le v e l; in i t ia t in g s e c t io n m ee ting p rogram s and chap te r a c tiv it ie s tied in w ith o u r sa fe ty educa tio n program as o u tlin e d in m y a rtic le in the Novem ber- Decem ber issue.

I know , of course , th a t th is is a new co m m itte e and w ill take a b it longe r to get the ba ll ro llin g th is year than o the r

c o m m itte e s th a t were in fo rce in the past year(s). How ever, I have had a d isa p ­p o in tin g ly sm a ll response in the fo rm o f nam es o f these a p po in ted cha irm en . I hope the m iss in g lin k is th a t you ju s t haven't g o tten the names on to me ye t; and not th a t you haven't appo in ted these cha irm en ye t. And ju s t in case I am a c o n tr ib u to r to th is m iss in g lin k ra ther than m aking the program co m p le te so th a t it can w ork e ffe c tive ly , I am not w a itin g any longe r fo r nam es w ith w h ich I can com ­m un ica te and m a il in fo rm a tio n . By the t im e th is co lu m n goes to p rin t, each one of m y c o m m it te e m e m b e rs (S e c t io n G overnors) w ill have received from me c o m p le te S O P s fo r th e In te rn a t io n Sa fe ty E duca tion C o m m itte e ; fo rm s to be co m p le te d and re tu rned to me adv is ing me o f S ection C hairm en fo r th is program and C hapter C ha irm en lo r th is p rog ra m ; SOPs fo r the AW AR E p ro g ra m ; SOPS fo r the S .A .F .E . p ro g ra m ; and a p o in t sys tem fo r S ec tions ( in c lu d in g C hapters co lle c tive ly ) w hereby award w ill be m ade ann ua lly to the S ection a ccu m u la tin g the m os t p o in ts fo r th e e ffo rts o f S afe ty E duca tion . And fo r those se c tio n s th a t are sm a lle r in num ber than som e o th e r se c tio n s , yo u r chances w ill be e q u a l; fo r the p o in t sys tem takes in to acco u n t th a t increased m em bersh ip in a p a rticu la r se c tio n can g ive an “ edge” to large se c tio n s , and the re fo re , p u ts a ll o f you on a bas is o f p ro p o rtio n a te co m ­parison . Need I m ake it any m ore obv ious th a t I w an t us, co lle c tiv e ly to produce o u ts ta n d in g resu lts and p rog ress in Safe ty E duca tion . Thanks to o u r P res iden t, Pat M cEwen (w ho was at least one s tep ahead o f m e, if no t m ore), the FAA has been in fo rm ed o f the AW ARE program in every FFA R eg ion ; and FAA has been in touch w ith me to jo in t ly p rom o te the AW ARE program in th e ir va rious reg ions. I have been in to u ch w ith several m a jo r a ir lin e s to get th e ir jo in t back ing o f the S .A .F .E . p ro g ra m ; and I have a lso been in touch w ith the Loca l FAA in m y area to p rom o te a m ore in tens ive sa fe ty program fo r p ilo ts — a v o lu n ta r y p ro g re s s iv e m a in te n a n c e p rogram o f s k ills and know ledge fo r the p ilo t, very s im ila r to the theory of prog ress ive m a in tenance p rog ram s fo r a irc ra ft and au tos .

S ection G overnors — if you haven’t yet advised yo u r next h o s tin g ch a p te r to set up a S afe ty E duca tion o rien ted program fo r you r next S ec tion m ee ting , do so. If you d o n ’t yet have you r Speaker’s Bureau lin in g up p laces to speak and spread the w ord of 99s and S afe ty , do so. C hap ter C ha ir­m en — if you haven’t ye t p lanned tw o sa fe ty -o rien ted m ee tings fo r the year, get them p lanned now . If you haven’t yet con tac ted the FAA to sp o n so r o r w ork on a sa fe ty se m ina r w ith them , o r a sa fe ty check ride c lin ic , o r a CFI R e-V a lida tion c lin ic , do so. Have you in ves tiga ted the AW ARE o r SAFE prog ram s or Penny-A- Pound p ro jec t to dec ide w h ich w ill be you r ch a p te r’s best w ay to m ake co n ta c t w ith the p u b lic fo r sa fe ty e d u ca tio n and av ia tion o rie n ta tio n .

To those o f you w ho have su b m itte d nam es o f cha irm en to me and have go tten yo u r p rogram s s ta rted , m any thanks.

W e know “ S afe ty is no a cc id e n t” , but we m ust a lso realize “ S afe ty is hard w ork and devoted e ffo r t ."

International Hot Line U.S. Report

Lillian Snyder, International P.R.K IC K O FF— GAMA SAFE PILOT

SW EEPSTAKES II SAFETY SEMINARSW hen o u r P res iden t, Pat, co m m itte d us

to 300 sa fe ty se m ina rs ; the 99s los t no tim e in g e ttin g th in g s underw ay. The firs t tw o m ee tings o f the Safe P ilo t Sweep­stakes P rogram s sponsored by FAA and GAM A were co -sponsored by the M ich igan Chapter A N D tw o 99 FBO s, Jan O lsen, O lsen F lig h t Service, D e tro it C ity A irpo rt and Im ogene Ross, F lig h t Tech Inc., B ishop A irp o rt, F lin t, The m ee tings were SRO - ty p ic a lly 99 s ty le .

W hen y o u r ch a p te r sponsors a safety m eeting , m ake sure you r loca l m edia has the d e ta ils . Make yo u r press release clear and co n c is e ; fo llo w in g the W HO, WHY, W HEN and W HERE fo rm u la . Releases shou ld be ty p e w ritte n , doub le -spaced. At the to p o f the page, type you r name, your 99 chap te r, yo u r address and phone num ber a long w ith the date and release date o r " fo r im m ed ia te release” if th a t’s the case.

A c tiv it ie s w h ich bene fit o thers as w e ll as ourse lves are p u b lic re la tio n s in ac tion . M aggie B urch , S ou thw est S ection Public R e la tions C ha irm an, sends a long good advice. “ It is good , as a chapte r, to assist ch a rita b le p ro je c ts in you r a rea .” “ H e lp in th e ir fu n c tio n s and fu n d -ra is in g ac­t iv it ie s — and o f co u rse — get it p u b lic ize d .” Last sum m er the M ich igan C hapter jo ined the loca l m ed ia p ilo ts in the “ F ly H igh fo r M uscu la r D ys tro p h y ” p ro je c t. They flew the ir a irp lanes , s e llin g rides, fo r tw o days at tw o D e tro it area a irp o rts w ith the

Al Lowman, Detroit News city editor, who keeps the 99s in print, received a long overdue Certificate of Appreciation.

99s Bonnie Krentler and Jackie Debbs, Michigan’s Flying Folk Singers serenading our friendly m edia.

proceeds go ing to the M uscu la r D ystrophy Fund. For nearly ha lf the "c u s to m e rs ” , it was the ir in tro d u c tio n to the lig h t p lane and general av ia tion . It was good p u b lic exposure fo r the 99s, fo r genera l av ia tio n , fo r the a irpo rts and the m oney w en t to a w orthy cause.

If yo u ’re look ing fo r resource m ateria l on wom en in av ia tion and aerospace fo r you r Speakers Bureau o r fo r in d iv id u a l ta lks before loca l g roups, there is an e xce llen t a r t ic le , “ A S a lu te to W o m e n in A erospace", in the February 1975 issue of Aerospace, the o ff ic ia l p u b lic a tio n o f Aerospace Indus tr ie s A sso c ia tio n . The period from 1910 r ig h t up to 1975 is covered. A lo t o f research w ent in to it and it is w e ll done. C opies are ava ilab le on a firs t-co m e , firs t-se rved bas is from Jean Ross H ow ard, O ffice o f P u b lic A ffa irs , Aerospace Indus tries A s s o c ia tio n , S u ite 700, 1725 DeSales S t., W a sh in g to n , D.C. 20036.

M aggie Burch p u ts to g e th e r a super PR new sle tte r fo r the chap te rs in the S o u th ­west S ection . Lo ts o f good t ip s and ideas on w hat the chapters are do ing in the PR area. O ther Section PR C ha irm en may be do ing s im ila r th in g s . I t ’s good com ­m un ica tion between chap te rs . If any o f you are p u b lish in g such a n ew s le tte r, please send me a copy. Le t's c o m ­m unicate .

N.I.F.A. Committee ReportJoy Feak Chairman 1975-76

The 27th N .I.F .A . m eet was m arred by the loss o f tw o s tu d e n ts from Parks C ollege . It was the f irs t fa ta l acc id e n t in the h is to ry o f N .I.F .A . We were a ll sad­dened and extend o u r sym pa th y to the fa m ilie s of the boys.

T h is year we had m ore a p p lica n ts than ever fo r the 99s A ch ievem ent A w ard . 18 in a ll and w ith m uch d if f ic u lty chose M iss Susan J. K ing from E m b ry— R idd le A e ronau tica l U n ive rs ity , D aytona Beach, F lo rida . My ju d g in g co m m itte e was g ra te fu lly he lped by ou r In te rn a tio n a l Vice P residen t, L o is F iegenbaum w ho flew in to Santa Fe accom pan ied by her daugh te r, Susie. K athy Fox, C ha irm an A bq. C hp. and H a ftie t B rin , Santa Fe Area Chr. com p le ted m y c o m m itte e . Mary V ia l, N .I.F .A . board m em ber tr ied u n til the last m in u te to fly over to Santa Fe bu t a fro n t moved in the n ig h t be fore and fou led the p lans. The Top W om an P ilo t Aw ard was won by Karen S. C oy le , U n ive rs ity o f N orth Dakota. B o th w in n e rs received nam be ware bow ls w h ich are m ade in New M exico, a ll done by hand and use fu l rem em brance o f the m eet th is year. We had a 99 luncheon w ith 32 in a ttendance w h ich was arranged by the Santa Fe Area C hapter, a ll 2 m em bers ! The A bq. C hapter

m em bers drove and fle w back and fo rth 60 m iles each day to a ss is t and m any worked several jo b s in one day. O p p o rtu n itie s are opening up d a ily fo r the w om en and these gals are su re ly to be heard from in the fu tu re . There were 38 chap te rs co n ­tr ib u tin g to N .I.F .A . th is year and I’m s t i l l re c e iv in g c o n t r ib u t io n s w h ic h are g ra te fu lly accep ted . A brand new chapte r, B lue R idge, c o n tr ib u te d , and fa r o ff A laska! One m em orab le evening we all en joyed the Ind ian dancers w ho tried to teach som e o f the s tu d e n ts an a u the n tic corn dance. It was e n te rta in in g and great fun fo r the s tu d e n ts ! TH A N K YOU to all the 99s w ho he lped m ake th is years meet success fu l.

Winner of the 99s Achievement Award Susan J. King, at Santa Fe, N .M . at the 27th N .I.F .A . meet.

SECTION REPORTSNORTHWEST SECTION

NORTHW EST SECTION MEETING July 29-30

Coeur D’Alene, IdahoS in c e N o r th w e s t S e c t io n t ra v e lle rs

con tend w ith long d is ta n ces and m u ltip le m oun ta in ranges, w e ’ve decided to set aside any d if f ic u lt d e c is io n s between a ttend ing the In te rna tiona l M eeting in Coeur d ’A lene o r the Fall S ec tiona l no r­m ally held a m onth la ter. W e're c o m b in in g them so tha t N orthw este rners need travel on ly once to p a rtic ip a te in bo th .

The S ectiona l w il l convene Tuesday evening Ju ly 29 w ith C ha irm ens ' and Board m eetings preceeding d u rin g the day. The bus iness m eeting w ill reconvene a fte r a C on tinen ta l breakfast W ednesday m orn ing w ith a luncheon , the o n ly served m eal, c u lm in a tin g the ga the ring . A c tiv it ie s w ill be in fo rm a l and som ew ha t abbrevia ted so that by W ednesday a fte rnoon S ectiona l attendees can be tran fo rm ed in to In te r­nationa l M eeting hostesses.

Idaho C hapter is ho s tin g the S ec tiona l. C ontact C hairm an A nn S to tt, 920 A rg y ll Dr., B o ise, Idaho 83702 fo r a d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n .

SOUTHWEST SECTIONPHUN AT PHOENIX

By Maggie Burch, S .W .P .R .Del W ebb 's Tow ne H ouse in P hoenix,

A rizona, was the headquarters fo r the S ou thw est Spring S ectiona l on A p ril 11, 12, and 13. The w eather in Phoen ix was coo l and d e lig h tfu l fo r o u r s igh t-see ing

tr ip s th rough th a t b e a u tifu l c o u n try . Som e o f us had to fly over, under and a round a few rain show ers to fin d ou r way there, however. On F riday n ig h t th ree bus loads of 99s and a su rp ris in g n um ber o f 49V;>s arrived at the P innac le R estauran t fo r a d e lic io u s steak d in n e r served w estern s ty le . The banquet S a turday n ig h t was a d inne r dance, a lso w ith a w este rn band and held at the Tow ne House.

T he b u s in e s s m e e t in g , S a tu rd a y m o rn in g , s ta rted w ith b runch and a fash ion show . We were honored w ith spec ia l g ues t, Lo is F e igenbaum , ou r In te rna tiona l V ice -P res iden t. She gave us a cha rm ing ta lk and b ro u g h t us c lo se r to what is happen ing on the In te rn a tio n a l level. The m eeting its e lf was p roduc tive and in fo rm a tive . S ylv ia Paoli o f the F u lle r to n C h a p te r c le a r ly e x p la in e d Inco rpo ra tion o f the S ection and the 501 -C- 3 Tax E xem ption . She has researched th is w e ll. A u nan im ous vote was taken to assure tha t no m em ber w ou ld be assessed m ore than $5.00. A lso we voted tha t a le tte r o f app re c ia tio n sh o u ld be sent to M ardo Crane fo r the great w ork she is do ing as e d ito r o f the 99 N ew s. A copy of the le tte r w ill a lso be sen t to In te rn a tio n a l H eadquarters.

It was suggested th a t we a ll send a te legram or n ig h t le tte r to P res iden t Ford requesting th a t John Baker be appo in ted as the new F .A .A . A d m in is tra to r . As you a ll know , he w ou ld be an e xce llen t man fo r the jo b and he is favorab le to General A v ia tio n . Pam Vander L inden, Palom ar C hapter, sent ou t ano the r appeal fo r

c o n tr ib u tio n s to the Pow der P u ff Derby and asked tha t every chap te r ho ld an annual P .P .D . Day each year at an a irpo rt in th e ir area. T h is is good p u b lic ity and a pa in less way to raise m oney.

We fle w hom e Sunday w ith a n ice warm fee ling fo r the fe llo w s h ip in the 99s and the fr iends we m et again at S ectiona l.

Verna W est, Section V .P .; Lois Feigen­baum, International V .P .; and Margo Sm ith, Section Sec’y.

At the business meeting of the Southwest Spring Sectional in Phoenix, Verna West, Vice-Governor, left, and Marion Barnick, Governor, enjoy hearing about activities at International from Lois Feigenbaum, Vice- President.

Chapter ReportsA frica , and looks fo rw ard to re tu rn ing there in December.

Sheila Scott, GovernorC o n g ra tu la tio n s to Suzanne B rooks,

F reyd is Sharland, and Jane Jarv is , w ho all took on the cha llenge issued by the fam ous B a ttle o f B rita in p ilo t, G inger Lacey - th a t at least one N ine ty N ine make her f irs t parachute ju m p at the Am y Johnson Festiva l weekend at G rinda le , Yorks. A ll upheld N ine ty N ine tra d it io n s by land ing g ra ce fu lly , and rem a in ing APT.

The m eeting w as held in the N orth of England both to jo in in B r id lin g to n 's Am y Johnson Festiva l, and to make it poss ib le fo r the N orthern N ine ty N ines to a ttend m ore eas ily . As ou r m em bers are spread all over the B ritish Is les, we are try ing to vary the venue of ou r m ee tings so tha t no one has the excuse th a t they can never make a m eeting ow ing to d is ta n ce and cu rren t fue l re s tr ic tio n s ! We a ll a ttended the new av ia tion m usica l show ‘A m y ’ , the s to ry of Am y Jo h n so n ’s life , w h ich was g iven its prem iere d u ring the sam e week, l.yn W illia m s opened the fo llo w in g day ’s a irshow w ith her usual spec tacu la r d isp la y o f aeroba tics in her S tom pe. S he ila S co tt ch ris tened the G irls V enture C orps new Jode l a irc ra ft w ith cham pagne, and N orthern 99 Dawn Turley w ith 491/ j A lan helped the fly in g c lu b w ith jo y rides in th e ir P iper Aztec.

A no the r fa rew e ll party , was a lso given by A p ril and J im m y C lave ll a t th e ir lovely Fredley M anor in the S ou th . They are leaving England fo r a year o r tw o , bu t w ill a lso be p ro m o tin g J im m y ’s new book, ’S hogum ’ , in USA, Canada and A u s tra lia , so hope to meet m any N ine ty N ines du ring th e ir travels.

O ur recent L ilie n th a l A w ard w inne r, Ann W elsh, is g e ttin g m arve llous review s fo r her la tes t av ia tion book, ’P ilo t ’s W ea ther’ . Th is is a very w e ll illu s tra te d book, bu t not m erely a tex tb oo k , but ra ther one w h ich you can s it dow n and en joy w h ile lear­n ing. I

C onn ie and A lan F ricke r have s tarted th e ir Sum m er treks a round the European ra llies . C onn ie is the o rgan ise r fo r fo re ign ra llies fo r the B rit is h W om en P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n , so any v is it in g N ine ty N ines w ho are in te res ted in European T ouring shou ld con tac t her.

An A ng lo -R hodes ian S ection m eeting a lm ost took place recen tly as Frances Benn, E lizabeth O verbury and S he lia S co tt were there from the B rit ish S ec tion , and en terta ined very handsom e ly by the F lam e L ily Chapter. A p ity w om en p ilo ts are not p o lit ic ia n s — we w ou ld soon iron ou t m an ’s prob lem s!

S he ila S co tt sends thanks to a ll the S outh A frica n , and R hodesian N ine ty N ines, w ho en te rta ined her so superb ly du ring the m on ths she was in S outhern

British Section's Freydis Sharland has now added parachuting to her numerous aviation accom plishm ents. She is the Aviation Chairman of the Girls Venture Corps (the equivalent to CAP in U .K .) and she is prictured here with the new GVC aircraft, christened ‘Venturing Dovef

BritishJarvis,

■Section’s newest member, Jane made her first parachute jum p

along with Freydis Sharland and Suzanne Brooks at a recent Section Meeting at Grindale Airport, Yorkshire.

Australian Section

AUSTRALIAN CHAPTER Rosemary Colman Reporter

W om en flye rs fared w e ll in the 1975 New S outh W ales A ir Race w h ich had a w orld record num ber o f en tries . O f the 228 en­tr ie s , 212 s ta rted from B anks tow n , Sydney on Saturday 22nd M arch. The w ond e rfu l su p p ort received by the A ir Race C om ­m ittee is an in d ic a tio n o f the g row ing in te res t in a v ia tio n . T h is is the second N .S .W . A ir Race and u n d ou b te d ly w ill e s tab lish it as a tra d it io n a l event.

C o m pe tito rs were p leased th a t the event was run in acco rdance w ith the ru les o f the Federa tion A e ronau tique In te rn a tio n a le .

A irc ra ft flo w n in the Race in c luded a M ustang, Beech Barons, Cessna 310s, a Lockheed 12A, C om anches, Bonanzas, H ughes 500c H e lico p te r, S portav ia Sperb, P iper C o lt, C orby S ta rle t, K lem m S w a llow , P itts Specia l, F u ji, A u s te r J5, SIAI - M ache tti, V ic tas , T igers , M ooneys, as w e ll as the b e tte r know n f ly in g sch o o l flee ts .

T rem endous p u b lic ity w as given to the Race by rad io , te le v is io n and new spaper coverage be forehand and d u rin g the race. The prize fo r the o u tr ig h t w in n e r was donated by the Sydney M orn ing Herald N ew spaper. A m easure o f the s tandard of the event is th a t the G u ild o f A ir P ilo ts and A ir N av iga to rs saw f i t to su p p o rt the event

w ith a trop h y and cash prize a im ed at s t im u la tin g young av ia to rs in to m aking them se lves be tte r perfo rm ers.

The C om m onw ea lth Bank o f A ustra lia trophy fo r fo u rth place was w on by Mrs. Pau line Henry. The B ett Parker Award for 6th p lace was w on by M rs. J .J . McKay. The f irs t Prize fo r a T iger M oth was w on by Mrs. C yn th ia N o lan , w hose husband received a co n s o la tio n prize fo r com ing in last. The best A ll Lad ies ’ Crew Prize went to M rs. S t it t , best W om en 's Crew under 30 years o f age to M rs. T rudy W hite . The In te rna tiona l Aw ard is now in New Zealand.

The s ta rt at B ankstow n A erodrom e was a gay occas io n . 99s in the Race included Anne Carter, M argaret K en tley , Rosemary C olm an. Taking p ho tos and fa rew e lling p e o p le w e re N a n c y L e e b o ld , Layne G la n v ille -w illia m s , and Bozena Vrla.

The s top over was in N arrom ine where the co m p e tito rs in the Race were given a trem endous w e lcom e by the Aero C lub, Apex, L ions , R otary, R o to ract, 25 C lub, A rgonau ts and the S h ire C o u n c il. The N ationa l Heart F ounda tion held a “ Queen of H earts” in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the Race to raise fu n ds . 99 W endy Hare is an active m e m b e r o f th e H e a rt F o u n d a t io n . N arrom ine is proud o f its av ia tion h is to ry . Jean B atten (New Zealand) landed there in 1934 as have m any o th e r fam ous aviators.

The Race ended the next day in Tam- w orth w here aga in the recep tion was warm and m any loca l bod ies had helped the1.000 o r m ore co m p e tito rs as w e ll as organ ise rs o f the Race. An A ir Show was held a fte r the last p lane had landed, and20.000 people saw Hot A ir B a lloon ing , A e roba tics in a P itts Specia l, Radio C o n tro lled M ode ls , A g ric u ltu ra l A irc ra ft D isp lay, B lan ik G lide r, G yrop lane , For­m ation F ly in g and H e lico p te r Dem on­s tra tio n s . The day co nc luded w ith d inner, prizes and speeches at the R .S .L . C lub.

The next N .S .W . A ir Race is p lanned for 1977.

99 Carol Eve and her co-pilot Tony Rees with the Beechcraft C23 they flew in the Second New South Wales Air Race. The Aircraft supplied by Hawker de Havilland, Australia, was entered by the Sun Newspaper, Sydney, for which Carol works as a Reporter and Tony as a Sub-Editor. Carol was a crew mem ber of the winning team in the 1973 Race.

South African Section

Merle Ball, ReporterW hat fun ou r sec tio n a l m eeting at

Maseru proved to be. F o rtuna te ly the snow

pred icted d id not m a te ria lise , and we were able to en joy the e xh ila ra tin g c lim a te found am ong the peaks o f Leso tho . We were treated to cham pagne on arriva l and then le ft to roam about to dec ide w h ich o f the m any a m en ities p rovided w ou ld in ­terest us. The co ck ta il party th a t evening was en joyed by a ll, and gave us a chance to becom e be tter acqua in ted w ith those m em bers we had not yet m e t...le a v in g all business to be d iscussed at the m eeting scheduled fo r S aturday a fte rnoon .

We are de ligh ted to have S he ila S co tt w ith us in South A fr ica aga in . Jeanette van G inkel o rgan ised a w e lco m in g d in n e r fo r S heila so th a t she cou ld m eet the 99s from the South C entra l A fr ica n S ection as w e ll.

O ur m eeting was in te re s tin g and m uch was achieved w ith ideas and co m m e n ts made by S he ila S co tt.

It was decided th a t we w ou ld o ffe r o u r ass is tance at the S ta te P res iden ts a ir race, and the A ir Show scheduled fo r May and Ju ly respective ly th is year.

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to S he ila A nderson on being the f irs t w om an p ilo t to get her parashute d rop ra ting . We w ish Jeanette and Ian Frazer-Jones m any happy fly in g hours in th e ir new 58 Baron. W yn Kearns has le ft Zam bia and is now liv in g in S outh A frica w here she p lans to do her C om m License. A ngela H e in tz w as unable to a ttend the m eeting as she was par­t ic ip a tin g in the T rans Ka lahari road race, a p a rticu la rly hazardous course th ro u g h sem i-desert areas.

SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA CHAPTER Brigitte Hildebrandt, Reporter

A n o th e r b i-annua l m ee ting been and gone (24.5.75) w ith m os t of us w ish in g we were s t i l l at Ranch M ote l. As usua l it was great to see everyone aga in and m eet new m em bers Kay A rm s tro n g and Rosanne S he ldon .

Our presen t team o f o ff ic e bearers was re-ins ta ted u n a n im o u s ly : Betty Ambrose, Governor; Hedy Greene, Vice-Governor; Ingrid Heinz, Secretary-Treasurer. Ourm em bersh ip having reached tw e n ty odd , good luck fo r the next te rm o f o ffic e !

APT cards were awarded to Kay A rm ­stron g , Penny D ixon and Zee W ith a m . We a lso decided to ho ld an APT day in Johannesburg d u rin g the las t week in June , in tim e to m ake the ros te r lis t in g , and are g ra te fu l to the D epartm ent o f C iv il A v ia tio n fo r agree ing to co n d uc t the check rides.

We stressed the f ly in g ang le th is tim e by having a fo rced s p o t-la n d in g c o m p e tit io n judged by a DCA o ff ic ia l, w ho, m uch to o u r re lie f, had the knack o f jo in in g in the fu n , m aking us a ll feel very m uch at ease and yet no t le ttin g up fo r one m in u te on the sa fe ty and lea rn ing aspect. And learn we d id — thanks to A l C o lesky!

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Penny D ixon fo r w in n in g the f ir s t prize bo th on the ac­curacy of her sp o t land ing and p re c is ion o f her overa ll f ly in g . Second place fo r good f ly in g was taken by M yrtle B rooks in her T iger M oth and th ird prize by B r ig itte H ild e b ra n d t— w h ich I hasten to add o n ly to o ffs e t the ra ther d u b io u s d is t in c t io n of having a lso been awarded the boob prize fo r the s ill ie s t aeria l b lu n d er co m m itte d s ince the las t m ee ting . 49 '/2er Ken H um phreys ’ h ith e rto unsuspected lite ra ry ta le n ts and a fte r-d inne r-speake r A llan C ock le ’s unpara lle led p resen ta tion en­sured tha t it a ll w en t dow n in good s p ir it (and you m ay take th a t in its doub le m eaning).

W h ile w e ’re on the s u b je c t: One zea lous av ia trix (w hose name w ha ll be d isc lo se d when the above-m entioned tro p n y is to be re-aw arded!), having good cause to im ­press the aw esom e personage in the r ig h t hand seat, carried o u t the f l ig h t o f her life on her way hom e rrom the m ee ting . There w asn ’t an aspect o f the a ir ’w o m an ’sh ip sheneg lected , s trayed no t a fo o t o ff the

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assigned a ltitu d e , no t 2 degrees o ff course , her rad io w ork was exem p la ry ; in sho rt, she acted (and fe lt) like the ep itom e o f an e ff ic ie n t, safe and a ltoge the r com pe ten t p ilo t. U n til the eng ine q u it! M e ticu lo u s ch a n g ing o f tanks to produce ju s t the r ig h t ba lance had lured her in to the trap and the f in a l g u rg le o f the t ip tank was detected ju s t a fra c tio n to o late. The person in the r ig h t had seat? The D irec to r o f Safe ty, D epartm ent o f C iv il A v ia tion h im se lf!

May you r next news reporte r have less to b lush a bou t as she recoun ts the ta les of th is sec tio n . Barbara T hom pson, w ho made her debut in the A p r il-M a y issue w ill be tak ing over fo r a w h ile . 99s o f th is s e c tio n — please bear in m ind th a t we have 2 m em bers in the USA, Helene R obertson and S h irley S iew , w ho depend la rge ly on th is co lum n fo r news o f ou r a c tiv it ie s ; we're spread over B o tsw ana, R hodesia and parts o f S ou th A fr ic a — the on ly way your news reporte r can report to you a ll is by g e tting m ate ria l from YOU! Please supp ly it, so th a t we and 99s in the rest o f the w orld get an idea o f w hat everyone is do ing a v ia tio n -w ise in S outhern A frica .

RODESIAN FLAME LILY CHAPTER Betty Ambrose, Reporter

S park ling su n sh ine at sparrow prom ised a perfect day fo r the v is it to the A ir Force Base at T h o rn h ill. That p rom ise was not qu ite kept w ea therw ise , bu t the day w ith the A ir Force exceeded a ll expec ta tions .

We were m et soon a fte r to uchdow n w ith tea and scones and a w e lcom e from the O ffice r C om m and ing , W ing C om m ander M cLach lin . An o ff ic ia l pho tog raph in fron t o f the H unter, then o ff in a bus to the C on tro l Tow er, w here we were fasc ina ted w ith the ta lk -d o w n procedures.

A lth o u g h poor w eather ham pered som e o f the ae roba tics o f the H unter je t, th is was to us even m ore e xc itin g , the je t being res tric ted to be ing very c lose to us, w ith a ce ilin g o f o n ly a few hundred feet.

Every item d u ring the m orn ing was of great in te re s t to ou r g ir ls , from the guard dogs w ho were so w e ll tra ined , to the supp ly and casua lty evacuation dem on­s tra tio n by Tro jan a irc ra ft. The la tte r was m o s t c o n v in c in g ; th e b lo o d -s ta in e d bandages o f the s tre tche r case as he and h is d rip were handled so tende rly from the a irc ra ft to the w a itin g am bu lance .

“STOP chattering you birds and watch for this b irdie!” Air Force photographer captures the excitement as Rhodesian 99s visit the Air Force Base at Thornhill.L to R. Prospective 99s, Carole, Phoebe and Sharon, two sons of 99s, then 99s Rosemary H all, Elizabeth Overbury, British Section, Barbara Thompson, Barbara Jones, Zee W itham , (Chapter Chairman); Group Captain McLachlin (O .C . Thornhill) Meg Stubbs, Penny Dixon, Betty Amrose (Governor) Sqdn. Ldr. Alan Cockle, Roseanne Sheldon, Shelagh Anderson (S .A . Section) Carol Davison ...and unfortunately Val Barbour and Cheryl Olds hidden by the camera.

Ladies at the Cocktail party were Sheila Scott, Beth Saltzer and Merle Ball. Kneeling, our Governor, Jeanette van Ginkel.

Amalia von-Maltitz (Centre) tells a flying story to Ingrid Adolphs, Jeanette Fraser- Jones, and Eva Hollingworth.

Relaxing at the pool, from left to right. Beth Saltzer, Val Hunt-Davies, Jeanette van Ginkel, Jeanette Fraser-Jones. In the foreground , Merle Ball and 49 '/2er Peter White.

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The life - lik e d isp la y of f ire - f ig h tin g inc luded the "re scu e ” o f an in ju red p ilo t from h is b laz ing V am p ire je t f ig h te r ; w h ile firem en concentra ted on the flam es, s ilve r c lad rescuers w h isked the a irm an in to the h e lico p te r that p ro m p tly m ate ria lised .

Next, a v is it to No 6 S quadron and a ta lk on fly in g tra in in g . For m any o f the 99s, the h ig h lig h t o f the day w as a v is it to the H unter s im u la to r, w here from the c o ckp it they were able to try th e ir hand at f ly in g the a irc ra ft— w h ich was m uch m ore d if ­f ic u lt than many o f us rea lised , ju d g in g by the laugh te r as som e pu t the a irc ra ft m etres below g round.

The sun shone once m ore as the g ir ls were treated to a d e lig h tfu l b raa iv le is lunch in the gardens ad jacen t to the o ff ic e r ’s m ess.

T h is was a f it t in g c lose to a trem endous day. The A ir Force had been so h o sp itab le and everyone had en joyed the day. Farew e lls leng thened as one by one the a irc ra ft le ft fo r th e ir va rious fie ld s .

W e are g rea tly indeb ted to Val B arbour, one o f R hodesia ’s to p lady p ilo ts , w ho not o n ly jo in e d us, but b ro u g h t a long ou r fr ie n d ly P .R .O . o f th e A ir Force, A lan C ockle , and repo rte rs and cam eram an from R .T.V . (Th is gave rise to a co u p le o f w e ll-w ritte n a rtic le s in the loca l p r e s s - m uch c risp e r than th is repo rte r can m anage— and an exce lle n t 10 -m inu te f ilm on T.V. news).

For the f irs t t im e s ince becom ing a C hapter we were g lad to w e lcom e Shelagh A nderson (S. A fr ica n S ection) a long on ou r tr ip , and Meg S tubbs. G ood to have you w ith us.

It was great to m eet E lizabeth O verbury again. Her fle e tin g v is it to S a lisb u ry last year was a ll to o sho rt and we fe lt very p riv ileged to m eet no t o n ly the f irs t wom an je t p ilo t o f the W este rn W o rld , but a d e lig h tfu l person w ho is so very m odest about her ach ievm ents .

O ur next d is tin g u is h e d v is ito r w ill be Sheila S co tt and we w ish her a p leasant s tay in A frica .

East Canada Section

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EASTERN ONTARIO CHAPTER Marilou Comerford, Reporter

W e’ve been d o in g a ll k inds o f in te re s tin g th in g s la te ly here in o u r C hapter. W e’ve had M a rs h a ll N e y , C h ie f E n g in e e r ,

R .C .M .P . A ir D etachm ent g ive us a m ost in fo rm a tive ta lk , w ith the he lp o f s lides and cha rts , on m echan ica l p rob lem s inheren t to lig h t a irc ra ft. On ano the r occas ion , 49Vi D ick De B licq u y regaled us w ith ta les of " f ly in g in the A rc tic " . M easurem ent was the o rde r o f the day at one m eeting when we held a M e tric N igh t. One o f o u r ow n C harte r m em bers was guest o f honor in A p r il— Ju d ie S trom e, w ho went on to becom e an a ir tra ff ic co n tro lle r. Ju d ie le t us fire a ll ou r q u e s tio n s at her and d e lig h ted us w ith her s to ries . O ur M useum C ha irm an was w ith us in M a y — D o ro th y R e n w ic k fro m T oron to . D oro thy is do ing a trem endous jo b co m p ilin g in fo rm a tio n on C anadian w om en in av ia tion and to ld us the h is to rie s o f five w om en, five o f m any th a t she is track ing dow n . A t o u r May m ee ting we w e lcom ed n6 less than e ig h t new and p rospective m em bers! W e’re d e lig h ted to be g ro w ing . M any hands m ake lig h t w ork.

You w ill p robab ly hear o f ou r ven ture in honou r o f In te rn a tio n a l W om en ’s Year from the o th e r C hapters, b u t in b rie f, ou r P rim e M in is te r has issued a le tte r o f p roc la m a tio n a tte s tin g to w o m en ’s e ffo rts and c o n tr ib u tio n to av ia tion in Canada. T h is le tte r is addressed to each o f the ten p rov inc ia l p rem iers and is be ing flo w n on a relay basis by 99s to each prem ier.

W e k icked it o ff fro m O ttaw a A p ril 30th when G overnor Barbara B ro the rton arrived to take the le tte rs on th e ir f irs t leg w est and M arilou C om erfo rd and M ary M ac­m illa n fle w east to M ontrea l.

Lorna de B lic q u y , B e tty Jane Scher- m erhorn and F e lic ity M cK endry are, at th is w r it in g , on the f ir s t leg o f the A nge l Derby. They went w ith o u r best w ishes fo r su c ­cess and above a ll, en jo ym e n t.

June sh o u ld f in d us at ou r F ly In to F inge r Lakes fo r a v is it w ith th a t C hapter. Safe fly in g to a ll!

FIRST CANAD IA N CHAPTER Nora Parish - Reporter

On Thursday May 8, m em bers o f the F irs t Canadian C hap ter v is ite d Q ueen 's Park L eg is la tu re B u ild in g s in T o ron to O n ta rio , and were received by the P rem ier o f O n ta rio , Mr. W m . Davis. They presented a le tte r to M r. Davis from the Prim e M in is te r o f Canada, Mr. P ierre E llio t T rudeau. A cop y o f th is le tte r w h ich recogn izes w om en invo lved in fly in g w ill be de livered to each P rov inc ia l P rem ier by the various N in e ty -N in e C hap ters across Canada.

The m em bers fle w in to T o ro n to Is land A irp o rt in five d iffe re n t a irc ra ft in c lu d in g a P iper C o lt, P iper Cherokee, Cessna 172,

Beech Queen A ir and a P iper Aztec. A good cross sec tion o f f ly in g was represented from the w eek-end private p ilo t, through com m erc ia l and a ir race p ilo ts to world trave lling p ilo ts . T h is a c tiv ity , ca lled Cross Canada F lig h ts was undertaken in con­nection w ith In te rn a tio n a l W om en ’s Year and h o p e fu lly w ill he lp to make the C anadian p u b lic m ore aware o f the number of w om en w ho are invo lved in the various segm en ts o f the f ly in g co m m u n ity . The week s ta rtin g May 16 was a lso a very busy week fo r the F irs t Canadian C hapter when we hosted the s ta rt o f th e Angel Derby from M oun t Hope A irp o rt, H am ilton , O ntario . It was a great p leasure to meet and get to know the co n te s ta n ts as they took part in the various a c tiv it ie s planned fo r them . A t th is w r it in g the w inners are s t i l l unknow n.

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Southwest SectionAR IZO N A - CALIFO R N IA

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BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER Pat Church, Reporter

B ake rs fie ld C hapter ga ls , w ith the able help o f 4 9 1/2S B ill Ayars, Vern O ldershaw 49Vi and Ted Turner, pa in ted the runway at Tehachap i. On June 7, we are p lann ing to take b rushes (ro lle rs , rea lly) in hand again to freshen up W asco and S hafter.

R ecently M ary Ann Laxague took our la test load o f m ed ica l supp lie s to Santa Barbara.

W e’re s t i l l a s s is tin g the FAA w ith p ilo t m ee tings. On May 21 we supp lied coffee and coo k ie s fo r a m eeting featuring de n s ity a lt itu d e , and on June 18 we w ill co­sp o n sor a m ee ting on surviva l.

Joan Paynter is spend ing m ost o f June tak ing her fa m ily in her Bonaza to Canada and the eastern U n ited S ta tes. Then a lm os t on to p o f her re tu rn hom e, she and her s is te r, S h ir le y Cote o f the Orange C oun ty chap te r are f ly in g in AW TAR. Good luck, Joan and S h irley !

P lans fo r the fa ll sec tio n a l are really beg inn ing to ge l. F riday even ing 's bar- beque and a w ine ta s tin g party on Saturday are ju s t part o f a w h o o p -te -do w eekend. A ll you S ou thw este rn 99s keep the last weekend o f S ep tem ber open fo r a coup le o f days y o u ’ ll never fo rg e t!

The ha p p ies t new s o f a ll invo lves our cha rte r m em ber, and love lie s t o f fly ing lad ies, A chsa H o lfe ld e r. A fte r a w h ir lw in d 51 year fr ie n d s h ip , she and A lb e rt Donnels are be ing m arried in Reno on June 8. Best w ishes , A chsa , fo r a long and happy life w ith a very lucky m an.

H appy la n d in g s !

BAY CITIES CHAPTER Vivian Harshbarger, Reporter

The F ourth A nnua l In te rn a tio n a l Worm Races were a huge success, a lth o ug h Bay C itie s had no w inne rs . It was a beautifu l day fo r a f ly - in , race, lunch , and hangar f ly in g . G reat to see m em bers of S acram ento , Santa C lara and B ig Valley

L to R Barbara Brotherton, Gov. East Canada Section, Jean McEachern Chairman Maple Leaf Chapter, G illian Holden Chairman First Canadian Chapter Nora Parish Reporter, Premier W m . Davis, W ilsie Frosst Vice-Chairman First Canadian Chapter, Mandy Anvelt, Edith Denny, and Joan C hilcott. Photo courtesy Burlington Gazette.

Fourth Annual International Worm Races— Pearce Field, Clear Lake, Ca. L to R - Sally Rolfing-SCV, Vivian Harshbarger-BC, Shirley W inn-Sacram ento, Joyce W ells-BC, KathyW alton-BC, Abigail Wagg-soon to be BC.

Chapters. The C lear Lake O bserver w as so im pressed by the N igerian s tu d en t p ilo t I b rough t th a t they to o k h is p ic tu re , and inc luded h is name in a fro n t page a rtic le . HE W AS SO IM PRESSED by the fr ie n ­d liness o f the 99s, and th e ir husbands, tha t he asks me everyday w hen we can go again. T h is seem s to be SOP w ith 99 fly - ins, because an e sp e c ia lly n ice in s tru c to r (who w orks w here I do) a ttended the M arch 22 Ann iversary f ly - in , and he to o w an ts to go to ou r next one.

W e’ll m iss M aureen C arter. In m id -M ay she le ft fo r 10 weeks in S outh C aro lina , then 13 weeks in A labam a w ith the A rm y Reserves fo r T ow er C o n tro lle r tra in in g , then to the tow e r at H a m ilto n A ir Force Base. Maureen tr ied to becom e a c o n tro lle r in the conven tiona l way bu t her t im in g was o ff, so she found th is o th e r m eans to realize a long tim e a m b itio n .

Rose Sharp has em barked on a new adventure, w o rk ing fo r the San F ranc isco C onvention V is ito rs Bureau, and w ha t an a s s ig n m e n t — A e r o s p a c e M e d ic a l A sso c ia tio n C onven tion . N ot o n ly d id she m eet the top A v ia tio n and Aerospace o ff ic ia ls bu t one o f her non -av ia tion orien ted co -w orke rs added to her d e lig h t by te llin g about a fr iend w ho “ ta x iis ” a irp lanes from O klahom a C ity to the W est Coast ( in d ica tin g 55 a ll the way I presum e).

M em oria l Day W eekend— Joyce and Hal W e lls o ff to T r in ity fo r va ca tio n — Joyce res ting up before PPD, C onven tion '75, Palm s to P ines, and a ll those good th in g s . Rose and Donald, A s tra John son , and Dorcey Hadley o ff to W a tso n v ille fo r the A n tiq u e F ly -In . A prem iere o f the fea ture leng th f ilm “ Sky H ig h ” (thanks to Bern ie S tevenson) is the la tes t BAY AREA CHAPTER'S p ro jec t to ra ise fu n ds fo r the 1977 In te rna tiona l C onven tion in San F ranc isco . We p lan s ix to e ig h t sh o w in g s around the area and are s e llin g tic k e ts fo r $2. I t ’s a real barga in , and we need SRO to reach o u r goal o f a re g is tra tio n free C onven tion . For tic k e ts co n tac t anyone in A lam eda, Bay C itie s , M arin , M t. D iab lo , Redwood Em pire, S acram ento V a lley , o r Santa C lara V a lley C hapters.

I've been at m y new jo b fo r a lm o s t five m o n th s n o w (S ie r ra A c a d e m y o f A eronau tics) and have progressed th ro u g h the N ige rian, Zaire, G abon p rob lem s to the Japanese, Greek, and F rench. I’m learn ing a ll about the c u ltu re and A v ia tio n cu s to m s in these coun trie s . Perhaps th a t’s w hy I en joyed A m e lia Earhart’s "L a s t F lig h t” so m uch. She made s to p s across A fr ica , the

M id d le East, Far East and A u s tra lia . We have s tu d en ts from a ll these p laces, and I w onde r if her f l ig h t m ig h t have conv inced the g randparen ts o f these s tu d en ts tha t th e ir g ra n d ch ild ren sh o u ld learn to f ly . Her unpara lle led (at the tim e) know ledge of a irp lanes, co n fid e n ce , and se lf-assu rance m us t have m ade a la s tin g im p re ss io n on a ll w ith w hom she cam e in co n tac t.

PLEA FOR HELP W ill the C hap ter in C a lifo rn ia th a t is w o rk in g on m ark ing tax i- w ays fo r n ig h t p lease co n tac t me. Y our ideas sounded g ood , and s ince ta x iin g in to a d itc h the o th e r n ig h t I th in k we shou ld do som e th ing in th is area.

FULLERTON CHAPTER Sylvia Paoli, Reporter

The big new s in F u lle rto n C hap ter is “ a ir r a c in g . ” A v e ry G re y an d E s th e r G rupenhagen have been in the m id s t of e x c itin g p repa ra tions fo r the A nge l Derby, w h ich they are f ly in g in A very ’s 310. Ju s t a l it t le m ore than a week a fte r they get back we launch o u r ow n “ f ir s t a n n ua l” — the S h irts ’n S k ir ts Race — a speed race rou n d -ro b in from F u lle rto n A irp o rt, open to a ll licensed p ilo ts , ga ls AN D guys. There have been a lo t o f takers, and the loca l new spapers have p icked up on the ga ls versus guys them e, to the advantage o f o u r chap te r in p a rtic u la r and 99s in genera l.

W ith a d d itio n a l funds in the treasury , we w ill be la unch ing o u t on a num ber o f co m m u n ity -o r ie n te d en te rp rises . We have been busy w o rk in g to c o lle c t and raise fu n ds fo r the Pow der P u ff Derby, and d is tr ib u tin g boxes to d o c to rs , d e n tis ts , m o te ls , h o s p ita ls , e tc . fo r those people to f i l l w ith DRF supp lie s .

It ’s a lready tim e fo r e le c tio n o f o ffic e rs . A lth o u g h ou r cha rte r reads S eptem ber, it was ju s t a year ago at th is tim e th a t we f irs t m et to e lect som e o ff ic e rs and get organ ized ! Esther, as cha irm an , and Avery as v ice -cha irm an and treasu re r and Judy S toh as secre ta ry have a ll done a GREAT jo b , to say n o th ing about the tim e put in by M arc ia P h ilip , Verna L indsey and Mary Dyer — a ll new 99s — on the ch a p te r’s p ro jec ts , and M ary O ls ten and you rs tru ly am ong the “ o ld ” ones. We have held a Pennies-a-P ound f lig h t , m ade several DRF f l ig h ts , becam e inco rp o ra ted , received bo th C a lifo rn ia and Federal (510c3) tax e x e m p t io n s , a t te n d e d tw o s e c t io n s , pa rtic ipa ted in several races, and p lanned ano the r o f o u r ow n . I t ’s been a good year — w e ’re lo o k in g fo rw ard to an even be tte r one!

GOLDEN W EST CHAPTER Melba Erickson, Reporter

O ur be la ted 5th ann iversary ce leb ra tion w ill be a sw im and bar-b-que party at Jeanne A b ra m so n ’s, 3 p .m ., J u ly 26.

The Lake S hasta fly - in to v is it ex-G W 99 D orothy Reel and her sky -d iv in g 49'/2 George, on Ju ly 19 is next. Then In te r­na tiona l a t C oeur d ’A lene, Idaho on Ju ly 30-Aug. 2.

A t least 6 seats are ava ilab le fo r the C o e u r d ’ A le n e t r ip . P ro s p e c tiv e passengers m ay ca ll Jan ie P ostle thw a ite , 341-4000 o r Rae G ilm o re , 591-5079 fo r in fo rm a tio n .

A no the r J u ly event fo r tw o GW 99s is AW TAR. Pat Forbes, w h o co -p ilo te d fo r Ton i Lev itt and p laced 6 th in 1972, w ill f ly in from C h icago fo r the 1975 race. C arolyn Zapata w ill c o p ilo t fo r Pat.

O ur ow n M in i-D e rby , in June, spo rted 21 en tries . T h irteen inc luded at least one man.

June in c luded no t o n ly the M in i-D erby, bu t an ARTC to u r arranged by D orothy C a rro ll; le tte rs to o u r congressm en about user and gas tax b ills encouraged by Kathy W e n tw o rth ; and the hash ing over of lessons learned on recent fly - in s .

C aro lyn, G eri, and E ld ris Shogren learned the advantage o f be ing fem ale , when they used th e ir w ile s to get a new s ta rte r fo r a rented C-177 C ard ina l at Im peria l, en -rou te M exico.

Jan ie learned a d isadvantage in not having a back w in d o w in her 182, when she was lead ing K athy back from M exico a fte r her genera to r gave ou t. One w onders what the c o n tro lle r a t C a lex ico th o u g h t when Jan ie ca lled to ask if she was being fo llo w e d .

P rospective m em ber B rig e tte M irando learned w ha t a fly - in was like , when she flew w ith the o th e r 12 m em bers on tha t M exico tr ip .

Rae, C aro lyn , C ec ile , and Lo is G ou la rte learned w ha t it was like to fly the Anza- Borrego Sky T ra il when the tem pera tu re is 85 degrees at 7500 ft.

Be tty W alsh fo u nd o u t how it fee ls to fly her very ow n 172.

And a ll GW 99s learned w hat it was like to f ly in A u s tra lia , when C laud ia C arlson from Santa C lara Va lley C hapter, co m ­pared general av ia tion f ly in g in A u s tra lia w ith th a t in the U .S.

LONG BEACH Jean M cConnell, Reporter

In M arch, the Long Beach C hapter ga ined a new and cha rm in g H onorary M em ber in the person o f T iny B roadw ick . As guest o f h o n o r at a d in n e r m eeting held at R oche lles in Long Beach, T iny , w ho was pa rachu ting from b a llo o n s and a irp lanes as early as 1908, en te rta ined w ith s lides of her early e x p lo its , when her ju m p p ilo t was G len M artin .

M t. San A n to n io C o llege ’s “ C lassroom in the S ky” is again m aking ava ilab le to 99s a few seats on th e ir A u g u s t 8 th ru 17 cha rte r f l ig h t to S outh A m erica . T h is is a m ost unusua l o p p o rtu n ity to see rem ote areas o f Peru, C h ile , A rg e n tina and Brazil, w ith the a d d itio n a l a ttra c tio n o f a flig h t

in to A n ta rc tica . In fo rm a tio n may be ob ta ined by co n ta c tin g Stew A ng le , a t M t. San A n to n io C o llege , 100 N. Grand Avenue, W a lnu t, Ca. 91789. Som e o f ou r m em bers w ill be aboard, those w ho have taken p revious tr ip s fo u nd them to be e sc itin g , educa tiona l and best o f a ll, fun .

Several m em bers are s t i l l k ic k in g cactus o ff th e ir heels a fte r a tte nd in g the S pring S ectiona l in P hoen ix. The a rrangem ents by the Phoenix 99s were o u ts ta n d in g and the warm W estern h o s p ita lity extended w ill be long rem em bered by a ll those a tte nd in g .

We extend hearties t c o n g ra tu la tio n s to Colene G ig lio , w inne r of the F lig h t In s tru c to r o f the Year Aw ard fo r the Long Beach area, w ho w ent on to w in the N ationa l Award. C o lene, w ho is ch ie f p ilo t at Eagle A v ia tion in Long Beach, has tra ined m ore than 500 s tu d en ts fo r cer­tif ic a te s rang ing from p riva te up to a ir transpo rt ra tings. She is a m em ber o f the P ro fessiona l Race P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n , and ho lds the fo llo w in g c e rtif ic a te s and r a t in g s : P r iv a te , C o m m e rc ia l, C F I,Ins trum en t, ATR, In s tru m e n t and Advance G round In s tru c to r, FAA E xam iner and FAA Safety C ounse lo r. As N a tiona l w inne r, she went to W a sh in g ton , D.C. in June to accept the N a tiona l F lig h t In s tru c to r o f 1974 Award.

A b ig round o f app lause to Pat Thorpe w ho now ho lds an In s tru m e n t R a tin g ; to B onnie Z rust, w ho devoted bo th e ffo rt and hot a ir in o b ta in ing her H ot A ir B a lloon R a ting ; to Gene F itzP a trick as F irs t R unner-up fo r F lig h t In s tru c to r o f the Year from the Santa M on ica G A D O ; and to Jean S ch iffm an on her recent a p p o in tm e n t by the FAA as A cc id e n t P revention C ounse lo r at Torrance.

On May 21, 1975, ou r C hapter, a long w ith o th e r 99 C hapters in the Los Ange les area, jo in e d to host a recep tion and d in n e r to w e lcom e new FAA W estern Regional D irector, Robert H. S tan ton . The general av ia tion c o m m u n ity turned ou t in fo rce w ith seven 99 C hapters represented, five av ia tion o rien ted loca l co lleges and one h ig h s c h o o l as w e ll as G A M A , P ro fessiona l Race P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n , P ro fe s s io n a l H e lio c o p te r P i lo ts A sso c ia tio n , the C iv il A ir P a tro l, W h irley G irls , W ASPS and o the r g roups par­tic ip a tin g in the program to make it a tru ly m em orab le welcom e.

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER Grace M cGettigan, Reporter

A fte r being rained ou t the prev ious weekend, the Los A nge les C hap ter suc­

ce ss fu lly a irm arked Santa M on ica A irp o rt M arch 29th. Such a large assem blage o f m em bers, 4 9 ’/2ers and g u es ts arrived to p a in t o u r hom e base th a t the p ro jec t was com p le ted in a record tim e o f one hou r and 20 m in u te s !

The LA C hap ter fea thered its nest w ith several honors in A p ril. 491/2ers J im S tevenson and Bob O pper p laced th ird in the J im H ic k lin A ir Race A p ril 5 th , and a lso w on a tro p h y fo r the best M ooney. LA 99s Bern i S tevenson, Lynne O pper, Jeanne R um m , Jan D reyfus and K it W ynn m anned a fly -b y spo t d u rin g the Race.

Norm a F utte rm an and V irg in ia Show ers w on second p lace in the Tucson Treasure H unt A p ril 11 and 12, and were a lso w ith in an ounce o f th e ir es tim a ted fue l co n ­su m p tio n !

Rachel Bonzon was e lected to the Board o f D irec to rs o f the Santa M on ica A irp o rt A s s o c ia t io n ; D o ro th y L im b a c h and M arilyn T w itc h e ll were re-e lected fo r ano the r te rm .

We were ab ly represented at the S o u th ­w est S ec tiona l in Phoen ix by C hapter de legates, w ho sa id it was great.

D orothy and Rachel en joyed th e ir Easter week tr ip even th o ug h they were unable to com p le te th e ir f l ig h t p lan to Denver. The sk ies were c le a r and sunny as fa r as D urango, bu t they were then snow ed in fo r fo u r days due to C o lo rad o ’s record b liz ­zard! T herea fte r they tou red Mesa Verde N ationa l Park in S ilve rton , bu t were unable to take a ride on the o ld ra ilroad as the tracks were buried under several feet o f f lu ffy w h ite s tu ff.

The C hap ter ex te nd s its o ff ic ia l w e lcom e to new m em bers Susan E. Katz, Judy C a m pbe ll-B room and M ary L. F irth . Mary, w ho has her ow n da rk room , has consented to act as o u r o ff ic ia l pho to g ra p he r and we look fo rw ard to see ing m any exam p les o f her deve lop ing s k ill in the 99 News.

MT. DIABLO CHAPTERFran M ilford, Reporter

On Sunday, May 18th we had a d e lig h tfu l even ing at Round H ill C oun try C lub in A lam o . The o ccas ion was to in s ta ll ou r new o ff ic e rs : President, PaulineW ade; Vice President, Fran Milford ( fo rm erly Z a n o tto ); Secretary, Lou Rollen; Treasurer, Beth Furhman. O ur guest speaker was J im G illila n d w ho to ld us a ll abou t Hot A ir B a llo o n in g .

On F riday, May 16th, we had a F an ta s tic F ly -In . It w as one o f the n ices t ones w e ’ve had in a w h ile th a nks to ou r H osts , Sharon and Paul M cD ona ld w ho ow n the Cal- A v io n ics E ngine Repair S ta tio n at O akdale, C a l i fo r n ia . T he M c D o n a ld ’s a rra n g e d eve ry th ing fo r th e 16 m em bers and guests w ho were ab le to a ttend . W e were m et upon arriva l and d riven (in fo u r Sharp Jeeps) to the H ershey P lant fo r an in ­te re s tin g to u r. Then back to O akdale M un ic ipa l fo r a d e lig h tfu l p ic n ic lunch and then a love ly su rp rise from the M cD ona ld ’s w ho had prepared “ H om e-m ade Ice C ream ” and fresh s traw be rries fo r ou r dessert. B e fo re de p a rtin g , we a ll took a sho rt to u r o f the Eng ine R epair S ta tio n . The w eather was b e a u tifu l and a te rr if ic t im e was had by A LL.

MT. DIABLO CHAPTER OFFICERS (L to R): Marge Rogers, retiring Chairman; Beth Fuhrman, continuing Treasurer; Pauline Wade, new Chairman; Fran M ilford, new V ice C h a irm a n ; Lou R o lle n , new Secretary.

PALOMAR CHAPTER Mary Pearson, Reporter

O ur F a llb ro o k Pow der P uff Derby Day was a trem endous success, especia lly s ince the w eather le ft a lo t to be desired. It rained early so tha t the pancake break- fas te rs had to m ove in s id e the hangar, but then the ce ilin g w en t up and showers stopped u n til we sh u t dow n around m id­a fte rnoon .

The fo u r to five a irp lanes tha t were g iv ing rides were kept busy a ll day. We e lim in a te d the 3 cen ts a pound charge and f la t ra ted : 0-50 pounds 11.00, 50-100 pounds $1.50, and over 100 pounds $2.00. Saved lo ts o f w ork and change prob lem s. J .C . B o y lls , b less h is heart, rented a Cherokee 180 from F lig h t T ra ils and donated bo th h is tim e and a irp lane to the rides. Bob R ob inson w ith h is A rrow 200, Toni Torres w ith the D ilg ’s 182, and Pam Vander L inden in her V ik ing com p le ted the f lig h t crew . The L io n ’s C lub cooked a d e lic io u s pancake b reak fas t; had m ovies; m isce llaneous ite m s were fo r sa le ; and the fam ous beer lady Peg G o ings was there w ith the co ld s tu ff. A fun day, a good m oney earner and an easy way to do our th in g fo r the PPD.

O ur fr iend Lou K au fm ann , a c o lle c to r of o ld m ilita ry a irc ra ft and a m em ber o f the C o n fe d e ra te A ir F o rc e , b ro u g h t h is F iess le r-S to rch over from Palom ar. The S torch is a Germ an W orld W ar II recon­na issance a irp lane , the o rig in a l STOL, I’m su re— fa s c in a tin g ! U n fo rtu n a te ly Lou had an eng ine m a lfu n c tio n en rou te to another a irshow , so the o ld b ird has her feathers s lig h tly d isheve led and we g o t no photo. She lands so s lo w , Lou says you ju s t can 't get hu rt.

M ary Pearson and H arrie tt B oo th are ju s t back from the A nge l Derby, having fin ish e d a d is a p p o in tin g 10th (all because we were so lucky las t year). We to o k the long way a round the bad w eather, but we fe lt safe. Sue A d le r made o u r f l ig h t to the s ta rt a th re e so m e — we a ll wanted to see the Pow der P u ff Derby rou te and it was conven ien t to go th a t way to Canada. (P.S. to any fr ig h te n e d , f irs t- t im e -s o lo Dallas R edb ird— please arrive early fo r P.P.D. in sp e c tio n so you w ill have tim e to w ork on ch a rts— )

We were am used (and p leased, m ight add) to see th a t the tw o m ale en tries in the Derby "d id not q u a lify .” T ha t’s w hy the Pa lom ar C hap ter has a m en ’s race— we d o n 't want to leave the guys ou t, but m ost o f us s t i l l be lieve in the d iffe re n ce between g ir ls and boys. Thank goodness.

LA 99s, 4 9 ’/2ers and guests give Santa Monica Airport a new face lift! (Photo courtesy of Norma Futterman and Mary L. Firth.)

PHOENIX CHAPTER Natasha Swigarii, Reporter

At ou r last m eeting , L iz T ay lo r (ou r APT Chairm an) to ld us a ll abou t the w hys and w herefores o f being APT. The m os t im ­portant th in g that all o f us sh o u ld do is get APT. O f the to ta l num ber o f w om en in the 99s app rox im a te ly 20 per cen t get APT each year. Those o f you w ho do no t make the e ffo r t— shou ld . O ur ch a p te r’s APT lis t to date in c lu d e s : M arilyn B ra ffo rd , Carol B orgerd ing , June B onestee l, M aris Hawes, Sandi Haag, Sue Harper, C aro lyn R eibert, Sh irley Rogers, Joan S trand, B e tty Jo Sm ith , N atasha S w igard , Liz T ay lo r and Mary Lou ise W illia m s .

We w e lcom ed som e new m em bers: Maris Hawes, Pat M ore land and D onna Reaser. The N orthern A rizona C hapter went inactive , and 3 o f those ga ls have o ff ic ia lly jo ined the P hoen ix C hapter. W elcom e to : Penny C aruthers, M ary Loyd , and Verna W ilso n . O ur cha p te r now num bers 87!

A coup le o f the 99s have been lucky enough to have th e ir husbands buy them new p la n e s !! M illie and K enda ll Dawe moved up to a 1969 tu rbo -charged gorgeous C120, and N atasha and C lif f Sw igard bough t a b e a u tifu l IFR equ ipped 1969 C182 in w h ich N atasha ju s t received her IFR ra ting .

Lona and Jam es A tk in s o n are s ta rtin g o ff from Oakland to f ly a round the w o r ld — in a lig h t p lane! M ore d e ta ils la ter. Sue Harper, M illie Dawe, and June C leverly p lus 2 fr ie n d s flew in a C205 (thanks to Ken Rivers) from P hoenix to C oszum il, M exico. They fle w lo — but no t to o s lo — because the v is ib il ity was p ra c tica lly zero! And sue said they had to w a tch c a re fu lly at a ll tu rn s fo r the unexpected ! It was q u ite a t r ip — and ou r hats o ff to them fo r be ing so adventurous.

The lovely 99s who modeled at the Brunch Fashion Show during the recent sectional.

RENO AREA CHAPTER May E. Haskell, Reporter

Our A p ril m eeting was a m em bersh ip luncheon. Ten o f ou r m em bers a ttended. Kathy Gray to ld o f her fa m ily ’s tr ip to T ah iti. “ W e escaped a b lizzard in Reno and became th o ro u g h ly roasted in Papeete. The s n o rk e lin g is e x c i t in g — v ie w in g c o lo rfu l f ish and the M oray eels sw im m ing and h id ing in the Coral heads. A ir T a h it it flie s from Papeete to M oorea fre q u e n tly — f lig h t tim e s ix m in u te s — in B rit is h O tte rs . Im agine g e tting yo u r m o n th ly f l ig h t hours in w ith tha t schedu le ! W e rea lly en joyed the s low pace o f life and the b e a u tifu l trop ica l a tm o sp h e re .”

A n ita W orel drove in from S m ith Va lley fo r the luncheon. A n ita is a m em ber o f the Redwood Em pire C hap ter and is th in k in g about trans fe rring to th is C hapter.

Dee Baer rece n tly a ttended a FAA ac­c id e n t p reven tion program in F a llon . E la ine B row n related her latest prob lem w ith her 175.

O ur May m ee ting w as the 11th and not o n ly was it M o th e r's Day but APT Day. F ly in g tim e in a C herokee 140 w as donated by ou r C hap ter and In s tru c to r tim e was donated by Park G ou ld . A b ig thank you to Park! Jerry G ard iner, APT C ha irm an, sum m arized the day as fo llo w s : “ Barbara M ouchou is APT a fte r n o t having flo w n fo r 2 1/2 years. Lo is W illia m s donated her APT tim e to son, M ark, w ho to o k h is B ienn ia l check ride in th e ir C essna 182. E la ine B row n was next, ta k in g her ride at 1 1 :00 AM (no t in her 1751). M ary B o les, Dee Baer and Jerry G ard ine r a lso APT. M ary B o les exhausted from m oving in to new co n ­d o m in iu m , Dee exhausted from ca ttle g e ttin g loose and having to be rounded up before she co u ld d rive in from Hazen. F or “ B row n Bag L u n ch ” Helen Foeger andM arge Schwed fle w dow n from T ruckee in th e ir " f in a lly released from the sn o w s"Cessna 172. B ro u g h t h itc h h ike r, Lo isB row n, w ith them . Jean K u ckh o ff a lsoarrived fo r lunch f ly in g her C essna 210 fo r the f ir s t t im e in tw o m on th s . The p lane has been in fo r repa irs a fte r a p ilo t fo r th e ir “ lease back” landed w hee ls up. G als w ho cam e fo r lunch w eren ’t p lann ing to take APT r id e — ju s t cam e because the day was so love ly.

Sacramento Valley Chapter Barbara Foster, Reported

S acram ento V a lley C hapter w e lcom es tw o new m em bers to the ranks. They are Lynn A b b o t and Yvonne W illia m so n .

The w ho le C hap ter is be ing ga lvanized in to ac tion in p repara tion fo r the 1976 AW TAR s ta rt a t E xecu tive A irp o rt in Sacram ento. T he lm a C u ll and S h ir ley Lehr were e lected C o-cha irm em fo r the event.

It is a lw ays good news when a m em ber receives a new ra ting , bu t th is tim e it is a bonaza. Three in s tru m e n t ra tin g s and a m u lt i - e n g in e . T he d e te rm in e d , ha rd w o rk ing ga ls w ith the in s tru m e n t ra tings are Barbara G oetz, S h irley Lehr and Ann M o lina . G ail B om ar earned her m u lti- eng ine ra ting ju s t in tim e to log hours w ith husband, W ayne, on a f l ig h t to the east coast and back.

Sandy Case fle w in the Tucson Treasure H un t and in the S anta Barbara T reasure H unt. She p laced fo u rth in bo th events. It no d o u b t is good p ra c tice in p repara tion fo r an a m b itio u s tra n s -co n tin e n ta l f l ig h t she is p lann ing fo r th is year.

New C hapter o ff ic e rs were e lected at the May m eeting and w ill be in s ta lle d in June. They are: Thelma Drew, Chairman; Helen Hoffm ann, Vice-Chairm an; Marie Durbin, Secretary; and Barbara Goetz, Treasurer.

San Diego Chapter Betty W harton, Reporter

There 's an o ld P o lish proverb th a t says, “ the best la id p lans so m e tim e ga ther m oss ” .. .w e ll, th a t’s w ha t happened to ou r fly - in to Sedona in M arch. S om eone up there has rea lly been th ro w in g som e w ild W X in ou r f l ig h t path th is sp rin g ! W ou ld

you believe s ix p ruden t p ilo ts from San D iego and El C a jon DROVE to the Barn­s to rm e r’s R eun ion in Lancaste r A p ril 5th. Q u ite a phenom ena l s ig h t, m o to rin g a long the M ojave Desert f lo o r, w a tch ing it snow in the San B erna rd ino M ts . U ndaunted , we w ent ahead w ith p lans to f ly to Phoenix fo r the S pring S e c tio n a l. Bea W hee le r and S te lla H ard in braved the e lem en ts w ith me in “ O ld B lu e ” ... . M arilyn E im ers flew her C ard ina l RG, w ith S h ir ley W o lff and Doris H ughes c o -p ilo t in g . D iane S to ck lin and Penny Low e ...d ro ve P enny’s M ustang . W e ll, at least they d id n ’t g ive up and stay h o m e ! T h a n k s P h o e n ix 9 9 s ! W e th o ro u g h ly en joyed yo u r desert c ity , and you r usua l warm h o s p ita lity . (Even the Weather go t w arm on Sunday).

O ur fly - in to A pp le V a lley on May 18th was a ttended by those o f us w ho cou ld go IFR ... I te ll you , i t ’s been a s tru g g le to f ly th is w h o le year!

The s ta rt co m m itte e in R iverside is p lann ing som e rea lly neat pre-race events June 29th th ru J u ly 4 th , so even if you aren’t lu cky enough to go in the Powder P u ff Derby th is year, c ’m on over and v is it us d u ring race w e e k ...y o u ’ ll like it ! My car AND a irp lane know the way to R iverside A irp o rt by now , as we have been a ttend ing m on th ly m ee tin g s w ith the In land C a lif, and O range C o u n ty ga ls.

Oh, yes, I have been p rom oted I . . . . to Second V ice C ha irm an on the AW TAR Board. (I th in k m y te rr ito ry inc ludes eve ry th ing W EST o f Santa Barbara.) A n yw a y ...n e x t tim e you see m e ...a lit t le m ore respect, pleeze!

O ur th ird “ W h ite K nuck le C lin ic ” is next week, May 27, 28, and 29. We have about 90 w ives (or w hatever) o f p ilo ts a ttend ing th is tim e . They en joy it, and we love to do it. . .g iv e s us so rt o f a s u p e rio r ity com p lex o r so m e th in g !

O ur P a c ific A ir Race p lans are perking a long . Race k its w ill be ava ilab le soon. T h ink CAVU fo r O ct. 4 th , o .k .?

San Gabriel Valley Chapter Betty Skiles, Reporter

A p ril M eeting was held at M arion and Bob M a rr io tt’s love ly hom e in A lta Loma. A fte r the m ee ting , f ilm s were show n o f the M a rr io tt’s tr ip to A capu lco . M any o f the 491/ is were a lso on hand and we are a lw ays happy to have them a ttend any o f ou r specia l m ee tings . W eather took care o f any f ly - in s fo r the m on th o f A p ril.

For o u r May m ee ting we were honored to have Mr. Phil S a ltz , a u tho r o f P ilo ts L ia b ility Law. It was a very in fo rm a tive evening w ith Mr. Sa ltz e xp la in in g the new b ill to us.

O n ly tw o m em bers o f o u r chap te r were able to a ttend the S pring S ectiona l. M argaret and Dave Lawson d riv ing and Bob and M arion M arrio tt f ly in g over the bad w eather. M any m ore m em bers planned to a ttend , bu t were hop ing fo r the w eather to c lear up, as they d id n 't w ish to drive. Vi D obbin was scheduled fo r a ride w ith Jack and Use C ook, bu t at the last m inu te go t a ride to H aw a ii, w here her husband was at the tim e . N a tu ra lly she took it.

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Big Bear m ark ings were postponed t i l l next year due to re topp ing o f the runw ay th is sum m er.

A ll are roo tin g fo r ou r Beverly M ahoney and 99 Marge R obb ins o f the Los Ange les C hapter in bo th the A nge l Derby and the Powder Puff Derby. Bev w ill f ly her C om anche 250 in the A ngel Derby and w ill f ly M arge's Cherokee 180 in the Powder Puff Derby. Bev’s fa m ily w ill m eet her in F lo rida fo r a fa m ily tr ip c ross co u n try hom e. Good th in g husband M ickey is a lso a p ilo t, the poor g ir l w ill p robab ly need a rest by then.

San Joaquin Valley Chapter Rebecca Clayton, Reporter

Ten m em bers o f the San Joaqu in Valley Chapter arrived by A u to at the Helen McGee hom e in C o lu m b ia fo r a luncheon m ee ting . Rain and snow was fo recast fo r the day "A p r il 8 th ” and it d id ju s t tha t.

M arie M cD ow ell fle w to B u llhead C ity Arizona and spent several days v is it in g her parents.

Jean M urray fle w to C a lastoga and took a g lid e r ride. She says she can see how you cou ld get "h o o k e d ” on soa ring . She a lso fle w to C o lum b ia on a Sunday a f­te rnoon.

Laverne G udge l had f l ig h ts to San Jose, F resno, N orthern C a lifo rn ia and ove rn igh t in S ou the rn O regon. And M o th e r’s Day d in n e r at the N u t Tree. Son Dan toured Beech fa c to ry in W ich ita w h ile fe rry in g hom e a new Bonanza.

Helen McGee w ith 491/4 Harvey and Son T im flew to W a sh in g ton D. C. “ v ia " C heyenne, M o line and hom e by way o f Tulsa. Spent ove rn ig h t w ith D aughter Nancy in Phoenix. Poor w eather a ll the way, but the sun was sh in in g over Boyne M oun ta in so d id get to check o u t Powder Puff Term inus.

Diane Kaufm an to G rand C anyon, Phoenix and N ogales fo r Easter.

F ly ing to Phoen ix fo r the S ou thw est S ectiona l was R osie H ijo s and Rebecca C layton , Barbara G lantz and 49Vi H ow ard. Jo in in g us on S aturday was 491A C laud C layton .

P a rtic ip a tin g in D R F f l ig h t from M odesto to Santa Barbara A p ril 22nd was Barbara G lantz and D aughter Susan, Rosie H ijo s and Rebecca C lay ton , N orm a Draper and cous in A rlin e Baker, D o ttie M cA llis te r, Helen McGee and D R F cha irm an Jean M urray.

C ha rlo tte M o rr ill and 4 9 1/4 C huck fle w a pa tien t from S tan fo rd H o sp ita l to C a lex ico fo r p la s tic surgery and su rg ica l care. Spent a weekend at Sedona A rizona , and hom e by way o f Tahoe.

May 13 m eeting was in C h o w ch illa . Laverne G udgel was o u r hos tess . It was a b e a u tifu l sum m er day. Laverne served lunch pool side, to the tw e lve m em bers present.

SANTA BARBARA CHAPTER Judy Roeser, Reporter

The Santa Barbara N in e ty N ines had th e ir f irs t T reasure H un t on May 10 and, a lth o ug h coasta l fog delayed ou r s ta rt, it was a m os t su cce ss fu l a fte rn o o n . Rachel

C ow in not o n ly des igned the f l ig h t rou te , b u t e x e c u te d th e d e ta i ls o f th e o rgan iza tion fo r the h un t. Karen C harest and Charlene Hovey ab ly ass is ted Rachel w ith press re leases and m a ilin g w h ile Jan Edm ond handled the ham burgers. There were fifte e n p lanes rang ing from a J-3 Cub to a Cessna 414. The w in n e rs were Jerry Behm of Santa Barbara, w ho placed f irs t in bo th the Treasure H un t and the S pot Land ing C o n te s t, and Joanne M ille r o f Santa Paula; Rachel says she to o k a lo t o f no tes because she p lans to des ign a new hun t fo r next sp ring .

The Santa Barbara C hap ter w ill be m ig h tily represented in the Pow der P u ff Derby again th is year by Joann ie S te in - berger and Evy Treen f ly in g a R ockw e ll C om m ander 112A sponsored by O m ni A v ia tion M anagers, Inc. Evy fle w the 1973 race w ith Joann ie w hose record inc ludes seven P .P .D .s and w ho know s m ore about fly in g and a irp lanes than anyone. W e are a ll roo tin g fo r them .

Shy S m ith w ill be co o rd in a tin g a S afe ty M eeting w ith GADO scheduled fo r early Ju ly . It w ill in te re s tin g , in fo rm a tive and open to a ll p ilo ts . M r. V in ce n t B rophy w ill be p resen ting the p rogram .

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to M arilyn W eixe l w ho, w ith less than a year o f f ly in g under her b e lt, has ob ta ine d her in s tru m e n t ra ting and is now w o rk in g on her C om m erc ia l L icense.

L inda S he id le r and P au line F lem m ing are new m em bers. L inda , w ho learned to f ly in Japan, has m uch to te ll o f her ex­periences there . Pau line moved to Santa Barbara from th e San Fernando Valley w here she was C ha irm an o f the San Fernando V a lley C hapter fo r tw o years. T he ir loss is o u r ga in .

SANTA PAULA CHAPTER Gwen Dewey, Reporter

O ur Second A nnua l C harte r d in n e r party w ill see the in s ta lla t io n o f new o ff ic e rs : Evelyn Perry, Chairm an; Della Abernathy, Vice Chairm an; Joanne M iller, Secretary; and Betty Johnson, Treasurer.

Joanne M ille r and 4 9 1/2er, Jo h n ny , flew to B ig Bear Lake on M em oria l Day in the b e a u tifu l, c la ss ic , red and w h ite Be llance C ru isem aste r. N orm a W illia m s , chap te r cha irm an , w ent a long fo r the ride.

The M ille rs , in th e ir B e llanca the W illia m s , in th e ir T -c ra ft, and Evelyn and Frank Perry in the C o lt, entered the T reasure H un t, sponsored by ne ig h bo rin g Santa Barbara C hapter. Joanne cap tured a second p lace trop h y .

Gwen Dewey and husband J im , flew th e ir C om anche to the S ile tz Bay A irp o rt in N orthern O regon. On the re tu rn tr ip , s to p p ing o ff at b e a u tifu l T r in ity Lake fo r a few days ’ ca m p in g and fis h in g . They took w ith them an o rphaned baby, fea the rless Sparrow (p ro b a b ly the o n ly Sparrow ever to fly at 11,500 M SA.) In c id e n tly , it so loed in a B akers fie ld m o te l. A GREAT 99 m asco t.

S a lly A llen , o u r o n ly Pow der P u ff Derby e n tran t, is e c s ta tic ! (W h ile the o th e r n ineteen Santa Paula 99s are green w ith envy.) B ut never-the-less , w e ’re very proud o f S a lly . She is rac ing a C ita b ria 7KC AB.

She a lso has entered her C itab ria , named Jo n a thon , in the M in i-D erby.

O ur 99 ae roba tic cham p, B e tty Johnson , has been in several c o m p e tit io n s . In the A pp le V a lley R eg iona l, she placed 14th out o f 28 co n te s ta n ts . T h is was her FIRST c o m p e tit io n ! In Delano, she placed 8th, and at R om ona she p laced 4 th . They are fly in g th e ir P itts Specia l to the BIG Meet in Fon Du Lac, W isco n s in .

Gwen Davis and H usband J im w ill be f ly in g their Pride and Joy, a 1936 Lambert M onocoupe, to the Merced A n tiq u e F ly-in , H op ing to re tu rn hom e w ith a plane load of

K athy V ande ll has ju s t passed the ATP Check F lig h t.

We have a REAL FLYING 99 CHAPTER.

SANTA ROSA CHAPTER Ruth Foster, Reporter

We were ab le to cha lk up ano ther su cce ss fu l 3 C ents Per Pound R ide event fo r o u r chap te r on May 18. The w eather­man co-opera ted w ith us by su p p ly in g a perfect day, m ak ing the Santa Rosa area a p ic tu re post card s ig h t. The 99s turned out in fu ll fo rce ready to go to w rk, and work they d id ! W ith the he lp o f the s ta ff at Sonom a C o u n ty A irp o rt, fr ien d s , and 49V4S we kept 5 p lanes in the a ir and were able ‘to tu rn a n ice p ro f it . ’ There are many th a nk yous to be sa id , p a rticu la r ly to our you th g roups . The C iv il A ir Patro l and a g roup o f G irl S cou ts co n trib u te d many hours s ta ffin g the va rious b oo ths . The G irl S cou ts are w o rk in g on th e ir avia tion badges w ith y o u th fu l en thu s ia sm , m aking them perfec t cand ida tes fo r fu tu re 99s.

W hat is S to c k to n ’s ga in is o u r loss . Faye K irk and her husband moved from Ukiah to s ta rt a B u ild in g S upp ly bus iness in that c ity . We m iss Faye’s d e lig h tfu l pe rsona lity and her en thu s ia sm fo r f ly in g . Now we have an extra incen tive to f ly to S tockton . Get ready Faye.

There was lo ts o f ta lk about the PPD at the May m ee ting . W e add ano ther tw o so m e to o u r lis t , b ring in g the grand to ta l to seven m em bers en te ring from our c h a p te r . C le d ith B ru e n e r , w h o ju s t received her C om m erc ia l R ating, and Melva Dunn f ly in g as her c o -p ilo t w ill be push ing th e ir A rrow th ro u g h the skies.

L ilyann Le land received her C om m ercia l and is now o w rk in g on her Ins trum ent. L ilyann and her husband are p lann ing the ir second tr ip to A laska th is sum m er. Two years ago they fle w the s ta te fo r a m onth , cam p ing here and there m uch o f the tim e.

Lynn Cary has added to her long lis t of ra tings , by p ro u d ly d isp la y in g her G round In s tru c to r ’s R ating .

O u r A .P .E . ( A ir c ra f t P ro f ic ie n c y E xcurs ion ) p lans are com p le ted fo r the 3rd weekend in J u ly (F ly -in to W oodland). C laud ia A n sa ld o and Carol V a le tte report tha t rese rva tions are pouring in fo r the fly in g and the fu n .

The resu lts o f the e le c tio n fo r the o f­fice rs ta k in g over in the fa ll are: Chairman, Joan Robbins; Vice Chairman, Sandy Peterson; Corresponding Secretary, Suzi Skoglund; Recording Secretary, Lynn C a ry ; T re a s u re r , Bev C row nover. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to ou r hard w o rk ing 99s.

PHOENIX CHAPTER Natasha Swigaril, Reporter

At ou r last m ee ting , L iz T ay lo r (ou r APT Chairm an) to ld us a ll abou t the w hys and w herefores o f be ing APT. The m os t im ­portant th in g that all o f us sh o u ld do is get APT. O f the to ta l num ber o f w om en in the 99s app ro x im a te ly 20 per cent get APT each year. Those o f you w h o do no t make the e ffo r t— shou ld . O ur ch a p te r’s APT lis t to date in c lu d e s : M arilyn B ra ffo rd , Carol Borgerd ing , June B onestee l, M aris Hawes, Sandi Haag, Sue Harper, C aro lyn R eibert, Sh irley R ogers, Joan S trand, B e tty Jo S m ith , N atasha S w iga rd , Liz T ay lo r and Mary Lou ise W illia m s .

We w e lcom ed som e new m em bers: M aris Hawes, Pat M ore land and Donna Reaser. The N orthern A rizona C hapter went inactive , and 3 o f those ga ls have o ff ic ia lly jo ined the P hoen ix C hapter. W elcom e to : Penny C aruthe rs , M ary Loyd, and Verna W ilso n . O ur chap te r now num bers 87!

A coup le o f the 99s have been lucky enough to have th e ir husbands buy them new p la n e s !! M illie and Kenda ll Dawe moved up to a 1969 tu rbo -charged gorgeous C120, and N atasha and C lif f Sw igard bough t a b e a u tifu l IFR equ ipped 1969 C182 in w h ich N atasha ju s t received her IFR ra ting .

Lona and Jam es A tk in so n are s ta rtin g o ff from Oakland to f ly a round the w o r ld — in a lig h t p lane! M ore d e ta ils la ter. Sue Harper, M illie Dawe, and June C leverly p lus 2 fr ie n d s flew in a C205 (thanks to Ken Rivers) from Phoenix to C oszum il, M ex ico. They flew lo — b u t no t to o s lo — because the v is ib il ity was p ra c tica lly zero! And sue said they had to w a tch c a re fu lly at a ll tu rns fo r the unexpected ! It was q u ite a t r ip — and ou r hats o ff to them fo r be ing so adventurous.

The lovely 99s who modeled at the Brunch Fashion Show during the recent sectional.

RENO AREA CHAPTER May E. Haskell, Reporter

Our A p ril m eeting was a m em bersh ip luncheon. Ten o f o u r m em bers a ttended. Kathy Gray to ld o f her fa m ily ’s tr ip to T ah iti. "W e escaped a b lizzard in Reno and became th o ro u g h ly roasted in Papeete. The s n o rk e lin g is e x c i t in g — v ie w in g co lo rfu l f ish and the M oray eels sw im m in g and h id ing in the Coral heads. A ir T a h it it flie s from Papeete to M oorea fre q u e n tly — flig h t tim e s ix m in u te s — in B rit is h O tte rs . Im agine g e ttin g yo u r m o n th ly f l ig h t hours in w ith tha t schedule ! We rea lly en joyed the s low pace o f life and the b e a u tifu l trop ica l a tm o sp h e re ."

A n ita W orel drove in from S m ith Va lley fo r the luncheon. A n ita is a m em ber o f the Redwood Em pire C hap ter and is th in k in g about trans fe rring to th is C hapter.

Dee Baer rece n tly a ttended a FAA ac­c id e n t p reven tion program in F a llon . E la ine Brow n related her latest prob lem w ith her 175.

O ur May m ee ting w as the 11th and no t o n ly was it M o th e r’s Day bu t APT Day. F ly in g tim e in a Cherokee 140 w as donated by o u r C hapter and In s tru c to r tim e was donated by Park G ou ld . A b ig thank you to Park! Jerry G ard iner, APT C ha irm an, sum m arized the day as fo llo w s : “ Barbara M ouchou is APT a fte r no t having flo w n fo r 2 Vi years. Lo is W illia m s donated her APT tim e to son, M ark, w ho to o k h is B ienn ia l check ride in th e ir C essna 182. E la ine B row n was next, ta k in g her ride at 11 :00 AM (no t in her 175!). M ary B o les, Dee Baer and Jerry G ard ine r a lso APT. M ary B o les exhausted from m oving in to new c o n ­d o m in iu m , Dee exhausted from ca ttle g e ttin g loose and having to be rounded up be fore she cou ld d rive in from Hazen. For “ B row n Bag L u n ch ” Helen Foeger andM arge Schwed fle w dow n fro m Truckee in th e ir “ f in a lly released from the sn o w s"Cessna 172. B rough t h itch h ike r, Lo isB row n, w ith them . Jean K u ckh o ff a lsoarrived fo r lunch f ly in g her Cessna 210 fo r the f irs t t im e in tw o m on th s . The p lane has been in fo r repa irs a fte r a p ilo t fo r th e ir “ lease back” landed w hee ls up. G als w ho cam e fo r lunch w eren ’t p lan n in g to take APT r id e — ju s t cam e because the day was so lovely.

Sacramento Valley Chapter Barbara Foster, Reported

Sacram ento V a lley C hap ter w e lcom es tw o new m em bers to the ranks. They are Lynn A bbo t and Yvonne W illia m so n .

The w ho le C hap ter is be ing galvanized in to ac tion in p repara tion fo r the 1976 AW TAR s ta rt at E xecutive A irp o rt in Sacram ento. The lm a C u ll and S h ir ley Lehr were e lected C o-cha irm em fo r the event.

It is a lw ays good news when a m em ber receives a new ra tin g , bu t th is tim e it is a bonaza. Three in s tru m e n t ra tin g s and a m u lt i - e n g in e . T he d e te rm in e d , ha rd w o rk in g ga ls w ith the in s tru m e n t ra tings are Barbara G oetz, S h ir le y Lehr and Ann M olina. G ail B om ar earned her m u lti- eng ine ra ting ju s t in tim e to log hours w ith husband , W ayne, on a f l ig h t to the east coas t and back.

Sandy Case fle w in the Tucson Treasure H un t and in the Santa Barbara T reasure H unt. She p laced fo u rth in bo th events. It no d o u b t is good p rac tice in prepara tion fo r an a m b it io u s tra n s -co n tin e n ta l f l ig h t she is p lann ing fo r th is year.

New C hapter o ff ic e rs were e lected at the May m eeting and w ill be in s ta lle d in June. They are: Thelma Drew, Chairm an; Helen Hoffmann, Vice-Chairm an; Marie Durbin, Secretary; and Barbara Goetz, Treasurer.

San Diego Chapter Betty W harton, Reporter

There 's an o ld P o lish proverb th a t says, “ the best la id p lans som e tim e ga the r m o ss ” ...w e ll, th a t’s w ha t happened to ou r fly - in to Sedona in M arch. S om eone up there has rea lly been th ro w in g som e w ild WX in o u r f l ig h t path th is sp rin g ! W ou ld

you believe s ix p ruden t p ilo ts from San D iego and El C a jon DROVE to the Barn­s to rm e r’s R eun ion in Lancaste r A p ril 5 th. Q u ite a phenom ena l s ig h t, m o to rin g a long the M ojave Desert f lo o r, w a tch ing it snow in the San B erna rd ino M ts . U ndaunted , we went ahead w ith p lans to f ly to P hoenix fo r the S pring S e c tio n a l. Bea W hee le r and S te lla H ard in braved the e lem en ts w ith me in “ O ld B lu e " .. . . M arilyn E im ers flew her C ard ina l RG, w ith S h ir ley W o lff and Doris Hughes c o -p ilo t in g . D iane S to ck lin and Penny L o w e ...d ro ve P enny's M ustang . W e ll, a t least they d id n 't g ive up and stay h o m e ! T h a n k s P h o e n ix 9 9 s ! W e th o ro u g h ly en joyed yo u r desert c ity , and you r usua l warm h o s p ita lity . (Even the Weather go t warm on Sunday).

O ur fly - in to A pp le Va lley on May 18th w as a ttended by those o f us w ho cou ld go IFR ... I te ll you , i t ’s been a s trug g le to fly th is w h o le year!

The s ta rt co m m itte e in R iverside is p lann ing som e rea lly neat pre-race events June 29th th ru J u ly 4 th , so even if you aren ’t lu cky enough to go in the Powder P u ff Derby th is year, c ’m on over and v is it us d u ring race w e e k ...y o u ’ll like it! My car AND a irp lane know the way to R iverside A irp o rt by now , as we have been a ttend ing m o n th ly m ee tings w ith the In land C a lif, and O range C oun ty ga ls.

Oh, yes, I have been p ro m o te d !... . to Second V ice C ha irm an on the AW TAR Board. (I th in k m y te rr ito ry inc ludes eve ry th ing W EST o f Santa Barbara.) A n yw a y ...n e x t tim e you see m e ...a l it t le more respect, pleeze!

O ur th ird “ W h ite K nuck le C lin ic " is next week, M ay 27, 28, and 29. We have about 90 w ives (o r w hatever) o f p ilo ts a ttend ing th is tim e . They en joy it, and we love to do it . . .g iv e s us so rt o f a su p e rio r ity com p lex o r so m e th in g !

Our P ac ific A ir Race p lans are perking a long . Race k its w ill be ava ilab le soon. T h ink CAVU fo r O ct. 4 th , o .k .?

San Gabriel Valley Chapter Betty Skiles, Reporter

A p ril M eeting was held at M arion and Bob M a rr io tt's love ly hom e in A lta Loma. A fte r the m ee ting , f ilm s were show n o f the M a rr io tt’s tr ip to A capu lco . M any o f the 49V<s were a lso on hand and we are a lw ays happy to have them a ttend any o f our specia l m ee tings . W eather to o k care o f any f ly - in s fo r the m on th o f A p ril.

For ou r May m ee ting we were honored to have Mr. P h il S a ltz , a u tho r o f P ilo ts L ia b ility Law . It was a very in fo rm a tive evening w ith Mr. S a ltz exp la in in g the new b ill to us.

O n ly tw o m em bers o f o u r chap te r were able to a ttend the S pring S ectiona l. M argaret and Dave Law son d riv in g and Bob and M arion M arrio tt f ly in g over the bad w eather. M any m ore m em bers p lanned to a ttend , bu t were hop ing fo r the w eather to c lea r up, as they d id n ’t w ish to drive. Vi D obbin was schedu led fo r a ride w ith Jack and Use C ook, bu t at the last m in u te go t a ride to H aw a ii, w here her husband was at the tim e . N a tu ra lly she to o k it.

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Big Bear m ark ings were postponed t i l l next year due to re topp ing o f the runw ay th is sum m er.

A ll are roo ting fo r ou r Beverly M ahoney and 99 Marge R obb ins o f the Los Ange les C hapter in both the A nge l Derby and the Powder Puff Derby. Bev w ill f ly her C om anche 250 in the A nge l Derby and w ill f ly M arge’s C herokee 180 in the Powder Puff Derby. Bev’s fa m ily w ill m eet her in F lo rida fo r a fa m ily tr ip c ross co u n try home. Good th in g husband M ickey is a lso a p ilo t, the poor g ir l w ill p robab ly need a rest by then.

San Joaquin Valley Chapter Rebecca Clayton, Reporter

Ten m em bers o f the San Joaqu in Va lley C hapter arrived by A u to at the Helen M cGee hom e in C o lu m b ia fo r a luncheon m ee ting . Rain and snow was fo recast fo r the day ‘ ‘A p ril 8 th ” and it d id ju s t tha t.

M arie M cD ow ell fle w to B u llhead C ity A rizona and spen t several days v is it in g her parents.

Jean M urray flew to C a las toga and to o k a g lid e r ride. She says she can see how you cou ld get “ hooked” on soa ring . She a lso flew to C o lum b ia on a Sunday a f­te rnoon.

Laverne G udgel had f l ig h ts to San Jose, F resno, N orthern C a lifo rn ia and ove rn igh t in S outhern O regon. A nd M o th e r’s Day d in n e r at the N ut Tree. Son Dan toured Beech fac to ry in W ich ita w h ile fe rry in g hom e a new Bonanza.

Helen McGee w ith 491/4 Harvey and Son T im flew to W a sh in g ton D. C. “ v ia ” C heyenne, M o line and hom e by way of Tulsa. Spent ove rn ig h t w ith D aughter Nancy in Phoenix. Poor w ea ther a ll the way, bu t the sun was s h in in g over Boyne M oun ta in so d id get to check o u t Pow der P u ff Term inus.

D iane Kaufm an to G rand C anyon, Phoenix and N oga les fo r Easter.

F ly ing to Phoen ix fo r the S ou thw est S ectiona l was R osie H ijo s and Rebecca C layton , Barbara G lantz and 491/4 H ow ard. Jo in in g us on S aturday was 491/4 C laud C layton .

P artic ipa ting in D R F f l ig h t from M odesto to Santa Barbara A p ril 22nd was Barbara G lantz and D aughter Susan, R osie H ijo s and Rebecca C lay ton , N orm a Draper and cous in A rlin e Baker, D o ttie M cA llis te r, Helen McGee and D R F cha irm an Jean M urray.

C ha rlo tte M o rr ill and 491/ i C huck fle w a pa tien t from S tan fo rd H o sp ita l to C a lex ico fo r p la s tic surgery and su rg ica l care. Spent a weekend at Sedona A rizona, and hom e by way o f Tahoe.

M ay 13 m eeting was in C h o w ch illa . Laverne G udgel was ou r hostess. It was a b ea u tifu l sum m er day. Laverne served lunch poo l s ide , to the tw e lve m em bers present.

SANTA BARBARA CHAPTER Judy Roeser, Reporter

The Santa Barbara N ine ty N ines had th e ir f irs t Treasure H un t on May 10 and, a lth o ug h coasta l fog delayed ou r s ta rt, it was a m ost su cce ss fu l a fte rn o o n . Rachel

C ow in no t o n ly des igned the f l ig h t rou te , b u t e x e c u te d th e d e ta i ls o f th e o rgan iza tion fo r the hun t. Karen C harest and Charlene Hovey ab ly ass is ted Rachel w ith press releases and m a ilin g w h ile Jan Edm ond hand led the ham burgers . There were fifte e n p lanes rang ing from a J-3 Cub to a Cessna 414. The w inne rs were Jerry Behm of Santa Barbara, w ho placed f irs t in bo th the Treasure H unt and the S pot Land ing C o n te s t, and Joanne M ille r o f Santa Paula; Rachel says she to o k a lo t o f no tes because she p lans to design a new hun t fo r next sp ring .

The Santa Barbara C hap ter w ill be m ig h tily represented in the Pow der P u ff Derby again th is year by Joann ie S te in - berger and Evy Treen f ly in g a R ockw e ll C om m ander 112A sponsored by O m ni A v ia tion M anagers, Inc. Evy fle w the 1973 race w ith Joann ie w hose record inc ludes seven P .P .D .s and w ho know s m ore about f ly in g and a irp lanes than anyone. We are a ll roo tin g fo r them .

Shy S m ith w ill be c o o rd in a tin g a S afe ty M eeting w ith GADO scheduled fo r early J u ly . It w ill in te re s tin g , in fo rm a tive and open to a ll p ilo ts . Mr. V in ce n t B rophy w ill be p resen ting the p rogram .

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to M arilyn W eixe l w ho, w ith less than a year o f f ly in g under her be lt, has ob ta ined her in s tru m e n t ra ting and is now w o rk in g on her C om m erc ia l L icense.

L inda S he id le r and P au line F lem m ing are new m em bers. L inda , w ho learned to f ly in Japan, has m uch to te ll o f her ex­periences there . Pau line moved to Santa Barbara from th e San Fernando Valley w here she w as C ha irm an o f the San Fernando V a lley C hap te r fo r tw o years. T he ir loss is o u r ga in .

SANTA PAULA CHAPTER Gwen Dewey, Reporter

O ur Second A nnua l C harte r d in n e r party w ill see the in s ta lla t io n o f new o ff ic e rs : Evelyn Perry, Chairm an; Della Abernathy, Vice Chairman; Joanne M iller, Secretary; and Betty Johnson, Treasurer.

Joanne M ille r and 491/2er, Jo h n ny , flew to Big Bear Lake on M em oria l Day in the b e a u tifu l, c la ss ic , red and w h ite Be llance C ru isem aste r. N orm a W illia m s , chap te r cha irm an , w en t a long fo r the ride.

The M ille rs , in th e ir B e llanca the W illia m s , in th e ir T -c ra ft, and Evelyn and Frank Perry in the C o lt, entered the Treasure H un t, sponsored by ne ighbo ring Santa Barbara C hapter. Joanne cap tured a second p lace trop h y .

Gwen Dewey and husband J im , flew th e ir C om anche to the S ile tz Bay A irp o rt in N orthern O regon. On the re tu rn tr ip , s to p p in g o ff at b e a u tifu l T r in ity Lake fo r a few days ’ cam p ing and fis h in g . They to o k w ith them an orphaned baby, fea the rless S parrow (p ro b a b ly the o n ly S parrow ever to f ly a t 11,500 M SA.) In c id e n tly , it so loed in a B akers fie ld m o te l. A GREAT 99 m asco t.

S a lly A llen , o u r o n ly Pow der P uff Derby e n tran t, is e c s ta tic ! (W h ile the o th e r n ineteen Santa Paula 99s are green w ith envy.) B ut never-the-less , w e're very proud o f S a lly . She is rac ing a C ita b ria 7KC AB.

She a lso has entered her C itab ria , named Jo n a thon , in the M in i-D erby.

O ur 99 ae roba tic cham p, B e tty Johnson, has been in several c o m p e tit io n s . In the A pp le V a lley R eg iona l, she placed 14th out of 28 co n te s ta n ts . T h is was her FIRST c o m p e tit io n ! In Delano, she placed 8th, and at R om ona she p laced 4th. They are fly in g th e ir P itts Specia l to the BIG Meet in Fon Du Lac, W isco n s in .

Gwen Davis and H usband J im w ill be f ly in g their P ride and Joy, a 1936 Lambert M onocoupe, to the Merced A n tiq u e F ly-in . H op ing to re tu rn hom e w ith a plane load of

K a thy Y ande ll has ju s t passed the ATP C heck F lig h t.

W e have a REAL FLYING 99 CHAPTER.

SANTA ROSA CHAPTER Ruth Foster, Reporter

W e were ab le to cha lk up another su ccess fu l 3 C ents Per Pound R ide event fo r ou r cha p te r on May 18. The w eather­man co-opera ted w ith us by supp ly in g a perfec t day, m ak ing the Santa Rosa area a p ic tu re post card s ig h t. The 99s turned out in fu ll fo rce ready to go to w rk, and work they d id ! W ith the he lp o f the s ta ff at Sonom a C o u n ty A irp o rt, fr ien d s , and 4 9 ’/4S we kep t 5 p lanes in the a ir and were able ‘to tu rn a n ice p ro f it . ’ There are many thank yous to be sa id , p a rticu la r ly to our you th g roups . The C iv il A ir Patrol and a g roup o f G irl S cou ts co n trib u te d many hours s ta ff in g the various boo ths . The Girl S cou ts are w o rk in g on th e ir aviation badges w ith y o u th fu l en thu s ia sm , m aking them perfec t cand ida tes fo r fu tu re 99s.

W hat is S to c k to n ’s gain is ou r loss. Faye K irk and her husband moved from Ukiah to s ta rt a B u ild in g S upp ly bus iness in that c ity . We m iss Faye's d e lig h tfu l persona lity and her e n thu s ia sm fo r f ly in g . Now we have an extra incen tive to f ly to S tockton . Get ready Faye.

There was lo ts o f ta lk about the PPD at the May m ee ting . W e add another tw o so m e to ou r lis t, b ring in g the grand to ta l to seven m em bers en te ring from our c h a p te r . C le d ith B ru e n e r , w h o ju s t received her C om m erc ia l R a ting , and Melva Dunn f ly in g as her c o -p ilo t w ill be push ing th e ir A rrow th ro u g h the skies.

L ilyann Leland received her C om m ercia l and is now ow rk in g on her Ins trum ent. L ilyann and her husband are p lann ing the ir second tr ip to A laska th is sum m er. Two years ago they fle w the s ta te fo r a m onth, cam p ing here and there m uch o f the tim e.

Lynn Cary has added to her long lis t of ra tings , by p ro u d ly d isp la y in g her Ground In s tru c to r ’s R ating .

O u r A .P .E . ( A ir c ra f t P ro f ic ie n c y E xcurs ion ) p lans are com p le ted fo r the 3rd weekend in J u ly (F ly - in to W oodland). C laud ia A nsa ld o and Carol V a le tte report tha t rese rva tions are pouring in fo r the fly in g and the fun .

The re su lts o f the e le c tio n fo r the of­fice rs ta k in g over in the fa ll are: Chairman, Joan Robbins; Vice Chairman, Sandy Peterson; Corresponding Secretary, Suzi Skoglund; Recording Secretary, Lynn C ary ; T re a s u re r , Bev C row nover. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to ou r hard w ork ing 99s.

TUCSON CHAPTER Jayne Hunter, Reporter

A ll 99s shou ld share o u r p ride in ou r m em ber, Dr. Joann H ansen, w ho has received a grant awarded by the A m erican A sso c ia tio n o f U n ive rs ity W om en to do one year's basic cancer research at the U n ive rs ity o f A rizona M ed ica l C enter. Joann is one of on ly 85 rec ip ien ts am ong 960 ap p lica n ts . She and her 4 9 1/2er, G ordon, are fly in g to A laska to v is it th e ir son and on to M inneso ta to see o th e r re latives before she beg ins her research w ork on J u ly 1st.

The 1975 Treasure H un t is in the record books, however it is p e rtin e n t to add tha t the C hapter made a few hundred fo r its scho la rsh ip fund . The co m m itte e , headed by Barbara W elsh , dec ided at the post m ortem tha t the p ro fits p rob a b ly w ork ou t to less than 1 cen t an hou r fo r the w ork involved bu t the fun o f m eeting the cha llenge and w o rk ing to g e th e r to pu t on a good H un t and prov ide a m em orab le event fo r the p a rtic ip a n ts is the real reward.

Jean Servaas, w in n e r o f the Treasure Hunt a long w ith her 4 9 V ie r c o -p ilo t, P ieter, is go ing to receive ano th e r reward in a d d itio n to the Barry G o ld w a te r T rophy and the Ruck M em oria l T ro p h y— by the tim e th is e d itio n appears, Jean and the Chapter and the w o rld w ill know tha t she is the C ha irm an-des igna te fo r the 25th Ann iversary Year o f the Tucson C hapter.

Terry and Dune R obertson have flo w n every Treasure H un t, bu t th is year they changed seats w ith Terry us ing her new license as P-in-C and they cam e th ro u g h it a ll s m ilin g ! Nancy E ngebre tson b rough t a long a tr io o f young men to he lp w ith line d u ties at the P h o e n ix -L itch fie ld A irp o rt where the Hunt te rm ina ted and th e ir ass is tance was inva luab le .

O ur V ice-C ha irm an, W yn Hayward, is a cand idate fo r bus ies t p ilo t in to w n ; she is preparing to c o -p ilo t TAR 20 w ith Lorra ine N ew house in the PPD, tak ing concentra ted A erobatic in s tru c tio n tow ard c o m p e tit io n fly in g , and go ing to In s tru m e n t G round School to prep fo r tha t ra ting . Now tha t Lorra ine and W yn are co n te s ta n ts , Barb W elsh and Jayne H unter are tak ing over the ir jo b s as a d m in is tra to rs o f o u r co ­sponsorsh ip w ith P hoenix o f the 1st PPD s top at P H X -L itch fie ld A irp o rt. Patsy Brooks, a lso sharpen ing her aeroba tic s k ills in her P itts Specia l to a c o m p e titive edge, has sponsored W yn fo r m em bersh ip in the A e roba tic C lub o f A m erica . Lyn McGrew, ano the r o f o u r ae roba tic p ilo ts , has been f ilm e d in a c tio n in a c o lo r m ovie film made by a loca l p h o tog raphe r and we are look ing fo rw ard to seeing o u r ow n fem ale "G rea t W a ldo Pepper” in an upcom ing m eeting .

Joan M acD onald is nes ting her new RG Cardinal at AZ F ro n tie r A v ia tio n and w ork ing on her C om m erc ia l t ic k e t there and Anna Mackey is w o rk ing on her Ins trum ent ra ting . M ore ea rthbound news from Cook m anor w here G inny and Ken are concentra ting on a new m o to r hom e and boat com bo w ith f is h in g e xp e d itio n s in view, and th e ir 182 is up fo r sale.

Norm a W ilcox p lans to tu rn her F lig h t School over to her g randsons, G regory and

Kevin W ilco x , on June 1st in o rde r to jo in her 49'/2er in L .A . w here Nate has been w o rk in g fo r m any m on th s . Tucson 99s have had every a irp o rt in th is v ic in ity “ cove red ,” w ith N orm a at Ryan F ie ld , Lyn at Freeway, Barbara H arper at the Aero C lub at D av is-M on than A FB , and E m ily Haugh at U’Com and the desk at Avra Valley.

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Northwest SectionALASKA - IDAHO - MONTANA

NORTH DAKOTA - OREGON SOUTH DAKOTA

WASHINGTON - WYOMING

ALASKA CHAPTER Margaret W agnon, Reporter

In A p ril the A laska C hap ter held the annual P inch H itte r C ourse. Edy M ille r, cha irm an o f the p ro jec t, d id a great jo b . T h is is ou r m ain source fo r m oney fo r o u r sch o la rsh ip fu n d . A very in te re s tin g item w as the e n ro llm e n t - 99 s tud en ts .

A lm a W illia m s received a sch o la rsh ip from o u r chap te r in A p r il. She is a tte nd in g a loca l f ly in g sch o o l, has so loed , w o rk ing on her c ross co u n try , and hopes to have her license th is sum m er. Her f ly in g career began when she en ro lled in one o f ou r P inch H itte r C ourses.

The U n ive rs ity o f A laska has had funds to a d m in is te rs s c h o la rsh ip fo r the C hapter to a wom an m ee ting ce rta in requ irem en ts . G racie K enda ll, a provate p ilo t, received $500 to aid her in c o m p le tin g her av ia tion course . She p lans to w o rk fo r FAA in a F lig h t Service S ta tio n .

M any o f o u r 99s he lped w ith the FAA A cc id e n t P revention P rogram , O pera tion W ive s -G irlfr ie n d s A s s is t.

S ince sp ring m eans house c lea n in g and g e ttin g rid o f ju n k , we held a R um m age Sale in May. The m oney w ill be used to he lp w ith the expenses fo r s ix o r m ore 99s p lan n in g to a ttend the S ec tiona l and In te rna tiona l C onven tion in Ju ly .

O ur May m ee ting w as a H ouse W arm ing party held at A n ita B enson 's new hom e. A n ita is a lso w o rk in g in a ta il d ragger these days.

Joyce B ergstrand is now APT.

COLUMBIA CASCADE CHAPTER Mary W ohlgem uth, Reporter

O ur chap te r d id it aga in ! A n o th e r P inch- H itte r cou rse . The f irs t sess ion w as held in February, a ttended by 55 s tu d e n ts , the A p ril 28 & 30 cou rse a ttended by 35, m os t o f w hom cou ld no t be accom m oda ted in the f irs t c lass. Lee W renn, a g round schoo l in s tru c to r , and L illia n W ager, a CFI, co nduc ted the c lasses in bo th sess ions. We had great coverage by TV C hannel 12 w ho film e d d u rin g the c lass, then a few days la te r film e d D oro thy M ercer and B illie D utcher in D o ro th y 's plane and Pegge B lin co and M ary W o h lg e m u th (Calvert) in Pegge's plane fly in g up the b e a u tifu l C o lu m b ia river w h ile 49% Dale D utcher flew the cam eram an and news reporte r S ylv ia S tinson (of the a irp lane fa m ily and an a lm o s t licensed p ilo t). T h is was

com b ined fo r a very n ice , sh o rt s to ry on the P in c h -H itte r and 99s in genera l on the evening news May 26.

M on ies from the PH is be ing pu t to use covering the c o s ts o f the Survival K its (600 o f them ) fo r the In te rn a tio n a l C onven tion . O ur m ee tings la te ly have been w ork parties on these k its , p lu s the ga ls sew ing , c o lle c tin g , pu rchas ing and m aking the "g o o d ie s ” to go in them between m ee tings.

D orothy M ercer and 4 9 1/2 Bob report tha t they th o ro u g h ly en joyed th e ir recent m o n th -lo n g f l ig h t dow n the w est coast o f M exico, th ru G uatam ala , Belize (B ritish H onduras) a round the Ucatan P en insu la up the east coast o f M e x ic o ...a b o u t 7200 m iles and a round 46 hours o f f ly in g w ith no t a s in g le in c id e n t to m ar the tr ip . A ll o f tha t and the o n ly p lace they were weathered in was Lancaster, C a lifo rn ia !

O ur loca l GADO o ffic e s are now in a b e a u tifu l new b u ild in g at the H illsb o ro a irpo rt. Several o f o u r chap te r m em bers de livered a po tted ch rysan them um (via air) to add to the beauty and w as given the grand to u r by Mr. D ick Henderson.

EASTERN IDAHO CHAPTER Lois Bauer, Reporter

We are in the process o f reb u ild in g our chap te r m em bersh ip , w h ich had h it a low in the past year due to illn e sse s and m em bers m ov ing . E la ine P artridge moved to Salt Lake C ity and C arole Depue moved from P oca te llo to B o ise and now back to Las Vegas. W e m iss bo th ga ls s ince they were active m em bers and p ilo ts . W ith new m em bers, Jeanenne E llsw o rth and Sharon La ird , p lu s som e past m em bers w ho have re jo ined us, we are lo o k in g tow ard a b righ t fu tu re .

Poca te llo FAA T ow er held an open house May 17th to show o ff th e ir new “ h ig h rise ". You can tru ly see fo r 3 days, as one o f the opera to rs com m en ted . We w orked as gu ides and in fo rm a tio n o ffice rs fo r the day. P lans are p rog ress ing w ith ou r part o f the In te rn a tio n a l C onven tion in C ouer d ’A lene on Ju ly 30-A ug. 3. We hope you are p lann ing to a ttend . The beauty o f tha t part o f Idaho is rea lly beyond be lie f. If you need a rest s top a long the way, set dow n in Idaho and ca ll a 99, we w ill be pleased to cha t w ith you .

One o f ou r m em bers, M ary K ilbou rne , has been a p po in ted to the U .S. C itizens A dv iso ry C o m m itte e on T ranspo rta tion Q ua lity by the U .S. S ecretary o f T ran­s p o rta tio n . As a lw ays, we are proud of Mary.

Plans are in the m ill fo r a f l ig h t to Jackson , W yo. abou t June 18th.

EASTERN W ASHING TO N CHAPTER Daryl Ann Kyle, Reporter

Eastern W a sh in g ton 99s were p leasantly surp rised by the arriva l o f Ruby Pappas, 99 from A laska , at o u r May 3 m eeting held at G la d y ’s B u ro k e r ’s h o m e o v e r lo o k in g Henley A erod rom e. Ruby reporte r tha t A laska 99s are eager to com e to Round Up ’75!

O ur m ee tings have now stepped up to tw o a m onth and are the “ w o rk ” varie ty . We've s tu ffed enve lopes, pasted s ticke rs , and held end less d is c u s s io n s on the seem ing ly in f in ite d e ta ils o f an In te rna tion C onven tion . W e're now w a itin g to m eet YOU at Round Up '75.

O ur ta le th is m on th invo lves 99 Lana Basler w ho is an A & P s tu d en t. She and a fe llo w fem ale s tu d en t w ent to Henley A erodrom e to fly a J-3. Upon arriva l they found the on ly ava ilab le p lane, a F izz ler S to rch , was dow n fo r repa irs . Lana and her com pan ion fixe d the plane, had it s igned o ff w ith h igh co m p lim e n ts by a m echan ic, and enjoyed a f l ig h t in the now a irw o rth y m achine.

FAR WEST CHAPTER Mary Cole, Reporter

The Far W est C hap ter m et in A p ril to p lan a c tiv it ie s fo r the sp ring and sum m er. On May 3, an a ll day A v ia tio n Sem inar, sponsored by o u r chap te r, w ill be held in Port Ange les. The program w ill in c lude sub je c ts such as m on ta in f ly in g , FARS, a ir tra ff ic c o n tro l, a irp lane ow ners m a in ­tenance p lus assoc ia ted FAA f ilm s .

A lso in May, a f ly o u t is p lanned to Couer d 'A lene , Idaho, to lo o k over the scene o f the In te rn a tio n a l 99s C onven tion in Ju ly . Auburn Radar C enter w ill be the ta rge t fo r a June fly ou t.

M e re d ith G r im e s w a s v o te d in to m em bersh ip by ou r chapter.

Several o f o u r m em bers are busy w o rk ing tow ard new ra tin g s and the need fo r a ll m em bers to be APT is being stressed.

GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER Carol Cansdale, Reporter

We made it! G reater S ea ttle f in a lly go t ou t from under the w eather and we found ourse lves fly in g to Salem , O regon fo r the A p ril 9 m eeting . A la rge r-than -usua l c row d was on hand and fo llo w in g lunch in the a irpo rt restaurant, we m et d o w n s ta irs fo r the bus iness m eeting .

More p lans were d iscussed fo r the In te rna tiona l C onven tion banque t, and m uch to our d e lig h t, it was reported tha t G reater S eattle chap te r p res iden t Sandy S u llivan w ill M .C . the event!

Iona Funk reported on the p roposed 99 d isp la y at th is year’s Paine F ie ld A ir Fair, w h ich a lso has been des igna ted as the o ff ic ia l a ir fa ir o f W a sh in g ton S ta te . We hope to get o th e r area chap te rs involved w ith us in th is .

V is itin g us th is m ee ting w ere: Pegge B linco and B e tty Prakken from C o lu m b ia Cascade chapter, E llie C unn ingham from Rain ier chap ter, and M arge Thom as from the new S tilla g u a m ish chap te r. In ad­d it io n , a warm w e lcom e to p rospective m em bers P r isc illa C ox, Suzie M cG uire and D orothy H aubert.

G reater S eattle m et in Port A nge les fo r ou r May 14th m ee ting . A lth o u g h a b it w in d y , the w ea ther was fin e , thanks to an agreeable w eatherm an. And a p o t- lu ck p icn ic lunch was en joyed by a ll

The S eattle T im es new spaper featured Greater S eattle C hapter in th e ir Sunday m agazine th is m on th . O rig in a lly schedu led to be p rin ted in la te Fall o f 1974, it was postponed several m on th s fo r an unknow n reason. B e tte r la te than never!

Furthe r p lans w ere d iscussed fo r In te rn a tio n a l C onven tion and we are a ll look ing fo rw ard to seeing everyone there.

M arg e T h o m a s fro m th e newS tila g u a m ish chap te r was ou r guest once aga in . A lso , a spec ia l w e lcom e to Lavelle B e tts of A nchorage , w ho was in S ea ttle fo r the weekend.

A spec ia l trea t to report on next m on th . O ur f ly - in w ill be to a u th o r Ernest G ann ’s is land ranch on F riday H arbor fo r ou r 2nd annua l hayride and p o tlu c k lunch f ly - in . In the m ea n tim e ...g e t APT!

M O N TA N A CHAPTER Dorothy Albright, Reporter

The May m ee ting was held in B illin g s , M ontana, w here a m oney ra is ing p ro jec t was held on the a irpo rt. A plane (fa r from p la in ) and car wash was he ld . There were several “ veh ic le s ” w ashed by bu t a few ga ls , and som e en joyab le fr ie n d ly fun was had too.

Som e prev ious a c tiv it ie s in c lu d e an a ir m ark ing p ro je c t a t A u g u s ta w h ich is near G reat F a lls , M ontana. That p a rticu la r day was a w arm , love ly tim e to app rec ia te the beauty o f the R ockies from ju s t the eastern s lope o f the rugged crags. These p ro jec ts are w o rth w h ile .

Because o f such snow s as the B ig Sky C oun try had d u rin g th is past num ber of m on th s there were m any m on th s w ith F ly- Ins c a n c e lle d ; how ever in A p ril there was a "d r iv e - in " ga the rin in R oundup. The loca l C iv il A ir Patro l was represented to aid “ in co m ing p ilo ts ” as w e ll as the C ham ber o f C om m erce o f f ic ia ls on hand as g reeters. H ig h lig h tin g the day w as a v is it to the M ontana A rt Bronze, w h ich is w e ll w o rth the e ffo rt to s to p and take a look-see. A rt is ts are rece iv ing in to the fo u r fig u re fo r bronze item s, n a tio n a lly recogn ized , too .

RAINIER CHAPTER Cindy Knechtel, Reporter

O ur las t tw o m ee tings were held at m em bers ' hom es loca ted on tw o d iffe re n t a irpo rts in o u r area. There are advantages and d isadvantages to th is .

On May 1st at E lli C u n n in g ha m 's hom e at Crest A irp a rk , in K ent, we e lected chap te r o ffic e rs . We a lso w atched Jan M arkey, one o f ou r CFI m em bers, in ­s tru c tin g Pat J o g tic h in her C essna 210. W a tch in g a ll o f the ta ke o ffs and land in g s from E ll i ’s liv in g room is d is tra c tin g , but a lw ays en joyab le .

On May 4 th we had a w o rksho p at E lise S m ith ’s hom e on a b e a u tifu l g rass a irs tr ip , S outh P ra irie , to w ork on o u r d e co ra tion p ro jec t fo r the C oeur d ’A lene In te rn a tio n a l C onven tion . W e a c tu a lly a cco m p lish e d q u ite a lo t betw een w a tch in g tw o S tear- m ans d o g fig h tin g overhead and C lif f H o w a rd p ra c t ic in g h is c h a m p io n s h ip a e roba tic ac t over and a round S outh

Prairie , T h is live en te rta in m e n t at these m ee tings is g rea t!

W a sh in g ton w eather is s t i l l keeping our g roup in suspense . W e were a ll looking fo rw ard to a fly - in lunch at F riday Harbor, one o f th e San Juan Is lands north of Seattle , but we were weathered ou t. It was even to o low fo r us to get to ou r a lternate, Thun F ie ld , o n ly a ten m in u te f l ig h t away!

Jeri R eyno lds is the proud m other of Aaron C u rtis R eyno lds, a new e ig h t pound ju n io r p ilo t , born A p ril 10th.

L inda R o lczynsk i and Sharon V incent are bo th APT a fte r several busy m onths w ith o u t be ing in the a ir. The w eather th is w in te r d id not a llo w any W ash ing ton ians to w ear ou r w in g s ou t, un fo rtu n a te ly .

E lli C unn ingham is now m ulti-eng ine rated in a B eechcra ft Travel A ir. To reward he rse lf, she departed May 5th in her newly pa in ted B onanza fo r W ash in g ton , D.C. w ith co m p a n io n Dan M cE lroy and her pet S co tty , K irs t i. They were to s to p enrou te to v is it E ll i’s paren ts in P hoenix, A rizona. I am the ch ie f “ lin e g ir l” and ass is tan t m anager o f C rest A irpa rk , and E lli pu lled in to get fue l be fore she le ft. I was a litt le em barrassed w hen I to ld her it looked like a great day to f ly som ew here fo r co ffee, and asked her w here she was go ing . She ca lm ly in fo rm ed me th a t she w as leaving fo r a m on th to go to W ash in g ton D.C.

Oh, w e ll, the news repo rte r is a lw ays the last to kn o w ...

YAKIM A VALLEY CHAPTER Jan LeCocq, Reporter

O ur new chap te r is g e ttin g under way w ith G in i R icha rdson ou r leader. O ur basic goal w ill be c o n tin u in g education in av ia tion and the h is to ry o f f ly in g in the Yakim a Valley.

Sha ll repo rt on ou r cha rte r m em bers and b ring you up to da te as we progress.

B la s tin g o ff w ith G in i R ichardson, fo rm er w in n e r o f the Powder P uff Derby fly in g fo r the 22nd tim e . She has been a past G overnor, V ice Gov. and Secretary of the N .W . S ec tio n . D aughter J il l and niece Debbie L indem an are bo th freshm an at the U o f W a s h in g to n w ith c o m m e rc ia l licenses. J i l l a lso is active in tra in in g and show ing H un te rs and Jum pers . C indy L indem an s t i l l ano the r niece p ilo t works here in to w n and her extra tim e goes in to m aking jew e le ry and m acram e.

K a th i M ercy is ano th e r gal in te rested in tra in in g and r id in g horses and w orked on the W ash S ta te Open H orse Show . Shirley Patnode bes ides a private p ilo t likes m o to rc y c lin g , sn o w m o b lin g , w a tersk iing and is a chu rch o rg a n is t. P ilo t N ita Van A m berg is e d uca tion C hairm an on the Board o f th e Y ak im a Valley M em orial H o sp ita l A u x ila ry in charge o f the High S choo l M ed ica l Careers Program . Then Mary W illia m s en joys week-end fly in g w ith the fa m ily to th e ir cab in on Lopez Island and she is a real te n n is b u ff. Jan LeCocq besides fly in g and te n n is keeps busy w ith tender lov ing care go ing in to the fru it c rops . And w o u ld you be lieve end ing up w ith ano the r f ly in g G in i Epps W hitaker. A lso a f ly in g fa m ily — fa ther, s ix brothers,

tw o are fixed base opera to rs and tw o com m erica l p ilo ts and husband B ill is r ig h t in there.

We have three o r fo u r m ore to b ring in to the fo ld and sha ll report on them next tim e.

Look fo rw ard to seeing you C ouer d ’ Alene.

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

O K LA H O M A -T E X A S V >

‘Twas the n ig h t a fte r S ec tiona l (South C entra l, tha t is)Not a N ine ty -N ine s tirred in A b ile n e Tow n. For as soon as c lo u d s lifte d , o u r v is ito rs flew ,To the p laces far and near tha t each best knew.W indsox were fu rled and sen t w ith m uch care,To Hazel and Bax, tw o o f those w ith a fla ir . F ine N ine ty -N ines , A b ilene ve rs ion , Drempt dream s o f n ice people, p re tty planes,Blue bags in p ro fu s io n ,And m any warm fee ling o f w o rk in g team ­likeA m id w e ll, m aybe a LITTLE c o n fu s io n H o p e fu lly a ll those w ho a ttended ,Had ha lf as m uch fun we A b ile n ia n s in ­tendedWe rea lly and tru ly loved having you here!

If one o f the purposes o f a S ectiona l is to generate en thus iasm , p a rtic ip a tin g in th is one as deeply as we d id ce rta in ly accom p lished tha t a im . We cam e away w ith a new respect and a d m ira tio n fo r N in e ty -N in e s in d iv id u a l ly an d th e o rgan iza tion as a w ho le .

May 1 was N in e ty -N in es ' Day in Texas and ou r chap te r bough t and he lped p lan t a live oak tree in the p u b lic park ing area at A b ilene M un ic ipa l A irp o rt. O ur May m eeting was a c o m b in a tio n sack lunch fly - in to B row nw ood M un ic ipa l to see the C onfederate A ir Force p lanes th a t are usua lly in the hangar there , and a bon voyage party fo r M arj A ndrew s w ho

deserted d ishes and d u tire s to watch N ervous N av iga to r Mac co n d uc t h is fin a l m eeting as P residen t o f Reta il F urn itu re A s s o c ia tio n — in Lausanne, S w itze rland .

B e tty H eise was inv ited to speak fo r N ine ty -N in es at the loca l L io n s ' C lub luncheon on May 23.

ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER Becky Lutz, Reporter

The N a tiona l In te rco lle g ia te F ly ing A sso c ia tio n c o m p e tit io n is over, bu t w e 'll long rem em ber the e n th u s ia s tic and co m p e titive young flye rs that sw arm ed Santa Fe in A rp il. The fo llo w in g awards were presented by the 99s: Karen C oyle o f N orth Dakota was awarded the A rlene Davis M em oria l T rophy fo r Top W om an P ilo t. Susan K ing o f Em bry R idd le was g iven the W o m an ’s A ch ievem ent Aw ard sponsored by 99s In te rn a tio n a l. The A lbuque rque C hapter p resented a Safe ty P laque to C ypress C o llege fo r th e ir o u t­s ta n d ing sa fe ty p rocedures d u rin g the m eet.

Joy Feak and K athy Fox in te rv iew ed over fifte e n cand ida tes fo r the W om an 's A ch ievem ent Aw ard w h ile the o th e r g ir ls were kep t busy a s s is tin g w ith re g is tra tio n and serving as check p ilo ts fo r the nav iga tion p o rtio n .

99s were presen t from several s ta tes in c lu d in g in te rn a tio n a l v ice p res iden t Lo is Feigenbaum . The Santa Fe chap te r a lso hosted a luncheon fo r 99s.

In o th e r n e w s ...o u r new est m em ber is Jew el Lundgren , a Cessna 182 ow ner. She reports som e in te re s tin g fly in g th is past m on th when she fle w the r ig h t seat to S iso g u ich ic , M ex ico, in the Cherokee S ix as part o f the St. Judes Express crew . St. Ju d e ’s Express regu la rly f lie s m ed ica l su p p lie s to the Tarahum ara Ind ians in the C h ihuahua and G uaym as area.

A fte r som e de lays caused by weather, we f in a lly a irm arked 7-Bar by add ing the w ord “ A la m e d a " on the east-w est runway. C laud ia B eckner is preparing fo r the DOUBLE I c h e c k flig h t w h ile B .J. S law son decided to try the J-3 Cub. Becky Lutz flew Beech 88R to Puerto V a lla rta . L inda Swann logged som e c ross co u n try tim e w ith a F a rm ing ton tr ip .

ARKANSAS CHAPTER Marguerite Nielson, Reporter

The f ilm “ A Pow der P u ff fo r Jo an " was show n at ou r A p ril m ee ting in L itt le Rock and was th o ro u g h ly en joyed by a ll. It b rough t back lo ts o f m em ories to those w ho have flo w n the Derby. Specia l guests at the m ee ting were C arolyn S u llivan , Nancy M ille r and C hris B row n from the M em ph is C hap ter and Helen W ray from the Shreveport Chapter.

The S pring S ec tiona l held in A b ilene w a s a t te n d e d by L in d a H a rg ra v e s , C ha irm an. She b ro u g h t back lo ts o f in ­fo rm a tio n . The A b ilene C hapter had a w o nde rfu l m eeting .

M arge N ie lsen has been appo in ted S outh C entra l S ection F ly ing A c tiv it ie s C hairm an.

Kay N ew th is ou r nom inee fo r the J im m ie K o lp M em oria l A w ard. Kay devotes m any hours to the 99s bes ides being very active in the C iv il A ir Patro l and num erous a ir races. N ow she is busy m aking p lans fo r the A rkansas A ir Derby to be held June 13-14 at the H ot S p rings M un ic ipa l A irp o rt and the Sky Lady Derby to be held A ugust1-2 at the N orth L it t le Rock A irp o rt.

C o n g ra tu la tio n s are in o rde r to Peggy M ayo and 4 9 1/2 Robert fo r o b ta in in g th e ir seaplane ra ting . Peggy is a W isco n s in 99 w ho is te m p o ra rily liv ing in A rkansas. They took advantage o f the fa c ilit ie s o ffe red at the A n th o n y Is land Seaplane Base in Hot

Getting together in Little Rock for a meeting in April were the fo llow ing: Kneeling left to right: Nancy M iller (Mem phis), Cary Hunt (Arkansas), Carolyn Sullivan (Mem phis), and Helen Wray (Shreveport).Standing left to right: Ruth Gray (Arkansas), Chris Brown (Mem phis), Kay Newth (Arkansas), Cam ellia Smith (Arkansas) and Linda Hargraves (Arkansas).

ABILENE, TEXAS CHAPTER Marjorie Andrews, Reporter

Abilene Chapter members Alice Foeh, left, and Betty Heise, third from left, greet Oklahoma members Jan Mauritson and Lee Brown at the Spring South Central Sectional in Abilene.

S prings to add th is ra ting to th e ir ac­co m p lishm e n ts .

L inda Hargraves ju s t com p le ted a 6 weeks com m erc ia l g round schoo l and passed the w ritte n w ith f ly in g co lo rs .

O ur new est m em ber is Reva Kaye Beason o f L itt le Rock, w hom we w e lcom e.

CIM M ARO N CHAPTER Patty McClure, Reporter

The A p ril m eeting was ca lled to o rde r at L ibera l A irc ra ft, L ibe ra l, Kansas, and a fte r the bus iness m ee ting , Jack H arrison and M ike Brandenberg o f N a tiona l A v ia tio n In s u ra n c e U n d e rw r ite rs f ro m D a lla s , Texas, presented a very in te re s tin g and in fo rm a tive program e xp la in in g A v ia tion Insurance term s and coverage fo r General A v ia tio n ow ners and p ilo ts . T h is program w ou ld be in te res ting and h e lp fu l to any 99 chapter.

We are happy to repo rt G ail S m ith has passed her in s tru m e n t w r itte n ...N o w we hope to have a no the r in s tru m e n t rated m em ber real soon . G ail w asn ’t ab le to a ttend o u r A p ril 99s m ee ting as she had taken her plane and som e s tu d e n ts o f the A v ia t io n F ra te rn ity S e w a rd C o u n ty C o m m u n ity C o llege on a tr ip to Denver.

We are proud to report the S afe ty G uide we tu rned in on Dodge C ity has resu lted in the FAA tak ing a c tio n to co rrec t the c o n fu s in g runway num bers on runw ays 02 and 20.

C im arron C hapter 99s p rovided cook ies fo r the re freshm en t break at the P ilo t E duca tiona l C lin ic at the C o llege in L ibe ra l, Ks. 4-29-75. O u rc h a p te rg e ts good loca l p u b lic ity fo r th is p ro je c t and ou r m em bers en joy and b e n e fit from the program .

O ur May m ee ting was a f ly - in - t r ip to L indsborg , Kansas. T w en ty fo u r m em bers and guests en joyed s ig h t-se e in g , lunch and shopp ing in th is sm a ll Sw ed ish co m m u n ity .

DALLAS CHAPTER Jerry M elton, Reporter

D allas C hapter’s Sue M addock had an experience o f a life t im e w h ile v is it in g in London ju s t by chance at the tim e o f the B r i t is h S e c t io n ’s 1 0 th A n n iv e rs a ry C e leb ra tion . Sue and her husband Frank tu rned o u t to be the o n ly represen ta tives from the U nited S ta tes and jo in e d the ranks o f roya lty and ce le b rit ie s fo r the occas ion . Sue was honored by be ing seated next to the P rincess d u rin g the aw ards cerem ony and fo u nd her to be a d e lig h tfu l w om an, in te res ted and in fo rm ed about a v ia tion . Sue th o u g h t the B rit is h 99s were m arve lous and she speaks h ig h ly o f her new found 99 fr ie n d s and the h ig h lig h t o f her European tr ip . M eanw h ile , back on the hom e fro n t, D allas C hap te r is busy as ever w ith m any a c tiv it ie s . We w o u ld like to announce the arriva l o f tw o new 9 9 s-to -be : M arcy Jane M arquess on Feb. 15 and Je n n ife r Gersbach on Feb. 26. B o th have a lready a ttended th e ir f ir s t 99 m ee ting !

The Dallas C hapter P ro fic ie n cy A ir Race was held at Love F ie ld on May 17th.

Several o f o u r m em bers were in­te rv iew ed, a long w ith m em bers o f the G olden T riang le C hapter, fo r the Fort W orth S ta r-Te legram . They are do ing a specia l fea ture on loca l wom en in aviation.

On th e way to the s ta rtin g p o in t fo r the Angel Derby, C arol W heeler and Edna W hyte s topped o ff in New York where Edna unve iled her OX-5 bronze at the C u rtis W rig h t A v ia tio n M useum .

O ur new chap te r o ffic e rs have been e lec ted : Chairman, Carol Wheeler; Vice- Chairman, Henrietta Pence; Secretary, Nancy Arm strong; Treasurer, Juanita W addell.

GOLDEN TRIANG LE CHAPTER Linda Hooker, Reporter

A p ril began w ith a S afe ty Sem inar at Tarrant C oun ty Jr. C o llege at w h ich we had an a ttendance o f app ro x im a te ly 250 area p ilo ts . The fo llo w in g week at o u r regular m o n th ly m ee ting , Mr. D ick S choo lc ra ft of MED-EVAC w as ou r guest speaker. MED- EVAC is a new em ergency he licop te r am bu lance serv ice w h ich w ill serve the D a lla s -F o r t W o r th a re a and th e ir su rround ing c it ie s and co u n trie s . The next weekend fo u nd 19 o f o u r 32 m em bers in A b ilene , Texas fo r the SCS S pring Section M eeting . On A p ril 19th s ix teen Golden T riang le rs s to rm ed G ranbury M un ic ipa l A irp o rt by a ir fo r a F ly -In and A irm ark ing sess ion . The nam e and e leva tion were layed o u t and pa in ted and the runway num bers were pa in ted aga in . A big thanks to 49'/2ers T .W . W hee lock and “ B ud” B rooks w ho he lped ou t. S aturday, April 26th, 12 m em bers o f the G olden T riangle C hapter becam e "v ic t im s ” o f an a irp lane- a irpo rt d isa s te r. The occass ion was the 1 st “ D isaste r & E vacuation D r ill" ever staged anyw here at a m a jo r a irpo rt. The D-FW A irp o rt A u th o rity , the FAA and those a ir lin e s se rv ic ing D-FW , the w o r ld ’s largest and m ost m odern a irpo rt, team ed up in an e ffo rt to show how q u ic k ly and o rderly a d isa s te r and evacuation cou ld be handled under em ergency c o n d it io n s . P a rtic ipa tion in th is event w as by in v ita tio n on ly and G olden T ria n g le fe lt very honored to be a part o f the e ffo rt.

May 1st, 1975, was a h is to r ic day fo r 99s in Texas. On tha t day the Texas State Leg is la tu re honored 99s across the state fo r th e ir c o n tr ib u tio n s to general aviation and f l ig h t sa fe ty by fo rm a lly p roc la im ing it “ 99 Day in T exas .” The b ill se ttin g May 1st as “ 99 Day in Texas” was sponsored in the H ouse by R epresenta tive C harles Evans (491/2 o f Pat Evans) and in the Senate by Senator Peyton M cK n ig h t. G olden Triangle hosted the a c tiv it ie s su rro u n d in g th is m om en tous o ccass ion w h ich began the evening o f A p ril 30th w ith a reception honoring Texas 99s and S ta te Leg is la tors. A banque t-type b reakfas t the next m or­n ing , May 1st, w ith Texas A eronautics C o m m iss io n e r Rex C obb le as guest speaker and hon orin g Tefcas Charter M em ber 99s, Retha M cC u lloh Crittenden and Jo seph ine C. W ood W lling fo rd , s tarted the da y ’s a c tiv it ie s . The breakfast was then fo llo w e d by the o ffic ia l P roc lam a tion C erem ony at the Capito l

EL PASO CHAPTER Norma Kudiesy, Reporter

At o u r m o n th ly m eeting at Jean C a rtie r’s house p lans fo r ou r second annua l MS b reakfast and the AW TAR fly b y in J u ly were d iscussed . A ll chap te r m em ebers are w o rk in g on the AW TAR s to p . The MS breakfast on Sunday M ary 4, at the El Paso In te rna tiona l A irp o rt, in a hanger donated fo r our use by S ou thw est A ir Rangers, ou r success th is year exceeded expec ta tio n s . F lyers were m ailed to various chap te rs and p oste r d itr ib u te d to loca l s to res . M em bers APT are Ruth Deerm an, C heri S pe ir, and K athy L in d le y . K a thy w as voted in as a new m em ber at th is m ee ting g iv in g o u r chap te r a m o the r and d a u gh te r team . P o lly Thom as now has an in s tru m e n t ra ting . Evelyn U n d e rw o o d , a c o m m e rc ia l an d in ­s trum en ted rated p ilo t is a tte n d in g g round schoo l to b rush up on the la tes t in f ly in g . Evelyn has re jo ined the El Paso chap te r a fte r a long absence now th a t her A ir Force husband is re tired . C indy W illia m s fle w to Ja ckso n v ille , F lo r id a the m id d le o f May. G overnor B riscoe o f Texas p roc la im ed 99 day th ro u g h o u t the s ta te and fo r the fe s tiv it ie s Ruth Deerman and husband C harlie a ttended the ce rem ony May 1st in A u s tin . Lou ise M itch e ll spen t a week in B aboragam i, M ex ico w o rk in g w ith DoCare, Inc. on a c lin ic p ro je c t to p rov ide hea lth care fo r people liv in g in rem ote areas of tha t coun try .

FORT W ORTH CHAPTER Jean Bishop, Reporter

O ur A p ril m ee ting was a d in n e r m eeting w ith ou r 4 9 1/2ers. O ur guest speaker was Duane C ole , w ho to ld us o f h is early days f ly in g a irsho w s and show ed us a f i lm on the EAA and O shkosh.

Carol W hee le r and Edna W hyte fle w the A nge l Derby. Edna W hyte and Tony Page a ttended the 1975 A nnua l R eded ica tion B anquet sponsored by the H is to ry o f A v ia tion C o lle c tio n and the H u m an itie s Research C ente r o f the U n ive rs ity o f Texas. The guest speaker at the banquet w as a s tro n a u t N eil A. A rm s tro n g .

Auleen H a ll fle w to W a sh in g to n , D.C. to e n joy the C herry B lossom fe s tiva l and a lso to Pebble Beach, C a lifo rn ia , fo r a vaca tion and to v is it fr ie n d s . Jean B ishop fle w to C a lifo rn ia w ith her husband Tom . Tom w on f ir s t p lace in h is f ir s t ae roba tic co n te s t at A pp le V a lley , C a lifo rn ia .

Dallas Chapter’s Sue Maddock visits with E n g la n d ’s P rin cess A le x a n d ra and Governor Shiela Scott at 10th Anniversary Celebration of the British Section.

B u ild in g in A u s tin . Over 60 99s from a ll parts o f Texas a ttended the "99 Day in Texas” a c tiv itie s . May 10th found chap te r m em bers on the roo f at A r lin g to n M un ic ipa l A irp o rt fo r ano the r a irm a rk ing and on May 22nd the U n ive rs ity o f Texas at A rlin g to n was the s ite o f ano th e r G olden Triang le sponsored S afe ty S em inar. One a irm ark ing in a m on th was no t enough fo r the g ir ls , so on May 24th we jou rneyed to C leburne to leave ou r m ark on th e ir run ­way. In a d d itio n to a ll the above a c tiv it ie s , Golden T riang le jo in e d w ith the o th e r D a llas-F t. W orth area 99 chap te rs to sponsor the S ou thw est R egiona l F lig h t In s tru c to r o f the Year A w ard Banquet in D enton, Texas on May 23rd.

HOUSTON CHAPTER Stephanie Vickery, Reporter

The H ou s to n C hapter ex tends a big w e lcom e and c o n g ra tu la tio n s to the new ly chartered Space C ity C hap ter o f the 99s. We are happy to have ano the r 99s C hapter in the H ouston area.

The H ouston C hap ter held an av ia tion sa fe ty sem ina r at David W ayne H ooks M em oria l A irp o rt at T om b a ll, Texas, on May 21. Dr. Jack K irby spoke on the e f­fec ts o f the everyday d rugs on f ly in g , and an FAA av ia tion sa fe ty f ilm w as viewed.

A new m eeting n ig h t has been te m ­po ra rily adopted . D uring the sum m er the H ouston C hapter w ill m eet every th ird Tuesday evening in the hom e o f a H ouston 99,

May 1, 1975, was des igna ted “ N ine ty - N ine Day in Texas" by the Texas Leg is la ture . Am ong those a tte nd in g the P roc lam ation C erem ony at th e s ta te ca p ito l in A u s tin were A dele Baker, Ann Eng lish , B e tty F ru itts , and A lice Seaborn of the H ouston C hapter.

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to A udrey H aley w ho earned her m u lti-e n g in e ra ting in her Cessna 310 on May 12. New m em ber Patty V ick has ju s t passed the w ritte n exam s fo r a com m erc ia l license and in s tru m e n t rating .

The H ouston C hap ter w e lcom es new m em bers C hris S to rm s Demi and Patty V ick. We were a lso g lad to have Shreveport C hapter m em ber E lba Bond at the May m eeting.

A lice Seaborn a ttended a m ee ting o f the U n ivers ity o f Texas H is to ry o f A v ia tion M useum in A u s tin A p ril 11 ; from there she went to A b ilene fo r the S pring m ee ting of the South Centra l S ec tion . A lic e is again APT.

M.E. O live r was nam ed In fo rm a tion O ffice r o f the Year by the Texas W ing o f the C iv il A ir Patro l. She w as awarded a plaque at the W ing C onference In A u s tin .

Joyce Johnson and Pat Jam es w ill p ilo t the 45th plane to s ta rt in the 1975 Pow der Puff Derby J u ly 4-7.

KANSAS CHAPTER Carolyn W esterman, Reporter

O ur May m eeting was a f ly - in at A tch in so n , Kansas w ith the Topeka Chapter and the G reater Kansas C ity

C hapter. We tou red the A tc h in s o n C oun ty M useum , the A tc h in s o n H is to r ic a l Hom e, saw and walked a round the yard o f A m e lia Earhart’s hom e. The peop le o f A tch in so n treated us roya lly .

The Kansas C hap ter in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the loca l FAA had a very su cce ss fu l Safety Sem inar. It was e s tim a ted th a t a lm o s t 500 people a ttended . S ince the w ea ther d id not coopera te w ith us, we were very pelased w ith the tu rn ou t.

Pat McEwn has been chosen as the recipient of the International Women's Year Transportation Award for the Region VII Federal Regional Council. She was se lected as the w om an in th is reg ion w ho has made the g rea test c o n tr ib u tio n fo r im p rov ing the s ta tu s o f w om en in the fie ld o f tra n sp o rta tio n . Pat w as chosen fo r her c o n tr ib u tio n to the p ro m o tio n o f sa fe ty in av ia tion and fo r p rov ing th a t there is a great o p p o rtu n ity in the f ie ld o f av ia tion fo r w om en. N eedless to say th a t the Kansas C hapter is very proud o f her.

Tw o Kansas C hapter team s have entered the Powder P u ff Derby - Jack ie Luke & Pat M lady and Pat M cEwen and M arilyn Cope land.

W e are proud to announce Jack ie Luke has ob ta ined her C om m erc ia l L icense.

The Kansas C hap te r is saddened by the death o f M argaret Y ourdon .

Kansas Chapter & FAA safety seminar. L to R: Wanda Cum m ings, Speaker, a 99 from Dallas Texas; C. Don Cary, speaker, Beech Aircraft Corporation; Pat M lady, C h airm an — K ansas C h a p te r ; Marilyn Copeland, Kansas Chapter - Mistress of Cerem onies; W illard “ Pete" Pederson, speaker, Safety Coordination Division, office of General Aviation, W ashington, D.C.

NEBRASKA CHAPTERSharon Meyer, Reporter

Plans are shap ing up fo r the L in co ln S top on the 1975 Pow der P u ff Derby route. Evelyn Sedivy and B e tty A lfred are serving as C o-C hairm en fo r the L in co ln S top. C om m ittee C ha irm en are S h irley Am en and Carmen S tinem an , O p e ra tio n s ; Diane B a r te ls , P u b l ic i t y ; N a n c y A l le y , H o s p ita lity ; Sharon Meyer, H o u s in g ; S a lly Van Z and t, Leg P rizes; and S a lly C lark, T ra n sp o rta tio n . The O ffic ia l T im ers fo r the L in co ln S top w ill be Paulie Perry, C h ie f T im e r , D o t t ie A d c o c k , F irs t A ss is ta n t, and M artha Purdy, Second A ss is ta n t.

A new o rg a n iza tio n , the N ebraska A sso c ia tio n o f Aerospace E duca tors, was fo rm e d re c e n t ly in K e a rn e y . W e 're d e lig h ted th a t the p res iden t o f the brand new o rgan iza tion in N ebraska 99, Evelyn Sedivy. The o rgan iza tio n was form ed th ro u g h the coopera tive e ffo rts o f the Nebraska 99s, the Nebraska D epartm ent o f

A e ronau tics , and the N ebraska A v ia tion and Trades A sso c ia tio n .

O ur annua l F ly in g Poker Game was rained o u t the scheduled weekend in A p ril, bu t the May w ea ther was m ore coopera tive and we d id get to ho ld it on May 17. The rou te th is year was M illa rd , York, Fa irbury, B eatrice , and L in co ln . Prizes o f $50.00, $40.00, and $25.00 were awarded to the top three poker hands. A lso , FBO prizes were awarded to the top hand s ta rted at each a irpo rt. Vera B artunek d id an exce llen t jo b o f o rgan iz ing the poker game.

O ur May m ee ting was at the S uperio r A irp o rt. Carmen S tinem an and Gay Boardm an, w ife o f the FBO, were ou r hostesses. In June , we w ill be m ee ting at N orth P la tte .

O M AHA AREA CHAPTER Pat Krueger, Reporter

As sp ring f in a lly rounded the co rne r ou r A p ril 20th m eeting was held in U tica at the F ly ing V. W in te r was f in a lly over and we were f ly in g again.

Cheri Sm etana and 491/2 Lou are once again busy in tro d u c in g av ia tio n . As Lou fle w over C res tridge on May 6th a g roup of 120 k indergarteners w atched and lis tened as rad io co n ta c t was es ta b lish ed w ith Cheri on the g round . Then on to the buses and o ff to M illa rd A irp o rt fo r a f irs t hand lo o k at an a irp lane . P rospective M em ber Jeanne K a u tte r had her p lane ava ilab le as w e ll as C heri & Lou and the w o rk in g parts o f an a irp lane were exp la ined , end ing w ith s itt in g in the p ilo t ’s seat.

Plans are in progress to A ir Mark South Om aha A irp o rt as soon as w eather per­m its .

Early June w ill f in d Rosem ary B lock and 491/z Max, G eorg iann R ynearson and 49 ’/2 B ill, Suanne Tow nsend and 4 9 1/2 Gary on a fly in g f is h in g tr ip to Canada. Sounds like fun.

Laurie C ox and 491/2 Tom are the proud ow ners o f a Cessna 140 and progress co n tin ue s on the reb u ild in g by Gail Tonnesen and 491/2 Paul’ o f th e ir C lipped W ing Cub, and Pat K rueger and 49Vi Dean o f th e ir Funk.

SAN ANTO NIO CHAPTER Pamela H. Crane, Reporter

Regular bus iness m ee tings o f th e San A n to n io C hap te r were held on A p ril 12th and May 10th at the a irpo rt m ee ting room

Members of the Lincoln Powder Puff Derby Stop Com m ittee are Nebraska 99s (left to right) Nancy A lley, Hospitality, Evelyn S ed ivy , C h a irm a n , D iane B arte ls , Publicity, and Shirley Amen, Operations. Shirley will also be flying in the 1975 Derby with Jan Heins in TAR 53.

(at G en-Aero, Inc.) and rou tin e bus iness was transacted.

A to p ic ot cons ide rab le in te res t at both m eetings was the San A n to n io C hapter's en try in the 1975 AW TAR , D oro thy Colvard and C yn th ia M cG arry, w ho w ill by fly in g D o ro thy ’s M ooney.

The o ft rescheduled a irm a rk ing o f the G uadalupe C oun ty A irp o rt (S egu in , Texas) was f in a lly begun on A p ril 19 th, and the num bers were com p le ted , bu t tim e and weather ran ou t, so p a in tin g o f the name (qu ite an un d e rta k in g !) is p lanned fo r June.

C hapter m em bers w ho a ttended the S outh Centra l S ec tiona l in A b ile n e in A p ril in th e ir ow n a irc ra ft had q u ite a tim e g e tting back to San A n to n io . Texas w eather th is sp ring has d e fin ite ly not been favorab le fo r a v ia tio n -o rie n te d a c tiv it ie s .

Peggy Kem ble and 49'/2er C harles, represented the chap te r at the “ 99 Day in Texas” breakfast in A u s tin on May 1. Charles presented the in vo ca tio n at the breakfast.

Your reporte r and husband Carl are o ff again on May 15 th , th is tim e to Cam ­bridge , M assachuse tts , w here Carl is an inv ited observer at the G u idance and C ontro l B ienn ia l S ym p o s iu m o f the NATO A dv iso ry G roup fo r Aerospace Research and Deve lopm ent.

P lans are underw ay fo r the second annual chap te r p ic n ic in Ju ly , to be held again at the ranch hom e o f B etsy Hogan and 49 ’/2er, B il l. W e are deeply indeb ted to them fo r the ir generous in v ita tio n s fo r so m any o f ou r chap te r a c tiv it ie s .

Safe fly in g to you a ll fo r the sp ring and sum m er!

SHREVEPORT CHAPTER Marjo W right, Reporter

Six planes o f Shreveport 99s and 491/2ers flew to A b ilene , Texas fo r the S pring S ectiona l and fun was the b y -lin e fo r the s to ries about the tr ip . The Shreveport C hapter w on the A ttendence Aw ard and the bea u tifu l trop h y is on d isp la y in the D ow ntow n A irp o rt. Helen H e w itt w on the spo t land ing co n te s t in her Be llanca . O ur C hapter was 100 p e rc e n t APT th is year and

were awarded the APT T rophy. A 99 penant done in n eed lepo in t was a u c tioned o ff d u rin g the m ee ting to raise m oney fo r ou r chapter.

Local fun happend ings are on tap to o . A F ly-In d in n e r and cam p ou t was held the f irs t week in M a y ...O il C ity , Thackers In te rna tiona l A irp o rt w h ich is a p re tty grass s tr ip ow ned by the Thackers. A fish - fry , May 24 th , T o ldeo Ben Lake. O ur hostess 99 M arion P iper and 99 fr iend A m y P ilk in to n ca u g h t, d ressed, and fried the f is h , hush pupp ies , and french fr ies . Evelyn S now and Jere Saur b ro u g h t co le slaw made by a rec ipe th a t feeds 100 people. The rec ipe reads, a peck o f cab­bage etc.

Several o f o u r 99s have been chosen fo r specia l honors - Helen W ray has been selected to serve on the N a tiona l Aero Space C o m m itte e . Evelyn Snow is runn ing fo r th e S ec tion N o m in a tin g C o m m itte e and is f i l l in g the unexp ired te rm fo r V ice- G overnor.

H e le n H e w it t and 49'/2 h u s b a n d , Forrest, are a tte nd in g a banquet in D enton, Texas honoring he Regional In s tru c to r o f the Year. H elen, w as the w inner from D is tr ic t G ADO 11. A lso , a t­tend ing are M ary Jo V oss and Bennie V oss, w ho is the G ADO 11 A cc id e n t P revention S p e c ia lis t.

A irm a rk in g - t h is t im e A la n ta , T exas...S om e fle w and som e rode in Mary Jo V oss ’s m o to r hom e. A ll en joyed the day, in c lu d in g the 4 9 1/2S th a t cam e to help.

SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER Betty Jones, Reporter

N ew M e m b e r— W e w e lc o m e M ary Frendh o f B a ton Rouge. M ary is a p ro fess iona l pho to g ra p he r w ith Jan ’s P hotographs.

99s g o in g here and th e re ...P a t and Roger W ard w ill vaca tion by cam p ing tra ile r in the Eastern R ockies, p a rticu la r ly at the B lack Forest in the C o lo rado S prings area du ring the m on th o f Ju ly , and on to the EAA F ly-In at O s h ko sh — Eleanor and John Low ry p lan to a ttend the F ly-In a lso .

Fran T a y lo r— to Las Vegas N e llis A ir Force Base w ith the C iv il A ir Patro l, May 19, 20 and 21st. M ilita ry f l ig h t - C130 from New O rleans to f ly F111 s im u la to rs at N e llis .

Mary S. W h ite — to Le Sa lvedor on May 17, under P artnersh ip P lan, fo r one week to teach phys ics .

G lo ria H o lm es 4 9 1/2 Dave, spen t a week as a crew m em ber on a 39 fo o t racing sa ilb o a t from C ozum el, Yucatan pen insula to G u lfp o rt, M is s is s ip p i— G lo ria was one o f th ree lady p ilo ts fea tured in a very nice a rtic le abou t w om en in av ia tion in the local new spaper.

E leanor Low ry is 65 per cent com ple te w ith the w in g s fo r her RV-3, and w aiting fo r the de live ry o f m ateria l fo r the fuselage and ta il s e c tio n s ...a ls o c o n s tru c tin g a new house on her farm in N o rthw est A rkan­sas ...and by next m ee ting hopes to have her in s tru m e n t ra ting .

Cal Meredith and Beveraly Titzer were hostesses for the Houma “stop” of the Louisiana Air Tour. Several 99s, from various states were among the guests who were treated to a crawfish boil at the John Montierreo home. The following day they were moto-caded to the gulf for a shrimp boat ride and shrimp gumbo and jam- balaya dinner.

SPANISH PEAKS CHAPTER Joan Alyea, Reporter

A p r il ’s a c tiv it ie s were capped by our Sem inar on W om en in A v ia tio n , held A pril 23 at S ou the rn C o lo rado S ta te College. F ly ing a c tiv it ie s tha t m on th were m in im a l, due to h igh w in d s and d us t s to rm s.

M ay’s m ee ting found us f i l l in g out reports , m ark ing b a llo ts and ce lebra ting Shannon H a w tho rne ’s a c q u is it io n o f a on e -fo u rth in te res t in a “ new ” 1946 S tin so n , in w h ich she has been g e tting a lo t o f ta il d ragger dua l.

Th is reporte r w ill be "g ro u n d e d ” fo r 7 weeks d u rin g the sum m er, due to an ed u ca tio n a l-b us ine ss -va ca tio n so jou rn in M exico C ity and Puebla. The tr ip w ill be com m erica l bu t w ill try to make con tact w ith a few p ilo ts dow n th a t way and check ou t a few a irp o rts . A nd if anyone is th in k in g o f a C o lo rado vaca tion , be sure to s top in P ueb lo and g ive us a ca ll.

TOPEKA CHAPTER Sondra Ridgeway, Reporter

C ha rlo tte Kenney and S ondra Ridgeway were inv ited to present the program at the annual A m e lia Earhart d in n e r m eeting of

Spanish Peaks members sponsored Sem inar on Women in Aviation at Southern Colorado State College in April. Shown left are members and guest speakers: Ann Courtright; Joan Alyea; Chris Berry; Marily Sidwell, FAA Inspector, GADO, Broom field, Colorado; Shirley Marshall, Black Forest G lider Port; Shannon Hawthorne; Mary Adam s, Colorado Chapter; and Grace M ayfield, Aerospace Education teacher and CFI, Denver.

the Topeka C hater of Z on ta C lubs on February 20. O ur s lid e p resen ta tion o f the 1973 Pow der Puff Derby must stop was accepted e n th u s ia s tic a lly by the g roup . They had m any q u e s tio n s and co m m en ts about the race in p a rticu la r and 99s in general.

M arch 8 found 6 Topeka 99s, one 4 9 1/2 and 2 guests fly in g away to O m aha fo r lunch and jo in t b u s iness m eeting w ith the Omaha Area C hapter. A lo t o f v is it in g went on w ith G ail Tonneson and Laurie Cox w ho bo th transfe rred to O m aha from the Topeka C hapter.

N ew ly e lected o ffic e rs fo r the 1975-76 year are : Barbara Ruhnke-Chairman;Virginia Marshall-Vice Chairm an; Marge Suchsland-Secretary and Mary Landis- Treasurer.

Two Topeka 99s V irg in ia M arsha ll and C harlo tte Kenney are cu rre n tly w o rk in g on ins trum en t ra tings and Sondra R idgew ay is s t i l l p lug g in g away at CFI.

Sondra and Dale R idgew ay a ttended O peration R aincheck at Kansas C ity A ir Route T ra ffic C ontro l C enter fo r 4 n ig h ts in A p ril.

Hazel and Tom N eely represented ou r chapter at the S outh C entra l S ection spring m ee ting at A b ilene , Texas on A p ril11- 12- 13.

Six Topeka 99s jo ined m em bers o f the Kansas and Kansas C ity chap te rs fo r a jo in t f ly - in and bus iness m ee ting May 10 at A tch iso n , Kansas. We toured the A m e lia Earhart e x h ib it a t the A tch iso n H is to r ica l S oc ie ty and v is ited the house w here she was born on a b e a u tifu l tree -lined stree t ove rlook ing the M isso uri R iver. A q u ick tr ip to the s ite o f the proposed “ Forest o f F rie n d sh ip ” ended a day o f fe llo w s h ip w ith ou r 99s ne ighbors .

Tar 64 w ith S ondra R idgew ay, Topeka p ilo t and Barbara E ldred, L it t le Rock, A rkansas c o -p ilo t w ill be w in g in g its way to R iverside in a few weeks fo r the P .P .D . s ta rt. A n o th e r f irs t fo r ou r sm a ll chap ter.

C om ing events inc lu d e an ia rm ark ing at M anhattan, Kansas June 14, a ss is tin g w ith A irp o rt open house at M anhattan on Ju ly 19 and a sa fe ty sem ina r s t i l l in the p lan ­n ing s tages fo r O ctober.

Virginia Hocker, Zonta Clubs International (L) and Sondra Ridgeway, Topeka 99s discussing 1973 PPD.

TULSA CHAPTER Jan Mauritson, Reporter

One o f the m ost o u ts ta n d in g events o f the sp ring was ou r A p ril m ee ting at the

hom e o f Sue and Ken D uncan. The hom estead in c lu d e s "N eve rsw e a t" a irpo rt, a f ly - in m ee ting . The se ttin g fo r the house and a irpo rt is p ic tu re sq u e and w as ex­ce p tio n a lly b e a u tifu l th is s rp ing season. The Duncans have a m u ltitu d e o f b ird houses and feeders a round th e ir yard and have the m ost im p ress ive varie ty o f b irds , besides the m eta l ones, th a t one m ig h t see o u ts id e o f an A tr iu m . A liv in g room p ic tu re w in d o w looks o u t o n to a va lley w here the a irp o rt is loca ted.

Ken inv ited everyone dow n to the hangar to see h is b rig h t red expe rim en ta l a irc ra ft know n as Long Dong. Then he pu t the b ird in a c tio n and gave us a real a irshow .

On A p ril 6 we a irm arked Pryor A irp o rt and have a co u p le m ore schedu led in the near fu tu re .

D uring the m eeting at Sue’s, Deanna and Joh n n ie reported on the S ection m eeting at A b ilene . In A p ril Deanna R obertson go t her doub le I ra ting .

The May m eeting was held at the new hom e o f Jan M au ritso n , w ho was unable to a ttend the p rev ious m ee ting at the D un­can 's , s ince tha t was m oving w eek-end.

M ost of the May m ee ting w as spen t in m aking and c o n firm in g p lans fo r the AW TAR s top in T u lsa . F o llo w in g the bus iness m ee ting we had tw o ex­c e p t io n a l ly g o o d m o v ie s : “ T h u n ­d e rs to rm s” and “ The U nchained G od­dess” , a lso on w ea ther - very t im e ly fo r the season in th is part o f the co u n try . We added tw o new m em bers to ou r g roup . E arline in teach ing ano th e r g round schoo l c lass. Deanna has several s tu d en ts now and ju s t last week so loed her f irs t s tu d en t - w h ich is p robab ly m ore e x c itin g fo r the In s tru c to r than the s tu d e n t. Jan is in the a ir a lm os t from d a y lig h t to fa rk and had d if f ic u lty fin d in g tim e fo r her m oving p ro jec t.

E xc item en t is h igh a bou t the AW TAR and hope to w e lcom e m any co n tes ta n ts w ho s to p in Tulsa.

W ICHITA FALLS CHAPTER Lou Ellen Foster, Reporter

Big th in g s were p lanned fo r 11 May m ee ting . D idn ’t w o rk ou t. Lou B urne tt ou r a irm a rk ing had to m ove sud d en ly as husband Jerry w as tran fe red back to Dallas. O ur d in n e r b u ffe t and m eeting was succe ss fu l. Those a tte nd in g were Ruth and Paul R enton, Lew is and Lou Ellen Foste r, Tom and C aro lyn Sanders, Bob and L indy N ich o lso n , Nan Park and Sue S tille y . A fte r the d in n e r the men were le ft to hanger f ly and o u r b u s iness moved to o th e r quarters.

New o ffice rs fo r o u r chap te r are Nan Park Chairman, Lindy Nicholson vice- chairman; Lou Ellen Foster Secretary; Margie Harris treasurer. O ther o ffic e rs w ill be appo in ted la ter.

We are proud o f o u r th ree new m em bers. Sue S tille y o f N ocona, Texas; C aro ly Sanders and M ona M cKee o f W ic h ita F a lls .

Lou Ellen and Lew is F oste r presented a p o rtio n of the sem ina r on “ Vaca tion F ly in g ” arranged by R edbird C hapter o f Dallas on 10 M ay. Foste rs su b je c t was “ Is land F ly in g " . Everyone is look ing

fo rw ard to vaca tions , in te rn a tio n a l in Coeru d ’A lene then sec tion in Denver.

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KENTUCKY ■ M ICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSOURI • OHIO ■ WISCONSIN

ALL-OHIO CHAPTER Charleen M ehaffie, Reporter

M eeting in A p ril at C le rm on t C ounty A irp o rt, Batavia, w ith R osa lie B u rche tt and Mary M ille r as ou r hos tesses, a p roposa l was presented to us by D oris S co tt, w ho is on the A v ia tio n C o u n c il o f the Dayton Cham ber o f C om m erce , th a t the O h io 99s be the o ff ic ia l hostesses fo r the Dayton A ir Fair (Ju ly 26 and 27, 1975) at Cox M un ic ipa l A irp o rt. We w ou ld conduc t gu ided to u rs , he lp the news m edia people f in d events they w ish to cover, and so fo rth . W e voted to accep t th is in v ita tio n .

B onnie M cSw ain has been w o rk ing hard p u ttin g ou r poke r party to g e th e r fo r June 15.

In A p r il, M arc ia G reenham spoke to the M id d le to w n A m erican B us iness W om en ’s A sso c ia tio n on “ F ly in g as a H o b b y ." Sandy S to rh ok cha ired a w o rkshop on “ W om en in F ly in g ” at the C entra l O hio Conference o f the C h ild h o o d C onservation League. M arilynn M ille r and B onnie M cSw ain m ade the TV news in C o lum bus on g e tting ready to f ly the A ngel Derby. M arilynn is o u r f ir s t m em ber to be APT fo r the 6th consecu tive year. B onn ie M cSwain received her C om m erc ia l.

On M arch 23, D oris G ill flew to Ann A rbor, M ich igan , to com pe te in the reg iona l c o m p e tit io n fo r the U.S. P recis ion F lig h t Team. She d id n ’t q u a lify bu t d id qu ite w e ll co n s id e rin g her c o m p e tit io n was 98 per cen t m ale and very capable.

O ur May a ir m ark ing m ee ting was held at Delaware M un ic ipa l A irp o rt, Delaware and ou r hostesses were C ha rlo tte Kuhn, Nancy

Many of the All-Ohio members par­ticipated in the “Spring Bonnet” contest during the April 20 meeting at Clermont County, Batavia.

front: Joan Repik, Doris G ill, Doris Scott, Marilyn Collette, Joan Cord, Joy Shaver, Rose Wyseon stairs: Lois Taylor, Virginia Thomas,

Jeane W olcott, Anne Esselburne, Patti W olfe, Clara Thorpe, Marilynn Miller, Bonnie M cSwain, Rose Burchett (kneeling) Jane W eislogel (in her flying helmet) and Carol Ferris.

All-Ohio Chapter members took part April 20 in the 99s participation in Earth Week, April 20-26. A six-state, six-stop relay flight from Parkersburg, West Virginia, to the site of the International Forest of Friendship, in Atchison, Kansas focused on the three themes of the Bicentennial - Heritage, Festival and Horizons. Taking part in the ceremony at Clermont County, Batavia, Ohio were Clara Tharpe, Rose Burchett, State Senator W illiam H. Mussey, Jane W eislogel (rear Barbara Baron (Lake Erie and pilot from Parkerburg to Batavia), Doris Gill (p ilo t from Batavia to Valparaiso, Indiana), Pat Fairbanks, State Representative Harry C. M alott, Sue Grethel (Clermont Bicentennial Com m ittee), Betty Bobo (kneeling) and Virginia Thomas (on wing).

Shaw, and Cam S tom berg . The w ea ther co-opera ted and we p u t "D e law are , O h io ” on the tax iw ay.

We had several m em bers com pe te in the A ngel Derby in M ay. S oph ie Payton and c o -p ilo t Pat Fa irbanks p laced th ird in a M ooney; D o ttie A nderson and c o -p ilo t M arilynn M ille r p laced fo u rth in a Cherokee 180; and B onn ie M cSw ain and c o -p ilo t Doris G ill p laced 25th in a G rum m an- Am erican T iger donated by H ausserm an A v ia tio n in C o lum bus.

W elcom e tw o new m em bers: S h irley Joanne Repik, S p rin g fie ld , ow ns a Cessna 182, and M arion A lice B lossom w ho ow ns a Bonanza and is p lann ing to com pe te in the Powder P u ff Derby.

CAPE GIRARDEAU CHAPTER Sue Long, Reporter

Everyone has go tten sp ring fever. Lo is and Feigenbaum and I traveled to the S ou thw est sp ring sec tio n a l in P hoen ix. We both had such a m arve lous tim e seeing o ld fr iends and m ee ting new ones. Lo is to ld what the board has been do ing and how our b e a u tifu l new headquarters b u ild in g is com ing a long . She show ed the new A m e lia Earhart m edal, w h ich is love ly . From Phoenix we traveled to Santa Fe, New M exico, fo r the N IFA (N a tion a l In te r­co lle g ia te F ly ing A sso c ia tio n ) m eet. There were so m any young g ir ls in c o m p e tit io n th is year w ho learned from the 99s about the o rgan iza tion .

Evelyn B ra ise has been busy at the D yersburg, Tennessee, a irpo rt. She co ­ord ina ted a CAP sponsored “ a ir l i f t " to take tw enty-6even teenage cade ts on th e ir f irs t fa m ilia riza tio n f l ig h t . She a lso he lped an

Exp lo re r S cou t T roop earn its av ia tion badge; besides co n d u c tin g several p ilo t g round sch o o l sess io n s !

C ha irm a ine Freem an gave a speech on av ia tion to the J u n io r H igh sch o o l in Dyersburg and took tw o g roups of preschoo le rs on to u r o f the a irpo rt.

O ur May luncheon m ee ting was in Paducah, K en tucky and a ttended by m any in c lu d in g my Je ffre y (age 2) and Jacque line (age 3 1/4). The Cape G iradeau Area C hapter has donated the N in e ty -N in e Ins ig n ia d o o r hand les th a t have ju s t been p laced on the fro n t d oo rs o f o u r new headquarters b u ild in g . They are love ly ! The f l ig h t hom e w as p leasant w ith Je ffrey exhausted and on h is m o m m y ’s lap and Jacque line f ly in g r ig h t seat, in fro n t w ith her hands on the c o n tro ls . As I dozed o ff Iheard her g randm a Feigenbaum sa y in g -------"T h is is the a r t if ic ia l h o rizo n — keep the line s tra ig h t." W hen we g o t hom e Jacque line sa id “ W hen can I be a 99 g randm a?” W e a ll sm iled .

H appy F ly in g .

CENTRAL ILLINO IS CHAPTER Jean Boyd, Reporter

It was a b e a u tifu l day fo r the A p ril 5th jo in t m ee ting o f C entra l I l l in o is chap te r and Quad C itie s and G reater C h icago race board m em bers. T h ir ty -e ig h t were present fo r the race bus in e ss m eeting he ld at W illa rd A irp o rt, C ham pa ign , Ill in o is .

F o l lo w in g a f in e lu n c h e o n , we ce lebra ted the 30th ann iversary o f the C entra l I l l in o is C hapter cha rte r w ith a b e a u tifu lly deco ra ted , d e lic io u s cake and co ffee.

Back at the a irpo rt, the regu la r bus iness

o f ou r chap te r was ca lled to o rder by vice cha irm an , L ib b y Ka iser. In co n ju n c tion w ith Earth W eek and th e B icen tenn ia l C e leb ra tion , 99s w ill f ly a five-hand led spade to be used to p lan t trees in the In te rn a tio n a l Forest o f F riendsh ip . The shovel w ill be flo w n from Parkersburg, W est V irg in ia to A tc h is o n , Kansas. We w ill f ly it from D ecatur, I ll in o is to M oberly, M is s o u r i . J e a n n e M o rs e , a c t in g n o m in a tio n cha irm an fo r Theo Som m er presented the s la te of o ffic e rs fo r the 1975- 76 year. Jayne S ch iek, m em bersh ip , in ­troduced B e tty H u ffm an and Barbara Parker, bo th s tu d en t p ilo ts from Paris, III., w ho jo in e d as 66s, and new m em bers M arjo rie H ughes, Sarah A llen , and Sherry H artley. M argo H ughes and her husband are fa rm ers near S parland. They have 3 ch ild ren , are ac tive in AO PA, F ly ing

Central Illinois Chapter members with the five-handled shovel that is to plant a tree in Atchison, Kansas for Earth Week. Pausing to have a picture taken, before taking off, was Joan Boyd, pilot of the plane that was taking the shovel to Moberly, Mo. (L to R): Thurman Stearns (FA A Controller) Ruth Ritter (99), James Rupp (Decatur Mayor), Joan Boyd (Pilot of Plane), Jean West (99).

Farm ers, and ju s t p la in fly in g from the ir ow n farm s tr ip w here they keep a Cessna 150 and a Bonanza. Sarah A llen , from Peoria, is an a cco u n tin g m a jo r at Bradley U n ive rs ity the re and a lso w o rks at C a te rp i l la r . S h e rry H a r t le y an d her husband are the new m anagers o f the S a lem -Leckrone A irp o rt. They ju s t moved from the St. L o u is area w here Sherry had a ttended several m ee tings p rev iously .

Jeanne M orse had a w o nde rfu l tim e p resen ting f ly in g to 200 p lu s Boy Scouts and paren ts at th e ir annua l B lue and Gold banquet. Ruth Teel goes even fu rth e r and teaches an annua l u n it on av ia tion to her s ix th grade c lass . T he ir c u lm in a tio n is a fie ld tr ip to C a p ito l A irp o rt a t S p rin g fie ld .

Barbara Jen iso n has been trave ling a g a in — firs t to A tla n ta and then to C hicago to the M idw est Forum on Aerospace E duca tion . There were people from 8 s ta tes, FA A , and G A M A there.

Jan V ana tta w as the 99 hostess fo r the C oles C o u n ty S a fe ty S em inar at M attoon, I ll in o is on A p ril 10 th. C o ffee and donuts were served by the 99s. Barbara Jen ison a lso gave a sh o rt ta lk to everyone there about the 99s.

A d d e n d u m — May 10th m ee ting was held in Decatur. The fo llo w in g s la te o f o ffice rs was e lected fo r 1975-76: Chairman, Libby K a is e r; V ic e -c h a irm a n , Joan Boyd; Secretary, Ruth Ritter; Treasurer, Bobbye Kesterson; and Reporter, Ruth Teel.

CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER Sandy Klock, Reporter

Happy participants in Chigao Area's Achievement Awards contest show off their prizes— (I. to r.) Dorathea Lough, first place in overall points; Elsie Wahrer, third; Charlene Falkenberg, fourth; and Joan Kerwin, seventh.

The b ig g e s t event o f the year fo r C h ic a g o A re a C h a p te r— o u r a n n u a l A ch ievem ent Aw ards banquet was held March 22nd at b e a u tifu l N o rd ic H ills C oun try C lub in Itasca— w ith AA Chairm an Jean Ing le and her co -cha irm en Ann H a lle r and Rosem ary Pepin in charge o f th is b ig event. D uring the cou rse o f the year, p a rtic ip a n ts send the cha irm an m o n th ly sum m aries o f va rious in d iv id u a l f ly in g and chapter p a rtic ip a tio n a c tiv it ie s , each of w h ich is w o rth a certa in num ber o f p o in ts . There are w inners in specia l a c tiv it ie s ca tegories, a “ new m em ber" w inne r, and w inners fo r h ighes t to ta l p o in ts . O ur to ta l po in ts firs t-p la c e w in n e r th is year was D o ra th e a L o u g h ; s e c o n d -p la c e G a il LaPook; th ird -p la ce E ls ie W ahrer. A specia l treat to top o f f the evening was a show ing o f the m ovie “ A P ow de rpu ff fo r Jo a n .”

O ur A p ril m eeting was held at the S n o o p y -d e c o ra te d A n t iq u e A irp la n e Hangar at DuPage C oun ty A irp o rt on the 20th. EAA A n tiq u e and C lass ic D iv is ion treasurer Gar W illia m s was o u r speaker and b ro u g h t w ith h im the EAA 1974 O shkosh f ly - in film .

Sandy K lock and M ade le ine K im o tck a ttended the M arch m eeting o f the W iscons in C hapter, and Ruth F rantz a t­tended th e ir A p ril m ee ting . The M arch Indiana C hap ter m eeting was a ttended by John and P o lly G ilk iso n , Joan M a llin and fr iend , Tom and Lee Z e lle r and son , D iane Cozzi and her dad, W a lt and Joan K erw in , and E llen O ’Hara. We do like to travel!

C aro line S m ith , 491A e r George, and son W a lly fle w th e ir tu rb o C om anche 250 on V a len tine 's Day dow n to C o lum bia , M issouri to a ttend the S tephens C o llege perform ance o f “ The M us ic M an” — th e ir lovely daugh te r M arguerite p layed the lead role o f M arian the L ib ra rian .

V irg in ia C offeen and 66 Ton i Zag set up a 99s boo th at the Lew is U n ive rs ity open house A p ril 20th. R.D. A v ia tio n , Lew is- Lockport A irp o rt (on cam pus), donated a free in tro d u c to ry f l ig h t lesson to 3 gals who w on the d raw ing sponsored by ou r chapter.

Barb S ilag i got he rse lf a seap lane ra ting from the fam ous Jack K. B row n at W in te r Haven, F la. du ring sp ring vaca tion .

Tom G o ld tho rpe , 491/2er o f G a il, was recently appo in ted a des igna ted exam ine r

fo r private and co m m e rc ia l licenses. The G o ld th o rp e ’s T&G A v ia tio n at M idw ay A irp o rt now o ffe rs a g round sch o o l ta u gh t by 99 Karen Irv in .

C hris W inzer has a new jo b w ith the FAA GADO O ffice at D uPage— th a t o f A cc id e n t P revention S p e c ia lis t.

Pam S tow e ll has been m issed around these parts la te ly , as she has moved to Ind iana and taken a jo b as m anager o f A v ia tio n A sso c ia te s , an FBO in LaPorte. B esides her m anageria l du tes , Pam a lso doub les as f l ig h t in s tru c to r , lin e ga l, and jill-o f-a ll- tra d e s . S top in and see her when you 're in the LaPorte area.

GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER Dorothy Stratton, Reporter

IT WAS FLAG DAY at Am elia Earhart M em o ria l A irp o rt A p ril 26th as representatives from three organizations unfurled their Bicentennial flags. Holding the flags above are from left, Lew Mahoney III, chairman of the Benedictine College Bicentennial Com m ittee; Father Gerald Senecal, president of the college; Mayor David Laurie and Dr. Frank Carpinelli, m e m b e r of A tc h is o n ’s B ic e n te n n ia l Com m ittee. Kneeling in the foreground are three 99s, Marge Engelman, president of the Greater Kansas City 99s; Jean W ilson, vice p res , and D o ro th y S tra tto n , corresponding secretary for the group.

A FIVE-HANDLED SHOVEL at Atchison Kansas tree planting ceremony. L to R 99s p ic tu re d M arge E n g e lm a n , P au lin e C le n d e n in g , D oro thy S tra tto n , Jean W ilson, Virginia Pacey, Janye Bluse and Karen Ballowe.

A fivehand led shovel was the cen te r of a tte n tio n at A m e lia Earhart A irp o rt, A tc h is o n Kansas A p ril 26th d u rin g the in fo rm a l p rogram . The event m arked the end o f a w eek-long observance o f Earth W eek. M ayor David R. Laurie gave the w e lco m in g rem arks to 99 m em bers,A tc h is o n B ic e n te n n ia l C o m m it te em e m b e rs a nd o th e rs a t te n d in g .R epresenta tive trees from the M idw est

sta tes o f Kansas, M isso u ri, O klahom a, Nebraska and Iow a were de livered to the a irpo rt to be transp lan ted in so il a t the In te rn a tio n a l Forest o f F rie n d sh ip at W arnock Lacke. The fo res t is a B icen­tenn ia l p ro je c t o f the C ity o f A tch iso n and 99s.

Five B ene d ic tin e C o llege s tu d en ts a lso were on hand and took part in the p lan ting c rem on ies. They acted as am bassadors of th e ir re s p e c t iv e s ta te s : N e b ra s k a ,O klahom a, Kansas, Iowa and M issouri.

The five -hand led shove l, represen ting A m erica ’s heritage , was m anu factu red by Am es and M cD onough C o., Parkersburg, W .V a., founded in 1774, and was flo w n to A tch iso n by 99 p ilo ts . One 99 fle w each of the five legs o f the relay f lig h ts . A lso aboard as the p lanes s h u ttle d w est were boxes o f m ed ica l su p p lie s destined fo r C a lifo rn ia , the 99s B ice n te n n ia l flag and a tree from the c ity o f Parkersburg . Because o f w eather c o n d it io n s , m em bers o f ou r Kansas C ity chap te r had to drive to A tch iso n fo r the cerem ony.

w ere: M arge Engelm an, Jean W ilso n , Karen B a llow e , D orothy S tra tton , Jayne B lus t, V irg in ia Pacy and Pauline C len­den ing.

O ur chap te r b ro u g h t back the a t­tendance trop h y from S pring S ection , fourteen m em bers a ttend ing .

May f ly -o u t was to A tch iso n , May 10th.Wfe met w ith Kansas and Topeka chapters an d to u re d h is to r ic a l h o m e s and m useum s.

GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER Jan Pocock, Reporter

We in STL are p roud o f the fac t tha t we n o w have tw o c o m m e rc ia l ra te d h e lio co p te r p ilo ts in o u r chapte r. Both Sue M athe is and Val Johnson received the ir ra tings in A p r il; N e lda Lee passed her In s tru m e n t check rid e ; 16 o f ou r g roup a ttended the fun f il le d S pring S ectiona l, b e a u tifu lly hosted by the tin y C entra l Mo. C hapter, w here the bus iness m ee ting was “ G overned" by o u r ow n A m y Law s; Mary Lowe, w ith C o -p ilo t-d a u g h te r Sylv ia , w ill be fly in g in the A ngel Derby in her brand new P iper A rro w — d itto Val Johnson in her Bonanza; the 99s won a prize fo r best a ttendance at the May 14th STL GADO A v ia tion S a fe ty S em ina r; m any o f ou r gals are ac tive ly invo lved in at least one o ther av ia tion o rg a n iza tio n , ie : Irene R aw lings and Val Joh n son serv ing on the Board of D irec tors o f the M isso u ri P ilo ts , B e tty Board the Secre tary to the G reater St. Lou is F lig h t In s tru c to rs A ssn ., and the lis t goes on and on ! Heck, we even get to be proud o f o u r STL A lu m s ! Form er St. Lou is m em ber, R uth Taksel B ened ic t is a ss is tan t e d ito r fo r the F .A .A . A v ia tio n News and was sent by the F .A .A . to the S pring m ee ting to b ring us up to date on the la test th in k in g in DCA w ith respect to a th ing ca lled A v ia tio n !

We co n tin u e to gain e n th u s ia s tic new m em bers, like P h y llis M organ tha lle r, w ho received her p in at ou r M arch m eeting and attended her f irs t S ection m eeting in May. B e tte r than tha t, ou r “ n o t-q u ite " m em ber Jeannie M acG regor a lso jo in e d us at the

Lake o f the O zarks, as w e ll as ou r f irs t C hapter C ha irm an, A de la Scharr.

O ur A p ril m eeting inc luded som e tim e ly t ip s on weather, su p p lie d by the w in n e r of the St. Lou is D is tr ic t F lig h t In s tru c to r o f the Year award, G erry G unke l. In M ay, the liv in g ro om of o u r hos tess , G lo ria Cash, was lite ra lly s tu ffe d w ith 23 99s and 7 guests w ho were en te rta ined by Laura S e llenger’s s lides o f a STL 99 A ir Show tha t to o k place, uh, several years ago (“ Is tha t rea lly me?” ) and a 99 to u r o f Europe. Then we w atched a m ovie o f the 1972 AW TAR tha t had a ll o f us eager to f ly the race. T h is year, we can cheer fo r o u r TAR s, Mary Lowe, Tex W ickenhauser, and Val Johnson . A t least, o u r w ea ther has im ­proved and a ll the l i t t le b irds have been o u t and abou t, te s tin g th e ir w in te r-w ea ry w ings.

IOW A CHAPTER Annetta Haack, Reporter

The best news o f a l l— Som e good fly in g w eather in Iow a !!

W ou ld you be lieve “ Tw o good m ee tings days in succe ss io n , w ith good w ea ther fo r S ectiona l th row n in ! ”

M any of us to o k advantage o f the weather fo r the A p ril m eeting at Fort Dodge, fo r there were over 50 m em bers and guests in a ttendance . Don Kersten of Ft. Dodge gave a very in te re s tin g p resen ta tion , co m p le te w ith s lid e s o f ho t-

a ir b a llo o n in g .. Oh th a t p re flig h t before f in a lly soaring a lo ft ! T h is repo rte r has been to Ind iano la d u rin g one o f the annual m eets, and they are indeed a b e a u tifu l s ig h t.

t *Iowa 99s and 4 9 '/2 S meet new friends and enjoy Central M issouri’s hospitality at North Central Section m eeting.

May w eather a lso b ro u g h t m any o f us ou t fo r the m eeting at F a ir fie ld . FAA personne l from O ttum w a gave us a very good review b rie fin g on va rious types o f co n tro l areas and on “ how to get a good w ea ther b r ie f in g .”

In between A p ril and May m ee tings was the d e lig h tfu l S ection m ee ting pu t on by "m ig h ty C entra l M is s o u ri."S ix te e n 99s and 4 9 '/2 S from Iowa en joyed th e ir h o s p ita lity .

T h is has been the year o f b roken legs in Iowa. Fran D oherty s ta rted o ff the p rocession last fa ll, fo llo w e d by 4 9 ’/2, Tom Kenny. (B o th are now m ended). Jean E llin g so n is the la tes t m em ber o f th a t e lite g roup , bu t is “ on the m en d ."

W elcom e back to Pat Jensen H enderson . Pat and husband recen tly moved from F t. C o llin s to F t. Dodge, w here they are now FBO opera to rs . B efore m oving to Ft. C o llin s , Pat was at A m es w here she was f l ig h t departm en t m anager o f G oodrich A v ia tio n .

LAKE ERIE CHAPTER Helen Keidel, Reporter

O ur chap te r w anted to get an early s ta rt on a irm a rk ing th is year, bu t the w eather was to ta lly uncoopera tive . C uyahoga C oun ty A irp o rt (C leveland) was f irs t on the lis t bu t A p ril 13th w as c o ld and w in d y . In the 50 degree tem pera tu re , the 20’ h igh le tte rs were ske tched o u t on the hangar roo f but the ac tua l p a in tin g was delayed tw o weeks. A ga in it w as co ld bu t the w ind was not so pen e tra tin g . N ext scheduled p ro je c t is June 7 th .

W e ll represented in the A ngel Derby, Lake E rie had th re e a ir c ra f t e n t r ie s : Annete Fedor w ith R osem arie M in tz ; M argaret W e llin g to n w ith B ern ice B a rris ; and M ario S tacks w ith T ina DeBlasey. A lth o u g h no t in the w in n e rs ’ c irc le , w e ’ll p robab ly see them try in g aga in in the Powder P u ff Derby.

On A u g u s t 16 (rain da te , the 17th) the S ilver A ir F lig h t, a p ro fic ie n cy f l ig h t fo r a ll p ilo ts , w il l be held at the C uyahoga C oun ty A irp o rt sponsored by the Lake Erie Chapter. The nam e com es from the a irpo rt ce leb ra ting its 25th ann iversary in 1975 w ith spec ia l even ts schedu led in A u g u s t. E n try k its ava ilab le at $3.00 from Helen Ke idel.Taking advantage o f ou r sho rt sum m ers,

A ugus t w ill a lso see the m em bers coo r­d in a tin g a rum m age sale from w h ich they hope to b u ild th e ir treasu ry . C o n trib u tio n s to the va rious w o rth y p ro je c ts have been ra ther s lim d u rin g the f irs t year o f the C hapter’s e x is tence , b u t the fu tu re looks better.

LAKE M ICH IG A N CHAPTER Evelyn Borst, Reporter

O ur M arch m ee ting w as held in Lansing at th e T erm ina l B u ild in g . C het N o ttage of the M ich ig an S ta te P o lice , and a h e lio co p te r p ilo t, show ed a f i lm on the m any uses o f the h e lio c o p te r to ca tch speeders and loca te c r im in a l suspec ts . M arie Em ery w as w e lcom ed as a new m em ber!

Mary C reason and E lo ise fle w the A nge l Derby in E lo ise ’s B e llanca and M ais ie S tears and E sther B enne tt w ill a lso flew the Derby in E s the r’s C herokee 180. Bo th cou p le s p lan to f ly the PPD. 'Babe' W eyant R uth has passed her In s tru m e n t w ritte n . She is a lso F lig h t S im u la to r in ­s tru c to r at Lans ing C o m m u n ity C ollege . M argaret B o sch e tti fle w the r ig h t seat o f a chartered p lane to M arque tte in IFR w eather. E sther B ennett is d o ing charte r w ork w ith an Aero-S tar.

June 14th is Poker Run Day fo r ou r C hapter w ith 9 a irp o rts to choose from m aking 5 s tops .

Evelyn B o rs t and 491/2er Larry, are spend ing 2 w o n d e rfu l w eeks in H aw aii. Doing fo u r is la n d s and ta k in g lo ts of p ic tu res.

Ruth K ersten w ill be f ly in g back to A nchorage , A laska the la tte r part o f May w ith her C essna 182. W e’ll m iss Ruth Friend M erre ill (C ouch) D avenport is fly in g her plane to Ka lam azoo fo r a new pa in t job .

P lans are be ing fin a lize d fo r the 28th Powder P u ff Derby w ith the te rm in u s at Boyne M ou n ta in . N a ta lie Kreeger is C ha irperson fo r In sp ec tio n and W anda Jubb is C ha irpe rson fo r Im pound area in Ju ly . These g ir ls need a ll the vo lun teer help they can get.

The A p ril m eeting was held at E loise S m ith 's hom e and guest speaker was M e r r i l l D a v e n p o r t w h o is T ra in in g Superv iso r o f RAVCOM (A pproach C ontro l) of A nchorage A laska . He show ed some b e a u tifu l c o lo r s lid e s o f scenery in that area w h ile fly in g h is ow n a irc ra ft. Ruth Kersten had lo ts o f p ic tu re s a lso . We had a w ond e rfu l even ing.

M ICH IG A N CHAPTERBette Crook, Reporter

In A p ril, the M ich igan C hapter m et at the Tri C ity A irp o rt. O ur hos tess w as Beverly Price, and the program fea tured Jerry W h ittim o re w ho spoke on sa ilp lanes. A spec ia l m ee ting was ca lled fo r May 10 at the C a p ito l C ity A irp o rt in Lans ing to cover the extra b u s iness de ta ils .

On May 17 the ch a p te r held a P ilo ts Poker Party w h ich awarded a f irs t prize Of $99. C ha irm an was E lna B lass w ith Lois B roy les serv ing as cha irm an fo r prizes. June P a ilth o rp e o rgan ized the te rm in u s at F lin t.

The lunch bunch fle w to G rosse lie in A p ril and to H o lland d u rin g the T u lip T ime Festiva l in May.

W inne DuPerow and M are tta S im pson made a tr ip to B oyne M t. on A p ril 12 to fin a lize a rrangem ents fo r the PPD Ter­m inus . W hen en tries c losed on May 1 there were five p lanes entered from the M ich igan C hapter. Suzy Parker and E lna B lass w ill be f ly in g a PA-30 Tw in C om anche. Lois B royles and K athy G erho ld w ill race a Cessna 177RD C ard ina l. A lice Markee and Judy Aagesen are entered in a Rockwell C om m ander 112. Sam m y M cKay w ill f ly a C essna 210J w ith Iris C ritch e ll of C a lifo rn ia as c o -p ilo t. Jean R eynolds w ill be c o -p ilo t fo r M ary C la rk (Lake M ich igan C hapter) in a P iper PA 28 Cherokee. Sh irley Cote (O range C o u n ty C hapter) p re flew the PPD rou te , spend ing one n ig h t in Gaylord where she gave Suzanne W hyte a ca ll.

Tw o o f ou r m em bers sh o u ld receive spec ia l reco g n itio n as co -sp o n so rs fo r the Safe P ilo t C lin ic s w h ich were held in A p r il— Jane t O lsen of O lsen A via tion , D e tro it C ity A irp o rt and Im ogene Ross of F lig h t Tech, In c ., B ish o p A irp o rt.J o y c e O d o m , M e a rl F ra m e , D o ris

K ila n sk i, D o ro thy H erring , and Nancy Hecksel a ttended the NC S pring Section M ee ting at Lake o f the O zarks, Mo.

O ur cha p te r was saddened to learn o f the death o f C arol W e lch , w ho was a member o f the N in e ty -N in e s fo r th ir ty years. She w ill be m issed.

Lo is B roy les received her ins trum en t ra ting A p ril 12th at Rom eo.

W in n ie DuPerow received a M ichigan M in u te m a n C ita t io n a w a rd e d d u r in g M ich ig an W eek by the G reater M ichigan F oun d a tio n .

A ch a p te r cha rte r party w as June 14th fo r the new ly fo rm ed D e tro it Area Chapter w h ich is ano the r o u tg ro w th o f the M in h in a n ChaDter.

Pictured from left to right, Geri Rodegen. Joan Somm erfeld, Ways and Means Chairman, Rita Ann Orr, Gaii Vail, Chapter Chairman and Gil Lundquist, FBO, are some of the people who worked hard to make 2 cents per pound air rides successful.

M INNESO TA CHAPTER Clara Johansen, Reporter

W hen the M inneso ta S ta te Dept, o f A e ronau tics and A cc id e n t Prevention S p e c ia l is t , A n d re w D e tro it , G A D O , sponsored a sa fe ty sem ina r in A p ril, 99s Ruby S t. O nge, Peggy Jo h n s to n e , and Jan P o r te r h e lp e d w ith r e g is t r a t io n and re freshm en ts . W hen the N IFA m eet was held in A p ril, ou r C hm n G ayle Vail and ou r N IFA C hm n Jan N e ilsen flew a B e llanca to Santa Fe. M inneso ta 99s flew to the S pring S ectiona l m eeting at Lake of the Ozarks fo r a fr ien d ly tim e there.

In sp ite o f h ip surgery in A p ril and g e tting around w ith a pa ir o f c ru tch e s , o u r 99 R ita Orr very ac tive ly he lped W ays and Means C ha irm an, Joan S om m erfe ld w ith the m any d e ta ils tha t m ade o u r 2 cen ts a pound plane ride on Sunday May 19, a huge success. 11 p lanes (172’s, 182’s, Bonanza, Cherokee, C itab ria ) 19 M in ­nesota 99s, n ine very ded ica ted 4 9 1/2S and m em bers of the F arib a u lt P ilo ts C lub all co n trib u te d to the success. The w eather was perfec t, the p u b lic ity on F a ribau lt rad io and in the new spaper had been great, and the people cam e! Over 370 en joyed the a ir rides, free pop and d raw ing fo r prizes. O ur cha p te r not o n ly earned m oney fo r ou r various p ro je c ts , but in troduced f ly in g to m a n y " I s t - t i m e - i n - a - s m a l l - p l a n e " passengers. C om m ents w ere: “ It was really fu n ” ; “ I never knew how b e a u tifu l it looks from up the re ” ; and the 71-year- young lady w ho has traveled cross co u n try by je t but had never seen her farm from the sky u n til she took th is ride in the C itab ria , sa id , “ I saw my fa m ily waving to m e" (she ’d ca lled them from the a irpo rt). Mrs Joseph M cC arthy was one o f o u r m ost e n th u s ia s tic passengers and w an ts to f ly again!

QUAD CITY AREA CHAPTER Judy Hodges, Reporter

The A p ril m eeting was a fund ra is ing event fo r ou r C hapter fo r w h ich we had a garage sale at N orm a S m ith ’s house.

O ur May m eeting was a bus iness m eeting at the Quad C ity A irp o rt to w ork on p lans

fo r the lll i-N in e s A ir Derby and the Pow der P u ff S top. F or be ing a sm a ll chap te r, we sure are busy th is su m m e r bu t it 's lo ts of fun .

May 23-25 w as the lll i-N in e s A ir Derby in C ham pa ign , ILL. We do hope a ll o f the racers en joyed it as m uch as the I llin o is C hapters en joyed p u ttin g it on . We feel we had a good race. We hope to see a ll o f you aga in next year at the lll i-N in e s A ir Derby.

O ur next th in g at hand w ill be a irm a rk ing fo r ou r June 14th m ee ting , a fte r w h ich w e 'll go in to fu ll sw ing fo r the Pow der P uff Derby s top in M o line over the 4 th o f Ju ly w eek-end. W e have a lready had the p leasure o f m ee ting som e o f the racers w ho have s topped in M o lin e and are lo o k in g fo rw ard to seeinq m ore here over the 4th.

Backing up ju s t a m om ent, I m us t say tha t everyone w ho a ttended the S pring S ec iton at the Lake o f the O zarks, had a great tim e. There were five 99s a long w ith ou r 491/2ers w ho a ttended from our C hapter.

N ot long ago we had the p leasure o f d in in g and v is it in g w ith Lo is Fe igenbaum w h ile she was in M o lin e w ith her husband on a bus iness tr ip . She is a m os t en joyab le lady and we c e rta in ly b ene fitted by her v is it.

C aro lyn Pobanz and I recen tly fle w to W arsaw , Ind. fo r a Cessna 170 A ssoc. F ly- In B reakfast and ha p p ily cam e hom e w ith the trophy fo r fly in g the fa rth e s t d is tance .

Von A lte r f le w a friend to C arbonda le , ILL. fo r b reakfast the o th e r day and had an e n coun te r w ith th u nd e rs to rm s on her way hom e.

O ur tw o new est m em bers are bo th A ir T ra ffic C o n tro lle rs at the M o lin e A irp o rt. We are very proud to have them aboard.

For N orm a F rie r— “ IN C R E D IB LE ” !

W ISC ON SIN CHAPTER Betty W illm ore, Reporter

A ttendance at the A p ril m ee ting at O shkosh m ust have set a record. T h ir ty o f ou r 43 m em bers a ttended and b ro u g h t 16 gu e s ts ! T h ir ty - fo u r o f those a tte nd in g flew in !

Ram ona Huebner, O shkosh, was hostess at the b runch held at the new a irpo rt res tau rant. Ram ona and hubby , Jew el, are

retired and f in a lly se ttled in th e ir beau tifu l new hom e loca ted at the sou th end o f the a irpo rt. T he ir hom e w ill be on the O shkosh Hom e Tour in May. There isn 't a square room in it. It 's a ll s tone and g lass and o ffe rs a spe c tacu la r view o f runw ay 18-36.

C arolyn and A lv in A rn o ld , w ho usua lly fly th e ir Cessna 140, show ed up in a K ing A ir! C lassy! A lv in , now a co rpo ra te p ilo t, was on h is way to M ich igan . C aro lyn is ha lf way hom e on the in s tru m e n t ra ting . She go t the w ritte n o u t o f the way!

M arie G rim m received the annua l A v ia tion Award p resented by the W isco n s in C ounc il on A e ro n a u t ic s a t th e W is c o n s in A e ronau tics C onference. It was the f irs t tim e it w as awarded to a w om an. The tr ib u te to M arie c ite d her m any and d is tin g u is h e d c o n tr ib u tio n s to av ia tion p rogress in W isco n s in . M arie, we're all p roud o f you !

Two W isco n s in ga ls are buy ing m atch ing o u tf its and g e ttin g m ig h ty exc ited these days. T hey ’re go ing to fly the PPD. M arlyn Donagan and C aro line M orey are go ing to push a 172 as far past 122 m ph as poss ib le !

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Middle East SectionDELAWARE - M ARYLAND

PENNSYLVANIA - V IR G IN IA

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER Mary Galbraith, Reporter

B ea u tifu l w ea ther greeted a ll m em bers and guest a tte n d in g the M idd le East S pring S ec tiona l w h ich w as hosted by our chap te r and he ld at Hershey, Pa. W hat a love ly p lace. O ur them e fo r the event was geared to the com pass rose as N (N ine ty- N ines) E (Enhance) S (Skies) W (W orld ­w ide). The speaker fo llo w in g ou r luncheon was Merv Enck from Avco Lyco m in g w ho spoke to us on the care o f an a irc ra ft eng ine. W e were d e lig h ted to have ou r In te rna tiona l Secretary, Thon G r iff ith , a long w ith Fran Bera fly in from C a lifo rn ia to a ttend ou r m ee ting .

In May ou r C hap ter a long w ith P iper A irc ra ft C o rpo ra tio n sponsored a Safety S em inar at Lock Haven. A lice and B ill Fuchs w orked hard in m ak ing the m eeting a great success. M em bers o f ou r C hapter as w ell as husbands to o supported the program by m ann ing s ta tic d isp la ys and e x h ib its and p resen ting am using sk its d e p ic tin g D o 's and D on t’s o f f lig h t p repara tion . D r's. C ham pe and M arjo rie Pool spoke on the m ed ica l aspec ts o f f ly in g .

O ur C hap ter honored the la te Kathy H ig g in s at her hom e base a irpo rt in S om erset by p resen ting an inscribed p laque to her ch ild ren . Carol W in d so r made the p resen ta tion .

Two o f ou r new est m em bers, B e tty P a r th e m e r an d K a th y L e id ig h , are p reparing to race in the Powder P uff Derby th is year. K a thy w ill be p ilo t and B e tty co ­p ilo t. S h irley W e inha rd t w ill a lso en ter the Derby so lo .

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER Gail Lingo, Reporter

O u r n e w e s t m e m b e rs a re Jean S m a llw ood w ho flie s ou t o f Pennridge A irp o rt and A nna W o rth , a s tu d en t of ve tina rian m ed ic ine at U n ive rs ity o f P ennsy lvan ia -flies ou t o f W est C hester.

Our C hapter has a fun th in g each m on th - “ Lunch w ith a B u n ch ” . W e f ly in to a d iffe re n t a irpo rt w ith in 100 m ile rad ius of P h illy and ju s t eat and chat and m eet som e w o nde rfu l 99s. Have great tu rn o u ts , espec ia lly when the w ea ther is perfec t like the last tw o m on th s . A p ril we m et in T renton at M ercer C oun ty A irp o rt w ith 16 gals a tte nd in g . Joan B ertles made the a rrangem ents fo r lunch . Liz W a tk ins a lso passed her private f l ig h t te s t w ith Joan that m orn ing . W e were happy to have Mary G a lb ra ith , M artie Pool and Ann T urley from H arrisbu rg -C en tra l P ennsy lvan ia C hapter jo in us. They cam e in M ary ’s Navion Rangem aster. They o ffe red to host the

'L u n ch " in May at C a rlis le A irp o rt and w hat a day they cam e up w ith fo r us. It was one o f those rare see forever days and it b ro u g h t 22 99s o u t in e le ve np la n e s ...lo o ke d like a m in i-d e rb y ! We arrived back at the a irpo rt to fin d M artie Pool hand ing ou t b e a u tifu l ca rn a tio n s to a ll the g ir ls , co m p lim e n ts o f a loca l f lo r is t in tow n .

M erle Starer and Ann Lem m on are f ly in g a Bonanza in the Pow der P u ff Derby and Yvette H ortm an is fly in g so lo .

Yvette is tak ing her tw o sons W a lte r and H erbie a long to the W est Coast w ith her.

T raveling a round a b it are o u r m em bers Ann S h ie lds and Helen Zubrow w ho went to F lo rida fo r 8 days and v is ite d w ith fo rm e r m e m b e r M a r ie a nd M arv A p fe lbaum . Joan and Bob Jones have been fly in g around in a 310-a day to Tang ie r Is land then to Providence, R .l. w here Joan p icked up a 206 and fe rried it back to PNE. Nancy and Buzz D iem and (now th a t he’s retired) are f ly in g th e ir Bonanza e ith e r to M exico o r th e ir hom e in V erm on t. Navion N4885K to o k G ail and Jack L ingo and tw o sons to a con ve n tio n in F lo rida , D isneyw orld and Treasure Cay, Baham as fo r a coup le days. Except fo r a few thu nd e rs to rm s the w eather w as m ost agreeable.

Judy DeM arco and Lou ise Sacch i arranged a m ee ting in D oy lestow n and had Marv Sm all o f B eechcraft p resen t h is program w h ich was geared to show a c o m m u n ity how it be n e fits from general av ia tion .

W hat an e x c itin g m ee ting E leanor Davis and Dot Langley p lanned fo r us in May at K u tz tow n A irp o rt. We a ll b ro u g h t box lunches and au c tio ne e r E ileen W eigand go t to p d o lla r fo r them . T h e n ...20 s to u t­hearted gals to o k g lid e r rides and w hat a th r il l fo r the f ir s t t im e rs . It was a breezy day and lo ts o f the rm a ls .

O ur Penny-a-Pound w as held at Pen­n r id g e A ir p o r t w ith th e w o n d e r fu l coopera tion o f M arge and Jack B ryan t. There were e ig h t p lanes ava ilab le fo r rides in c lu d in g a S tearm an flo w n by 49'/2 Tom M acario— the o the r ha lf is Kate w ho was

organ izer o f the events o f the day. D esp ite a TRW in the m id d le o f the day (com p le te ly u npred ic ted ) o u r treasury d id fa tten and these p ro fits w ill a id the A .E . S cho la rsh ip Fund and AW TAR .

MARYLAND CHAPTER Paulette Jones, Reporter

Mr. Richard Rice of the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland (on platform) looks a bit puzzled by a question asked by one of the MAryland 99s— he really wasn’t. The day long tour of the facility was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended— 99s, 4 9 1/2S, and children.

" I n t r o d u c t io n to A v ia t io n " c la s s e s taugh t by the MD 99s fo r g ir ls at O ld fie ld s S choo l G lencoe, MD, were co m p le ted last week when each s tu d en t received an o r ie n ta tio n - in s tru c tio n f l ig h t at A ld in o - C hu rchv ille A irpa rk . Each g ir l was given about a ha lf h ou r o f in s tru c tio n in a P iper Cherokee 140 w ith CFI Kay Bays p lus a F irs t F lig h t C e rtifica te and a log book. W h ile som e were f ly in g , o the rs were learn ing on an ATC 510 F lig h t S im u la to r w ith 99 G inny V oge l. Three c lassroom sess ions had been held at O ld fie ld s Schoo l th a t in c luded in fo rm a tio n on 99s and general av ia tio n , ae rodynam ics , rad io co m m u n ica tio n , a ir ch a rts and nav iga tion , f l ig h t in s tru m e n ts , a irp o rts and land ing pa tte rns, w ea ther, and av ia tion career o p p o rtu n itie s . An added fea tu re was a tr ip to BWI A irp o rt fo r to u rs o f the c o n tro l tow er, radar room , and w ea ther services.

MD C hap ter Speakers Bureau is do ing great. 99 Donna H aw kins has w ritte n up a fa n ta s tic d ia lo g u e to go w ith a s lid e p resen ta tion ( in c lu d in g m any o f her ow n s lides) on genera l a v ia tion . She presented it fo r o u r May m ee ting .

Many MD m em bers a ttended the sp ring sec tiona l at H ershey, PA. A grand tim e was had by a ll. Thanks to the sponsoring chapte r. Several o f ou r g roup are p lann ing to a ttend the A vco -L yco m in g eng ine T ro u b le sh oo tin g C ourse as m en tioned by Mr. Enck, A vco -L yco m in g , at the sp ring S ectiona l. Everyone is lo o k in g fo rw ard to th is course.

Looks like MD C hapter w ill be in charge o f the R e g is tra tio n B o o th s fo r the '76 C onven tion and AW TAR T erm inus '76. 99s Barb M arde rand H arrye tte Decklebaum are co -cha irm en fo r the a c tiv it ie s . Fund ra is ing ideas are being p lanned.

A irm a rk in g cha irm an has schedu led us to pa in t the tax iw ay at A ld in o -C h u rc h v ille A irpa rk in June. The a f ly - in to St. M ary ’s C oum y is set fo r Ju ly . It 's the good o ld su m m e rtim e aga in .

17 (count 'em) members of the Maryland C h ap te r a tte n d e d S pring S ectiona l meeting at Hershey, Pa. L to r, front: Joan W illiam s, Harryette Deckelbaum, Joan Bates, Lenora Eaton, and Chairman Rene Birch. Second row: Jo Ann King, Kay Bays, Monica Reilly, Jane Noyes, and C a th e rin e G rover. S ta n d in g : Barbara Marder, Donna Hawkins, Jeannie Ball, Paulette Jones, Ginny Vogel, Doris Jacobson, and June Hanson.

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Southeast SectionALA B A M A - FLO RIDA - GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI - NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAR OLINA - TENNESSEE

ALABAMA CHAPTER Juanita Halstead, Reporter

A labam a C hapter m em bers converged on Luverne again Sunday A p ril 6 th . Plans were fo r f in is h in g up th e ir p a in tin g job, cen ter o f lin in g of the runw ay. However, the pa in t had n o t arrived and the ga ls ju s t relaxed and had a fun m eeting .

A sh o rt bus in e ss m ee ting was held, w ith M a r io m P u l l in s , C h a p te r C h a irm a n p re s id in g . S e c t io n o f f ic e r s w ere nom ina ted and de legates fo r Southeast S ection M ee ting .

On May 2nd three p lanes from A labam a flew in to F ra n k lin , N .C . fo r ou r S.E. S e c t io n M e e t in g . T h e re w e re e ig h t m em bers there.

The bus in e ss m ee ting w ent sm oo th ly w ith Gov. Bee Reid, p re s id in g . That over and a fte r lu n ch , there were buses to carry everyone w ho w anted to m ine fo r gem s to the m ines som e ten m iles ou t. We were a real s ig h t to beho ld , s trung o u t in the rain w ith ou r b ucke ts o f m ud search ing for gem s.

On S aturday n ig h t a banquet was held and as p ro m ise d , no speakers. A g roup of young square dancers en terta ined after d in n e r and were great.

Sunday m orn in g saw m ost b irds leaving fo r hom e. W ea ther was good and fin ished up a pe rfec t week end. Thanks again to the C a ro lina g ir ls fo r a w e ll p lanned week end.

BLUE RIDGE CHAPTER Virginia G ilreath, Reporter

O ur A p ril 26 m ee ting was held at S partanburg A irp o rt in S outh C aro lina. A “ S ta te ” s p o tla n d in g co n tes t was held and 9 o f ou r chap te r m em bers entered. A.P.T. cha irm an , B e tty C a ldw e ll o f G ram ling, S.C. w on f ir s t p lace and a b e a u tifu l trophy. C aro lyn P ilaar w on 4 th place and Dorothy Penney was 5 th .

The chap te r has a new m em ber, Gary W heeler o f S im p so n v ille , S .C , W e had 9 o f o u r m e m b e rs a t te n d th e S o u th e a s t Sectiona l in F rank lin , N .C ., May 2-4. A bou t 116 wom en were present and the “ Ruby H u n t" at the m ines was very rew arding fo r m any o f those w ho found p rec ious s tones . The C a ro lina and K itty Hawk C hapters d id a m arve lous jo b h os ting the a ffa ir.

On May 5, ou r ch a p te r was hostess fo r the F .A .A . S afe ty S em ina r in Greer, S .D ., at S tevens A v ia tio n . Lou ise W h ite , C hap ter C hairm an, w as one o f the guest speakers, e x p la in in g w h a t th e N in e ty -N in e O rgan iza tion is a ll a b o u t. Over 200 p ilo ts a ttended.

V ir g in ia G ilre a th a nd L o u is e W h ite fle w to D allas, Texas and a ttended The G olden T riang le 99 C hap te r m eeting , la te r w ent to A b ilene , Texas fo r the S outh Centra l S ec tiona l. V irg in ia and Lou ise a lso went to the Pow der P u ff Derby luncheon and d raw ing fo r the race num bers . M arion Banks, Chairm an o f the AW TAR , to o k them to see the new headquarters at Love F ield in D a llas, Texas. They were greeted by Kay B rick w ho w as hard at w ork in the o ffic e g e ttin g the race k its ready fo r the co n tes ta n ts . Everyone loves and adm ires Kay B rick , w ho has done such an o us tand ing jo b fo r m any years as the past C hairm an o f the AW TAR . We a ll “ sa lu te yo u ” , Kay, fo r you r devo tion . P residen t, Pat M cEwen was present at the luncheon in Dallas and is a lso a race co n te s ta n t in the P.P.D.

On May 18, ou r chap te r m em bers so ld tic k e ts to the A irshow in A she v ille , N .C . T housands o f people cam e to en joy the ae roba tics and the Navy F-8-F Bearcats. It w as s p o n s o re d by W .N .C . P i lo ts A sso c ia tio n o f A shev ille .

Betty Caldwell, winner of the South Carolina State Spotlanding Contest at Spartanburg Airport in her Cessna Aircraft.

O ur May 26 m eeting w as held at W ilso n A irp o rt in W ilso n , N .C . Joyce M un fo rd and S h irley S te ll greeted a ll the “ 99" chap te r m em bers. In June o u r chap te r w ill e lect new o ffic e rs . M ary E llen C aste lloe , Luc ie lle Johnson and Carol M cK inney are on the n o m in a tin g co m m itte e .

An a u c tio n is under w a y !! ! Dr. Tom and Rosem ary Longm ire o f E scond ido , Ca. gave ou r chap te r a $2.00 b ill and requested that a ll chap te r cha rte r m em bers s ign th e ir names on the b ill and a u c tio n it o ff to the h ighes t b idder. It w ill be fram ed and given to the w inner. The L ongm ires s ta rted the b id at $50.00, it is now up to $200.00. Rosem ary is a 99 in the Pa lom ar C hap ter in C a lifo rn ia . W e apprec ia te th e ir he lp in le ttin g ou r chap te r treasury g row . A nyone can b id on th is ! !! It w ill be auc tio ne d o ff in the very near fu tu re !

DEEP SOUTH CHAPTER Betty W . M cNabb, Reporter

O ur E sther w in s A nge l Derby! Deep S ou th C hap ter m em bers are e lated and proud o f E sthe r W rig h t, T hom asv ille G eorg ia H o liday Innkeeper, w ho defeated a fie ld o f 53 a irc ra ft to w in the In te rna tiona l A ir Race, (Ange l Derby), from Canada to T itu s v ille , F lo rida .

E sther has been rac ing fo r several years and has been m ak ing a nam e fo r he rse lf in the race w o rld , bu t now she h it the top. Her p ilo t p ro fic ie n cy is unpara lle le d ; she is one o f those people w ho m akes tr ia l speed and fue l runs and does eve ry th ing p o ss ib le to ach ieve top c a p a b ility in bo th her ow n s k ills and the c o n d it io n o f her Cessna 182K, 999EW — and th is tim e , it paid o ff. M any o f her ch a p te r were at the T hom asv ille S top to cheer her on as they w orked the s to p . G ail S im s o f Spaceport a lso helped w ith s top . S to p C ha irm an was adopted Deep S ou th m em ber Dr. Ann R oethke o f F ort M yers, fo rm e rly o f the W isco n s in C hapter.

Deep S outh shared w ith N orth G eorg ia 99s, the fun (and w ork) o f he lp in g G eorg ia Gado and A e ro n au tics Bureau w ith a Take­o ff and Landing S em inar at C orde le , G eorg ia , in A p ril.

O n -s ite hostesses were Deep S ou th 99s Pat Darley and Jean Vance, w ho d id a fa n ta s tic am oun t o f o rg a n iza tio n a l w ork p rio r to the sem ina r as w e ll as d u ring its cou rse . A s s is tin g were N orth G eorg ia chap te r m em bers as w e ll.

The a ffa ir was a very fin e upgrad ing exerc ise , p lu s the p a rtic ip a n ts had a chance to reg is te r fo r the G A M A $40,000 a irp la n e . B a rb e c u e — g a la S a tu rd a y e ve n in g — so lid g ro u n d -sch o o l, dem on­s tra tio n s by m a n u fa c tu rin g co m pan ies in th e ir a irp lanes, superv ised land ing and ta ke -o ff p ractice , v ideo -taped fo r c r it iq u e , and a s p o t-la n d in g co n tes t in w h ich Deep S ou th Jean Vanced placed th ird .

D esp ite w eather, som e 150 people pa rtic ip a te d and the consensus was tha t th e s e m in a r w a s m o s t v a lu a b le p ro fic ie n cy -w ise . It was m aste r-m inded by Herb Schaaf, S a fe ty S p e c ia lis t, A tla n ta G A D O ; the g round schoo l w as ta u gh t by CFII John M organ, G ray A ir Service, A lbany , Ga.

Deep S o u th ’s B e tty M cN abb has been

Thomasville Angel Derby Stop, (G a.) Back row: Jean Vance, Deep South; Chairman Ann Roethke, W isconsin; Betty McNabb and Maggie Fields, Deep South; Front: Gail Sims, Space Port; Nancy Peterson, Judy Hall, Deep South.

a p p o in te d by G overnor R eubin A skew to F lo rid a ’s S ta te A ccred ita tio n B oard for In d e p en d e n t P o s t-S ec o n d a ry V ocational and T echn ica l S c h o o ls .

FLORIDA SPACEPORT CHAPTER Bonnie Quenzler, Reporter

O ur A p ril m ee ting was held in Cedar Key. A fte r lunch , m em bers proceeded on to Tallahassee fo r an ove rn ig h t stay and a to u r of the S ta te C ap ita l. H ostessed by m em bers G ail and husband Senator W a lte r S im s and Joan Davis, ou r N ine ty N ines observed sess io n s at the Senate and toured the c ity before re tu rn ing hom e the next day. T rue to fo rm , Tallahassee w eather was IFR. B u t the departing a irc ra ft were a ll p rope rly rated and returned to the “ sunny s o u th " sans in c id e n t.

M argaret S tannah w on the spo t land ing co n tes t in her Cessna 150 at the K iss im m ee Treasure H un t las t m on th . It co u ld n ’t have been lu ck because at the annual F o rida G rasshoppe r’s Derby at B artow she repeated the fea t. Now she needs a tro p h y case.

B etty D odds o f F ort Lauderda le as Angel Five was preparing to depart to the Space Port m ee ting and co n tin u e on to the Derby Race s ta rt. A t b reakfas t she p icked up the new spaper and was h o rrifie d to read that 55 a irc ra ft a t her a irpo rt had been destroyed by a to rnado . W ith heart in m outh she raced to the a irp o rt and d iscovered her race ready Cherokee 180 s i t t in g p e r t ly u n s c ra tc h e d a d m id s t overtu rned tw in s and tw is te d wreckage. Her usual t ie dow n was occup ied by a Cessna 172 depos ited unce rem on ious ly in to the w in g o f a nearby C o n s te lla tio n . B e tty ’s D-18 Beech was a lso spared from dam age.

May we m et in T itu s v ille fo r las t m inu te prepara tions to host the AW IAR te rm inus . We had 103 p a rtic ip a n ts . O ur N ine ty N ine hostesses fle w in from a round the s ta te to he lp A nge ls e n joy the weekend.

F o llo w in g the Derby T e rm inus in our chap te r’s las t m a jo r undertak ing o f the season, Space Port N ine ty N ines w ill help judge F lo r id a In s titu te o f T echno logy 's N IFA m eet.

O ur June ga the ring is p lanned as a fly - in b reakfast to Fort Lauderda le Executive A irp o rt’s new Skyte l R estaurant.

KITTY HAWK CHAPTER Nita Melvin, Reporter

The w ea ther th is year hasn 't been fo r any k ind of b ird , fea thered o r man m ade! On January 11 we m et at the R ocky M ount D ow ntow n a irpo rt, rain o r sh ine . U n fo r­tu n a te ly it was m ore rain than sh ine , bu t it s t i l l d id n ’t prevent ou r m em bers from a tte nd in g . Three o f ou r new er m em bers, Diane T un n e ll, Lo rris T unne ll, and Kay M atk ins , were ou r hos tesses fo r th is m eeting . We had an in te re s tin g ta lk by an FAA S p e c ia lis t, John B urgw yn. A ir Care, Inc ., at the R ocky M oun t a irpo rt, donated an 8 band rad io as a d o o r prize fo r the occas ion , o u r f irs t f ly - in to Rocl^y M ount. O ur v ice p res iden t, Jan C lem en was the lucky w inner.

On F riday n iv t, Feb. 21, ou r chap te r co ­sponsored an FAA educa tiona l m eeting

w ith Raleigh Durham A v ia tio n in th e ir hangar.

M arch b lew in like a lio n and stayed fo r our cha p te r m ee ting on S aturday, M arch 8. It d id n 't s top tw o o f o u r m em bers from fly in g in though , in sp ite of a d irec t c rossw ind at Lau rinbu rg , N .C . H ostess Katherin W eber was there to greet everyone. Helene R obertson then en­te rta ined us w ith a s lid e p resen ta tion of her f ly in g days in A fr ica and o f one o f our past f ly - in s . We en joyed her am us ing s to ries . We were d e lig h ted to w e lcom e v is ito r Laura O tw e ll, from R ale igh, as a guest once aga in , and soon she w ill be ou r newest m em ber.

M EM PHIS CHAPTER Belle Hedges, Reporter

M ISSISSIPPI CHAPTER Jenny M cW illiam s, Reporter

C indy Bass and Peggy M cC orm ick are the fo u rth and f i f th in o u r C hap ter to be APT fo r the 1975 year.

We w e lcom e three new m em bers to ou r M is s is s ip p i C hapter, Ruby D ickerson o f C lin to n , M S., She is C om m erica l and In s trum en t rated and Advanced G round In s t r u c to r and In s t ru m e n t G ro u n d In s tru c to r ; Karen Bearss o f Jackson , MS. Karen p lans a career in General A v ia tio n , and is cu rre n tly f ly in g C o -P ilo t on a D-18 Beech and cargo runs in Cessna 206; Then Sara W illis o f C an ton, MS, w ho ow ns a Cessna 172 and bases it a t the land ing

s tr ip in her backyard. Her husband is not a flye r, but she is proud o f the fa c t tha t her 17 year o ld son recen tly so loed the 172.

C indy Bass, 49'/2er Don Bass, and Jenny M c W illia m s flew to the S pring S ection M eeting in F ran k lin , N .C . in A p ril. Peggy M cC orm ick tle w a Skylane w ith Judy Peteet and H a rrie tt H a ll as her passengers.

T he M is s is s ip p i C h a p te r is th e h o s t-ch a p te r fo r the 1976 S pring S ection M ee ting . It w ill be held in B aton Rouge, Lou is iana and we w ill have jo in t soc ia l events w ith the S outh C entra l S ection . F o llo w in g th is M ee ting , the M ag n o lia A ir Tour w ill depart from Baton Rouge and to u r M is s is s ip p i and Lou is iana .

W e were very saddened to learn o f M o lly S to c k w e ll’s dea th . M o lly S to ckw e ll was serving as v ice -C hairm an o f the S outh Lou is iana C hapter, bu t she s ta rted her m em bersh ip in the N in e ty -N in e s as a m em ber o f the M is s is s ip p i C hapter. It is a te rr ib le lo ss fo r ou r s is te rh o o d .

In A p ril, we p laced the B icen tenn ia l Logo on d isp la y at a irp o rts in M cC om b, MS and in R aym ond, MS. These F .B .O .s are hom e base fo r Jack ie Enochs and Ruby D ickerson, respective ly .

Janet Green v is ite d the M em ph is C hapter in M arch w hen they held a chap te r m eeting in B ilo x i, MS. In A p r il, Janet went to the S ou th C entra l S ection M eeting in A b ilene , Texas. In A p ril, Jane t w ent to the S outh C entra l S ec tion M eeting in A b ilene , Texas. It is ju s t g reat to have one o f ou r In te rn a t io n a l O f f ic e rs a t S e c t io n M ee tin g s— Lois Fiegenbaum was at our Southeast Section Meet.

O ur A p ril M eeting was held in M cC om b, MS w ith Jack ie Enochs as H os tess . Jackie was a lso hos tess fo r the M cC om b S top of the Lou is iana A ir T ou r in A p ril.

M em bersh ip was the them e o f ou r May C hapter M ee ting , w h ich w as held at Janet G reen’s love ly hom e in O cean S p rings , MS. Barbara F reem an he lped w ith the a rrangem ents fo r luncheon and 4 9 '/her Don Green to o k o u r ra the r large g roup th ro u g h th e ir F e rson ’s O p tica l P lant. W e had several p rospec tive 99s in a ttendance . Of the to ta l num ber o f e lig ib le w om en p ilo ts in the s ta te o f M is s is s ip p i, we have 26 m em bers, w h ich fig u re s o u t to be 32 per cen t, a touch above the In te rna tiona l average.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO “ US” in June1 9 7 5 — we w ill be 14 years o ld , and have a fes tive day p lanned fo r June 14 !! Is anyone e lse p lann ing to get a p ro c la m a tio n in June fo r "N a tio n a l General A v ia tio n W eek fo r 1975” ?? MS is !!

NORTH GEORGIA CHAPTER Lois Lacy, Reporter

The w eekend o f A p ril 18th fo u nd N orth G eorg ia 99s, a long w ith the Deep S outh C hapter, he lp in g to h os t the F .A .A .,D .O .T. sponsored “ T ake -o ff and Landing S em inar” at C orde le , G eorg ia . T h is was the f irs t in the c o u n try and proved to be bene fic ia l to a ll. There were abou t 300 p ilo ts reg is te red at g round sch o o l and rough ly 1,300 fo lk s v is ite d over the three days. B obby W ilke s , o u r N a tiona l A cc id e n t Prevention S p e c ia lis t, was here to s tudy

and eva luate the sem ina r. 99s helped reg is te r p ilo ts and m anned the scoreboard fo r the accuracy land ing co n tes t. There were 24 e n trie s in th is event and ou r own C arolyn U pton p laced seventh . Pat Darley o f the Deep S outh C hapter d id a w onderfu l job co o rd in a tin g the sem inar.

Several N orth G eorg ia 99s a ttended the S pring S ec tion m ee ting at F ran k lin , N.C. The K it ty H awk and C aro linas chapters made it a weekend to rem em ber.

We have tw o new ra tings in o u r chapter, C aro lyn U p ton , In s tru m e n t and V irg in ia Yates, F lig h t In s tru c to r. C ong ra tu la tions . There were tw o guests at o u r A pril m ee ting , M arian T oubruk, private p ilo t and S he rrill R ichey, F irs t O ffic e r w ith Pied­m ont A ir lin e s w ho rea lly ge ts in a lo t of f ly in g . A t th is tim e , we are busy p lann ing the Fall S ec tion m ee ting to be at Stone M t., G eorg ia .

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GARDEN STATE CHAPTER Dolores Jane Zilincar, Reporter

O ur “ A p t Day” on A p ril 12th at M on­m ou th A irp o rt was, as usua l, a trem em - dous success w ith the gu idance o f Mr. John Karp o f the F .A .A . and tw o fin e and generous in s tru c to rs — M ike W in to n and F loyd P ratt. M ore than ha lf o u r active m em bersh ip have com p le ted th e ir Apt rides.

A fte r the A p t rides, C la ire Kurica conducted a s tim u la tin g m ee ting . Bonny M iku lla was w e lcom ed as a prospective m em ber and she has vo lun teered to ass is t Ann Daly in her w ork as represen ta tive of the Garden S ta te C hap ter fo r W ays and M eans— 1979 In te rn a tio n a l C onvention . The New York, New Jersey S ection is hos tess ing the C onven tion on the 99s 50th Ann iversary.

O ur chap te r was a lso busy taking re g is tra tio n at th e A p ril 27th m eeting o f the N orthesast Aero H is to r ia n s at the H oliday Inn, S pring V a lley , N Y.

99 “ S teve" G redsted stepped in at the 9th h ou r as a s u b s titu te fo r J u ly M eltener to speak to s tu d e n ts at Tom s R iver H igh S choo l on Aero-S pace and the many careers open to a le rt and in terested s tu d en ts in the f ie ld o f a v ia tion . She reported the young people were fasc ina ted and th irs ty fo r m ore in fo rm a tio n . Jerry R oberts d id her th in g , too , w ith the 6th grade s tu d e n ts at M onm ou th M iddle Schoo l and repo rts o f her perform ance were eq u a lly g lo w in g .

A lm a H itc h in g s was appo in ted chairm an of “ Pow der P u ff Derby Day" sponsored by the G arden S ta te C hapter. A lm a w ill also be cha irm an o f the N o m in a tin g C om m ittee w h ich in c lu d e s fo rm e r C hairm en, Flo W alsh, Judy M e ltsne r, Jerry R oberts and Gay Maher.

The "G orgeous G u lfc o a s t" a t G u lfp o rt, MS was the A p ril p layg round o f M em ph is 99s and 49 ’/2ers. It was a g lo r io u s weekend of great g o lf, te n n is , food and fly in g .

C h a irm a n N a n c y M i l le r , S e c re ta ry C arolyn S u llivan and C h ris B row n en joyed the Arkansas C hap ter h o s p ita lity at L itt le Rock. W eather tu rned the f ly - in in to a d rive-in to see the f ilm "A Pow der P u ff fo r Joan ".

A b so lu te ly the m os t e x c itin g s ing le -day s igh tsee ing Be lle and Posey H edges report was th e ir ja u n t to the S taggerw ing M useum F ounda tion at T u llahom a , TN. The s ig h t o f the b e a u tifu lly resto red a ir­c ra ft, the th r il l o f av ia trix h is to ry dep ic ted in the Lou ise Thaden L ib ra ry p lus the gen ia l h o s p ita lity of N in e ty -N in e C ha rlo tte Parish and her husband John m ake it a m ust s top fo r every p ilo t ’s schedu le .

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Fern M ann w ho earned her in s tru m e n t ra ting e xh ib itin g exce llen t fly in g s k ills !

, Mem phis Chapter Treasurer and Newsman Joe Lesem shooting film of the March fly-in to Pocahontas, AR for a spot about the N inety-N ines on Channel 5, M em phis, TN.

John Karp inv ited us to co -sp o n so r, toge the r w ith the A v ia tio n A dv iso ry C o u n c il— w h ich we recen tly jo in e d — a Safety Sem inar in Septem ber. M r. Karp asked fo r one of ou r g ir ls to speak as a represen ta tive of w om en in av ia tion and w ho cou ld be m ore q u a lif ie d than ou r zesty F lo W a lsh ! F lo is so generous w ith her tim e and ta len ts and we are m ost proud to have her as ou r standard bearer.

Jan ice B lackburn gave a de ta iled p rogress report on o u r Garden S ta te 300 and eve ry th ing is runn ing s m o o th ly . W e've been re c e iv in g o u r p re s c r ib e d $10 d o n a tio n s fo r ou r program and have ac­cepted m any o ther very generous g if ts . We have a no the r “ H it ” on ou r h a n ds— And tha t's the tru th !

NEW YORK CAPITAL DISTRICT CHAPTER Peg W eiss, Reporter

NYCD C hapter w as happy to w e lcom e our v is it in g NY-NJ S ection G overnor Ruth Dobrescu and her a ir lin e cap ta in husband C harles at ou r A p ril m ee ting . A large num ber of m em bers, p rospec tives , and guests fil le d Ruth G reen 's f l ig h t schoo l o ffice , w here John Sheehan from the A lbany GADO FAA gave a great p rogram . The f irs t f ilm , loaned by D oris M ille r o f H udson V a lley C hapter, was o f a ir show aeroba tics in a w ide range o f c ra ft from the WWI v in tage p lanes at O ld R hinebeck Aerodrom e to the sleek je ts o f the T hunde rb irds and the B lue A nge ls . W hat e xc itin g pho to g ra p hy ! The second f ilm , “ D ens ity A lt itu d e ” , d ram atized w e ll the need fo r sa fe ty check ing a ll a tm o sp h e ric c o n d it io n s on every leg o f every f lig h t.

O ur May m eeting , held at B e tty E lio t t ’s hom e, was s tr ic t ly bus iness . Cha irm an Nancy F itz roy and Sue P o ls in e llo reported on th e ir a ttendance at the S pring S ection m eeting in R ochester. W e p rom ised help fo r the E m pire S ta te 300 th is fa ll. Mary Scher was appo in ted to the S ection W ays and Means C o m m itte e fo r the 1979 In te rn a tio n a l C onven tion . H arrie t B regm an is ou r lia ison to the N ortheast P ilo ts A sso c ia tio n P o litica l A c tio n C om m ittee .

B e tty E l l io t t has jo in e d th e e lite ranks of the in s tru m e n t rated! C o n g ra tu la tio n s !

We w e lcom e th ree new m em bers to ou r chap te r: Lyn W ood, Barbara C heles, and Este lle P o ls in e llo .

PALISADES CHAPTER Helen Egan Levy, Reporter

It's ca lled a "C O M B O ” , ga ls ! T ha t’s w hat it takes and tha t's w hat it g ives in ou r 99s! It's a c o m b in a tio n of co o p e ra tio n , c o n ­ce n tra tion and cam aradarie a ll ro lled in to m aking ou r 99s an hub in th is b ig w o rld of a v ia tio n ...W h e n H udson V a lley C hap ter held th e ir A e roba tic F ly -In at K obbe lt A irp o rt, ou r new m em ber, G erry N e lson , a long w ith qu ite a few o f ou r C hap ter m em bers, and o u r great “ G uv", Ruth D obrescu, had an o p p o rtu n ity to w h ir l around the sky in her D eca th lon, w h ich was o ffe red fo r the occas ion .

O u r C h a irm a n , B e tty B a r lia , and num erous m em bers o f the C hapter, ass is ted in keeping the program go ing by ushering at an FAA S afe ty m ee ting ca lled "S kyw a tch ", held at the C am eo...

A “ th a n ks ” to R ocheste r and the F inge r Lakes C hapter fo r h o s tess ing a d e lig n tfu l m in i- c o n v e n t io n w e e k -e n d S e c t io n M ee ting .

C B S R a d io and T e le v is io n w e re astounded by ou r a c it iv ite s and to o k tim e o u t to view and repo rt ou r a irm a rk ing at C a ld w e ll-W rig h t A irp o rt on May 17. P a in t, burshes u n d e rfo o t and s tic k y ha ir d id n ’t ru ff le ou r C hap te r “ a r t is ts " . . .y o u can now fin d us w ith those b rig h t, pe rfec t le tte rs CALD W ELL A IR P O R T!!

W ith a sp ic k and span, b lue and go ld PALISADES C hap ter banner, w h ipped up in a p ro fe ss io n a l m anner by ou r new m em ber, M ary A nn N eri, a backg round w as set fo r p resen ting W om en in A v ia tio n , the Pow der P u ff Derby and o u r N ine ty - N ines to m yriad shoppers v iew ing “ The Sky Above" in W illo w b ro o k M a ll, W ayne, N .J. fo r three days in A p r il. G ADO , f ly in g sch o o ls , a ir lin e s and av ia tion in general shared the s p o tlig h t in o rde r th a t those shoppers w ou ld know ju s t a l it t le b it m ore about th a t “ p ie in the s ky ” ca lled f ly in g . A ll th is added 14 new p rospec ts to ou r C hapter lis t.

June 14 was ou r POKER RUN. The FAA- G A D O — cohosted and w as a success.

L ou ise G alfas "a ire d ” w om en in av ia tion on W NEW and yo u r repo rte r b ro u g h t the A ngel Derby ou t o f the loca l sky fo r Stan B rooks of W IN S ...th e a ir waves.

W ATCH OUT! T h a t’s r ig h t - w a tch out fo r o u r w a tch ! I t ’s been approved, and ou r C hap ter w ill have it fo r sa le s o o n ...99 b lue and w h ite . Make it a real com bo and meet in Ida ho ...S a fe su m m e r so a rin g !!

Betty Barlia, Chairman, Palisades Chapter, manning booth at “Sky Above” , Aviation D e m o n s tra tio n at W illo w b ro o k M a ll, W ayne, N .J ., April 17, 18, 19 - featuring 99s and Powder Puff Derby.

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MASSACHUSETTS - NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND - VERMONT

CO NNECTICUT CHAPTER Vivian Utko, Reporter

A p ril b rough t M arch w in d s and c h il ls but we managed one good A p ril weekend fo r o u r S pring S ection at M ys tic Seaport, C onn. H onored by the presence o f Pat M cEw en, the weekend was m ade extra spec ia l fo r a ll. O ur fea tured speaker was N ich o la s P. C ardw e ll, a H a rtfo rd law yer and m u lti-ra ted p ilo t. He spoke o f av ia tion insu rance and FAA p recau tiona ry s teps re la tive to a irc ra ft acc id e n ts . He awakened

m any of us to the fac t th a t we aren 't as w ell covered as w e ’d like to th in k we are. The large tu rn o u t o f 99s and 4 9 1/2S made the weekend a success w ith a b ig p lus fo r the w ea ther w h ich b ro u g h t m any by air.

M em bersh ip in the C onn. C hapter is now up to 31 w ith p rospectives show ing e ve ry m o n th . O u r n e w e s t m e m b e r, Lorra ine B ruck is a w e lcom e tran s fe r from the G reater N .Y . C hapter. APT cha irm an , R uth Z im m erm an , is rece iv ing com p le ted APT fo rm s in hopes o f 100 per cen t s ta tus th is year.

A p rils ' “ F ly -In L unch ” was to M inu te Man A irp o rt in M ass. w ith B obb ie H erbert, Peg and Don Davidson, and V iv ian U tko represen ting C onn. We were d e lig h tfu lly su rp rised to f in d five m em bers o f the Eastern New England C hapter w a itin g fo r us when we arrived, m ak ing it and an e n joyab le CAVU a fte rnoon .

C yn th ia Kem per, ou r very active m em ber w ith the A ir E duca tion P rogram , jo ined S tan ley Ba ll o f A m . A ir lin e s and B ill C legg o f TWA on a m os t in te re s tin g v is it w ith C larence C ham berlin o f H u n tin g to n , C onn. They cha tted about a v ia tion , b lack when. Mr. C ham berlin made the 2nd success fu l A tla n tic c ross ing in the C o lu m b ia w ro te "R ecord F lig h ts ” . C yn th ia shou ld have had a tape recorder.

A t th is w r it in g : Pres. Evelyn K ropp is en rou te in the A nge l Derby fly in g c o -p ilo t w ith Jean B a tch e ld e r...L o rra in e Jenc ik has received her CFII ra tin g ...C o n n ie and R o llin s M acL iesh have ju s t returned from a fa b u lou s tr ip to F la. in th e ir 182 w ith good w eather to make th e ir tr ip even m ore en joyab le . W ith o u t an encod ing a ltim e te r they to o k the adventu rseom e tr ip under the N .Y . TCA and up the H udson R iver at 1100' .

C harte r m em ber, N ancy T ier, flew to Lawrence, M ass. to m eet w ith the Eastern New England C hapter and show ed her f ilm s o f the ea rlie r days in av ia tion and a lso the s lides o f her tr ip to Israel.

99 T iles , fo r sa le in ros te r th rough C yn th ia Kem per, are d w in d lin g in supp ly so if you fancy to ow n one o rde r now , s ince they are no t g o in g to be rep len ished .

“ G lim pse you ere the green ray,C oun t the m orrow a fin e day".

Presiding at the New England Section meeting are, L .-R . Pat McEwen, Inter­n a tio n a l P re s id e n t; B obb ie H e rb e rt, Mildred Doremus, Virginia Bonesteel, and Martha Lee Barnes. Photo by Carol Phelps.

EASTERN N. E. CHAPTER Lucille Flynn, Reporter

38 were present fo r ou r May m eeting at the M errim ack Va lley M o to r Inn. The day was love ly and m em bers arrived at Lawrence A irp o rt in a varie ty o f planes,

in c lu d in g a De H avilland T ige r M oth . Gov. M illie Dorem us was p resent. O ur gues t, Nancy T ier, a 99 C harte r M em ber, en­te rta ined us w ith o ld news f i lm s fea tu ring a C u rtiss F ly ing Boat, an OX-5W aco, a M onocoupe, a F lee tw ing and fa sc in a ting sho ts o f the G raf Zeppe lin c ross ing the A tla n tic . There were e x c itin g g lim p se s o f J im m y D o o litt le and Pete B rooks as w e ll as som e foo tage o f C harles L indbergh 's take -o ff fo r h is h is to r ic A tla n tic F lig h t.

H ig h lig h t o f the day were the e xq u is ite s lides of N ancy’s jou rney to and th rough Israel. Her know ledge o f B ib lic a l h is to ry p lus her exp lana tion o f present day c o n d itio n s in Israel made fo r a m ost e n lig h ten in g and e n te rta in in g a fte rnoon .

D uring the bus iness m ee ting , H arrie t F u lle r w e lcom ed transfe ree B ette Bach and g uests , Barbara W rig h t, Jean D oherty , H o lly H ow ard, M iriam S hafner, A gnes C a tte ll, and Brenda C o lv in . H arrie t p inned o u r new est m em ber, Janet Lan tne r from Lynn, Ma.

It was noted th a t 5 o f ou r m em bers are p resen tly APT and th a t several w ill be en tering various races. The A nge l Derby has en ticed these tw o te a m s: Dot B u tle r and Sue L in s le y ; M artha Dunbar and Helen Rhodes. Marie Lepore and A nne Baddour are heading fo r the G arden S ta te 300, w h ile the fo llo w in g are p reparing fo r ou r ow n A ll W om an New England A ir Race: PamH a w e s and H e le n K o la z y k ; S a n d i

S ilverbush and M ade line C aron ; L illia n Em erson and d a ugh te r C hris .

We co n g ra tu la te Pam Hawes and Sue H ase lm ann. Pam has passed her CFI W ritte ns and is w o rk in g o n F lig h t ln s tru c to r and learn ing to to w G lide rs . Sue is now a fu ll- t im e in s tru c to r at P lym o u th A ir Service and preparing to so lo son M ichae l w h ile f in is h in g her ow n m u lti-e n g in e tra in in g in a Beech Baron. She is do ing ae roba tic dual to be ready fo r the IAC m eet at Ja ffrey , N .H ., the end o f May. Sue is o ffe rin g free APT rides in yo u r ow n p lane. M iriam Shafner and Janet Lan tner are b u ild in g -u p f ly in g experience in a C herokee 140. Sara Hayden is p lann ing to a ttend a W ASP C onven tion in Reno d u ring June. M ona B udd ing w en t to W a sh in g ton on May 14, fo r a H e lico p te r Forum and W h ir ly -G ir l “ H o ve ring ." Pat Thrasher and 4 9 1/2 Tom , spen t m on th o f M arch e xp lo rin g C osta R ica. They fle w a C essna 320 to the Panama C oast. Gene W oo d w o rth w ill be spend ing the sum m er in San M igue l A llende , M ex ico, in o rder to learn S pan ish . H arrie t F u lle r is g e ttin g her bap tism in A e roba tics by f ly in g her so n 's c lip p e d - w in g Cub, N99HF. B ette Bach, the ow ner o f a T ige r M o th , N206DH, has jo in e d us th is past m on th and is now liv in g on Plum Is land , M a., w here she is an a irc ra ft res to ra tion tra inee . Jeanne O hnem us, L iilia n E m erson, and L u c ille F lynn , and th e ir respective husbands, fle w th rough

the w in d s and the rain to a ttend a Com anche P ow -W ow in W illia m b u rg , Va. Having survived tha t, the F lynns and Em ersons w ent on dow n to Key W est to d ry -o ff C om m anche 9265P.

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER Anne Good, Reporter

M em bers of the N orthe rn New England C hapter a tte nd in g the S pring Section M eeting at O ly M ys tic C o n n e c ticu t in April were Rae T a lly , L o is C heste rly , Jane H u tte rm an and Lo rra ine R ichards and Guy and B e tsy A lexander flew in . M artha Barnes and her fa m ily drove to the m eeting from A m h e rs t, New H am psh ire .

The guest speaker, N icho las P. Card- w e ll, ca u tioned a ll w om en p ilo ts to check the insu rance coverage, in case of neg ligence , when ren ting an a irp lane from a F ixed Base O perator.

A lm a G a llagher S m ith has w ritte n a h is to ry fo r the N orthern New England C hapter fo r in c lu s io n in the A ll W oman New England A ir Race Program th a t w ill be so ld at the A ir Race on June 21, 1975, M ancheste r, New H am psh ire .

A ir M ark ings at the B angor In te rna tiona l A irp o rt and su rro u n d in g to w n s were d iscussed and are being cons ide red as p ro jec ts fo r th is sum m er.

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to E lizabeth B row n and D ianne T u rco tte fo r recen tly passing the In s tru m e n t W ritte n Test.

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