AUX TANK NEWSLETTER FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER OF

THE NINETY-NINES

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS

From the Chairman…

FEBRUARY 2016

Happy Birthday to us!!

Yes, February is our Chapter birthday month AND the

month for lovers!!!! Lovers of airplanes, flying, and 2 or 4

legged beings—ok, the occasional spider too!! It is also

the month to love dates!!! We will be bringing much

humble love from our Chapter to the Date Festival on

the 20th in Indio, California (don’t miss out!).

Plus, it’s so great that the Santa Ana winds have died

down enough for us to get back into our airplanes and

fly to some great spots for some sisterhood lunches:

Catalina, Santa Ynez, even Bakersfield to visit our Aux

Tank editor! Time to dust off our wings and put on the

sunscreen!!

For our March meeting, we will be having a terrific

speaker, Gary Shank. Make sure you make it to the

meeting for his informative talk!

Thanks to all our Chapter sisters who have contributed

to our meetings, participated in our events and help fill

our Aux tank with great articles---without you, there is

no SFV Chapter!!

Cheers,

Anne Marie

THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER

OF THE NINETY-NINES

FOUNDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1952

CHAIRMAN

ANNE MARIE RADEL

VICE CHAIRMAN

JACKI HARRIS

TREASURER

CHARLOTTE KABER

RECORDING SECRETARY

ALISA LILEY

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

MELINDA LYON

AUX TANK EDITOR

DEA “COOPER” PAYETTE

OUR MISSION

The Ninety-Nines is the international

organization of women pilots that promotes

the advancement of aviation through

education, scholarships, and mutual support

while honoring our unique history and sharing

our passion for flight, and to quote the 99s

first elected president Amelia Earhart

“TO FLY FOR THE FUN OF IT”

Originally established in 1929 by 99 women

pilots, the members of the Ninety-Nines, Inc.

are now represented in every area of aviation

today.

SFV 99s

P.O. Box 7142

Van Nuys, Ca. 91409

www.sfv99s.org

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MAUREEN KENNEY

Hometown: born in Portland, Oregon… lived in SFV for 62 years

Airport You Fly Out of: WHP, SZP

Favorite Aircraft: Cessna 172

Where and when did you get your license: Sep 1997, VNY

Where did you fly for your cross country: WJF, Apple Valley, Barstow, WJF, VNY

Do you own an airplane, if so, what type: no

Where’s your favorite fly in spot: Santa Ynez

Hobbies: reading, traveling, home maintenance, RVing, shopping at the hardware store

What skill set do you have or factoid about you would surprise most people: maybe some people don't know that I built my own home, with my husband and brother in law. So I have major construction skills.

What Will You Be Doing in 5 Years: traveling

MEET A CHAPTER SISTER

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Feb 20-21, 2016 Date Festival Weekend

Flyin – Indio CA

March 7, 2016 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter

Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart

Room

March 17-20 Havasu 600 Race

April 4, 2016 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter

Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart

Room

April 9, 2016 (sat) Aviation Explorers Gala

April 22-24, 2016 SW Section Spring

Meeting Flabob Airport

April 30, 2016 (sat) Pennies a pound

fundraiser

May 2, 2016 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business

Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

May 14, 2016 (sat) Progressive Hangar

Party – WHP Airport

June 5, 2016 (sun) SFV Awards Banquet –

Smokehouse

June 6, 2016 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter

Business Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart

Room

June 11, 2016 (Sat) 11am SFV Awards

Banquet – TBD

July 2016 No Chapter Meeting

Aug 1, 2016 (Mon) 7pm, Chapter Business

Meeting, Airtel Hotel, Earhart Room

Confessions of an Aviatrix question for the February Meeting:

When is your favorite time to fly & why??

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Machu Picchu, Peru I was lucky enough to go visit my cousins in Peru with my family this year! My father was Peruvian and we lived there when I was a young girl, so it was a fun time going back down memory lane and also having my family get to know some of our family history! It was also important that my family visit Machu Picchu and Cuzco while we were there. They are magical places and truly great wonders of the world. Both places are super rich with ancient histories and sensory overloads. One thing that I noticed was the absence of airplane and helicopter noise there. I’m very happy that the Peruvian government discourages flights around these ancient ruins. It makes for a more breathtaking experience! A good time was had by all!!

“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky”

Amelia Earhart

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The 99s Spring 2016 Fly Now Award for your private pilot license is now

open. Info is on www.ninety-nines.org/scholarships

If you plan to apply for the Fly Now Award, please contact

Ceci Stratford.

cecipilot@sbcglobal.net

Aerosim Flight Academy Offers Two $35,000 Scholarships for High

School Seniors

Aerosim Flight Academy has announced its High School Senior Merit Scholarship

program, designed to offer financial assistance to qualified individuals passionate

about a career in aviation. Two eligible applicants may be awarded up to $35,000

toward tuition for the Professional Pilot Program at Aerosim Flight Academy.

Scholarship provisions and eligibility requirements are available online

at http://www.afa.edu/resources/scholarships. Applications must be submitted by

April 11, 2016. For additional information call 407-330-7020 or

email admissions@afa.edu. (I notice that the $35,000 is approximately half the

cost of getting your flight training through them. It doesn't include any academic

college credit as far as I can see, other than ground school).

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Pilots, set this date aside, June 24, 2016 for departure to Reno Nevada Stead Airport (KRTS),.

The Air Rally, sponsored and organized by the Hayward Air Rally, Inc., is celebrating its 52nd anniversary in 2016, departing from Hayward, California (KHWD) to a new

destination: Reno Nevada Stead Airport (KRTS).

The Air Rally, the longest continually-held proficiency flying event in North America, is funding scholarships for students ages 16-18 for the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) Air

Academy's summer 2016 program.

See our website at http://www.airrally.org for more information.

The Fullerton 99s are partnering with Wings Cafe for a fundraiser. Wings Cafe is the new

restaurant at the Fullerton Airport. If you haven't seen it, it's worth a fly-in. Anyone one who eats at

the restaurant on February 18.19. or 20th and brings in the attached flyer will have %15 of their

total bill donated to the Fullerton 99s by Wings Cafe. The flyer can also be down loaded on our

Facebook page. www.facebook.com/Fullerton99s

I know it is a distance for your chapter, but it might make for a good flight. We would love to meet

you. The Fullerton 99s will be having lunch on Friday and Saturday from noon to 2 to great those

who come to support us.

Respectfully, Jamie

Jamie Tanabe

Fullerton 99s Chapter Chairman

03 / 02 Ceci Stratford

03 / 11 Kathy Smither

03 / 21 Linda Worden

03 / 21 Jan Archibald

03 / 24 Sylvia Sanderson

03 / 30 Maureen Kenney

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A film being released in June to interested PBS TV stations. It's about the 1929 All

Women's Air Derby and current pilots in the Air Race Classic.

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2016/January/26/beyond-the-

powder?WT.mc_id=160129epilot&WT.mc_sect=news

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The Date Festival fly in/drive in to Indio is only two

weeks away! Has everyone that's going given their name

to Geny? She has arranged for a great price on hotel

rooms at the Best Western and a great price for the

large van for transportation (which we all share in) from

the airport to the hotel to the festival and to the BBQ

party on Saturday night!!

BTW, there are some people that are looking to share a

room-holler at Geny for details!

Just like last year, the Saturday night BBQ party is

hosted at a private home in Palm Desert and is

completely gratis!!! The tickets to the festival are only

$10 per person- that's a drop in the bucket to see all

the races....pig, camel, ostrich, bathroom!!

Make sure you attend, it's a lot of fun and we do our

best Faux Tank thinking there!!

Contact Geny at g_noemy80@hotmail.com!

Dea “Cooper” Payette

enlisted as

Aux Tank Editor

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At Young Eagle's in January, Josue from Rancho Los Amigos had his

first Eagle's flight with his brother, Neri. He was a natural!

Just passed her pilots license

and new member SEND CONGRATULATIONS TO

Sara Svec sarasvec98@gmail.com

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Ventura County 99 Sheila Collier recently asked me if Chuck and I would like to go flying

with her in an R-44 helicopter. How could I say no!!! Per our plan, we arrived at Orbic

Helicopters, Camarillo Airport on January 21 at 2:00, a beautiful afternoon.

Sheila did a thorough pre-flight of a silver-colored Robinson helicopter. She buckled us

in and took off, heading south around 200', slowly climbing to go over the coastal

mountains. How incredibly beautiful the green fields, hills and mountains were, all at a

MUCH lower level than I'm used to. We flew over the "Flintstone House" on top of a

mountain high above Malibu, then circled the "Wing House" (which many of us visited at

ground level last year). Then we cruised along the shoreline, looking at the mansions, at

about 500' and then flew northbound over Kanan Road. Chuck pointed out "hitchhiker's

rock" which really stood out at our altitude. We circled over Westlake Village, Sherwood

Lake, Hidden Valley, and the Reagan Library. We found our house in Wood Ranch and

took several pictures. What an amazing E-ticket ride!!

Our approach to CMA over Santa Rosa Valley was stunning, looking across the valley at

the ridge-top homes, instead of down at them. The tower told us to report 2 miles out

at 200'. Whew, that's low for this fixed wing pilot! After a perfect landing at Orbic, we

crawled out sighing "Oh, is it really over?" A special thank you to a special 99 and

special helicopter pilot!

Ceci Stratford

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Dear SFV 99s

The Nominating Committee is soliciting members to run for the SFV 99s Board of Directors for

the term 2016-2017. This is your Chapter and volunteers are needed to fill the positions.

Represent your Chapter by volunteering to be an officer of the Board of Directors. Here are

some good reasons: get to know more about your chapter, how it functions, the scholarships

we give, the activities we participate in and experience the comradery of working on a team

with your fellow members and pilots. Give back to the Chapter and help contribute to the

legend of the San Fernando Chapter.

If you think you might be interested in running, please send a note to one of the members of

the Nominating Committee. If you don't know what the job entails you can locate the job

description in the Standing Rules for our chapter on the SFV99s website or ask someone who

has run for office or someone on the nominating committee.

Please, send us a note if you're interested in running for office and want to know more about

the positions.

We need you help and we look forward to hearing from you.

Nominating Committee,

Nicolette Hanson

Becky Booth

Paula Sandling

03 / 1956 Jan Wood

03 / 1974 Michele Albiez

03 / 2001 Linda Amor Hernande

03 / 2003 Marilyn Perna

03 / 2004 Linda Worden

03 / 2011 Kimberly Harty

03 / 2012 Charlotte Kaber

03 / 2014 Christine Torres

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Chapter Birthday

Many thanks to Charlotte Kaber for the

delicious cup cakes.

Know someone who wants to FLY?

Offering $150 toward a Discovery Flight or funds may be applied

toward the first flight as a student pilot paid directly to flight school.

Applicants send an essay to juniorjae@yahoo.com by March 31, 2016

“Becoming a pilot will…”

Donations were given by various SFV 99s members and those who supported me in

my endeavor to becoming a pilot. Paying it Forward.

Dea “Cooper” Payette

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Cold Weather Flying Tips - or "Baby, it’s COLD outside!”

Well, here we are already headed into February, and whether “Punxsutawney Phil” the

groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog Day (an early spring if he does) we’re still

in the middle of winter and have some pretty cold mornings/evenings. I’m guessing

we’ll have lots more to come in the next several weeks. I’ve been doing a little thinking

about how the cold affects our flying and thought I’d share some of these thoughts

with you.

One of the nice things about this time of year is that there are some really clear winter

days, when flying can be great. Winter visibilities tend to be better as cold air holds

less moisture and it therefore isn’t as hazy as in the summertime. Winter has a lot of

days that are “VFR to the moon” – assuming of course that it isn’t raining!

The other really great thing about cold weather is that it is the “natural” element for

aircraft to fly in. Remember that higher altitude normally equals cold or very cold

temperatures (think back to your ground school and “temperature lapse rates”). The

standard temperature for 7,500 feet is 0C. The neat thing about colder than normal

temperatures is that your density altitude gets LOWER – just the opposite of what

happens in the summer with the “high, hot and humid is horrible”. Colder than

normal air means the air molecules are denser, and that translates into increased

performance for the engine, the prop and the wings. Nice! A little bit of “pseudo

turbo-charging” for your engine.

OK. That’s the good news. There is, of course, a down side to all this cold weather. If

you’re going to travel over mountains or other inhospitable territory, you’ll have to ask

yourself BEFORE you take off whether you have the right kind of survival gear

onboard your airplane. What if you had to hike out of a wooded area that’s deep in

snow after an emergency landing? Have you only got sneakers on and no warm winter

coat? If you don’t want to take all that extra cold weather gear, plan the “other kind”

of IFR flight, the “I Follow Roads” kind, and even then, take extra warm clothes and

make sure your survival kit has the right supplies for the season.

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If your airplane has a chance to get really cold-soaked on the ground – say

over a weekend while you’re skiing – getting it started can be problematic. Oil

gets pretty thick in cold weather – especially if it isn’t the multi-viscosity kind.

Cold batteries do not put out the cranking power needed to get all that cold oil

and metal moving. If you’re going to leave your airplane out someplace very

cold (say, below freezing) for more than just a few hours, you’ll probably want

to take your aircraft battery out (got tools?) and keep it in a warm place until

you’re ready to leave. That’ll solve some of your cold starting problems. Of

course, if somebody can give your plane a little pre-heat (blow hot air up

under the engine cowling) for a while to warm the engine and the oil, that’ll

help, too.

Ice is also something you need to think about during cold weather months. The best

advice is to stay away from it – period! If your plane is on the ground, you need to remove any and

ALL ice or frost from the airfoil surfaces: wings and tail and prop. It’s appalling how HUGE the wing surfaces can seem when you’re trying to clear off the ice, but don’t talk yourself out of it.

One thing to note is that if it’s not too cold, you can leave the airplane out in the sunshine for a

while and the ice will melt off. If you can’t get the ice off, don’t takeoff! Don’t forget that ice is

HEAVY. The little airplanes most of us fly don’t have de-ice or anti-ice capability, which means

that if you’re IFR and you get into the clouds, you need to be alert for ice. Know where the tops

and bases of the clouds are. You’ll want to know that you can drop down out of the clouds and stay clear the terrain. Ice comes off in the airplane in 2 ways: melting and sublimation.

Sublimation happens if you’re in clear air, but it can take a LONG time. Melting happens a lot

quicker and you get that to happen by descending to warmer air.

One last thing – it’s a smart idea to keep a CO (carbon monoxide) detector in your cockpit just in case the cabin heater has a leak. In most of our little airplanes, air for the cabin is heated by

passing it over the outside of the muffler. If there’s a crack, you can get exhaust gas (containing a

lot of CO!) in the cabin. Make a note to check the CO detector periodically during your flight.

BEFORE that, make sure during your run-up, that the heater puts out lots of nice warm air to

keep you and any passengers you may have (as in, does the heater work in the back, too?) toasty

while you’re enjoying your winter flight up where it’s cold! Keep in mind that if you have to shut off the heater during your flight, the inside of your plane is going to get really cold really fast, so

either have a hat and coat and gloves, or an alternate airport readily available.

Have a safe winter flight!

Claudia Ferguson

Safety - San Fernando Valley 99s

Aviation Safety Counselor

© CK Ferguson 2016

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We had a great time at Cable Airshow! Ruth Logan and

Aviation Explorer Morellia sold great aviation gifts by Ruth.

Post-Pregnancy to Pre-Flight

I said that when I became a pilot, I would never allow my currency to lapse. I flew cross-country trips a couple of

times a week as well as around my home airport practicing maneuvers. I kept up with my studies and the latest

aviation news. I attended seminars. I signed in to webinars. Then it happened…I became pregnant. I had many

people tell me not to worry, many women fly up to the very end. I did keep flying even through morning

sickness. One day as I was coming home from Palomar on a windy day, I was a little shaken from the turbulence.

I had landed easier than I had expected but I did notice that it was a little tough to pull back and flare. The

seatbelt was pretty tight. I came in to KTOA and realized maybe I had gone as far as I can – with the yoke. I

ended up taking a break after that flight.

Finally, after FWP lil Coco arrived…I was able to take my first flight.

It was a bit nerve racking. Would I remember the checklist items?

Would my instructor completely ground me because I forgot

everything? Would ATC yell at me because I couldn’t speak? My CFI

even threw in an impromptu landing at John Wayne (I had never

gone near there although I had practiced in the simulator often). As

I went around the plane to pre-flight, it all came rushing back to me.

It IS like riding a bike, only better! I touched the plane wings and I

was at peace. I got my special “petite pilot” pillows that PSA keeps

in the plane for me then had an amazing flight, experienced a new

airport, and got signed off! I am current again. It was so

exhilarating to be flying again that I completely forgot to get photos

with my baby.

Now on to my next adventure…

Dea “Cooper” Payette

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Southwest Section Winter Workshop

The Southwest Section Winter Workshop was held on Sunday January 24th at the Hiller Aviation

Museum in San Carlos, Ca.

The Workshop is a one day meeting open to anyone in the Southwest Section and it’s a day to

discuss Section issues, Chapter issues and International issues. It is very informal and a good way to interact with other members from all over the Section.

Maureen Kenney, Paula Sandling and Jeanne Fenimore attended from the San Fernando Valley

Chapter and we were joined by over fifty other 99s. We ended up driving because of weather, and

it was good to see California looking so green.

Items we discussed are the progress of voting online. International has to change their By-Laws

before Section and Chapters can go about changing ours to allow this process, but International is

actively looking into programs or Companies that will serve our best interest. It has to be secure

and safe for every member.

There is a Chapter that sells aviation memorabilia on EBay and they have earned $3,00.00 in the

last 6 months. Hmmmm, anyone have something they want to get rid of?

Pat Chan from the Bay Cities Chapter is the Section Chairman of Oral Histories and she did a

presentation and showed a small video. It made us think we need to do this and we talked to her

about setting up a day to interview members of our Chapter. She wants everyone weather you’re a

Student or a long time pilot.

April 22-24th is the Spring Section Meeting in Riverside. I am Co-Char so expect the Chapter to

show up in force. We are in charge of the Banquet so will need your help. Sign up at sws99s.org.

We had time to visit the Museum and if you are in the Bay Area be sure to stop and visit.

Next year the Orange County Chapter will be hosting the Workshop so it will be easy for everyone

to see what happens on the Section level