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h ie S S iw iu s Vol. 2 No. 3 July-August The N inety-N ines, Inc. W ill Rogers W orld A irport International Headquarters O klahom a City, Oklahoma 73159 Return Form 3579 to above address 2nd Class Postage pd. at N orth Little Rock. Ark., and at additional m ailing offices.

E d ito r ..................................................................................................................Mardo Crane Assistant E d ito r .................................................................................................. Betty Hicks C irculation M a n a g e r......................................................................................Loretta Gragg C ontributing E d ito r............................................................................................ M ary Foley

CONTENTS INTERNATIO N AL From The Beginning — Glenn B u ffin g to n ................................ 8 Looking Heavenward — M ayetta B e h rin g e r............................................................... 9 Chapter P e rso n a litie s ....................................................................................................... 2 Respiration (Cont'd) — M ary F o le y ................................................................................. 13 Center Fold — 99 A irp o rt N etw ork & list of 9 9 s ........................................................... 17 Tax Exem ption Report — Hazel J o n e s ......................................................................... 7

R egular Features News Briefs and Race R e s u lts ....................................................................................... 3-4 W hat It s A ll About — Com m ittee R e p o rts .....................................................................10 A ir Age Education — Linda H o o k e r......................................................................... 10 International Flying A ctivitie s — Charlene F a lk e n b e rg .......................................10 International H ot Line — S hirley Allen, International P R ................................... 10 International H ot Line, U.S. R eport — Pauline G e n u n g ......................................12 Com ing E v e n ts ................................................................................................................... 5 President's M e ssa g e ......................................................................................................... 1 Section M eeting R e p o rts .................................................................................................. 15 Chapter R e p o rts .................................................................................................................. 15

President — Susie Sewell, C/O Catlin Aviation, W ill Rogers Station, Oklahoma City, Okla. 83159 Vice President — Pat McEwen, 16206 E. Central, W ichita, Kansas 67230 Secretary — M ary Nees Able, 9009 Braeburn Valley Dr., Houston, Texas 77036 Treasurer — Lois Feigenbaum, 103 Pinewood Dr., Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Board of Directors: Thon G riffith , 314 Robinhood Ln., Costa Mesa, Ca. 92627 Esther ‘Esm e’ W illiams, P.O. Box 3283, Tequesta, Fla. 33458 Jew el vom Saal, 1010 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y. 10701 B etty M cNabb, 3114 Beachw ood Dr., Panama City, Fla. 32401

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Spotlighting The International President One of the special h ig h lig h ts of the m eeting in Hawaii fo r me was the rare o p p o rtu n ity to see so m any of our mem bers from A ustra lia ! Thanks to Pat Kelley Shearer, International M em ­ bership Chairm an and ou r gracious hostess, a luncheon was held fo r all those atten din g from cou ntrie s oth er than the United States. Edith Denny, our g lo b e -tro ttin g Intern ation al C oor­ din a to r from Canada, was there renew ing acquaintances and helping to spark the exchange of in fo rm a tio n and ideas. C on­ versation was easy and C h ristin e W ills , G overnor, A ustralian S ection, to ld of plans to hold an air event in A ustra lia s im ila r to the Powder P uff Derby. C ontestants w ill be invited from all over the w orld and from th is discu ssio n an e xcitin g new task is underway -- the challenge o f creating an Intern ation al P ilo t’s License! A ltho ug h it may be a tough one fo r ICAO, we believe it can be done. Arrival in Hawaii was all we had expected w ith be au tifu l leis and pretty Hawaiian g irls to greet us. The 4 9 '/2 S enjoyed this, too. Each day saw us lo okin g more Hawaiian in dress and a t­ titud e, laughing w ith the sin g in g bus drivers, parting w ith our money, enjoying new food adventures — the Luau at the K elle y’s was fabulous, an occasion unparalleled. I enjoyed the fly in g to u r of the islands w ith the HATS (Hawaiian A ir T our Service) crew of the Herron te llin g us so m uch about w hat we were seeing on the 850-m ile, one-day journey. My pictures o f the active volcanoes are treasures as are the keychain, pin and be au tifu l book presented to me by the A ustra lia n m em bers. I appreciated the ir effo rts to bring tw o E ucalyptus seedlings fo r the 99s F orest o f Friendship. But puzzled U.S. G overnm ent o ffic ia ls kept little trees in th e ir "care” (under quarantine) at the a irpo rt in H o no lulu. We are trying to obtain a pe rm it fo r fu tu re im p o rts of th is type. Thanks to the w onderful A lo ha Chapter 99s, I brought hom e a real M uum uu to wear. Thank you, on behalf of all 99s, Florence Beamon, T rippi Penland, B etty Skold, Pat Coates, Dee V ick, Dot Read, Pat and Jim Shearer and the Kelleys, along w ith all the others who helped make the firs t o ffic ia l v is it by a 99 group to Hawaii a great success. A fte r three days o f w ork I was o ff again, to attend the NIFA (N ational Intercollegiate F lyin g A ssociatio n) Tournam ent of Cham pions at St. C loud, M inn. It rained before I arrived, con­ tin u o u sly w hile I was there and after I departed. College teams were unable to com pete in fly in g co m p e titio n the firs t three days

Speaking Frankly W IT H M A R D O

GREETINGS — to Reporters. You have been drafted by your Chapter to report interesting and im p ortan t news to Ye Editor fo r the 99 NEWS Magazine. The only trouble is that many of you are not passing your physical, and you are not m aking it as you should. C onsequently, you cause Ye Ed. to cut much copy (w hich takes tim e );

because o f w eather but these to p contenders were w a iting it out p a tie n tly. A greater num ber of fem ale p ilo ts were mem bers of the team s th is year and they were pre tty, in te llig e n t and con­ fid e n t co n te sta n ts. The 99s NIFA Award com m ittee, headed by Ruby St. Onge, interviewed many of them during consideration o f the a p p lica n ts fo r the 99 Achievem ent Award. A luncheon was given in th e ir ho no r and we invited them to jo in N inety-N ines soon. Look fo r them in you r area! A fte r an enjoyable IFR flig h t in an Aztec back to St. Paul, I headed fo r Kansas C ity to attend the North Central Section m eeting. The new in te rna tiona l a irp o rt there is big and spraw ling but q u ite e ffic ie n t fo r its size. In sp ite o f thunderstorm s that day, the tu rn o u t was good and m any m ore arrived the next m oring. The business session was h ig h lig h te d by the C hicago Area C hapter’s report given by C a roline S m ith -w ith c o lo r slides and c o lo rfu l com m e nt. Even the G overnor c o u ld n ’t call tim e on that one! F o llo w in g the business m eeting was a lively “ rap se ssio n ” fo r the purpose o f answ ering qu estio ns on the headquarters b u ild in g project. The members appreciated the o p p o rtu n ity to learn more about the de tails and expressed con fide nce in the d e cisio n s made by th e ir elected Board. Lois F eigenbaum , International Treasurer, and I were q u ite pleased to spend tim e w ith m em bers from th is section in a relaxed at­ m osphere to d iscu ss on a one-to-one basis. It con tinu ed at a party given honoring Charlene Falkenberg, International Flying A c tiv itie s C hairm an. The banquet included a hum orous talk on flig h t safety by Tiner Lapsley, from the FAA Aeronautical Center in O klahom a C ity. Next was the spring m eeting in W ashington D.C. o f W ACOA, w h ich w ill be known as the C itizen's A dvisory com m ittee on A via tion . The next appointees w ill be men, instead of w om en; leaving 19 wom en on and adding 9 men. A need fo r a new image of the Safe P ilot Program was recognized. O peration “ Ground A s s is t” em phasis on safety and 99s are cooperating throu gh ou t the U.S. by handing out safety lite rature fo r the FAA. Hope to see you in San Juan . . . S tudy the m aterial sent to you fo r con sid eratio n at the con­ vention. It com pletes the jo b you asked us to do — le t’s vote and then have FUN GALORE in ’74! Susie Sewell President

retype ca p tio n s (w hich takes tim e ); and w rite m any letters o f exp la natio n (w hich takes tim e).. Ye Ed. is not a big bad w o lf. IF you get you r copy to her BY DEADLINE, w ith ph otos good enuf to reproduce — YOU W ILL GET IN. It is as sim p le as that. YE ED. has no reason to in clud e one chapter report and not in clud e yours. So, in the interest of harm ony and good reporting w ill you please: 1. If you are a new reporter, get the SOP and schedule from the previous reporter. Remember, it is 99s, not 99’s or 99ers. 2. The elem entary rules the reporter sho uld rem em ber are: T ypew ritten copy o n ly fo r both news and c a p tio n s ; double space; DO NOT put names in capital le tte rs ; DO NOT lis t names ju s t fo r the sake of having them appear in the 99 NEWS — you r local n e w sle tte r is where your ‘thank yo u s’ be lo ng; LIM IT your copy (1 V i to 2 pages regular typ e w rite r paper — NOT legal size) to news ALL 99s w ill find

of in te re st; have your copy in the mail at least FOUR days ahead o f deadline. You may not make it o th erw ise; If you want you r ph otos returned, enclose s u ffic ie n t postage. 3. PLEASE — study the schedule: NEXT Deadline MAGAZINE Date of issue Sept. 1 S ept.-O ct. Nov. 1 N ov.-Dec. Jan. 1(1975) Jan .-Feb. Feb. — no copy Mar. 1 M arch-Apr. May1 M ay-June Ju ly 1 July-A ug. NOTAM NEXTDec. 1 Jan.-N otam Four Feb. 1 ’75 M ar.-Notam Two Apr. 1 May - Notam Two Aug. 1 S ept.-N otam Three N otam s sho uld be im p ortan t news, com ing events, o r announcem ents.

Chapter Personalities PENELOPE A M ABILE, B a llo o n ist Penny A m a b ile ’s business card says “ aviatrix, b a llo o n ist, barnstorm er, ad­ ven turer.” In the tw en ty years since college she has worked her way in to the w o rld ’s newest (and oldest) aerial sport. Penelope her parents named her, bought her d o llie s, dressed her in velvet and lace, and brought her up to be a lady. She majored in p h ilo so p h y at W ellesley, studied Plato and Descartes, not Jules Verne - the eig h ty days man - or Langeweische. An o ffe r she clippe d from Life magazine back in the m id-60’s started the w hole th in g . “ Bring th is coupon and $5 to any Cessna dealer fo r your firs t lesson . .. ” , it said. She d id . And it was love at firs t flig h t. Six m onths later she had her private license. Soon she had her com m ercial ticke t, and on to her basic, advanced, and in stru m en t ground in s tru c to r ratings. By th is tim e she was ripe fo r another ad, torn from an old fly in g magazine. (“ I’m an inveterate ad and coupon c lip p e r", she e x p la in s , “ s o a p -p o w d e r-7 c e n ts o ff coupons fa ll out of all my po ckets".) ... “ You’ve tried the rest, now try the b e st," it inveigled. A phone call to “ P rofessor” Charles M acA rthur o f T olland, Con­ ne cticut, w ho runs a Balloon S chool, and she was o ff fo r her com m erical LTA ticke t w ith f lig h t in s tr u c to r p r iv ile g e s . A som ewhat unconventional a sp ira tion fo r th is suburban-m atron-m em ber-of-variousb o a rd s -h o s p ita l- v o lu n te e r - w ith - s e v e n c hildre n! (For her husband Frank, Penny has ju s t one w ord. Super. A tria l lawyer w ith his own firm in New York C ity, he is him self a com m ercial p ilo t, licensed to fly gliders too. The A m abile household centers around seven children ranging in age from 14 to 2 1 .) “ I d id n 't start o u t to be a b a llo o n is t", she says p la in tive ly, “ but it ’s addictive. And

the m ore I try to get out of ba llo on in g and back to fixed w ing, the m ore I get in to it. It’s a d e lig h tfu l sort of q u icksa nd” . “ N o n -b a llo o n ists tend to th in k of balloons in the same category as b ic y c le s ,” she m uses, “ when they really should be com paring them to m otorcycles. They are real fly in g m achines and demand all the respect due any oth er a irc ra ft.” She do esn 't ow n her ow n balloon, but, as she puts it, she “ has the keys” to several. One elegant red and w h ite one belongs to the Sport Rites C lub, where she is d ire c to r of aviation a ctivitie s, " I t ’s a ctu ally named ‘Aardvark’," she says, “ but I call it ‘F la tte ry’ because it gets me now here.” A ctu a lly, it gets her a lo t of places. Last June, guests at a local h isto rica l society ball were astonished to see a m odern day Mary P oppins descending upon the H ilto n Hotel via balloon. Dressed to the nines in a fancy ball gow n, Penny made the evening even m ore p ro fita b le fo r the society by giving tethered sig htsee ing rides. Penny flie s out of the W estchester C ounty A irp o rt. She is an active m em ber of the G reater New York chapter o f the 99s and the New York W ing C ivil A ir Patrol. She is an e n th u sia stic sup po rte r o f the N inety-N ine s new headquarters project. “ I believe in th is b u ild in g and w hat it stands fo r” . In her spare tim e she runs Skyrovers, a newly organized com pany of w h ich she is president ("and the w hole darn s ta ff ju s t a b ou t” ), “ Skyrovers” , she e xp la ins, is like a m arriage-broker. It’s a go-betw een. The p u b lic do esn 't alw ays know where they can get the specialized service they may want from the aviation co m m u n ity and I try to help them reach the people w ho can help th e m .” (Some m aterial fo r th is chapter Per­ so n a lity sketch co n trib u te d by Mary Lou Balogh.)

Jean Hayden, rig h t, is the 1974 w inner of the N inety-N ine s Achievem ent Award for colleg e fly in g . Left, Fran Sargent, Florida G oldcoast Chapter, and form er 99 NIFA C hairm an, presented the N inety-N ine donated silver tray at th is year’s National In te rco lle g ia te F lying A s s o c ia tio n ’s (NIFA) V iking Tournam ent o f C ham pions, St. C loud, M inn. Jean is a fu ll-tim e college student at the U of N orth Dakota, is an in s tru c to r fo r the s ch o o l’s fly in g c lu b , and recently com pleted her hours for a con tro l to w e r o p e r a to r ’s c e r t if ic a te . T h is sum m er, she is m aking college tu itio n by crop d u s tin g in C a lifo rn ia ’s Apple Valley. As a colleg e sophom ore, Jean w rote, and the U niversity pu blishe d, the firs t manual on h o w -to flag (mark) areas for d u stin g or spraying by airplane. This manual is approved by the parent group of all a g ricu ltu ra l aviation business men. Photo by Page Sham burger.

Tennessee 99s presented to Mr. Harry Porter of Chattanooga the eighth annual award fo r pro m otio n of general aviation in Tennessee. Pictured are Mr. Porter and Evelyn Joh nso n, Chairman of the Awards C o m m itte e. The plaque, shaped in w alnut like the State o f Tennessee, are designed and made by Ferris Thom as.

Penny A m abile, aviatrix and b a llo o n is t, o f the Greater New York Chapter 99s. Photo Credit B ill G lass.

INSTRUCTORS OF THE YEAR The N ashville GADO and M em phis GADO named Evelyn Johnson (left), Tennessee C h a p te r and Pat W ils o n , M e m p h is Chapter, “ In s tru c to r o f the Year” . Both are Tennesseans and m embers o f the N inetyNines.

LOUISE THADEN HONORED By Ruth W. Thom as, H istorian The S taggerw ing Club paid trib u te to Louise Thaden, charter m em ber of the N inety-N ines, during the S taggerw ing Convention in T ullahom a, Tennessee on June 14, 1974 by nam ing the restored 100year-old log cabin, the firs t phase of the S taggerw ing A ir Museum , the Louise M. Thaden O ffice and Library B u ild in g . The Thaden B u ild in g , com pleted in May, is on the Parish Aeredrom e adjacent to Northern Field in T ullahom a. In a d d itio n to being a library and technical date center the bu ild in g w ill house m em orabilia such as helmet and goggles worn by Mrs. Thaden, pictures and newspaper c lip p in g s of races, and her flig h t records.

Members o f the Tennessee and C arolinas Chapters atten din g the de dication of the Louise M. Thaden O ffice and Library B uilding of the S taggerw ing A ir M useum , Tullahom a, Tennessee, June 14, 1974 were: C harlotte Parish, Lou S m ith, Page S h a m b u rg e r, E ve lyn H ym an, R u th Thomas, Louise S m ith and Bee Reid. Not pictured were: Irene F lew ellen, Edna Broyles, Pat Garner and Sylvia Harper. (Photo by Ferris)

Louise Thaden and reporter Ruth Thomas are standing on the site o f the 85’ x 100' Display Hangar - the second phase o f the Staggerwing A ir M useum . The Louise M. Thaden O ffice and Library B u ild in g can be seen ju s t past the nose o f the S taggerw ing Beech w hich is on loan to the m useum . Tullahom a, Tennessee, June 14, 1974.

Louise Thaden and C harlotte Parish tam p Kansas soil during C hristening of Beech G round cerem ony at the D edication o f the Louise M. Thaden O ffice and Library B uild ing of the Staggerw ing A ir Museum in Tullahom a, Tennessee, June 14, 1974.

NEWS BRIEFS From the INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY TO:

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Annual Report 1. This is to rem ind you to prepare trip lic a te typ e w ritte n reports on the work of you r com m ittee. a. The reports sho uld be made on 8 V2 x 11 Bond Paper, typed. b. They w ill be handed to the In­ terna tion al Secretary to be made a part of the O ffic ia l M inutes. c. If you cannot attend Convention, please m ail you r report to the Secretary before the C onvention. d. Sign the report as C hairm an, and lis t the names of your C o m m itte e m em ­ bers. 2. You o r your designee should be prepared to make a tw o -m in u te report from the flo o r of the House of Delegates. This report is in the form o f a resum e of your o ffic ia l report. 3. Thank you fo r the work you and your c o m m itte e have d o n e ....................HOPE TO SEE YOU AT CONVENTION. AIR AGE ED UC ATIO N L in d a H o oker A IR M A R K IN G V elda L. K iker AE M E M O R IA L S C H O LA R S H IP A lic e R o berts APT M arg o S m ith A U D IT IN G . 1972-73 & 73-74 L o is Feigenb aum A W TA R . Inc. Kay B ric k A W T A R FU N D RA IS IN G Hazel Jone s B Y -L A W S REVISION V irg in ia Hash BUDG ET L o is Feigenb aum C O M M ITTE E TO READ & AP PROVE B e tty F ritts M IN U TE S. 1972-73 & 73-74 C O N TEST N a ncy Jean Teel F LY IN G AC TIV IT IE S C h arlene F alkenbe rg 4 9 ’/2er RECO RDS B e cky T ha tcher G A M A S A FE PILOT PR O G RAM W a lly Funk H E AD Q U AR T ER S M a rily n C o pela nd H IS T O R IA N R u th Thom as IN C O R P O R A TIO N R ESIDENT A d e la id e Tinker IN S U R A N C E R E PR ESE N TA TIV E S u sie Sew ell M E M B E R S H IP Pat K e lle y Shearer N IN E T Y -N IN E M USEUM TRUST B e rn ic e T. Steadm an N IF A A W A R D R u b y S t.O n g e N IN E T Y -N IN E NEW S EDITOR M ardo Crane N O M IN A T IN G G a rn e tt H a s tin g s Nance P A R L IA M E N T A R IA N V irg in ia Hash P U B LIC R E LA T IO N S . S h irle y K. A lle n IN T E R N A T IO N A L PU B LIC R E LA T IO N S , P a u lin e G enung U N ITED STATES R E SO LU T IO N S L o is A u c h te rlo n ie SCRAPBOOK V alera G. J o h n s o n

RESOLUTION! MEM BERSHIP It was to o late to get Santa Flosa C hapter’s M em bership re so lu tio n con­ sidered at th is year’s Intern ation al Con­ vention. A re so lu tio n concerning m em ­ bership w ill be brought before the In­ terna tion al fo r a vote. Our delegate, Sandy Petersen, w ill be having an open house at the convention to d iscu ss th is reso lu tion. Please drop in o r send an authorized representative.

N inety-N ine matches w ill not be available after Septem ber 30, 1974. If you have been planning to order, now is the tim e to do it. Price per box o f 50 is $1.35 plus 36 cents postage. On orders of 10 o r more boxes to the same address, deduct 10 per cent. Price per case o f 50 boxes depends upon d e stin a tio n — please w rite for prices if you can use that am ount. A ll matches are m ailed the next day after your le tte r is received. Send orders to : Jean Deck; 15 Papago B lvd .; W inslow . Arizona 86047.

NOTICE 99 C laire Ball o f the C onecticut Chapter has a great suggestion for anybody w ho may want a Bahamas vacation — and at a real bargain, too. At a d isco u n t — 50 per cent to 99s — from Claire you can rent a new tw o -b e d ro o m , w a te rfro n t tow n ho use at Treasure Cay Abace fo r only $163 per week. Has a 5000’ a irs trip , beach, pool, g o lf, tennis, fis h in g , boating, and spectacular view. C ontact Claire at 110 Round Lake Rd., R idgefield, Conn. 06877, PH 203-438-2778. The location w ill tie in w ith the International Con­ vention in Puerto Rico, and the house w ill sleep five.

(Ed. N ote: The Heading NEW HORIZONS reflects the belief that death is a horizon toward w hich we all fly , even though this new adventure is brought about by diverse causes. In a sense it is a flig h t from the “ bonds of earth” to unknown “ New H orizons” )

Flying on to NEW HORIZONS Evelyn Hendley. of M odesto, Ca., charter m em ber of the San Joaquin Valley Chapter. (No cause of death given). R u th H o d g e s and d a u g h te r, Louise (Pie) Gursanscky. air crash in A ustralia. C arolyn P h illip s, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, killed w ith her husband B ill, and an 18-year-old daughter B onita, in a severe weather situ a tio n w h ile fly in g hom e to C aliforn ia from K entucky.

The Mini-Derby

NEWS BRIEFS A LETTER TO 99 PRESIDENT SUSIE From Denise Morchand, N a irob i, Kenya, East Africa June 27, 1974 Dear Susie: Thank you very m uch for your w onderful encouraging letter! We had another m eeting today and th in g s are beginning to move, such as plans fo r a m in iatu re Powder Puff rally, but not u n til our glam o ro us charter p ilo t, Heather Stewart, has had her baby and is back in the air. Some statio nery and C hristm as cards are also being organized. As soon as I received your le tte r I contacted Anne Spoerry fo r an interview for “ 99 NEW S” , but she c o u ld n 't see me till Tuesday of th is week, and flyin g d o cto r ph otos are being readied fo r the weekend, so you see, no thin g happens very q u ickly in East A frica. Anne had 2 m eetings w h ile I in te rv ie w e d h e r (w e ta lk e d b e tw e e n m eetings). She to ld me about the F lying Nuns up North and also about w it­ ch d o cto rs and a Devil’s c u lt — all w ill be in the a rticle. A lso, she m entioned a lady p ilo t w ho flew across the A tla n tic years ago (east to west) and today I learned of a second A tla n tic Flyer. Both now breed horses. I w ill try to locate them fo r in ­ terview s. A lso , I managed a brief w rite-up on Heather Stewart. June Sutherland d id n 't attend today — I w ant to get de tails on how she won her medal (Queen's C om m endation fo r Service in the Air). I have decided to w rite firs t to Mardo Crane to te ll her w h at's com ing and to aim for Septem ber 1st deadline O ctober issue of “ 99 NEW S” ) and see if she is interested. I feel te rib ly frustrated about m issing the July firs t deadline, but co m m u n ica tio n is d iffic u lt here, and these ladies fly a great deal and are d iffic u lt to pin down. Thank you again fo r sending all those m em bership form s. I discovered five more wom en p ilo ts when I flew last week to Nakuru and we w ill soon have a brand new private p ilo t, young and very attractive, w ho w orks at a dectective agency (a fly in g detective). A lso som e of us may be going up in a ba llo on s h o rtly !! I’ m very sorry to d isa p p o in t you w ith the lateness of the Anne Spoerry story, but it w ill be w orth w a itin g fo r as she is a very in te restin g wom an. She has had spears throw n at her airplane. More later — I w ill send you copies of the stories I send Mardo Crane, ju s t in case the ones I send her get lo st in the m ail. And I’ ll try to get lo ts of photos. Very warm and sincere regards to you, and many thanks.

By Jeanne Abram son, P u b licity Course was approx. 330 s.m . w ith check p o in ts at M endota and Jackson, these m on itore d by HAM radio operators under d ire ctio n of 491/2 Hart P ostlethw aite. Perfect weather w ith only lig h t and variable w inds. 3 planes file d fo r fuel s to p ; others all flew no n-stop round robin. No un­ tow ard in cid e n ts (w ell, E ldris and Sandy c o u ld n ’t get gas at th e ir firs t sto p so went elsewhere, thu s blow ing th e ir estim ated tim e ! and, w inne r Jan Cole neatly knocked the glass out of the side view m irro r on the gas tru ck when taxiing in — d id n ’t even bend the fram e, alth ou gh her port w ing tip was creased.) (Does th is reaffirm DOT co n te n tio n that, w h ile wom en have better safety record in the air, they have more onthe -ground accidents?) Friday n ig h t, June 14, race c lin ic was conducted by Barbara LaPoint and a t­

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T im e A c t.

S c o re

J e a n M ason

17.1

3 .1 9 :1 2

3 .1 3 :1 7

3 55

3 2.3

T im T ru e tt

3 3 .8

1.59 :3 0

2 .0 2 :3 0

495

16.4

G e ra ld in e W ie c k s

1 8.2

3 .0 8 :0 0

3.09:01

1141

Est. Fuel

C o -P ilo t

17.1

2 5.4

B e tty E n g s tro m

2 9.0

2 .3 0 :4

2 .2 9 :3 2

1 25 8

24 2

M a u re e n C a rte r

2 2.2

4 .1 6 :3 2

4 16:02

1 35 0

2 5.4

C la u d ia C a rls o n

20.1

23 .2

4 .2 2 :0 3

4 .2 8 :0 7

1 624

21 4

3 .0 5 :0 0

3.21:01

1 637

34 4

Joan Enos

2 8.0

2 .3 7 :0 0

2 .3 8 :3 4

1 758

2 1.5

K a th i W e n tw o rth

18.3

2 .0 1 :3 0

2 .2 0 :0 4

1 850

24.7

B e tty W alsh

2 8.9

2 .5 8 .1 8

2 .5 3 :3 0

1968

D ou g G ille t

24.7

4 .2 2 :0 0

3 .5 5 :1 6

446 4

2 0 .3

3 1.4

2 .4 5 :0 0

3 .0 7 :1 0

4993

19.8

2 6.5

4 :3 7 :2 5

4 5 9 :5 0

5 36 5

3 0.2

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2nd Annual M ini-D erby (1974) June 15th. Best Hayward based p ilo t troph y (donated by Hayward C ity C ouncil) won by 8 th place w inner.

HQ’s at Beechcraft W est - HYWD. O ffic ia l starter: Lloyd Payne, Tower chief. Banquet was at Carrows Rest. 5:30 p.m . race day.

A ll W om en's In te rn a tio n a l A ir Race

ANGEL DERBY F inal Race Results - A p ril 29, 1974 PLACE PILOT

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tended by about 30 people. Overflow crow d of 60-70 at briefing on race m orning fo r breakfast of coffee and donuts. FAA representatives Howard C o nn olly and Nancy M urdock reviewed weather and regs. T ra ffic and tim in g explained by Hayward tow e r chief, Lloyd Payne. Barb gave out coordinates and sketches of check p o in ts, one hour was allow ed for flig h t-p la n n in g , and the race was on! Aw ards banquet also attended by about 60 people. Great cam araderie, especially fo r the “ men in w om en's air race" types! C onsensus w as th a t c ru is e -a n d p ro ficie n cy m uch more dem anding that stra ig h t speed race. No de cisio n yet on ’ 7 5 , as there seems to be som e d ivisio n of o p in io n on type of race m ost in demand. I m ust say, however, there was great response from local press once they grabbed on to the "M e n " angle!

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Jud y G. W agner M ary Pearson, H arriett Booth B ernadine Stevenson, M axine Pike H elen W ilke, Kathy Long Pauline Mallary, Marian Banks Helen M. McGee, Norm a Draper Velda M arelli, Stephanie Beuchat B eve rly Mahoney, Peggy Marsh Samm y McKay. W inifred Duperow Martha Gaunce,

AVERAGE SPEED 205.684 148.973 177.693 200.118 141.115 195.746 193.676 182.330 196.231 129.093

HANDICAP SPEED 183.000 131.000 162.000 186.000 127.000 182.000 182.000 171.000 186.000

121.000

SCORE 22.684 17.973 15.693 14.118 14.115 13.746 11.676 11.330 10.231 8.093

Picture Story of the

WIS-SKY RUN W isco n sin C hapter’s p ro ficie n cy race, was held June 7, 8 , 9, at Morey A irp o rt. M id­ d leton , W ise. It was a great success, as these photos tell better than words.

W IN N E R S !!! Mary Stroh rig ht and Norma Freier le ft, III. FIRST PLACE TROPHY; BEST A LL-FE M A LE CREW ; and BEST OF PIPER!

S E C O N D P LA C E T R O P H Y ; B a rb a ra Brusseau R ight and M argie Hughes le ft. Illin o is .

THIRD PLACE TROPHY AND BEST OF CESSNA Kathleen G erhold and Richard Parks, M ich.

FOURTH PLACE TROPHY and BEST W IFE-HUSBAND TEAM ; Pat and Donald Paulsen, Indiana

FIFTH PLACE; Kay and Ray Cham berlain, M ich.

Jean and Eugene Zapata, W is. SIXTH PLACE TROPHY and Jean received the PAM BINDL MEMORIAL AWARD for best rookie p ilo t.

Best of B eech; Betty W illm ore le ft and Dee Kluppel Vetter rig ht W ise.

L to R M arlyn Donagan, Race Chairm an. Field M orey, O perations, M ike Donagan, O ffic ia l starter. Eddie Donagan. and Danny Yeazel.

Steve W ittm a n, guest speaker at the W isSky Banquet, flew in from Oshkosh in his W ittm a n T ailw in d. Mr. W ittm an has flow n in m ore closed course co m p e titio n s than any oth er p ilo t!

W ELCOM E!

hotel or to go sight-seeing. P .M .— C o ckta ils and steak fry around upper sw im m in g pool. FRIDAY — A ugust 23 A .M . — C h a irm a n 's C o ffe e . A m e lia Earhart Brunch (10:00 to 12:00) P.M. — F irst part o f General Business M eeting (12:00 - 4:30) SATURDAY— A ugust 24 A .M .— Second part of General Business M eeting P .M . — C o c k ta il P a rty , B anquet — (G overnor's and past presidents w ill be honored at the banquet.) SUN DAY— A ugust 25 A .M . — Fly-Aw ay Breakfast P.M. — Depart Puerto Rico.

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COMING EVENTS Southw est S e ctio n a l— Septem ber 13, 14, and 15. Place: SnowBird Ski Resort in the W asatch m ountains east of Salt Lake C ity. Land at Salt Lake International and transportation w ill be provided to the resort. Barbecue, banquet, tram rides, and supervised hikes in the m ountains part of the program. A ll 99s invited. South Central Fall S e ctio n a l—O ctober 4, 5, 6 , Las Cruces, New M exico, Chaparral Chapter Hostess.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 45th International C onvention of N inety-N ines El C o nq uistad or Hotel and Club Puerto Rico A ug ust 21-25, 1974 WEDNESDAY — A ugust 21 A .M . — A riv e P u e rto R ic o — El C o n q u ista d o r Hotel P .M .— Get A cquainted Rum Swizzle Party. Evening free to v is it the n ig h t club o r g a m bling casino, (or ju s t visit) THUR SDAY— A ugust 22 A .M . — G overnor’s Breakfast. Rest of day free to enjoy the fa c ilitie s of the

CONTRIBUTORS FOR 99 HEADQUARTERS $$99 BUILDING CLUB (or more) A dderson, Van, Greater Seattle A ikins, Mary L., Kansas ALBERTA CHAPTER Am abile, Penelope, Greater NY Anderson, Bette S., Santa Clara Barker, Dorothy, Kansas Barr, Norma M ., San A n to n io Beers, Cy, FI. Spaceport Barnick, M arion, Santa Clara Valley Bera, Fran, Long Beach Berkley, Ester G ., Kansas Bohannan, Kaye M., Ky. Bluegrass Bond, V irg in ia K., Chaparral Braese, Evelyn B., Cape Girardeau Byers-Jones, Charm ian, W illam ette Valley CIMARRON CHAPTER Cook, V irg inia, Tucson Copeland, M arilyn, Kansas Cote, Shirley T., Orange County Cox, Sally Jean, H ouston Crane, Mardo, Santa Clara Culver, Elsie, Alaska Curry, Eleanor, N., M innesota Davis, M arjorie, Greater NY Davis M iriam S., FI G oldcoast Dawe, M illie , Phoenix Devereux, H ilda, Maple Leaf Dorr, Mary W ., Los Angeles Downing, B illie , Eastern NE Dunne, Lydia V., Greater St. Louis Eacret, Doris M., Reno Area Early, M ildred, Kansas EASTERN W ASHINGTON CHAPTER Eig, Lois, FI. G oldcoast EL PASO CHAPTER Eshelm an, Irene, Tennessee Evans, Broneta, O klahom a Feigenbaum , Lois, Cape Girardeau Felsen, G ertrude, Hudson Valley FINNISH SECTION Fisher, Murray Hake, Santa Barbara G ardiner, Esther H., Reno Area G enung, Pauline, Indiana G illie s, B etty, San Diego Glaser, Elizabeth, Aloha Goetz, Barbara, Sacram ento Graham, Judy, Indiana G riffin g , T. Sue, A ll O hio G riffith , Thon, Orange County Hadley, Bonnie, San G abriel Hagan, Lydiellen, E. W ashington Hahn, Constance, Greater NY H allinan, H enrietta, Chaparral Harper, Sylvia, C hicago Area Hatch, Margaret A., E. W ashington Havice, Lucy T., Chicago Area Haydu, Bernice, Greater NY G riffith , Irene, Iowa H itch cock, Kathleen, E. W ashington Heise, Eugenia, C olorado Hibner, M arilyn, Long Island Jacobson, W ilm a, South Dakota Jetton, Pat, Dallas Redbird Jex, Diane, Eastern Idaho Jobe, Bea, Iowa Johnson, Joy, H ouston Johnson, Ronnie, Central Pennsylvania Johnson, Valera, Greater St. Louis Jones, Hazel, Dallas Redbird Keller, "M itz i” , W ashington DC Kidd, Louise E., FI G oldcoast K ilbourne, Mary W ., Eastern Idaho

Landis, Joanne M ., W estern NY Laska, Pearl, Alaska Laws, Am y E., Greater St. Louis Levy, Helen E., Greater NY Long, K athy, Dallas Redbird Luke, Jackie, Kansas Lum , Vada M ., O klahom a M asonhall, W ynema, O klahom a Mayle, Ruth, San Fernando M cC orm ick, Peggy, M ississip p i M cEwen, Patricia, Kansas M cG uire, Emma, Long Beach M cM illa n , Marie, Las Vegas M cNabb, B etty W ., Deep South M cR eynolds, Sara, Kansas Metzger, Lynn, Indiana M ickelsen, G eraldine, Sacram ento M illio n , Jan, O klahom a Nance, G arnett H., Kansas NEBRASKA CHAPTER Niekam p, Dorothy, Indiana N ich o ls, W ilda, San Gabriel NORTHWEST SECTION N299PT, Long Beach O liver, M E., H ouston ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Page, Tony, Ft. W orth Palmer, Ju lie t B., Long Beach Parsons, B etty Jo, Ft. W orth Paulsen, Dorothy, W iscon sin Paynter, Joan, Bakersfield Petty, Jackie, Santa Clara Peerce, Pauline, W illa m e tte Valley Potter, llovene, Greater Seattle Pow ell, Dorothy M., Topeka Reed, B etty Jo, C olorado Reed, Jacklyn A., H ouston Roberts, A lice, Phoenix Ruck, C h ristine , Tucson Rueckert, Ruth N., Bay C ities Sage, Kathleen K., Indiana SAN DIEGO CHAPTER SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER Sasser, Evelyn, Phoenix Sew ell, Elizabeth V., O klahom a S ilag i, Barbara, Chicago Area OTHERS ALAM EDA COUNTY CHAPTER A llen , Harriet, El Cajon A ndrew s, Marian T., A ll O hio B artolet, Hazel C., Central Pennsylvania Banker, Elizabeth, North Dakota Barlia, B etty, Greater NY B ieglow , Juanda, Alam eda C ounty B liss, Ruth, W ashington DC Blue, M arjorie, Chaparral Bock, D orothy, Long Island Bonzon, Rachel, Los Angeles Brow n, Lee, Tulsa B utler, M arci, Arkansas C am pbell, M yrtle, Iowa Caryer, Jane, W iscon sin C ritch e ll, Iris, Long Beach Dugdale, M ickey, San Fernando Eckert, P hyllis, Garden State Estep, D orothy, Santa Clara Falkenberg, Charlene, C hicago Area F illaba um , Mary E., Alaska Flaum , Donna L., Long Island F lem ing, Pauline, San Fernando G ilkeson, Pauline, Chicago Area G illila n d , H. V irg inia, C olum b ia Cascade G illis , Ju d ith , Eastern NE

GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER Harstad, Margaret, Hi Desert H olland, Patricia, Yuma Jensen, Lydia, W isconsin Kelley, E m ily C., Carolinas Kenney, C harlotte, Topeka Lam bert, B etty, W estern NY Lane, Pat, Topeka Lepore, Marie C., Eastern NE Ingle, L illia n J., C hicago Area Kudrna, A lice, C hicago Area Lockw ood, Gertrude E. McEwen, Pat M c K illip , Mary, J., Eastern NE Mahn, Shiriey, Northern NE Mason, Joan E., Mt. Diablo M cM aster, Maureen, Kansas Meiser, Joan, Yuma Miner, O live, Greater St. Louis MT. TAH O M A CHAPTER Petersen, S. K ., Santa Rosa Pow ell, Barbara L., Dallas Ridgeway, Sondra, Topeka Robichaud, Gayle, South Louisiana Sailer, Helen, C hicago Area Saxton, Patty S., Santa Clara S ells, Ruth F., Tennessee S im m o ns, Helen I., Kansas S m ith, Nancy E., O klahom a Strassburg, Wanda, San Luis O bispo S ullivan, Sandra, Greater Seattle T hem , L u cille , M innesota Vial, Mary, Phoenix W alkup, Arlene, O klahom a W agner, Eleanor, Coachella Valley W ind sor, Carol, Central Pennsylvania W o lf, Marie, A ll Ohio 99 BUILDING CLUB (or more) Seaborn, A lice, H ouston Shawver, Vee, Kansas Shearer, Patricia Kelley, Aloha S honk, Sara E., Carolinas SHREVEPORT CHAPTER Sleeper, Sara Fair, Kansas S m ith, Margo, Orange County SOUTH LO UISIANA CHAPTER S pielberg, Jeanne, Greater NY S tory, Irma, San Fernando S m ith, Kay Tisza, Greater NY Streeter, Ruth, Greater NY Tacke, Magda Tisza, Greater NY T aliaferro, Esther D., O klahom a Teel, Nancy, Tri State T hom pson, Lucy G., V irg inia T hom pson, V irg in ia L., W ashington DC T isdale, Jane, K itty Hawk T inker, Adelaide, W ashington DC TRI STATE CHAPTER Tucker, Radina P., Southern Oregon TUCSON CHAPTER Vass, Kamala S., Greater NY W ahrer, Elsie, C hicago Area W eber, Kay, Kansas W esterm an, Carolyn, Kansas W hite, Ann, South A frica Section W hite, Louise, Arkansas W hite, Vivian (Penny), G olden Triangle W ilke , Helen, Dallas Redbird W illia m s , Esther J., F irst Canadian W ilso n , Helen Heath, Shreveport W rig h t, Mary Lou, Iowa Yenkelun, Bernice W ., FI. G oldcoast W icks, Irene, W illam ette Valley W icks, Louise C., W illam ette Valley

Mrs. Nona Q uarles retired from the Federal A viation A d m in is tra tio n on Ju ly 31, 1974. A charter m em ber o f the W om en’s Advisory C om m ittee on A viation, and member of the W ashing to n, D.C. chapter of The N inety-N ines, Nona was honored by form er and present W ACO Ans at the 10th anniversary banquet of the group in W ashington last May. She had served as WACOA c o o rd in a to r since 1955, along w ith her FAA p o s itio n as head of W om en's Aviation A ctivitie s. A brooch and leather box w ill be Nona's "re m ind ers of our association fo r the past 10 years," as she expressed her appreciation in a le tte r to com m ittee members. A native of New Orleans, th is d isting uish ed N inety-N ine has earned the unanim ous respect of the aviation co m ­ m unity. Her service to aviation extends

501(c)3 By Hazel H. Jones At convention last year the N inety Nines voted to attem p t to ob tain tax exem ption under 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Since the Internal Revenue is noted for Keeping everyone confused and m ost of us try not to th in k of them except in A p ril, th is vote, for the m ost part, was taken w ith a "H o H um " a ttitu d e . I do ub t that many really realized what it was all about. It necessitated our changing our purpose and th is was done. We came home from convention concerned about other th in g s and really not too interested in these numbers and what they a ctu a lly meant or stood for. Just another bunch of gobblede-gook that IRS th o u g h t up to cause us trouble. NOT SOM! The IRS advised the N inety Nines on May 1971 that the N inety N ines Inc. on a National level, previously had exem ption under 501 (c) 7 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code as a “ Social C lu b ", w hich does nothing fo r our “ cha ritab le d e d u c tib ility ” . This letter also advised that the ruling was applicable to the International level and did not include any of the sub un its or chapters. This also meant that any chapter which received m onies, w ith o u t having an exem pt status, and did not file an incom e tax return was operating in vio latio n of the law. Possible civil penalties can arise for failure to do so. (C rim inal penalties w ould not apply since there w ould be no w illfu ln e s s involved). The Executive Board charged VicePresident Pat McEwen w ith the respon­

m any years back. She is the w id o w of D o n a ld A. Q u a rle s , fo r m e r D e p u ty Secretary o f Defense and Secretary of the U nited States A ir Force, as w ell as A s s is ta n t S e c re ta ry o f D e fe n s e fo r Research and D evelopm ent. M other of four, gra nd m othe r of eleven, Nona expects to spend m uch of her retirem ent tim e v is itin g her fa m ilie s in New Jersey, O hio and Texas. She lis ts am ong her form er m em ­ berships the Departm ent of Defense’s Defense A dvisory C om m ittee on W om en in the Services (a c o m m itte e w h ich she chaired in 1962); National A eronautic A sso cia tio n , (of w hich she is form er national vice president); the Aero C lub of W a s h in g to n , (w h ic h sh e se rve d as secretary in 1963); C ivil A ir P atro l; A ir Force A s s o c ia tio n ; A ir Force H isto rical F o u n d a tio n ; C apital Speakers C lu b ; and

Sulgrave C lu b ; and Am erican Newspaper W om en's C lub. A d d itio n a lly she is an honorary m em ber of the A ir Force O fficers' W ives' C lub of D.C. and the U.S. A ir Force Academ y. She is a form er trustee of the D.C. C hapter of the Am erican Cancer S ociety. Nona Q uarles’ name is listed, w ith in con te sta ble reason, in “ W ho's W ho o f Am erican W om en .” She learned to fly in W ashing to n, D.C. and ho ld s a private p ilo t ce rtifica te , ASEL. A lis tin g of her m em berships and ac­ co m p lish m e n ts is scarcely refle ction of the deep respect and affectio n — a rare co m b in a tio n of accolades bestowed upon governm ent servants — held fo r Nona Q uarles by those w ith whom she has labored on the W om en's A dvisory C om ­ m ittee on A viation. by B etty Hicks

What Is It and Who Needs It s ib ility o f p u ttin g the wheels in to m otio n to get the exem pt sta tu s fo r the N inety Nines on a N ational level. Pat en liste d the help o f M arilyn Copeland and hired Perry W esbrooks, 49'/2 of S hirley W esbrooks, W ic h ita Falls chapter, to be the attorney of record. Perry is a graduate of the U n iversity of Texas Law School and holds a D octor of Jurisprudence and B achelor of Law degree. He also has a BBA from the U n iversity of Texas. He is a m em ber of the Law ye r-P ilo ts Bar A sso cia tio n , ho ld s a private p ilo t license, loves the N inety N ines and likes to get "w eathered in ". Pat c o u ld not have made a better ch o ice fo r an a ttorn ey. He proceeded to gather in ­ fo rm a tio n , cut throu gh all the red tape, and am assed tw o books fu ll of data ju s tify in g the N inety Nines as being e lig ib le . As a resu lt of hard w ork by Pat, M arilyn, Perry, et al, the N inety N ines on a N ational level received word of th e ir tax exem pt status on June 14. This means than any funds c o n trib u te d to the N ational organization w o uld have “ cha ritab le d e d u c tib ility ” features. It also m eans, am ong other th in g s , that any m em ber atten din g an Intern ation al C onvention as a delegate, can deduct th e ir tra n sp o rta tio n and lo d g in g expenses. Back to the title of th is a rticle . . .501 (c) 3 W hat Is It And W ho Needs It. You now know w hat it is. As far as who needs it, we all need it. The S outh Central S ection has already retained Mr. W esbrooks to obtain exem pt status fo r the S ection and its sub u n its and so the business of gathering

data begins again. I know of no other sin g le item that w ill assist the Ninety Nines as much as th is exem pt status. If it does no thin g else it w ill put the Ninety Nines on a b u sin ess-like basis and put th e ir op era tions on a lawful basis instead of operating qu estio na bly in th is regard. I th in k a great deal of credit and gra titu de is due Pat M cEwen, M arilyn Copeland, and Perry W esbrooks for the work they did in o b ta in in g t h is fo r th e In te rn a tio n a l O rganization. For all of you who feel as we did in the South Central section that it is tim e to get our “ ducks in a row ", Mr. W esbrooks w ill be atten din g the convention in Puerto Rico and w ill address the delegates at that tim e. Get you r qu e stio n s ready and also start th in k in g of ways your chapter and section w ill be be tte r o ff fo r having a “ tax exem pt" status.

P erry W e s b ro o k s , 4 9 ’/2 o f S h irle y W esbrooks, W ichita F alls, who was the attorn ey w ho obtained the “ Tax exem pt” sta tu s fo r International N inety Nines. He w ill address the convention in Puerto Rico on tax status of the Ninety Nines at the sectio na l and chapter level.

INTERNATIONAL From the Beginning Pictures from Louise Thaden C om piled by Glenn B u ffin g to n

(Heath) The in te restin g pictures are of '29 vintage, de p ictin g Lady Mary Heath and the C irrus Great Lakes she entered in the National A ir Races; Thea Rasche in the co ckp it of the M oth, speaking to the radio liste n e rs; and a con gra tu lato ry message catches Mrs. M ille r in her Fleet. The Intern ation al aspect has been w ith the N inety-N ine s from the outset, as these m embers are included in the charter roster. The three had other a ttrib u te s in com m on fo r each was noted for long distance fly in g , each came to Am erica at various intervals to fly as com rade and com p etitor, and each flew in at least one of the closed-course pylon races at the '29 Cleveland National A ir Races. Thea Rasche had also flo w n a DH M oth, and Chubby M iller a Kinner Fleet in the '29 W om en’s A ir Derby from Santa M onica to Cleveland. Lady Heath flew her Avro Avian, solo, from Cape Town to London, 8,000 m iles, Feb. 12 - May 17, 1928. She was in a nearfatal accident durin g a local flig h t at Cleveland in '29, however

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she recovered w ith in the year and lived and flew fo r another decade. Thea Rasche made num erous distance flig h ts in Europe prior to s h ip p in g her BFW F lam ingo to the USA where she par­ ticip a te d in aerobatic c o m p e titio n s . During the “ Ocean Flying Fever" era, she made plans to fly the A tla n tic in the Bellanca, “ N orth Star” . However, the flig h t was cancelled du rin g the late sum m er of '28 when she found it im p ossib le to lift the heavy load from the so ft fie ld at Cap de la Madeleine, Canada. (1) She was a noted A viation w rite r and accom panied the KLM DC-2 entry in the '34 Mac Robertson A ir Race, M ildenhall, England to M elbourne, A ustralia. J.M . Keith-M iHer flew an Avro Avian, "Red Rose" (2), w ith W illia m Lancaster from England to A ustralia, O ct. 15, 1927 to Mar. 19, 1928. A fte r p a rticip a tio n in the ’29 N ationals, she en­ tered the 29 N ational A ir Tour, 5, 017 m iles, in a F airchild KR34, and was one of 26 p ilo ts to attend the firs t 99s organizational m eeting, Nov. 2, 1929. The fo llo w in g year, fly in g an Alexander Eaglerock B u lle t, she set trans-co ntin en ta l records, both d ire ctio n s. A fte r A m elia Earhart’s "F rie n d s h ip " ocean flig h t June 17-18, 1928, she bo ught Lady Heath’s Avro Avian and had it shipped to Am erica. AE flew the Avian in a round trip across the nation, a tten din g the '28 N a tion als in Los Angeles. A lth o u g h Lady Heath (W illiam s), Thea Rasche and J.M . KeithM ille r (Pugh) are all deceased, they m ust have shared Am elia Earhart’s th o u g h ts, when she w rote, “ Courage is the price w hich life exacts fo r gra ntin g peace. The soul that know s it not, knows no release from little th in g s. . . ( 3 ) . Today, we can all be bolstered by the same in sp ira tio n ! References: (1) C orrespondence w ith Thea Rasche. (2) “ Born to F ly" Nancy Bird (W alton) (3) "C ourage is the Price" M uriel Earhart M orrissey.

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Looking H eavenw ard By M ayetta Behringer

“ Aren’t you afraid it w ill fa ll? ” “ How does the plane fly ? ” "W hat makes it go one way or another, and d o n ’t you have to be an engineer or som ething to be able to fly a plane?” These were some of the qu estio ns asked by wom en o f my church C ircle when they discovered I was a p ilo t. F lying is an im p ortan t part of the econom y of any c o m m u n ity, but C om m ercial A via tion , as represented by the A irlin e s, is the only contact m ost people have w ith it. The m em bers of the F irst Congregational Church of San Jose were no exception. The W om en’s F e llow sh ip of the church is made up of three or fou r groups of 30 to 40 women each, who meet one m orning a m onth in the home of one of th e ir m embers. The program s are varied and challe ng in g, ranging from W om en’s Lib and Ecology d iscu ssio n s to a review of “ Jesus C h rist, S up erstar." It was during a d iscussio n of po ssib le fu tu re program s that these questions arose. My fe llo w C ircle m em bers knew I was involved in many flyin g a ctivitie s, and being an alert active group, wanted to know the sp e cifics of fly in g . It seemed a good tim e and place to introduce a fly in g lesson! Each lady was asked to bring a yard stick to the next m eeting, which became the con tro l colum n in the plane she flew . I used a battery-propelled model o f a Cessna 150 and colored ph otos o f a Skylane to explain c o n tro l surfaces and a ttitu d e s of a plane in flig h t. Each lady flew her own plane, fo llo w in g my exam ple, and observing the p o sitio n of our model as we moved the co n tro ls. We progressed from stra ig h t and level flig h t to turns and clim b in g or g lid in g turns. As qu estio ns came up, they were answered w ith d e m on stra tion s by all “ p ilo ts ” . We cleared up many false ideas about fly in g — esp ecially the one about it being necessary to have more than one engine in order to make a safe flig h t! "I w ould never go in those little planes w ith on ly one e n g in e !" is a fa m ilia r statem ent. Interest generated was so great, the organization o f luncheon flig h ts around the area was inevitable. The Nut Tree was our firs t de stina tion . It is a fa m ilia r stop and w ell known to m ost C alifornians travelling by car. However, none of these p a rticular C alifornians had ever been there by air! Our firs t three pioneers in th is new approach of th e ir favorite restaurant received in s tru c tio n in p re -flig h tin g an airplane as

P re -flig h t procedures are dem onstrated fo r the church ladies. L to R: M rs. C layton Haven, Mrs. W m. Day, p ilo t Mrs. W.E. B ehringer and Mrs. J. Gerald Toole. w ell as the fa m ilia riza tio n flig h t o f a new student. A ltho ug h the v is ib ility was o n ly 3 m iles on the trip to the Nut Tree, they were d e lig hted w ith all they could see stra ig h t down — and did enjoy the ten to fifte e n m iles v is ib ility on the return flig h t! They were able to move the c o n tro ls of a real airplane (instead of a yard­ stick) and see and feel its e ffe ct on the plane! The co m ­ m u n ica tio n s aspect fascinated them , and the ir ears qu ickly adjusted to the som etim es d iffic u lt radio transm ission s. They were eager tra ffic w atchers — as w ell as amazed sw im m ing -po ol cou nters, and tra ffic-ja m observers. We could see some of the m ost varied ground patterns, since our flig h t from San Jose M un icip al A irp o rt to the Nut Tree took us over the bay waters w ith th e ir salt evaporating pools, freeways, congested c ity areas, m ou ntains, rivers, sm all tow n s, and a flo tilla of m othball ships in the Sacram ento River. We even skirted Travis AFB, scene of the recent POW returnees’ welcom es. To be able to co m fo rta b ly avoid all that co n fu sio n on the ground and arrive q u ickly at ou r d e stin a tio n w ith tim e to spare to en jo y it, fascinated and delig hted these people. In short, the ease w ith w h ich one cou ld cover distances at w ill was im ­ pressive not on ly from a pleasure but also a business stand­ p o in t. We who fly a great deal, forge t that the un in itia te d are not aware o f the po tentia l o f one sm all aircraft in tod ay’s m obile society. A ll w ill not w ant to learn to fly , but all are now interested in becom ing know ledgeable about lig h t aircraft and general aviation. We hope they w ill have an understanding, effective and p o sitive influe nce on a irpo rt gro w th in the com m u nity.

Eager members o f the F irst C ongregational Church o f San Jose, Ca., take the ir firs t orie n ta tio n flig h t w ith 99 M ayetta Behringer (I) as p ilo t-g u id e . Shown L to R are Mrs. J. Gerald Toole, Mrs. Clayton Haven, and Mrs. W m . Day.

O ur flig h ts con tinu e, not o n ly to the Nut Tree, but also other lo ca tio n s that have notable restaurants. And of course, the only way to go fo r the women of the F irst C ongregational Church of San Jose is by air!

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COMMITTEE REPORTS ----------- Air Age Education 99-Style By Linda Hooker A ir Age E ducation. One of the more This m onth I w ould like to share w ith ou tsta n d in g chapters in that Section each of you a few of the A ir Age Education appears to be the Carolinas Chapter. Its activities 99s have been involved in during m em bers have been busy appearing before recent m onths. Joan B. Shelton is a relatively new 99. civic clu bs and w om en's groups, au thoring books on aviation, c o n trib u tin g to aviation She is A ssista n t Principal of the 3rd & 4th grades at V .l. G rissom Elem entary School pe rio dica ls, do na ting aviation books to school and local libraries, donating on Clark Field in the P hilip pines. Joan reports that she recently participated in a aviation m aterials fo r y o u th fu l pa tien ts in an o rth o p e d ic ho sp ita l and fo r c h ild re n ’s Social Studies sem inar e n title d “ H obbies, wards of local ho sp ita ls, giving airplane Springboard to the W orld of W ork" held at the local ju n io r high school. As a par­ flig h ts to y o u th fu l o rtho pe dic pa tien ts, ticip a n t in th is day-long sem inar, Joan o ffe rin g the fa c ilitie s of 99’s owned or spoke and answered qu estio ns about the operated flig h t scho ols to local high local aero clu b and fly in g in general to school Aeroscience classes fo r first-h a n d some 800 12 and 13 year old stud ents who exposure to airplanes and fly in g , par­ tic ip a tin g in W ing S cout, CAP Cadet and were broken in to sm all groups of 8 to 10. In a d dition to th is, Joan has conducted Jr. ROTC program s by helping provide orie n ta tio n flig h ts , presenting program s num erous tours fo r elem entary school on fly in g to school classes, providing classes to the c o n tro l tow er and various aviation m aterials fo r use in Aeroscience fig h te r and helico pter rescue squadrons. classes, sponsoring a " K itty Hawk Day" The teaching staff at Clark field looks to w ith s tu d e n t p re p a re d d is p la y s fo r Joan for assistance in presenting AAE do w n to w n show w indo w s fo r general program s and for aerospace teaching pu blic to view, teaching Aeroscience m aterials. For those of you interested, classes as part of the regular cu rricu lu m in Joan has offered to provide in fo rm atio n high school w h ich has led to the program regarding fly in g in a foreign country and-or being enlarged by the in tro d u c tio n of w ith the m ilita ry . You may w rite her at PSC sequential classes as established by the No. 1 - Box 5102, APO 96286 San Fran­ North C a rolina Dept, of P ub lic In stru ctio n , cisco, C alif. etc. Carol B. DePue of the Eastern Idaho The above is only a very m in ute sam ­ Chapter w rite s that during the past year pling of the type A ir Age Education she has conducted a Private P ilot Ground being carried out by 99s School Course fo r CAP Cadets and gave a projects everywhere. I deeply regret that I cannot 1 hour talk on W om en in A viation to an lis t or give cred it in th is colum n to each of Aerospace Education class at W hitney you w ho have worked so hard in the area of Elem entary. In a d d itio n , Carol and the mem bers of her Chapter participated in a 3 AAE th is past year; however, I do w ant to say “ Thank you g irls ' you are do in g a hour panel d iscu ssio n on General Aviation trem endous jo b and your every e ffo rt is during the annual Aerospace W orkshop deeply appreciated by all concerned. Keep held at Idaho State U niversity in July. up the good w ork and please co n tin u e to The G reater Kansas C ity Chapter as a w rite me le ttin g me know w hat you are whole has been very active in A ir Age doing in A A E .” Education th is year. They helped the Lawrence Cham ber of Com m erce register p ilo ts for an A ir Show held at that c ity ’s airport, co-sponsored an A ir Show at McComas and awarded five (5) $300 aviation scho la rship s. Funds fo r the scho la rship s were obtained by sponsoring a F lig h t In stru cto r's Revalidation Sem inar fo r w hich 99 Aleah Com bs served as By Charlene Falkenberg chairm an. Im agine, 2 A ir Age Education Intern ation al F lyin g projects accom plished w ith one e ffo rt. In A c tiv ity Chairman ad d itio n , the chapter is c o n trib u tin g $100 Sum m er has arrived and the reports I am w orth of teaching m aterials to an area receiving from the various chapters in ­ school fo r use in A ir Age Education dicate many fly in g a c tiv itie s are being classes. Individual m em ber AAE projects participated in by the 99s. The fuel c risis are too num erous to lis t here; however, all seems to have resolved its e lf at m ost the mem bers of the Greater Kansas C ity airports. I do w ant to encourage each and every Chapter are doing a trem endous jo b in the chapter to p a rticip ate in pro ficie n cy events area of A ir Age Education. and to urge each m em ber to becom e APT. Juanite Halstead, S outheast Section There can be fu lfillin g rewards as w it­ AAE Chairm an, reports that the Southeast Section is again very active in the fie ld of nessed by the accom panying snapshot.

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We hear about the beautiful “ Dumb B lo nd es". Mary Stroh and Norma Frier of the Chicago Area Chapter are tw o beautiful "S m art B lo nd es". They have entered five races tog ether and won 1 st place in three. They are pictures receiving th e ir trophies at the 1st annual W is-Sky run sponsored by the W isco n sin Chapter. The girls managed th is by staying pro ficie n t! As I am also an FAA A ccident Prevention C ounselor I want to add a word about safety th is m onth. A nytim e you are p a rticip a tin g in an event d o n 't forget to “ swivel you r head". W atch ou tside con­ sta n tly fo r oth er aircraft. If the event is a spot landing - especially upon arrival - be pa rticu la rly cau tiou s. I w ould strongly recom m end a safety person in the aircraft. Yesterday I w itnessed the c o llis io n of tw o aircraft pa rticip a tin g in a spot landing con test. Both p ilo ts were so lo and fo r­ tu n a te ly b o th s u rv iv e d , but are ho spita lize d. One aircraft was totaled and po ssib ly the second also. This brought hom e again the fact that the m a jo rity of accide nts happen in the tra ffic pattern. Please— keep your eyes m oving at all tim es and never concentrate on the inside of the plane to o long when in a tra ffic pattern.

Mary S troh, p ilo t, le ft Norma Freier, c o ­ p ilo t. rig h t both of Chicago Area Chapter.

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Shirley A llen , International P.R. A CAPSULE REPORT AROUND THE W O R LD W IT H THE N IN E T Y -N IN E S ! Letters from C olom bia, A ustra lia , A frica, B ritain, France, Finland and many others a g lim p se in to another w orld and w e’re fly in g tog ether in s p irit even though oceans and co n tin e n ts divide us. Learning about foreign cou ntrie s and people is a so u l-sa tisfyin g and hum bling experience - discovering that th e ir hopes, dream s, a m b itio n s and achievem ents are akin to our ow n, though our flig h t paths are far apart. It’s hard to im agine filin g a th irty -m in u te flig h t plan from an elevation of 5,000’ som ewhere in the C olom bian m ountains, to fly a d ista nce that w ould take 8 Vi hours by road! Yet th is is the da ily routine for B e a triz H e rn a n d e z De M o n to y a o f M edellin, C O LO M B IA ....There are 1,226

women p ilo ts (500 presently on course) in AUSTRALIA at th is tim e, th is in fo rm a tio n received recently fo r our H ot-Line report. W hat we d id n ’t know was that the personal p ilo t to the Prime M in iste r of Queensland is a wom an - her name is BERYL YOUNG (she is not a m em ber of the N inetyN ines) Latest word from New Zealand is that cou ntry w ill be fo rm in g the ir ow n 99 Section very soon. They have the ir own National A irw om en 's A ssociatio n, but Pamela Lock, one of our m em bers-at-large is s till pro m otin g in s ta lla tio n of a 99 Chapter. AFRICA is on the move! G rowing in numbers, we are hearing a great deal from women p ilo ts there. W here there is no other w om en's fly in g fratern ity, ou r organization fu lfills a great need and fu n ctio n s to its u tm o st ca p a b ility. BRITAIN Through the B ritish W om en P ilot's A sso cia tio n , based at the BOAC Terminal in London, we receive m any L to R— Carole Rodgers, H ostess fo r FCC co ckta il p a rty; S hirley A llen, International t id b it s of c e le s tia l a c t iv it ie s P .R .; Heather S ifto n , Vice-G overnor East Canada S ectio n; G illia n Holden, Chairman considering the restrictive q u a lity of th e ir FCC C hapter; Sheila S co tt, G uest o f Honor, private fly in g and de nsity of c o n tro l zones, the B ritish gals sure do s tir up a lo t of action w ith Rallies and Races, on the home front and abroad. How does a “ Dawn P atrol" sound fo r your next breakfast flig h t? A "H allow e'en F ly -In " fo r those relegated to bro om sticks? W ould you believe - a “ H e lico pter Garden Party?” It seems there was a m id -a ir c o llis io n over England recently between a C om ­ mercial A irlin e r - and, a certain p ro lific long-legged bird! G illia n Cazalet (now Mrs. A s p e llb in d in g tru e s to ry o f o n e of Buxton) has tem porarily retired to tend to A m e ric a 's fo re m o s t w o m e n p ilo ts her baby daughter! It w ill be interesting to d u rin g th e c o lo rfu l, s w a s h b u c k lin g see if G illia n resum es her a irlin e career. e ra o f C h a rle s L in d b e rg h . . . A m e lia This being of course, one of the situ a tio n s that goes against the case fo r the wom en E a r h a r t . . . e n d u ra n c e re c o rd s . . . airline p ilo t! an d a ir race s. A v ia trix L o u ise T h a d e n Sheila S cott's tw in Aztec “ M ythre" is up p ro v e s a m a s te r s to ry te lle r in w h a t for sale Is th is an end to an illu s tro u s is p e rh a p s th e m o s t a u th e n tic career? W ith Sheila’s in d o m ita b le B ritish a v ia tio n c h r o n ic le o f its tim e. sp irit - we hope n o t............ FRANCE A nother lin k across the sea French Governor Madame de Beauregarde “ . . . a t a tim e w h e n fic tio n w rite rs tells us that one of th e ir m em bers of the d o a ll in th e ir p o w e r to c re a te fa r-o u t A ssociation of French W om en P ilots is p lo ts fo r a v ia tio n a d v e n tu re s to rie s , now teaching as a P rofessor at the L o u is e T h a d e n has b e a te n th e m a ll Carleton U niversity in O ttaw a, Canada and m ost anxious to meet w ith us and learn by s im p ly re c a llin g the tru e -to -life about the N inety-N ines. e x p e rie n c e s o f h e r e a rly fly in g A com m u nica tion from HAW AII c a re e r. H igh , W id e a n d F rig h te n e d M embership Chairman Pat Shearer says is a s h in in g e x a m p le o f the in c re d ib le th e new M e m b e rs h ip H a n d b o o k is d e te rm in a tio n a n d c o u ra g e th a t w as available and has been printed in English AIR FACTS PRESS and French already. Eventually they hope re q u ire d o f th e p io n e e r a v ia to rs at 110 East 42nd Street to have it translated in to German, Spanish New York, N.Y. 10017 th e fo re fro n t o f A m e ric a n a v ia tio n . and F innish. Even m o re im p o rta n t, it p o rtra y s one CANADA Form al announcem ent to the Please send me copies of w o m a n ’s in c re d ib le d e s ire to High, Wide and Frightened. B.C. Legislature was given by Transport b e c o m e a m o n g th e m a s te r a v ia to rs □ Bill me □ Check enclosed M in iste r Bob Strachan in Vancouver, o f h e r tim e. T u e s d a y , Ju n e 4 th , 1974. KAR E N BRYNELSEN was hired by the G overnm ent A re m a rk a b ly m e a n in g fu l c o n tri­ NAME to fly the ir Turbo Beech 18 and C ita tion b u tio n to a v ia tio n m e m o r a b ilia .. . . ” Jet. We had kept in tou ch w ith Karen as LE IG H T O N C O L L IN S she was tryin g to form a Vancouver ADDRESS Section. A fte r a losing ba ttle w ith the A irline s - CP A ir hardly w aited fo r the ink STATE ZIP CITY to dry on her a p plicatio n before turning her down. - A ir Canada argued she was too $7.95 plus 50— ’A' S flR R IS T O W * ^ KNOXVILLE jL. -^ s E V lE R V IL L t D Y E K JD u^ J^T O N * FRANKLIN (VANBUREN /

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CANADA T o ro n to

B u r r o n v ille T o r o n t o A ir w a y s , L t d .

The Suncoast Chapter w ould like very much to have Cathy (Mrs. Keith O. M a lk e m e s ) w h o s e a d d re s s has ju s t become A d m ira lty House, A pt. S-1204, 140 Seaview C ourt, Marco Island, Florida, 33937, jo in us in F lorida. She and Keith w ho is retiring w ill be b u ild in g a home later. A le tte r from M argaret Kentley in A ustralia where I w ill be seeing her and Ann Carter when we are there during the m onth of June. We also plan to see the Hawaii N inety-N ine s on our return trip . The Suncoast Chapter is saddened by the loss of fo u r sis te r p ilo ts . O ur sym pathy goes out to th e ir fa m ilie s.

KITTY HAWK CHAPTER ‘N ita M elvin, Reporter The 1974 Southeast Spring Sectional at K itty Hawk, North Carolina started o ff w ith a literal bang on Friday, A pril 5 as June Rodd and Page S ham burger were tying down th e ir birds and a loud crack of thunder greeted th e ir arrival. June got tho ro u g h ly drenched in the ensuing do w n pou r but d id n ’t let th is dampen her sp irits. In sp ite of lack of cooperation by the elem ents, qu ite a few 99s came to our Friday evening co ckta il party. Bouquets of roses to Kay G uice and V ernita George, North G eorgia Chapter, w ho drove fo r 13 hours in order to make th is sectional m eeting! Early the next m orning we attended the business m eeting presided over by our able governor, Bee Reid. During the Saturday afternoon free tim e, 99s toured the nearby W righ t B rothers M emorial (where it all began, remember?) and the museum , am ong other tours. On Saturday evening the banquet was presided over by our chapter president, Annette Rogers. Jean W arlick and her com m ittee created sm all airplanes of plastic easter eggs and fab ric, and a replica of the W rig h t Brothers M em orial fo r clever table decorations. Banquet speakers were Mr. Andy Abernathy, FAA GADO Safety S pecialist from Raleigh, and Mr. Bob Farrington, free-lance news jo u rn a lis t and fe llo w p ilo t. Bob kept us all laughing durin g the entire length of his speech w ith his hilariou s anecdotes of his fly in g career. In­ c id e n ta lly, Bob received his bienniel flig h t check from Andy on the flig h t to K itty Hawk from Raleigh. Bob is s e ttin g a good exam ple fo r us (or is he fo llo w in g ours?). The evening was brought to a perfect close by the band w h ich played fo r our liste nin g and dancing pleasure. This was K itty Hawk C hapter’s firs t sectional to organize and, fo r many of our members, to attend. We all fe lt we enjoyed the m eeting tho ro ug hly and hope 99s from our neighboring chapters d id , too. May was not a good fly in g m onth so only those close enough to drive made it to hear a fe llo w p ilo t, M olly B urnheim , au thor of “ A Sky of My O w n” speak. Mrs. Bur­ nheim , in stru m en t in s tru c to r rated, started fly in g a fter fo rty years of age and is s till active today in her seventies. June was APT m onth fo r those who had

not had th e ir checkride. We packed a p icn ic lunch, flew in to G oldsboro w ith our ow n FAA (F rien dly Andy A bernathy!) safety s p e cia list and got APT. A nnette Rogers, w ho already was APT, fle w Andy in. O thers g e ttin g th e ir rides were Esther Fordham , M ontez Cox and 491/ 2er Bobby, Katharine W eber and 491/ 2er C ol. Fred, new m em ber Jan Clem en and th is reporter, who had the ho no r of fly in g Andy home. Jean W arlick had to w ork but had m in i­ planes w ith “ APT 1974" on them fo r all of us. A v is ito r from the South Central A frica S e c tio n , H e le n e R o b e rts o n , is now m eeting w ith us but w ill retain her m em bership in South A frica, where she worked w ith the Peace Corps fo r four years. W e're lo okin g forw ard to seeing all of you in Puerto Rico in A ug ust. Please do n ’t d is a p p o in t us, ya' hear? M EM PHIS CHAPTER Carolyn S ullivan, Reporter M em phis Chapter, at its June m eeting, elected its o ffic e rs fo r the com ing year: C hairm an, Nancy M ille r; V ice-C hairm an, Mary O live r; Treasurer, Fern M ann; and Secretary, Carolyn Sullivan. Selected as delegates to the In­ terna tion al C onvention in Puerto Rico are G ladys Estes and Dot W ilso n. F lyin g in te rest co n tin u e s on a high plane (sorry about that) am ongst the m em bers and th e ir 49 ’/ 2ers. Fern Mann and her 4 91/ 2er, Chuck, flew th e ir B ellanca Super V iking to Clarksdale, M is s is s ip p i to thank its M ayor and c ity o ffic ia ls fo r th e ir help du rin g the recent R e be l R e g io n a l A e ro b a tic C o n te s t. S ponsored by the M em phis C hapter of Intern ation al A erobatic C lub (IAC) of w h ich Chuck is President. They also flew to A tla n ta to ju dg e the IAC, Chapter 3, A ero ba tic C ontest at Bear Creek A irp o rt. Their next trip is to Fond du Lac, W isco n sin to ju dg e the IAC National C ontest. C arolyn and John Bell flew to Destin, F lorida in th e ir 170 (tw ice !) and th e ir 182 (once) where they leave a car at the airport, drive to th e ir fis h in g spot and fish . C arolyn flew in stru m e n ts on the way back to M em phis in the 182. C arolyn S u lliva n ’s 491/ 2er, Jim , is checking her o u t in a Cessna 172. He also ad m in istered her APT ride (and thus her biennial). She fle w th e ir daughter, Jane, in a 150 fo r a local flig h t and also gave th e ir C hief Grass C u tte r, Don S m ith, his very firs t plane ride in the 172, in exchange fo r a few lawn m anicures. She was given an h o u r ’ s a e r o b a tic in s tr u c tio n by h e r husband fo r a birth da y g ift. Chuck Mann in stru cte d her in a Decathalon. M em phis P ilo t Jane S croggins, who recently joine d CO RPAC -Southwest as Executive Secretary, had her firs t flig h t in the e igh t-p lace corporate tw in prop-jet, Piper’s Cheyenne. Elizabeth Farmer, 491/ 2er Don, flew to R eelfoot Lake fo r d inn er w ith another cou ple to celebrate Father’s Day. G ladys Estes and Dot W ilso n fle w a round robbin between D ot's Spot (it's on

the se ctio n a l!), Jackson and Dyersburg in the Cherokee 180. A tte n d in g O peration Rain check (annual program fo r p ilo ts interested in Instrum ent F lyin g and sponsored by the FAA) were Dot W ilso n , June Pentecost, and Gladys Estes. P ilo t-c o n tro lle r forum s were other means fo r Carolyn Bell, Fern Mann, C arolyn S ullivan, Dot W ilson to keep current w ith the new regulations and the new Stage 3 going in to effect at M em phis Intern ation al. MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER Jenny M cW illiam s-R eporter M is s is s ip p i Chapter's firs t airm arking began May 18 w ith a jo in t e ffo rt by the Shreveport Chapter and the M ississip p i Chapter. W eather prevented an early start as planned, at Bruce Cam pbell Field near Jackson, M S., and m id-afternoon saw the c o m p le tio n of “ Bruce C ." Due to heat fatig ue, it stopped there. Three of the M is s is s ip p i Chapter m embers and a cou ple of M ississip p i 4 91/ 2ers managed to fin is h “ am p b e ll” w ith in 10 days, in early m orn ing s and late afternoon ap plicatio ns. The FBO at Bruce Cam pbell, North Jackson A via tion , Inc., treated 24 airm arkers to lunch on the prim ary date. Those com ing from Shreveport were Helen W ray, w ith tw o students in tow , Helen H e w itt, Mary Jo Voss, Ann King, Evelyn Snow, Jere S au ran d 4 9 ’/ 2er Charles Wray. The M is s is s ip p i Chapter was represented by K ittye Green, Bernice K elly, W anda Garson, Ernestine Mahan, Caroline Cheek, Jenny M cW illia m s, 491/ 2er Don Mc­ W illia m s , honorary 49 ’/ 2ers C lyde Clunan and Bob W instead. Door prizes were won by Jere Saur, Mary Jo Voss, Ann King and Charles W ray, all from the Shreveport Chapter. And it was an honest d ra w in g !!! Many thanks to the Shreveport group for th e ir counsel and hard w ork. Many frie n d sh ip s were renewed and new ones form ed between the tw o chapters. O ur chapter is involved in Fay G illis W e lls ’ J o h n n y H o riz o n B ic e n te n n ia l program and several of our m embers fly the flag w ith the B ice n te n n ia l Logo. C indy Bass, who has attended m eetings as a 66 , got her Private in May and is now a m em ber of the M ississip p i Chapter. Janet Green has been very active lately, p u ttin g tog ether an A ir Tour of M ississip p i fo r O peration G round A ssist. We w ill make the to u r in Jan et’s Com m ander w ith Mr. Jack M cDonald of the Local GADO along as c o -o rd in a to r w ith the FAA.

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Middle East Section D ELA W AR E - M A R Y L A N D P E N N S Y L V A N IA - V IR G IN IA

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER Mary G albraith, Reporter B elle fo n te Skypark was the site of our May m eeting and being a clear day many gals were able to fly -in . B ellefonte is operated by our own Marian Dunlap who is

also com m ander of the C ivil A ir Patrol. The C ivil A ir Patrol made th e ir fine fa c ilitie s available fo r our m eeting. Each 99 was to bring a good usable item to be auctioned afterw ard and item s ranged from antique to new. Ronnie Johnson served as our auctioneer (a great jo b too) and the proceedes fattened out treasury. G irls from oth er chapters were our guests m aking it a m ost enjoyable m eeting. Sum m er haze and m orning fog made th e ir appearance on the scheduled day of our June m eeting. The eigh t members and a few 4 9 V 2 S w ho were able to arrive in Oregon H ill fo r the annual air-m arking deserve many thanks. Nonetheless, the program was a success as our host and A ir-M arking chairm an, Flo Shirey, can attest. Flo lives beside the airport and manages the restaurant at th is w intersum m er resort, Oregon H ill, nestled in the m ountains of north central Pennsylvania. Three 99s, Helen Sheffer, Shirley W einhardt and Marian Dunlap have been busy w orking w ith the C.A.P. on the search fo r a M usketeer downed since June 7. The sm all aircraft w ith tw o persons aboard was enroute from O hio to N.Y. and its last con tact was w ith Joh nstow n, Pa. A lice Fuchs recently fle w to F lorida to v is it w ith her tw o aunts. O u r c h a irw o m a n , C a ro l W in d s o r, recently received her M asters degree in education. Carol has resigned her teaching po sitio n in G aleton and moved to Lock Haven to accept a p o s itio n w ith Piper A ircra ft in the International Sales D ivision, a jo b made available after the resignation of M artie O wens. M artie’s plans now in­ clude a little flig h t in s tru c tio n and a lo t of relaxation. GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA CHAPTER Sophia M. Payton, Reporter We com bined our May and June M eeting to airm ark the Lansdowne A irport. The fo llo w in g m em bers pa rticip a te d : Jane M enzies, chairm an of airm arking, Julie Canter, G eorgetta Dix, Ruth Hanlon, Soph Payton, Phil Patterson, Mryna Schaad and husband, Ed; Mary Lou W aite. We want to thank Ed fo r his assistance in the layout. A fte r co m p le tin g the pa in ting, out came the p icn ic lunch. Mary Lou took a planeload up to inspect the jo b ...C o m m ent... B eautiful. C o ng ratula tion s to Mary Lou and Ju lie & Jane. Mary Lou W aite - Instrum ent R ating; Ju lie Canter - Private License - Our Youngest Prospective Mem ber! She did th is on her 16th B irthday. W hat a birthday p re se n t!; Jane Menzies - Instrum ent Rating. R acing: Helen Davidson and husband, El; Mary Lou W aite and Husband, Paul flew th e ir airplanes in the Garden State 300 race, Thom s River, New Jersey. Soph Payton and Pat Fairbanks of C in cin n a ti flew in the W iscon sin A ir Race. A lso, ou r Chapter is busy w orking on the Fall Sectional w h ich w ill be held in P itt­ sburgh, Pa., Jane Menzies, chairm an. Ju ly M ee ting : An o u tin g at Mary Lou W aite’s sum m er home on Conneaut Lake.

M ARYLAND CHAPTER June Hanson, Reporter Sixteen m em bers, 49 '/ 2ers, guests, and prospective m embers flew in six aircra ft in May to B oonton, N J, to to u r the A ircra ft Radio & C o ntrol Corp. The to u r was conducted in tw o groups, one led by Sales Manager M orris Venezia and the oth er by Service Manager David Hanley. Thanks to 99 Kathy Poole and her 4OV2 Dr. Bob for arranging th is v is it to a d ivisio n of Cessna A irc ra ft Com pany. Though we d id n ’t understand all the processes, we now understand be tte r why radios and avionics are rather expensive. O ld fie ld School fo r G irls aviation m in im e ste r was s u cce ssfu l— now the YWCA in Bel A ir, Md w ants us to do the same fo r them . 80 per cent of Chapter B allo ts returned to elect o ffic e rs : Chairm an Rene B irch ; V ic e C h a irm a n , T o m m ie S tra u s s ; Secretary, G inny V ogel; Treasurer, Sally W illia m s. Hope all m em bers are listed in roster th is year! Md 99s are cosp on sorin g an FAA Safety Sem inar w ith the Edgewood Arsenal Arm y F lyin g C lub. F ina lly had good weather for take o ff and landing flig h t d e m on stra tion by B a ltim o re G A D O p e rs o n n e l — n e xt m eeting, exp la natio n o f FAR Part 61. A ld in o C h urch ville A irp ark has been chosen as our B icentennial Project. W e’ve planted trees, shrubs, flow ers, and hope to plant bu lb s in the fa ll. Big day there on June 15 th — 99 APT Day and Open House at the a irpo rt w ith 99s baking the goodies and a ctin g as hostesses. Jane Noyes, Paulette and M ike Jones were tim e rs at S um m it, Delaware, fo r the Garden State 300 A ir Race. New ex­ perience fo r them and they had an in ­ terestin g tim e — met a lo t of new people. Two new m em bers: Lisa H oltzm an flie s out of B u tle r-B W I— Cherokee Arrow or 140— 18 years o ld — fin ish e d High School and firs t year at C a to nsville C o m m unity C ollege s im u lta n e o u sly in June 1974— should have her C om m ercial and in ­ strum en t by Novem ber and A ssociate of A rts in A ir T ransp ortatio n in June '75. A n n a b e ll F e ra — C FI at G a ith e rs b u rg , M ontgom ery C o un ty A irp o rt W elcom e to both, glad to have you in the group! More prospective m em bers, too. Cleo Sherbow spoke to the C olum bia F lyin g C lub. The Aero C lub of B altim ore

Don’t rem em ber w hat story Ada M itch e ll Barrett was te llin g at the M id East Spring S ectional M eeting, but it appears that Fay G illis W ells was e n jo ying it.

has extended an open in vita tio n to Md 99s to jo in and-or attend the ir m eetings. Public co n ta cts, hard w ork, and p u b lic ity seem to be paying o ff! More p ilo ts and the general p u b lic are now aware of the existence of the 99s in M aryland. FAA B altim ore GADO re q u e s te d m o n th ly m a ilin g o f MD “ C ra bp ot” — already being sent to Md State A via tion . ALL OVER THE PLACE! Doris and John Jacobson w ith th e ir childre n flew a club plane to W isco n sin for fa m ily v is it; Sally and Roy W illia m s in th e ir Seneca were in F lorida (they’re going to be grand­ p a re n ts!); Kathy Poole is back from E ngland; Kay Bays went to Spain for another v is it; Joan and Don Bates to Rome and three weeks tou ring Europe. Plans fo r Ju ly to O ctober include a sw im -in at Rene B irch’s pond, fly-in to S ally W illia m s ’ hom e in Ocean C ity, Md., a irm arkin g, and a Flying Treasure Hunt.

New England Section C O N N E C T IC U T -M A IN E MASSACHUSETTS - NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLA N D - VERM O NT

CONNECTICUT CHAPTER Claire Ball, Reporter O ur new o ffic e rs fo r the com ing year are: Evelyn Kropp, C hairm an; Nina Hetm an, V ice-C hairm an; Peggy Davidson, S e c re ta ry ; and M a rc ia S p a k o s k i, Treasurer. On June 1 a Safety M eeting was held at Brainard Field in H artford w ith the R egional F lig h t Surgeon, Dr. Sexton, and A l H u ntin g, A ccident Prevention Coor­ din a to r, as speakers. The FAA film "N ig h t F ly in g ” and the Bob Hoover Film were show n. Check rides had been planned but bad w eather cancelled th is po rtion of the program . A b u ffe t lunch was served by cha pter m em bers fo llo w in g the m eeting. A cou ple of notes of co n g ra tu la tio n s to : Lorraine Benham for receiving her In­ stru m e n t F lig h t In stru cto r’s C ertificate,

Stan B all, P ilot w ith Am erican A irlin e s and C yn th ia Kem per at C yn th ia’s “ Flying A c tiv itie s C lass” in W estport, Conn.

and to Ruth Buckley fo r receiving her M .A. in Special Education. Ruth C row ell and Evelyn Dropp were only tw o seconds o ff th e ir tim e in the W isSky-Run out in M adison. We're sorry they d id n ’t w in, but it m ust have been lo ts of fun. B obbie Herbert and daughter, Laurie, ju s t returned from a spring trip to Europe.

EASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER Judy G illis , Reporter This is airm arking year fo r ou r Chapter! In May, 30-foot high letters were painted on the ramp at S terling , Mass. A irp o rt, and in June we did a large com pass rose at Hanscom F ield, Bedford, Mass. Two new m em bers were welcom ed and pinned at our June m eeting — Jeanne O hnem us and C hris R uksnaitis. This was also our election m eeting. O ffice rs fo r the com ing year are: chairm an — Harriet F uller; Vice Chairman — B illie D ow ning; S ecretary— L illia n Em erson; Treasurer— Carol S ites. We were sorry to say goodbye to A lice Foeh th is m onth w ho, w ith her fam ily, moved to Abilene, Texas, but we w ish her happy fly in g there. Marie LePore and L illia n Emerson have been fly in g a ta ild ra g g e r— a PA-11— and th in k it’s great! Pat Thrasher is very glad to be back w ith us from B eirut, Lebanon. Mona Budding has ju s t com pleted the early w arning system s te stin g program at D.O.T. in B oston. The report on these fin d in g s w ill be fo rth co m in g in January. Mona is now o ff to F lorida fo r a vacation and business.

New York-New Jersey Section NEW YO R K - NEW JERSEY

FINGER LAKES CHAPTER Marcia G itelm an, Reporter The last couple of m onths have been w ild ly busy ones fo r the F inger Lakes girls. Our m em bership has grow n w ith the ad dition of Shirley G oddard, Sally Hershberg, Jan M o ffe tt, H utch Frederick and Sandy R e uckw a ld ...F o ur fu ll airplanes made it to the sectio n m eeting on Long Island. The weather and the m eeting were ‘‘s u p e r p e r fe c t” . . . B e v e rle a A ld rid g e , v isitin g her hom eland ‘Dow nunder’ a t­ tended a jo in t 99s - A ustra lia n W omen P ilots A ssociatio n m eeting in Sydney. She also flew c o -p ilo t in a Cherokee across the A ustralian co n tin e n t in a very th rillin g flig h t...S h e ila Haag and 49’/2 Dick flew the ir Bonanza from Penn Yan to Acapulco the firs t week in May, via C incin ati, M e m p h is , H o u s to n , B r o w n s v ille and M exico C ity ...I ju s t reviewed a recent news clip p in g about Freddy Roach recapturing the days when she flew a sin g le engine plane around the South P acific during the waning days of WW II. I d id n ’t know we

had such an in te restin g p ilo t in our m id st. O ur m ajor project th is spring has been ou r Fly In “ Breakfast w ith the Blue A n g e ls” put on in Hangar 1 at the Rochester M onroe C ounty A irp o rt, in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the Rochester P ilots A sso cia tio n , on M em orial Day weekend. Carole Freeman was the treasurer o f the event, Penny R obinson in charge of cleanup and set up, N atalie W heeler coordinated between us and Eddie H u nd t, the food advisor. P hyllis Blanchard, Sherry Lytle, S hirley Goddard and J u lie G oogins worked on P u b licity, Helen Moore organized and helped set up the s ta tic d isp la ys, and M arcia G itelm an, our Breakfast C hairm an, even though she was recovering from a n o n -flyin g accident, manage to fin d out that it is po ssib le to rent “ jo h n s ” , and arrange fo r sound trucks via bedside telephone. Ju st about every one of ou r g irls and th e ir frien ds and fa m ilie s turned out and helped in one cap acity or another. The Blue A ngels, in th e ir new A-4 Skyhawk planes, were spe ctacular as usual. O ur breakfast was an un q u a lifie d success, despite the fact that the weather was not as nice as we had hoped for. We served over 1200 breakfasts. It was even good therapy fo r Marcia who was able to make it to the breakfast and show . We hope to make the Breakfast an annual a ffa ir. In 1976 the Blue A ngels w ill return again, and they can be sure the y’ll fin d warm pancakes and sausage too. Because o f the g e no rosity of the R ochester P ilo ts' A sso cia tio n in dividing the p ro fits , we now have the necessary fun ds in our treasury to incorporate and start our F lyin g A c tiv itie s program . As if we hadn’t had enough a c tiv ity , the F inger Lakes Chapter had a jo in t fly -in luncheon at K in g sto n , O ntario, w ith the g irls from the Eastern O ntario Chapter. 23 people from ou r area were greeted by Lorna D e-B licquy, Gerda Ruckerbauer, B etty Jean S cherm erhorn, Mary M cM illia n and F e lic ity M cKendry. We toured old Fort M cHenry and had a m arvelous tim e. We hope to have the Canadian g irls here in the fa ll. GARDEN STATE CHAPTER Dolores Jane Z ilin ca r, Reporter O ur June m eeting at M edford, New Jersey, gave us the o p p o rtu n ity to con gra tu late the w inners in our ’74 GARDEN STATE 300 held on May 25th at M ille r A irpark in Ocean T ow nship. W e’re proud to say that three places went to 99s and tw o to frie n d s. Sandy Duma and 49'/2 John too k firs t place; Helen Zubrow and Anne S hields, second; Stanley E lkins and Francis X. McCann, th ir d ; W anda Mammel and 491/2 Lew is, fo u rth ; and John Sparkes and Harriet C oller, fifth . It was an exciting race, b e a u tifu lly coordinated by race chairm an and A m elia Earhart “ look a lik e ” , Grace M cG uire. Honored guests at the awards banquet were Garry Essex o f TV fam e and ou r “ Mr. S pe cia l", Jack Lam ping and his lovely V irg inia. And of course we all know the g u id in g hand o f A lm a H it­ ch ings, the c o m p u ta tio n know -how of B lackie Blackburn and the a rtis tic talent of B ill Cram er were essential to ou r success. Added appre ciatio n to the s ile n t heroes

and hard w o rking com m ittee s. We all look forw ard to the next GARDEN STATE 300 ’75! NEW S: Spot Landing winner at Medford - Grace M cG uire; Jerry Roberts and Claire K urica represented us at the Angel Derby; Direct Relief is d e fin ite ly “ g o ” w ith 850 pounds of m edical sup plies on the way. Past sh ip m e n ts have been confirm ed on the coast and we thank our chairm an, Dana Mack, fo r doing such a splendid job. A fab ulo us APT Day in May found fourteen p a rticip a n ts. John Karp, FAA Safety S pe cia list, headed a group of dedicated in s tru c to rs w ho freely gave th e ir tim e and tale nts to make the day com plete - namely, Elm er M axim , G unther Nomad and Warren Loveless. New o ffic e rs elected fo r the com ing term in clu d e : Chairm an, Claire K urica; Vice Chairm an Stephana G redsted; Treasurer, Janis B la ckbu rn; Recording Secretary, Bea C overdale; C orresponding secretary, Dana Mack. The com ing year should prove eventful w ith such an unusually diverse slate. As the past 99 year com es to an end let us thank C hairm an, Alm a H itch in g s, for her d ilig e n t and creative leadership and all the o ffic e rs and members who gracefully co m p lim e n te d her e ffo rts. Let us also express ou r appreciation to Governor, Jerry Roberts fo r her support, courage and in s p ira tio n . She makes us all proud to be part of the New York-New Jersey Section. And th a t's the truth. LONG ISLAND CHAPTER A lice B oro dkin, Reporter The LONG ISLAND CHAPTER is at it again! Busy B usy!! May 4 - The NEW YORK NEW JERSEY SECTION MEETING hosted by us at the COLONIE HILL HAPPAUGE L.l. was great fun and very rew arding! O ur frien ds and gu ests cam e by land, sea, and air, because the weather was bad and they did not want to m iss it! O ur guests included SECTION GOVERNOR JERRY ROBERTS, ROBERT STANTON, DIRECTOR EASTERN REGION F .A .A ., PAT McEWEN INTERNATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT, LOIS FEIGENBAUM , INTERNATIO N AL TREASURER. Next on the agenda w ill be General A via tion Week June 23-29, orignated by chairm an MARILYN HIBNER, w ith 99s helping out in various displa ys at shopping centers all over L.l. One o f ou r brand new m embers, but not new to aviation is IDA VAN SMITH, who sponsors the IDA VAN SMITH FIGHT CLUBS. The purpose of these clu bs is to expose younger childre n to aviation. She appears on Cable T.V. every Sunday and you r reporter had the honor and pleasure to appear w ith her and speak about the 99s. Lucky stud ents at SAGAMORE JR. HIG H! They have ANITA CODERRE and DAISY POSS teaching an aviation course. This course has sparked interest in many stud ents w ho o rd in a rily w ould do poorly in sch o o l! The fie ld trip s include ISLIP M C AR TH U R where they visited the inside of a corporate je t and met the pilot. JANE DUGGAN and friend took a trip to

W illia m sb u rg h and were delayed three days due to bad weather! And — Headquarters approved the sale of our 99 disc. Any one w ish in g in fo rm atio n may w rite to DORIS ABBATE. Happy F lyin g!

From le ft to rig h t: C ounty Exec. Ralph Kasso, Chairm an M arilyn Hibner President o f A viation C ouncil o f Long Island John Perrira in a presentation during General A viation Week (Long Island Chapter).

NEW YORK CAPITAL DISTRICT CHAPTER Mary Scher, Reporter Ruth Green hosted ou r last m eeting un til fall at her new school of aviation. They have 2 planes, a fu ll tim e in stru cto r, a charter p ilo t, and a be au tifu l new classroom . Drop in fo r Coffee. It's fu n !! O ur program was furnished by Jeannette O nderdonk Barber, and Doris M iller. Jeannette is a form er 99. She soloed in 1933, in a Gypsy M oth, long before she learned to drive a car. She also took seaplane lessons. Due to the beginning of W orld War II, Jeannette had to stop flyin g She tau ght weather and m eteorology to Naval Cadets at Rensselaer P olytechnic In stitu te , in Troy. She also brought along som e m om entos fo r us to see, and an­ swered many qu estio ns, asked by the 99 m embers. Then Doris M ille r, a Hudson Valley Chapter 99, showed slides and gave a m ost in fo rm ative talk on the Angel Derby. She to ld us all the d e ta ils and planning that

L. to r. Sue P olsin ello, Kathy B ourgois, B etty H u m th ris, receiving 99 pins from M em bership Chairm an, Jo-Ann Perko.

have to be worked out before the race ever starts. Just g e ttin g the plane to M exico, was q u ite an adventure fo r her and her fly in g partner. She had som e excellent s lid e s both in the air and on the ground. The Mexican terrain along the flig h t course, was very rugged. The weather did not cooperate. At som e p o in ts, the m ou ntain peaks were above the clouds. S om etim es the m ountain passes were so hazy, they were not passable. Their plane cam e in 21st. Doris said it was a w onderful experience to fly in the Derby. The new chapter o ffice rs were in sta lle d fo r the com ing year: Chairm an, Nancy F itzroy, Vice C hairm an, Ann M atthew s, Secretary, B etty E llio tt, and Treasurer, Helen Fansler. We have 3 new 99s too . Sue P olsin ello, Kathy B ou rgo is and B etty H u m th ris received th e ir pins at th is m eeting. f

the paint. W hen we saw ou r Jeep statio n wagon sin k under the w eight of that drum , we were glad we d id n ’t try to pick it up in Dayton w ith a plane! We m ig h t have been s lig h tly out of the CG envelope. Doris S cott has been very busy delivering seedlings to O hio airpo rts for the b icen te nn ial celebration. She has also been very busy giving talks on the NinetyNines. She spoke to the Zonta clu b of Dayton and at the W righ t Patterson A ir Force Base O ffice rs Club sponsored by the Am erican In s titu te of A eronautics and A stro n a u tics. Norm a M orton returned last n ig h t from a w o nd erful trip to Europe. She took her tw elve year old granddaughter w ith her. W hat a great experience! Next issue your regular reporter, Kathy Talalas sho uld be back w ith you and w ith a new baby due Ju ly 19! Happy F lying!

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North Central Section IL L IN O IS - IN D IA N A - IOWA KE N TU C KY - M IC H IG AN - M INNESO TA MISSOURI - OHIO - WISCONSIN

ALL-O HIO CHAPTER Anne Esselburne, Reporter Mem bers of the A ll-O h io C hapter were deeply saddened by the loss of Edith K ille n 's 491/ 2 , Jim . He was one of our m ost active and fa ith fu l 4 9 ’/2 and w ill be greatly m issed by all of us. On a brig h te r note, our annual poker party w ent o ff w ith o u t a snag. It was b e a u tifu lly run by Bonnie M cSw ain, who manages to hold a fu ll tim e jo b , go to nigh t scho ol fo r her A&P license and fly in her spare tim e ! W ow, what energy! A ll-O h io is d e lig hted to have Marian M oyer active again after a year away from fly in g . M arilyn C o lle tte is another 99 we haven’t seen m uch. She expects to be active again now that th in g s are se ttlin g dow n fo r her. Rosalie and B ill B urchett and Mary M ille r too k th e ir new Piper Seneca to the Kansas C ity S ectional. Charleen M ehaffie passed her co m ­ m ercial w ritte n exam w ith a grade of 93! M arcia Greenham u tilized her new in ­ strum en t rating on the flig h t to the North Central S ection m eeting. She was ac­ com panied in the Cessna 172 by Janet Kelley and Doris G ill. O ur chapter PR chairm an, Shawnee Lee, won the jo u rn a lism award o f the O hio A via tio n Trades A sso cia tio n . She w rites aviation news fo r a M id d le to w n , O hio paper. We hear Ted Pestel won the prize money w ith the best poker hand of the poker party! Guess w e’ll have to teach the gals how to draw a poker hand. Maybe Ted w ill give us lessons. O hio is planning its firs t airm arkin g for our J u ly m eeting. W e'll be m arking the M arion, O hio A irp o rt. The pa in tin g w ill be fo llo w e d by a coo kou t at the a irp o rt, w hich sounds like fu n ! M arilynn M ille r and I DROVE to Dayton and then to M arion w ith

CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER Clarissa H olcom b, Reporter Our Ju ly and August m eetings turn in to F ly-in Swim Parties, thanks to the Dunseths at Law renceville and to Kay Martens in Peoria. A good tim e is alw ays in store fo r us even if the weather som etim es makes it a feat to get there. Norm a and Frank Newbery had to make an em ergency landing at ou r S pringfield airp o rt. The engine lost 3 our of 4 cylinders because of a broken valve. They were over the VOR ju s t north of the airpo rt and in 2 Vi sp ira ls were on the runway. No problem s barring vib ratio n and loss o f RPMs. The 172 is repaired and back in the air again. O ur e n th u sia stic Kay M artens is our W ays and Means Chairm an. She raffled a $25.00 g ift c e rtifica te in her beauty salon and raised $250.00 in 5 days for our cha pter treasury. For a place to fly, Joan Boyd recom ­ m ends a fun weekend in B ilo xi. The 182 made it nicely dow n there even w ith a 20 25 knot headw ind. Kathleen W ood is helping clean up the co u n trysid e . She flys and drives around Illin o is m aking sure the “ car crusher” keeps w e ll-fed . She can run that m achine as w ell as fly the Mooney. A Ladies’ Day is being held at M attoon A irp o rt. We are to be on hand to publicize the 99s and fly in g . M artha McMahan is spearheading th is project. A n ita A lb ert and Mary W aters inform us th a t the llli-N in e s Derby is scheduled for next May and w ill be held at C ham paign— W illard A irp o rt. Mark your calendars for M em orial Day weekend 1975. Libb y Kaiser has en rolled in F lig ht Course 115 at In s titu te o f A via tion , U. of I. G lid er Course. (W eather was bad when they were at Black Forest, C olo.) She w ill be part tim e tow p ilo t at $0.75 per hour. Helen Lewis is our latest Instrum ent Rated P ilo t; E le a n o rS ch m e lze ro u r newest mem ber.

CENTRAL MISSOURI CHAPTER A nita Goben, Reporter N a n c y (W ic k e rs h a m ) B a d g e r w as hostess fo r our June m eeting at “ C o tto n "

W oods M em orial A irp o rt at Colum bia. O ffice rs elected fo r the next year a re : Mary Scherr, C hairm an; Anita G oben, ViceChairm an, R eporter; Nancy Cherkas, Secretary, Treasurer. Nancy Badger is APT C hairm an; Verna Byland, M em ­ bership C hairm an; Helen Lamb, Ways and Means Chairm an. We are busy w ith plans for our C hapter's ho sting the N orth Central Sectional next spring. M ary S c h e rr and N ancy B adger represented our Chapter at the cerem ony in w hich M issouri G overnor C hristopher “ K it" Bond proclaim ed May as General A viation M onth. CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER Sandy K lock, Reporter W elcom e th is m onth to new members Cori Cory and Elaine Blowers. C o ng rat’s to Dorathea Lough, who received her in stru m en t rating May 23rd, and to Gail G oldthorpe, w ho ju s t got her com m ercial license using part of her Mary Shum way S cholarship m oney. Mary Stroh took firs t place in the Schaum burg (III.) A irp o rt e fficie n cy meet recently, but there’s m ore! It is reported that Mary S troh, p ilo t, and Norm a Freier, c o -p ilo t, flew in the firs t annual W is-Sky Derby (p ro ficie n cy race) hostessed by the W ise. 99s on June 7-8-9. These intrepid aviatrixes captured firs t place w ith a fan ta stic score of 100 per cent on fuel and 1/2 a second on tim e! Great go in g! L u c k y C h a rle n e F a lk e n b e rg , D ia n e Cozzi, and Joan Kerwin got to attend the S outhw est Sectional m eeting in Hawaii! Shirley Keime and 491/ 2er ju s t returned from an x-c to P ortland, Oregon via Bonanza. Bob and Pat Friedm an ju s t returned from Greece and Israel, where Bob flew a M irage! To ou r know ledge he is the only civilia n ever to do this. The Friedm ans were entertained qu ite roya lly by the Israeli A ir Force. W hat had been an ticip ated to be a happy spot landing con test and m eeting at Casa de Aero, H am pshire, III., on June 23rd, turned in to a tragedy at the end o f the runway. Chapter m em ber Barbara Silagi in her Com anche and a guest gal p ilo t com ing to her firs t 99s m eeting in a Cherokee, both alone and apparently in te nt on the spot, co llid e d m id -a ir o ff the end of 09. The Com anche was alm ost to ta lly dem olished — both p ilo ts were taken to an E lgin, III. h o sp ita l, after an agon izin gly long w ait fo r am bulance service. The extent of in ju rie s is not known at th is w ritin g , but we all pray fo r a quick recovery fo r those involved. Please, everyone, let your heads always be on a swivel and let your eyes be everywhere — we can never be too w a tch ful when we take to the skies. GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER Dorothy S tratto n, Reporter Our June 6 th m eeting was held at the Plaza III Restaurant. There were 46 m embers and guests present. Aleah Com bs in sta lle d the fo llo w in g o ffic e rs : Marge Engelm an, C hairm an; Jean W ilson, Vice-C hairm an; Karen B allow e, Recording

S e c re ta r y ; D o ro th y S tr a tto n , C orresponding Secretary; and M arilyn D ickson, Treasurer. The Blue M axine Trophy and the traveling placque was awarded to Kathy Zim m erm an fo r her aviation a c tiv itie s th is past year. O ur chapter presented an engraved silver bo w l, in m em ory of the 49 ’/ 2ers w ho have died, to be given as a traveling troph y to the Chapter 15 o f the International A ero ba tic C lub of Kansas C ity. This was presented by Kathy Zim m erm an, C hair­ man, to Harold Neumann at the banquet in A tch iso n Kansas Saturday evening June 1. The banquet fo llo w e d the air show at A tch iso n . We have been asked to help w ith the gate receipts on J u ly 6 and 7 at the old O lathe Naval S tation when it w ill be dedicated the new Johnson C ounty In­ d u stria l A irp o rt. The G host Squadron of the Confederate A ir Force w ill perform both days. GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER Rose Mary Roth, Reporter On Saturday, May 18th, Val Johnson, Chapter A ir m arking C hairm an, and four m em bers, Mary Peters, Audrey Casper, Ruth Lake and Jan Pocock painted an air m arker on top of U nion, M is s o u ri’s Ford dealer's show room . The air m arker was to help p ilo ts locate the St. C lair, M issouri A irp o rt, the firs t our chapter has done in nearly three years. W elcom e to new m em bers, Barbara Hughes and Lois Ladenslager. Barbara celebrated becom ing a 99 by purchasing a new Cessna 172. Ruth Schueler has a new 172 and Edith and Al O lovitch are the proud ow ners of a new Piper A rrow . Edith and Al ju s t returned from a trip to Paris where they visite d the Paris Aero C lub. Our blonde fly in g farm er mem ber, Lois Shafer is now fly in g a brand new Piper Seneca for the Pohlm an C orporation. Rose Mary Roth is no longer in s tru c tin g at St. Charles A irp o rt. She is cu rre n tly fly in g Twin Beechs and a Baron fo r Festus F lying Service. The Angel Derby, flo w n by Mary Lowe w ith daug hter Sylvia as c o -p ilo t, and Val Joh nso n, solo, saw Mary and Val fin ish 14th and 15th, and Val received an award fo r fuel conservation. There was an e xce p tio n a lly good turn out fo r the A via tion Safety Sem inar on May 2nd. 99 Intern ation al Vice President, Pat McEwen was one of the speakers. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to B etty Board on o b ta in in g her F lig h t In s tru c to r’s Rating. Cheers to Laura S ellin ge r! A ll her hard w ork sending letters to all the chapters in the co u n try paid o ff. Due to her e ffo rts she has received about $ 200.00 w orth of orders fo r the 99 decals that our chapter has as a m oneym aking project. S hould be som e kind of an award fo r som eone who works so hard. LoR ita C u rtis is m oving to Kansas C ity, so we are lo sing another fine member. We know that the K.C. 99s w ill w elcom e such a hardw orker. The N o m ina ting C o m m ittee presented the slate of o ffic e rs fo r next year at our

June m eeting. Doris Kuhn, C hairm an; A lice Jackson, Vice-C hairm an; Nelda Lee. Secretary; V irg in ia Kunkel, Treasurer. An In sta lla tio n luncheon has ten ta tively been set fo r Saturday, Septem ber 14th. A fly -in to B etten do rf, Iowa has been te n ta tive ly set fo r June 26th. Helen Pooler has once again invited us to com e for lunch and a to u r of the Amana C olonies. Many of us jo ine d Helen three years ago and had a sensational tim e.

INDIANA CHAPTER Lois C. Hawley and Kathy Forrest, Reporters At o u r A pril m eeting three new members were given th e ir pins and o ffic ia lly ac­ cepted as m em bers of the N inety-N ines. A no ther new m em ber, Joyce Shriver, should have received her pin also, but had to keep a date w ith a student, and had to le ave e a rly , th e re fo re m is s in g th e p resentation. Joyce ju s t recently joined the s ta ff of in stru cto rs at Sky Harbor, Eagle Creek A irpark, Indianapolis. She is CFI rated fo r in stru m en t ground school and flig h t in stru ctio n . The Indiana g irls are really w orking to keep APT. C o ng ratula tion s go to M ildred Newman w ho received her Instrum ent R ating A pril 24. Pauline Genung is now w o rking tow ard a flig h t in stru cto rs rating and attended the AOPA flig h t in stru cto r re v a lid a tio n c o u rs e , h e ld a t P urd ue U niversity. At th is m eeting Ella Jo M ood's husband received F lig h t In stru cto r of the Year award fo r the Great Lakes Region. H ow c o u ld sh e not be APT? C o n g ra tu la tio n s Dwayne! B etty DeBaun and Lois Hawley report they are getting APT w ith in s tru c to r Joyce Shriver. Come on g irls , lets all get in the act. Spring arrived w ith Indiana 99 Barbara Jen nings p a rticip a tin g in Project S kylift (see photo) w ith fe llo w “ lady" p ilo ts Mrs. Sam Bel I if iore, Mrs. Richard Hagans, Mrs. Tom N evitt and Mrs. Frank Sturdevant. These ladies donated the ir tim e and air­ planes to provide an ou ting fo r retarded childre n in Porter C ounty, Indiana. A m e ric a n A ir lin e s a p p o in te d th e se Indiana 99s to th e ir Am erican A irlines F airladies g ro u p : Tannie S chlun dt, B illie S m ith, J ill M cC orm ick, Dorothy S m ith and Pat Nolan. Each lady was given a cer­ t if ic a t e f o r h e r c o n t r ib u tio n to w a rd e sta b lish in g air travel as basic tran­ sp o rta tio n . O ther “ ce rtifica te s" earned by 99s in May included a DVM from Purdue U niversity to 99 Sheila M artin and a BA degree fo r Kathy Forrest. June brought election of state office rs, and a de cisio n on delegates to the In­ terna tion al convention in Puerto Rico. M arilyn Sousley was welcom ed in to 99 m em bership and Pauline Genung received a G olden Apt Card s ig n ifin g that she has been apt fo r three consecutive years. O utgoing A ir-m arking Chairman Ruth R uggles entertained members w ith air­ m arking tales, as w ell as feeding everyone from her huge p icn ic basket. Indiana m embers are looking forw ard to the Intern ation al convention and hope to meet many of you there.

Project S k y lift - 99 Barbara Jennings helps aboard em ployees o f O pp ortunity En­ terprises fo r a day o f sig htsee ing . The ou tin g was approved by the Porter Co., (Ind.) A ssoc, of Retarded C hildren. (In­ diana Chapter)

IN D IAN A CHAPTER PINS NEW M EM ­ BERS. Ann Black, Chapter Chairm an, pinned Kathy W alker, Betty DeBaun, M em bership C hairm an, pins Toni Roehn and V irg inia Brown gives L illie Danek her pin. IOWA CHAPTER Ruth U lfers, Reporter O ur weekend M eeting in Omaha was jam packed w ith both fun and business. One h ig h lig h t was having Anna Fandel of CID jo in ou r group as a 99. She’s a secretary at a CID plant and uses her private license whenever possible. A special guest was Pauline Warren of Leon w ho is the Iowa F lying Farmer’s Queen. She is a stud ent p ilo t w ho flew w ith her p ilo t husband to Omaha in th e ir new Cessna Skyhawk. Her schedule as Queen sounds a w fu lly hectic but ha pp ily she's going to add our 99 m eetings to her agenda. One p o in t all mem bers of our chapter feel very stro n g ly a b o u t: We feel that everyone’s in dividu al o p in io n regarding the c o n s tru c tio n of both headquarters and Museum Centers should be polled. R econsideration of these issues m ust be held not o n ly at the 1974 International C o n v e n tio n b u t a ls o by in d iv id u a l b a llo tin g . We request a delay on fu rth e r actio n on these projects u n til results o f a vote by fu ll m em bership has been achieved. Let's get all the data available, discuss it fu lly and then make a new de cisio n. 99 P h yllis Barber describes landing w ith o u t gear in her Com anche 250 on A pril

21. F ellow 99 Mary Lou W rig h t and husband H a ro ld B a rb e r w e re her passengers. Says P h yllis, “ There is the advice you can pass on “ ju s t because the book says the gear can be operated m anually when the electric system fa ils to operate it a in ’t necessarily s o !!! The same old qu estio n from everyone-yes, we can read and fo llo w in s tru c tio n s and follow e d them to a “ T " but when one gear is stuck up you can’t u n -s tic k it from in side the co ckp it. No, I d id n ’t use the grass. I requested advice after I cou ld te ll that those on the ground did not agree w ith my de cisio n to use the grass. The lo g ic was that w ith th in g s hanging dow n the tendancy to cart wheel w o uld be greater in the s o ft grass and one w o uld slide on the hard s u r fa c e w e ll I had lo ts of tim e to th in k th is one over and decided th a t as I had never done it before I w o uld take others advice! Flaps-had them on and decided to let them up as we had everything dead and were go in g slo w , slo w , s lo w — saw no reason to scratch them . P rop -th ou gh t it w o uld stop w in d m illin g at the ap pro xim ate tou chdo w n tim e but the th in g ju s t seemed to keep tw irlin g . Rather than loose my angle of attack and esta blished slow speed decided to ju s t let it go as engine was dead. Bent both ends but no crank shaft damage. I stayed up to burn o ff gas. The “ big boys te ll m e" that danger was as great from fum es as from liq u id , however I’m glad I bu rnt it o ff as we were much lighte r and that m ust have helped too. We had everything w o rkin g fo r us but the gear! The weather was good, w ind had gone down to about 12 K and on ly about 10 degrees o ff runway, co m m u n ica tio n s good, lo ts of th o u g h tfu l and h e lp fu l people about. There was no reason to make a mess of it. I have lo ts of respect fo r the fibe rglass on the ADF antenna. As the gear came up when the w e igh t of the plane touched it the plane ju s t slid along on the ADF antenna. It gave a little scratching noise, then the scratching got a b it louder, we stopped rig h t on center line and the le ft side came around a little . It was the heaviest as there was s till 1/2 hr fuel in it as w ell as m yself and passenger on that side. We managed to remove tw o radio an­ tenna, scratch the belly a little and bend the ends on the prop but I d o n 't recom ­ mend landing th is w ay— if you have a ch o ic e .”

P h yllis Barber’s Com anche after landing w ith o u t be ne fit o f gear.

KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CHAPTER Diane S tafford, Reporter O ur June m eeting was com bined w ith w a tch in g a te rrific airshow at Lexington, K y .’s Bluegrass F ie ld -th e ir 2nd annual one. We are happy to say that five (count ’em, five) o f our chapter w ill be going to the In t'l. con ven tion at Puerto Rico in A ugust. The five are: Pauline Barrier, V irginia C ham berlain, Pat Paulsen, Pat Lyddan, and Diane S taffo rd. The people of M on ticello, Ky. know a good o ffic ia l a irpo rt opener when they see one. O ur own “ fearless leader” , Pauline Barrier, had the sin g u la r honor of being the firs t w om an, firs t 99, firs t person to fly in the new M o n tic e llo airport. Sheilagh W agner is ha pp ily fly in g her 2nd (in 6 m onths) Cherokee 6 . The firs t one, a fte r a very brief ow nership, was borrow ed by a friend, who, som ehow, managed to drow n it. So far, th is one does not seem to have a yen for bodies of water. LAKE ERIE CHAPTER Helen Keidel, Reporter A ir-m a rkin g during O hio’s short sum m er season was high on the lis t of th in g s to do fo r the new ly-form ed Lake Erie Chapter. Rained out on June 15th, the group was succe ssful on the 22 nd in painting “ A S H T A B U LA ” on the cou nty airpo rt 50 m iles east of Cleveland. The day was a lm o st perfect w ith tem peratures in the low 70’s and enough cloud cover so the sun was not unbearable to the dozen w orkers atop the all-m etal hangar. W ith everyone e n jo ying the task, the local reporter-photographer had to jo in in the pa in tin g “ ju s t to get the feel of it ” . Everything w ent o ff w ell, m ainly because Chairm an Carol Stephen had laid out the project to scale on graph paper ahead of tim e , so the g irls ju s t had to “ fo llo w the nu m be rs". Now everyone is looking fo r­ ward to th e ir second venture. Sum m er b ring s those long-aw aited va ca tio n s...a n d John and A nnette Fedor are o ff to Sweden w ith th e ir children for a 2 -week v is it. Lo uise and Dan M uranko headed for C a lifo rn ia to see both fa m ily and friends. M ig h t fly Baja and probably stop at Las Vegas on th e ir way back.

LAKE M ICHIGAN CHAPTER Evelyn Borst - Reporter Eloise S m ith and Mary Creason flew the Angel Derby in Eloise’s Bellanca and placed 13th. They were amazed and ap­ preciated the nice arrangem ents made by the F lorida C hapter when the start was so far away and in another co u n try. They flew a to ta l of 47 hours. Then the tw o of them fle w to W ashing to n, D.C. where Mary attended the W om en’s A dvisory Com ­ m ittee on A via tion . Eloise is a form er m em ber of th a t group and went s ig h t­ seeing around tow n w h ile Mary attended m eetings. June 8 th, 1974 was the F irst Anniversary of the Lake M ichigan Chapter. 20 of us celebrated w ith a large, be au tifu l cake decorated w ith our ‘99’ colors.

Esther Bennett, Three Rivers, flew her Cherokee 180 in the W is-Sky Run Race in W iscon sin on June 8 th. Mary Clark flew her Cherokee 235 in the race held at Morey A irp ort, M id dle ton, W iscon sin. One of our Charter m em bers, Ruth Kersten, has moved to S eldonia, Alaska, near A nchorage. Her husband, John, drove up in th e ir car and Ruth fle w her Cessna 182. Esther Bennett accom panied her. Our APT Chairm an, Eloise S m ith, reports that Babe' Ruth has becom e A P T !! Debbie B la isd ell, Toledo, O hio, has enrolled at Purdue U niversity and she w ill be the hostess fo r our July m eeting. To be held at the Term inal B u ild in g , Toledo Express A irp ort. See you all at the International C on­ vention in Puerto R ic o !!! Evelyn Borst and hubby Larry w ill be there along w ith M aisie Stears and hubby Jim . A lso Mary Clark and others. MICHIGAN CHAPTER Bette Crook, Reporter M ichigan Chapter m em bers who a t­ tended the North Central Spring Section m eeting in Kansas C ity were Suzanne W hyte, C hairm an; Claire O jala, ViceC hairm an; Joyce O dom, Treasurer; Adele B in s fie ld ; and Mearl Frame. Jean Pearson, L illia n Snyder, and Suzanne W hyte attended the 10th A n­ niversary M eeting of the W om en's Ad­ visory C o m m itte e on A viation to the FAA. Jean is a form er m em ber of th is co m ­ m ittee. L illia n has been serving as Chairm an of the A irp o rt N etw ork S ub­ com m ittee of W ACOA. Suzanne W hyte is curre ntly serving on the A irp o rt Netw ork Subcom m ittee. The Speakers Bureau has been active. Bea Steadman presented an Am elia Earhart program for the Zonta Club of Traverse C ity, and she participated in Career Day at a local high school. M ichigan's F lyin g F olksing ers, Bonnie Krentler and Jackie Debes entertained at the S outhland M all in D etroit during Stan Brandranke’s Aerial W orld Display. Kay Cham berlain had firs t graders to the airpo rt to observe and learn about em ­ ploym ent in the c o m m u n ity. She also had fou rth graders to the a irpo rt under their "T ran spo rta tion U n it” and gave rides to all those w ho had never flow n. Several M ichigan N inety-N ine s have been active in the fo rm a tio n of a new C A P. squadron. Bette Crook is Squadron C om m ander; Roberta W o lf w ill be serving as Finance O ffic e r; and Suzanne W hyte w ill be serving a Inform a tion O ffice r fo r the new G aylord C om posite Squadron, C.A.P. D e tro it area ra d io and te le v is io n celeb rities who are private p ilo ts held an a irlift, "F LY HIGH FOR DYSTROPHY,” as a benefit fo r the 1974 JERRY LEWIS T E LE T H O N FOR M U S C U LA R D Y S T R O P H Y . T hey in v ite d M ic h ig a n N inety-N ines to pa rticip ate in th is en­ deavor Ju ly 13, 14, 1974. Three plane loads of m edical supplies were flow n from M t. Pleasant to D etroit for W orld M edical Relief fo llo w in g the May m eeting. A P ilot Poker Party was held June 1. Alice Markee served as Chairm an fo r th is

f u n c tio n . P ro g ra m C h a irm a n , K a th y G erhold, arranged fo r a hot air balloon to be on d isp la y at the term in us. MINNESOTA CHAPTER Clara Johansen, Reporter W hen you r Chapter President and her fa m ily loose a dear little daughter, all we can do is stand by h e lp lessly and o ffe r our love and sym pathy. Our Chapter President, B etty, says, "W e had Diane fo r 11 happy yea rs.” Diane Kuechle died in May from a brain tum or. Our love to you. B etty. Sunday M orning, June 16, fifte en 99s and passengers flew to H u tch in so n , Mn. fo r breakfast and our m eeting. C o rrection Jan Hanson d id n 't fly in, she lives there and made the arrangem ents - Thanks, Jan! New M em bers, Jean Knapp, Carol Starner, and Marge F redrickson were introduced. Ju ly is our cha pter’s 25th anniversary and w e 'll have a banquet m eeting at W illm a r, Mn. w ith charter m em bers as guests. W e've been clu e ’d to practice our spo t landing accuracy and land between the w h ite lines when we fly in. G ail Vail and Gerry Rodengen placed 8 th of 48 in our neighbo rin g W iscon sin C hapter’s W is-sky run on tim e and gas c o n s u m p tio n . P roficien cy is the word. QUAD CITY AREA CHAPTER Joanne W alker, Reporter C o n g r a tu la tio n s go o u t to K aren Davidson w ho has passed her Private W ritte n Exam. A lso to Von A lte r and Carolyn Pobanz fo r passing the ir In­ stru m e n t W ritte n Exam. New O ffice rs fo r the com ing year are: C hairm an - Ellen T hie l, Co-Chairm an - Von A lte r, Secretary - Joanne W alker, and Treasurer - P h yllis W ooley. Barring any in clem e nt weather, we hope to be do in g an airm arkin g on J u ly 13th at W addell A irp o rt (Pekin, IL). We also have a P hoto Run and a Plane W ash com ing up th is sum m er. C arolyn Pobanz, Von A lte r and Judy Hodges attended the Spring Sectional in Kansas C ity. They had a m ost enjoyable and in fo rm ative week-end and w ish to thank the Kansas C ity Chapter for the ir h o s p ita lity . The llli-N in e s Race Board met in M orris, IL. on May 5 to make plans fo r next years race. The board m em bers w ill remain the same and plans were discussed fo r FundRaising events to help sponser the race. Everyone is lo okin g forw ard to having a good race in 1975. On June 27, a few of our g irls took an Elem entary Class on a to u r of the Davenport A irp o rt. Von A lte r flew in the W is-S ky Run in W isco n sin and she really enjoyed it. It was the firs t year fo r th is race, and Von said it was very w ell run. Travels la te ly have included one trip to Des M oines and three trip s to Denver. G igi Katz flew to Des M oines the week-end of June 29-30. Bud and Judy Hodges flew th e ir Cessna 170 there over M em orial Day W eek-End to v is it frien ds. Norm a and Roger S m ith were there fo r a K iw anis M eeting and Clara and B ill G ilb ert are vaca tion ing there. Happy F lyin g!

W ISCONSIN CHAPTER B etty W illm ore, Reporter “ E v e ry o n e d id th e ir jo b ” , M a rly n Donagan, Race Chm , sum m ed up the success o f the W is-Sky Run, ou r chapter’s firs t P roficien cy A ir Derby. "There are so many people to thank fo r all the help we received." Not o n ly chapter members, but our prospective m em bers, 4 9 1/2S, and friends really w ent all out for us. Special thanks to Mavis M onson, Elaine S trickla nd , and Nancy Nelson who gave so much of th e ir tim e and talents. And Field Morey and his crew at Morey A irp o rt who helped keep our events m oving along on schedule! W isco n sin p ilo ts w ho flew in the W isS ky; Katie C o nkling , Jan Thom as, Diane G o ra k , E le a n o r H o lt, M arg e D u nn , Susanne Engler, B etty W illm o re , Dee K luppel Vetter, Nancy Nelson, Jean Zapata, Marta De Venecia, Joan M cArthur, Ethel W esterlund. New o ffic e rs fo r '74-75 are: Joan M cA rthur, C hm ; Lana Cain, Vice-C hm ; Jane Caryer, Sec; Pat W eir, Treas; N ew sletter Ed. and reporter, Louise Y e a z e l; m e m b e rs h ip c h m , E th e l W esterlu nd ; fly in g activitie s c h m ; Marlyn D o nagan, A p t; Jean Z a p a ta , A .E . S c h o la r s h ip ; C a ro lin e A rn o ld , P ub. R e la tio n s; Diane Gorak.

L to R M arlyn Donagan, W is-Sky C hm ; Field M orey, O perations and Mike Donagan, o ffic ia l starter.

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South Central Section AR K AN S AS -COLORADO - L O U IS IA N A

ARKAN SAS CHAPTER M arguerite N ielsen, Reporter A rk a n s a s N in e ty - N in e s a irm a rk e d Warren M un icip al A irp ort at W arren, Arkansas Sunday, June 2, 1974. The job was w ell done by Cary H unt, Kay Newth, Linda R ickies and Jean Barton. El Paso 99 Louise M itche ll visited w ith Marge Nielsen w h ile on a speaking tou r of th e c h u rc h e s th r o u g h o u t th is area, O klahom a and Kansas. Louise is s till w ith the S outh Am erican Evangelism and had many th rillin g experiences to relate of the m issiona ry m edics and bush p ilo ts of M exico and o f her teaching experience at El Paso C h ristian College. Louise W h ite has scored her firs t find after several years of flyin g search and rescue w ith N orth C arolina W ing CAP. Arkansas Chapter o ffice rs for the

com ing year are Linda Rickies, President, Emmy Hall, Vice President, Beverly Harp, Secretary, M arjorie McLean, Treasurer, C h a rle n e P oe, A irm a rk in g C h a irm a n , Marge N ielsen, Reporter. God bless yo u — good lu ck— happy fly in g — stay APT.

A irm a r k in g W a rre n M u n ic ip a l A ir p o r t Warren, Arkansas June 2, 1974 Arkansas N inety Nines Joan Barton, Cary H unt, and Kay Newth. CHAPARRAL CHAPTER Mary De Kinder, Reporter PAULINE and 49 Vi MILTON HALL made the ir A ir Age Education c o n trib u tio n in the last tw o m onths by not only giving lectures at Hatch and M ayfield High School Ex­ plorer Scout career education m eetings, but taking the groups on a “ fie ld trip " through El Paso International A irp ort. In June HANK HALLINAN and 49 Vi JIM helped, via radio, keep a lost p ilo t in the air un til “ fo u n d " in the D atil-S ocorro area of New M exico. He landed safely in Socorro .thanks to his keeping his coo l, and thanks to his fe llo w p ilo ts and the FSS. RENE HIRTH is busy teaching ground school at Dem ing, and all of us are busy trying to get our sum m er vacations sand­ wiched in between preparations fo r our SOUTH CENTRAL FALL SECTIONAL here O ctober 4, 5, and 6 . Remember, you g irls flyin g in, the RESTRICTED AREAS of W hite Sands to the East and North of us when you fly in, and get here safely. COLORADO CHAPTER Mary N eil, Reporter Bad N ew s— Our Eulalia N ichols is m oving to H ouston June 10. Good N ew s— Deedo Heise is back hom e and feeling much better, s till th in k in g 99s, voting Chapter, Section and we presume N ational electio ns. New Chapter O ffice rs to start in Sep­ tem ber Dolly G ibbons, C hairm an; Joyce Baker, V ice -C h.; Avalon Graf, Secretary; Mary Adam s, Treas. Dolly is chasing thu nde rsto rm s and ha ilsto nes fo r ENCAR's Hail research program and w orking out of S terling , Colo, all sum m er. W hat a ta n !! Joye Baker w orking on Instrum ent (w ritten passed) has been using the Link s im u la to r at M etro State College. She was surprised one m orning last week to discover she was to be on TV dem on­ strating the Link. C h arlo tte Klyn CFI on the same program as an in s tru cto r (w hich she is) as she was de m on stra ting the use of the com puter. Our May m eeting was shifted so many

tim e s it was alm ost worn out before we ever had it. Started w ith Deedo only to have her in H o spita l, then to M arilyn N o r d s tr o m ’ s. M a rily n 's M o th e r had em ergency surgery three days before so it ended up at Mary N eil's where it turned in to a farew ell for Mary Baker, our tre a s u re r, and E u la lia N ic h o ls , o u r chairm an. There were a few tears as we bro ug ht out the cake and g ifts . C a lifo r­ nians watch fo r Mary Baker, Maj. USAF, on the IG team, and H ouston, we know you w ill w elcom e Eulalia. Ju st hom e from the h o s p ita l— Jean Ferrell. Velda M apelli recuperating from som e th in g she came hom e w ith from the Angel Derby. She reports that her Daughter and c o -p ilo t, Stephanie Beuchat is ex­ pecting Velda's second gra nd child. Ann Luce is fu lly recuperated from her bout w ith the “ T o u rista " du rin g the Angel Derby. Ann Luce, Mary Adam s, and C indy B ellm ar flew Partners th is m onth. Took the three boys to Cheyenne fo r lunch and back. The trip was a very special reward since they were about to take th e ir private ground. Donna Myers' m other operated on fo r cancer. Donna tryin g to devote as much tim e as p o ssib le, na turally, so her jo b as secretary of the Colorado A via tion H all of Fame may suffer. We th in k she w ill be nom inated to the Hall of Fame th is year. Mary N eil, newly elected Secretary of the C olorado W righ t Bros. M em orial F oun da tion , w h ich Eulalia N ich o ls helped get started w ith Dave O lds FAA and Ed M a rio tt, AFA. The N e il's flew the Bonanza east recently, stopped in W ise., New York (W estchester Co) (to see one year old G randson); B o sto n ; Parkersburg, W. Va; C o lum b us, M iss (to see on ly grand­ daughter and newest grandson of two weeks); L ittle Rock, A rk; W ich ita , Kans. all to do som e business. Tried to call C o n n e cticu t 99 Bobbie Herbert in Arm onk, but 49Vi> Dana had ju s t put her on a flig h t to Europe fo r three weeks. Did see C ynthia Kem per b rie fly — not nearly long enough. M eetings in our area w ill include the Salida Fly-In June 16, A ir-m a rking at W eld C ounty June 28-29; A fly -in (Weekend possible) at Saratoga, W yo. at the Saratoga Inn Aug. 10, 11; and ou r in ­ s ta lla tio n d inn er Sept. 12 som ewhere in Denver. EL PASO CHAPTER Norma K udiesy, Reporter The El Paso 99s aided by the General A via tion A sso cia tio n and the Instrum ent P ilo ts held a very successful fly -in break­ fast at El Paso International A irp o rt fo r the local MS drive on June 9. Food was co n trib u te d by m any business firm s and several d o or prizes were given away. S ou thw e st A ir Rangers donated the use of th e ir hanger o p p o site the flig h t line fo r our convenience. P olly Thom as is w orking on a com m erical license and Betsy W rig h t is a t­ tending scho ol in Phoenix, Arizona s tu d yin g A eronautical T echnology. Jane S co tt, A irm a rking C hairm an, w ill attend scho ol in Tucson w h ile her husband does a

to u r overseas. Floyd Shreve, husband of our ViceChairm an Doris, recently passed away after a long illne ss, we are sad to report. Ann N obles, FAA A ccident Prevention S p e c ia lis t, e x p la in e d th e new requirem ents in Change 61 of the FARs at our m o n th ly m eeting. She and others in the local FAA o ffic e are conducting “ O peration G round A s s is t" from June 15 to July 15 to stress safety awareness by all p ilo ts at all tim es. On July 3 our chapter from 2 to 7 PM w ill o ffe r free coffee and snacks at the FBOs to help the m onth long FAA safety program . El Paso 99s w ith APT pins to the ir credit are M arilyn Cragin, Ann Nobles, and Ruth Deerman. FORT WORTH CHAPTER Jean Bishop, Reporter Two o f our lucky m embers, Verna S tubbs and Auleen H all, w ent to the S o u th w e s t S e c tio n C o n v e n tio n in H o no lulu. Both reported a w onderful trip ! Verna also reports that she is not flyin g rig h t now because her plane is in the ho sp ita l fo r its annual. Auleen was not sa tisfie d w ith ju s t a trip to H a w aii....she also too k a v is it to Los Angeles and La Jolla. Jean and Tom Bishop made a long cross co u n try when they flew th e ir Mooney to the Reading A ir Show in June. It was a tirin g flig h t, but Jean and Tom both say it was w o rth it to see all the airplanes, airshow s, and new aviation products at Reading. H enrietta Pence and husband w ill be fly in g in th e ir Skylane in Ju ly to Spokane, W ashing to n to visit their daughter and her fa m ily. They plan to v is it the W orlds Fair also w h ile in the area. Edna W hyte is m aking plans fo r another air race. This tim e it's the Iowa Fly Lady Race. Edna also reports she has finishe d sixteen new hangars at her Aero Valley A irp ort. GOLDEN TRIANGLE CHAPTER Ellen VanDeventer, Reporter New o ffic e rs fo r next year: Chairm an, Jo M c C a r r e ll; V ic e -C h a irm a n , C a ro ly n B ro o ks; C orresponding Secretary, Ellen VanDeventer; Recording Secretary, Pat Evans; Treasurer, Helen H ill. The in ­ s ta lla tio n w ill be in A ugust, w ith duties assum ed Septem ber 1. June 15 was our race to Lake M urray and June 21 was a Luau at the hom e of Carolyn and Bud Brooks. Am ong other thin gs, the menu con sisted of one roasted pig. Thanks to Carolyn Brooks, Jo McCarrell and Linda Hooker for sh ipp ing Hawaii to Texas. A n o th e r safety m eeting conducted by Brenda S trickle r was held on the 27th of June at the U niversity of Texas at A rlin g to n . S u b je ct: c e rtific a tio n , spins and sta lls. G lenda Farmer, Ann H offm an and Penny Peyton were pinned by M em bership Chairm an Carolyn Brooks at our May m eeting. C o ng ratula tion s. Helen H ill has announced July 20 as the date fo r the P hysiological T raining course at Carsw ell A ir Force Base in Fort W orth.

A nother airm arking has been com pleted. This tim e : Oak Grove. On June 11, seven of our num ber met at Pylon in A rlin g to n and com pleted the oral p o rtion of the biennial flig h t review. W hat a relief to have that done. Now, on to the fly in g ...... HOUSTON CHAPTER Stephanie V ickery, Reporter H o uston 's 99s spent a week in June at H o u s to n ’s N o rth w e s t M a ll s h o w in g aviation film s and pro m otin g aviation safety and awareness durin g an EAA exh ib itio n . Mary Able gave free tim e in her ATC-510 s im u la to r and donated free flyin g lessons w hich were awarded at daily draw ings. Old fly in g m agazines were collecte d and d is trib u te d at the e xh ib itio n along w ith FAA aviation p u b lica tio n s. The project was so succe ssful in bringing aviation to the general p u b lic that a s im ila r undertaking is planned in c o n ju n c tio n w ith an airshow in early A ug ust at Conroe's M ontgom ery C ounty A irp o rt. Featured speakers at the June m eeting were introduced by Mr. Charlie Noble of the FAA in H ouston. Norm an M ille r of the H ouston GADO spoke on the new ly revised FAR part 61 and the bin n ia l flig h t review. Mack Clarke from H o uston 's TRACON described the new radar system and H o uston 's newly im plem ented TCA. Audrey Haley is organizing a Houston 99's speakers bureau to make in fo rm ative p r e s e n ta tio n s to v a rio u s c iv ic and educational org an izatio ns on aviation. In keeping w ith H o u sto n ’s em phasis on creating a p u b lic awareness of general aviation, 99 M.E. O liver recently talked to the W illis Rotary C lub about the NinetyNines. Cherokee C o un ty A irp o rt at Rusk, Texas, was the landing site fo r M ay’s a irlift of used c lo th in g and craft su p p lie s for the Rusk State H o spita l. Three 99 planes made the flig h t. O ther flyin g m issio n s included an airm arking at Conroe in June. New H ouston o ffice rs are: Chairm an, Pat J a m e s , V ic e -C h a irm a n , Joyce J o h n s o n , R e c o rd in g S e c re ta ry , S a lly G lu c k m a n ; C o rre s p o n d in g S e c re ta ry , Alice Seaborn; Treasurer, Mabel Edith Oliver. The H ouston Chapter is happy to welcom e South Central Section Treasurerelect Eulalia N ichols w ho is m oving to H ouston from Denver. We are lo okin g forw ard to International C onvention at Puerto Rico where the H ouston Chapter w ill be serving its tra d itio n a l “ border b u tte rm ilk " in the h o s p ita lity room . Mary A ble, 49'/2 Pete are the proud owners of a Cessna 310....V ivian and Joe Bennett flew to O dessa-M idland during E aster....S tephanie and Dan Vickery flew to South Carolina and M isso uri in May, to C a liforn ia in June fo r a F lyin g Tiger reunion, and are planning a cross-co un try Down East fo r A ugust. NEBRASKA CHAPTER Sharon Meyer, Reporter Members of the Nebraska Chapter flew to North Platte fo r the June m eeting.

B ea utiful fly in g weather allow ed members from all across the state to attend. Results of the Chapter e le ctio n were announced at the m eeting. O ur o ffice rs fo r 1974-75 w ill be: Jan H eins, C hairm an; Diane Bartels, V ice -C ha irm a n; Shirley Am en, Secretary, and Val Darling, Treasurer. S hirley Amen has been disign ated by the FAA as an A ccid en t Prevention C ounselor and can now check us out fo r the FAA Safety Pin, as w ell as the B iennial F lig h t Review and APT. A lso, S hirley has been pro vid ing safety tip s at our m o n th ly m eetings. O ur Chapter has been d is trib u tin g "F light Plan C losed?" sig ns in cooperation w ith the Nebraska State Departm ent of A ero na utics. The sig ns are provided by the Departm ent and are placed at local airpo rts by N in e ty-N in e s. Diane Bartels has been co o rd in a tin g th is a c tiv ity fo r the Chapter. Several m em bers, in clu d in g Eleanor England, Mary R obbins, Val Darling, and C laudette Parker (a m em ber of the Iowa C hapter w ho now lives in Grand Island, Nebr.) have been sho w in g the film e n title d “ A F lig h t to G rand m othe r’s ” to groups of elem entary scho ol childre n. The film , along w ith a presentation by N inety-N ines has been received w ith enthusiasm by the childre n. In late May, our tra d itio n a l spring steak fry was held at the A ir N ational Guard O ffice rs C lub in L in co ln . O ther m embers of the fly in g co m m u n ity were invited to attend. The evening included d e licio u s food and lo ts of hangar fly in g .

PIKES PEAK CHAPTER M arion Hein, Reporter S hirley M arshall made a recent trip to C hicago to show the be au tifu l film “ Soaring C o u n try" to a group of g lid e r p ilo ts . T his film was produced and film e d in the Black Forest G lid er Port area. S hirley manages op era tions at the g lid e r port. The Pikes Peak Chapter donated $400.00 to the M onum ent School to help finance a special ed uca tion ground school and radio program fo r ch ild re n s u ffe rin g from d y s fu n c tio n . This in clud es sim u la to r and radio tra in in g and has been very suc­ cessfu l. On June 2nd, Hannah Duncan took her cross co u n try soaring flig h t, a d ista nce of 65 m iles, to ob ta in her Silver “ C ” Distance R ating. Hannah and her 49’/2 plan a trip to New York soon to pick up th e ir new glider. The July m eeting w ill be devoted to plans fo r sum m er fly in g program s.

SAN ANTO NIO CHAPTER Pamela Crane, Reporter The C hapter m eeting was held June 12th at the hom e of Mary Ann and John Greer. Mary Ann was presented w ith life m em ­ bership by the chapter in re co g n itio n o f her long service and de dication to the N inetyNines. On June 6 th, chapter m embers Saralda Ross, Laura R ichter and C ynthia McGary attended a local FAA Safety C lin ic and assisted w ith reg istratio n.

The Ju ly m eeting is a picnic at the ranch hom e of Betsy and B ill Hogan northw est of San A n to n io to enable present and prospective m em bers to becom e better acquainted. A ug ust w ill see chapter m em bers Mary Ann Greer, Ruth N ichols and C ynthia M cGary o ff to the International Con­ vention. Mary Ann and Ruth w ill have their 49'/2S John and Leroy, along to share the fun. Pam ela Crane, recently retired from a C ivil Service p o sitio n , is a ssisting p ilo tinventor husband, Carl, w ith developm ent of aircraft c o n tro l in stru m en ta tion . Chapter A irm a rking Chairm an Norma Barr reports pa in ting of runway num erals at Pleasanton M unicipal A irp ort on May 19th, w ith e n th u sia stic assistance of chapter m em bers Peggy Kem ble, Ann Low ell, Ruth N ichols, Laura Richter. Saralda Ross, and C arolyn W etzel, and several v isito rs. More airm arking is planned fo r fa ll— in cooler weather! O ther scheduled fall a ctivitie s include fu n d -ra isin g events such as rum m age sales and an air rallye, plus a chapter blood d o na tion project. APT Chairm an Ruth N ichols reports four m em bers APT besides herself: Pamela Crane, Peggy Kem ble, Jane King and C yn th ia M cG ary; and several others w ith check rides scheduled. We hope very soon to accept a num ber o f a d d itio n a l m em bers in to the San A n­ to n io Chapter, and also to increase the num ber of APT members! SHREVEPORT CHAPTER Dot Lindsey, Reporter The May m eeting of the SHV 99s was hosted by Corinne S trickland - the 4 9 1/2S were invited, square dancing was enjoyed business was not on the agenda of the m eeting. Before more or less "g o in g on vacation" SHV 99s joine d Jennie M cW illiam s and her M is s is s ip p i Chapter in airm arking the B ru c e C a m p b e ll F ie ld , M a d is o n , M is s is s ip p i. This jo in t venture was suc­ cessfu l and enjoyed by all even though the name of the fie ld was rather lengthy. The A bilene Chapter and the Shreveport Chapter are akin - both are in the South Central S ection and - Evelyn Snow, our C hairm an, is the m other of B etty Heise, Chairm an of the A bilene Chapter. This is unique - m other and daughter "c h a irin g " th e ir respective C hapters at the same tim e - one that perhaps does not occur too often , a lth ou gh there are a num ber of m o th e r -d a u g h te r f ly in g te a m s . C o n g ra tu la tio n s Evelyn and B etty on jobs being w ell done. Helen and Charlie W ray are in St. Louis atten din g an In stru cto r C lin ic. Joyce Sheridan back from Florida - business not pleasure. Joan C arroll is supervising the c o n s tru c tio n of a new ad d itio n to her home - already named the “ 99 Room ” . Jere Saur is fly in g again after a vacation in Hawaii and D o ttie Ports and Mary Friday are busy w ith th e ir real estate ventures. Helen H e w itt says "w ith the good flyin g w eather we should all be APT” . Happy L a n d in g !!

Evelyn Snow (left) Chairman of fhe Shreveport Chapter and daughter, Betty Heise, Chairm an of the Abilene Chapter pose w ith Evelyn's new Piper. /

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Northwest Section A L A S K A - ID A H O - M O N TA N A NORTH D A K O TA - OREGON SOUTH D A K O TA WASHINGTON - W YOM ING

CO LU M BIA CASCADE CHAPTER Dorothy Mercer, Reporter For the June m eeting, members at­ tended the FAA P ilot Educational Program held in Portland, w ith a luncheon-break for brief business m eeting at the Sheraton Hotel, and re-election of all current o f­ ficers. In May, our schedule called for fly in g to Albany for a lunch-m eet and eigh t g irls attended, despite rain showers. Mary Calvert reported on her v is it to H onolulu fo r the Southw est S ectional, and we laid plans fo r the annual pancake breakfast in July. June 19 Mary Calvert and Dorothy Mercer flew to San Juan Island in Puget Sound to jo in m em bers of Greater Seattle C hpt. fo r a p icn ic at the ranch of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Gann - a d e lig h tfu l afternoon. Six of our m em bers enjoyed on June 20 the rare treat of a ride in the G oodyear B lim p CO LU M BIA, m oored at Vancouver, W n., and each one had a turn at left-seat to fly it. W hat an experience! Vera A rnold has now returned to San Jose, Cal. B illie Dutcher and Marge Beltram i are vacationing in Baja. Lee W renn has retired from Sky-Tech in Aurora. Our Chapter now has five g irls APT for 1974. EASTERN W ASHINGTON CHAPTER Daryl Ann Kyle, Reporter M innie Boyd is our star 99 th is m onth. C h o s e n W a s h in g to n F ly in g F a rm e rs W oman o f the Year at the recent T ri-S tate C onvention held at the Ramada Inn at Spokane International A irp o rt, she was presented w ith an engraved silver tray by her d a u g h te r, B e tty E g g e rs . C o ng ratula tion s M innie! And have a great trip to the International F lying Farmers C onvention in Texas A ugust 10-16! W hile m ost of you are th in k in g about Puerto Rico, plans fo r 99s Roundup in '75 con tinu e w ith our chapter m embers m eeting at the North Shore C onvention Center in Coeur d ’ Alene, Idaho June 15. A lso present were Joyce Blankenbaker from O ntario, O regon; and Southern Idahoans Ann S to tt, planning chairm an for

the N orthw est Section m eeting (July 2829, 1975); Karla R oberts; Carol Cooke, past chairm an of the Idaho cha pter; and Gene Norra Jessen, N orthw est section nom inee fo r vice governor. By the way, we're proud of our ow n Ligg ie Hagan, nom inee fo r N orthw est sectio n governor. R eporting on our 3 cents per pound A irlift, Helen Shanewise was all sm iles. Despite a rather grey A pril day, fo lks came in droves to ride w ith us. G ladys Buroker, 99 from A th o l, Idaho, com p le te w ith goggles, flig h t s u it, and helm et was an esp ecially popular p ilo t of an antique biplane, a de Havilland T iger M oth. And where have our mem bers been fly in g ? A lb erta Anderson and husband Roderic flew to Seattle to attend the N orthw est Shrine m eeting the last week in May and to Sun River, Oregon in July. In June, w ith 49'/2 Jack, Gayle Heaton flew to Bism ark, N orth Dakota fo r a convention and tou r in the M elroe Im plem ent factory and then on to W inn ipe g, M anitoba, Canada fo r a to u r of the V e rsitile Tractor and Im plem ent factory. Fern Lake is busy lo op ing and ro llin g lately as she practices aerobatics and has been appointed to the A irp o rt Board. And M axine Lange has a new com m ercial license! GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER Carol A. Cansdale. Reporter W ith sunny skies and calm w inds, we flew to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands fo r our June m eeting. Our d e stin a tio n was the ranch of a u thor Ernest K. Gann, w ho had invited our tro o p s to enjoy lunch and to hold ou r m eeting there. W ith 12 planes and 23 g irls fly in g in, we had q u ite a crow d, in clu d in g prospective m em bers M ajoria H olten, Candy Harvey, Louise A nderson, and Joann B urnett, and g u e sts-o f-h o n o r Dorothy Mercer and Mary Calvert from Colum bia-C ascade chapter. F o llo w in g a fa n ta stic p o t-lu ck lunch, we held our regular m eeting w hich included electio n of o ffic e rs . C o ng ratula tion to president Sandy Sullivan, vice-president Iona Funk, secretary Fran Bryant, and treasurer Ulla H ia tt! A fte r our m eeting we were treated to a to u r of Ernie’s and D odie’s house and ran ch...a nd Ernie’s private o ffic e where he turns out all of those fab ulo us novels. This is one m eeting we w o n’t forge t, thanks to Ernie and Dodie! Kay and George Stearns ju s t returned from a flig h t to Boston and back May 26J u n e 8 . Kay reports that they encountered lousy weather. They also d id n 't co u n t on the “ prevailing w e ste rly’s ” and tu rb u le n t weather on th e ir last leg from Sioux Falls to Boeing Field w hich lasted 9 1/2 hours. C h arlo tte Kamm says all th in g s com e to those w ho w a it! She and her husband Art ju s t bo ught a 1961 Cessna 210 and are back in the air. Joy Krebs visite d w ith form er Greater Seattle m em ber Thora M organ in Hawaii A pril 29th and also attended the luau at the S outhw estern Sectional in H o no lulu. W hile ferrying a PA-18 150 hp Super Cub on flo a ts to Anchorage w ith her husband on June 6 & 7, Sandy S ullivan logged 16 hours w ith the help of John w ho gave great

dual from the rear seat. Sandy says that the weather was fine and they had a good tim e at her brother's house in Juneau. Sandy’s flo a t rating is next! A n o th e r tra v e lle r, U lla H ia tt, ju s t returned from C aliforn ia where she visited San Diego, Palm S prings and Beverly H ills. C a ro l C a n s d a le has re s u m e d her skydiving e ffo rts again. F ollow ing our m eeting at Ernest Gann’s ranch, she and v is ito r Dianne Larson flew to Harvey Field in S nohom ish fo r another ju m p. At last report she is using a dum m y ripcord and w ill be m aking her firs t free fall soon. Just another rem inder of our Sectional com ing up in Septem ber on the 6 , 7 and 8 , to be held at the Doubletree Inn in Renton. Hope to see you th e re !!!!! \

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V _______________________________________> ALO H A CHAPTER T ripp i Penland, Reporter The new o ffic e rs fo r the com ing year are: Florence Beam on,-C hairm an; Betty S kold-V ice C hairm an; Eve Kerr-Secretary; and Vivian Fagen-Treasurer. Our traveling chapter is on the road again. IRENE ROGERS spent a m onth on the m ainland. She spent tim e in San Diego v is itin g the San Diego-EI Cajon 99s, driving to M exico, and h ig h lig h tin g her trip by v is itin g F lorida and fly in g w ith U.S. aerobatic team member C lin t M cHenry and Manx K elly, the team leader fo r the Rothc h ild s , w ho was in F lorida tra in in g the new Canadian aerobatic team in a tw o-hole P itts. JANE KELLEY took second place in an a e r o b a tic c o m p e titio n in D e la n o , C a lifo rn ia . BETTY SKOLD was v isitin g in C a lifo rn ia in early June. She brought her niece back w ith her fo r the summer. JANET SLOAN and her husband had a nice vacation in Maine, v is itin g relatives and frie n d s, fis h in g and even fly in g . Jan even got to make several touch and goes in a Cessna 172 flo a t plane. FLORENCE BEAMON spent the m onth of June traveling across the m ainland to visit fa m ily and frien ds in F lorida and to O klahom a C ity to see the International Headquarters. URSULA REED, a Pan Am em ployee, has started her ow n aviation photography business and has been to u rin g M icro nesia; CAROLYN WILCOX received her real estate license. SUE ANG ELL YOUNG and husband Bob w elcom ed a th ird m em ber to th e ir fam ily, w ith the arrival of Kevin in February. U nderstand he is quite an active young fe llo w . G INA CURRALL and husband Rich also w elcom ed a new bundle, a girl. TRIPPI PENLAND spent the 4th of July weekend w ith her husband, Tom, in A tlan ta, Georgia. An expensive 4 day weekend, but w orth it since she hasn’t seen him since the Spring S ectional, when he was hom e fo r 10 days only.

BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER Margaret Harps, Reporter The Bakersfield 99s have had a busy m o n th . The B o a rd o f S u p e rv is o rs presented them a plaque as an expression of appreciation fo r all the airm arking they had done in Kern County. Gerald Massey discussed A erobactics and showed several film s he had made covering the m any manuevers. Then, on to help the F .A .A . on a safety sem inar by A .B. “ T ony" O rgain and Bob Johnson. T opic: "L u b ric a tio n (O ils, Fuels), Ign ition (Plugs and Magnetoes), and Engine (O peration and Inspection). F ollow these th in g s w ith a barbecue at P ricilla Spencer's home and everyone keeps busy and w ell in fo rm ed ! Our o rig in a l "99” mem ber, Achsa H olfelder, is now “ A p t". Achsa started flyin g in 1923 and holds license no. 3289. Tim e flie s and so does Achsa! We are so very proud of her. A chsa's com m ent on looking at an open co ckp it was "There is nothing like feeling the w ind in your face when fly in g "-s o m e of us have m issed a lo t!

Bakersfield Chapter m em bers (and Jack Patrick, A ccident Prevention S pecialist) airm arking Meadows F ield, B akersfield. Calif.

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Achsa B. Peacock H olfeld er (F ounding 99) (Bakersfield Chapter Member) BAY CITIES CHAPTER Kathy W alton, Reporter Our June m eeting was a look at the future developm ent at the North Field of Oakland A irp o rt. Ed Thurm ond, Com ­ mercial Representative was our guest. A special June treat was a brunch at the home of Ruth W akeman. It provided a chance fo r us to share ideas, v is it, and get to know our new members a little better. We'd like to welcom e new members Maureen Carter, Dorcey Hadley, Astra Johnson, Barbara Sm yth and Gay Mc­ Cauley, transfe r from W ash. D C. Chapter, Elly Jones, transfer from Alam eda County Chapter. Joyce W ells and Rose Sharp flew to

Sacram ento to jo in that chapter fo r the ir June m eeting around Barbara G oetz's p o o l...V ivia n Harshbarger and Maureen Carter flew race num ber 13 fo r the M ini Derby com ing in 5th place. They were esp ecially proud that Maureen planned the tim e fo r th is p ro ficie n cy race and came w ith in 30 seconds. Gas was w ith in 2.2 ga llo ns. Vivian is also bu bb lin g over as a new property ow ner on the Swansboro A irs trip near Placerville, Ca. It is already airm arked, tho ugh privately ow ned, so we w o n't get to airm ark it fo r her. In her spare tim e she is b u ild in g a flig h t sim u la to r for M arion Barnick. Racing in the Palms to Pines w ill be No. 13 Vivian Harshbarger and Maureen Carter, No. 23 Joyce W ells and Kathy W alton. Joyce W ells made 2 DRF flig h ts to Santa Barbara recently carrying a to ta l of 580 pounds of m edical supplies. Don’t forge t our D om ino Tournam ent Septem ber 14 at the Oakland H ilto n Inn. For in fo rm a tio n contact Joyce W ells. CO ACH ELLA VALLEY CHAPTER Jean Patane, Reporter (Pinch h ittin g fo r Eleanor W agner who is under the weather) David C. Gaede, C hief F lig h t Surgeon, Rear A dm iral USN (Ret.) adm inistered the solem n oath of the 49 '/ 2ers to the husbands of m em bers of the C oachella Valley Chapter 99s at the ir sweetheart ball held at the swank Palm S prings Tennis Club. Those du ly inducted in to the m ystic realm of the 491/ 2ers were Art W oolsto n, Palm S prings ch ie f Tower operator, Roy Kibbee of Berm uda Dunes, Nick C arosell, Belden C rist Palm S prings, Lou S tockton, George Manley and B ill Carlton o f Yucca Valley, Jake Jacob from Yuma, A riz ., G ordon von K alin ow ski from Los Angeles and Jim MacDonald w ho w ith his 99 Ruby were v is itin g from M anitoba, Canada. A rriving at the Tennis C lub a little early I m et Ruby and Jim M acD onald and in te llin g Ruby about the hum orous oath of the 491/ 2ers she asked if I had an extra one w h ich I had. I put his name on it, un­ beknown to him , and a m ost surprised Jim was called, too. O thers in attendance were M in nie Boyd and her 49'/2 Carl from Pullm an, W ashing to n, Lyn and Ella M anor, Cal and Mary Turner, Claire Gray, A ngelo C arlotta and 99s Connie W oo lsto n , Rosella Kibbee, Ilia Mae C arosell, Jeanne C rist, G arnette S to ckto n , B ettye M anley, Melba C arlton, Lorraine Jacob, S hirley von K alinow ski and your reporter. Ilia Mae and Rosella represented our chapter at the Sectional in Hawaii and had a ball. WE have five a irp o rts lined up for A irm a rking when the resurfacing is fin ish e d , 29 Palms, Daggett, Big Bear (already fin ish e d but cold) Thermal and Palm S prings. Rosella has w ritte n several flyin g m agazines in regard to a special sub­ scrip tio n rate to send as g ifts to the high scho ols in the area. No word as yet. Hold the happy th o u g h t that Eleanor w ill find fa ir weather and be back on the jo b real soon.

L. to R. sta n d in g : Jake Jacob. Lou S to ckto n , George Manley, Gordon von K a n ilo w s k i, J im M a c D o n a ld . A rt W oo lsto n , B ill C arlton. Kneeling Belden C rist, Roy Kibbee and Nick C arosell. CO ACHELLA VALLEY CHAPTER Eleanor W agner, Reporter Right on the heels of Ilia Mae Carosell and Rosella Kibbee's return from Hawaii and the Spring S ectional. Ilia .M a e eased her th ro ttle s up to about 1700 RPM . kicked le ft rudder and spun in to plans for what has not becom e a tradition al barbecue at Big Bear Lake, C alif. 49 '/2 , N ick C arosell did the honors one Sunday in June, w h ile Ilia Mae and others pitched in on salads, beans and such goodies that go w ith what was a huge hunk of beef. N ick gave it the TLC at the bar­ becue, tu rn in g and seasoning to taste. P ilo ts o f a ll a v ia tio n c lu b s and org an izatio ns were represented. They cam e from the desert in our Coachella Valley as w ell as from Big Bear, the coast and oth er inland points. Rosella Kibbee's Cessna Skylane w ith me and her num ber 1 son as passengers purred b e a u tifu lly during the short flig h t to and from the Lake. P ilot, Rosella, did a great jo b having ju s t become fa m ilia r w ith both the airplane and a firs t-tim e r at landing at Big Bear. Jean Patane is preparing to take her ercoupe to Texas to visit her daughter who

At the tim e th is pictu re was taken, Palm Springs A irp o rt was buzzing w ith activities of a C lin ica l n a ture— AOPA F lig h t Training C lin ic , that is. Some 300 students entered tra in in g w ith the greatest enrollm ent in one sin gle course, that of the Pinch H itter w ith 50 stud ents. Dilapidated F lig ht Service, many of whom are also 99s and 49 1/2ers, jo in e d to assist AOPA and C o m b s -G a te s A v ia tio n w ith g ro u n d tra n sp o rta tio n . Am ong them were (I to r) Clara Com bs, A nnette Gordon (whom we hope is a prospective 99) and Jean Patane w ith Jean’s Ercoupe. (E. W agner Photo)

is doing w ell in aerial photography there. Clara and Len Com bs took a short weekend hop to the East Coast for a re­ union w ith Clara's graduating class in nursing. This was Len's firs t flig h t via the airlin es, w hich only proves that Funk-y p ilo ts can get pretty classy when they have to. M eanw hile, sum m er is d u lle sville fo r the C.V. Chapter! But do com e see us in O ctober and N ovem ber it ’s perfect ou tdoo rs and in! GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER Jeanne Abram son, Reporter In marked co n tra st to fo u r men am ong tw enty wom en fly in g the second annual M ini-D erby (fu ll report th is issue), Fran Grant and Jeanie M cE lhatton (Santa Clara) were the only fem ales am ong th irty -s ix persons atten din g a sem inar fo r ju n io r high school ad m in istra to rs from Oregon at the FAA Center in Seattle, W ash, on May 14. M o re o v e r, th e y w e re p r in c ip a l speakers, having been invited at the A pril conference in Pom ona of the C a liforn ia Aerospace Education Ass'n by Mr. Pat C ody, D irector, Aerospace Education, Pacific Region. Fran explained the pur­ pose of the CAEA and how to e sta blish a s im ila r group in O regon; Jeanie spoke on the part played by 99s in aerospace education. Lectures and tours of FAA, FCC, and Boeing A ircra ft Co. fa c ilitie s were all of great interest, but Fran's g lo w in g account leads one to suspect that the h ig h lig h t of th e ir to u r may have been the ro u n d -trip flig h t from H am ilton Field in an A ir Force Convair! Chapter d o in gs in June included yet another party for Pat and Dave Forbes, w ho le ft for Illin o is rig h t after the M iniDerby. Pat w ill be out in A ugust, however, to con du ct her last m eeting and fly the PAR. H ostessing the party was Rae G ilm ore, who w ill take over as chairm an in Septem ber. A lso elected are Nancy Stock, v ic e c h a ir m a n ; K a th i W e n tw o rth , secretary; and Eldris Shogren, treasurer. A nother new mem ber, Pat Palmer, was welcom ed and treated to an in fo rm al d iscu ssio n of d e n sity a ltitu d e w hich arose from planning an overnight fly -in to Carson C ity on July 20. Longer range plans in ­ clude a fou l-w e ather to u r of Oakland Center to see the ARTS III radar system w hich becom es operative soon in the Bay Area. LONG BEACH CHAPTER Joyce Jones, Reporter 1974-75 o ffic e rs fo r Long Beach Chapter were elected at the June m ee ting : Joyce F ailing , cha irm an ; Jean S chiffm a nn, vicecha irm an ; Jean M cC onnell, recording secretary; Linda French, corresponding secretary; A lice Maynard, treasurer; Joan D illey, n o m in a tin g com m ittee . C o n g ra tu la tio n s fo r new ratings to Betty G abrielson, who took her new C om m ercial w ith her when she moved to M t. K isco, N.Y. in late June. A lso to 1972 A m elia Earhart w inner Jean S chiffm a nn, who carried through to her flig h t in s tru c to r goal in 1973 and added the in stru m en t rating in June.

A tte n d in g International in A ugust w ill be LA C hapter m embers. The Bar-B-Q was Chairm an Joyce F a ilin g , Mary W enholz spectacular w ith loads of great food, canyon view and good fe llo w sh ip . and Mary Pinkney. R a ch e l B o n z o n , APT c h a irw o m a n , A fu ll fie ld of 50 planes, plus several stand-bys, were registered by the June 26 organized an APT and pro ficie ncy checkdeadline fo r the 816-m ile Palms to Pines ride day at Santa M onica A irp o rt for run from Santa M onica to Independence, m em bers. Jean Pyatt and FAA exam iner Ore. The Ju ly 26-27 event includes saw six of us get APT that day. Because the weather was crum m y, many refue ling stop s at Merced and Klam ath LA C hapter m embers drove up to Santa F alls, w ith a RON at Red B lu ff. Paperwork fo r a new chapter, proposed Maria fo r the a irlift and de dication of the as the “ Santa M onica Bay" chapter, has new Central C a liforn ia Coast 99s, under been sent in to the Southw est Section for the leadership of Dianna Sloan. Those approval from the Intern ation al level. h e lp in g : Norm a and V irg inia, Dorothy, Emm a M cG uire was named provisional Sally La Forge, Lynne and Bob, M ikhail La chairm an. M em bership is to in clud e a P ointe and Don, M arilyn, and Jean. The M echanics C lin ic at N orthrup was num ber o f Long Beach 99s whose planes su cce ssfu l. We welcom ed Monterey Bay are based at Santa M onica. A fte r seve n ye a rs o f s p o n s o rin g Chapter 99s, Jo Deiser, Trish Marks, and ‘Tuesday thru Thursday' F lig h t In stru cto r Del Hinn. Those heat-loving fo lks Lynrie and Bob, Refresher C lin ic s each February, LGB 99s Dorothy and are lo o kin g forw ard to the 1975 event as Norm a, V irg in ia , Sally, being a weekend refresher fo r in stru cto rs Rachel fle w to the Porterville M oo nlite Flyseeking to revalidate or to update. The in. L lo y d H a in e s ’ E d u c a tio n T h ro u g h F A A. rescheduled the 1975 c lin ic to Feb. 22, 23 & 24, to better u tilize the travel tim e A via tion (ETA) is flo u rish in g . Rachel and of th e ir teaching teams from the OKC D orothy flew som e kids up to Taft for the Academ y. The chapter feels it w ill draw C a lifo rn ia State Sky-Diving meet. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Grace M cG ettigan a d d itio n a l trainees who were unable to fo r passing the instrum ent w ritte n . As well take three weekdays away from work. ATE of C a lifo rn ia of Santa M onica o f­ as M arilyn and Jean, we say hello to and fe re d th re e in s tru m e n t re fre s h e r w elcom e new mem bers Ruth Stevens, sch o la rsh ip s to 99s from the Los Angeles, B etty Neser, and Jean Groom s. Som ehow stay cool. Long Beach and San Fernando Valley chapters. Gene G itzP atrick was chosen as the Long Beach recipie nt, and w ill take the MONTEREY BAY CHAPTER course before A ug ust 15. Elaine Brady, Reporter Margaret Mead has moved in to the top Dell Hinn was processed and sworn in ranks of Gates Lear Jet salespersons, as a de pu ty of the M onterey County having sold three new and three used Lears S h e riff’s O ffice . "D eputy D ell" transports so far th is year. fem ale prisoners by air. Susan G reenwald, ju s t back from a Joanne Nissen is now a part tim e C o lo ra d o v a c a tio n w h ic h in c lu d e d resident of Hailey, Idaho, spending the checking out at Boulder, reports that there sum m er and fall in H o lliste r. are s till a lo t of women p ilo ts who have June Knapp, our Sunshine Chairman, never heard of The N inety-N ine s! She was and 491/ 2 , W arren, flew to Loreto in their swam ped w ith qu e stio n s from a group of Bonanza, new ly equipped w ith tip tanks ten U. of C olo, gals and referred them to fo r an annual fly -in to M exico. They visited the C olorado chapter. M exico C ity, Palenque, Yucutan and Rosem arie F inley, LGB m em ber living in Chichen Itza, and fished o ff the island of Geneva for som e years, reports that fuel Cozum el. They had a splendid tim e prices and scarcity has lim ite d her flyin g s ig h ts e e in g th e N a tio n a l M u se u m , m o s tly to local flig h ts . P yram ids o f T eotihuacan, M a xim illian and Jane M artin is now assigned to Burbank C a r lo t t a ’ s C a s tle , M aya n r u in s , a r­ ATC and is s p littin g du ty between the cha eo log ica l sites and sacred w ells. tow er and radar approach c o n tro l work. O ur May m eeting coalesced another LGB 99s skip the July m eeting, but d e lig h tfu l p o tlu ck social held at Geneva tra d itio n a lly gather fo r a sum m er p o tlu ck and Doug C ra nford’s h illto p home, 49 Viters dinn er in A ug ust to catch up w ith the jo in in g the fun. Those of us who were able sum m e r’s d o in g s. A ug ust 10 is the date, at to make the Southw est Sectional in Hawaii Joyce F a ilin g ’s hom e w ith its spectacular rem inisced on ou r particular doings. Dell view from Palos Verdes Peninsula. and G eorge H inn, Kay and Ron Harmon, O lga and Ro S cheffler, and Sharon G oodw in all displayed golden Hawaiian LOS ANGELES CHAPTER suntans. W eather was cooperative for Geri H o lly Ballard, Reporter The heat is te rrib le here and the sm og and Norm H alfpenny w ho flew a Cherokee ye llo w s the skie s; but o cca sio nally a Arrow from H ono lulu International to fly in g -p e rfe c t day show s up. On such a M aui, s to p p in g at the island of M olokai for day Lynne Opper, Norm a Futterm an, a brief v is it to the Leper C olony. Don and I V irg in ia Showers, Dorothy Pepin and did tou ch and g o ’s at Ford Island, Pearl Rachel Bonzon flew French 99 Anne Marie Harbor, D illingh am Field, and flew over Peltier to C atalina Island fo r lunch. Lynne W a ikiki Beach and Diam ond Head to has been co rre sp o n d in g — in F rench— w ith b e a u tifu l Hauname Bay. W eather has remained good to us fo r our Anne Marie. The June m eeting was held at the home A irm a rking of Salinas A irp o rt June 1st. of M arilyn T w itch e ll and Jean Pyatt, new The sun stayed behind clo ud s ju s t long

enough to keep us cool and get the jo b done. Jo and 491/2 John Dieser, Dell Hinn, and Trish Marks attended a M echanics Course in H aw thorne June 8 th. Dell says seventeen 99s and five men attended the interesting and w o rth w h ile in stru ctio n . O ur In sta lla tio n Banquet was held at Paine’s in H o llis te r on June 15th. Besides 4 9 1/2S, our special guests included Jack Jella and w ife , Irene, and Don McAnaney. Geri Halfpenny was reinstalled as Chapter Chairm an, Olga S che ffler chosen for ViceChairm an, Lainie Brady, Secretary, and Kay H arm ond renamed Treasurer. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Jean G arrett, Reporter O ur jo in t m eeting in May w ith the Long Beach Chapter offered us a chance to hear A ir T ra ffic C ontrol discuss the dow nw ind landings at LAX, and see an excellent film on air tra ffic flo w fo r those landings. Besides the en jo ym ent o f m eeting more 99s, the gathering also gave Mary Ann Jam ison a chance to fly to a chapter m eeting. Elizabeth S hattuck established som e renown by being on the cen terfold of Private P ilot, June 1974, in her Mooney. Besides being a cen terfold , Elizabeth is w orking on her A & E and has recently earned her m u lti-e n g in e rating. Branching out in to new experiences are Helen Cranz w ho com pleted 10 sky dives (some free fa lls included) and G inny Flanary w h o has taken one ju m p and is not too sure if there w ill be a second one. New member Shirley Baker co n trib u te d to the variety by g e ttin g in som e seaplane tim e at Lake Mead and earning her centerline thrust rating. B etty Ackerm an & Ursula Tracy passed th e ir in stru m e n t w ritten. Betty is the President o f the S outh Section of the International Com anche S ociety. Sandy R uller is out fly in g her new Cessna 180 and S hirley Cote, w ho alw ays seems to be earning a ratin g, has passed her g lid e r w ritten & fundam entals o f in stru ctio n w ritten and has earned her m ulti-eng in e rating. Both S hirley and Thon G riffith , who also passed fundam entals of in stru ctio n , are keeping Margo S m ith busy as “ in ­ s tru c to r s tu d e n ts .” S hirley Baker, Marie C hristensen, B etty Farrar, and J ill G ould, w ho have been ‘new’ m embers fo r a w h ile , w elcom e! We ju s t have not had an o p p o rtu n ity to brag about it. C o ng ratula tion s also to J ill W ells, who became a m em ber in June. Talk s till lingers on about the d e lig h tfu l Hawaii Spring Sectional that was attended by Thon G riffith , Terry Darch, Margo S m ith, and Mary Ann Jam ison . O ur latest party tim e begins w ith the Powder Puff Derby Banquet, June 29, when the Inland Area Chapter we are sponsoring w ill receive th e ir charter. On Ju ly 13, we w ill celebrate o u r P ilo t of the Year Banquet at M aggie B urch’s bo w ling alley. PALOMAR CHAPTER Mary Pearson, Reporter PALOMAR CHAPTER has becom e a real traveling chapter. O ur A pril m eeting, an overnight at Bullhead C ity, Arizona (in ­

clu d in g a little practice on the one armed b a nd its across the river in Nevada) proved such fun th a t everyone agreed to have m ore fly-aw ays. May was really great, They te ll me. C olum bia, C alif, (the m other lode cou ntry) has an annual rodeo and old w est weekend, and our fly -in there coincid ed w ith it. Helen McGee was busy w ith a new gra n d ch ild , but Harvey was busy as a beaver g e ttin g us all transported and properly hosted. Parades, rodeos and good fe llo w s h ip made the trip ou r best of the year. June was very in fo rm a tive — ou r El Toro m em bers g o t us aboard the m arine base there, where we toured the m ilita ry tow er and the jo in t m ilita ry -c iv il approach co n tro l fa c ility . They have the new ARTS III radar operable now, so those airplanes w ith transponders are DEFINITELY visib le to the poorest observer of radar screens! And how m any targets there were in the Santa Ana-Long Beach area. A luncheon at the NCO clu b and sho rt business m eeting fo llo w e d . Plans fo r m oving forw ard fo r ou r annual M en’s Race Septem ber 28. The regular co m p e tito rs at Palom ar A irp o rt are already sche du lin g airplanes fo r the big day. Send $1.50 to Mary Pearson, 2386 Palom ar A irp o rt Rd., Carlsbad, Ca. 92008 fo r race k its . Mary Pearson and H arriett B ooth fin a lly s tru ck pay d ir t— 2nd place in the Angel Derby! We are s till excited about it, had a great tim e and are planning the Palms to Pines Race in July. Hope to see all our racing frie n d s there. PHOENIX CHAPTER Natasha Sw igard, Reporter M uch fun was had by all w ho attended the Spring S ectional. O ur chapter was well represented by B ill and Melba Beard, B ill and Sue Harper, Mary M cPherson, Wayne and Bev Pow ell, daughters and Bev’s M om , Libb y P ruett, C aroline Reibert, Chas and A lice Roberts, Nan Scheer, and G eorge and Mary Vial. Nan swears she w alked every sq. ft. of the Big Island! Aerospace E ducation Chairm an M illie Dawe, w ith help from Howard Myers (a local teacher) organized an interesting S aturday m orn ing program fo r 16 A viation G round School stud ents from the 4 S co ttsd a le high S chools. They made a x co u n try flig h t from S cottsda le to Eloy, G ila Bend and return. Each of the stud ents navigated one leg of the trip , and m ost had an o p p o rtu n ity to handle the co n tro ls. M illie Dawe (Cessna 210), G eorgia Hissem (C itabria), Bev Powell (Cessna 182), B etty Jo S m ith (M ooney Exec 21), Mary Vial (Cessna 182), and good friend Jim Liem (M ooney Super 21) all helped w ith the a c tiv ity . Big thanks to all fo r an in te restin g and d iffe re n t type program . Did som e m ore airm arking - on ly 4 le tte rs - but they were big ones - 60 x 40 YUMA. The tu rn o u t was very very sm all from the Phoenix Chapter. Dale and Aggie L ilje g rin , Bob and S hirley Rogers, and G eorgia Hissem helped the Yuma chapter do the p a in tin g . O ur thanks go to Bob and Joan M eiser w ho provided din n e r and lo d g in g , and to Fred and D orothy L ittle of

Aero Intern ation al fo r the lunch at Sir G eorges’. In the past 2 years ou r chapter has painted 42,000 sq. ft. of letters! Bruni Bradley (at present living in Europe) flew her Cessna from Nagold, Germ any to B russels to give Com m ercial check rides to 10 Indonesian airlin e trainees. Lost a very active 99er - Louise Toncre and her fa m ily moved to Saudi Arabia. Laneh Peterson’s daughter is one of 12 fin a lis ts in the M iss U.S.A. beauty con­ test, as M iss Arizona. M illie Dawe, Jessie W im m ers, June Cleverly and friend Karen G osnell too k a 4-day sojourn to Puerto Vallarta. They recom m end the trip - but beware the “ T o u rista ” !! June Bonesteel is w o rking on her h e lico p te r rating, and has recently returned from flyin g a C itabria up to Alaska. Melba Beard airlined to the OX5 A via tion Pioneer H all o f Fame in upper state New York. She helped in itia te Louise Thaden of N orth Carolina in to th is renown group o f p ilo ts . And we added 2 new m em bers to our roster: Florence H iatt and G eorgia Hissem . REDWOOD EMPIRE Nina R ookaird, Reporter At the May m eeting, new o ffice rs were selected : Chairm an Nina R ookaird; Vice C h a irm a n , L y n n A h re n s ; S e c re ta ry , Frances G auger; Treasurer, Pat S to u ffe r; Reporter, Elaine Hussey. A n ita W orel and 491/2 Jack and Nina R ookaird and 4 91/2 Dick attended the spring S ectional. Nina Rookaird com ­ m ented on the high lig h ts. The Aloha Chapter certainly provided an ou tsta nding event. The fun of the O rchid Special, thanks to G inny Cook, Tucson Chapter, and the w ond erful round of a c tiv itie s set up by the A loha Chapter w ill be un­ fo rg e tta b le . For hnany of us the word “ luau” w ill alw ays mean being the guests at Jane K elle y’s beautiful hom e on the beach. Hostesses Jane Kelley and Pat Kelley Shearer provided the m ost d e liciou s fo o d , d rin k and entertainm ent. It was nice to have so many pa rticip a tin g from 99 C hapters o u tsid e the Southw est S ection. A lso, International o ffice rs and Canadian and A u stra lia mem bers were represented. Lynn Ahrens is w orking on the 10 hour requirem ent course of the H am ilton CAP in the T-34. Jeanne G ibson, Esther Harri, Nina R ookaird and F loria Teeters (new student p ilo t) met w ith the Sacram ento Chapter at the Nut Tree fo r th e ir m eeting. It was fun to see the Sacram ento 99s plus many Bay C itie s m em bers, and Santa Clara. Jeanne G ibson and Ester Harri flew to Red B lu ff and met som e wom en p ilo ts who are anxious to have a 99 Chapter. We hope to give them an assist. Lynn Ahrens attended the Safety Sem inar in M arin on S talls and Spins. Esther Harri and Jeanne G ibson attended the Santa Rosa Safety Sem inar on Sur­ v iv a l, M o u n ta in F ly in g , and A irp o rt Security. The June din n e r m eeting o f the Red­ wood Em pire Chapter was held at Buchanan F ie ld ’s Sheraton Inn. The gavel

was turned over by chairm an Louise Ramsey to Nina R ookaird, the in com in g chairm an Nina also received the W oman of the Year award presented by Louise. Jeanne G ibson, Esther Harri, Frances G auger and Elaine Hussey are now APT. Good F lyin g!

Redwood Em pire Chapter Left to r ig h t: Pat S tou ffer, Treasurer; Lynn Ahrens, ViceC hairm an; Nina R ookaird, C hairm an; Louise Ramsey, Past Chairman. RENO AREA CHAPTER Hazel Hohn, Reporter Our May 14 m eeting was held at the Tahoe-Truckee A irp o rt, w ith Katie B olstad, Elaine Brow n, Del Haas, Mary Haskell, Mary Boles, Lois Brow n, Lois W illia m s , and Nancy Frybarger present from our chapter. Two guests, Connie Duster from Zephyr Cove, and Helen Foger (spelling?) from In clin e are prospective members. C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Elaine and Stan B row n's 17 year old son Stephen who soloed and too k his firs t so lo cross cou ntry on M other's Day from Reno to Sacram ento to M arysville and back. M ike and Lois Brown flew to the com bined O roville Dam and Seaplane fly in. Fifteen seaplane p ilo ts are trying to w ork w ith the State Parks and Beaches to open up more lakes to seaplane p ilo ts . As an old seaplane p ilo t m yself, that sounds like good news, and I ju s t w ish there were more seaplane flyin g in Nevada. Gerry G ardiner flew as c o -p ilo t in a Cherokee Arrow in the Angel Derby, and was No. 1 fo r takeoff. Mary Boles flew to Palm Beach p rior to the Derby, met Gerry there, and spent a week w ith 99 June Davis w ho has flo w n the Powder Puff Derby and other 99 races. I'm sorry to report that Doris Eacret is very ill. The th o u g h ts of all of us are w ith you, Doris. A ll of us on the WASP Reno convention c o m m itte e were sorry to have to postpone the convention due to the energy crisis. W ill let you know as soon as possible what the plans are fo r next year. Fran G ustavson discovered another " lo s t” WASP in Carson C ity, and I went to talk to her. She's Joy M erritt Moore, 43-W7, and she w orks at the Carson C ity Post O ffice. SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER Barbara Foster, Reporter M onths of loving tender care lavished on a 1940 P orte rfie ld paid o ff fo r our Connie C o no lly when her plane was given an award fo r "B e st of G olden Age C la ssics" at the W atson ville A n tiq u e F ly-in . Connie had

lite ra lly sat up n ig h ts w ith the plane, doing the w ork herself. We feel the award was rich ly deserved. S acram ento Valley Chapter alw ays looks forw ard to the May m eeting. T ra d itio n a lly it has becom e a fly -in to the Nut Tree and a get tog e th e r w ith several oth er Chapters. We regret that the Seattle Chapters were detained by weather and were unable to a ttend. M em bers from Santa Clara, Redwood Em pire, Fresno, and Bay C ities Chapters jo in e d us fo r the luncheon m eeting. 1975 O ffice rs were in sta lle d at a supper m eeting at the hom e of Barbara Goetz. The 1974 in cu m b e n ts were re-elected, so once again we w ill have Shirley Lehr, C h a irm a n ; Barbara Goetz, Vice C hairm an; Gail B o m a r, S e c re ta ry ; A u d re y S n o v e l, Treasurer.

Chairm an and Betty W harton is Cochairm an. C om m ittee m em bers are needed so please volunteer. A rem inder to everyone to take ad­ vantage of the great weather and take your APT checkride. Recently APT are Diane S to cklin , Ruth Evey and Pat M ouzella. W elcom e hom e to Marion Banks who is in tow n fo r the Aerospace Museum in­ s ta lla tio n dinner. H o pe fu lly, M arion and W anda C u m m ing s w ill be returning to San Diego perm anently in A ugust. My personal thanks to everyone who has c o n trib u te d news during the past two years and who have assisted in w ritin g this new sletter. Its been fun. Happy and Safe F lyin g to everyone.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER C h arlo tte M o rrill. Reporter It is w ith great sadness that we report the death of our Evelyn Hendley from SAN DIEGO CHAPTER M odesto. Eve was a charter m em ber of the M arilyn Eim ers, Reporter Having fu lly recovered from the e xcitin g San Joaquin Valley Chapter when it was S outhw est Spring S ectional in H aw aii, San form ed in 1952. She was a very special Diego 99s are in the fu ll sw ing of sum m er person w ho gave to each of us an example a c tiv itie s . A farew ell d inn er was held at the of courage and w arm th that none w ill hom e of B etty W harton in honor of Betty forge t. We were a privilaged group to have and Art Lam bert who, after 29 years in Eve as a m em ber and m ost especially a sunny southern C a liforn ia , are leaving to frie n d . Sad too we are to relate that Pete make th e ir hom e in M arquette, M ichigan. H ijo s, husband of our Rosie died last B etty recently accepted an e xcitin g m on th . Pete was a m em ber of the Flying p o s itio n teaching aviation at N orthern Farm ers A sso cia tio n as w ell as the M ichigan U n iversity. Art w ill be kept busy C h o w ch illa P ilo ts Ass. Both of these as an Al at M arquette Executive A ir. Art w o n d e rfu l people w ill be long m issed. T his issue fin d s our chapter w ith five and B etty both co n trib u te d greatly to the San Diego Chapter and w ill be m issed by new APT m em bers. Rebecca C layton ., La Verne G udgel, Rosie H ijos, and Shirley all o f us. The May and June general chapter M iller. F in a lly G ustine has been air marked m eetings were h ig h lig h te d by A frican fly in g safari m ovies and v is itin g ninety- after at least a half dozen schedulings. nines. Pat M ouzella, hostess fo r the May W ith the help of twelve mem bers we m eeting, reported that she had ju s t pur­ wrapped it up in short order. Next? We are pleased to be sponsoring a new chased her firs t plane. Nine guests were again present at the June m eeting w hich cha pter of 99s in C h ow ch illa. W ith was held at B onnie A dam ’s home. Special Charlene Kirk to organize the group they guest was Angela Boren of the Luback are o ff to a fly in g start. W elcom e! La Verne and Bob G udgel represented C hapter in Texas. A ngela to ld the chapter about her an tiqu e airplane know n as the our chapter at the spring Southw est A lexander Eagle Rock w hich was o rig in a lly S ectio na l in Hawaii. The reports were g lo w in g . O ur Helen MacDonald McGee b u ilt in 1926. O ur new ly elected o ffic e rs fo r 1974-75 and her sis te r Norm a Draper made the San are M arilyn Eim ers, C hairm an; Shirley Joa qu in Valley Chapter very proud by W o lf, V ice -C ha irm a n; Diane S to cklin , placing 6 th in the Angel Derby. This is a Secretary and Mary W illia m s , Treasurer. pair hard to com pete w ith fo r these top The new o ffic e rs are already plan nin g next placin g slo ts. As long as we are men­ year's a c tiv itie s and are lo okin g forw ard to tio n in g the sou th of the border air race, our D o ttie M c A llis te r and her husband "M ac" a fun and rew arding year. Ava C arm ichael and B etty W harton, flew th e ir Com anche throu gh M exico and busy plan nin g the second W hite N uckle on to the Yucatan Peninsula returning fu ll Course, w ant volun te er teachers. The of en thusiasm fo r another go. T his reporter ob je ctive of th is tw o-day course is to and h e r h u s b a n d “ C h u c k " re c e n tly in s tru c t n o n -flyin g wives the basics of returned from a flig h t to G uatem ala C ity navigation and radio procedures. T his to and recom m end the trip . It is a long long prom ote safety and to encourage the gals way but very w o rth w hile. The flig h t from to becom e involved in aviatio n. We are M exico in to Guatem ala C ity is spectacular, gra te ful to Bob G riscom of the F A A. for w ith volcanos on each side and a 16,500 IFR m in. so pick beautiful weather. We his sup po rt of the project. Since the pro blem s associated w ith the tried it both ways however, the scenery is energy c ris is are greatly reduced, San too spe ctacular to m iss and the prospect Diego C hapter has voted to spo nso r a of being surrounded by volcanos is a bit M in i-P a c ific A ir Race. The race is stre s s fu l, but go. A d io s ...... scheduled fo r O ctober 12th and w ill start at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHAPTER G ille sp ie A irp o rt, Santee, and term in ate at E m ily C letsow ay, Reporter N orth Las Vegas A irp o rt, a d ista nce of 250 The San Luis O bispo C ounty 99s w ill m iles. Boo C hristensen of ELVC is

w ork tog ether w ith the San Luis O bispo P ilots A ssos. to put on the Annual Pan­ cake B re a k fa s t and P ilo t U p d a tin g Program, to be held in June. On A pril 19 many of the 99s and husbands w ill gather at San Bias, M exicoou r s is te r c ity . This w ill be the second year of the fly -in . The San Luis O bispo P ilots Assoc, fly s in m edical sup plies and c lo th in g as a siste r c ity project. As a group we have taken on the project of sign pa in ting. We are m aking - Close your F lig h t Plan-signs to be put at all three of our airports. O ur newest member, S hirley G unther, has her New Private License and a (new to her) 1973 Cessna Skyhawk. She has made tw o flig h ts , Torrance and San Jose. Many of our 99s are active in the newly form ed San Luis O bispo S h e riff's Aero Squadron. Marci Barnet, Mary Stephens, Judi Gorham and tw o o f our prospective m embers, Dorothy M cLaughlin and P h yllis Powers, flew a practice m ission. Judi G o rh a m , M ary S te p h e n s and E m ily C letsow ay had APT rides and also Squadron check rides. Judi Gorham and Mary Stephens a t­ tended the Spring Sectional in Hawaii. We are having a lo t o f soaring activity at the airpo rt. We have tw o new glide rs and as soon as the weather clears up we hope we w ill be boasting a bunch of new g lid e r ratings. Chris Yecny has been do in g more unusual fly in g . She towed a g lid e r from San Luis O bispo to Sun Valley w ith a overnight stop at Carson C ity. Chris was the p ilo t of the Cherokee Siw w h ile her husband, S1, was p ilo tin g the glider. On June 22-23 San Luis O bispo C ounty Chapter of the 99s helped host the Ryan Fly-in at Paso Robles. We had coffee and do ug hn uts Saturday and Sunday m or­ nings. Provided fo r a fee were hotdogs, potatoe salad and cup cakes fo r lunch. It was an enjoyable tw o days fo r all who participated! Paso Robles was a scene out o f the past w ith all the dog fig h ts and a c tiv ity in the air. Some of the 99s even got a flig h t in a Ryan. W hat a be au tifu l displa y of w ellcared-for airplanes! E lection of o ffice rs (w ith in sta lla tio n in A ug ust): C hairm an-Judy G orham ; ViceChairman-Grace M cC hesney; SecretaryMary S tephens; Treasurer-M arci Barnet; M e m b e rs h ip and A p t.- C h ris Y e c n y ; Reporter-Sharon G ates; P ublic R elationsC a ro l H a lle tt ; A .E . S c h o la rs h ip & Museum - Shirley G un th er; F lying Activ itie s -E m ily Cletsow ay.

SANTA BARBARA CHAPTER Judy Roeser, Reporter Two o r three years ago our present chapter chairm an M arion F icke tt inform ed the m em bers that she w ould be lu nch ing at a local restaurant every W ednesday and would w elcom e anyone else w ho w ould like to jo in her. This in fo rm al in vitatio n began a tra d itio n of W ednesday luncheons which many of us eagerly an ticip a te each week. Seldom is any business ac­

co m p lish e d at these noon ge t-to geth ers because our o n ly reason fo r m eeting is to en jo y the cam araderie of our fe llo w women p ilo ts . The bonds of frie n d sh ip am ong our m em bers are strengthened. The lines of co m m u n ica tio n rem ain open. New ideas com e fo rth , nurtured in an atm osphere of in fo rm a lity . New m em bers and v is ito rs are fre q u e n tly in tro du ced firs t at a W ednesday lunch. A lto g e th e r a succe ssful idea. And we thank M arion. Two of our newest m em bers are m aking them selves know n to race fans. Janet Edm ond and B etty Engstrom placed fo u rth in the G olden W est C hapter’s MINI DERBY, on th e ir firs t tim e ou t. Janet and Joan S teinberger are also entered in the Palms to Pines A ir Race. June pot luck m eeting was held at Diane Dee’s new house, where we enjoyed her lovely sw im m in g pool and w h irlp o o l bath. Prospective new m em ber Louise K irkb ride was in tro du ced as a new p ilo t and an engineer w ith Burroughs. N om inating C o m m itte e, Irma C h ristian presented her slate o f new o ffic e rs and e le ctio n s were held. The resu lts were as fo llo w s : C hairm an, Yours tru ly ; Vice C hairm an, Mary L e w is; Secretary, Janet Jones; Treasurer, Charlene Hovey. F o llo w in g the m eeting Rachael Cow in showed us her line of te xtile s w ith a ir­ planes on them . She has a be au tifu l co lle c tio n o f m aterials from w h ich she w ill make a lm o st an ythin g one cou ld ask. A talented seam stress, she is co m b in in g her tale nts w ith her love of airplanes tow ard an in te re stin g business sid e lin e w h ich show s great prom ise. Evy Treen is busy again! Stand back and give her room . Evy is a m arvelous organizer and we all appreciate her e ffo rts on o u r behalf. This tim e she is planning a Survival C lin ic . It w ill be presented in Ju ly in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the F .A .A . and w ill be open to all p ilo ts , hikers, cam pers, and anyone interested in learning the latest ta c tic s o f survival. She has lined up a program that w ill be of great in te rest to all. Several of o u r m em bers have attended fly -in s at W atson ville , P orterville, Merced, and C olum bia. June is ju s t one mad w h irl of fly -in s in C a lifo rn ia and there are s till m ore to com e. M arion F icke tt, Irma and John C h ristian and Judy and Rod Roeser plan to fly to the W o rld ’s Fair in Spokane over the 4th of Ju ly weekend. Rachael Cow in w ill be fly in g to Klam ath Falls, O regon that same weekend and Shirley and Ted Sendrak w ill take th e ir M ooney all the way to M ichigan to v is it relatives and then dow n to F lorida before returning hom e. Many o f our m em bers are planning now fo r the fall sectio na l in Utah. This w ill be a be au tifu l trip fo r us and we w ill see our ow n Joannie Steinberger in sta lle d as S ectional Treasurer.

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SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER B etty H icks, Reporter " I ’ll teach you how to escape death. ...th e re is a raven in the eastern sea called Yitai (“ d u ll-h e a d ” ). This dull-head cannot fly very high and seems very s tu p id . It hops on ly a short distance and nestles clo se w ith others of its kind. In going forw ard, it dare not lead, and in going back, it dare not lag behind. At the tim e of feeding it takes w hat is le ft over by the o th er birds. Therefore, the ranks of this bird are never depleted and nobody can do them any harm. “ A tree w ith a stra ig h t trunk is the firs t to be chopped dow n. A w ell w ith sweet water is the firs t to be drawn d ry .” — Taikung Jen, in a conversation w ith C o n fu ciu s, from “ Fate Is the H u n te r,” by Ernest K. Gann. M em orial services fo r Carolyn Boogaert P h illip s were held at Stone Church of San Jose, on a gray-veiled Sunday, the 16th of June, 1974. It had been ten days before that the h a stily-teleph on ed news had stunned Santa Clara Valley Chapter N inety-N ines. C arolyn and B ill P h illip s ’ Bonanza, its Vta il wrenched from the fuselage by violence in de scriba ble because few of us have experienced its parallel, had crashed near H o p kin sville , Kentucky. The in itia l, s u c c in c t, and g ro s s ly u n d e rs ta te d probable cause was that the accident was w eather-related. There were no survivors. B ill P h illip s ’ 18-year-old daughter Bonita was a passenger. It is d iffic u lt to visualize, as we s it in the Santa Clara Valley th is F ather’s Day of 1974 and look out to where a placid layer of stone-hued stratus shrouds M t. H am ilton, the m alevolent anger w hich churns in the viscera of a G od-begotten Frankenstein know n as a cum u lo nim b us. W hen what had been ecstacy fo r flig h t is transfo rm e d, in what m ust have been terror-cram m ed m om ents of cognizance that w hat had been beloved had become a sna rlin g betrayer, the tragedy cuts in to all of us w ith a dual-edged scalpel. O bitu arie s are best w ritten by som eone w ho knew the departed in tim a te ly — or knew them not at all. T his is not an o b itua ry, because it is not a c o lle ctio n of stark b io lo g ica l s ta tis tic s rubber-cem ented to s a c c h a rin e p la titu d e s a b o u t th e deceased. “ There is a degree of mercy beyond w hich any man is rude to in q u ire ,” wrote Ernest Gann. It is a redundancy o f the fee lin gs of all of us to say that C arolyn and B ill P h illip s w ill be m issed. SANTA PAULA CHAPTER A drienne Nater, Reporter It’s been a busy year, our firs t, and we celebrated grandly at the Red Baron Restaurant at Ventura C ounty A irp ort. Norm a W illia m s our Chairman announced som e in te restin g s ta tis tic s ; We began w ith seven m em bers, all private p ilo ts . In a year’s tim e we have fifteen m em bers, and five of the o rig in a l 7 have risen to the C om m ercial rating. We set our origin al

goal as that of m em bership b u ild in g . We have attained over 100 per cent new members. Gwen Dewey, ou r h isto ria n, and m em bership getter has every new student at Dewey A viation turned on to 99s after th e ir firs t lesson. A ltho ug h Joanne M ille r and Dona M axson are ju s t past the w ritten part of the private, they are already part of the fa m ily. Our new p u b lic relations chairm an is Betty Johnson, selected to fill the role previously held by yours tru ly, since ex­ panding m em bership a llo w s for a greater divisio n o f labor. Cathy Yendell, a Verm ont transp la nt, is our newest member. At 23 she is already attained her in s tru c to r's rating and is teaching at Dewey A via tion , Santa Paula A irp ort. Norm a W illia m s and husband became w ell acquainted w ith upper low levels, unhappily, on th e ir trip to the W o rld ’s Fair in Spokane. They spent three days on the ground w ith th e ir T-Craft in Bend, Oregon, w a itin g ...... Sally A llen was the Santa Paula entry in the M ini Derby. Barbara and Chuck Deeds flew th e ir Cessna 172, kids included, to a sw im meet in Lemoore, Cal. and got a V .F.R . advisory out of Hanford fo r prac­ tice. We all hope that Norm a remembers a so fte r p illo w on her next long trip in the TCraft.

Adrienne Nater h o ld in g Gus the Goat and Norma W illia m s on the safety before the trip from Riverside to Santa Paula, in the TC raft. Gus sle pt all the way. Gus is to be the new sire fo r A drienne’s grow ing herd of goats on her ranch in M oorpark. SOUTHERN SIERRA Doris C orw in, Reporter A special event fo r June brought in over 200 planes fo r cam ping overnight on the a irpo rt fo r the annual fly -in sponsored by the P orterville Area P ilo t’s A ssociatio n. The N inety-N ine s used the occasion to set up a booth and sell ice cream fo r the tw o days, m aking a tid y sum fo r the treasury. Eight m em bers donated th e ir tim e to sell the refreshm ents to the th irs ty spectators. The program fo r the tw o days was a spectacular d e m on stra tion of p ilo t s k ill by the U.S. Arm y Silver Eagles h e lico p te r g ro u p and th e G o ld e n K n ig h ts pa rach utists. Precision aerobatics were perform ed by the m aster A rt S choll in his C h ipm u nk and Gerry Massey in his L ittle T oot. Pat T o m lin so n fle w his S opw ith.

The aerial fire bom bers from P orterville are busy again and the local 99s are pro vid ing lem onade to hand up to the p ilo t in the c o c k p it when they com e in fo r re fill of fire retardent in th e ir SBD and TBM s. They do not take the tim e to leave the plane so the service by the wom en p ilo ts is appreciated.

TUCSON CHAPTER Jayne H unter, Reporter A new a d m in is tra tio n was in sta lle d am id flo w e rs and fe s tiv itie s at the Chapter firs t “ Inaugural B a ll" in June w ith 4 9 1/2S and g u ests in attendance. The popular 1974-75 slate co n s is ts of Chairm an - V irg inia Edw ards, V ice-C hairm an - Wyn Hayward, Secretary - Lynn M cG rew, Treasurer - Edna L a v a z z e ria , M e m b e r-a t-L a rg e - H ild e Peterson. W ith fresh enthusiasm , the new leaders have held a th in k session and are generating new plans, a ssig n in g co m ­ m ittee cha irm an ships, ta lkin g over ideas fo r the 1974 TUCSON TREASURE HUNT, and generally preparing fo r a great year. Having scored w ith the highest per­ centage of attendance at the SW Spring S ectional in H aw aii, the chapter is now a im ing tow ard an even be tte r percentage at the Fall S ectional in Salt Lake C ity. C onvinced that our chapter-m ates make a w o n d e rfu l bunch of travellin g com p an ion s and generate a lo t of spontaneous fu n , we are ta lk in g se rio u sly about g ro u p in g up fo r a S p rin g tim e week’s ho lid ay in M atzatlan. A lso , several fly in g weekends and RON ja u n ts are in the planning stages. M em bership, as alw ays, has a high p r io r it y and our new c h a irm a n spearheaded a drive to get each m em ber’s renewal in to HO on tim e. There is a healthy lis t o f current "p ro sp e ctive s” and they w ill jo in in the b e ne fits of an intensely c o n stru ctive and tim e ly course on Desert Survival given by G. W allace, Jr., during our J u ly m eeting at AZ F ro n tie r A via tion . Sharon Hargrave, the second of our c u rre n t Bob S c h m id t S c h o la r s h ip recipie nts, has earned her private license. TUS Intern ation al A irp o rt is now Stage II under ATC and m oving tow ard Stage III. V irg in ia , Lynn, Jo Anne, W yn and th is w rite r, and spouses, recently com pleted “ O peration R aincheck” , a course offered on three con secu tive n ig h ts at the F A A ’s RAPCON fa c ility in Tucson. Carl Swanson, FAA Tower C hief here, w ill c o n d u ct a State III o rie n ta tio n program fo r the entire m em bership at our Sept. m eeting at H u d g in ’s A ir Service. UTAH CHAPTER Jane P atterson, Reporter S tartin g from today and w o rking back­ ward the Utah Chapter has had a busy S pring. The June m eeting was held at the Ogden A irp o rt fo r e le ctio n s and en­ tertained by a hot air b a llo o n is t w ho gave us a ta lk and let som e of the m em bers help in in fla tin g the balloon. The new o ffice rs are W ilm a N ic h o ls , c h a ir m a n ; L ila Fielden, vice -cha irm an ; Kay H ow ells, secretary and Dee Ricord carrying over as treasurer. In June the chapter held a very

succe ssful airplane wash at the Ogden A irp o rt. Interw est A viation graciously donated th e ir wash rack fo r our use. We washed seventeen airplanes and one car in the tw o days. M oney made w ill be used to help fina nce the sectional w hich w ill be held at S noB ird ski resort in Utah the second weekend of September. In May we were guests of A ir Caledonia and held ou r m eeting on th e ir DC-8 . Everyone was able to s it in the co ckp it and dream a little b it. A lso in May on Memorial Day, the Utah Chapter and the Las Vegas cha pter airm arked the Parowan airport. A s s is tin g from Utah were Lila Fielden, Carole Clark, Terry W o jcik, Ruth A ll Chesley, A lb erta and W alt N icholson , Pat and Jane P atterson, daughter Valerie and frie n d . It was a great day especially m eeting som e of the Las Vegas 99s. The cha pter extends a warm w elcom e to new m em bers Helen Bell of C learfield, Jan K now les of O gden, and M arilyn Peck of S alt Lake C ity and the reinstatem ent of W ilm a N ich o ls and Vina Graham. Vivian Yardley passed her in stru m en t w ritte n . Her 11YB earned another tro p h y at an EAA flyin in June fo r best restored c la s s ic —a Piper Pacer. W ilm a N ich o ls is proud ow ner of a b e a u tifu l little Cessna 120 that she flies a lm o st every day. W ilm a has asp ira tions to be an aerobatic p ilo t. Ju lie Jacobson and her 49’/2 now have a Cherokee 235. T his news is being w ritte n at 6500 feet over Pierre, S outh Dakota in Jaco bso n’s airplane. Y our reporter and husband ac­ com panied them to M inneapolis and back via Y e llo w sto n e Park to try out the air­ plane. New m em ber Jan Knowles has her name on the reg istratio n of a Cessna 140A converted to a tric y c le gear. Jan took the airplane to Denver and now is in the process of strip p in g o ff the old paint. New m em ber M arilyn Peck and her husband sponsored a fly -in at the Lehi airpo rt the last weekend in June. The Pecks are ow ners and operators of the Lehi airport. Marge Peterson flew 2 cent a pound rides at the R ichfield, Utah fly -in the last weekend in May. Several of the Utah 99s attended. In Ju ly the Utah 99s w ill hold the ir m eeting in cooperation w ith the FAA's pro je ct O peration G round A ssist. It is hoped tha t we w ill have a 100 per cent m em ber p a rticip a tio n w ith our accident prevention spe cia list to check the cer­ tific a te s and currency of each m em ber and the paper w ork fo r each m em ber-owned airplane. T his is a w orthy project and goes along w ith o u r goal of 100 per cent APT for the Utah Chapter. W e’re w orking on it and we have in s tru c to rs in the chapter or husbands o f m embers w ho w ill give pro ficie n cy rides. M eeting in A ug ust is a planned fly -in to Jacobsons sum m er home on Lake Hebgen in Y e llo w sto n e Park. Planes w ill land at W est Y e llo w sto n e airport and go by car from there. Last year we were weathered out so be tte r luck th is year. Everyone in the 99s is invited to our sectio na l at S noB ird resort in the Wasatch M ou ntains on Septem ber 13, 14, and 15. See you there!

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C ro s s -to w n , it's hard to beat th e con ven ien ce o f the com p an y c a r . . . to g e t th e rig h t pe op le and th in g s w h ere the y need to be on tim e. C ro s s -c o u n try travel, how ever, c a lls fo r a d iffe re n t way to go. A n d th o u s a n d s o f com p an ies have fo u n d th a t C essnas are th e answ er. C essna a irp la n e s help A m e ric a 's b u sin e ss energy go fu rth e r. By p ro vid in g a ir tra n s p o rta tio n w ith th e on-de m and con ven ien ce o f a car. By p ro vid in g speeds th a t a llo w th e b u sin e ssm a n m ore tim e at his d e s tin a tio n —w ith less tim e w asted tra ve lin g . By o ffe rin g th e b u sin essm an the size a irp la n e and pe r­ fo rm a n ce package to m eet his person al needs—49 m od els in all. By using fu e l e ffic ie n tly —fro m 21 m pg in a C essna C o m m uter to 63 p a ssen ge r m iles per g a llo n in th e to p -o fth e -lin e G olden Eagle. By fly in g s tra ig h t-lin e trip m iles fo r fu rth e r tim e and fu e l econom y. By p ro vid in g access to 12,000 a irp o rts —one u su a lly c lo s e r to w here the b u sin e ssm a n really w a nts to go than

w here c o m m e rcia l c a rrie rs can land. G e ttin g th e rig h t people and the rig h t th in g s to the rig h t places at th e rig h t tim e s is w h a t su cce ssfu l b u sin ess travel is all ab ou t. C ro s s -to w n , it's hard to beat a car. C ro s s -c o u n try , you c a n ’t beat a C essna. I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 I If you 'd like to know m ore a b o u t C essna in te rc ity tra n s p o rta tio n and qu ick, e ffic ie n t p ilo t e d uca tion pro gra m s, w rite today. D ept. CSC-994 C essna A irc ra ft C om pany P.O. Box 1521, W ic h ita , Kansas 67201 j

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PLEASE.. . don Call it the m ost exhilarating kind of flying still around today. Call it the best way to get where other planes can't -. . . as well as to where they can. Call it fast, econom ical transportation for four. Call it a S T O L -cra ft fo r the way it gets o ff, clim bs and lands. Even call it a flying b o it, because th at's how it handles on water.

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