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President's Column
August 1. Not in office yet — and the
m ailbox getting fuller very d ay! T im e’s so
important — guess I’ll use the old annotated
original correspondence shortcut — where
you make notes on the original letter, xerox,
and return — and we both have all the
inform ation. Inform al but thorough.
OCTOBER, 1970
T H E N IN E T Y -N IN E S , Inc.
W ill Rogers W orld Airport
International Headquarters
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159
Headquarters Secretary
LORETTA GRAGG
E d ito r
H A Z E L M cK E N D R IC K
P .O . Box 38499
Dallas, Texas 75238
T H E N IN E TY -N IN E S N E W S
O ctober, 1970
No. 22
V ol. 14
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Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
Aug. 3. Thank-yous off to the New
England girls. T hey surely did a great jo b
with the convention! I think we accom ­
plished a lot, too. It’s obvious that Ninety
Nines are grow ing in stature, responsibility,
knowledge. I noticed that delegates are
being instructed regarding resolutions, but
when IN T H E IR C O N SID E R E D JU D G ­
M E N T, they should depart from the instruc­
tions due to developm ents on the floor o f the
house, they vote what they think best and
have the courage to go home and tell their
chapters what and why. This is legislative
acum en.
Aug. 6. R eplies re com m ittee appoint­
ments. There are so many com petent people
in this organization! W e will never tap all
the ability. Each new chairm an contributes
her thing to the whole — and thus we grow.
Aug. 7. W onderful letters incom ing since
the election returns. Regardless o f prestige,
“ worthy goals” or any other consideration,
just the friendships one makes in Ninety
Nines are reward enough fo r any effort.
Aug. 10. SOPs. H E A V E N S, I H O PE A L L
T H E C H A IR M E N are sending in sugges­
tions for im proving their S O P S, and are
forw arding those Standard O perating P ro­
cedures to their successors. W e’ve worked so
hard through the years to make the SOPs
practical and useful, but it takes constant
upgrading — and if the com m ittee chairmen
and chapter chairm en don’t pass them
along — breakdown 1 O f course there are
extras at headquarters. H ope everybody who
needs one, G E T S it from somewhere.
A ug. 15. SU SIE S E W E L L says, “ The
insurance program can encourage m ore
and proper flying activities — or discourage
them if used im properly.” SU SIE ’ S the
expert in this field. I’ve asked her to do a
colum n on it and keep the membership
posted in this vital area.
Aug. 24. T o M axw ell A F B for a Civil A ir
Patrol National Safety Comm ittee m eeting,
o f w hich I am a m ember — and saw three
Ninety Nines. L T. C OL. JE A N F E R R E L L ,
Deliver, represents the R ock y M ountain
reg ion ; P A T H U G H E S A O P A Safety Foun­
dation, was down “ selling” the S K Y -S A F E
program — and I had a delightful visit with
Alabam a
Chapter Chairman JU A N IT A
H A L S T E A D and her 49’/2er, F O Y , at their
farm near M ongom ery.
Septem ber 1. I’ M A C T U A L L Y T H E
P R E S ID E N T T O D A Y ! Taught basic m edi­
cal records workshop for the Georgia
Hospital A ssociation, in M acon, and in
attendance was R R L JE A N B O M A R , the
only other R R L-99 I know o f in the world.
JE A N is also a m edical records consultant,
Bonanza’d down from M ansfield, Ohio.
Sept. 2. Questions from the field that I’ll
send on to Committee Chairmen. That’s
what the com m ittees are for. A nd we have
som e
wonderful
chairmen 1 Som ebody
suggests a “ Letters to the Editor” colum n in
the News. T he idea has merit, but I wonder
how we’d edit i t . . . H A Z E L has a full-tim e
jo b , so do I, and that sort o f a colum n takes
H O U R S and H O U R S. Y ou can’t just print
all o f a 4-page hand-written letter. Must
think about it. M aybe things should just be
funnelled direct to the appropriate com ­
mittee and com m ent made in the news . . .
W ill ask membership for more thinking on
the subject.
Sept. 3. A fter telling my 49'/2-er that I
certainly wasn’ t going to be elected and not
to bother planning for Bretton W oods —
well, I ended up Pres. W hat w ould the
m embership think, I wonder, about letting
newly-elected officers K N O W they are
elected prior to planning for convention?
M ight make a big change in plans . . . espe­
cially fo r an International member. I
wonder why we shouldn’t know as soon as
the official count o f ballots is m ade? This
w ould also permit defeated candidates to
decide if they want to run for Executive
Board. W onder if I ’m too radical in my
thinking?
Sept. 7. Have just had the most wonderful
time. North Central invited me to their
section m eeting in Louisville. I Bonanza’d
up to Southern Pines, picked up E. B.
m em ber P A G E S H A M B U R G E R , and off we
went, fighting thunderbumpers and a tooth­
ache all the way across the Blue R idge
mountains. Finally, after dodging a couple
o f characters shooting doves on a runway
where we stopped to refuel, we landed
happily in the Race-H orse City — and had
a perfectly great time.
K entucky Blue Grass Chapter, quite
young and apprehensive about their section
meeting, couldn’ t have done better i f they’d
been at it for 20 years. P A G E , B E TS, and
Tennesseans L A D Y M cR E Y N O L D S and
B E A R E ID soaked up all the inform a­
tion we could and decided this is an excel­
lent way to get new ideas fo r our section.
I enjoyed sitting beside DR. JA M E S
M A R IS o f Purdue — dinner speaker — and
an aviation great if there ever was one.
Lovely trip hom e, good weather this time,
and my first appearance as Ninety Nines
President was thrilling. ( “ D R .” B E C K Y
T H A T C H E R , incidentally, cured the tooth­
ache 1)
October, 1970
HEADLINES from Hazel
W H E W ! ! ! ! ! W ou ld you believe that I
also missed the deadline. This has been a
very involved month and the days ahead
show 110 promise o f slowing down. T he fo o t­
ball season is upon us and o f course M IK E ,
my beloved son, is starting defensive tackle
for Lake Highlands H ighschool. M y pro­
fessors at North Texas, D R S. B E E M E R and
B ERG have all kinds o f keen things lined
up for us. The Ninety-Nines w ould like a
magazine now and then. Last, but certainly
not least, the Flight Service Station at Love
Field would like to see me on ce in awhile to
do some work for them. Oh yes, the
National Association o f A ir Traffic S pecial­
ists, o f which, I am secretary, w ould like to
see me at our National Convention in
Covington, Ky. So, betwixed them all, I am
running fast and the faster I go, the behinder I get.
For all o f us in the Flight Service Stations
across the country, may I say “ T H A N K
Y O U ” for all you did to make our 50th
birthday a big success. Several o f the re­
ports have pictures o f cakes, reports o f
participation, and salutes to the various
FSSs. I am so glad that the N inety Nines
participated and I am sure than the co n ­
trollers in these stations are very grateful
for this tribute o f your love and appre­
ciation.
Now ladies, with R H U F L S and IL Y s, I
am off to see the world. I am going to Fort
Lauderdale to shed a little truth and light
and then on to Covington, Ky. for our
N A A T S convention. I have also been asked
to speak at the New Y ork-N ew Jersey
sectional sem inar and w ill be there on
O ctober 2-3. Hom e again for launderin’ the
unmentionables (the size I wear could not
be classified as “ dainties” ) and back to
Florida fo r A O P A SkySafe part o f the
Plantation Party, on O ctober 8-14. Since,
this is an election year, it w ould almost
seem that I am com paigning. This is exactly
what I am d oin g ! I am cam paigning for
better understanding between the pilot and
the weather briefer. Somewhere along this
trail I hope that we can get together for
some conversation and fun and friendship.
Get A P T ! be a ctive; tell us about it. And
H IR A M , if you’ re on my frequency, I love
you bettern green grapes.
Special Instructions
T o Reporters
D O 'S A N D D O N T ’S FOR R EP O R TER S
1. Do send reports double spaced
2. Do send original— no carbons, zerox
copies, onion skins, etc.
3. Do leave m argins so I can make love
notes to the printer
4. Do use white paper— no yellow-bluegrey-or any other color
5. Start report like this:
6.
I regret that this issue contains the names
o f some members who have made their “ last
flight” ; JIM M IE K O L P , H E L E N A P P E L .
JA Y L A W R E N C E , D O R O T H Y D A U B , and
C A T H E R IN E T IL L E R . I f we have any faith
at all, we must believe that they have gone
on to better things and that our personal
grief is the sorrow we feel fo r ourselves,
because we w ill miss them. T hey were all
great gals, active Ninety-Nines, involved
and concerned.
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I trust that each o f you w ill be reporters
for the com ing year will save the Septem ber
issue containing detailed instructions on how
to send in your report. W e w ill print it
again in this issue and then in subsequent
issues we w ill just print the schedule o f
deadlines. Please hang on to this inform a­
tion as it does make my jo b m uch easier.
Also be sure your various flying activities
have been cleared by the “ flying activities”
committee before you send cop y to me. I try
to give you all the p ublicity I can, but it
must be cleared before we can include the
information.
October, 1970
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Name o f Section
Chapter
your name, Reporter
EXAM PLE:
S O U T H C E N T R A L SE C TIO N
W A X A H A C H IE C H A P T E R
A R A B E L L A B R O A D B O T T O M , R e­
porter
Num ber pages as follow s:
P age 1 o f 3 2 o f 3 3 o f 3
It is not necessary to repeat heading at
top o f each page.
Try to confine report to two pages— If
cop y is longer, start with most im por­
tant items and put least important
items last as they may be deleted b e­
cause o f space.
M ail so as to be received in Dallas by
the 20th. R egular mail posted on the
19th rarely makes it on time.
Use first and last names. Y ou may
know w ho “ T eenybopper” is, but the
rest o f the m embership does not. T o
make it m eaningful, use last names.
Rem em ber the news goes all over the
w orld. T ry to confine articles to that
w hich w ould be o f interest to everyone.
Do r e p o r t. . . W e don’ t know what you
are doing unless you tell us.
Send reports to me, the Editor, Box
38499, Dallas, Texas 75238. Loretta, at
headquarters, loves to get my m ail, but
not much.
Do send pictures
Do put a separate paper attached at
bottom o f E A C H picture telling W hoW hat-W hen-W h ere! ! ! ! This is a little
trouble but much easier for me. A lso
make the paper big enough so I can
write notes to the printer.
16. R E T A IN T H IS IN F O R M A T IO N FOR
A R E FE R E N C E
D O N ’TS
1. D on’ t be late
2. Don’ t send negatives
3. Don’t send color pictures
4. D on’ t send report in longhand
5. Don’ t send carbons or reproduced
copies
6. D on't single space
7. Don’ t report in June or O ctober
8. Don’ t send report to headquarters
9. Don’ t send change o f address to me—
send that to headquarters
10. Don’ t send announcements o f races
until they have been cleared by the
race com m ittee
11. D on’t forget to Report
12. Don’ t throw this away— you may not
be reporter now, but you m ight have to
pinch-hit, so retain for ready reference.
DEADLINES FOR
NINETY-NINE NEWS
D E A D L IN E S
FO R IS S U E
Septem ber 20, 1970 O ctober Issue
O ctober 20, 1970
Novem ber Issue
N ovem ber 20, 1970 Decem ber Issue
N O D E C EM B E R D E A D L IN E
‘ January 10,1971
February 20, 1971
M arch 20, 1971
A p ril 20, 1971
M ay 20, 1971
January-February Issue
M arch Issue
A p ril Issue
M ay Issue
June Issue
N O J U N E D E A D L IN E
July 20, 1971
August 20,1971
July-August Issue
Septem ber Issue
•The E xecutive Board has decided to let
the Editor and the reporters off the hook
fo r the D ecem ber deadline. T his is the worst
deadline o f the year because o f the Christ­
mas H oliday activities. Please note however,
that the January deadline is m oved up to
the 10th. T his is an absolute deadline. This
gives adequate time fo r the nominations
and so forth and the news must be in the
hands o f the chapters by February 1st.
R E M EM B ER 4 T H IN G S :
1. N o report due in June and no report due
in D ecem ber.
2. T he January report is due in my hands
by January 10th.
3. T he other reports are due in my hands
by the 20th o f the month.
4. R ep ort! ! ! ! ! ! ! ____________________________
N E X T ISSUE
Deadline
Oct. 20, 1970
MAIL TO:
Box 3 8 4 9 9
Dallas, Tex. 7 52 38
BACKW ARD GLAN CE COLUM N
By V IR G IN IA TH O M P S O N
Nineteen thirty-five seemed to be a year
o f struggle, change and the setting o f some
very important records for our wom en
pilots.
Despite the fact that a num ber o f c o l­
leges and universities were trying to stiffle
the awakening desires o f many o f their
students in com petitive flying, an Intercol­
legiate Flying Conference was scheduled in
W ashington, D.C. during the Easter week.
This was to be follow ed by the N ew E n­
gland and National Intercollegiate meets in
May and June respectively. T he flyers were
struggling against two serious obstacles:
(1 ) expense (still with u s) and ( 2 ) the
opposition o f faculty and parents to an
activity which they felt was dangerous and
out o f place for a college boy or girl.
Despite these obstacles, the girls at
Smith College form ed the first Flying Club
at a purely fem inine educational institution
and trained in the boys Amherst Flying
C lub’s Taylor C ub plane fo r $ 6 /h r . At
W ellsley C ollege, another girl was trying to
bring aviation to the forefront. It was re­
ported that R U T H N IC H O L S in her Ju­
nior year at co lle g e approached the dean
with the idea o f flying. “ Miss ........, I think
I’d like to learn to fly” , said Ruth. “ Fly”
queried the dean, “ M y dear young lady, I
have enough to d o with several hundred
students as it is. M otor cars brought
trouble o f their own. Now I certainly am
not going to add m ore by adm itting air­
planes too. N o, you may not fly” . W ith that
ultimatum, she left college for a year,
learned to fly, and began breaking flight
records.
W hile the college girls were struggling to
make aviation a part o f their school’s ac­
tivities, the New Y ork Chapter was trying
to purchase an airplane. Their Air-Fashion
Show and Party was so successful that they
were able to purchase their dream — a
Taylor Cub, painted “ 99” colors, so that
their members could hop about at very low
cost.
M R.
CLARENCE
S.
W IL L IA M S
who
helped chart som e o f her flights, paid her a
high tribute. “ I am happy to have contrib­
uted my small part in aiding Miss Earhart.
H owever, I feel the secret o f her success is
that she is one o f the outstanding char­
acters o f the age, a person who represents
the most perfect balance o f the physical,
the mental, the psychological and the
lightweight luggage went on sale, A M E L IA
spiritual elements o f human nature.”
That same year, L A U R A IN G A L L S set
America's Top Women Flyers
Edna M . C a r d n c r o f N ew O rleans,
a flying in stru ctor at Shushan A i r ­
p ort, has flow n 2,888 hours, the
m ost o f any U. S w om an. She w as
fo r m e rly a nurse and b eca m e in ­
terested in flying w hen an e x ­
patient took her a lo ft in 1925.
Phoebe F. O m lie o f M em phis,
T enn., at 35 has flow n 2,541 hours.
S h e has w o n a ir races, taught fly ­
ing, m a rked a irw a y s and w as on ce
listed b y M rs. F. D. R oos ev elt as
on e o f the “ 10 m ost useful w om en
in the U nited Sta tes."
La u ra H . In g a lls, in her nin e years
o f flying, has set sp eed, lo o p and
barrel roll record s, m a de a n ota b le
flight o v e r the A n d es in Sou th
A m erica , and has flow n 2.05G
hours. She w as o n ce a sta ge d a n c ­
er. H er h om e is on L on g Island.
|anet H . K n ig h t. S h e has 1.802
air hours and sin ce the d isa p p e a r­
a n ce o f A m elia E arhart (w h o had
1,794 h o u r s ) ra n ks fou rth in fly ­
ing tim e. A flyer sin ce 1930, Miss
K n ig h t is n ow a fly in g in stru ctor
at the San F ra n cisco airport
E d ith F o ltx Stearns is o n e o f the
p ion eer w om en flyers o f the P a ­
cific n orthw est. S h e com p eted in
fo u r tra nscontinental air races,
has 1,538 a ir h ou rs and is n ow as­
sistant m a n ag er and in stru ctor for
a flying s e r v ice at Salem . Ore.
Jean La Rene Foo te. In 1934. Jeai
and a n oth er g irl flew a p la n e f »r
eig h t d a y s in an en d u ra n ce flig ’ it.
S h e has been flying sin ce she v. ■
13, n ow has 1.424 fly in g hours
helps her husband, L ou F oote, i
a flying sch ool at D allas. T ex
A lin e R honie Bro ok s. W hen she
w ed R eg in ald B rook s, a lso a flyer,
they took an air h on ey m oon , each
flying a plane. She has 1,420 air
h ou rs and is a lso an artist. S h e r e ­
ce n tly painted a h is t o r y -o f-fly in g
m u ra l at R oosev elt F ield.
Lou ise T h a d c n , first w om a n to
w in the B en d ix tra n scon tin en ta l
an race, re ceiv ed the H arm on
trop h y fo r the m ost ou tsta n din g
fly in g a ch ievem en t o f 1936. She
has flow n 1,400 hours, has tw o
ch ild ren , liv es in B en ton v ille, A rk.
E liz a b e th L . L u n d is w id e ly
k n ow n as a stunt flyer and ca lls
H o lly w o o d hom e. In 1930, w h en 19
y e a r s o ld . she put a pla n e th rou g h
67 barrel ro lls o v e r M iam i. Flu
D epa rtm en t o f C om m erce record s
g iv e h er 1,398 a ir hours.
F or most o f the other wom en pilots, the
newness o f flying appeared to have worn
off and the com petitive spirit lagged. In
fact, it alarmed LO U ISE T H A D E N into
writing an article entitled, “ A nd W hat is
Y our R ecord” in “ Airw om an” , A ug., 1935,
w hich won her praise from N .A .A . It
brought to the attention o f our wom en pi­
lots the fact that other wom en throughout
the world were breaking their records and
that they had rested too long on their
laurels, there being very few new official
records since 1932 to that date, either
national or international by Am erican girls.
For A M E L IA E A R H A R T , though, the
challenge was ever present. It was in Jan.
o f 1935 that she becam e the first wom an to
fly the Pacific O cean, crossing from Hawaii
to California. Later that same year, she set
a speed record by flying nonstop from
M exico City to New Y ork G t y in 14 hours
19 min.
In 1938, here were A m e rica’s to p Women Flyers.
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October, 1970
an international inter-city wom en’s record
by flying from N .Y . to Los Angeles in 18
hours 23 minutes and made a non-stop
coast-to-coast record for wom en o f 13 hours
34 minutes. Both records were accom ­
plished in her L ockheed O rion Auto-da-fe’
meaning “ East o f the Sun and W est o f the
M oon” .
HELEN M cC L O S K Y in a M onocoupe
set an international wom en’ s record, first
category, by flying at a speed o f 166.632
mph at M iam i; S E N O R IT A C A R O L IN A
ELEN A LO R E N ZIN I an Argentina airwo­
men, an altitude record for light planes o f
18,356 feet; L1ESEL Z A N G E N M E IS T E R ,
a women’s soaring record o f 12 hours 57
minutes at Rossiten, East Prussia; M A R Y SE B A STIE , a new altitude record for light
planes, second category, o f 24,075.97 feet;
and JEAN B A T T E N , solo flight AustraliaEngland (first woman to com plete return
fligh t), solo flight England-Argentina (first
woman to make solo flight across South
Atlantic Ocean to South A m erica, and es­
tablished world records o f 61 hours 15
minutes. England to Brazil and fastest
crossing o f South Atlantic Ocean by air in
13 hours 15 minutes.
This particular year also saw E L L Y
B E IN H ORN , flying a M esserschmidt plane,
make the first round trip flight from Ger­
many to Asia (B erlin to Istanboul) and
back the same day in 13 hours, a distance
o f some 2,500 miles.
L A U R A IN G A L L S reported that records
could not be broken if it were not for the
advancement in design and equipm ent. By
then, the controllable pitch propeller had
becom e standard on airlines and numerous
private planes and the “ constant speed”
propeller with autom atically controlled
blades, designed to keep the m otor at a
constant pace regardless o f the position o f
the plane, were some o f the latest aeronau­
tical improvements. However, the most out­
standing achievem ent at that time was the
development o f the radio compass direction
finder.
W ith or without all the latest refinements
in equipm ent, the W om en’ s R ace at the
Cleveland A ir R ace was won by E D IT H
BERSON in a Bird follow ed by M E L B A
BE A R D also in a Bird and E D N A G A R D ­
N E R W H Y T E in a Porterfield. Great
Lakes and Travel A ir planes also placed.
Other things besides airplanes were
changing. Alas, this time it was not fo r the
better. “ Airwom an” , the Ninety-Nines o f­
ficial publication was suffering from an ail­
ment diagnosed as financial pains. A irw o­
man Associates, a co-partnership com ­
posed o f C L A R A S T U D E R and F A Y GILLIS W E L L S , publishers and co-editors,
sold to a corporation known as A irwom en,
Inc. under the laws o f N ew Y ork. But alas,
this interesting magazine was soon forced
to cease publication.
I just couldn’ t close this article without
m entioning a few other interesting bits o f
news. T he M ichigan Chapter celebrated its
first anniversary, A M E L IA
EARHART
turned school teacher, and women’s clothes
were a good topic o f conversation. M IS T E R
S W A N E E T A Y L O R wrote, “ A h, dear me,
October, 1970
many a gal gets off to a bad start when she
rolls onto a field wearing what is playfully
known as the third act make-up. Heaven
knows it is pretty stilly to see a human
stalk around all bound up in boots,
breeches, windbreaker, helmet and gog­
gles” .
Pants or skirts, the girls continued to
carve out a place fo r themselves in aviation
history.
N o rw e g ia n A v ia trix , T h re e U .S . “ M oon L a n d in g "
A s tro n a u ts and T w o B ritis h V T O L T ra n s a tla n tic
P io n e e rs W in 1970 H a rm o n In te rn a tio n a l T ro p h ie s
N EW Y O R K , SEP. 05 — T he Harmon
International Aviation T rophies for 1970
have been won by Flight Officer TUR1
W ID E R O E o f Norway, the A p ollo Eleven
Astronauts and two pilots o f Britian’s
Royal A ir F orce, it was announced here
tonight by Rear Adm iral C H A R L E S E.
R O S E N D A H L , Chairman o f the Trustees
o f the prestigious awards.
Awarded
to recognize piloting skill
worthy o f international recognition in the
past, the Harmon T rophies are traditionally
presented by the President o f the United
States at the W hite House in W ashington.
No date for this year’s presentation has yet
been set.
Flight O fficer W ID E R O E (m em ber o f
the famed N inety-N ines) will receive the
1970 Harmon A viatrix Award in recogni­
tion o f the determined and unaided effort
by which she accum ulated flight time and
skills in arctic flying which led to her ac­
ceptance by Scandinavian A irlines last year
as the first wom an pilot for a worldwide
international airline.
She jo in s a distinguished com pany o f
previous A viatrix T rophy holders w hich in­
cludes A M E L IA E A R H A R T and JACQU E-
L IN E C O C H R A N E o f the United States,
A M Y M O L LIS O N and L A D Y M A R Y
B A IL E Y o f the United Kingdom and
JA C Q U E L IN E A U R IO L o f France.
Joint winners o f the 1970 Astronaut
T rophy are A p ollo 11 Spacecraft Com ­
mander N E IL A R M S T R O N G , Lunar M od ­
ule P ilot E D W IN E. A L D R IN JR. and
Command M odule P ilot M IC H A E L COL­
LIN S, who participated in the historic
moon landing on July 20, 1969. Colonel
A L D R IN won the Aviator’s T rophy in 1967
as one o f the three men involved in the
flight o f the B-70 Supersonic Airplane.
T his year’s Aviators Awards go to R .A .F.
Squadron
leaders
THOM AS
LESLIE
L E C K Y -T H O M P S O N a n d G R A H A M
W IL L IA M S for the first nonstop transat­
lantic crossings in history by vertical take­
off and landing aircraft. T he form er flew
a Harrier V T O L aircraft from a vertical
takeoff at St. Pancras in the heart o f L on­
don on M ay 5, 1969, and landed in
Manhattan six hours, 11 minutes and 57
seconds later. T he latter flew the return
flight several days later in five hours, 49
minutes and 59 seconds.
T U R I W ID ER O E, at sw eetheart luncheon sponsored by the W ings C lub , New York
C ity. T h e occasion was the presentation of the Am elia Ea rh art Medal, by E LLIE
M cC U L L O U G H (rig h t), G o ve rn o r New York-N ew Je rse y Section N in ty-N in es. On
the right is fo rm e r 99 Exective Board m em ber & cu rre n t President of W om en’s
International Association of Aeronautics, D O R IS R E N N IN G E R . T U R I Subsequently
became a m em ber o f N in e ty Nines.
A P T P R O JE C T
C H A R L O T T E G R A H A M , C H A IR M A N
We
strongly
recommend
that
each
Ninety-Nine m em ber participate in the selfim posed, annual proficiency test program
( A P T ) , a most important endeavor to fur­
ther prom ote safety in flying.
Illustrations are o f the A P T form to be
used in the proficiency flight, and signed by
your instructor, and the A P T pin to be
awarded for your efforts upon com pletion.
This past A P T year has been progressive,
and o f course very encouraging. Let’s
really get behind the A P T program this
next year and work toward a 100% A P T
membership. Not only will we be safer
pilots by maintaining proficiency and mak­
ing us m ore at ease in our everyday flying,
but we’ ll earn respect and uphold our
image am ong the leaders in the aviation
world.
A dditional form s and buttons are avail­
able from your International A P T Chair­
man. Just drop a note. Let’s get off to a fast
start this year.
U -F L Y -IT-S A F A R I
( C ontin ued)
On to Port Elizabeth for aerial viewing,
and East London, a beautiful airport that
Dr. Anne and I will long remember as
when we taxied out for takeoff I remarked
upon seeing a large flock o f birds along the
edge o f the runway, “ I hope those darn
birds don’t decide to fly up when we take
off.” W ell, they did just that and with a
terrifying thud one went through our w ind­
screen. Anne was flying this leg. A horrify­
ing shower o f glass engulfed me as bird
and windscreen sailed over my head. I
immediately grabbed for the throttle to get
the plane back on the ground and felt
Anne’s hand there also and she said, “ Are
you alright.” I said, “ No, you O K ? ” “ Y es,”
was her reply, “ It only hit your side.” I
learned a head wound will bleed quite pro­
fusely and I was a real mess trying to catch
what bleeding I could in the map. Anne
speed o f 160 K in the gale, we continued
on, with Anne now and then assuring us
radioed we were landing and needed m edi­
cal assistance. But it wasn’t as dramatic as
it looked and a change o f clothes and a bird
bath, not to mention a chocolate ice cream
sunday which Jim bought for me, put me
back in business. A new windscreen was
ordered, and a shifting o f luggage and p eo­
ple allowed us all to get to W avecrest on
the W ild Coast for the afternoon.
W avecrest lies in the Transkei in the
picturesque Bantu Country with a m ajestic,
rolling landscape. It is the home o f the Red
Blanket P eople whose women smoke long­
stemmed pipes and paint their faces with
white ochre. Pat and Ian Glass owned this
interesting resort and they took us back
into the hills where we were taken into the
huts o f the Bantu and treated with their
dancing. Our m id-air collision was reason
for a great celebration that evening and a
Braaivleis o f fresh oysters from the bay,
prawns, duck, salads and fruit was enjoyed
by all. M any Rhodesians were at W avecrest
on their “ H oliday.” A ll join ed in, there
were speeches in our honor and we were
presented a plaque m ade from the wings o f
the Hadeda Ibis retrieved from our bag­
gage compartment.
F ollow ing lunch on Thursday, the group
took off from W avecrest fo r Sani Pass in
the Drakensberg M ountains, leaving us b e­
hind to await Foxtrot-M ike-R om eo. Anne
went with M r. Glass to pick up the plane
while I went on a hike along the beach to a
spot where shells cou ld b e picked up by
the bucketfull. Not just com m on shells; the
kind you see in curio sh ops! W e walked 7
miles and I found it almost im possible to
sort out a shoe box fu ll; I love shells and
could have had a trunk fu ll! T he R hodes­
ian guests at W avecrest adopted us, took us
riding around the area and to visit the
native trading store. Ceilings were low, it
was raining and we discovered it was snow­
ing in Sani Pass where the rest o f the
group had gone. W e decided we would
rather be by the seashore in the rain, that
we had seen all the snow in W isconsin and
Iowa we cared to for some time.
It was im possible fo r us to get through to
Sani Pass as we had planned Friday m orn­
ing so we decided after lunch to head for
Durban and pick the group up there. Ian
Glass checked the weather and reported it
was QBI at Durban. W hen we asked what
that was he replied, “ QBI is Quite B loody
Im possible.” However, he flew this route
often and thought if we could get around
Port St. John we should be able to get the
rest o f the way. A ll that was needed was to
keep the white line o f the surf in sight and
stay over the edge o f the ocean along the
coast. W e decided to try it and with Anne
on the horn and finger on the map we took
off. She called East London and they also
told us it was QBI but that they w ould give
us a Special if we wanted to try it. W e a c­
cepted and were instructed to fly along the
coast below 1,000 feet and keep the coast
line in sight at all times. It got pretty bad
by the time we reached P ort St. John but
thinking it could get no worse, and after
all we were traveling at the breakneck
that when we reached Durban we couldn’ t
miss the airdrom e as it was adjacent to the
coast line.
U pon discovering we were with the
“ W ings” group and a day early, the man at
the Hotel desk remarked, “ I hear one of
your planes had a forced landing in the
mountains yesterday.” A ll our questions
brought forth no further inform ation and
we could purchase no paper so we went to
bed with some apprehension. News broad­
casts are sketchy and only twice a day,
7:0 0 A M and 7 :00 P M , so no help there.
Next m orning w hile at the local Ivey’s,
the lady manager, a form er resident of
Boston, spotted us and brought out her
newspaper with the story o f M ary Coale
and A lice Seaborn. They had put down for
gasoline before reaching Sani Pass but no
one cam e to service the plane so decided to
go on. Running out o f daylight and fuel
they found a good stretch o f road and put
down on it. They were immediately sur­
rounded by natives and had forced a car
off the road. A p olice officer appeared from
somewhere and took them to a farm home
for the night. They notified the others that
they were O K but apparently about fifty
miles from Sani Pass. The next day John
and Jim took gasoline for the plane and
drove them to Sani Pass. A ll agreed that
Sani Pass was almost im possible to locate
and Saturday m orning Herm went with
Mary to make sure there w ould be no d if­
ficulty getting the plane off the dirt road.
Later that m orning Dr. Anne and I ran into
the group at the Indian Market.
Durban extends 95 square miles, is the
country’s m ajor port and the prem ier all­
year-round holiday resort o f the country,
offering a brilliant beach front. Ricksha
rides are one o f the prime attractions. W e
walked on the beaches and watched the
surfers and visited the Centenary A qu ar­
ium, the hom e o f over 1,000 fish.
Ann W hite, Governor South A frican
Section, arranged a party for us Saturday
night where we were interviewed by the
local reporters and met many flyers from
the area. T he Bowling tournaments were in
full swing in Durban the days we were
there and there was a practice field out our
H otel window in the park. These ladies in
their matched costumes looked so English!
T he park was also the spot for the local
Zulus to practice for their competitive
dances. O ne particular group represented
the local cleaning establishment down the
street and becam e our favorite.
M onday again, and less than a week left
o f the S afari! W e had just started getting
used to no time or temperature or advertis­
ing o f m uch intent on the radio, no T V ,
used to it bein g practically im possible to
get a taxi, giving up rather than spend an
hour to place a phone call on the hand
crank phone, almost used to being awak­
ened at 6 :3 0 A M for m orning tea, the
M A N Y coursed meals with m orning and
afternoon tea in between, Madam this and
M adam that, the Q N H , etc. and here it is
getting too close to the time we w ill take
South A frican A irlines back to the United
States.
October, 1970
W e flew along the coast over beautiful
Sisal fields. Beehive shaped huts o f the
Zulu dotted the countryside o f fertile
coastal plains and rolling hills. Arriving at
Hluhluwe (pronounced S hloo-Sh loo-w ee)
we were met by Zululand Safaries and we
were driven thru this spectacular hill cou n ­
try covered by alternating forest, grassland
and savanna woodlands covering 57,000
acres. Here we saw W hite R hino, B uffalo,
Giraffe, W arthog, Zebra, W ildebeest, Impala, Kudu and W aterbuck. W hen tea time
arrived the tour bus was stopped atop a
beautiful knoll and our guide p roceeded to
the rear o f the bus and prepared tea and
biscuits for us! A t lunch time we were
taken to a thatched roofed pavilion where
the two guides prepared a delicious picn ic
lunch for us. T he tour traverses the tribal
lands. W e were honored that night while
eating around a cam p fire by a group o f the
local Zulus dancing and singing. T he Zulu
people are unexcelled in their magnificent
choral singing and in their colorfu l beadwork and as they sang their inspiring na­
tional anthem it was hard to visualize them
as the once pow erful tribe o f warriors that
dominated this c o m e r o f the sub-continent
for many years.
A fter this colorfu l day at Hluhluwe we
spent the night in a very A m ericanized
Holiday Inn, a boring experience after the
colorful hotels and rondavels where the
roofs had been known to leak in your face
while sleeping.
Next m orning found us enroute for Pongola and p olice clearance to Swaziland.
This was a sim ple p rocess; land show your
passport and visa, sign a paper, all on the
hood o f a pickup truck at the end o f the
runway, and again on your way to Matsapa
Airport near M anzini, Swaziland and the
Swazi Spa Casino Hotel. T he H otel nestles
against a mountain, em braces a swimming
pool, hot springs and a scenic 18-hole g olf
course. T he Spa health and beauty studio
was visited by only one o f our group.
Herm.
Our trip to the native market brought us
face to face with a contrast o f p eop le;
Swzai princes in fancy cars, w ell dressed
wives o f engineers and wealthy farmers,
Swazi women with hunge loads on their
heads and country people in skins and
shoulder cloths. Back at the hotel that
night many people from South A frica could
be spotted enjoying the casino.
The fog hung in on the mountains and
the rain continued to fall the next day but
John, with his favorite expression whenever
we thought the weather looked bad, assured
us “ It was clearing Irom the South.” He
saw to it that we went to the airport in late
afternoon where we waited until it looked
better on the ridges we w ould cross and
when we showed reluctance to leave, after
filling out the form s with customs, the
tower operator cam e down and said, “ La­
dies, please go to your aircraft, I will get
you off at the earliest possible moment.”
John had gone on ahead and we slowly
com piled as we could see it was “ clearing
from the South.”
October, 1970
W e arrived at Lourence M arques, M o­
zambique in the late afternoon and the
paper work to enter this country was un­
believable! It took 1V2 hours to com plete
the form s and form alities and chase from
one place to another ‘til not only our brains
and fingers got their exercise fo r the day
but our legs as well. That evening, John’s
friend and correspondent from M ozam bi­
que, M ario deA zvedo, took us to the
Restaurante
Cervejaria
Coim bra
for
prawns, lobster, piri-piri chicken and other
goodies that made up for the hard work of
getting into the country.
The next m orning we went through the
same rigam aroll, only backward, to get out
o f the country, this time with an added
flight plan procedure and to top it all off I
made the fatal mistake o f taking a picture
o f the tower and was im mediately con ­
fronted by m ilitary p o lice ! First he was
going to take my cam era, then the film, and
in my most hurt, little girl from the cou n ­
try routine I managed to escape with a
warning o f “ no m ore pictures.”
W e landed at K anatipoort to clear cus­
toms back into South A frica and then
headed on to M ala M ala. T he weather
again was interfering with our progress and
those who got off early made it through
with no problem . W e managed to be one of
the last and found the ridges hidden in fog
and rain. A fter attem pting first this direc­
tion and then that we located a railroad
and was able to follow it through a pass to
a village where by pickin g up the correct
stream you w ould end up near M ala M ala.
W hen we landed everyone was there with
the exception o f M ary and A lice. W e were
all quite concerned as there were many
ridges and the visibility was down to the
ground throughout the area. Y vonne Van
Den D ool and M olly Lowe had flown to
Mala M ala to bid us goodbye and learning
o f Mary and A lice still up there somewhere
decided they knew the area well enough
that they would venture out and search for
them. It was with relief that while eating
our lunch we heard the two planes com e in.
Mary and A lice had picked up the railroad
beyond the river, decided they had gone
too far, turned around and M olly spotted
them in the air.
Mala M ala is A frica ’s luxury cam p. Mudcoloured plastered buildings with thatched
roofs set am ong shade trees on the lawns
by the banks o f Sand River, Zebra and
other game skins carpet the floors, the at­
mosphere is inform al blended with sophis­
ticated com forts. W e felt like tourists here,
actually the first p lace we felt that way.
Everything had a schedule which was
pointed out and things happened at the
scheduled time.
Cheeta viewing consisted o f a tame ani­
mal that it was possible to do most any­
thing with. Gam e viewing consisted o f get­
ting in the Land Rovers, the white hunter
carried a pow erful rifle with a native on a
high seat in the rear to spot game for us.
W e w ould leave the trails and tear off at
breakneck speed hanging on fo r dear life
as we drove over trees, rocks, ditches and
com e to abrupt halts while the great white
hunter and the native exchanged gibberish
and w ould find dung and remark the ele­
phant o r rhino were just here! Finding a
huge spot o f blood in the bushveld and
much gibberish: “ Oh, the lion just disap­
peared in the bush with her cubs, dragging
the Im p a la !” W ell, the blood was probably
from the Im pala they had killed earlier and
tied to the trees for us to watch that even­
ing from the tree house as the wild ani­
mals were to com e and devour the poor
dead animal. A ll that cam e were two hyena
and a civet cat as we sat in the mist which
turned to rain and to keep from drowning
in the tree we were returned to the com ­
pound for dinner which was to be served in
the outside Boma (a huge circular reed
enclosu re) around a log fire. Due to a
change in weather we ate w illingly under
cover in the lodge. In all fairness to Mala
M ala, it was managed by a group o f well
inform ed rangers. It was geared to the
wealthy, we were glad our leader had seen
fit to expose us to this and he used good
judgem ent in saving it until last. W e did
actually see H ippo from a distance the next
m orning and experienced the thrill o f hear­
ing them thrash about in the river with
their distinctive sounds. W e saw crocodile
and wild dogs which we had not seen
previously on the trip.
The schedule at M ala M ala was com ­
pleted. W ith box lunches in hand and a few
sad farewells to Yvonne and M olly, we took
to the air clim bin g above the clouds to
clear the 7,500 foot peaks enroute to Johan­
nesburg where at Jan Smuts we closed the
d oor on F oxtrot-M ike-R om eo. She had
faithfully carried us approxim ately 5,000
miles and we had not treated her too well.
As the door closed a final whiff o f Hadeda
Ibis feathers fluttered around in her, the
back o f the baggage compartment bore the
marks o f its tangle with the famous bird.
The elevator was well dented where a sec­
ond bird had hit that eventful day, her
prop was nicked from the rock runways.
W e had left our marks in A frica — most of
them on poor little Foxtrot-M ike-Rom eo.
Another mark we left was a desire in our
new South A frican friends for ice water with
their meals. It took me a week, until we
were in Cape T ow n, to learn to say “ Mina
Funa M a n zi!” Otherwise our leader would
create a small scene to get water at the
table for us. It is unheard o f to drink the
stuff down there but Peter and Jim dis­
covered it “ was right good with a meal.”
They probably picked up other bad habits
from us like some o f our slangish expres­
sions but we all becam e close friends and
we will look forward to the day that they
plan to visit us here in the United States.
A frica is truly an exciting, interesting
land o f lovely people and adventure. There
is much more that could be told o f our
trip; however, I fear I have taken up more
space than V irginia Britt, our Flying A c ­
tivities Chairman, expected me to when she
asked that I write up the trip for the rest
o f the 99s to share. If you get a chance to
take the U-Fly-It-Safari — d o !
P o w d e r
P u fF
D e r b jj
M A R IO N AN DR EW S, Reporter
Not too m uch to report this month. It’s
sort o f the betwixt and between season for
the A W T A R . Not that we haven't been
busy. W e have been catching up with our
thankyou notes. It is not too late for you to
write yours in case you have been procrasti­
nating or too busy with summer activities.
W e are also busy firming up the next race
route for an early announcement.
W e had the plasure o f having F R A N
BE R A with us at one o f our meetings. Its
always nice to have a W est Coast Board
M ember visit A W T A R homebase head­
quarters.
Don’t miss M A R S H A IV A N ’ S article in
the Septem ber issue o f A ir Facts magazine.
M A R S H A was the youngest First Pilot in
the 1970 Powder Puff Derby. Another don’ t
miss is the story by F R A N K K IN G STO N
SM ITH in the Septem ber A O P A P ilot
magazine.
M A R D O C R A N E ’ S novel “ Ladies, Rev
Up Y our Engines” , a story based on the
Powder Puff Derby, is being published in
O ctober, delivery in November. W rite now
for your cop y or for Christmas giving to the
publisher d’A N G E L o Co., 171 W ebster St.,
Monterey, Calif. 93940. Include $2.95 plus
25<? for postage and handling, Calif, resi­
dents add 5 % sales tax.
Please send any newspaper or magazine
clippings that you may have about the 1970
Powder Puff Derby to A W T A R Headquar­
ters, T eterboro A irport, Teterboro, New
Jersey 07608.
Coming Events
O ct 2-3, 1970
New Y ork - New Jersey Sectional
Sheraton-LaGuardia, N Y C
M ichigan Sm all Race
FAIR race w inn er receives aw ards. Seym our, Ind., Sept. 19, 1970
From left: Indiana G o ve rn o r EDGAR D. W H ITC O M B , presents the Indiana chapter
of 99’s traveling tro p h y to 1970 Fairladies Annual Indiana Race as she holds check
fo r $250 presented by S eym our C ham ber of Com m erce and her husband, RICH
L E N N E R T S O N , holds first place gold tro p h y also by S eym our C. of C. w hich co­
sponsored race with Ind. 99’s and assistance of Ind. Dept, of Com m erce and Ind.
Dept, of Aeronautics.
Race w inn er was second last year.
T h is year, she also received B est of Cessna tro p h y, Naviclock by A.O .P .A . and a
great arm bouquet of red roses from the North Vernon Forge Inc., North Vernon,
Ind.
W AN TED: In form ation about any 99 o r woman p ilo t u tiliz in g the
airplane o r helicopter in m issionary work. Please w rite:
llovene Potter
127 05 Shorewood Drive S. W.
Seattle, W ashington 9 8 1 4 6
Oct. 2-4, 1970
Maple Leaf C hap ter First Annual
Poker Run
O ctober 4th (rain date O ct. 11th)
Fly Southwestern Ontario, for further
inform ation contact:
JO A N C O R B E T T
538 Hale St.
London, Ontario
Pacific A ir Race
Oct. 10, 1970
Contact Eleanor Richardson
N ovem ber 7, 1970
K achina D oll R ace
Roadrunning Race
Ruth I.undberg
5146 N. U th Ave.
Phoenix, Az. 85013
Kit 1.00
Directory of 99-Owned/Operated Airports
W hat a pleasant experience to stop for
gas or R O N at a strange airport and find a
fellow 99 there! T his need not be a
chance m eeting if we knew ahead o f time
that a 99 operated or was associated with a
particular airport, and that we cou ld be
assured o f a warm welcom e there. Believing
that many o f us on cross-country flights
would perfer to plan our stops, i f possible,
at a m ember’s airport ( i f only we knew
which ones they w e r e ), we are com piling a
list o f such airports.
A More com plete list will be published in
N inety-N ine News this w inter and updated
for inclusion in the 1971-72 M embership
Directory.
I f you operate an airport or F B O , or are
em ployed fu ll time by one, would you
please let us have the follow in g infor­
mation :
S tateC ity Sectional C hartA irport Name.—
FBO Nam e_____
99’ s Name______
99’s C onn ection(o r 49-1/ 2 ’s )
(p artn er; m anager;
secretary; instructor, e t c .)
Send to : Catherine Grover
1378 P entw ood Road
Raltimnro MorvlnnH 91919
October, 1970
A M E LIA
EARHART
S C H O L A R S H IP
★ GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENT ★
PREVENTION PROGRAM
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
JE A N P EA R S O N , C hairm an
WHY KEEP A CHECK ON YOUR WEIGHT
AND BALANCE?
It is both w onderful and frightening to
follow DR. D O R A D O U G H E R T Y S T R O ­
T H E R as chairman o f the A m elia Earhart
M emorial Scholarships.
W onderful because she has organized
everything in such p erfect file order that
you can put your finger on any inform ation
you seek immediately.
Frightening because it all arrived in three
large express boxes and fou r big, heavy
duty manila envelopes — written testimony
o f the work involved.
But, most o f all, follow in g D O R A is chal­
lenging because in her years as chairman
she used her creative thinking ability to
streamline procedures, to develop new ad­
ministrative viewpoints fo r the trustees’
consideration and to suggest possible ex­
pansion o f the scholarship program . A hard
act to follow .
W e all owe D O R A a resounding “ well
done” for her chairm anship o f one o f the
Ninety-Nines most am bitious and worthy
projects.
A s those who attended the convention
know, in 1971 we hope to be able to award
four scholarships instead o f three.
Each winner selected from the many de­
serving applicants who apply will be eligi­
ble to receive a $900 award.
But the goal can only be reached i f all o f
us, as individuals and members o f wellorganized chapters, contribute as generously
as possible.
Let’s all d o our best, through the A.E.
Scholarships, to help m ore women to
achieve success in the field o f aviation.
A irplane
perform ance
and
handling
characteristics are affected by the gross
weight and center o f gravity limitations
— perhaps in more ways than you are aware
o f Im proper airplane loading is the direct
cause o f some accidents, and the indirect
cause o f others.
Cruise perform ance is adversely affected
by an excessive load. At norm al weight the
airplane requires a certain angle o f attack
to maintain straight and level flight at a
given airspeed. A heavier load at that same
airspeed requires a greater angle o f attack
to provide the increased lift that is neces­
sary. M ore power must be added to over­
com e the increased drag which results from
the increased lift and angle o f attack. A ddi­
tional power, in turn, burns m ore fuel,
thereby reducing the range o f the aircraft.
M any accidents caused by fuel exhaustion
are really the result o f overloading.
Clim b perform ance is adversely affected
by excessive load. T he time or distance
required to clim b to a given altitude is
N O TE !
Our new International F lying A c ­
tivities Chairman is D A R L E N E G IL ­
M O R E o f the Sacram ento V alley
Chapter. Please, all 1970-1971 S ec­
tion Flying Activities Chairm en, let
her know who and where you are . . .
you are a m ember o f her Committee.
The Flying A ctivities S O P has been
revised, approved, and forw arded to
headquarters for distribution to S ec­
tion and Chapter F lying Activities
Chairmen.
“ How to” outlines are in file on
Poker Run, Treasure Hunt, Plane
Wash, Fun A ir T our and other
events. K eep them (R a c e & Derby,
ltf & 2<f per # , etc. outlines) going
to D A R LEN E .
Outlines are com plete to the point
that any group could conduct a sim i­
lar event from the material sub­
mitted. F or its conciseness the First
Canadian Chapter P oker Run out­
line is included with this report.
October, 1970
lengthened because the extra thrust re­
quired to carry additional weight limits the
rate o f clim b. Excessive fuel is used to clim b
to altitude. In addition, many overloaded
aircraft fail to clear obstacles or rising ter­
rain
beyond
the
runway because of
decreased clim b capability.
“ G ” force tolerance is lowered by an
excessive load. Y our aircraft is stressed for
a certain load factor, expressed in “ Gs,” at
the maximum allowable gross weight. Over­
loading,
therefore,
has
the effect of
decreasing the “ G ” load capability o f the
aircraft and thus could result in the wing,
or other aircraft parts, being stressed to the
point o f permanent distortion or structural
failure.
Loading that is not within the C. G. limits
will adversely affect the aircraft stability.
This
can
result
in
dangerous
flight
characteristics such as poor stall recovery,
higher stalling speed, greater take-off dis­
tance and higher landing spees. An air­
craft becom es less and less stable as the
C. G. moves rearward. Stalling speed and
required stick forces becom e greater as the
C. G. moves forward.
F or your safety — and the safety o f your
passengers, keep a check on your airplane
weight and balance, keep your gross weight
and center o f gravity within prescribed
limits.
FACT SHEET
P ER TA IN IN G TO T H E 1971 A PP LICA TIO N S FOR T H E 99’s
AM ELIA EAR HART M EM O RIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
T h e 1971 A m e lia E a rh a rt M e m oria l S c h o la rs h ip a p p li­
ca tio n form is made a part o f th is N e w sle tte r. Any
N in e ty -N in e w is h in g to a p p ly fo r the 1971 sc h o la rsh ip
is in vite d to read it th o ro u g h ly . Th e c rite rio n fo r a
c a n d id a te in c lu d e s th e fo llo w in g :
• have a sin c e re d e s ire to fu rth e r w o m an’ s place in
avia tio n
• have been a 99 in good sta n d in g fo r tw o years
p rio r to th e date of th e a p p lic a tio n
• hold a c u rre n t m edical c e rtific a te
• have a m in im um o f 200 ho urs p ilo t-in -c o m m a n d
f lig h t tim e sin c e re ce iv in g he r p riva te license
• have the s u p p o rt o f he r c h a p te r sin c e her
c h a p te r c hairm a n m ust recom m end her
• m ust ag ree to c om p lete th e c o u rs e / o r tra in in g
w ith in tw o ye ars.
A n a p p lica n t m ust com p lete fiv e co p ie s o f th is form ,
o b ta in the C h a p te r C h a irm a n 's le tte r o f recom m enda­
tio n , and su b m it th e form to he r c h a p te r Am elia
E a rh a rt C h a irm a n fo r a p p ro val and p ro ce ss in g . O n ly
one copy need be n o to riz e d . O n e p ho to g rap h o f the
a p p lic a n t m ust accom p any th e fo rm .
T h e C h a p te r A m e lia E a rh a rt C h a irm a n w ill ascertain
th a t th e m em ber’ s a p p lic a tio n is in the p ro p er form
and th a t a ll statem e nts in it are tru e . She w ill d e te r­
m in e the n um b er o f a p p lic a n ts perm itte d from her
ch a p te r. Each ch a p te r is allo w ed one a p p lic a tio n fo r
every 20 m em bers o r m a jo r fra c tio n th e re o f. Regardless
o f size each ch a p te r is allo w ed a t le a st one a p p lic a tio n .
If there are m ore a p p lic a n ts th a n the quota fo r her
chap ter she w ill se le ct a com m itte e to a s s is t he r in
sc re e n in g th e a p p lic a tio n s . T h is w ill be com posed of
-9-
tw o o r three 99s o r o th e r m em bers o f th e local a v ia ­
tio n co m m u n ity w ho w o uld have a n o n -b ia se d in tere st
in fu rth e rin g a v ia tio n . T h is com m itte e w ill screen the
c a nd id ate s u s in g th e fo llo w in g c rite ria :
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
W h at has th e a p p lic a n t alre a d y accom plish ed?
How much does she need th e Aw ard?
How w e ll w ill she use it?
How w id e a fie ld in a via tio n w ill th is benefit?
Is she w o rth y o f th e Aw ard?
W ill she be a “ good in v e s tm e n t" ?
How lo n g has she been a N in e ty -N in e and how
ac tive has she been in its a ffa irs?
C h a p te r A m e lia E a rh a rt M e m oria l S c h o la rs h ip C h a ir­
men w ill m ail he r q u o ta , o r less, of the a p p lica n ts to
th e S e ctio n A m e lia E a rh a rt M e m orial S c h o la rs h ip C h a ir­
men to reach her no la ter th a n Ja n u a ry 15, 1971. Th e
S e ctio n G o vern o r w ill have in fo rm e d each c hap ter o f
th e nam e and ad d ress o f th e S e ctio n A .E . Chairm an
w ell in advance o f th is date.
T h e S e ctio n A m e lia E a rh a rt M e m oria l S c h o la rs h ip
C h a irm a n w ill in tu rn se le ct a com m ittee (s im ila r to
th a t d escrib ed fo r th e local ch a p te r) and screen the
a p p lic a tio n s to meet her q u o ta . Each Se ctio n may
su b m it one a p p lic a n t fo r each 100 m em bers o f the se c­
tio n o r m ajor fra ctio n th e re o f. Th e Se ctio n A .E .
C h a irm a n w ill then s u b m it the S e c tio n 's quota o f
a p p lic a tio n s to th e C hairm an o f the Board o f Truste es
of the A m e lia E a rh a rt M em orial S c h o la rs h ip Fund to
reach he r no la te r than Fe b ru a ry 15, 1971. A p p lic a ­
tio n s received a fte r th a t date c a nno t be con sid e red .
T h e S e ctio n A .E . C hairm an w ill n o tify those cand id ate s
n o t in clu d e d in the quo ta su b m itte d to th e B oard.
APPLICATION FORM
1971 AMELIA EARHART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
T h is scholarship is made possible through the desires of T H E N IN E T Y -N IN E S , IN C . to develop the talents of
women in the fie ld s of aviation and aerospace. The monies making th is sch o larsh ip possible are drawn partly
from the interest on the tru st fund and partly from annual donations by chapters, sections, in d ivid u a ls and
special interest groups w ith in T H E N IN E T Y -N IN E S , IN C .
N a m e _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(As it appears on A irm a n 's C e rtificate)
Airm an
C e rtificate
N o . __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
S e c tio n ______________________________________________________ Chapter_____________________________________________________
A g e ______________ S ing le
M in o r
M a r r ie d _________ H usband’s Nam e_____________________________________________________
C h ild re n ____________________________________________ O ther D e p e n d e n ts ____________________________________________
(How many?)
(describe)
99 Since
Private R ating Rec’d
(M o .-Y e a r)
(M o .-Y e a r)
Solo_H o u rs ____________________________
(since private rating)
Ratings Now H e ld _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __
R atings Form erly Held & W h e n __________________________________________________________________________________________
S cholarship W ould Be Used T o w a rd ______________________________________________________________________________________
Reasons For Above D ecision (Proposed use of ra tin g , o ppo rtu nitie s a vaila ble, e tc .)
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Present P osition and Em ployer
Previous
Em ploym ent
Husband’s Occupation
October, 1970
EXPERIENCE
CROSS C O U N T R Y : ( I f you r solo tim e exceeds 500 hours,
hours, give d e ta ils.)
describe cross country in
general.
If less than
500
In stru ctin g (Y e a r, place, approx. hours, or duration of job)
O ther A eronautical Experience or T ra in in g :
Hours in Va rious Types of S h ip s: (G ive details)
(num ber of flig h t hours or sem ester hours)
* * * * * *
Be it known that I am a member in good sta nd ing of
TH E N IN E T Y -N IN E S , IN C ., that I have been a member
for 2 fu ll years prio r to the date of th is ap plication ,
that I have logged 200 hours or more as p ilo t-in -c o m mand since receiving my private p ilo t certifica te and
that if I receive the A M E L IA EARHART M E M O R IA L
S C H O LA R S H IP I w ill com plete the course of in struction
for which th is application is subm itted w ith in 2 years
and I understand it is to be used o n ly fo r the pu r­
po se /o r ra tin g fo r which I am applying and I furth e r
agree to retain my m em bership in TH E N IN E T Y -N IN E S ,
IN C . d u rin g th is tim e and to keep in com m unication
w ith the Board of Trustees of the A M E L IA EARHART
S C H O LA R S H IP T R U S T FUN D and to inform them , at
least quarterly, of my progress.
* * * * * *
I H ER EBY C E R T IF Y T H A T A LL IN F O R M A T IO N IN T H IS A P P L IC A T IO N IS TR U E AND C O R R E C T:
S ig n e d :.
Subscribed and sworn to before me t h is ______________________________________________ day of
____________________________________________________________________________________
19________
Notary
My com m ission expires
O ctober, 1970
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P ublic
ELIGIBILITY FORM
SC H O O L FROM W H IC H C O U R S E OF IN S T R U C T IO N R E Q U E S TE D IN T H IS A P P L IC A T IO N
(IF N O T AN A C C R E D ITE D S C H O O L, TH EN TH E NAM E OF AN A C C R E D IT E D IN S T R U C T O R ).
W O ULD
BE
O B T A IN ED
(name of school)
(address of school)
Approxim ate cost of In s t r u c t io n :_________________________________________________________________________ .__ ____________
Approxim ate D uration of C o u r s e :________________________________________________________________________________________
(num ber of flig h t hours or sem ester hours)
TH E FO LLO W IN G S T A T E M E N T IS TO BE C O M P LE TE D BY A R E S P O N S IB L E O F F IC IA L OF TH E S C H O O L (OR
C E R T IF IE D IN S TR U C TO R W HO W O ULD G IV E IN S T R U C T IO N ) S T A T IN G TH A T Y O U ARE E L IG IB L E FOR T R A IN IN G
A P P LIED FOR.
“ I have examined the credentials (ce rtifica te s, logs, tra n sc rip ts, e tc .) o f ______________________________________________
(name of applicant)
and find her to be fu lly q u a lifie d to begin in struction fo r the ra tin g or course e n title d _________________________________
(fu ll name of course)
The cost quoted above is standard fo r th is school.
Signed
T itle
D a t e ________________________________________________________________
( If application is fo r more than one course a copy of th is form , d u ly signe d, is required fo r the course.
The fo llo w in g is to be com pleted by the Chapter Am elia Earhart M em orial S ch ola rsh ip C hairm an. “ I have examined
all three pages of th is application and any su b sta n tia tin g cred e ntials I have deemed necessary and I fin d them
to be true and in o rder. I recommend th is ap plican t with no reservations. A letter of recom m endation from the
Chapter Chairm an accom panies th is a p p lic a tio n .”
(C hapter A .E . S ch ola rship C hairm an)
If the Chapter Chairm an
recom m endation.
is the
ap plican t then
(date)
the
next
responsible
chapter o ffice r
w ill
w rite
the
letter
of
One copy of th is application must be subm itted to the Section Am elia Earhart M em orial Sch ola rship Chairm an
to reach her on or before January 15, 1971. A photograph suitable fo r p u b lic ity reproduction must be attached.
Letter of recom m endation from Chapter Chairm an must also accom pany th is a p p lica tio n .
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October, 1970
Example of Special
Event Outline
1. Event — Pilots Poker Run
2. P u rp o se— Fund Raising
3. Consideration for L o ca le— Seven airports
within a 2 hr. flying range o f Term inus
airport for 100 mph plane, having paved
runways, accessible to 99 ground crew s
4. Requirem ents — Posters, post cards for
publicity, entry form s, Rules o f P oker
Run (attached to re p o r t), 8 decks o f
cards per airport, change and staplers.
5. Advisory Assistance — D. O. T.
6. Sources — Each m em ber responsible for
a prize, other requirem ents either d o­
nated or purchased.
7. Publicity — N otices in A viation M aga­
zines and N ewspapers, posters at each
airport, direct m ailing o f postcards to air­
craft owners within 100 mile radius. Fur­
ther publicity through radio interviews
and newspaper coverage.
8. Results — 150 planes entered. Over 600
hands o f poker sold at $2 per hand.
9. Contact — First Canadian Chapter for
further inform ation.
F L Y IN G A C T IV IT IE S
1969-1970 Y E A R -E N D R EP O R T
V IR G IN IA B R IT T , Chairm an
M any thanks to all Chapters and Sections
for their fine F lying A ctivities reports! Did
you know —
JU D Y W A G N E R set a cross-country
speed record ?
T w o Tennessee Ninety-Nines helped
locate a downed aircraft in Search &
R escue?
T w o El Paso Ninety-Nines flew two
children from Juarez to A lbu querqu e to
visit their critically ill fath er?
One Chapter scheduled an A P T Test
day? R esult: 10 Ninety-Nines, 4 49,/£’ s,
1 daughter o f a form er Ninety-Nine were
“ A P T e d .”
A group o f O gden Ninety-Nines at­
tended instrument ground school at
M IC H IG A N
SM ALL RACE
O C TO B E R 2 - 3 - 4 , 1970
CO LD W ATER, M ICHIGAN
(P.S. Can yo u guess m y name and 99
Mommy? T urn to Last Page).
N O TA M S
V A L JOH N SON wants clippings for
S crapbook. N o hiding your light under
a basket. Keep “ Them cards, letters, &
news clips com ing.” M ail to :
V A L JOH N SON
525 S. M ain St.
St. Clair, M issouri 63077
October, 1970
T w o Chapters report best m ember par­
ticipation in connection with events or­
ganized exclusively for m en?
Results o f the Fun A ir T our question­
naire returns? W ithout exception par­
ticipants would like the T our continued
yearly, when feasible. P reference for
scope is national, when practicable, with
organization lying with interested and
cooperating Sections. Chance-type con­
tests are preferred, with early breakfasts
and briefings.
Kansas Chapter
Items for Sale
Due to higher costs both in material
and labor fo r our 99’ s article approved
Please Enclose $ 1.0 0
H andling Fee
reasonable amount. This notepaper is
XM10W.E 0 S F
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SECTION,. s
See you there . . .
"Fu n in ’71”
International 9 9’s C onvention
August 11-15 W ichita, Kansas
One Chapter has an annual contest for
landing at the most different air strips
in the S tate? T he purpose o f the contest
is to im prove flying skills, and it is also
considered good public relations for the
Ninety-Nines.
For Entry Packet W rite Entries
C hairm an:
D orothy Brewer
Mt. Pleasant A irp o rt
Mt. Pleasant, M ichigan 4 8 8 5 8
Entries Close August 31, 1970
C O U N T ME IN!
Sure I'm com ing . . .
M y pam pers are packed . . . I've asked
the boss fo r tw o weeks' vacation . . .
and I m ay even bring m y Mom and
Dad!
W eber C ollege?
E A S TE R N P E N N S Y L V A N IA C H A P T E R
A N N E S H IE L D S , Reporter
Our Septem ber m eeting was held at Montauk Point, L ong Island, it was a beautiful
C A V U day. N A N C Y and B U ZZ D IE M A N
cam e in their bonanza with daughter D E B ­
BIE visiting from Vancouver, B.C. and
E L YSE C H A P M A N . M A R IE and T O N Y
D’A L T E R IO in their m ooney, E ILEE N
W E IG A N D with M A R IA N N E and E ILEEN
B L A IR in a C172. A N N A and JIM S P I­
V E Y bought A N N W IN S O R in their cherokee. K A T E and T O M M A C A R IO brought
their twins M A T T H E W and M A R K in their
bonanza. A L IC E M O O R E our newest m em ­
ber brought her husband, M A R Y D ’ANGELO and friend R A Y in the fam ily cherokee. H E L E N Z U B R O W brought C A R O L
B O H A C H , E L E A N O R S M IT H and A N N E
S H IE L D S in her Skyhawk.
Our chapter paid hom age to P N E FSS on
their 50th birthday with a 15 lb. decorated
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fo r sale, we are com pelled to raise our
price on our notepaper from $1.40 post­
paid to $1.65 postpaid. W e are sorry for
the price increase, but feel you are still
getting a quality and useful item for a
white with
folded
com pass rose in blue. 24
sheets and 24 envelopes. $1.65
postpaid. Thank you.
cake, it was a beauty and the FSS person­
nel really appreciated it. Tail-winds for
everyone next 30 days.
Congratulations to our V ice Chairman
E L YSE C H A P M A N , she is now the proud
possessor o f an instrument rating, another
jo b well done.
A nother gold anniversary was celebrated
on Septem ber 8th to com m em orate the
50th anniversary o f the inauguration o f
Transcontinental A irm ail service by the
U.S. Post Office. P ilot’s o f the Silver W ings
B irthd ay cake presented to PNE FSS
from Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter.
Fraternity flew simultaneously across the
United States, flying legs o f the original
transcontinental route. A N N E SH IE LD S
with co-pilot H E LE N Z U B R O W were depu­
tized by the postmaster o f DuBois, Pa. to
fly the com m em orative mail in H E L E N ’ S
Cessna 172 to Bellefonte, Pa. W hen they
arrived in Bellefonte they were greeted by
the M ayor, the Postmaster and the H igh
S chool hand, then into town to lunch with
the Kiwanis and M A R IO N D U N L A P ,
S H IR L E Y W E IN H A R D T , H E LE N SHEFFE R and M A R Y H U L L from Central
Penn Chapter.
The night before the mail flight H ELEN
and A N N E flew from Philly to Sky Park
Airport in B ellefonte which is owned and
operated by our fellow 99 M A R IO N D U N ­
L A P. M A R IO N had a reception in their
honor, along with many guests from town
H A ZE L
BARTOLET
and
CAROLYN
H A R B O L IC drove over from State College
and H E LE N S H E F F E R and M A R Y H U LL
flew up from W illiam sport. Central Penn­
sylvania Chapter really knows how to treat
a gal.
M E R L E S T A R E R , our chapter chair­
man stays busy, she flew out to Denver to
pick up hubby in their Cessna 401.
Our Chapter has been busy, we had 14
new members jo in so far this year. Looks
like women’ s lib is in the area.
M A R YLA N D C H A P T E R
LEA K S T IN C H C O M B , Reporter
W ho said summer is “ relaxin’ time” —
B o y ! not around here. T his has been the
busy season for M aryland 99’s. C A T H E ­
RIN E, T O M , and JOHN G R O V E R flew to
Nova Scotia early in July and then to the
Flying Farmer Convention in Ames, Iowa.
L E N O R A and H O W A R D E A T O N went
south first, to Florida, and then to Ames.
T he trip to the IF F Convention is de­
scribed as “ the trip home was just beauti­
ful.” They report a w onderful time in
Ames, but the curtain o f m erciful silence
covers the trip out.
LE AH and R A Y S T IN C H C O M B spent a
week in Jekyll Island, G eorgia with A m eri­
can Navion Society. That must be the true
home o f “ Southern Hospitality” . A ny small
airport that can cope with 110 Navions with
infinite courtesy for a whole week has to
be the greatest — all this and superb fo o d !
O f course, there are always a few flies
in the ointment and M aryland weather
did it’s darndest for our August m eeting
in Cum berland. D O L O R E S E IR IC H re­
cruited (d r a fte d ? ) her friends with sail­
planes and rides were available for the
whole gang. Only one plane (the trusty
Stinchcom b N avion) flew in, but prospec­
tive m ember M A R Y B E TH JO N E S and
E L IZA B E TH and DON S U L L IV A N m ade
it by auto.
Septem ber found us in Pennsylvania’s
C odorus State Park where LO IS and
B R U C E B A T Y and friends produced per­
fect weather and a beautiful lake with
sailing and pontoon boating fo r all. JUNE
H A N SO N reported on the recent F rederick
(M d .) Airshow where she and D O R IS
JACO BSO N , K AY B A Y S, LEN O RA
E A TO N , and C A T H E R IN E G R O V E R took
tickets while P O R T IA H U T T O N worked
with the C A P . W e made M A R Y BETH
JON ES an official m em ber o f the Chapter
and greeted three new prospective m em ­
bers. T he day really reached some kind
o f a clim ax when JU N E H A N S O N drove
off with C A T H E R IN E G R O V E R ’ s pocketbook, leaving C A T H E R IN E with a neatly
locked-up plane and no way to get it open.
Fortunately, JUNE found it when she took
her wet swim suit out o f the car, and
m anaged to get C A T H E R IN E on the phone
at the airport and untangle the whole deal.
I’ve save the most important news fo r last,
so here it is — O ur first Chapter Chairman,
A D A M IT C H E L L is now M R S. W IL L IA M
B A R R E T T . L E A H and R A Y S T IN C H ­
COM B met the bride and groom at Kentmorr where they tied up for lunch during
their yachting honeymoon on Chesapeake
Bay, and they have prom ised to com e to
the next Chapter m eeting so that B ILL
can be m ade a 4 9 1/4er.
GROUNDED
by J U N E G LA S E R H A N S O N
M A R YLA N D C H A P T E R
The clouds in the sky and the weather
reports
Sometim es make m e out o f sorts.
T he winds that roar and rain that falls
K eep me indoors, behind fou r walls.
T he haze and smoke and poor visibility
Cause me to display my irascibility.
Ice on the runway and snow blocking
doors —
Y ou know why I’ m fum ing w hile scrubbing
the floors.
But then I start sighing
I want to go flying.
Comes a clear day, when weather is fine,
A doctor’s appointment fo r one o f mine
K eeps me in his office for many long hours
W hile our plane stands awaiting -— my
attitude sours.
T he blue sky above is cool, clean and clear.
W ith a few puffy clouds, som e far and
som e near,
But com pany’s com in g, I must cook and
clean
Not fly just fo r fun — no w onder I’ m m ea n !
I nearly am crying
I W A N T T O GO F L Y IN G !
V IR G IN IA C H A P T E R
T O B Y L E H M A N , Reporter
It has been a poor summer in V irginia
for flying.
Our newest m ember M A R T H A P IE R C E ,
a Navy nurse, from N orfolk has managed
to fly to all our m eetings. M A R T H A is
is instrumented rated and also an instructor
at a Navy flying club.
F R A N V A N S T A V E R N with her new
com m ercial rating and transponder has
been busy flying from R ichm ond to P hila­
delphia.
D O R IS P H IL L IP S has been driving to
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Pittsburgh and flying her brothers 210
Cessna. She has made several trips to Ohio
and V irginia
W ith both planes down for their annual,
T O B Y L E H M A N has been hangar flying
and leg running — you know “ get m e this
and hand me that” .
Our July and August m eetings were
prim arily m aking plans for our 2nd Annual
General Aviation Dinner-Dance. It will be
held O ctober 17th at the H oliday Inn in
Chester, V irginia at Interstate 95 and Rt.
10 Exit. W e w ill be charging $8.50 per
person with Cocktail hour 7-8, Dinner
8-9, and D ancing 9-12. If any o f you will
be in our neighborhood contact JEAN
H A R R IS fo r reservations.
C A R O L IN A S C H A P TER
M ER C Y, Reporter
W ith the PS reporter’s parting shots ring­
ing in our tender ears and ye Editor’s
adm onitions re-typing caps and margins and
what all, a blank sheet o f paper becom es a
terrifying spatial challenge. Best we pick
up the gauntlet and hunt and peck our
way through this maze.
Down here in the Carolinas, the “ goodli­
est land” , our August meeting found us
homed in on our most favorite Carolinian,
B E T T Y H A M IL T O N , and her lovely Fly­
ing H Farms. H er gracious hospitality really
unhinged the calorie watchers in our midst
and we all reacted like the original starving
Armenians. T he m eeting turned up a brand
new roster o f officers for the com ing year
and with this team, how can we lose?
Calling the shots is E V IE H Y M A N , as
Chairman. Vice-chairm an, always an inter­
esting title, is S Y L V IA R O T H . B U ZZ T A Y ­
L O R , as Sec.-Treas., will keep the notes and
guard the till. H erself, the Luv Guv, was
there with side-splitting references to the
Fun A ir T our and the Convention. By golly,
we’ re already m aking plans for W ichita . . .
m aybe the F A T w ill start in N. C. and head
westward . . . som e o f us, anyhow.
LO U ISE S M IT H and 4 9 ^ e r , H E R M A N ,
made an interesting m otor trip in August,
retracing m uch o f the route LO U ISE flew
in the P P D . . . the rim o f the Canyon,
P age, Farmington, W alsenburg. One o f the
highlights was the eighty plus m ile drive by
DEEDO HEISE and her H E R M A N , 49V2er,
to have dinner with our traveling ones.
A nother o f our straying T ar Heels is
H O R T E N S E M cG E H E E , who calls Ohio
State University home. She is the Super­
visor o f the Flight Training Program for
the University. H O R T E N SE passed her
A T R recently and flies charter as 1st. Pilot
on an Aztec and Co-pilot on a DC-3.
October, 1970
W e have another wanderer som ewhere in
the guerrilla ridden jungles o f Guatemala.
S A R A SH ON K. how do you read us?
The Guv has been on the go . . . guesting
at the North Central Section in Louisville
and then down to Atlanta to the Charter
presentation o f the newly born North G eor­
gia Chapter. How about those gals, with
eighteen members, newly hatched?
T oo had that this won't he off the press
in time for you neighbors to join us for
our annual beach fly-in at O cean Drive,
S. C., the week-end o f O ctober 2-3-4. W e ’ re
going armed with fishing gear and kites
and blenders, and if we can have a report
from the Comm ittee on Aviation Folk
M usic in the Carolinas . . . we’ ll understand
why these beach hostelries close up for the
winter.
W e’ re looking forward to air-marking the
new Onslow County Airport near Jackson­
ville, N. C. this fall and hope some o f you
ex-W A SP ies will lend a hand. It’s near your
old stamping ground o f Camp Davis at
H olly Ridge, N. C.
And as we look into the future, it’s not
too early to plan on getting down to the
Outer Banks for the Decem ber 17 festivities
for Orville and W ilbur. TH K M A N W IL L
NEVER
FLY
M E M O R IA L
S O C IE T Y
meets on the day before, like the 16th . . .
So, as our good mountain neighbors say,
“ you’ ns com e” . . . to which you’ re sup­
posed to say . . . “ W e’ uns will when we
tidy up our things.” So, tidy up. and com e
on. (I ’ ll powder the flanks and be rite over
— BS II Sea Hag R eporter)
FLO R ID A G O L D C O A S T C H A P TER
B E B E S E D L A C E K , Reporter
So in the gay month o f sunny M ay a
team o f “ Angels” winged their way south­
bound to Nassau. Our chapter here con ­
tributed four contestants; LO IS P O R T E R
and her C O -P IL O T , C E C ILE H A T F IE L D
in their Beech Travel A ir ; K R IS LU D IN G TO N , solo, in her Beech M usketeer; and
"B E B E ” S E D L A C E K , solo, in her M ooney
Mark 21. The two Beeches had plane
toubles and had to drop out, hut “ BEBE”
managed to slip in 39th. Oh well, it was
her very first race . . . “ P hew ".
The P ow der Puff Derby started out with
a "B oom ” for your reporter here as she
spent two exciting days in Disneyland and
then m eeting T R U D Y C O O P E R at the
: tart. Pro rarer M IR IA M D A V IS im­
pounded her plane in her 5th P P D . Flying
over Mt. W hitney, Death V alley, and
breath-taking Grand Canyon was so new
to “ BEBE” in her first P P D , and it was
topped off with frosting at the terminus by
her m eeting the one and only — M A X
C O N R A D !!! Hed 2nd logbook has his
valueless autograph in it, on the inside
cover! T he coast to coast race was blessed
with good V F R W X most o f the way. The
B R A E SE S o f sweet Dyersburg were won­
derful beyond all words.
New officers o f our chapter are: SH IR
L E Y D A V IS — C h a irm a n , V I R G I N I A
October, 1970
B R IT T — V ice Chairman. R U T H FLE ISH E R — Secretary, C E C ILE H A T F IE L D —
Treasurer, H ELEN M E N N IT T O — M em ­
bership Chairman, “ BEBE” S E D L A C E K —
News Reporter, ELO ISE R U B Y — P ublic
Relations Chairman, D O T T IE S H A W —
AE
Scholarship Chairman, and LOIS
P O R T E R — A pt
C h a irm a n . W e lc o m e
aboard, a ll!
M A R Y B A R R E R o f Hialeah, Florida has
just join ed our grow ing chapter. Glad to
have you with us, M A R Y . Just maybe we
will be so lucky to acquire two m ore mem­
bers as transfers — N A N C Y LE V IN E has
moved to Ft. Lauderdale from the Sun
Coast Chapter and L A V O N D A H E IN T ZE L M A N is m oving to Boca Raton from M ich i­
gan. W e’ re keeping our hungry fingers
crossed!
S H IR L E Y D A V IS took her fam ily on the
Fun A ir T our and cam e back with the
T ail End T ony cup. At least she didn’t
com e back empty-handed. D O T T IE SH A W
and V IR G IN IA B R IT T flew together and
had a very good time sight-seeing our
beautiful Am erica.
Looks like K IT T Y ’ S up North again, this
time in an Aztec. Have fu n !
Let’s get apt — com e one, com e all.
S H IR L E Y D A V IS is still tugging away to
obtain her instrument rating. Sock it to
it — g a l!
Oh yeah, do com e to our Southeast
Chapter Convention on the 18th and 19th
for good ole Florida buffet and banquet,
and especially to hear our E d itor— H A Z E L
M cK E N D R IC K , speak on “ How to obtain
a W X briefing from the F S S !” Fly Away
is on Sunday, the 20th.
So girls o f our chapter, please write or
call me and tell me o f your new ratings,
flights, travels, etc., so that I may do my
share o f contributing news 100% o f the
com ing year’s issues o f the News. Fly, get
Apt, and have fun till we meet again.
SUN C O AST CHAPTER
P EN N Y C O U C H , Reporter
W ednesday, Septem ber 10, 1970 dawned
bright and beautiful, so much so that even
the LO V E BUGS were out in all o f their
black, ugh, splendor and did bother the car
driver on way to lunch, however, did not
stop the seven members and three guests
from arriving at Brooksville Airport for
our regular meeting. This being the time
o f year for election o f officer, the ballots
were tallied and new slate o f officers pre­
sented for installation at the O ctober meet­
ing. W ill have som e new and some o f the
old faces in office this year, E T H E L G IB ­
SON staying on as C hairm an; F LO RE N C E
BEAM ON
to be new
V ice-chairm an;
JO Y C E D IA M O N D the new secretary and
FR AN B U C H A N to repeat this year as
treasurer. New
m ember M A R Y
LOU
S H A P IR O was able to make the meeting a
litle late due to having “ bugs” in the Pitot
tube, and thus was finally able to be pinned
officially at this meeting. M A R Y LOU was
in North Carolina last month and did not
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make it to our meeting. T w o new members
were voted in, and we are anxiously await­
ing the receipt o f their applications so you
will be able to read their names in the new
roster. A ny o f you girls that have trans­
portation problems when hosting your chap­
ter should talk to T H E L M A D A W SO N .
She managed to take ten girls to lunch in
her car without any one sitting on any
one el-e’s lap. Looked like the circus car
when we all started to craw l out of that
car at the restaurant. B E T T Y S M IT H and
her 49Vi M O R C IE are the proud grand­
parents o f a baby girl born to their daugh­
ter S A N D Y and husband Sept. 3, 1970.
First grandchild and are they proud. Dis­
cussion regarding the Sectional M eeting
and the com in g P oker Run Oct. 18, 1970
took up m eeting time. Next month meeting
to be at Sarasota, Fla.
G E O R G IA C H A P T E R
S H IR L E Y N E S M IT H , Reporter
The G eorgia 99s held their last state wide
m eeting in Atlanta Septem ber 12 at the
Sheraton Emory Inn. First on the agenda
was a cocktail party from 5 ’ til 7. Then the
m embers and their guests assembled in the
banquet room for a delicious meal. The
tables were decorated with paper flowers
made by L IN D A B R IN K and runways with
miniature planes. P A G E S H A M B U R G E R ,
our governor for the Southeast Section
presented the North G eorgia Chapter their
charter. Officers were installed by B E TT Y
M cN A B B , President o f International 99s.
LOIS L A C Y , Chairman of the North
Georgia 99s presented B E T T Y M cN A B B
with a President’s Plaque.
Attending
the
meeting from
South
Georgia were E S T H E R W R IG H T and
S H IR L E Y N eSM IT H from Thomasville.
BETTY
M cN A B B , T E R I
R A E , DEE
LO W E , and N A N C Y P E T E R SO N from
Albany. W e missed all the other girls from
South Georgia and hope to see you real
soon. (D E E ; how are ya doin’ — hope to
see you soon ! E D )
M EM P H IS C H A P TER
N E T T A H O L D E N , Reporter
V acation over, children returned to school
and fall weather seems to be in the air. My
49’/4er, Doug, and I are getting back to
normal after a vacation on the G ulf Coast.
In August, a luncheon and swim party
was held at H IL D A and D O Y LE S A V ­
A G E ’S home in M emphis. T he delicious
food and fun get-together were enjoyed by
many M em phis 99’s and their 491/4ers.
Those attending were JE N N Y C OOK,
C H R IS
BROW N,
M ARTHA
TO B E Y ,
G L A D Y S ESTE S, JUN E P E N TE C O ST ,
B E T T Y R O C K W O O D , R O S E M A R Y and
BOB W IL L IA M S and C A R O L Y N and
JOHN BELL.
JO A N N E and JOH N M U R D O C K flew
to Houston, Texas in a Cherokee Six.
Congratulations to C R A IG SM ITH on
getting his Instrument ticket.
M A R G E SC H U L T Z and daughter, C IN ­
DY, have just returned from a cruise o f
the Greek Islands and also a tour o f
F ranee.
DOT W IL S O N and V IR G IN IA P R O C ­
T O R attended the Instrument Instructors
Seminar held at M em phis State last Sep­
tember. DOT has her com m ercial license
now.
H IL D A S A V A G E is happy to have her
M ooney, 44 W hisky, flying again.
C H R IS B R O W N , m ixing work with
pleasure, attended a conferen ce in Switzer­
land and also went on a tour o f Italy.
Yours truly has been busy brushing up on
Instruments.
R O S E M A R Y and BOB W IL L IA M S flew
their Bonanza to Atlanta, G eorgia to visit
relatives.
On Sunday, Septem ber 6th, we had our
annual fly-in picnic, to M A R Y S T A N ­
L E Y ’ S at Augusta, Arkansas. On arriving,
we were happy to see JU A N IT A and
C E C IL H A L S T E A D from the Alabama
Chapter. M em phis members, their 4 9 1/4ers
and guests attending w ere: JE N N Y C OOK,
G L A D Y S E STES, S A N D Y R O B E R T S and
BETTY
R O C K W O O D in a Cherokee,
M A R T H A and F R A N K T O B E Y in their
Debonair. M A R G E S C H U L T Z and M A R Y
O L IV E R cam e with the Tobeys. C A R O L Y N
and JOH N B E LL in their Champ. BOB
W IL L IA M S flew his Bonanza with JIM M Y
W I L L I A M S , M R S . J. A R N O L D an d
L A U R A M IL L IZE R . R O S E M A R Y W IL ­
L IA M S drove from M em phis bringing with
h er R O S E M A R Y , J R . an d N E L L I E
M A R E T . H O L L Y and C R A IG S M IT H
flew in bringing with them their children,
M A R J O R IE , P R E S T O N and T IM O T H Y .
N E T T A and DOU G H O LD E N in their
A rrow with guests P E G and BOB FE N ­
N ELL. E V E R E T T P R O C T O R flew in from
W ynne, Arkansas, bringing son R IC K and
ru e t IR E N E N IX . D O T and J E R R Y W IL ­
SON flew in from W hiteville, Tennessee.
M A R Y and JOE S T A N L E Y , as usual, made
our day a most pleasant one with aero­
batics, a spot landing contest and glider
rides. T he spot landing contest was shared
by JE N N Y CO O K and G L A D Y S ESTES.
A box lunch with all the trimmings was
enjoyed by all. Sure was fun and many
thanks to M A R Y and JOE S T A N L E Y and
their friends who made our day one to
remember.
From Augusta, the H O L D E N S and FE N ­
N ELS flew to Savannah, Tennessee to spend
the rest o f the, L abor Day weekend at
Pickw ick.
T he busiest m em ber o f our 99’s no doubt
is B E T T Y DUNN. B E T T Y is traveling with
her husband, W IN F IE L D , during his cam ­
paign for G overnor o f Tennessee. W ou ld n ’t
it be nice if we pilots had a pilot at the
controls in N ashville? G ood luck, W infield.
I’ m turning over my pen to H O L L Y
S M ITH , the new M em phis Chapter News­
letter Reporter. It has been a pleasant and
sometimes hectic experience writing for the
Newsletter, but all in all, it was fun. L o o k ­
ing forward to being a reader instead o f
writer next time — Netta.
N O R T H G E O R G IA C H A P T E R
M A VIS C H E E K , Reporter
T he North Georgia gals have been busy
preparing for the banquet chartering for
our Chapter. Each one has a jo b and we
know that they will do their utmost to make
it an eventful occasion.
99 JA N G A M M E L L from the Denver
Chapter surprised P A U L IN E M A L L A R Y
with a telephone call in Atlanta. She and
her 4 9 l/4 ’er was enroute to Florida to see
some o f their fam ily and made a stop in
Atlanta. M A V IS C H E E K had the pleasure
o f jo in in g these gals for lunch and I tell
you, if you don’ t or haven’ t raced you sure
learn from listening to a couple o f winners,
em ergency landings, com pass out, weather
and lots more.
The Flying Rebel 600 race was in Sep­
tember over L abor Day week-end with the
race terminating at Chalet Suzanne resort
near Cyprus Gardens in Florida. There
were three lady pilots out o f 30 entries and
two o f them just happened to be 99’ s
P A U L IN E M A L L A R Y with her M usketeer
and M A V IS C H E E K flying her Bonanza.
This is a proficiency race with time and
fuel being the main factors. P A U L IN E
M A L L A R Y was again a winner — placing
third and taking a car load o f prizes with
her. M A V IS C H E E K placed in the top two
thirds but was proud to have placed at all
since this was her first race.
P E G G Y H U SB Y and fam ily spent their
vacation in G raceville, M innesota visiting
family and bringing their 13 year old son
home with them. P E G G Y says it sure takes
longer by car than by air but they com ­
pensated some for having to drive by cam p­
ing out along the way and en joyin g some
o f the sights on land.
ters on their rehearsal nights. As Regent
for the area, she has flown over 7000 miles
this summer.
E L IZA B E T H K IR B Y , a long-time friend
o f the Tennessee 99s, is retiring as secretary
o f the Tennessee A eronautics Commission.
E V E L Y N JOH NSON and L A D Y M cR E Y N O L D S attended the dinner in her honor.
Tennessee 99s helped the K noxville FSS
celebrate their birthday/anniversary recent­
ly by pouring punch and showing visitors
around the facility.
Representing the Tennessee Chapter at
the recent North Central Section meeting in
Louisville were L A D Y M cR E Y N O L D S and
BEE REID.
In the W hat’s New Departm ent: B ETTE
C O R R E L L has her Instructors Rating, and
G E N IE R A E O ’ K E L L E Y is instructing
full-tim e at Smoky M ountain A ero in Knox
ville. M A R IL Y N A Y E R S and M A R G A R E T
M IL L S are both working on higher ratings.
Several new planes are around — JU D Y
and D A V ID C O X had their J3 Cub recov­
ered and relicensed and are both taking
aerobatics. D O N N A and BEN B O W E R are
proud owners o f a new Cessna 310. EDNA
and C U R L E Y B R O Y L E S have a new
Myers. And C H A R L O T T E and JOHN
P A R IS H have join ed the antique owners
with a Staggerwing Beech. They recently
took it to Ottumwa, Iowa where they won a
first place in their type.
Congratulations to IR E N E FLE W E LLE N
on her new C om m ercial Rating and to
L A D Y M cR E Y N O L D S on her appointment
as A P T Chairman for the Southeast Section.
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TEN N ES S EE CHAPTER
M ARIE A. H U R L E Y , Reporter
There flying gals in Tennessee have been
up to lots o f things during the long, hot
summer.
T he August m eeting was held on the
Cum berland Plateau at Crossville. There is
a resort motel off the end o f the runway,
and the most oblig in g manager picked up
eight plane loads and carried them over for
lunch, swim ming, and a business meeting.
Officers elected w ere: BEE R E ID , Chat­
tanooga, Chairm an: E D N A B R O Y L E S ,
Tullahom a, V ice Chairm an: M A R IE H U R ­
L E Y , K noxville, Secretary: and IR E N E
F L E W E L L E N , Chattanooga, Treasurer.
There will be no chapter m eeting in Sep­
tember due to the Southeast Section meet­
ing in Florida the 18th and 19th o f Sep­
tember. Several o f our m embers plan to
attend and in fact, som e are lengthening
their stay for a few extra days on the beach.
Summer vacations have taken our members
all over the world. F R A N D A V IS had a
trip to the Far East, Japan, and Expo.
M A R IE H U R L E Y and her fam ily spent
som e time in Europe. W hile this was going
on, R U T H T H O M A S spent her time in a
four-state area visiting Sweet A deline Chap­
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J U D Y LaR U E , Reporter
It rained allnight, is what we heard,
But soon the weather cleared.
W e hopped aboard our shiny birds,
T he sun is out, we cheered.
Our P oker Party is today,
And though it seemed a loss,
It looks like now in time the haze
Is lifting just fo r us.
W e really love the fun and games
That Sunday always makes,
A nd we’ ll be back next year to claim
At least a second place.
C H IC A G O AR EA C H A P T E R
S A N D Y K LO C K , Reporter
August 15th was the date o f our chap­
ter’s annual air meet. T he m orning began
with heavy haze — most area airports IFR.
October, 1970
There were 99s at almost every airport
waiting for the visibility to go to 3 miles
so they could get into Naperville A ero
for the race start. This was to he a pro­
ficiency contest, where the closest esti­
mate to actual time and fuel consumption
wins the race.
12 planes finally got off, enroule first
to Tri-City A irport, where we were to
identify what was written on the hangar
roof. W ould you believe “ LaSalle” ? And
then on to Naked City, Indiana, where
we had to make note o f the shape o f the
swimming pool at the nudist colony. Many
o f the planes went astray here, circlin g !
One cam e into Naperville 28 min. after
time o f estimate — must have stopped for
a sw im !
Anyhow, a good time was had by all, and
here are the winners:
N ovice Trophy — won by JU L IA K O N ­
GER. (T h is is a new trophy this year,
in m emory o f M A R Y S H U M W A Y .)
1st Place in Cross-Country — A R L E N E
ODEGAARD
and
co-pilot
GEORGE
EDGECOM B.
2nd P la ce— P A M S T O W E L L and JU D Y
SU IT (w h o are just hack from finishing
8th in the Sky Lady D e rb y ).
3rd P lace — ELSIE
R U BY W Y A N T .
W A H R F.R
and
W inners o f Spot Landing Contest — a
family affair, N O R M A F R E IE R for wom en’s
and 49l/4er A R T F R E IE R for men’s.
A fter the air meet was over and all the
birds hark at Naperville, everyone enjoyed
a chicken box luncheon by EVA W H IT E 's
pool, or in the W hite Hangar, or under
their airplane wings. A business m eeting
follow ed, at which our new chapter officers
were announced. They are:
Chairman — N IT A F IN EM A N
V ice Chairman — C H A R L E N E F A LK EN B E RG
R ecording Secretary — S A N D Y K L O C K
C o r r e s p o n d in g S e c r e ta r y — E L S IE
W AH RER
Treasurer — M A R G IE K IN N E Y
As you probably know, the F A A Flight
Service Stations just celebrated their 50th
anniversary. On August 21st, the C hicago
FSS at Du Page County A irport held an
open house during which they opened their
facility to 250 visitors during the afternoon
and evening hours.
A number o f the C hicago Area 99s
helped out at the open house, including
M A R Y S T R O H , N IT A F IN E M A N , AN N
H A L L ER and PAM S T O W E L L . JEAN IN E
TE LL E K SO N cam e as a guest. T he gals
participating received a beautiful letter
from M R . M IC H A E L o f the FSS. M any
favorable com m ents were received from
local pilots and the general p ublic tour­
ing the facility. This was a giant step in
good will for our chapter and for 99s and
women pilots in general.
BA R B W H IT E has been named as our
F A A liaison lady to make contact between
C hicago Area 99s and the F A A and FSS’ s.
B A R B will give us all the latest on what’s
going on.
NIT A
F IN E M A N
October, 1970
recently flew with a
C A P group down to Decatur to take in­
ventory for bringing equipm ent back for
the local squadron.
This colum n ends on a sad note, as we
extend our deepest sympathy to sister
99 M A R Y P A N C Z Y S Z Y N IN T H E LOSS
OF HER
H U SB A N D . G E O R G E , ON
JU LY 21ST.
IOWA C H A P T E R
C L A U D E T T E PARKER, Reporter
Since no m eeting was scheduled for
August, my news this month seems rather
limited. Believe me, August was anything
but dull, especially at our house. B IL L and
I are quite proud to announce the birth
o f our new son, C H R IS T O P H E R A L A N ,
born August 15th. This may com e as a
surprise to some o f you, but don’ t feel
bad — it was for us t o o ! Especially since
he was about six weeks early.
Felt a little bad to miss the Fall S ec­
tional at Louisville, but I understand those
that attended had a swell time. W e had
quite a group from Iowa attending:
L U E T T A and JA M E S W H IT E (B lo o m ­
fie ld ), M A R Y LOU W R IG H T (W ebster
C ity ), K IT T Y and C L IF F H A C H (A m e s ),
LOIS and R A Y G R A N G E (D es M oin es),
G E R R I and DON W A L K E R (C ed ar F alls)
and IO W A C H A IR M A N P H Y L L IS and
H A R O L D B A R B E R (M A R I O N ).
I understand O hio was selling chances
on a wooden propeller and that Iowa chair­
man P H Y L won it. W h ich brings to mind
about M A R Y LOU W R IG H T nearly loos­
ing her seat hom e, with the Barber’s b e­
cause o f it. Glad all arrived home fine.
On Septem ber 12th, BILL and I had a
most enjoyable experience. Earlier that
week,
ROGER
PE A S E , Black
Hawk
County R epublican Chairman, got in touch
with B IL L, asking if we’ d like a busy
Saturday, and that it w as! W e were asked
to P ilot U. S. Senator Jack M iller from
Charles City to W aterloo and back later
that day. Niederhauser Airways (F .B .O .
W aterloo) donated Aztec 5764Y fo r the
occasion. (It’ s colors were red, white and
blue) W e arrived Charles City 12 noon,
picking up SEN. M IL L E R with a return
trip back to W aterloo. Our arrival at
W aterloo only preceded Iowa Governor
Robert D. Day’s plane by five minutes.
Both planes were greeted with a drum and
bugle corps and local dignitaries. Later
that afternoon SEN. M IL L E R was ready
for his return trip to Charles City. So we
all boarded Aztec 64Y, this time with an
extra passenger. Representative W illard
Hansen (C ed ar F alls) o f the State Legis­
lature. Everything was fine . . . except,
would you believe . . . NO R A D IO S . W e
tried . . . and tried . . . but finally gave
that up and ended up changing planes, this
time to a Twin Com m anche. Finally we all
snuggled in, a little closer than before,
with radios working this time, off we went
bark to Charles City. Seems it never fails,
when you want everything to work just
perfectly it never does. But finally it did.
Again I say . . . what a fun day.
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Q U A D -C IT Y AR EA C H A P TER
S H A R O N E H R IC H , Reporter
N O R M A S M IT H volunteered to be chair­
man o f Sectional M eeting in Q-City in 71.
She wins H ero M edal for 1970.
M A R Y D A V IS went to W ichita and got
her C om m ercial license and Basic Ground
Instructor.
FE R N R A T H E had an exciting time
flying her college age nephew over the
W atseka R ock Festival. T he excitem ent
wasn't seeing the m usicians, but in watch­
ing for all the other planes circling below
them. F E R N was flying high that day!
Five percent o f our Chapter got their
Sea Plane Rating. They took it on Grand
Lake in Oklahoma. It took 7 ’/2 hours, in­
cluding the check ride. T he instructor
asked if they had had any boating experi­
ence and if they cou ld swim. SH A R O N
E H R IC H said she had once taken a m ail­
order course in swimming on the piano
bench. H e wasn’ t impressed. Part o f our
instruction was from a girl, AN N BR A N D.
(N o te : 5 % o f Quad-City 99’s is one
m em ber.)
Y V O N N E B OON E and D O R O T H Y A N ­
D E R SO N reported a record number o f
people
attended
the
Pilots’
Pum pkin
Festival.
D E BBIE M cF A R L A N D is going to A ir­
line School in M innesota. P A T ST O U FFER
and
N INA
NOEL
R O O K A IR D
stopped in for dinner at C A R O L Y N
P O B A N Z' house on their way home from
International Convention. G IG I K A T Z and
C A R O L Y N P O B A N Z want to an Illi-9
R ace m eeting at M idway A irport. C H A R ­
LENE F A L K E N B E R G asked our Chapter
to be A ircraft Spotters.
VON A L T E R invited us for lunch and
99 m eeting at her house in O ctober.
The Mail Room Crew reports that more
and m ore subscription requests for our
Newsletter have been com ing in. Since it
is getting to be m ore than they can handle
we have decided to eliminate the center­
fold section next month and see if business
will drop off a little. A ctually we will be
forced to discontinue the entire letter un­
less one o f us can get it printed free.
Som eone dropped some pills in our old
m imeo and it won’t reproduce anymore.
R U TH S O L L E Y , N O R M A S M IT H , and
C A R O L Y N P O B A N Z attended Fall Sec­
tional. C A R O L Y N was made Section A ir
M arking Chairman.
G IN A M IL L A R got some time in flying a
P iper Arrow .
B A R B A R A W H IT E o f C hicago 99’s flew
in to the Pekin A irport while building
x-country requirements fo r her com m ercial.
She runs a Soaring S chool near Chicagoland A irport.
M A R IE
M E R D IA N
and
L ILL IA N
S P R IC K L E R won First P lace in the Cross­
country Crossword Puzzle Contest. They
used a left handed computer. M A R IL Y N
K A T R A N A and P A T S Y CLINE were
judges.
W IS C O N S IN C H A P T E R
BO R G H ILD L. O LS O N , G uest Reporter
The damp, soggy weather 011 Septem ber
13th did not dam pen the spirits o f W is­
consin Ninety-Nines as they gathered in
Waukesha for their monthly m eeting and
to view the E A A
airshow.
M ARGE
DUNNE put the coffee on and K A T IE
C O N K LIN G served as our congenial local
hostess. T o everyone’s surprise, such a
large group cam e to the m eeting that your
reported did not even get the names o f all
the 49*/£ers and fam ilies record ed ! There
were SO many things going on at the
meeting that we just m anaged to record
the members, most o f whom had to drive;
several came hundreds o f m iles and surely
reflect the enthusiasm
of
W isconsin’s
Chapter.
W e w e lc o m e d s e c r e ta r y J A N IC E
T H O M A S back follow in g her a cciden t;
there was C H A R L O T T E C L EV E w ho is
transferring from C olorad o; C A R O L Y N
D IETZ,
F LO R E N C E
F IN T A K ,
PAM
BINDL, A N N E R O E T H K E , JU D Y ST O N E ,
CAROLYN AR N O LD , P EG G Y M A Y O ,
A R LE N E S C H W A R T Z , L O IS E R IC K S O N ,
S H IR L E Y S C H E V E R S , P A T W E IR ,
B E TTY W IL L M O R E , M A R IL Y N R IT ZM AN , F LO R E N C E T O N E Y and B O R G H Y
OLSON and prospective member, ROBIN
TRAVETT!
R A M O N A H U E B N E R reported on a c­
tivities for which she was local coordinator
at the E A A Convention in Oshkosh the
week o f Aug. 1-7. M eetings fo r women were
held on M onday and Friday mornings.
RITA E AVES conducted the M onday
forum and told o f helping build the
Skeeter, a low-wing experim ental craft,
in which she and her husband flew to
Oshkosh from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
RITA is a m em ber o f the 99s and devel­
oped interest in flying as a child. W e
deeply appreciate her contribution to the
success o f the “ W om en o f E A A ” forum .
ANNE P E L L E G R E N O o f Am es, Iowa,
who flew the same around-the-world route
as Am elia Earhart, in 1967 on her 30th
birthday in a 30-year-old plane on the
30th anniversary o f the Earhart flight,
conducted
the
Friday
forum .
M R S.
PE LLE G R E N O , too, helped her husband
build planes and now lectures, writes
articles for aviation magazines, has written
two books and is a flight instructor who
gave rides to women as part o f the forum .
The women were transported in a V olks­
wagen bus driven by a woman to the
Appleton airport
(less congested than
O sh k osh !). M R S. P E L L E G R E N O was
assisted by the youngest pilot in atten­
dance, ROBIN B L A K E o f F lorida, a wing
walker and a tower operator from the
Chicago area, both women.
W e think T he P aper should b e c o n ­
gratulated for their superb news coverage
of these women’s activities. Interest in
attending future meetings o f this nature
was evident am ong all w ho were present
this year.
A permanent silver goblet trophy was dis­
played in recognition o f W isconsin having
the highest percentage o f members in
attendance at the North Central sectional
m eeting in Louisville, Kentucky on L abor
Day w eekend! Bringing back the trophy
because o f their attendance were A N N E ,
LOIS, K A T IE , F L O R E N C E
F IN T A K ,
C A R O L Y N , P E C G Y and C A S S E Y KIED R O W S K I. T hey reported a most inter­
esting m eeting and an enjoyable time,
proving that the 99s are a Fun and
Friendship Club.
C A R O L Y N and P E G G Y m odeled their
newly created dacron polyester 99s outfits
which they com pleted 011 Saturday! Slacks
and vest are b lu e; the top is white and
they rated acclaim s o f their being really
“ neat” .
Again we dream o f beautiful weather fo r
an aviation weekend at Phillips on O ctober
10th and 11th. A Satuday evening ban­
quet is planned and the w elcom e mat is
out for Ninety-Nines, a most gracious invi­
tation having been extended by BOB
W H IT E , a good friend o f aviation and of
the Ninety-Nines.
W isconsin Ninety-Nines are being kept
inform ed o f activities and accom plishm ents
o f members via a chatty Newsletter initi­
ated by B O R G H Y O LSO N in July. Since
then, its publication is on a regular sche­
dule two weeks prior to every monthlymeeting. T he assignment was m ade part of
the duties o f the P ublic Relations chair­
manship.
At the Septem ber 13th m eeting, Presi­
dent
FLO RENCE
FTNTAK
appointed
JA N E A N N E R A E T T IG of Burlington to
be News Reporter for the year.
G R EA TE R K A N S A S C IT Y C H A P T E R
FR A N C E S D U N F IE L D , Reporter
Several Ninety-Nines had fun at the A E R O
C L U B ’s
ANNUAL
W H A T S IT
RACE,
which included identification o f locations
by aerial photographs, and a scavenger
hunt. S econd place was won by M A R Y
A N N N O A H , G O R D O N H A M IL T O N , and
DO N A R ID G E W A Y . A spot-landing award
was won by K A T H Y Z IM M E R M A N and
DEL R IC H A R D S O N . JO A N N and JOHN
M APLE , ROSAM O ND
O L IV E R
and
BOBBI M IL L E R com peted as did M A R ­
G A R E T W R IG H T , V E E ST . JO H N , and
M A R G A R E T M cD O W E L L . Other 99s and
491/ 2s join ed them fo r the banquet. (W h o
won 1st P lace — E d .)
Greater Kansas City Ninety-Nines who
attended the Sectional at Louisville report
it very well-organized and enjoyable in
every way. F our o f us didn’ t make it b e­
cause o f weather. T hose attending were
JO A N N and JO H N M A P L E , L O IS and
R A L P H W IL L Y , F A Y and L O U G LE N N ,
and BO B B I M IL L E R .
Our Septem ber m eeting was held at the
R egional Office o f the W eather Bureau in
the Federal Building. T he speaker was
ELLIS B U R T O N , Aviation Quality C on­
trol Officer fo r the Kansas City Forecast
A rea. It was a very interesting m eeting
and included a film and tour o f the fa cili­
ties. Officers fo r the com ing year were
announced:
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Chairm an; D O N A R ID G E W A Y
V ice-C hairm an: JOAN N M A P L E
R ecording Secretary: T H E D A
B E N IN G F IE L D
C orresponding S ecretary; F R A N C E S
D U N F IE LD
Treasurer: E D Y T H K V IC K E R S
W e are hoping for fair weather for our
airlift Septem ber 20th.
Our 30th Anniversary Hangar Dance is
Saturday, O ctob er 3rd at EDDIE F IS H E R s
at Fairfax A irport. Join us and help us
celebrate!
LAST FLIG HT
C atherine I. T ille r
Kansas C hapter M em ber
August 22, 1970
LAST FLIG H T
Jim m ie Kolp
W ichita Falls C hapter
Septem ber 16, 1970
A L B U Q U E R Q U E C H A P TER
W ANDA C O T H R A N , Reporter
Perm it me to introduce our new officers:
J O Y F E A K , C h a ir m a n ; B E V E R L Y '
G R A D Y , V ice Chairm an; BECKY' LU TZ,
Secretary; B L A N C H E G R IS C O M , Treas­
urer; and M IL L Y E L R IC K , M embership.
A nd we can start by listing an accom ­
plishment. W e airmarked M id-Valley A ir­
port between LO S L U N A S and BELEN on
August 29th. Those participating were
B E C K Y L U TZ, airm arking charm an, BERN IECE S W A R T Z , P A T C IC A R D O , LILY
S A N D O V A L , JO Y F E A K with 4 9 % BUD,
B L A N C H E G R IS C O M with 49 % JIM , and
W A N D A C O T H R A N with 4 9 % CHUCK.
The surface on the runway was too fresh
to paint in the letters, but they are out­
lined and will be filled in later.
For the inform ation o f other chapters,
we found that a chalk string is m uch faster
and straighter than a steel tape and chalk,
especially since we didn’t have a steel tape
long enough to mark off som e o f the legs
on the letters. These chalk lines can be
bought at most any hardware store. Now
that we have found out how much fun it is,
we plan to do more.
By the time you read this, hopefully,
SH IRLEY' JA N SSO N will be completely
recovered from her recent surgery, and
L A U R A M A R IE W E B B will be recovered
from her foot injury.
October, 1970
99’s w ho air marked M id-Valley A irp o rt L to R standing,
W ANDA C O T H R A N , B L A N C H E G R IS C O M , JO Y FEAK, L IL Y
S A N D O VA L, and B E R N IE C E SW ARTZ K N E E L IN G , B E C K Y L U TZ
and PAT C IC A R D O .
Our August m eeting was a picn ic at
Elephant Butte Lake. A ttending were JA N E
and JOHN S P IL L E R , R A N D A and JA C K
S U T H E R L A N D , JO H N N IE and H A R R Y
H IC K E Y , L IL Y S A N D O V A L , JO Y and
BUI) F E A K , B L A N C H E and JIM GRISCOM , B E C K Y and ED L U TZ, W A N D A
and C H U C K C O T H R A N , M A Y N A R D and
EUGEN E P E RE Z.
Speaking o f M aynard, her son, “ G E N IO ” ,
just earned his private pilot license and flew
him self and sister “ P U D ” over to the lake
to the picnic in the fam ily super cu b while
M A M A and P A P A P E R E Z drove. How’s
that for topping the old “ son takes the
family v eh icle" routine?
G O V E R N O R C A R G O proclaim ed July as
general aviation month and encouraged all
pilots to polish their proficiency. PEG
N O L T E N S M E Y E R ’ S 49>/2 BUD volun­
teered his services for any 99’s who wanted
m get APT. PA T C IC A R D O and W A N D A
C O T H R A N private pilot, and B E R N IEC E
S W A R T Z , com m ercial pilot took advan­
tage o f B U D’s generosity to get A P T .
PEG said “ Shux” and got another instruc­
tor to give her an A P T ride so there could
be no charges o f nepotism. Bet it was
easier with another instructor.
Another A lbuquerque school has added
Aero-space Education to its curriculum .
Highland High has five classes with our
own B E V E R L Y G R A D Y as the full time
instructor. W ith all o f her ratings those
should be interesting classes.
And B E C K Y L U T Z is the teacher and
sponsor for an aviation clu b at Los Lunas
High. She hopes A ero-space Education will
be added to their curriculum soon.
Please send News C lippings, Pictures,
etc. to SCS 99 S crapbook Chairm an:
M arge Nielsen
J&J Ranch
Route 1
Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
October, 1970
Mid Valley A irp ort during the beer break. Letters outlined
but not painted in yet.
Vacation w ise: Blanche and JIM G R IS ­
COM headed for W isconsin in August but
had to turn back at D odge City because of
IF R weather. Got to work harder on that
instrument rating, B L A N C H E . D O R O T H Y
M A N N A H A N is vacationing in Europe for
three months.
JO Y F E A K drove and pulled their boat
to San Carlos Bay, M exico a coup le of
weeks ago. Quoted JO Y “ Neverm ore” . 49'/2
BUD flew down on the weekend and drove
the car back and “ let” JO Y fly home. W hile
there they met R A N D A and J A C K S U T H ­
E R L A N D and had a good times despite
m iserable rainy weather.
ARKANSAS CHAPTER
M A R G U E R IT E N IE L S E N , Reporter
C H A R L E N E P O E is the happy owner o f
a brand new B ellanca, a dacron covering
with a Continental 300. C H A R L E N E &
DR. M A C took delivery in Plainview,
Texas, flew to R ocky Ford, C olorado, Great
Falls, M ontana, Blakely Island and V an­
couver, B.C. C H A R L E N E & DR. M A C
attended the Flying Physicians Convention
in Vancouver, flew to T acom a, Euphrata,
St. George, Utah, and Denver, visiting
friends in those places and flew back home
to Arkansas.
D E L O R E S M IT C H E L L is staying busy
working on a beauty pageant to be held at
the time o f the Kerr Dam D edication on
the Arkansas River. D E L O R E S is also busy
working on the W ings Over Am erica Youth
Derby.
M A R G E N IE LSE N is staying busy with
a 7 year old on the R inky Dinks football
team and a I f year old Cheerleader.
M A R G E is also very busy working on the
W ings Over Am erica Y outh Derby.
R A M O N IA S L O A T , Chairman drove to
Little R ock to attend the W .N .A .A . Instal­
lation o f the Little R ock Unit o f which
K A Y N E W T H is President as well as new
National President o f W .N .A .A .
Happy F lyin g!
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D A LLA S C H A P T E R
L IL T A F E L , Reporter
W ell here I am as your sub-reporter
again, news time seems to roll around so
quickly. Our girl D O R O T H Y W A R R E N
recovering from gall bladder surgery really
missed a delightful weekend in Longview,
Texas, where our sectional m eeting was
held after being cancelled in San Antonio.
Everyone missed you D O R O T H Y , we hope
you will have a speedy recovery. Attending
the m eeting was J E R R Y AN N G LE N N IE,
T A N Y A T H O R N T O N , K A T H Y LONG,
A N N E N G L ISH , JO A L L IS O N , D O R IS
W E L L E R , H AZEL C O R R Y , EDNA
W R IG H T , B A R B A R A P O W E L L , E LIN O R
JO H N SO N , H A Z E L M cK E N D R IC K , P A T
JE T T O N and L IL T A F E L . T he Dallas
Chapter won the achievem ent award with
L IL T A F E L accepting a dozen red roses in
behalf o f the chapter. T he Shreveport Chap­
ter did a wonderful jo b for such short
n o t ic e . E v e ry o n e was s a d d e n e d w h en
K A T H Y C A STO N sprained her ankle Sat­
urday while at the airport; she had put so
much work into this weekend. T he air show
dedicating the new 10,000’ runway at Gregg
County airport was just great. Everyone
enjoyed it!
In August we had a dinner meeting in­
cluding our 49Veer's and had C L Y D E DE ­
H A R T and H U A R D N O R T O N o f GA D O
A ccid en t Prevention officers as our guest
speakers. T hey are having a Flight Instruc­
tors C linic in Dallas Novem ber 10, I f &
12th and have asked the 99’s to host this ses­
sion. W e have one new member, JAN
A L M A N D , 12825 Cranberry Lane, Dallas,
Texas. Hom e phone is 241-4344 or 241-3864.
49>/2e r G E O R G E and SUE A N D R E W S
have made and donated a beautiful plaque
o f the 99 Compass Rose large enough to be
used on a speakers podium. M any thanks
go to the A N D R E W S for their labor o f love.
M A R Y K IR K P A T R IC K is home after
Orthopedic surgery; JA N IE K IN G is get­
ting her strength back after a round with
DALLAS C H A P T E R
P IL O T R E FR E S H ER A N D F L IG H T
COURSE
DALLAS, T EX A S
N O VE M B ER 10, 11, 12, 1970
Sponsored by
B U S IN E S S M E N ’S FLYIN G
A S S O C IA TIO N O F DALLAS
in
cooperation with
FED ER A L A V IA TIO N A D M IN IS T R A T IO N
A ll pilots are invited to attend, regard­
less o f ratings. T he purpose o f the course is
to fam iliarize all pilots with the latest fly­
ing procedure. T he course includes 24
hours o f ground scchools.
Flight instructors who attend all sessions
will meet the requirem ents o f A C 61-46
(8 ) ( c ) , “ Flight Instructor P rocedure” for
G old Seal Certificate. A lso, a valid flight
instructor certificate may be renewed at
the com pletion o f the course. T he houder o f
an expired flight instructor certificate may
secure a curent certificate by com pleting
the course and passing a practical test with
the General Aviation District Office.
All classes will be presented by F A A
A cadem y instructors, and will be held from
8:0 0 a.m. to 5 :0 0 p.m. in the auditorium o f
the T exas Bank and Trust Com pany o f
Dallas, One M ain Place, Dallas, Texas.
A ten dollar (10.00) registration fee
will be required to defray the cost o f class­
room material and the buffet.
F or those requesting room reservation,
the Businessmen’s Flying Association o f
Dallas will make them for you at the dow n­
town H oliday Inn.
Transportation from the airport to the
m otel will be provided.
T o assist us in planning, please com plete
and return with ten dollars (10.00) regis­
tration fee, the inform ation blank below to
the Businessmen’s Flying A ssociation o f
Dallas, c / o Federal Aviation A dm inistra­
tion, S W -G A D O -2, Redbird A irport, Dallas,
Texas 75232.
Name
Address
................................................................
City and State
Certificate No.
Flight Instructor
Certificate Expiration Date
M edical Certificate
Class and D ate...................................
I d o /d o not desire motel reservations at
the H oliday
Inn. Singles
,
Doubles
I expect to arrive on
B efore 6 :0 0 p.m. arrival □
arrival, hold
fee
check
or guaranteed
□ . Please make registration
to
the
Businessmen’s
Flying
Association o f Dallas. R efund w ill be hon­
ored if cancellation
November 5, 1970.
is received
prior to
the flu; and 49(4er A R T H U R ST U L T S is
home after a hospital siege with a blood
clot in his leg.
HELEN & E D W IL K E flew their B o­
nanza to Palm Springs and then went on
to Hawaii via the 747 — ( first class so they
could clim b the spiral stairs). E LIN O R
JOH N SON and family flew to Padre Island
for the Labor Day weekend. JU D Y COBB
and 49C .cr were off to G eorgetown S.W .
R egional E A A Fly-in and air show over the
Labor Day weekend, their C lipper won 1st
place in the V intage A ircra ft! K onda W yss
is back as a full-tim e college student.
C A R O L M O R R IS also has join ed the c o l­
lege student category by registering at
Eastfield for the fall term. She also squeezes
in Girl Scout leader activities, flying to
Oklahoma and going to W ichita, Kansas to
pick up T ed C ooper’s new Skyhawk which
she’ ll be flying in the Dallas Doll Derby.
LIL T A F E L is up to her neck with real
estate but did manage to get A P T before
the deadline. JA N IE K IN G ’s 49(4 >s °R to
England “ again” says JA N IE . T he PE G &
JIM O N G fam ily were off to Illinois in­
stead o f the sectional m eeting, to carry their
daughter K A T H Y off to college, then
P E G will be back at Plano University as
ye ole school nurse again. T he Dallas Doll
Derby will be Septem ber 26th and all over
before this issue gets to you. W e know
everyone will en joy flying it again this year,
the results will be in the next issue.
Y our roving editor, H A Z E L is off to
Southeast Sectional to speak and then on
to C V G to National Association o f A ir T ra f­
fic Specialist convention.
FO R T W O R TH C H A P T E R
C A R O LY N M E R R ITH E W , Reporter
Plans are well underway for our W right’s
Day dinner in D ecem ber. HELEN M O R R IS
reported that invitations have been printed
and are ready for a com m ittee to address.
W e will be able to secure a new m ember­
ship list o f Pioneer Pilots from the OX -5
president, M R . JOE H A R T M A N .
M any o f our members were unable to
attend a dinner-business m eeting held Sep­
tember 2, at the Rodeway Inn. M ore news
about them in next month’s issue. JA C K IE
W H IT E presided over the meeting. D IA N E
COON and her 4 9 (4 ’ ER R O G E R reported
they have been out p racticing her com m er­
cial maneuvers. Another new rating com ing
up so o n ? They have been cam ping during
the summ er at many interesting Texas
parks. Next on their agenda is a flying trip
to El Paso and M exico.
M A L E N A R I C H A R D S O N and her
49 (4’ ER BOB have also been out cam ping
in a new cam per they built. M A L E N A
hopes to find time to becom e proficient in
flying again soon.
T O N Y P A G E had just returned from the
Hump Pilots Association 25th Annual R e­
union in M onroe, Louisiana. A friend flew
her there in his A ero Comm ander. In
August, she flew in a Lark Comm ander to
Oklahoma City for the A v iation /S p ace
W riters Association m eeting. That Cross
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Country really keeps her moving.
Our two guests for the evening were
D O R O T H Y W IL L IA M S and R U T H H U D­
SON. D O R O T H Y received her private
license in 1969 and is now getting checked
out in the family M ooney M ark 21. At
night she sings and plays piano at the
Rodew ay’s Inn’s R oadrunner Club. RU TH ,
the daughter o f an FA A man, just grad­
uated from Texas T ech , has her private
pilot license, and is starting at Braniff
Stewardess S chool this month.
Y our
reporter,
CAROLYN
M E R R I­
T H E W and her 4 9 !4 'E R BOB have spent
most o f the summer, boating, waterskiing
and swim ming on the lake. In July, they
flew a Cessna 182 to Santa Fe, Grand Can­
yon, Page, and Carlsbad Caverns. Camped
out on the runway at one small airport in
New M exico. M uch fu n ! It is amazing how
m uch baggage packed to the ceiling and
under seats, these small planes will carry.
H O US TO N CHAPTER
M. E. O LIV E R , Reporter
No summertime ho-hums in this chapter
. . . we’ re reporting new ratings, awards,
interesting vacations, race participation, big
turnout for our fall sectional, and all kinds
o f goodies.
R U T H H IL D E B R A N D is our newest
IF R p ilot; JU D Y H A N N A got her Com ­
m ercial ticket and passed her Flight In­
structor’s written, as did JA C K IE K E L L Y
and our new Chairman B E T T Y F R ITT S.
A u g u s t fo u n d L O U IS E an d M Y R L
B IC K F O R D and the younguns flying to
the Int’ l. Cessna 170 Ass’ n. meet in C olo­
rado Springs, where they visited with
R H E A A L L IS O N , and enroute they spent
the night with G E R T R U D E H O W A R D .
G E R T R U D E and R H E A are both form er
Houston Chapter members.
A hearty w elcom e to our newest mem­
bers, M A R IL Y N
H OFFM AN, TRUDY
C O O P E R (w atch how you spell that,
H A Z E L !), and S H IR L E Y N A N C A R R O W .
M A R IL Y N and her 49 (4 C A R L , and
T R U D Y , wife o f astronaut G O R D O N , at­
tended our sectional with us. S H IR L E Y is
a transfer from Mt. Diablo and was on hand
for our installation banquet. Another word
about T R U D Y . . . this year’s P PD pilots
will remem ber her as one o f their race
starters. (T R U D Y also flew with M A R ­
G A R E T M E A D in Palms to Pine Race
and they w on ! That C O O P E R fam ily are
winners all around — E D .).
Off to the Reno A ir Races where her P-51
is flying is A D E L LE B A K E R , and joining
her on the pit-crew are M A R Y B Y E R S
and their 4 9 (4 ’ S, G E R A L D and B U D D Y .
Latter part o f July, JA N E T PR E ST R ID G E , a Cadet C olonel in Civil A ir
Patrol, served as cadet encam pment com ­
mander at Perrin AFB and reports she and
all the other cadets logged time in the
F-102 sim ulators; sounds pretty exciting.
JA N E T is in her third year at R ice Uni­
versity and attended her first sectional
m eeting when she went with us to L ong­
view in Septem ber.
October, 1970
Houston N ine ty-N ine s Installation and
Aw ards D inner, A ugust 29, 1970. Left
to right: D O R O TH Y W ARREN — G o ve r­
n o r S .C .S . S A L L Y C O X — O u tg o in g
C h a irm a n H A Z E L M c K E N D R IC K —
G uest Speakers and International News
Editor.
H ouston N in e ty-N in e s Installation and
Aw ards Dinner, August 29, 1970. MARY
A B L E — S e c r e ta r y S .C .S . D O R O T H Y
W A R R E N — G o v e r n o r S .C .S . H A Z E L
M cK E N D R IC K — Guest Speaker and
International News Ed itor. S A LLY CO X
— O utgoing Chairm an. MARY BYERS
— O u tg o in g P re s id e n t o f P e ttic o a t
Pilots.
Houston N in e ty-N in e s Installation and
Awards Dinner, A ugust 29, 1970. Left
to right standing B E TT Y FR ITT S , M AYB E LL E FL E T C H E R , A D E L L E BAKER ,
M A R Y B Y E R S . S e a te d le ft to rig h t
D O R O TH Y W ARREN — G overnor. S A LLY
C O X — B E TTY , M A YB E LLE and A D ELLE
receiving awards from M ARY BYER S
President of Petticoat Pilots. Aw ards
fo r th eir work with student pilots.
October, 1970
Our installation and awards banquet, held
jointly with Petticoat Pilots, was a sell-out,
due, undoubtedly, to the feature attraction.
M eaning our irrepressible editor, H A Z E L
M cK E N D R IC K , and the intriguing title of
her talk, “ S E X IN TH E C O C K P IT .” W e
recom m end that you book her for your
chapter’s next soiree, and invite all those
men pilots. M A R Y AB LE (dubbed “ our
AB LE Secretary” by V-Gov. M A R IL Y N
C O P E L A N D ) flew up to B ig D and brought
back H A Z E L and no less than our Gov.
herself, D O R O T H Y W A R R E N , for the o c ­
casion, held at Sonny L ook ’s Sir-Loin in
Houston. A real treat having both o f ’em.
Achievement Award trophies were pre­
sented to M A R Y B Y E R S , M A Y B E L L E
F L E T C H E R and M. E. O L IV E R , and per­
fe c t a tte n d a n c e p in s w ere d is tr ib u te d .
S A L L Y C O X installed with a unique and
impressive “ key” service.
Seventeen o f our members attended the
Fall Sectional Sept. 11-133 in Longview,
Texas, originally scheduled fo r San A n ­
tonio, but diphtheriaed out o f the Fiesta
City. Our sympathy to the hard-working
S A T gals, and a tip o f our finest lacetrimmed cap to the Shreveport team,
headed up by K A T H Y C A S T O N , for doing
a 6-months jo b in about two weeks . . .
that takes teamwork and dedication. W e
enjoyed every minute o f it, the A ir Show
was breathtaking, and our “ Nervous Navi­
gators” add their jo lly “ R O G E R !” to that.
Y ou’ ll be hearing more about the Nervous
Navigators in future reports.
S A L L Y C O X enjoyed dinner and a visit
with 99 M A R IL Y N H IB N E R o f the Long
Island Chapter and is planning for all of
us to meet her. M A R IL Y N ’S 49*/2, K E IT H ,
is in St. Luke’s Hospital, Houston, for a
check-up.
By the time this issue is in your hot
little hands, the Dallas D oll D erby w ill be
history, but we expect Houston to be well
represented as usual. W e’ ll have the lowdown on that in our next installm ent. . .
tune in again next month, same time, same
station. A nd in case you haven’ t already
done it, G E T A P T N O W !
Houston N in e ty-N in e s Installation and
Aw ards D inner A u g u st 29, 1970. Left
to right standing: B E TT Y F R IT T S — - I n ­
com ing Chairm an, A D E L L E B A K E R -—
Incom ing Vice-C h airm an, S A LLY C O X
— O utgoing Chairm an.
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H ouston N in e ty-N in e s Installation and
Aw ards D inner A ugust 29, 1970. Left
to right standing: B E T T Y F R IT T S — In­
com ing C hairm an, A D E L L E BAKER —
Incom ing Vice-C h airm an, S A LLY COX
— O utgoing C hairm an. Seated left to
right: M A Y B E LLE
FL E T C H E R — O u t­
g oing Vice-C h airm an, M ARY A B LE -—
Sec. S .C .S . & P .R .-International, MARY
BYER S — O utgoing President Petticoat
Pilots.
K A N SAS C H A P TER
A L IC E DO D D , Reporter
O ur gals, (and 2 g u y s), who attended
the S ectional m eeting in Longview, Texas
wish to say “ Thank Y ou ” to the Shreveport
Chapter for a grand tim e; and to K A T H Y
C A S T O R , the gal who worked so hard on
the convention, we send “ Best W ishes” for
a speedy recovery from your unfortunate
fall. T hose attending the m eeting w ere:
M A R T H A GILES, B ETH H A L L , P A T
M L A D Y , H ELEN
S IM M O N S, C H A R ­
L O T T E and G E R A L D P A R K E R , C H A R ­
L O T T E and C H U C K P E T E R S , M A R IL Y N
C O P E L A N D and G A R N E T T H A S T IN G S.
(O u r Den Daddy — M alcolm B udding and
his 99 were there)
M A R Y A IK IN S has a new rating, I
thought she had them a ll; but on Sep­
tember 11, M ary received her A T R . Con­
gratulations!
H E L E N and R E X LEE attended the
Flying Physicians m eeting in VanCouver,
British Colum bia recently. It was to this
same m eeting that K A Y and JA C K T IL ­
LE R were bound when they evidently en­
countered severe turblence in a canyon
near East Y ellow stone Park. Their daugh­
ter and her husband were along when the
plane crashed — all were killed. DR. T IL ­
L E R had been scheduled to speak at this
m eeting. T he T IL L E R ’s were great lovers
o f the outdoors and especially the m oun­
tains. W e were all very saddened by this
tragedy.
W hile at the m eeting, H E LE N LEE met
and visited with several 99’s, and she
reports that enthusiasm is running high
fo r the Convention in W ichita next A u­
gust. W ell, I’ll tell you, It’s running high
here, to o ! W e can hardly wait to show
off our new facilities, to say nothing o f the
plans that are being made fo r the best
International Convention ever!
Our Airm arking Chairman, A R L IE N E
D A N D O , has done a superb jo b — having
just com pleted the fifth A irm arking project
this year!
W hile many o f us were vacationing in
cooler spots this summer, both JO Y C E
C ASE and M A R Y A IK IN S flew their
acrobatic planes in several
air shows
around the country. A s for me, I hope to
get in a little straight and level flying,
now that fall is here; that is, if I ever get
my spring house-cleaning d on e!
NEBRASKA CHAPTER
H E ID Y U N D ER W O O D , Reporter
Flight Service Station — no matter where
you are — East or W est, North or South —
we think you’ re great.
T w o birthday parties were held cele­
brating the 50th Anniversary o f the FSS
August 20 — one in eastern Nebraska
(L in c o ln ) and one in western Nebraska
(S cottsb lu ff). P A U L IE P E R R Y , Scottsbluff, and D O T T IE A D C O C K , M cG rew ,
com bined efforts and m ade a 4ft by 7V^ft
tall birthday card w hich read “ Happy
Birthday F A A — 50 Years o f Service” and
featured an om ni station (o f cou rse) with
a candle on top. D uring the Day an ice
cream social at the F SS was held with
hom em ade ice cream , cake, coffee, and
lemonade.
M eanw hile back in L incoln, plans had
been m ade for a similar event. NinetyNines served coffee and cookies in the FSS
during the day and that evening — W O W !
W e had a party. Invited were all the em ­
ployees and spouses o f the control tower,
G A D O , FSS, State Department o f A ero­
nautics, both FB O ’s and A ir Guard. H eld
at their air guard’s officer club, the party
turned out to be a tremendous success —
at least it was talked about fo r days.
W ho was on duty during that night at
the FSS, no one knows. But those at the
party were treated with party hats and a
w elcom ing kiss by E V E L Y N S E D IV Y , a
past chapter chairm an.
T o top off the evening was the official
presentation o f our cardboard box birthday
cake. And follow in g the singing o f H appy
Birthday, who should pop before our
wondering eyes but the patron saint o f
pilots — S N O O P Y — right out o f the m id­
dle o f the cake, (see p ictu re) Thanks to
M1MI H A W O R T H , who fo r 15 minutes or
more was inside that cake with little air
and inside that unairconditioned flight suit.
So amid dancing, games, presents and
surprises, the Flight Service Station was
certainly recognized.
Election o f officers was held during
August with the follow in g results. Chair­
m a n — JE A N N E G IV E N , O m aha; vice
chairman — M A R IO N L A R M O N , M cC o o k ;
treasurer — JA N H E IN S, L in co ln ; corre­
sponding secretary— JU D Y W E S T B R O O K ,
Om aha; and recording secretary — H E ID Y
U N D E R W O O D , Lincoln.
Personal notes include the winning o f
a trophy by B E T H H O U C H IN , Omaha, fo r
the E A A newsletter she writes. In August
the International Convention o f the E A A
was held in Oshkosh, W ise. Over 200 E A A
Still shocked but pleasantly surprised
are Lincoln FSS personnel (in back­
g ro und ) as S noopy clearly reveals she
is 99 Mimi Haw orth, Lincoln. M IL L IE
BA R R E TT, a FSS staff m em ber and
also a Nebraska 99, is seen second
from the right.
Surprise! Popping out of a cardboard
box b irthd ay cake is Nebraska 99 MIMI
HAW O R TH (S N O O P Y ) w ishing the FSS
personnel H appy B rthd ay on th eir 50th
An nive rsary. Party H ostess EVELYN
S ED IV Y (a t right of cake) assists. FSS
em ployees are in background.
C orrugated roofs a re n ’t the easiest
places to airm ark e specially when its
w indy. But hanging in there are N e ­
braska C hap ter 99’s (from left) M IL L IE
B A R R ETT, JA N H E IN S , J A N 'S 24 3/4er
K A TH Y , VER A B A R T U N E K , airm arking
chairm an, and S H IR L E Y A M EN (in
background). G ivin g all the advice is
S H IR L E Y 'S
husband,
H ARRY.
A ir­
marked was O gallala. HA R R Y had to
keep the A ’s straight from the L ’s.
Taking a breather during the FSS
birthd ay party are Nebraska 99 ’s (from
left) EVELYN S ED IV Y , M IM I HAW ORTH
and VERA B A R T U N E K , all of Lincoln.
B irthd ay cake reads "C ong ratulations
50th A n nive rsary Flight Service Sta­
tio n " and the nam es of all the per­
sonnel.
chapters out o f 350 publish newsletter.
Twenty-five entered a contest at the co n ­
vention. In addition to her trophy fo r
editor, Beth also received second place in
the newsletter contest.
A 747 pilot in our m idst! W ell, it’ s as
close as we com e. W hile vacationing in
Texas in early Septem ber, JA N H EINS
spent about 30 minutes in a 747 simulator
during take off and landing procedures.
The sim ulator is part o f A m erican A irlines
Flight A cadem y. A lso Jan practiced touch
and goes for an hour from the right seat
o f a N avajo.
P A U L IE P E R R Y has a new family
addition — 17 year old N A D E Z D A PLES K A T S C H O W or “ Nadya” — an A m erican
Field Service student from Caracas, V ene­
zuela. F or the next ten months, N A D Y A
will live with the Perry’s and attend the
local high school. M aybe an A m erican 99
can help create a Venezuelan 99.
Other news from the W estern Front —
99’s, prospective 99’s and students have
named their monthly m eeting group — the
Panhandle Petticoat Pilots ( P P P ) . B e­
cause o f distance, these 99’s are unable to
attend most m eetings held in eastern
Nebraska. Since naming themselves, the
P P P ’s airmarked the roof o f a T-hangar
at the Scottsbluff airport. Other airm ark­
ing in that area is planned.
A irm arking chairm an, V E R A B A R T U ­
N E K , L incoln, led her crew s on m ore paint
job s — 2 more. That makes six that V E R A
has personally engineered and none have
been runways. A ll have involved clim bing
up and hanging on. (see picture) The
latest were M U LL E N and H Y A N N IS , both
on August 29. From reports, som e o f the
runways in sm aller Nebraska towns aren’t
too wide — in fact, so narrow that the wing
tips cut tall weeds.
O ur chapter is again co-sponsored an
F A A Safety C linic held in Grand Island
Septem ber 19. Ninety-nines assisting were
M IM I H A W O R T H , JAN H E IN S, E V E ­
L YN S E D IV Y , and V E R A B A R TU N E K .
Other sponsors were the State Depart­
ment o f A eronautics, Civil A ir Patrol and
the F A A .
See you all in Decem ber.
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October, 1970
O M AH A AREA C H A P T E R
G E O R G IA N N R Y N E A R S O N , Reporter
W e were happily looking forward to hav­
ing D O R O T H Y W A R R E N , our section
governor, with us at dinner at Gorat's Steak
House in observance o f our second anni­
versary. Y E R D A Y N E and D IC K M E N ZE
planned to stop in Dallas for her on their
way home from Laredo, but apparently the
weatherman is no pilot, as he sent rain, low
ceilings and poor visibility from T exas to
Nebraska, grounding the trio.
C L A U D IN E and ED K E A N drove up
from Hum boldt. T he rest o f the group o b ­
serving the occasion were from Omaha,
L A V O N N E and B IL L T R IP P , H ELEN and
JOHN E H R L IC H . L U C IL L E U L E M A N ,
IN E Z and H E R B S T O C K E R . R O S E M A R Y
and M \\ BLOCK, B E TT Y and BOB I \RVIS, G E O R G IA N N and BILL R Y N E A R ­
SON and 66s. BOBBI M cC A F F R E E and
D O R O T H E A P H A R R IS .
G U E N T E R S O B E C K took their two daugh­
ters to Europe, to the land o f their birth.
They spent a greater part o f the summer
there renewing old acquaintances and re­
viving old m emories o f the place they left
as teen-agers. V IO L A and E L M E R R IN N E
also went to Europe as members o f a tour
group. LU C ILLE U L E M A N and children
visited in California just before school re­
sumed. V E R D A Y N E and D IC K M E N ZE
took off for Laredo, Texas to visit their son
and family and get in a last bit o f fishing
before winter sets in.
Our congratulations and best wishes to
SUE and JIM R Y A N on the new addition
to their family. Sorry, girls, it isn’ t a future
99, but a sweet, little future 4 9 % e r is just
as nice.
W e have several events planned fo r the
com ing months, so get your planes ready
to go.
SAN A N T O N IO C H A P T E R
M A RIAN B U R K E , Reporter
New Chairm an, B E T T Y JA R V IS , present­
ing a g ift to the outgoing C hairm an,
RO SEM ARY B LO C K at the second ann i­
ve rsa ry dinner of the Om aha Area
Chapter. IN E Z S TO C K E R , new Secretary-treasurer, at right side of picture.
Introduced at the dinner were the new
officers: BETTY' JA R V IS , Chairm an; L U ­
CILLE U L E M A N , V ice-chairm an; IN E Z
ST O C K E R , Secretary-treasurer. Committee
chairmen selected w ere: Air-m arking, BURT IS A U F E N K A M P ; P ublicity, H ELEN
E H R L IC H ; News Reporter, G E O R G IA N N
R Y N E A R S O N ; A . E. Scholarship, SU E
RY A N : A erospace Education, C H A R L E N E
M Y E R S ; W ays and Means, B A R B A R A
K R E JC I; S crapbook, JA N IC E K N E IF L ;
M embership, Lavonne T rip p ; A P T and
Flying Activities, R O S E M A R Y B LOCK.
Since the last report, six m ore girls have
becom e A P T , C L A U D IN E K E A N , BURT IS A U F E N K A M P , L A V O N N E T R IP P ,
V E R D A Y N E M E N ZE , C H A R L E N E M Y ­
E R S, B E T T Y JA R V IS .
R O S E M A R Y and M A X B L O C K have
stepped up from a Tripacer and are hap­
pily flying around in a Cherokee 180. They
are also on their way to becom ing a flying
fam ily now that 16 year old D ebbie has
soloed.
B E T T Y and BOB JA R V IS are busy these
days working toward their Instrument rat­
ings.
Flying is definitely the way to go on
vacation say the girls. M A R G A R E T and
October, 1970
Because o f the diphtheria epidem ic in San
Antonio, the sectional m eeting was changed
to Longview, Texas at the last minute. It
was a very short notice and the Shreveport
Chapter did a beautiful jo b o f the whole
affair. It was all tied in with the “ Big A ir ­
port New Runway D edication” at Longview
and included a wonderful airshow put on
by the Blue Angels along with many other
interesting aviation events.
W inning the trophy for the “ Highest
percentage o f m embers from one chapter
present” m ade the San A ntonio Chapter
feel real glad that we had such a good
turn-out o f members at the Sectional.
The San A ntonio Chapter w ill have the
S P R IN G S E C T IO N A L A P R IL 23-24-25.
That’s F IE S T A T IM E IN SA N A N T O N IO
and you can’t afford to miss a single day
o f this great show. Register early because
we are going to have to guarantee a block
o f rooms early since this event fills every
room in town fo r a week.
The Chapter got a nice letter from K A Y E
and D A N B A K E R . T hey are now in C ali­
fornia and D A N is a M arine and loves it.
K A Y ’s transfer to the Orange County
Chapter is certainly our loss and their gain.
W e miss both K A Y E and D A N . They were
a real high to our chapter and we hope
they w ill com e back even if it’s for a short
visit. A nyon e in that area can find the
B A K E R S A T H O M E A T 15505 W IL ­
L IA M S ST., A P T . N-13, T U S T IN , CAL.
92680.
W E L C O M E N E W M E M B E R S ! M E LB A
A Y L E S W O R T H from Boerne, T ex. She is
a reinstatement and has a Comm ercial
Rating with Flight Instructor. Husband
L YN N is also a pilot. W elcom e to our
group M E L B A !
A N O TH E R NEW M EM BER . . . RUTH
N IC H O LS from San A ntonio. She has a
private license. W e enjoyed having her
join us at sectional meeting. She and her
husband have a ranch south o f San A ntonio.
S T IL L A N O T H E R N E W M E M B E R ...
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D E L O R E S ZU C K
She is a Private
pilot husband.
Now how’ s that
out with new San
from V ictoria, Texas.
Pilot. She also has a
to start the new roster
A ntonio m em bers?
R E M EM B ER T H E S P R IN G S E C ­
T IO N A L IN SAN A N T O N IO , TEX A S
AP R IL 23-24-25
S E E T H E FIE S TA A N D A LL
T H E C O L O R F U L PARADES
R E G IS TE R EA R LY . . . C O M E LET
T H E SAN A N T O N IO C H A P TER
H O S T Y O U R W EEK EN D
R E M EM B ER T H E D A TES
A P R IL 23-24-25
T he San A ntonio Chapter wishes a
speedy recovery for D O R O T H Y W A R R E N
who had recent surgery and also a speedy
recovery for K A T H Y C A S T O N from the
sprained ankle she got during the sec­
tional m eeting. W ithout you two gals we
w ouldn’ t have had a Sectional. Sorry you
had to miss part o f a m eeting that you
played such a great part in.
S A N TA FE C H A P TER
C A R O LY N M IL K E Y , Reporter
Chapter elections were held in A ugust;
officers are president G A IL Y A IM PR E SC IA , vice-president C A R O L Y N M IL K E Y ,
secretary P A U L IN E D O W , and treasurer
R E G IN A T H O R N T O N .
Due to an extraordinary set o f circum ­
stances R O SE R A G L A N D was able to c o ­
pilot a Hawker Siddley DH-125. It’s a
wild story — seems the pilot o f the jet
was chauffering around the fifth richest
woman in the U.S. dropping her off in
Raton. T he nearest rental car was in
Santa Fe (w h o’s trying h a r d e r ? ? ) — with
a hasty affirmative R O SE and 4 9 % ’er hus­
band drove the car to Raton and rode back
in the jet. T he pilot had enough faith and
trust to let R O SE in the co-pilot’ s seat
for approxim ately five minutes o f skim ­
ming over the Pecos W ilderness and
Sangre de Criston M ountains. W e 150
Red Barons are pretty im pressed!
P O L L Y D O W is A P T and flying the
fam ily Bonanza.
P A T and J A C K D IE T Z announce that
they’ re sponsoring an advanced weather
seminar. It w ill be presented by the U.S.
W eather Bureau in Los Alam os later on
this month.
G A IL Y A IM P R E C IA reports that she
visited the Antique A ircraft Exhibit at the
Orange County A irport in Casta Mesa,
California.
This reporter is pretty proud o f her new
instrument rating. She and hubby BOB
flew to Silver City, New M ex ico and the
Gila W ilderness recently and are preparing
to fly to New England in October.
SHREVEPORT CHAPTER
KAY A LE X A N D ER , Reporter
On Septem ber 1st, Shreveport 99’s met for
lunch at Greater M unipical A irport to
discuss plans with K A T H Y C A S T O N for
South Central S ectional at Longview.
HELEN H E W IT T arrived a little late
and very calm ly explained how she found
herself locked inside her Bellanca at
Downtown A irport, and nary a soul around
to help free her. T he 90 plus temperature
motivated her to clim b over the seats and
into the baggage compartment — screw ­
driver in hand, she removed the small door
to the compartment and slipped through the
opening to freedom . She d ecided to drive
her car on to the luncheon and arrived
cool, calm, and collected without a hair
out o f place, as she related her harrowing
experience.
A fter the luncheon m eeting, K A T H Y
C A STO N planned to depart for Longview
only to find a large swarm o f bees had
inhabited the tail section o f her plane.
K A T H Y quipped, “ I f there is going to be
a QU EEN BEE on board this plane, I
want IT to be M E.” A fter the bees were
removed, she was once again on her way.
Television channel 3 covered the lunch­
eon giving good p ublicity to the upcom ing
A ir Show and Fall Sectional M eeting.
Shreve 99’ s met again the follow in g
week in Longview to help finalize plans
for the sectional meeting, Septem ber 11, 12,
and 13 in conjunction with the Gregg
Aviation A ppreciation Day and A ir Show.
Attending the sectional m eeting from
our chapter w ere: H E LE N and C H A R L IE
W R A Y , JO A N and D A V ID C A R R O L L ,
JERE and H E N R Y S A U R , D O T T IE and
BUD
PORTS,
M ARTHA
and
RAY
C H R IS T Y , K A Y and ED A L E X A N D E R ,
HELEN H E W IT T , S A R A H H E N L E Y ,
S A R A C A L D W E L L , M A R Y L’ HERISSON, and E V E L Y N SN O W .
Sectional Chairman, K A T H Y C A STO N
did a marvelous jo b planning this m eet­
ing along with her many other tasks
(chairm an o f static and industry displays)
in connection with the G regg County
Aviation Day and A ir Show. W e were all
so very sorry about Kathy’s painful injury
which prevented her from en joyin g the
fruits o f her labor. H ope that by now she
is feeling m uch better.
M ARY
L ’H E R IS S O N
just
returned
from Dallas where she enrolled daughter,
Sandra in school at H ockaday.
Congratulations to E V E L Y N SN O W .
She recently earned her instrument rating.
S O U T H L O U IS IA N A C H A P T E R
POW DER P U F F D E R B Y ’71
T E R M IN U S C O M M IT T E E
W H ITE H O U S E IN N — RO OM 501
1501 N O R T H 3RD ST.
B ATO N R O U G E , L O U IS IA N A 70802
B E V E T IT Z E R , Reporter
The new officers were installed at our
September meeting which was held in Baton
Rouge at the Black A ngus Restaurant on
August 30th. Past Chairman P A T W A R D
was presented with a gavel charm for her
charm bracelet and M O L L Y S T O C K W E L L
our chairm an for this year, then took over.
W e are o ff to another year o f work, fun
and fly in g !!
Congratulations to the Shreveport girls
for putting on such a marvelous sectional
— especially on such short n otice! Every­
thing went sm oothly, was so intetresting
and such fun. This was my first one and
I thoroughly enjoyed it. W e also enjoyed
visiting with our friends with the Blue
A ngel team again. This is the third time
this year that we have been where they
are perform ing and I must say their per­
form ance was never b e tte r !!
So sorry to have missed D O R O T H Y
W A R R E N , our Governor, and hope she is
on the road to recovery by now and also
K A T H Y C A S T O N deserves a medal for
“ above and beyond” and then had to miss
it all. I am certainly looking forward to
going to San A ntonio in the spring so I
can meet them. M em bers o f our chapter
who attended w ere: E L E A N O R L O W R Y
and P O L L Y B A U G H M A N , who flew up in
E L E A N O R ’ S P iper C olt, and C A L M E R E ­
D IT H , S H IR L E Y B E R N H A R D T and yours
truly, B E V E R L Y T IT Z E R , who took the
long w a y !! “ F or those who didn’ t com e —
you missed a lot o f fun — but plan on San
A ntonio, in the Spring o f ’ 71.” H ow ’s that
for a new m otto?
P A T W A R D must be the most versatile
person we know — we thought she would
have her hands full with the P ow der Puff
D erby this year but she now has becom e a
career woman. She is the Secretary o f the
Baton R ouge City Court Advisory Com m it­
tee and was “ sworn in” in a special session
o f City Court by two judges, no less. This
is a pilot program , financed by a join t CityFederal Grant, for the probation and re­
habilitation o f alcoholics and narcotic o f­
fenders as well as first through third o f­
fenders o f m isdemeanor cases. A t any rate
she says she is en joyin g it thoroughly.
SP A N IS H PEAKS C H A P TER
R U B Y LEE B A L L A N T Y N E , Reporter
F L A S H ! T O A L L T A R S ! Although
there are still no facilities on the field,
the W alsenberg Johnson Field has now
been paved! Sorry about the delay, girls.
The regular Septem ber meeting was held
at the home o f A N N F R IN K . T he group
voted on “ look alike” ensembles, and
everyone hopes they will be ready when
we hostess a C olorado 99 Fly-in October
25. (R a in date fo r the affair is November
2.)
C H R IS B E R R Y reported an active sum­
mer flying schedule clim axed with instru­
ment and com m ercial ratings. C H R IS has
returned to college fo r her senior year but
will continue flying as she can.
A lthough flying hours didn’ t seem to be
accum ulating too rapidly by other members
o f the group, there were extenuating cir­
cumstances. V iolinist G E R T R U D E H O W ­
A R D is rehearsing for her third year with
the P eublo Civic Symphony.
Psychiatrist A N N E C O U R T R IG H T has
opened her private offices fo r Fam ily Psy­
chiatrist Services in partnership with DR.
E. E. B O L L IN G E R A C S W . Until recently
A N N E was on the staff at the Colorado
State Hospital. She is a busy woman as she
has fou r children at home and is co-owner
o f PanA rk A viation P ueblo and Alam osa,
Colo.
T he newly elected president M A R Y LOU
M IL L B E R N is by profession a dietitian
and is em ployed at the Colorado State
Hospital. She is program chairman for
the local Dietitian's A ssociation and is upto-her-neck in work for an approaching
state convention for the association which
will be held in Pueblo.
A N N F R IN K and your reporter have
returned to the classroom fo r another
teaching session.
T w o proud 99 mothers are D E E C O M ­
E A U X and E L E A N O R L O W R Y , whose
sons soloed E L E A N O R ’S Colt. A t least
there is one plane that gets in the air a lot.
Congratulations to both the moms and sons.
S H IR L E Y & D A V E B E R N H A R D T took a
trip to the V irgin Islands during the past
month and she has quite a tan to show for
it. A lso she is now A P T . JA N IE and JIM
K IM B A L L covered 4,000 miles this August
in their Bonanza — from La. to Florida —
to W isconsin — to T exas and back. That
must have been great! R O G E R W A R D
( P A T ’ S other h a lf) logged his 10,000th
hour in the holding pattern at O ’ Hare in
Chicago. That’s sure a lot o f flying.
W e want to w elcom e P O L L Y B A U G H ­
M A N as a new m ember o f the South La.
Chapter. She made the sectional with us
and we enjoyed getting to know her. Last
but not least, our Chapter helped the New
Orleans, Lafayette and Baton R ouge Flight
Service Stations celebrate their anniversary
by presenting them each with a Certificate
o f A ppreciation. W e do indeed thank these
w onderful p eople!
Chairm an M ARY LO U M IL B ER N and
tw o W alsenberg officials su rve y "w o n ­
derful W alsenberg" on the occasion of
its being paved.
October, 1970
T IP O F T EX A S C H A P T E R
C A T H A R IN A B IE H N , Reporter
Is there anyone who has not heard about
Hurricane C elia? She slam m ed into the
South Texas coast with a monster’s fury
and gale winds up to 180 mph. She took
the sparkle out o f our City by the Sea.
Except for dam aged roofs, broken windows,
wet furnishings, and damaged yards, our
chapter members still all had houses left
to live in. M any others were not so fortu­
nate. As usual most boat owners were hit
hard; and this time airplane owners were
really hit too, as most hangars in the area
collapsed, totaling many planes.
P A U L IN E ’ S Sessna 175 was plastered
like a bug against the back wall o f a roof­
less, doorless, sideless hangar. She went to
the factory and bought a new 172. In spite
o f all the misery P A U L IN E is doing quite
well.
JE A N IE C R O W ’S Bonanza and R O O K Y
B IE H N 'S Lake A m phibian also were dam ­
aged. Their husbands managed to fly them
in to their respective factories for repair.
Our air-m arking car also had to be dug
out o f the rubble, what a sight!
M A CE W IS S o f Shelden, W ash, and
D O T T IE K L O T Z o f the San Diego Chapter
cam e to Corpus Christi to check on their
property.
BOBBIE B A K E R is going to join the
Santa Clara Chapter. P A U L IN E and I en­
joyed her and her 49*4 so m uch in M on­
terey. Thanks for all the help we had from
you.
A t our Aug. 29 meeting our new officers
were elected. They are — A R D A T H McCREF.RY, Chairman, C H R IS F U IIR M A N ,
V ice Chairman, P A T M cN E IL , SecretaryTreasurer, B A R B A R A LE W IS, M em bership
Chairman, JE A N IE C R O W , News Reporter,
ELOISE N A SH , P roject Chairman.
T O P EK A C H A P T E R
D O R O TH Y POW ELL, Reporter
This has been a m emorable summer for
this chapter!
T w o o f our nine m embers brought in
enough hardware won in an air race to
make everyone’s eyes pop and get busy
flying. S O N D R A R ID G E W A Y and C H A R ­
LO TTE K E N N E Y placed first in the 19th
Annual W N A A Skylady Derby in Jefferson
City, M o. They brought in the first place
pilot, first place co-pilot, 2nd leg (b y one
second o f estim ate), 3rd leg (b y one second
o f estim ate) and best scoring Cessna
trophies. It took them 2 days to figure out
how to fit it all in the plane to com e home.
S O N D R A R ID G E W A Y , D O R O T H Y
POW ELL, P A T
LANE, C H A R LO TTE
K E N N E Y A N D SUE R U E H L E had a lot
o f fun greeting Powder Puff D erby entrants
B E TT Y M cN A B B , and E S T H E R W R IG H T
on their way to Monterey. T he mayor, com ­
plete with red carpet, and the Cham ber o f
Comm erce G olden Girls with a key to the
city, and 2 T V cameramen walked out to
greet their plane. This stop had been
planned because Topekans hold a large
October, 1970
C H A R L O T T E K E N N E Y (co p ilot), left, standing next to the first place pilot trop hy.
Right, S O N D R A RID GEW AY (p ilo t), firs t place w inners in the W NAA S kylady Derby.
Holiday Inn franchise. W e were com pletely
chagrined to find S O P H IA P A Y T O N and
M A R IL Y N C O L L E T T E (T A R 77 ) em erge
with looks o f com plete d isbelief at the red
carpet, key and fanfare. They had picked
the spot 10 minutes before as a possible
overnight and were mystified as to how we
knew they were com in g! B E T T Y and
E S T H E R arrived shortly and we all had a
good visit.
Six o f our nine m embers attended the
Tulsa Sectional w hich gave us the highest
percentage o f groups attending.
In Septem ber we elected new officers:
S O N D R A R ID G E W A Y , Chairm an; C H A R ­
LOTTE K E N N E Y , V ice Chairm an; SUE
R U E H L E ,secretary; D O R O T H Y P O W E L L ,
treasurer. S O N D R A passed her com m ercial
written. M A R T H A AN N P A U L S O N and
M A R G A R E T E B E R LE were made new
members and M A R J O R IE A N N H E W IT T
is a new 66.
On Septem ber 3 & 4 Jayhawk Aviation
sponsored an F A A clin ic at which the 99’S
B A R B A R A D O N O V A N , S O N D R A R ID G E ­
W A Y , SUE R U E H L E and D O R O T H Y
P O W E L L served coffee. Over 450 pilots
attended.
W IC H ITA FA LL S C H A P T E R
N A N PARK, Reporter
Burial was in New Electra Cemetery.
Graveside fly over was flown by Ralph
Knight in Pat O’ Neil’s Stearman, Pat
O ’ Neil flying the first flight o f w ife M ari­
lyn’s new Cardinal, T ony P age (F t. W orth
99) flying her M ooney, Ruth Renton (first
chairman W ichita Falls Chapter) with
co-pilot 49V£er Dr. Paul in their twin
Comanche.
Jim mie was the first woman in W ichita
County, third in Texas and thirty-nineth in
the Nation to qu alify for a pilots license.
It all began one afternoon as Jimmie left
an Electra m ovie theater and heard a
plane overhead. That very afternoon she
took her first plane ride and from that
moment forward her love o f aviation never
diminished. Her first solo, M arch 13, 1929,
was in an open bi-plane powered by Ox-5
E aglerock engine. That year was ever
m em orable not only because she first
soloed, but also, as a Christmas gift her
late husband, C. F. K olp gave her the first
airplane she owned and the Electra A irport.
LAST
FLIGHT
Septem ber 16, 1970
Love Field
J IM M IE KOLP
Jimmie K olp was stricken at Love Field,
enroute hom e from South Central Section
meeting in Longview, W ednesday Septem ­
ber 16, 1970.
She was pronounced dead on arrival at
a Dallas Hospital o f an apparent heart
attack.
Services were conducted in Electra First
Baptist Church at 2 :0 0 P.M . Septem ber
19, 1970 with Rev. W illiam Ethridge, pas­
tor, officiating.
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T opeka was one o f the cities in the
United States to receive the A irport Beauti­
fication Award. T he 99’s helped by painting
the W elcom e sign which greets all pilots
on the taxiway.
Aviation Day is O ctober 11 and the city
is planning many ways to show the general
public what flying is all about with dem on­
strations by Forbes A ir F orce Base per­
sonnel, a static aircraft display, an aerobatic
pilot, and the 99’s are giving away free
airplane rides in a drawing.
Pound for pound if our group had any
more enthusiasm we m ight overwhelm the
whole organization!
Site was the first woman in Texas com ­
m issioned by the Civil A ir Patrol in Texas
during W orld W ar II. Jim mie served on
form er President Lyndon Johnson’s Federal
Aviation Administration W om en’s Advisory
Committee on A viation ; was first woman
president o f Texas Private Flier’s A ssocia­
tion, m ember Sportsmen Pilots and Silver
W ings, open only to pilots having flown
more than twenty-five years. She also par­
ticipated in air races across the nation,
served on National Board N .A .A ., m ember
C.A .F., OX -5 Club, named by that associa­
tion ‘ ‘W om an o f the Y ear” for “ selling
aviation as well as being a part o f it” ,
recipient o f T iny B roadw ick Award. Jimi.iie was unable to attend the organizational
meeting o f the Ninety-Nines, but soon after
its inception, becam e a m ember. She was
proud to be a 99 and served as an officer
on the Chapter, Section and International
level as well as News Editor. She was a
permanent m em ber and Treasurer o f the
99 Museum Committee. One o f her dreams
was fulfilled with the Charter o f the
W ichita Falls Chapter. She also served
as Chairman o f the Fact F inding C om ­
mittee and Trustee A m elia Earhart Fund.
On M ay 18, 1970 Southwest A irm otive,
Service Center U .S.A ., honored her as the
“ outstanding aviatrix o f the year,” in
recognition of the time and work and her
great contributions to aviation. Senator
Barry G oldwater was the male recipient.
H onors have been bestowed from all
over the globe. H er love o f flying has
taken her all over the world. A fter re­
turning from Russia, she stated it was
good to breathe free air and to he an
Am erican. She was one o f the few A m eri­
cans in K orea when the P ueblo crew
was released.
Jim m ie carved a deep mark in the his­
tory o f aviation.
T his Chapter’s Guiding Light has been
snuffed out but she instilled in us a dedi­
cation never to be forgotten. A ll our lives
are enriched from having known her.
NORTHWEST
SECTION
LAST
FLIGHT
H E L E N APPEL
W E S TE R N W A S H IN G TO N C H A P TER
Septem ber, 1970
LAST
FLIGHT
JA Y LAW R EN CE
W E S TE R N W A S H IN G TO N C H A P TER
Septem ber, 1970
LAST
F L IG H T
D O R O TH Y D A U B
W ES TER N W A S H IN G TO N C H A P T E R
Septem ber, 1970
EA S TE R N ID A H O C H A P TER
D A R L E N E S C H IE R S , Reporter
JIM M IE KOLP, W ichita Falls Chapter, shown w ith her beloved Cessna attesting, by
her license plates, she learned to fly O X-5 powered a ircraft and she was a N inetyNine.
(P hoto courte sy W ichita Falls Tim es and Record New s Photographer George Sm iley)
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Congratulations seem to be in order for
the day — first, to all the new Chapter
officers. W e are proud to announce that
our new officers and com m ittee members
are P A T D U K IC H , president; D IA N E
JE X ,
vice-president;
E L A IN E
PART­
R ID G E , secretary; P A T C H A S E , trea­
surer; S H IR L E Y JO H N SO N and LOIS
B A U E R , m e m b e r s h ip ;
DARLENE
S C H IE R S , news reporter and G LE N N A
I.IN D E R M A N , scrapbook.
By the time this goes to press, the new
Northwest S ection officers will have been
installed, so our very best wishes to you,
whoever you are.
In August our Chapter met fo r lunch and
a m eeting at the Bannock Hotel in P oca ­
tello. T hose attending were M A R Y KILB O U R N E , P A T D U K IC H , P A T CH A SE ,
E L A IN E P A R T R ID G E , D A R L E N E
S C H IE R S , LO IS
BAUER,
V IR G IN IA
F IN K E L B U R G , D IA N E JE X , B E V E R L Y
L E D B E T T E R , and from Eastern W ashing­
ton, M IN N IE B O Y D . Plans were dis­
cussed fo r the Sectional Convention and
we do hope that many o f you will be here
to enjoy the fun with us.
Proud parents are P A T and DEAN
C H A S E whose son, D O U G , soloed in May
on his sixteenth birthday; their nineteen
year old son, M IK E , already holding a
October, 1970
com m ercial rating, received his flight in­
structor's rating in A ugu st; and a belated
announcement o f their daughter, RODI.Y N N 's m arriage early last spring.
B E V E R L Y and A. .1.’ L E D B E T T E R and
S H IR L IE and JOH N JO H N SO N attended
the Bozeman A ir show in Bozem an, M on­
tana, sponsored by the Bozeman Optimist
Club. BEV visited with M ontana 99's
V IV IA N S C IIR A N K and A N N G R O S K IN S K I, also with fam ily friend, JOHN
BU RN S, who has a hom ebuilt Pitts S p e­
cial. S H IR L IE and JOH N were interested
in observing F R A N K G E E L O N and his
AT-6 because they, too, have an A T-6.
D A R L E N E and BOB SCHIF.RS. with
their son JIM , his w ife, JO H N IT A , and
daughter, K IM , flew into C opper Basin
for a Sunday afternoon o f fishing and
picnicing.
W hat a pleasant surprise to have M A R Y
G A N G E from Alaska stop in P ocatello
for a night on her way to Arizona. She
visited at the E L A IN E and C L A R K P A R T ­
RIDGE hom e: D A R L E N E S C H IE R S joined
them fo r a piece o f C L A R K ’s birthday
rake and some hangar flying. B efore leav­
ing town the next day, M A R Y had lunch
with M A R Y and G R A N T K IL B O U R N E .
It’s always such fun when a Ninety-Nine
phones or drops in fo r a visit.
G R E A TE R S E A T T L E C H A P T E R
K A TH L Y N S TE A R N S , Reporter
Greater Seattle Chapter election o f offi­
cers for the ensuing year saw few changes
(w e ’ re s a t i s f i e d ! ) T h o s e e le c t e d w e r e :
C H A IR M A N :
CHARLOTTE
KAM M,
V IC E C H A IR M A N : H E L E N D U R H A M .
S E C R E T A R Y : IO N A F U N K , and V A N
A D D E R S O N as S E C R E T A R Y .
C H A R L O T T E K A M M w ill re p r e se n t
our chapter at the A O P A Safety Seminar
to be held Thursday, Sept. 21, at the Shera­
ton Renton Inn. M any o f our members
have volunteered to serve on the trans­
portation com m ittee for the A O P A Flight
Clinic & Ground S chool to be held on
Sept. 25, 26, and 27th at Renton, W n.
The Sept. meeting, a fly-in to Yakim a
Airport, was a huge success with 11 m em ­
bers, 3 prospective m embers and 3 guests in
attendance, and 6 airplanes flying over the
Cascades from the Seattle area. It was
wonderful to have II.O V E N E P O T T E R
back in our midst, fully recovered from a
recent illness. She reports that she attended
a 3 day F A A F L IG H T IN S T R U C T O R
Clinic in Spokane the first week in Sep­
tem ber— flying
there
in
her
Twin
Comanche.
T w o o f our m embers have brand new
ratings to add to their licenses. M A R Y
ELSE received a C O M M E R C IA L rating
and B E T T Y K R A M E R her IN S T R U M E N T
rating this August. Our heartiest congratu­
lations, gals.
B E T T Y D E N N E Y , 49>/2er, B IL L , and
two sons flew to C olum bia, Cal. to spend
Labor Day weekend with friends.
HELEN D U R H A M has had an eventful
October, 1970
summer. On August 10th she flew to S al­
m on, Idaho with a girl friend and they had
an exciting 5 day float trip down the
M iddlefork o f the Salmon River. Flew
home via P endleton, O regon and Kelso,
Wash. Later in the month she flew her
three grandsons to M edford , O regon, Roseliurg, Eugene, Crater Lake and Diam ond
Lake on a fishing trip — lucky boys.
F LO R N E C E BE LL, 49 '/2er and 2 guests
left Seattle A ug. 18 to make a trip to
Alaska in their seaplane. A fter leaving
P rince Rupert their progress was slow and
plagued by fo g and low ceilings. Their
experiences included follow in g a bush pilot
(w h o hopefully knew where he was g oin g )
into Juneau and being forced to stay
overnight at a fishing cannery cam p. T he
plane finally m ade it into A nchorage in
time to start back. Better weather luck
next year, F L O R E N C E ! O n Sept. 20,
FLO R E N C E and her husband are flying to
Sun M ountain, O regon to celebrate their
29th wedding anniversary. H ow about that!
K A Y S T E A R N S , 4 9 '/2er, G E O R G E and
son G E O F F flew a C om anche B 260 to
San Francisco on A ug. 28th to see the
sights and attend the w edding o f some
young relatives. They returned M onday,
A ug. 31st.
ID A H O C H A P T E R
E U L A LO G S D O N , Reporter
T he Idaho 99’s have to be the most hon­
ored Chapter in all o f “ 99-dom.” W e have
just been honored with a visit from our
brand new International President, B E T T Y
M cN A B B . B E T T Y arrived in Boise Septem ­
ber 17th on her way to the Northwest
Sectional m eeting which is being held in
Pocatello Septem ber 18 and 19th. W e cele­
brated her visit with a small dinner get-to­
gether at the Thunderbird Thursday even­
ing. W e were happy on such short notice
that we were able to have a good repre­
sentation o f our Chapter, which included
GEN E N O R A JESSEN and her 49>/2ER
BOB, CLAIRE S T O K E R and 49 '/2ER
GEN E, LUCILLE T A Y L O R and 49>/2ER
JIGGS, JO A N N E C A M P B E L L and 49>/2ER
C H U C K , E LO ISE S T O V E R and 49 '/2ER
D A N , E U L A LO G SD O N and 4 9 ‘/ 2ER
DICK, FRAN BROWN, JACQUE B A T T ,
F LO R E N C E W A T K IN S . Special guests
besides B E T T Y were M A R Y JO and BILL
O L IV E R from W ich ita, who are houseguests o f the JE SSE N S this w eek; and the
Idaho State D irector o f Aeronautics C H E T
M O U LT O N and his w ife M A B L E . Other
special guests were J A N E T W A T K IN S ,
daughter o f F LO R E N C E and DON W A T ­
KIN S, w ho com pleted her check-ride for
her private just in time to attend our
m eeting, and accom panied by her instruc­
tor (w h o happens to also be her fiance)
J A Y T H O M S O N . Everyone had a w onder­
ful dinner and evening o f visiting with
B E T T Y and m ight say for those o f you
who haven’ t had the pleasure o f meeting
our new President, you have really missed
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som ething as she is a wonderful person and
we should all be proud that she is our new
boss. O ur Chapter feels especially honored
as in M ay we also bad a visit from BEA
S T E A D M A N , who was International Presi­
dent at that time.
As I write this newsletter the Idaho dele­
gation is enroute to P ocaello to attend the
Northwest Sectional M eeting. Attending
fio m Boise are G EN E N O R A JESSEN,
l-R A N B R O W N , L U C IL L E T A Y L O R , and
F LO R E N C E \\ A T K IN S , and accom panying
them are B E T T Y M cN A B B , M A R Y JO
and JIM O L IV E R . BOB JESSEN and
B R IA N A , JIG G S T A Y L O R , and JA N E T
W A T K IN S .
Our Septem ber m eeting was held Tues­
day, Septem ber 8th, at G EN E N O R A JESSE N ’S home. This was a com bination meet­
ing and workshop as we spent most o f the
evening making favors for the Friday
evening dinner for the Northwest Sectional
for which we are co-hostesses with Eastern
Idaho and Eastern W ashington. Those at­
tending this m eeting were GEN E N O R A
JE SSE N ,
E LO ISE
STOVER,
HELEN
H IG B Y , LU C IL L E T A Y L O R , C L A IR E
ST O K E R , FR A N BRO W N , JO A N N E
C A M P B E L L , and E U L A LOG SD O N . The
Nom inating Comm ittee reported on the
election o f officers for the com in g year with
the follow in g results; C H A IR M A N , GENE
N O R A JE S S E N ; V IC E -C H A IR M A N , JO Y
LOU W A IT E :
S E C R E T A R Y , ELOISE
S T O V E R ; and T R E A S U R E R , F R A N
B R O W N . C H A IR M A N G E N E N O R A made
the follow in g appointm ents fo r the com ing
year: F LO R E N C E W A T K IN S , M E M B E R
S H IP ; H E L E N H IG B Y , P U B LIC R E L A ­
T IO N S ; JO A N N E C A M P B E L L , S C R A P
BOOK:
N O M IN A T IN G
C O M M IT T E E ,
FR AN B R O W N , EULA L O G SD O N , and
L U C IL L E T A Y L O R ; and N E W S, EU LA
L O G SD O N .
L Y N C L A R K reports that her daughter
C O N N IE spent a coup le weeks visiting
friends in Sacramento, and LYN flew her
170 down to pick her up. A lso while there,
LYN bad an hour and a half o f aerobatic
dual in a Citabria. H E L E N H IG B Y ’S
daughter, B A R B A R A , is off to M ount
H olyhoke
College
in
Massachusetts.
JA C Q U E B A T T ’S daughter is attending
colleg e in Portland. One o f E U L A L O G S ­
D O N 'S sons is just back from a summer in
Europe and is now working on his Master
Degree at the University o f Oregon.
C L A IR E S T O K E R ’ S husband, G E N E , is
home again after a bout in the hospital.
ELOISE S T O V E R has a new daughter-inlaw. FR A N B R O W N is able to hobble
around again after her serious fall a couple
months ago. LU C IL L E T A Y L O R is dividing
her time between Boise and Oakland, Cali­
fornia, where she has a nice decorating job .
GEN E N O R A JESSEN has several liouseguests, including M A R Y JO and BILL
O L IV E R from W ichita, Kansas. BOB'S
mother is also visiting at the JESSEN
home. F LO R E N C E W A T K IN S ’ daughter,
JA N E T , will be our newest member. A R D IS
B R IG G S lias just join ed us too. Glad to
have both o f them with us.
M O N T A N A C H A P TE R
J U D Y M cC R U M , Reporter
caught
again.
I have becom e M ontana’s roving reporter
since I have been doing a lot o f roving
over the Montana skies — like this m orn­
ing when 1 tried to leave M ontana for the
Northwest Sectional in P ocatello, Idaho.
W e were turned back due to bad weather
in the mountains, hence had to fly the
ready reserve: Comm ercial.
The Septem ber meeting was held in
Glasgow, M ontana, home o f our hostess
tendance at the meeting were V IV IE N N A
Chairman, P E A R L M A G IL L . Those in atS C H R A N K , who drove up from Jordan with
her 49'/2er, M IL T O N . HELEN D U N LO P
and ELSIE C H IL D S flew in in the Stinson
from Helena with their co-pilots, GEN E
and G LE N N . HELEN must have done the
flying — ELSIE said she had a long day the
day before and that she slept most o f the
way.
C A R O L S C H W A R T Z flew a Comm anche
from A naconda with a friend, C A R L E Y
N Y Q U IS T . It was C A R L E Y ’S second ride
in an airplane, and toward the end when
the goin’ was a bit bum py asked C A R O L ,
“ W hen will it be o v e r?” Sometimes it takes
a bit getting used to, C A R L E Y , but hang
on — flying is f u n ! !
R H O D A JOH N SON drove in from Malta
and JU LI PEDEN and I flew in a 182 with
B E T T Y NUNN and her co-pilot, A R C H IE
— cast and cru tch ! A R C H IE is still re­
covering from a fall off a bike last month.
Our candidates for officers fo r the com ing
year were discussed, and now, with 2 /3
o f the votes in, JO A N O R L E Y is our new
Chairman, H ELEN D U N L O P is our new
Vice-Chairm an, and JU D Y M cC R U M , S ec­
retary. W e must wait fo r the rest o f the
votes, as C A R O L S C H W A R T Z and JULI
PEDEN are tied for Treasurer.
Interesting trips last month were taken.
V IV IE N N E and M IL T O N S C H R A N K flew
to San C lem ente, C alifornia (via Sheridan,
W yom ing, and a view o f the forest fire
there) to see their kids and grandchildren.
HELEN D U N L O P , on crutches with a
with
them
and
passed
them
W E S TE R N W A S H IN G TO N C H A P T E R
P R IS C IL LA C O O K , Reporter
L to R B E T T Y and A R C H IE N U N N , J U L I
P ED EN , and J U D Y M cC R U M .
broken leg (seem s to be the thing around
M ontana) she wot while standing on a pair
o f skiis, went to T oron to with T he Daugh­
ters o f the N ile Oriental Band. She plays
the musette!
Our two featured m embers this month
are L A U L E T T E H A N SE N and E LSIE
C H IL D S. Since they were at the Northwest
Sectional M eeting in P ocatello they were
chosen for this month’s feature.
L A U L E T T E H A N SE N began her flying
som etim e in 1957, encouraged by her hus­
band, E R M A L . She earned her private in
M ay o f 1959, and her instrument rating
in Septem ber, 1964.
L A U L E T T E has taken part in many 99
sanctioned air races: Three Big Sky races,
the Section race from Bozeman, M ontana to
P ocatello, Idaho, and this summer’s Poker
Party w hich ended up in Great Falls,
M ontana.
In 1964 L A U L E T T E was the Flying
Farmer Queen. In 1955-1956 she was the
Northwest Section Treasurer, and in 1960
was the Northwest Section V ice-G overnor.
She and her husband live in Great Falls.
T hey have a daughter, L A U L E T T E , who
also is a Private Pilot.
E LSIE C H ILD S began her flying in 1948
and since then has logged over 1650 hours,
but has flown well over 3000 hours working
with pilots to better their proficiency.
E LSIE soloed a P iper J3C-65 without a
radio. She and her husband, G L E N N , are
now in a partnership in a Stinson named
Charley.
E LSIE has been quite active, being a
past Chairman o f the M ontana Chapter.
She has participated in the Big Sky Races,
and with H E LE N D U N L O P as her co-pilot,
won the Third B ig Sky R ace. She flew in
two S ection Races and in July, 1963 flew
in and won the C O P A Calgary Stampeed
A ir Race. She cam e in First for women
and Second over all.
L to R. G E N E D U N L O P , G L E N C H IL D S ,
E L S IE C H IL D S , H E LE N D U N L O P and
C H A R L E Y . T h e y flew in from Helena,
M ontana.
up
One o f the most interesting trips was
from P hoen ix to Helena when she was
flying in a 30 knot headwind. A Santa Fe
Stream liner passed them, stopped for fuel,
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Our Septem ber m eeting was held at
Chapter Chairman, J A Y L A W R E N C E ’S
home in Seattle. Aviation writer H.
G LE N N B U F F IN G T O N was our guest
speaker. He is particularly interested in the
history o f the 99’s and has a wealth o f
material including correspondence from
charter m embers o f the 99’s and many
pictures. A nyone interested in interesting
items pertaining to early day 99 activities
or recent activities may contact him at his
address w hich is 8401 Rainier PI. S.,
Seattle, W ashington.
J A Y L A W R N E C E was in V ancouver,
B. C. recently. She tried to reach V IV IA N
P A T C H E T T to say “ hello” from her
southern sisters but, alas, no answer! W e
hope V IV IA N will call us if she is ever
in the Seattle area.
Flying activities o f our m embers seem
to have slowed considerably even though
our weather has been great. M A R IA N
M O R T O N and 49V&’er BOB and daughter
K A R IN had a nice trip to Idaho and M on­
tana last month.
P R IS C IL L A C O O K and 49y2’er B ILL
with son W Y A T T as co-pilot flew P R ISC IL L A ’s eighty-three year old M other to
Pasco, W ashington for an afternoon’s visit
with their cousin. Grandm other said it was
the highlight o f her visit.
W Y O M IN G C H A P T E R
M A B EL G . B L A K E L Y , Reporter
O ur August m eeting was fun in W orland
— those gals are such good hostesses! W e
had our m eeting over coffee and rolls at
M A R IE E N G E L M A N ’ S lovely home. Elec­
tion o f officers was the main order o f busi­
ness, and it surprised no one that R A N D Y
H IL T O N was unanimously voted into the
Chairm an’s seat fo r another year. ViceChairman is E L A IN E M O N C U R , M A R IE
E N G E L M A N our new Treasurer, and M A ­
BEL B L A K E L Y R ecord ing Secretary and
News reporter — think this makes my 4th
year as news reporter — glad they weren’ t
con secu tiv e!
M y jo b as assistant T im er during the
W alsenburg Fly-By o f the A W T A R was
great fu n ! W orkin g with DEE D O H E ISE
and C IN D Y C A R S O N was just pure
pleasure, and thoroughly enjoyed meeting
G R A C E and other C olorado 99s.
W e were greatly saddened at the death
o f one o f our Charter m embers o f W yom ­
ing C hapter: P A L'I.IN E P O W F R S last
flight was on August 10th, and seven of
our m embers attended the services in Basin,
W yo. She will certainly be m issed by a'l
w ho knew her.
W e’re all planning to go to Sectional
Convention in P ocatello in Sept., and hop­
ing fo r cooperative weather.
October, 1970
SOUTHWEST
ftSECJI?®£ $ &
making final plans for a trip to Alabam a to
visit relatives after w hich both w ill con ­
centrate on getting that m uch-desired In­
strument rating. Several chapter members
already have reservations made for the
swing Southwest Section M eeting com in g
up in Santa M onica Sept. 11-13. H ope to
see you all there. So long for now.
ALA M ED A C O U N T Y C H A P T E R
ELLY JO N E S , Reporter
The 1st Anniversary Dinner o f the A la­
meda County Chapter w ill be held at the
H oliday Inn in Liverm ore, Oct. 5, 1970.
B E V E R L Y D A V IS is handling reservations
for those wishing to attend, (415 ) 846-3025.
D O R O T H Y S H A C K L E Y had the great
pleasure on Aug. 16, giving her 99 sisters
and their spouses demonstration rides in
the A m erical Aviation Yankee. T he re­
sponse was very good and greatly received.
C H A R L O T T E L A R S O N , a brand new A la.
Co. 99, earned her Com m ercial license A ug.
26 at Hayward A irport through Flight
Safety.
Congratulations,
CHARLOTTE.
Chapter Chairman, G L A D Y S COBB and
S ec’ty JA U N D A B IG E L O W , were recent
participants in the Palm s to Pines A ir R ace
from Santa M onica to Independence, Ore.
They flew a Cessna Skyhawk and were
sponsored by Flight Safety Inc. o f Hay­
ward. T he girls cam e in 20th — not bad for
their very first attempt at racing, e h ?
G L A D Y S and R A Y C O B B are presently
Cherokee-ing to Iowa again for their vaca­
tion to visit relatives. V ice Chairman,
P E T R IN E L O C K H A R T conducted the
Sept. meeting in G L A D Y S ’ absence. One
guest at the m eeting was C O R A L BLOOM
o f the Sacram ento V alley Chapter RU TH
and JOE M A G IL L were passengers o f
JA U N D A B IG E L O W in a Cessna 182 on a
flight to Pine M ountain Lake to see the A ir
Show. Due to lim ited visibility because o f
smog, El T oro M arine Corps Base almost
had an unexpected visitor — W IL L IE M O ­
S H E R in her A tec. She safely landed at
Santa A na, however, in spite o f the smog.
CON NIE and N O R M S A N D E R S again
spent their summer up in the Sierras at
their Echo Lake cabin. They returned look ­
ing well tanned and relaxed. C O N N IE and
W IL L IE have been visiting all local airports
in conjunction with the Oct. 18th P ilot's
Poker Flight which A la. Co. Chapter is
sponsoring. L IZZ H E A L D , a student pilot,
works with chapter m ember E L E A N O R A L ­
F O R D and attended the Sept. meeting. She
is anxious to com plete her pilot training and
becom e a 99. Tem porarily grounded due to
jury duty is E L E A N O R A L F O R D . H IA ­
LEAH and H A R R Y R E IL IC H journeyed
to Montana during their vacation to make
further changes and im provements to their
ranch in addition to just relaxing. Cessna
182-ing to Canada for fishing, am ong other
things, were A D E L A ID E and DON M O R ­
RIS. T he fishing was excellent accord ing to
A D E L A ID E . They visited relatives in Se­
attle along the way. E L L Y JO N E S is back
to flying again having just earned a new
rating as one o f California’ s newest Licensed
V ocational Nurses. E L L Y and R O Y are
October, 1970
ALOHA CHAPTER
J A N E K E L L E Y , Reporter
APEU PU ELELE!
Whatsamatta
you ?
Can’t pron oun ce? Never m in d ; just enter!
T hat’s the cry from A loha Chapter N inety
Nines these days. A P U E P U E L E L E is H a­
waiian for “ a flying contest” ; in this case
one sponsored by this chapter and open to
all women pilots. F or the first time in many
years, Hawaii is going to have its ow n A ir
Show. T o be held Septem ber 26th and 27th
at Honolulu International A irport, the show
will include static and aerial displays and
our own Ninety-Nines event. A puepuelele,
a proficiency contest based upon estimated
T im e En R oute and Fuel Consumption
from the new K eahole A irport on the B ig
Island o f Hawaii. M A R Y A IK IN S from the
Kansas City Chapter has been invited to
put on aerobatic displays, filling in fo r
BETH O L IV E R w ho unfortunately cam e
down with virus pneum onia. (H ard to be­
lieve one can get that in a warm climate
like this, but B E TH is an unusual w om a n !)
Ninety-Niners thoroughly enjoyed them ­
selves at an Installation Dinner Party held
at Hickam Officers’ Club Sept. 11th. M A R ­
G U E R IT E W O O D , P A T and BUD D A V IS ,
D O R O T H Y K E L S E Y , M U R IE L and W A L ­
L Y L E L A N D , N A N C Y and H A L BU CKE LEW , D IA N E and G A R Y R IC K M A N ,
JA N E and R IC H A R D K E L L E Y , L IN D Y
B O Y E S, M A R Y K IN G , W IN N M IL L E R ,
V IR G IN IA and ED S E A V E R S , R O S E M A ­
R IE and W A L L Y B U R K E T T , G E O R G E
R E A D , and student pilot S T E P H A N IE
CZECH applauded as our new chairm an
D O T R E A D presented outgoing chairman
A N N A N D E R S O N with a gold 99 monogramed pin. Hats off to M U R IE L L E L A N D
who arranged the enjoyable evenilg.
“ A houseguest who is a real treat to
have” was the description o f Australian
Section Governor M A R IE R IC H A R D S O N
Aloha C hapter O ffice rs, Left to Rt, W IN N
M ILLER , S ecretary; J A N E K E LL E Y , Vice
President; D O T READ , President; V IR ­
G IN IA S EA VER S, Tre asurer.
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by her hostess P A T D A V IS . M A R IE , en
route home from the National Colvention,
had met P A T at the P ow der Puff Derby
this year and recently spent a delightful
three days in the D A V IS home.
M eanw hile A D E L E B IN SFIE L D o f the
M ichigan Chapter vacationed in H ololulu
and looked up her old friend W IN N M IL ­
LE R . Seems the girls, along with D O T
R E A D and AN N A N D E R S O N , got to­
gether over lunch at H onolulu’ s La R olde
restaurant (w h ich revolves for a better
view o f the to w n ). Later A D E L E flew out
o f Hawaii’s Country Club o f the A ir with
instructor JIM P IE R C E and saw Honolulu
from above!
Sorry Shreveport, but w e’re delighted to
w elcom e into our chapter transfer m ember
R O SE M A R IE B U R K E T T . Y ou r loss; our
gain!
BAY C IT IE S C H A P T E R
K A T H Y M A R Q U A R D T, Reporter
H ello again from sunny C alifornia. Five
o f us have just returned from the Fall S ec­
tional at Santa M onica. F or us it was a fun
filled weekend and a last chance for us to
see how it’s done. Journeying to the south­
land w ere: F R A N G R A N T and N O R M ,
DALE GRAVES, K A T H Y M ARQ U ARD T,
R U T H R U E C K E R T , and JO Y C E W ELLS.
JO Y C E was one o f many who got to test
her skill at V O R approaches. I took the
opportunity to visit my grandm other who
lives in W estwood. W e took the opportunity
to announce, with R edw ood E m pire Chap­
ter, the Spring Sectional to be held in
Santa Rosa on M ay 7, 8, 9th. Plan now
to attend.
W ord from L IL L IA N A N D E R S O N that
she was feted by about 75 friends fo r a
belated birthday party in August. Belated
because we understand the winters are a
little hard in M inn, and people are hiber­
nating during her birthday in Jan. She and
her sister are establishing a library on their
property in hopes that they will go to the
Pine County H istorical Society. E N A A Y ­
E R S has been busy redecorating her apart­
ment. She has hung several o f her paintings.
W e are all awaiting the return o f M A R G E
F A U T H from her Australian trip. She
has been touring and visiting fo r several
months. H ow could I forget to say that we
had the pleasure o f m eeting G E R I H IL L at
the Sat. Banquet at Sectional. G E R I makes
her home in R edondo Beach and met us
for the dinner. She has had word from
M A R G E and hopes to see her if by chance
her ship stops in Los A ngeles. W e’ re sorry
to report that R A L P H F IE LD S has had
an auto accident. W ith an instructor’ s rat­
ing he should know that flying is safer.
M A R G A R E T and JOHN G E R H A R D T
spent last weekend at the Lake Tahoe
L odge. They are on a com m ittee to try and
get the wires underground on their p rop­
erty at V alley V iew . A lot o f our 99’s own
property on this strip. A boon fo r A ir A ge
Education from G E R I H IL L , many o f the
students in her Aviation Class passed their
F F A Private written. C A R O L IN E SC H U T T
was our only representative in the Palms to
Pines Race. She reported a race that was
run very nicely and had a fabulous time
in Independence. C A R O L IN E went solo
expecting to meet her sister and tour British
C olum bia in a cam per. T hey missed c o n ­
nections and C A R O L IN E cam e home som e­
what disappointed. E T H E L S C H A F F E R
spent the summer doing over one m ore
room o f their lovely home (B it by bit they
have converted their S. F. hom e into a
sh ow pla ce.) E L E A N O R W IL S O N spent a
week in Salem, O regon flying her 172 full
o f relatives to meet relatives fo r a reunion.
They also got in som e good fishing. I finally
got to take my m other flying in late August.
Trying to find a time we could both go was
the problem . She found our clu b Cessna
150 a little different than my father’s B o­
nanza. W ent on our scenic (s lo w ) flight
to the Nut T ree and met JO Y C E W E L L S
w ho flew up in her A rrow with two o f m y
cousins.
That’s all o f the news that I have for
this month as our m eeting is late due to
Sectional. A s we head into the fall I hope
you will all keep flying, get A P T , and we’ ll
all look forw ard to hearing about all o f you
again in our holiday issue.
FR E S N O C H A P T E R
LO IS B E E L E R , Reporter
S o u th w e s t S e c t io n M e e tin g in S a n ta
M onica was attended by Chairman V IO L E T
H U C K L E B E R R Y , S A R A JA N E C L O U SE ,
M AUREEN M AH ON EY, BEVERLY MAR
T IN and V O L IN E D O D G SO N . T hey were
successful in presenting our bid fo r 1971
Fall S ection M eeting to be held at Ahwahnee H otel in Yosem ite — but really, girls,
don't you think Indian headbands and
Tom -Tom s are a little bit m uch added to
Hawaiian costum es? Our new Chairman,
K A T H Y M cN A M A R A , and her Officers are
busy preparing “ Que Que Inishi — bog”
(W arm Indian w elcom e) fo r the Fall o f
’ 71. Plan to be there — we prom ise a w eek­
end to rem em ber!
W e proudly announce that, with the help
o f 10 new m embers and several m embers
being students toward varied ratings, we
have won the traveling F lying T rophy with
a grand total o f 2800 hours.
W elcom e to 2 newest m embers -— B E T T Y
M A R T IN o f Selma and V E R O N IC A P A O L IN I o f Sanger. C ongratulations to 2 in­
strument rated p ilo ts — B E V E R L Y M A R ­
T IN and R E T T Y M cP H E R S O N .
A gala time was had by all — V O L IN E
OO D G SO N and K A T H IE M U L L E R , B E V ­
E R L Y M A R T IN and her 4 9 ^ ’ r, D A V E —
who attended and participated in the ElkoReno Race. T he hospitality o f the R eno
gals just can’ t be beat.
A ugust 14 saw yet another race — this
time, the Palm s to Pines. R acing from
Santa M onica, C alifornia to Independence,
O regon were V O L IN E D O D G S O N -K A T H Y
M U L L E R and K A T H Y M cN A M A R A B E V E R L Y M A R T IN . W e can still hear
V O L IN E saying, “ L ook fo r anything, but
find som eth in g!”
K A T H Y M cN A M A R A and her Officers
were installed, B A R B A R A F A L L E R at
the August 21 Banquet held at Hyatt
Tradew inds in Fresno. Outgoing Chairman
V IO L E T H U C K L E B E R R Y presented the
Chairm an’s gavel to K A T H Y M cN A M A R A .
W A I T E R M A R T IN , llll.l, C OLE. J E R R I
M A H O N E Y and H A R L A N W IL L IA M S
were cerem oniously dubbed 49V&’ rs by M C
D O N C LO U SE. Guests included M R . &
M R S. C L A Y T O N H O U G A R D o f Selma
and E LLE N T R IN D L E and BUD M IL L E R
o f L ong Beach.
Plans are now in the final stages fo r
“ Operation R ain ch eck” beginning O ctober
5. This is a 12 hour ( iourse to acquaint
pilots with air traffic control procedures
program m ed by L em oore Naval A ir Station
— A ir Traffic Control Center. W e plan to
be the best inform ed pilots in the west.
G O L D E N W ES T C H A P T E R
K IM B E R R O TH A N S , Reporter
“ T he Southwest Sexual was g re a t!” . . .
er, I mean Sectional. But what w ould Y O U
call it if five gals raved about spending the
night in a prestigous bachelor’s apartment
(the supervisor o f the Santa M onica tower,
y e t ) , then riding down the rainy freeway
in an open-air trolley in cocktail dresses
only to end up alone with the driver in a
cob-w ebbed ba rn ? Com bine those incidents
with the 5 o f them wandering around Santa
M onica airport at 3 A M looking fo r som e­
b o d y — A N Y B O D Y — to help them, and
finally sandw iching themselves in a gas
truck. A ll that trouble reaped som e m ighty
fine benefits, however. G O L D E N W E S T
chapter received the attendance trophy for
the largest turnout; the “ early bird ” trophy
for getting their reports in with the most
haste; and (p olish our buttons) T O N Y
K U H N S placed third as W om an P ilot of
the Year. T o add fern to the bouquet, we
took second place fo r total flying hours.
H E A T H E R M cN E IL landed a lovely door
prize at the banquet, and JO A N H A N S E N ,
being an early registree, earned a sail boat
ride on tbe pearly P acific.
P A T A P P E L earned a bronx cheer on
the return flight when she attempted to get
an I. F. R. clearance. T O W E R : A re you
transponder eq u ip p ed ? P A T : N egative, but
we can make a lot o f squawks. T O W E R :
Understand. Y ou r parrot is sick.
W hile they were frolick in g in Southern
C alifornia, the hom e front m embers were
planning som e good times on their own.
T he roster for the O ctob er Safety Seminar
held som e m ighty impressive m en, and hos­
tesses were planning how to keep each
guest entertained during the Saturday and
Sunday luncheons. B A R B A R A LA P O IN T E
know s enough about aerobatics to ju g g le
manuevers with B OB L A N E ; H O N E Y
C O W A N (w h o planned the entire seminar,
even while on the Santa M onica venture)
will offer a toast with R O B E R T D IL L E ;
N A N C Y S T O C K (w h o has been itching to
get bark in a plane since her baby was
b o rn ) will ground-fly with N O R M M E R ­
K E L , San Francisco control tower c h ie f;
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B E C K Y M A S T E R S O N will share a table
with D A L E K U H N S ; and H E A T H E R
M cN E IL will polish her know ledge o f the
Navy with test pilot W IL L IA M M U R P H Y .
W e warmly w elcom e our new member,
M A R IL Y N W IL M S . She will help kick off
our C oax-or-Capture-a-M em ber cam paign
next month. I f you live near the San Carlos
airport, you couldn’ t be led astray by a
nicer bunch o f gals. Rem em ber there’s
another sexual, I mean sectional, com ing up
next fall.
LOS A N G E L E S C H A P T E R
A N N LOD W IG, Reporter
T he Southwest Sectional is now an event
o f the past. Congratulations are in order
for our newly elected officers: C L A IR E
W A L T E R S , G overnor; M A R Y V IA L , V iceG overnor; H E LE N S H R O P S H IR E . S ecre­
ta ry; and E LLE N T R IN D L E , Treasurer.
I think this m eeting produced the shortest
business session in the recent history o f the
S ection — som ething less than 2 V2 hours.
W itli the election o f a new governor, we
offer out-going A L B E R T A N IC H OLSON
our fondest regards and thanks fo r a diffi­
cult jo b well and graciously done.
A s hostess chapter for this sectional, we
learned again how grand it is to be able
to w elcom e old and new friends. W e did
our best to provide a fun-filled two days,
and you must adm it, not many chapters
can provide their guests with a wake-up
earthquake! Our special thanks go to our
own chapter officers, to S A L L Y LA FO R G E
as chairm an for the event itself, and to the
many gals who put in so many hours on
the vital comm ittees. T here is no way to
adequately thank C A R O L Y N W E S T and
her husband JA C K , who, with their able
crew , M R . and M R S. Y O U N G , m ade M on­
soon II available all Saturday afternoon for
cruises in and out o f the M arina Del Rey.
J A C K and C A R O L Y N are noted authori­
ties on cruising the coastal waters from
M exico to Alaska, as their books atest. I
som etim es shudder at the 12-17 airplanes
in the pattern at SM O on weekends, but
after seeing the W E S T S maneuver their 70foot, twin-diesel M onsoon II in and out of
the harbor channels at the M arina, skill­
fully avoiding what seemed like hundreds
o f sailing vessels, I have a new and healthy
respect fo r the lot o f the weekend boating
enthusiast. C A R O L Y N was winner o f the
first P ow der P uff D erby as well as Los
A ngeles C hapter Chairman and Southwest
S ection G overnor in times past, and it was
a treat to be able to honor her at our ban­
quet Saturday night.
M A R Y D O R R , Los A ngeles 99, pastpresident o f A m erican W om en in Radio
and T elevision, currently spearheading
wom en’s activities o f the Am erican Bible
S ociety as w ell as lecturing and broadcast­
ing extensively, was Mistress o f Ceremonies
at our banquet Saturday night. This was
not an easy jo b , but she managed it beau­
tifully and with great style, as always. And
S U S A N O L IV E R , also a Los Angeles 99,
co-pilot to M A R G A R E T M E A D in the
October, 1970
winning airplane o f this year’s A W T A R ,
actess, and fem me extraordinaire — what
fun to have her with us and doing such
a great jo b at the head table.
Despite all the activities associated with
the Sectional, I’ve gleaned a little chapter
news which was filtered through the m eet­
ings and work sessions prior to the S e c­
tional. S A L L Y LA F O R G E and D O R O T H Y
PE PIN flew two patients hack to C alexico
from the O rthopedic Hospital in Los
Angeles. They learned that the two boys
who cam e hack to Los A ngeles with them
were the 98th and 99th patients to com e
from the clin ic in C alexico to the O rtho­
pedic Hospital this year. In the entire year
o f 1969, 70 patients were brought to Los
Angeles, so this year the number should
almost be doubled. T he increase has been
possible because o f the generous donation
o f 10 additional beds at the hospital.
R A C H E L B O N ZO N logged 29 passenger
hours in big jets, taking a 747 to Japan
for a delightful 3-week vacation. She then
spent 2 days in H onolulu and a week in
Seattle, visiting her son and daughter-inlaw. W hile in Seattle, she logged her first
SES dual in a T aylorcraft on floats. Her
instructor, flying for Kurtzer F lying Service
on Lake Union in Seattle, m entioned that
he soloed 99 B A R B A R A LO N D O N “ way
back when.”
G R A C E M cG E T T IG A N spent a very fas­
cinating and instructive day at George A ir
Force Base participating in their high alti­
tude indoctrination program . She also took
her first non-flying passenger on a trip to
Palm Springs and back in a Cherokee
Arrow.
D O R IS R O B E R TS O N has been checked
out in a 172. She also won the trophy fo r
high points in the wom en’s division o f the
Culver City P olice Range Master’s Pistol
Club com petition.
IIIN N and G E N E V A C R A N F O R D . D E L L,
G E N E V A , and D O U G (G E N E V A ’ S
4 9 % e r) flew the C ranford's Bonanza to
Page, Ariz. for D E L L and G E N E V A to
make the raft trip down the C olorado
River through the Grand Canyon. D O U G ­
L A S met them 230 miles dow n stream and
9 days later so they could fly home.
JU N E and W A R R E N K N A P P attended
the Am erican Bonanza S ociety Convention
in Denver, C olorado in August.
IV A N P A IN T E R flew his little homebuilt to the Ogden A ir Fair in Ogden,
Utah. Ivan cam e hom e with fou r trophies
in the follow in g categories: 1st place tro­
phy for the best experim ental aircraft,
most popular hom ebuilt, flew the longest
distance, and oldest pilot with an experi­
mental aircraft. That’s the way to do it
IV A N !
Flying their Cherokee 235, G E R I and
N O R M H A L F P E N N Y placed third in the
R eno Fun R ace this summer. Congratula­
tions!
JO D IE S E R received her instrument rat­
ing in August. M A R Y P A IN T E R got her
com m ercial rating this summer.
A U D R E Y M O R A N D A ’S 4 0 % E R , JIM ,
got his com m ercial helicopter rating early
this summer.
GERI
H A L F P E N N Y ’S 16 year old
daughter, DE B B IE , soloed recently in Sa­
linas. Congratulations to all!
H ELEN A N D F R A N K S H R O P S H IR E
and A N N A M A E and E A R L P A R K at­
tended the Fall Sectional. Congratulations
to the Chapter for such an enjoyable
weekend.
H E LE N S H R O P S H IR E is the secretary
o f the S.W . Section and received N o. 2
Pilot o f the Y ea r Award.
At the installation dinner, C O N N IE
HOO D was presented with a trophy for
winning the chapter P ilot o f the Y ear
Award. Congratulations H ELEN and C O N ­
N I E — w e’re proud o f y ou !
“ H appy Flying” until next m onth!
M O N T E R E Y BAY EA R LY BIR D S
Reporters:
M ARY A N N E C LA R K
JO D IESER
D uring P ow der Puff W eek, H ELEN
H A R R IS O N held a party for the Early
Birds of the 99s. Here’ s some inform ation
on the Early Birds who attended the party.
M A R IE R IC H A R D S , who is Governor
o f the Australian S ection , holds license No.
1953 issued in Australia in 1935. She was
the first wom an to qu alify for a license in
that country.
M A D E L IN E R O Y L E , a charter member,
attended the party.
R IT A H A R T and R U T H R E U C K E R T ,
both o f the Bay Cities Chapter, received
their licenses in 1929. A lso from Bay Cities,
FRAN
GRANT,
M ARGARET
GERH A R D T , and HELEN K E L TO N got their
licenses in 1940.
M A R D E C R A N E and M A R IO N B A R N IC K attended from Santa Clara. M A R IO N
got her license in 1940.
A L IC E H A M M O N D , Garden State, re­
ceived her license in 1931 and A N N A
B R A N N E R received hers in 1932.
A D R IE N N E C L A R K was licensed in
1935 and D O R IS L A N G H E R , C olorado, in
1937.
V IR G IN IA C O O K , Tucson, and JA N E
L A M A R , San Gabriel, were licensed in
1938.
R eceiving their licenses in 1939 were
E L E A N O R V E R K U Y L and HELEN H A R R ISO N , who hosted the party.
IR IS C R IT C H E L L and E S T H E R F L E M ­
ING were licensed in 1940.
C A R O L L E W IS and 4 9 % E R B E R N IE
enjoyed a flying vacation to W inchester
Bay, O regon where they fished fo r salmon,
caught crabs, dug clams, picked blackber­
ries and enjoyed the lovely country and
beautiful sand dunes along the O regon
coast.
BE U LA H KEE flew A ir-W est DC 9 to
Twin Falls, Idaho for her 35th class re­
union.
(E D N O T E : No message other than I’ ll
miss you .)
M O N T E R E Y BAY C H A P T E R
Reporters:
MARY A N N E C L A R K
J O D IESER
Several o f the girls in the M onterey Bay
Chapter o f the 99s have becom e rats —
that is “ river rats.” Last M ay, JO A N N E
A IE L L O took a raft trip down the C o lo ­
rado River. Since that time, several girls
have made the trip and report having a
w onderful time.
The most recent trip was m ade by D E L L
October, 1970
Front row, I to r: IR IS C R IT C H E L L , R IT A H A R T, R U TH R E U C K E R T , LYN N C O U L T HARD, V IR G IN IA C O O K , H E L E N H A R R IS O N .
Back row , I to r: H E LE N K E L T O N , FRAN G R A N T, J A N E LaM AR, E LE A N O R V E R K U Y L ,
A N N A B R EEN , M A D E L IN E R O YC E , A L IC E H A M M O N D , M A R IO N B A R N IC K , M AR­
G A R E T G E R H A R D T, D O R IS L A N G H E R , A D R IE N N E C LA R K , M ARDO C R A N E , M ARIE
R IC H A R D S O N .
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M T. D IA B L O C H A P TE R
M A R JO R IE R O G ER S, Reporter
N O R T H E R N A R IZ O N A C H A P T E R
E U N IC E D IC K E Y , Reporter
U nder the leadership o f our new chair­
man, G R A C E E LLIS, Mt. Diablo Chapter
w ill have many m ore evening meetings
planned for those who cannot jo in us for
lunch fly-ins. T he first o f these evening
m eetings was held in July at N avajo A via­
tion. 49i/2er JA C K R O G E R S (C F I, C F II)
was our guest speaker, and his interesting
subject was “ Easily Forgotten F acts” about
flying, airplane safety, Special V F R , co n ­
trol zones, traffic areas, and changed radio
frequencies. Ten m embers paid close atten­
tion to his humorous as w ell as helpful
presentation o f these elusive details.
T he Northern A rizona 99’s held their
August m eeting in the hom e o f D O T and
W A Y N E W A R D , en joyin g a potluck din­
ner. JE A N and BOB K N O T T , B IL L and
R U T H S M IT H and H E LE N L A W R E N C E
were the 99’s and 4 9 Vi’ s present. Student
pilots and husbands attending were the
S H O U G H S and the JA M E SE N S.
T he Septem ber luncheon m eeting for our
chapter was held on the 12th at the H oliday
Inn in Flagstaff. T he 99’s attending were
JE A N K N O T T , D O T W A R D and M A R Y
L O Y D from F lagstaff; P E N N Y C A R R U T H E R S from Sedens and EUNICE
D IC K E Y from C ottonw ood. W e had a nice
group o f women student pilots attending,
and a nice enthusiastic group they are.
T he girls from Flagstaff are T E R R Y
JA M E S O N , w ho has just started flying,
A N N A M A C K E Y , who has logged 43 hours
and JA N IN E W IT T , w ho now has 12 hours
o f flying time. E L SIE G O L D S M IT H has
really logged her 40 hours the hard way,
sin ce she lives at the Grand C anyon and
drives to Flagstaff for her flying lessons.
D O T W A R D presided over the first part
o f the Septem ber business m eeting. T he
ballots for new officers for the com in g year
were counted by JE A N K N O T T and the
slate nom inated by the nom inating com ­
mittee was elected unanim ously. T he new
slate o f officers includes P E N N Y C A R R U T H E R S as Chairman, E U N IC E D IC ­
K E Y — V ice-C hairm an and E L O ISE SELV ID G E is the Secretary-Treasurer. A fter
the election, D O T turned the m eeting over
to Chairman P E N N Y C A R R U T H E R S .
T he biggest event in the near future fo r
our chapter is the A ir-L ift to b e held at
the Flagstaff A irport on Sunday, Septem ber
26th. P E N N Y C A R R U T H E R S is chairm an
and has been doing a lot of hard w ork on
the com in g event. E LO ISE SE LV1DGE is
p ublicity chairm an, M A R Y L O Y D is in
charge o f the soft drink concession and
D O T W A R D and JE A N K N O T T are in
charge o f the food fo r the pilots. EUN ICE
D IC K E Y made 20 posters and R U T H
S M IT H will distribute 13 o f them to the
public schools in the area and the rest in
strategically placed locations around town.
O f course all our members and their fa m i­
lies and numerous friends w ill be on hand
for the b ig day and hoping for great suc­
cess.
W e are so proud to announce the names
o f our members who have com pleted the
A P T p roject. T hey are R U T H SM IT H ,
E LO ISE S E LV ID G E , D O T W A R D , H E L ­
EN L A W R E N C E , P E N N Y C A R R U T H ­
E R S, M A R Y L O Y D , H E LE N V A N C O R T
and E U N IC E D IC K E Y . T his is an es­
pecially great num ber when you consider
there are only a dozen or so m embers in
our chapter to begin with. W e are a very
fortunate group to have been able to take
advantage o f the Beth W right Scholarship,
which was offered to all licensed women
pilots in Northern Arizona.
E LO ISE SE LV ID G E missed the last
Our lunch rendezvous in July was the
fam ous and favorite Nut T ree Restaurant.
Y ou r intrepid reporter was not able to at­
tend, but we know from past experience
that an excellent lunch and happy com rade­
ship was enjoyed by all who did attend.
Sunday, August 16th, was the date this
year o f the C oncord A ir F air at Buchanan
F ield. Re-organized this year, the fair
boasted many new attractions: aerobatics,
sport parachuting, static displays o f experi­
mental and antique aircraft, U -controlled
planes, radio-controlled planes, and sight­
seeing rides. Since it was a beautiful, warm,
clear day a large crow d attended, and our
M t. Diablo Chapter booth had just the
thing — soft drinks and snow cones. M any
chapter m embers helped out in the booth
under the direction o f JOAN G O R E and
G R A C E ELLIS. A ll helpers have finally
thawed their frozen pink and purple fing­
ers, and look forward to another successful
occasion next year.
JO N E S Y ’ S Restaurant at the Napa Rirport was the destination for our August
lunch date. Late-clearing m orning coastal
fo g may have deterred some, but not:
JE A N
B R A D L E Y , M A R IE
PORTER,
B U C K IE JO H N S T O N E , B E T T Y SH IE LD S,
S H IR L E Y N U N N , LO U ISE G1ERSCH ,
M A R T Y G R A H A M and M A R G E R O G ­
ERS. W e heard about the amazing m eta­
m orphosis o f M ooney 21X during the RenoElko A ir R ace — how it started out a pink
tiger but ended up a pink pussy-cat. D on’ t
be discouraged, g als; when you’re in train­
ing for a future P P D , any race experience
has to be helpful.
JO A N G O R E , with 49',4er BILL as c o ­
pilot, also flew the R eno-E lko A ir Race,
and managed to finish 7th out if 2 2 ; very
nice fo r her first air race experience.
M erced A irport was the lunch bu n ch ’s
m eeting-place for Sept. T he ca fe on the
field is famous for its Clam Chowder, on
Fridays, and we agree that the reputation
is
well-deserved.
“ W e”
included
JO A N
G O R E , M A R IE P O R T E R , JE A N B R A D ­
L E Y, B A R B A R A G R A B E R , L IL R IL E L ,
GRACE
E LLIS,
ARLENE
ROSSM AN,
N A N C Y W A L L IS , guests B A R B A R A H A R ­
P E R and S O N Y A D E IT Z, and M A R G E
ROGERS.
chapter m eeting because her son was leav­
ing from P hoen ix that day to b e stationed
in Viet Nam. W e wish him all the good
luck, ELO ISE.
R U T H and B ILL S M IT H were seen at
the Flagstaff A irport the other day, having
just returned from taking some friends on
a n ice flight.
JE A N K N O T T has flown two hours re­
cently and will be busy taking an art
course at N A U this fall.
M A R Y L O Y D is now living in Flagstaff
and is m anaging the Chateau Royals •— a
trailer-apartment com plex for N A U stu­
dents.
P E N N Y and JOHN C A R R U T H E R S en­
joy ed marvelous flying weather on their
recent trip to A m es, Iowa to attend the
annual F lyin g Farmers Convention. W e are
proud to note that “ our” P E N N Y was the
only 99 from Arizona attending the con ­
vention that has com pleted the A P T pro­
gram. T he C A R R U T H E R S flew from Iowa
to Kalam azoo, M ichigan to visit friends.
From there they flew to the C hicago area,
experien cin g flying under the new regula­
tions system. W ichita, Kansas was their last
stop before returning home, and there they
en joyed a tour o f the B eechcraft factory.
P E N N Y logged 19 hours on this trip, flying
their Dehonaire.
D O T W A R D is keeping busy flying com ­
m ercially for W right Flyte.
T hat’s all the news for now. G ood flying
to you a ll!
O R A N G E C O U N T Y C H A P TER
M ITZ I R IN E H A R T , Reporter
M ovieland o f the A ir Museum, on the
Orange County A irport is m aking a display
on W om en in flying. T hey have given us
the room on both sides o f this exhibit to
work up our own unit on the history of
the Ninety-Nines and the P ow der Puff
Derby. M A G G IE B U R C H is in charge of
this p roject. If you have any old posters,
drawings or photographs in connection with
the theme, please let M A G G IE know . A ll
such donations will be appreciated. This
is our way o f helping the public to learn
m ore about wom en in aviation, and the
N inety-N ine’s history and accom plishm ents.
Our chapter is growing again as we gain
three new
m em bers: JE A N
FU DGE,
M A R Y C O LE , and K A Y B A K E R who
transferred from San A ntonio, Texas. W el­
com e you all.
Im agine having the most members in at­
tendance at the Fall Sectional in Santa
M onica. That’s what we did with nineteen
of our gals show ing up for the business
m eeting. T hey w ere: ZO N A A P P L E B Y ,
D A R L E N E B R U N D A G E , M A G G IE
B U R C H , K A Y B A K E R , H E LE N C R A N Z,
JE A N F U D G E , V IR G IN IA F L A N A R Y ,
E S T H E R G R U P E N H A G E N , TH O N G R IF ­
F IT H ,
C H R IS
HOFFM AN,
M ADGE
JO H N SO N , W Y N JA K L , JO Y C E N A SH ,
D E L IA N E F F, L Y N N N E W T O N , SA N D Y
RULLER,
KAY
RUSSELL,
M ARGO
S M IT H and S H IR L E Y T A N N E R .
October, 1970
line for the Jim L ong P roficien cy R ace at
Brackett Field.
The race terminated — because o f weath­
er — at Parker, Arizona with the banquet
scheduled at Scottsdale. T he D A R C H S and
G R U P E N H A G E N S headed fo r home and
the B R U N D A G E S and many others for
Scottsdale — o r as close as possible.
T he rest o f the story as D A R L E N E tells
it, is an exciting, wet and m uddy adventure
o f hard work by the thirteen crew s who
landed “ in” Buckeye, only to find them ­
selves m arooned there as the rain had
washed out all the roads in the area. T he
Arm y cam e to their rescue with helicopters
and air-lifted everyone to Litchfield where
they happily dined on hamburgers from the
local drive-in.
M A R A C U L P has returned from her
jaunt o f Europe, as navigator in a Lear
Jet for her husband R IC H A R D . At our
Septem ber m eeting she showed us slides of
all the exciting and beautiful places she
had seen.
Labor Day turned out to be just that for
many o f our busy m embers — a day o f L a­
bor. Y V O N N E K O E P K E , C H R IS H O F F ­
M A N , L Y N N D A V IS and ZO N A A P ­
P L E B Y spent the day at the Orange
County R aceway watching the show and
selling our most prized product, N inetyNine C ookin g M aneuvers. Have you gotten
your copy y e t? There are so many, easy,
quick and delicious recipes in it to try!
L abor Day was very busy for E STH E R
and M A X G R U P E N H A G E N , T E R R Y and
JIM D A R C H , and D A R L E N E and DICK
B R U N D A G E as they all plotted, planned
and pushed their planes up to the starting
PALO M AR C H A P T E R
PAM VA N DER L IN D E N , Reporter
Palom ar Chapter had a joyou s installa­
tion party on Septem ber 1 at San Luis Rey
Downs. Forty ninety-nines, 4 9 '/iers and
guests were present. V ery special guests
were E R N IE and JO Y G E N T L E , owners
o f A E R O Publishers, Fallbrook, who have
for the past two years so generously sup­
plied us with the P.P .D . R oute post cards.
B E T T Y W H A R T O N , with usual whit and
rhyme, installed W A N D A M IL L E R as Pres­
ident, N EL C O N N O L L Y as Vice-President,
E V E LY N A S H T O N as Secretary, and
AG N E S I.A N G E V IN as Treasurer. M A R Y
P E A R S O N was presented the Chapter’s
T rophy for W om an P ilot o f the Year.
M ARY
PEARSON ,
E V E LY N
ASH ­
T O N , A G N E S L A N G E V IN , and P A M
V A N D E R L IN D E N with 49>/2er, V IC T O R
attended the Fall Sectional at Santa
M onica. W e had a great time and were
thrilled to get second place for air marking.
E.C.V. look out — we are m oving u p !
Sunday m orning, after the Sectional,
P A M and V IC T O R flew on to Coos Bay,
Oregon, on a com bined business and plea­
sure trip, the pleasure part being an over­
night stay and early m orning salmon
fishing trip with C A R O L Y N and T E D
T E R R Y , form erly o f Palom ar Chapter now
with Southern Oregon. Its great to be a 99
and have friends in every p ort!
B E T T Y and BOB K IT C H E N just re­
turned from a 2]/i week tour o f Alaska. W e
are looking forward to a showing o f their
pictures.
B A R B A R A W H IP P S , who has been a
member just one year, is now a full time
Which is the w ay to Santa Ynez? Left to right: M ITZI R IN E H A R T , S Y L V IA PAO LI, and
D A R LEN E B R U N D A G E are planning th e ir route to Santa Y nez and S olvang where
Orange C o u n ty and Palom ar C hap te rs are getting togeth er fo r lunch and Danish
pastries.
October, 1970
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instructor at Fallbrook Comm unity A ir
Park with six students. B A R B A R A is a real
active flyer who knows how to fill each hour
in the air with sixty minutes o f practice. She
soloed 1 2 /1 /6 8 , got her private licence
8 /1 9 /6 9 ,
her
com m ercial
3 /7 /7 0 and
Flight Instructor’ s 6 /1 9 /7 0 . Congratula­
tions B A R B A R A . W hat n ext? W hen not
flying, B A R B A R A is active with the Fall­
brook Four W heel Drive Club making trips
to Baja and the Desert with 49'/^er GENE
and their two teenage daughters.
Our O ctober meeting w ill be at Solvang
on Saturday, O ctober 17, landing at Santa
Inez 10 A . M . W e invite members from sur­
rounding chapters to join us for a fun gettogether.
Congratulations to M A R Y P E A R S O N
and W A N D A M IL L E R for placing 6th in
the Palms to Pines R ace and to JA N IC E
FR E E co-pilot with JE A N R O SE for plac­
ing 11th. T alking o f racing, the second
A .M .P .A .R . (A ll men’s Palom ar A ir R a ce)
w ill be a M ystery Round R obin from P alo­
mar A irport Novem ber 21st
(raindate
1 1 /2 2 ). By the time you read this, kits will
be available from M A R Y P E A R S O N ,
Flight Trails, Palom ar A irport, Carlsbad
92008. Get the men on the ball girls and
send those entries in pron to!
T ill next m oneth, have fun flying!
REDW OO D EM P IR E C H A P T E R
N IN A R O O K A IR D , Reporter
Our June m eeting found the Chapter
celebrating P A T S T O U F F E R ’S retirement
from teaching. N ow she can fly any time
she desires — weather permitting. Lun­
cheon was served by N IN A R O C K A IR D for
P A T S T O U F F E R , JUN E O ’ DO N N E LL,
M Y R T L E W R IG H T , JA N E T M E Y E R ,
LO U ISE R A M S E Y and guest, P A U L IN E
W A D E . P A U L IN E had just passed her
written exam.
T he summer allow ed a great deal o f flying
by our members. P A T S T O U F F E R and
N IN A R O O K A IR D enjoyed the Powder
Puff. M onterey Chapter certainly did a
tremendous jo b , as did the Eastern Pennsyl­
vania Chapter. A fter the terminus cere­
m onies, P A T and N IN A drove to Bretton
W oods, New Hampshire. T he country was
lovely. N IN A was able to have a 100% aver­
age o f throwing coins in the Thruway
baskets!
T he Convention was great — so worth­
while to attend. One has a better perspec­
tive o f 99 activities around the w orld; and
your ow n chapter activities becom e more
important.
P A T and N IN A learned the true 99
hospitality when bad weather forced a stay
at M oline, Illinois. Thanks go to C A R O ­
L Y N P O B A N Z and her 49>/2 N E IL for
hospitality and assistance (su ch as an ex cel­
lent dinner and newer ch arts).
T he July m eeting was held at the Napa
A irp ort; so that elections cou ld be held,
spring sectional inform ation worked on, and
the results o f the Convention discussed.
M em bers attending the m eeting w ere:
B E TT E S M IT H , B E T T Y W O R ST E L L ,
P H Y L L IS C A N T R E L L , P A T S T O U F F E R ,
O L IV E
AGRON,
L O U IS E
RAM SEY,
ANNA
BRENNER,
A N IT A
W OREL,
M YRTLE
W R IG H T ,
HAZEL
B E R TA G N A and N IN A R O O K A IR D .
New officers are: N IN A R O O K A IR D ,
Chairm an;
B E T T Y W O R S T E L L V iceChairman, O L IV E
A G R O N , S ecretary;
LOU ISE
R A M S E Y , Treasurer, A N N A
B R E N N E R , News R ep orter; M Y R T L E
W R IG H T , P u blicity; P A T S T O U F F E R ,
M em bership; A N IT A W O R E L , S crapbook.
P H Y L L IS C A N T R E L L was selected to be
the Redwod Empire Chairman o f the
Spring Sectional at Santa Rosa (M ay
7-9 ). R O SE S H A R P o l Bay Cities Chapter
will be their Chairman. H ope to see you
there.
B E T T Y W O R S T E L L and her 49*/2
D IC K were hosts at a swim -barbecue party
for the August meeting. A good time was
had by those attending who w ere: A N IT A
W O R E L and J A C K : LO U ISE M O N T E R E O
and M E L ; and L O U ISE R A M S E Y .
A N IT A W O R E L and JA C K , P H Y L L IS
C A N T R E L L and N IN A R O O K A IR D flew
to the L.A . Sectional. C olorful M u M us —
with Indian headbands (Y osem ite ’ 71 —
Fall S e ctio n a l), Hawaiian dancers, business
meeting, boat trips, shopping, excellent
speaker com bined with the fun o f seeing so
many from the S. W . section, made this a
m em orable event. Congratulations and good
wishes to the new officers.
Y our reporter also managed a trip with
49*4 D IC K to Seattle and to Denver in a
week and a half, in their 172 Cessna. That
storm over the L abor Day weekend was not
for com fortable flying.
JA N E P A T T E R S O N and husband just
returned from Europe. W e will be happy to
see them at m eetings and hear about the
trip.
P H Y L L IS C A N T R E L L was able to begin
the air show at China Lake, no less, by fly­
ing her own hom ebuilt Pitt Special.
M A R G A R E T H A H IN M A N and 49*/2
JOHN have been flying a great deal. Seattle
was the last trip we heard about.
O L IV E A G R O N and N IN A R O O K A IR D
are congratulating one another in passing
the com m ercial written.
It will seem strange not to have to worry
about the “ 20th” to get the news reports in.
I hereby hand the (2 0th ) worry to A N N A
BRENNER.
Keep Flying.
besides I don’ t really like to cook and keep
house anyway (d on ’ t tell an y bod y ).
S T A N and E L A IN E B R O W N went to the
Southwest Sectional. E L A IN E reports that
a good time was had by all. Her suitcase got
on the wrong airplane and ran away from
home. Now isn’t that a fine thing. H ow do
you manage to get along when all your fa ­
vorite clothes are on a world tour.
This w ill be my last contribution to the
newsletter, we elected officers at the last
m eeting and it gives m e great pleasure to
introduce our new reporter, B A R B A R A
M OUCHOU —
S A C R A M E N TO V A LL E Y C H A P T E R
A U D R EW E. S N O V E L , Reporter
R eturning from the Sectional in Septem ­
ber at Santa M onica, we have two new
Section Chairmen from our C h a p ter— T H E ­
L M A C U L L, our current Chairman, is A ero
Space Education for the Southwest Section
and S H IR L E Y L E H R , our outgoing secre­
tary, is Flying A ctivites. She takes over
from D A R L E N E G IL M O R E (o u r Chap­
te r) who held the post fo r the past two
years. W e know these girls w ill do a jo b
that the S ection w ill be proud of. And
certainly our Chapter is proud o f their se­
lection by C L A IR E W A L T E R S .
Attending the Sectional from Sacremento
were T H E L M A C U L L, S H IR L E Y L E H R ,
L O R R A IN E H E R Y , DEE O L S E N , and
M A X IN E N O R T H A R T — all traveling via
P S A . G oing it alone and fighting the fogsm og and what-have-you that the “ Basin”
has to offer, was B A R B A R A G O E T Z (O n e
o f our newest m embers and a fairly new
p ilo t) in a Citabria.
Our Chapter placed 2nd for the P rofes­
sional T rophy Award. A nd we would like
to send our congratulations to L A V E R N E
G U D G E L (S an Joaquin Chapter) for cop ­
ping the Section W om an P ilot o f the Year
Aw ard. She’s kinda close to home being
from a neighbor chapter and m aybe some
fo that will rub off on u s ! !
New Chapter officers were nominated and
elected at a lakeside party given by D A R ­
LE N E G IL M O R E in August. Nominating
Chairman D O N N A E. M A R T IN announced
T H E L M A C U L L as Chairman (her second
year for the jo b and the first time our
chapter has ever held over a C h a irm an );
M ARCELL
B IN K
for
Vice-C hairm an;
E D IT H R IE C K S , Secretary; and DEE
OLSE N , Treasurer. Other com m ittee ap­
pointees by T H E L M A are: B A R B A R A
F O S T E R , m em bership; this reporter on
again for another year as N ew sletter-O of!;
S H IR L E Y
LE H R ,
Flying
A ctivities;
R U T H L U M M IS , A ero Space E ducation;
M IR IA M
BURCHAM,
A ir
M arking;
M A X IN E N O R T H A R T , P u blicity; D O R ­
O T H Y H U N T L E Y , S cra p b ook ; and L O R ­
R A IN E H E R Y , W om an Pilot o f the Year
Contest.
SAN D IE G O C H A P TER
B O N N IE AD AM S, Reporter
As the new year gets under way the San
Diego Chapter members are busy making
final arrangements for our Pacific A ir
Race. W e are working hard with our c o ­
sponsors, the El C ajon V alley Chapter, to
be sure that things go sm oothly and that
everyone has a grand time. R ace chairman
E L E A N O R R IC H A R D S O N reports that
?REE
f d o n a t io n S0<t
R E N O AR EA C H A P T E R
JO CR O M W ELL, R eporter
This is the week the R eno A rea Chapter
has been looking forward to with m ixed
em otions all year. Houses get a lick and a
prom ise, husbands and children are fed out
o f cans or at the local drive in, all other
activities are put off until next week,
(unless we are unfortunate enough to have
to work for a livin g) while we work in the
office o f the National Cham pionship A ir
Races. F or some o f us I guess it’s w ork, I
really en joy it. W e get to meet all these big
names, and listen to the engines roar, and
Left to right: C L E O H U T S O N hands super-salesm an M A R G A R E T M O O D Y tickets for
the C arnival d o o r prize, a PSA trip fo r tw o, p rio r to M A R G A R E T’S departure fo r the
sectional m eeting. B O N N IE AD AM S and PAT O SM O N hold sig ns ad vertising the
event.
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October, 1970
results will be included in the next news­
letter.
Six members attended the fall sectional
m eeting at Santa M onica and thoroughly
e n jo y e d th e w e e k e n d . M A R G A R E T
M OODY flew her Bonanza with BON N IE
A D A M S and P A T O S M O N as passengers.
This trio elected to divert to Van Nuys when
that stubborn low overcast kept hanging
over the coast. T H E L M A B ISH O P . L YN N
BR IG G S, and S T E L L A H A R D IN used four
wheels and freeways as their transportation
from San Diego after eyeing all those clouds
and receiving a rather discouraging report
from the weatherman. A ll o f them agreed
that sectionals are great fun and even the
business meetings are not painful when they
zip along as this one did.
On O ctober 31, our chapter and El C ajon
Valley will co-host a Halloween Carnvial,
com plete with costum es, game booths,
dancing, etc. Our big door prize has been
donated by Pacific Southwest Airlines and
is a free round trip for two from San
Diego to San Francisco. A donation o f 50tf
will put a ticket in the tub and the draw­
ing will be part o f the evening’s festivities.
W e are hoping to have many guests as well
as chapter members attend and join in the
fun.
CLEO H U TSO N and husband BOB flew
to Oakland recently on a business trip.
W hile in the area they hopped over to
Napa V alley to see the wine country and
enjoyed a tour o f the T ibouron W inery.
B E T T Y L A M B E R T and A R T took a
quick trip to the east coast in their 310 and
as soon as they returned, they boarded a jet
for Europe. T hey spent several weeks ped­
aling around Europe on a bicycle. Now
that is really the “ low and slow ” method,
but what a marvelous way to go sight­
seeing.
LOIS and H A R R Y B A R T L IN G flew up
to San Jose for the Labor Day weekend.
LOIS also played taxi driver recently and
made two round trips to Van Nuys to pro­
vide transportation for SU SA N O L IV E R .
SUSAN was due in San Diego to do some
television publicity for the International
A erospace Hall o f Fame.
SAN F E R N A N D O V A LL E Y C H A P T E R
R O C H E L L E J E N S E N , Reporter
W hat fu n ! That is the word fo r the
Palms to Pines Race from Santa M onica,
California to Independence, Oregon. T he
San Fernando V alley 99’s were well re­
presented by M A R G A R E T W A R D flying
solo in a Cherokee 140, H A R R IE T B A IR
and P A T H A L L E T T in a Cessna 150,
ELLEN T R IN K L E and T H O N G R IF F IT H
in a Debonair, and B E R N I ST E V E N SO N
in her M ooney. T he gals R O N ed friday at
Red Bin IT where the local people greeted
them, made transportation available to and
from motels and provided a marvelous
chicken barbecue. Later the gals were in­
terviewed by a radio announcer where
B ERN I STEV E N SO N stopped the show by
remarking “ T he hospitality was great.
Everyone was lovely, and som e businessmen
October, 1970
met us and took us to motels.” Ending the
race at Independence the gals enjoyed a
riverside barbecue and a dance at the Elks
Club. Can you just pciture a dance fo r 68
unescorted w om en? M ost danced, sez P A T
H A L L E T T , with willing a n d /o r elbownudged husbands. Three cheers for H A R ­
R IE T B A IR and P A T H A L L E T T for fin­
ishing the rare without a radio. That takes
grit. P oor H A R R IE T , that’s about the fifth
time that has happened to her-— can she
be jin x e d ?
Our monthly Fly-in was August 20th for
a picnic on the beach at Santa Barbara.
U nfortunately B E R N I S T E V E N S O N and
JAN D R E Y F U S had to p icn ic alone due to
weather. B E R N I wants to know why the
rest o f us don’ t get IF R rated — and
F L O R A H U T C H IN S O N , P A T H A L L E T T
and P O L L Y F L E M IN G want to know why
everyone didn’ t join them for a p icn ic un­
der the trees beside Santa Y nez A irport —
sorry gals, I was wine tasting somewhere
around Sacram ento that day. Y ou know
how these vacations by car are.
Speaking
of
vacations,
A U DREY’
S C H U T T E didn't get one. She spent three
weeks in the hospital, had surgery and just
got out on the 14th o f Septem ber. 49V&er
RAY’ says she is fine and getting her
strength back now.
JE A N N E D A Y passed on the gavel to
new Chapter Chairman F L O R A H U T C H ­
INSON Septem ber 14th at the S chlitz Brown
Bottle R oom . Nearly everyone brought their
4 9 l/2ers to share in the good food , great
beer and merry m aking. Other officers in­
stalled were V ice-Chairm an P O L L Y F L E M ­
IN G , R ecording Secretary R O D G R O D G ­
E R S and Corresponding Secretary B R E D A
CR E E SE . K M P C H elicopter A irw atch Pilot,
H E R B G R E E N was our guest speaker.
W ith a k ick off like that, we will expect
great things from our new officers. C on­
gratulations gals, you are real winners.
SAN G A B R IE L V A LL E Y C H A P T E R
P O R TIA C O R N E L L , Reporter
The A rbor Restaurant in Upland was the
setting for our annual banquet on Septem ­
ber 17. The officers for 1970-71 were in­
troduced; M A R G A R E T L A W S O N , Presi­
dent; M A R G A R E T G A M B L E , V ice Presi­
dent: JE A N G IL L IN G W A T O R S , Secretary
and M A R IE C A W Y E R , Treasurer. M em ­
bers that join ed our chapter during the last
year were honored and given a long stem
red rose. Those present were N A N C Y
G O R D O N , JU N E G U T H E R IE , D O R IS
C O R W IN and N A O M I W IL D E N .
W e all enjoyed our speaker o f the even­
ing, DR. A L B E R T P U S K A S , a flight sur­
geon, form ally with North Am erican R ock ­
well. H e spoke on the role o f the flight
surgeon, particularly in the aerospace
program. Later we caught up on each oth­
ers summer activities.
V IR G IN IA W A G N E R has been busy
placing in air races; 5th in the Powder
Puff, 2nd in the Palm s to Pines and 2nd in
the Jim Long. M A R G A R E T L A W S O N and
fam ily are back from Europe and busy
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w orking on the Brackett A ir Fair. M A R ­
G A R E T G A M B L E is still com m unting to
Nogales where her husband has business.
M A R IO N M A R R IE T T has been to Atlanta
and N A O M I W IL D E N has been to Oregon.
M A R IE H IG H T with her husband S T E R ­
L IN G attended the Experim ental Aircraft
A ssociation meeting in W isconsin where
they cam ped out under the wing o f a
Cherokee 180.
M A R IE C A W Y E R and husband E A R L
had an exciting Labor Day weekend in the
P acific Northwest dodging clouds and ice.
M A R IE reports she wished she had her
instrument then. She’ ll soon have it though
as she was the lucky winner o f our $100
scholarship drawing. JA N E L aM A R and
M A R Y SE B E LIU S, back from the Powder
Puff are busy soloing new students at
JA N E ’S Flying Service. Our new mothers
P O R T IA C O R N E L L and JE A N G IL L IN G ­
W A T O R S are being kept busy by little
P O R T IA and A N D R E W . P O R T IA does
find time to work on her com m ercial rating
and JE A N is back at work teaching
school.
SAN JO A Q U IN V A LL E Y C H A P T E R
D O R O TH Y M cA LLIS TE R , Reporter
Our Septem ber meeting at the Chuck
W agon in M odesto brought a record turn­
o u t — three more than our usual lucky
thirteen. O ur great new slate o f officers
(L A V E R N E G U D G E L, Chairm an; S H IR ­
L E Y M IL L E R , V ice-C hairm an; DIAN E
K A U F M A N N , Secretary; and T H E L M A
H A N SE N , Treasurer) were elected unan­
im ously, to no one’s surprise, thought
L A V E R N E kept insisting she expected to
be defeated by a dark-horse write-in.
Bouquets to H E LE N M cG E E as she
steps down after two years as Chairman.
None o f us will let her forget she’s prom ­
ised she’ ll consider a nom ination for a S ec­
tion office “ som etim e in the future.”
“ S M IT T Y ” S M IT H , manager o f the
M odesto A irport, gave us a fascinating
glim pse behind the scenes at what an air­
port manager’s jo b involves. From now on
w e'll appreciate the fact that sm ooth run­
ways,
efficient
lighting
and adequate
parking don’ t just happen, but have to be
planned and budgeted and maintained. W e
were relieved to learn that the disabled
Tw in Beach at the end o f Runway 29
hadn’t really crashed, but was part o f a
recent full-dress em ergency drill, com plete
with ninety “ casualties” labelled with their
various injuries who were transported by
am bulance to hospitals, and with fire­
fighting and other em ergency equipm ent
out in full force.
W e also learned that M odesto’s Runway
29R is to be resurfaced in m id-September
and renamed 28R — no, it won’ t be realign­
ed, but hopefully the new designation will
discourage the all too com m on and danger­
ous practice o f pilots (in clu din g airline
t y p e s !) who com e flying up the Valley, see
an airport on the nose, and land, thinking
they’ re at S tockton, instead o f M odesto.
For the same reason, plans are also under-
way for our group to airmark a structure
out on final approach, which hopefully will
bring the errant pilots up short before they
enter the wrong traffic area.
Thanks to C H A R L O T T E R Y A N for ar­
ranging
for
S M IT T Y ’ S
presentation.
C H A R L O T T E reports she’s casing up on
her flight-instructor schedule this month
because o f her delicate condition. (S h e ’s
about to becom e a grandm other.)
None o f us flew in the Palms to Pines
Race, but we made up for it by having an
efficient and hard-working crew stationed at
C howchilla for the fly-by: S H IR L E Y M IL ­
LER as C hief T im er with C H A R L O T T E
R Y A N and JEAN M U R R A Y assisting;
R OSIE HI JOS, whose delicious food was
devoured to the last sandw ich; C H A R ­
LENE K IR K w ho helped with the food
and with w elcom ing the contestants; and
ROB and L A V E R N E C U D G E L , who fur­
nished transportation, donated a generous
leg prize, masterminded the planning and
worked like beavers. Everything went with­
out a hitch, thanks to all these gals and
their
helpful
49*4’s.
LAVERNE
and
ROSIE were so caught up in the spirit o f
the race that at the last minute they hop­
ped in L A V E R N E 'S D ebonair and fo l­
lowed the contestants up to Independence
for the festivities there.
At
this
writing
M ARGARET
AN­
D R E W S is in the hospital and has under­
gone surgery. W e miss you, M A R G A R E T ,
and hope you’ ll be back with us soon. It’s
been great to have EV H E N D L E Y at the
last two meetings. It has been unanimously
voted that we go to EV’ S next August to
pick peaches!
y
August was a great month for flying for
fun — M A R IE
M cD O W E L L
took
two
friends to M ontana, then went on to visit
her m other in Idaho. R O SIE HIJOS flew'
with her fam ily to Lake T a h o e ; C H A R ­
LENE and BOB K IR K to Oceano and to
Clear Lake; C H A R L O T T E and CH U C K
M O R R IL L to S pokane; T H E L M A and
EL W O O D H A N SE N to Napa for supper;
RENE and V A N N E A LO N to their Tahoe
c a b in ; H ELEN and H A R V E Y McGEE for
a fabulous fishing and boating trip to
British C olum bia;
LAURA
M A Y and
GEN E to their beach place at Aptos.
Piloting in for the M edesto m eeting were
ROSIE H IJOS bringing L A V E R N E C U D ­
GEL:
CHARLENE
K IR K
with guest
T R IX IE C L A Y T O N (also a licensed pi­
lo t ) ; H ELEN M cG E E in her Com anche
with D IA N E
KAUFM ANN;
THELMA
H A N SE N in her Skymaster with D O T T IE
M cA l l i s t e r and c h a r l o t t e m o r R ILL. T H E L M A earned an extra stripe for
her cool head on the return trip, continuing
a smooth approach across the Bay and the
landing at San Carlos as suspicious odors
started wafting from the direction o f the
instrument panel. T H E L M A tentatively
diagnosed the problem as the wiring to the
gas gauge — do hope they were able to get
it repaired so they could go off on schedule
to Las Vegas the follow in g day.
Providing transportation from the Moddesto Airport to the restaurant were B IL ­
LIE W Y A T T , M A R IE M cD O W E L L and
L A U R A M A Y C R A W F O R D . And B IL ­
LIE’ S lovely centerpiece for the luncheon
table was a mound o f hom egrown grapes
which the shared with all o f us afterward.
SAN L U IS O B IS P O C O U N T Y C H A P TER
W AND A S TR A S S B U R G , Reporter
M ARCI
BARNET
has becom e
the
P E A R L M E ST A o f San Luis O bispo and
. . . our C ounty News M edia knows about
the N inety-Nines!
This chapter hostessed a cham pagneluncheon for the Press at the B A R N E T 'S
home to launch our new officers, congratu­
late the out-going, and to inform all o f the
activities o f 99 Int’ l and local.
Immediate and Only Past-Pres. W A N D A
E W IN G prepared a printed “ Purpose, P ro­
jects, History. & A ctivities" closing with
JOH N M A G E E JR ’ S “ H igh Flight.” The
Press felt as if they were honored guests
and left “ warmed” by our hospitality.
W A N D A was presented a (M onterey
B A Y ) 99 Tray by her peers, and thanked
for her devotion and dedication in leading
us our first year. M A R C I was inducted as
our new leader.
E M IL Y C L E T S O W A Y was the honored
pilot o f our group in Sept. when she chauffered E V E L L E Y O U N G E R , Los Angeles
District Attorney, and aspiring State Att’ y
General, from Santa Barbara to San Luis to
speak.
Our ranks thin this month . . . JIM and
P R IS C IL L A B E R G E R , T he B A R N E T S ,
C R IS S and R O G E R M O U L IN . . . all off to
the races in Reno.
M O U I.IN ’S are going so they can try to
forget the disastrous fire which ravaged
their business the 2nd o f Septem ber. Can
you im agine how many irreplacebles are
lost when an FBO burns to the ground?
logbooks, shirtails, records . . . to say noth­
ing o f the office equipm ent, auto and a / c
keys etc . . . Our sympathies to Coastal and
hopes for a better year in ’ 71.
C A L L IE N IC K E L L , one o f our newest
pilots, began flying in ’66 in a Cessna 140,
encouraged by her pilot-husband DELL.
She is such an avid horsewoman that she
managed to get thrown and injured, re­
quiring long recuperation. In a few years,
she was ready for flying again and ’69
found her a charter m ember o f our group,
flying everything she can get her hands on.
She and D E L L are in a 172 clu b and are
indeed a great part o f the flying comm unity
here.
T H E S P IR IT O F SA N L U IS N IN E T Y N IN E S is found in K A T H Y S H E R M A N .
She flits about the skies with that beautiful
DR. EI) and daughter E R IN in their red
Bonanza.
K A T H Y also began flying in ’66 in San
Luis, and was licensed in ’68. Their flying
highlight each year is a trip to Gallatin
Gateway in Montana and they are planning
a M exico trip this winter. She says her
am bition is to check out in “ that Bonanza” .
O ur brand new m ember is P A T DU­
V A L L who resides in Atascadero with
banker-pilot-husband B R Y A N , and their
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two daughters. Licensed in July, she
learned to fly in Paso Robles in the
D U V A L I.-K R E ID E R C-150.
B R Y A N got his license in the same a /c
last year. P A T ’ S claim to fame (but she’s
too hum ble to talk about it) is the return
from a student solo x / c to find her home
hase boasting a 90° x-w gusting to 30 k. To
see her plant that 150 was hartwarming!
W elcom e, P A T D U V A L L ! W e’ re fortu­
nate to have you and C A L L IE and
KATHY!
S A N TA B A R BA R A C H A P T E R
A N N L O U IS E SW A N S O N , Reporter
The fall is the time for getting back
together again, looking back over the sum­
mer and planning ahead.
Sum mer kept most o f our chapter mem­
bers on the go. T H E L M A D R E W , M A R ­
G A R E T M E A D , and JO A N STEIN B E R G E R went on the Powder Puff Derby. And
are we proud o f them. T H E L M A D R E W
just managed to get her com m ercial licence
before take off and then recevied the high­
est score fo r a low-time pilot. JOAN
S T E IN B E R G E R received the leg prize
from M onterey to Fresno. Both JOAN and
T H E L M A flew solo. M A R G A R E T took
first place in the Powder Puff Derby and
the Palms to Pines Race. A N N LOUISE
SW A N SO N received third p lace in the 17th
A nnual JIM LONG R A C E and for the
second year in a row the Best Piper
trophy.
This was also the time to elect our o f­
ficers o f the year. E R M A C H R IS T IA N did
a wonderful jo b in getting our chapter
rolling and having regular m eetings with
programs o f aviation education last year.
This year we felt we just had to have her
there in the left seat again. A N N LO U ISE
S W A N S O N was elected Vice-Chairm an and
took on the duty o f being the news report­
er, (I try to h e lp ). S H IR L E Y SE N D R A K
is our new secretary and the notes we get
o f the meeting are a beautiful informative
newsletter. H ELEN BECK is our Treasurer
and we feel we w ill have the best set of
books about our account. JOAN S T E IN ­
B E R G E R was again elected as our mem­
bership chairm an. She has helped some
wonderful girls becom e 99’s. JO A N is very
modest, she doesn't tell us about the times
this summer she spoke to various groups
about the 99’ s and the Powder Puff Derby.
W e may be a small chapter, but we try.
( Please read instructions on how to send
in your report. See Sept. issue.)
S A N TA C LAR A V A L L E Y C H A P TER
J E A N N E M c E L H A T T O N , Reporter
“ But you couldn't possible be a lady
pilot” said the astonished blonde guide
from Intourist, “ you don’ t have a uniform ” .
W e were at the Sim feropol Airport,.
U.S.S.R . waiting for the A eroflot flight to
Kiev, when the conversation caused our
guide’s eyebrows to shoot skyward in
disbelief. A “ private” p i lo t . . . flying her
October, 1970
own airplane! Im possible! Y es, the Soviet
skies had seen women at the controls o f an
airplane in a Kremlinized version o f the
W .A .S .P . and V A L E N T IN A
TERESH ­
K O V A was the “ first lady o f outer space” ,
but an ordinary fem ale civilian p ilo t? The
guide’s mind boggled. It was just one o f the
aviation-oriented differences that pointed
up the C apitalist/C om m unist com m uni­
cation gap.
Few things are done just for fun in the
land of “ the bear who walks like a man” .
In a country where an ordinary plastic
raincoat, overpriced at $6 in Berlin, has a
M oscow price tag o f $54 dollars it’s easy to
see why there are few frills.
I was traveling through the Soviet Union
with my Newsman husband D A V E , who was
"011 assignment” for KCBS Newsradio in
San Francisco. As he gathered notes and
tape recordings o f our adventures, we tried
to learn about Russian aviation. But in
him. Our guide didn’ t know A R M S T R O N G
was in town. W ere we su re? Y es, there was
an International Space C onferen ce being
held not far from our hotel, but N EIL A R M ­
S T R O N G ? W e knew m ore about what was
going on in her town than she did. W e
brought the inform ation with us from the
outside world. She wasn't evasive, as we
first thought, just uninform ed. T he G overn­
ment had decided to play down the pres­
ence o f the first man on the moon. So for
most o f the Russian people N E IL A R M ­
S T R O N G wasn’ t in Leningrad at the
Space C onference. That’s a lot o f unin­
form ed people. T he Soviet U nion covers one
sixth o f the land surface o f the earth!
There were other notable differences in
the Russian way o f life, from a pilot’s per­
spective. T he Russian airports are loaded
with airplanes just sitting idle. N ot many
flights, but lot's o f airplanes, ranging from
DC-3’s in the warpaint o f W W II to modern
Russia getting the answer to one’s questions
passenger jets that look like a borschterized
isn’ t easy. T he people aren’ t as guarded as
version
they are uninform ed. I f you ever wondered
interiors are utilitarian in the extrem e, with
about the value o f a free press, try spending
the cock p it secured by a hatch that looks
of
Boeing
and
Lockheed.
There
some time in a country where the only news
like it had been taken from a water-tight
you get is that which the State wishes you
compartment
to get. W e found a beautiful exam ple during
travel, plane, train or bus, is not to be
our first day in the Soviet Union. W e were
enjoyed . . . it is to be endured, at least when
in
N EIL
experienced by a W esterner who grew up
A R M S T R O N G . D A V E wanted to interview
with the “ Friendly Skies o f United” and the
Leningrade, so
was
Astronaut
A N N E L I K O K K O LA , Reporter
T he Finnish Ninety-Nines met for the
very first time as an authorized section on
July 18, 1970 on the aviation field o f
R A Y S K A L A at 10:00 o’c lo ck in the
morning. A ircraft after aircraft landed
of
a
submarine.
Passenger
graciously and taxirolled to the aviation
field tower at R A Y S K A L A , w hich is the
largest sailing flight center o f Finland. A
total o f 15 Finnish woman pilots had their
m orning coffee together, then they admired
the fool hardy A R JA S IS K O A IR IL A doing
some
hair-raising
trick
flying
by the
CE SSN A 150 A E R O B A T aircraft. In order
to vivify the present ladies sense o f humour
a sack race was arranged, and that
brightened indeed everybody’s disposition
in spite o f the rather gray day.
Then we inspected the gliders, and all
ladies did sailing flights by turns, utilizing
associated passenger pleasing propaganda.
T he Russian pilots might just as well be
flying a fighter. They really rack their birds
around. And while in the plane, no picture
taking. No pictures at the airport either.
T he Soviet stance seems to be, a camera is
less a tourist toy than a device o f propa­
ganda and intrigue. T he only “ little” planes
we saw looked like vintage Cabin W acos
outfitted for ag dusting.
W hile all the this might have the sound of
a disgruntled “ knock” it really isn’ t. For the
most part the people are warm and friendly,
especially so toward Americans. T he coun­
try is fascinating, the perform ing arts
breathtaking. But for one who has grown up
in a land where people count as individuals,
rather than just cogs in the m achinery o f the
State the often senseless flexing o f the
government’s muscles is a frustrating
exercise in endless futility. There is a
Russian word that sound like “ p ot-ch eem oo". It means “ why” . But nobody ever
seems to use that word. T he State is sup­
posed to have all the answers. And while the
Russian man on the street is living better
than he ever has, his government is more
human than it would wish to admit, it is
fallable. And as our teen age son, who
traveled with us, said one day as we walked
alon g Red Square, “ I never thought we had
a bad country, but I didn’ t know how good
we had it.”
the glider ASK-13, made in Germany, which
is two-seated, and directed by the talented
sailing flight teachers REIJO P IR T O L A
and P A U L I R ISSA N E N . T he flight started
by winch towing up to an altitude o f 1500
ft, speeding about 50 ft /s e c . M otorless
flying was indeed a special experience to
everybody. During the meeting we were
surprised to receive a greeting from the
International Convention through M R S.
P IR K K O PESO N EN . Then the evening was
spent in the Finnish sauna and swimming.
Hostesses o f the occasion were M IR JA
S IP IL A and the Reporter.
Starred are fo u r of the orginial six pilots I met in Finland to start the Section. O the r 2 are H E L E N A H E ID E , IRM A VA H A K A LL IO
O ctober, 1970
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failure to return went out o f my head until
I eventually ‘buzzed’ the Homestead just on
dusk and arrived to find the w hole place in
sheer panic and about to set out on a
search.
Sandstone, where we are now is one of
the old ghost towns o f the W est. O nce there
were 5,000 people here, now there are
about 30. But it is starting to hum again
and everyone is pegging the area hoping to
make a million on nickel. Rain is still fo l­
low ing me and the poor old Baron is
shivering out on the wet and windy strip.”
A photo of our trick flyin g pilot A R JA S IS K O A IR ILA .
Australian
Section
☆
M A R IE R IC H A R D S O N , Reporter
Have a letter from RO B IN M IL L E R re
her A erodental Clinic flying tour o f N orth­
west Western Australia earlier this year so
will give it to you in her own w o r d s. . .
“ T he A erodental C linic has been a great
success, teethwise, but has been fought
with numerous hazards flyingwise. Som e­
how I’ve always been a great ‘ rain bringer’
and it seems to follow me wherever I go.
Even the most drought stricken areas have
attracted big water laden skies as soon as
I com e near. W e had far too much (d en tal)
gear to use the Cessna 180 as originally
planned so we have been doing it in style
in the B a ron ! However wet strips have
heen a constant headache. Often Station
( R a n ch ) people just don’ t understand.
T ypical was one Station manager I'd
spoken to over the ‘ pedal’ early the other
m orning asking how his strip was for the
Baron. (R ep orters n ote; ‘ pedal’ short for
pedal-radio the original type o f radio set
used in remote areas, and ‘pow ered’ by the
feet on pedals) He told me one strip was
under water, but there was ‘heaps o f length’
on the other which was well drained and
hard. W e went up there and I did about
four low passes over the short area avail­
able and worked out I cou ld just get in if
I did a real short field landing. W e cam e
to a skidding halt on this strip, stopping
about a foot from a large ‘lake’ o f water,
putting the fear o f G od into my Dentist
passenger. Over cam e the Station manager
saying . . ‘J . . . C . . . I didn’ t know you
were com in g in a bloody 70711’ M y co m ­
ments to that are better not recorded. M ore
rain, that cam e up during the day forced
me to pack the Dentist and his gear up in
frantic haste and head further North to the
sun. W e only just got out too, by pulling
the poor old Baron into the air well before
she wanted to fly!
I went into Onslow last week for fuel,
leaving the dentist at ‘Y arraloola’ Station,
60 miles away and saying that I’d be back
for lunch. Onslow had also had inches of
rain-— you just about need a tidal chart
to get in there at the best o f times — but
as the ground is all hard coral, the strip is
usually O .K . W as taxying out for take-off
back to ‘Y arroloola’ about 11:45 am, just
in nice time for lunch, when I heard a
terrible banging noise. T o my amazement,
when I looked behind, I saw a poor mudspattered, red faced man running behind
the Baron banging frantically on the elvator. I stopped, hut the fellow was so puffed
out and excited, the only word I could
catch was ‘hospital’. T hinking som ething
must be seriously wrong, I taxied back,
shut down and looked for this man, but
there was no sign o f him or anyone else, so
I walked out to the main road and hitched
a ride 5 miles into town. T he nearest D oc­
tor to Onslow is 200 miles by road or %
hour over the sea by air, at Exmouth. The
Sisters at the Onslow Hospital talk to the
Dr. in Exmouth over the Royal Flying Dr.
R adio if anything urgent crops up and
when I walked in they were just trying to
get through to him. A child had been
brought in with a strangulated hernia — a
surgical em ergency — and pretty serious,
not to mention painful for the poor kid.
W ell within half an hour I was winging
my way W est over Exm outh G u lf with the
sick child and the M atron, and within an
hour we were all scrubbed up in the
Theatre o f Exmouth Hospital, Operating.
T he fact that it was Sunday and there were
no com m unications and that the people at
‘ Y arraloola’ might be worried about my
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A fter reading that do you wonder we are
so proud o f R O B IN ! This area R O B IN flies
so often is part o f approxim ately one half
o f the Australian Continent which is de­
signated by D.C.A. as “ Rem ote Area.” A ir­
craft operating in the Rem ote Area must
carry H.F. R /T and a “ Survival Beacon” ,
but a pilot’s greatest asset is his or her
ability to M ap read and Navigate by Dead
R eckoning.
C H R IS T IN E
H E N D E R SO N has just
com pleted 4 months flying for a M ission in
New Guinea to gain experience in that area
before com m encing flying duties for a M is­
sion in W est Irian. Her last trip from
N.G. was to ferry a Cessna C172 back to
Sydney (A u st) for sale, her cargo this time
was a spare engine, secured on back seat,
for repairs. She did the flight in 29 % hours
over 5 days. A fter a short visit to her family
in A delaide she left for D jajapura in West
Irian, where she will be located for the
next two years. Her firends know she isn’ t
a prolific letter writer and w ill understnad
if they don’ t get replies to all letters. But
any o f you who have ever felt lonely or
isolated will know just how much the re­
ceipt o f newsy letters can mean to a young
girl like C H R IS whose only com m unication
now with the outside world will be a regu­
lar fortnightly air service from W ewak,
N.G. So do write to her through her only
reliable address up there:
C /O Rev. Father John van de Pavert
O.F.M .
C atholic Mission
W E W A K , T.N .G .
G ood Luck, C H R IS and Safe Flying.
M A R G A R E T K E N T L E Y has join ed the
ranks o f “ Flying Grannies” in Australia,
in August when her son P E T E R and
daughter in law presented her with a future
Ninety-Nine, for a first Grandchild. M A R ­
G A R E T has made two trips in her M ooney
from Sydney to M elbourne since to see the
new arrival. M A R G A R E T has also entered
the “ W arana” A ir R aces with M A R IE
R IC H A R D S O N as Navigator. Com m encing
on Friday night, O ctober 2nd with 188 nm
N ight Cross Country, follow ed by a twoday out and back speed against Par Race.
T he V ictorian girls are very busy or­
ganizing the A ll W om ens’ Fly-in to Ber­
w ick fo r Saturday, 17th O ctober. This is
part o f the official program m e for Austra­
lian wide celebrations o f “ Aviat ‘70” . Be
seeing you then.
That is all for this month. Come on girls,
Give with the News. Bye.
October, 1970
through India,
Indonesia.)
FIR S T C A N A D IA N C H A P T E R
I’ m sorry to say that when the last report
was due I was involved in another ferry
trip which again extended itself longer
than expected, and so I missed the dead­
line. (T h is was rather unusual trip taking
a de Havilland Heron from Portugese
Guinea in W est A frica to A lice Springs,
Australia — the route being initially in a
Northerly direction to the Cape Verde Is­
lands. the Canary Islands, then through the
M editerranean, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan,
West Pakistan, then the usual route
T hialand,
Singapore
and
T he British S ection’s main activity since
our last report was the Ninety-Nines T ro­
phy A ir R ace. There were 6 entrants: G IL ­
LIAN C A Z A L E T , E L IZA B E T H O V E R ­
B U R Y , D A P H N E P O Y N T E R , M R S. H IL
DICK, M A R Y K N A P P and yours truly.
M A R Y K N A P P is a keen pylon-rarer from
C onnecticut and cam e over to this country
especially to sam ple our handicap races.
She entered both the Goodyear T rophy (an
open event with 40 com petitors in a wide
variety o f aircra ft) and the Ninety Nines
race. M A R Y raced a Turbulent aircraft b e ­
longing to the T iger Club and had the
doubtful privilege o f being first away in
both races (so she had to find her own way
round the c o u r s e !) The T urbulent is a tiny
single-seat ultra-light plane, with 45 H P
converted V olksw agon engine, open c o ck ­
pit, a speed o f about 90-95 mph and very
light
controls — quite
a change
from
M A R Y ’ S usual mounts o f the Bonanza,
Com anche, Siai M archetti 260 variety, but
M A R Y enjoyed flying the tiny blue plane.
In (lie big race, the Turbulent was handi­
capped out o f the running, but all the air­
craft were re-handicapped for the Ninety
Nines race, and M A R Y stayed out in front
to win — a result we were all very pleased
with.
C H R IS T IN E
COOM BE
missed
the
Ninety Nines A ir R ace as she was collect­
ing a Tri-Pacer from Lisbon, Portugal after
overhaul. But she has been very much part
o f the racing scene as she organized an aii
race round the Isle o f W igh t at the end o f
July. I missed this due to the ferry trips
but, know ing C H R IS T IN E , I’ m quite sure
it was a great success, and a woman pilot
won it ( though not a Ninety Nine un­
fortunately! )
Eleventh hour news re. S H E L IA S C O T T
is that she has broken yet another record —
this time from New Y ork to London (Gatw ick ) in a little over 20 hours. M arvelous
news, especially after the gloom y report
previously o f “ M yth T o o ” being damaged
by a gas truck at Kennedy.
J A N E T F E R G U S O N , Reporter
LO IS AP P ER LEY, Reporter
When S H E IL A S C O T T landed at L o n d o n ’s Gatwick A irp ort on T h u rsd a y, Septem ber
3, in her single-engine Piper C om anche, she had established her 93rd p oint-to-p oint
speed record. Th is latest record, sub ject to official hom ologation by the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale, cove r her fligh t from New York (J F K ) to London with
a stop at Gander, New foundland. H er total elapsed tim e was 20 hours and 12
m inutes. The landing at Gatwick also was the final leg of the S E C O N D round-theworld fligh t M ISS S C O T T has made in her Com anche w hich is named "M yth II.”
H er first global trip was m ade in 1967 w hich set a new official speed record fo r
aircraft in the C om anche class. For th is she was aw arded the Harm on International
T ro p h y, highest award given a n n ua lly to astronauts, male and fem ale pilots fo r
o utstanding flyin g feats. In all, M ISS S C O T T and her 260 horsepow er Com anche
have crossed the A tla ntic six d iffe ren t tim es. Last sprin g she entered the London
Daily Mail Race flyin g from London to New Y ork ’s LaGuardia A irp o rt in 25 hours
and 48 m inutes elapsed tim e. On her return fligh t she established a new speed
record between New York and Copenhagen via Goose Bay and Iceland. Am ong
other long distance flig h ts in her Com anche, she also has flow n the round trip
twice from London to Cape T ow n , South Africa.
October, 1970
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R ecently
our
Chairman
BARBARA
B R O T H E R T O N and husband T O M flew
with S Y B IL and C H A R L E S DUNN to
northern Ontario and Quebec for a week.
A guide from the Tim m ins area took them
by “ lobo” to a cam p on Lake Remi where
the fishing was terrific.
T heir itinerary also included V al D’Or, a
tour o f a gold mine and a flight in a Beaver
to another secluded lake for m ore fishing.
But according to S Y B IL the highlight of
the trip was the flight from Kapuskasing to
M oosonee and M oose Factory where two
wide rivers flow into James Bay.
W e all wish to congratualte M ISS CHIY O K E M U R A K A M I who recently secured
her instrument rating in only four months.
N o w onder we haven’t seen you lately,
CH ICO.
S H IR L E Y and N E IL M A C D O U G A L L
have just returned from a trip to Finland.
W hile in Helsinki S H IR L E Y was enter­
tained at a luncheon arranged by M A R JA
A A R N IO -W IH U R I, the Governor o f the
Finnish Section, with four other members,
E IR A
K U O R IN K A , M A Y
A M IN O FF ,
P IR K K O H E L M IN E N and A N N E LI K O K
K O L A . G liding is popular in Finland and
A N N E L I has her license. M A R J A and
P IR K K O are working on their float en­
dorsements and E IR A flys a Swedish M FI.
A ccord in g to S H IR L E Y the luncheon and
a trip to visit M A R J A ’ S lovely home was a
m em orable experience and we all look for­
ward to m eeting any Finnish members or
friends who com e to Canada.
A lso S H IR L E Y and N E IL were able to
rent planes at both Helsinki and Jyvalskyla
with only a short check ride and a Cana­
dian license.
T he Central Ontario Aviation C ouncil is
a newly form ed association concerned with
im proving general aviation facilities in this
area.
Our Chapter was requested by the
C ouncil to undertake a survey o f general
aviation at nine airports between Septem ­
ber 14th and 20th.
W e are at present just com m encing this
survey but are anticipating a fantiastic re­
port on general aviation traffic in this
immediate area.
M A PLE LEA F C H A P T E R
J A C Q U E L IN E FR A M P TO N , Reporter
Since I last wrote our members have been
busy en joyin g a lovely summer with many
away on holidays and others getting away to
the many Hying events this summer. I also
have been busy this last little while, moving
our household to a new home in W aterford,
Ontario and as a consequence nobody seems
to have caught up with me with any news.
T his summer has been filled with many
fun flying events in Ontario, even if this
reporter has missed many o f them. There
are still more scheduled for Sept. and Oct.
Am ong these is T he M aple L eaf Chapter’ s
Annual P oker Run on O ct. 14th which I’ ll
have m ore to tell you about later.
Again I have sent pictures o f our A ir­
marking in June, because all o f us who were
there will never forget the fun and the good
feeling o f accom plishm ent which follow ed
that day o f effort. Again a genuine thank
A long, hard day and a job well done!
C leaning up after the Airm arking are
fro m le ft to r ig h t J O A N C O R B E T T ,
JA C K IE FR A M P TO N , M ARY CASSAR and
JE A N N E M cE A C H E R N , who as A irm ark­
ing chairm an furnished the car fo r load­
ing and taking out to the runway.
you to the friends and husbands that
assisted us in putting “ S A R N IA -C A N A D A "
in 20’ letters on Sarnia A irport.
Our Annual Chapter meeting is latter this
month because o f several week-end flying
events the first two week-ends in Sept., but
again, the many plans and decisions to come
forward at this m eeting will be reported
later.
Some miscellaneous news items gathered
lately.
Busy painting one of the m any ’ ’A ” s of
the day are from left to right, FAYE
C A R D IN E R , JO A N C O R B E T T and MARY
CASSAR .
B E R N IC E E S K R IT T and her family
have gone on a cam pig trip to the West
coast for the month o f Aug.
IV A N K A
ZU Z E K
and
her 49>/2ER
H A N K have an addition to the family — a
new baby girl.
Other 99’s who have moved this summer
are B A R B A R A S H U L M A N , L O R N A DE
B L IC Q U Y and M A R IE W A L K E R .
Busy working to further their Airman
ratings this summer are H IL D A DEVE R E U X , w orking on her Instructors rating
and B E R T H A S N E L G R O V E busy getting
her night flying endorsem ent.
H IL D A D E V E R E U X and JOAN COR
B E T T are also planning to fly to the East
Canada Section m eeting in Ottawa Sept.
26th.
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’D i m p t r a l u f f i l i n g
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Helen Shropshire
P. O . B O X 5 3 4
PA C IFIC G R O V E , C A U P . 9 3 9 S O
A ll re a d y to s t a r t p a in tin g S A R N IA C AN AD A at Sarnia A irp o rt are from left
to r ig h t , J A C K IE F R A M P T O N , M A R Y
CASSAR, JE A N N E M cE A C H E R N , JO A N
C O R B E T T and H E L E N W ILS O N .
R em em ber the next time you are planning
that flying holiday that Ontario is year
round flying country with many airports and
facilities throughout the province. A very
com plete manual o f inform ation for anyone
interest in flying in Canada anywhere is;
“ A ir Tourist Inform ation Canada” com piled
by the Civil Aviation Branch o f the Depart­
ment o f Transport, Canada. This book is
obtainable on request by writing to the
Aeronautical Inform ation Services P ubli­
cation
office,
Civil
Aviation
Branch,
Department o f Transport, no. 3 Tem porary
Building, Ottawa, Ontario.
October, 1970
C O N N E C T IC U T C H A P T E R
R O SE A N N C R IM , Reporter
This reporter seems to have been knee
deep in everything but writing to the News­
letter these last few months, please forgive,
attention was directed to the Convention
before July. Now tliat our week in the
W hite Mts. is over we have many wonderful
memories.
DON & PEG D A V ID S O N let us have a
“ swim and relax” m eeting at their summer
cottage on the shore in August. Everyone
brought their families and a good time was
had by all I
New officers for the com in g year have
been elected. W e’ re very happy to have
M A R Y N E IL as our C H A IR M A N for a
second year. BOBBIE H E R B E R gave up
her secretarial duties to be our VICEC H A IR M A N . Our busy gal, E V E LY N
K R O P P will be the new S E C R E T A R Y .
This reporter w ill struggle with the fiances
for another year as T R E A S U R E R .
T h e N orthern New England C hap ter held its Septem ber m eeting at G reenville, Maine
as guests of RA M O N A M O R R IL L w ho flies her Cessan 170 com m ercially from her
own dock on Moosehead Lake and is known as M aine’s o n ly lady bush pilot. Left to
right in the photo are JA N E B E N N E T , JE A N B A TC H E L D E R , PAT M ACK, JO Y
B R IC K E R , BEA H IL T O N , R A M O N A M O R R IL L and JA C K IE T E M P E S T A . JA N E , BEA
and J A C K IE m ay join the ranks of the N in e ty N ines in the future— J A N E is one of
R A M O N A ’S seaplane students, BEA and her husband fly a Cessna 310 and keep a
glider fo r fun, and JA C K IE is a new private pilot. A t the C hap te r m eeting, new
officers w ere elected: C hairm an, PAT M A CK ; Vice C hairm an, KA Y H O SM ER ; S ecre­
ta ry, J O Y B R IC K E R ; and T re a su rer, KAY H A C K LE R O O D .
EA S TE R N NEW E N G L A N D C H A P T E R
K A T H E R IN E T O M P K IN S , Reporter
EVELYN KROPP, C O N N . C H A P TE R , with
her new plane.
M A N Y & D A V ID N E IL have certainly
had a eventful time since convention. They
flew to San Antonio for their son A L A N ’ S
graduation from Officers training in the A ir
Force and then on to Deerfield, III. for his
wedding. They will be stationed at C olum ­
bus A ir F orce Base, Colum bus, M ississippi
for his flight training. M A R Y also reports
that they had a wild IF R to Philadelphia
International A irport recently. W h ile they
were parked at Atlantic Aviation two very
inebriated characters got in their plane and
started to start same. Fortunately they did
not find the Master switch, but they pushed
every other botton and generally had a gay
time in a very short time when they caught
them. H alf an hour later they left the field
in the protective custody o f six policem en
who promised to give them a very hard time.
The CON N . C H A P T E R will be getting
together next Sept. 26th at Bradley Field,
Hartford. There w ill be hangar flying the
the pilots lounge, a tour o f the M useum on
the Field, participation in Link training for
interested members, and an inform ative
lecture by an A O P A Clinic Instructor.
This is all the news from the Nutmeg
State for now.
October, 1970
A s summer dribbles to an end in a cold
autumn rain, New England Ninety Nines
wrapped up the season with a coup le o f fun
fly-ins. At the August m eeting in P rovi­
dence,
R hode
Island, convention
was
remem bered, final details com pleted and
filed under finished. L IL L IA N E B B E RSO N
was welcom ed as a new m ember and several
prospective members were entertained for
lunch at V alle’s restaurant. The Septem ber
gathering was held in Sturbridge V illage on
such a gorgeous day that many flew in even
if it took longer than a drive. New members
w elcom ed are M A R IL Y N F E N TO N and
LU C IL L E F L Y N N , both private pilots and
M A R IL Y N a student o f R IP L E Y M IL ­
LE RS. Guest speaker N A N C Y T IE R , Char­
ter member, received many a chuckle as she
told o f taildraggin’ delights and frights. She
said flying is so relaxing now, she hasn’t had
an engine failure since 1931 (six b e fo r e ).
R IP L E Y M IL L E R and N A N C Y had a
fine time hangar flying at head table about
the virtures o f the Cessna 170 — it seems
they both have one.
New officers installed are G E O R G IA
PAPPAS,
Treasurer
and
H A R R IE T T
F U LL E R , Secretary. Rem aining in office
are C H A IR M A N R IP L E Y M IL L E R and
V ICE C H A IR M A N V IR G IN IA
BONES TEE L. S ection representatives will be
F R A N P O R T E R and C H R IS S E A V E R . Our
members have been airborne quite a bit
lately. C H U C K and V IR G IN IA BONEST E E L have been 182-ing to Cape Cod
many weekends this summer to visit his
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folks in Chatham, and also to an E A A fly in
at N orfolk and an aerobatic com petition in
W aterbury. Conn. V IR G IN IA was an assis­
tant ju d ge at the IA C sponsored com peti­
tion. A lso there was M A R T Y P O O L,
Pennsylvania Ninety Nine with her 49'/^er
Champ, and R IC K and K A T H Y T O M P ­
K IN S, who were on their way to Ramapo
V alley to visit parents. JO A N and M O R ­
G A N V IG N E R O N have a new Cherokee
3-300 which they flew out W est this summer.
M O N A B U D D IN G attended the South
Central Sectional in Longview, Texas.
B IL LIE , 49V&ER STU and STU S E N IO R
are off on a 30 day flying vacation in a 172.
T hey plan stops in Seattle, San Francisco,
Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. New
m em ber L IL L IA N EB B E RSON and 49>/2er
T O M made a delightful trip to St. Jovite,
Canada in their Cherokee 180D where they
vacationed at the Gray R ock Inn.
H A R R IE T T F U L L E R has a new Com ­
m ercial rating, and also is carrying a key to
a clipped wing J-3 which she says will be
flying soon. LO IS A U C H T E R L O N IE is off
Salmon fishing in C alifornia. I and my
49]/£er flew to M ichigan for a weekend in
our Citabria. By the way, Old R hinebect
New Y ork is a great place to watch the
W orld W ar I planes dogfight but if it’s rain­
ing, don’t sit in the bushes to keep d r y , . .
(and I thought poison ivy was just for
k id s ).
M ore on the ground side o f things,
R IP L E Y M IL L E R was guest on a Lowell,
Mass. radio talk show with W A R R E N
H U P P E R , T E W M A C airport manager.
B FO ’ers
(Bonesteel-Fuller-O utings)
in
August went to Lebanon, New Hampshire,
Hiller in Barre, Mass., Keene in New Ham p­
shire, Block Island, R holde Island, and the
last one o f the season will he Saturday Sept.
26 in JalTrey New Hampshire. Next month
I’ll report on the winners o f the B FO ’s, in
the meantime.
W E ’ RE F L Y IN G H IG H , H O W A B O U T
Y O U !!!
(H e llo Den-Doddy M A L C O L M
wherever you are — E O ).
p l C , . f N Y. • N .J?
s e c t io n !
G R E A TE R NEW Y O R K C H A P T E R
LO R R A IN E B R U C K , Reporter
An A ir Show and M em orial Service in
honor o f M A R J O R IE JE A N S T R A U B who
died
recently
while
instructing
over
Dutchess County A irport, took place at that
airport on Saturday, Sept. 19th from 1:30
to 3 :3 0. An eternal light and a plaque were
placed at the airport in M A R J O R IE ’ S
memory.
A erobatics an yone? A R T M E D O R E o f
Sussex A ero, Sussex, N.J. has offered
Ninety-Nines a 10 % discount on the cost o f
a 14-hour A erobatics Course at Sussex A ir­
port.
B E T T Y P A T T O N has a one-man show
of her paintings at the Englew ood H ospital­
ity Shop, Englew ood Hospital, N .H. from
O ctober 5 to O ctober 10. Go see!
A irport N otes: Red Bank A irport, N.J.
is discouraging use o f the airport by tran­
sient students and is prohibiting all touch
and go practice there. K obelt A irport,
W allkill, N .Y .: the C A V U restaurant is re­
opened and recom m ended. Tw in M ountain
A irport, Tw in M ountain, N.H. where many
99’s tied down during the Convention and
were accorded that special brand o f
O’ B R IE N (D O T and J O E ) hospitality,
were still dispensing delicious hot coffee
(on the house) last weekend when this
reporter and 4 9 ’/>er flew up to visit. They
were very pleased with all the letters they
received from Ninety-Niners post-Convention.
New M em bers: B A R B A R A P IG O T T , 3
Old Church Road, W arren, N.J. flying a
Bonanza out o f Somerset, N.J., and B E T T Y
B A R L IA , 9 Shoshone R oad, Oakland, N.J.
flying with 49*4er LOU out o f Caldwell,
N.J. JA N E JA C O B U S has join ed B E T T Y
and LOU B A R L IA as a m em ber o f the
Fairfield A ero Flying Club at Caldwell,
N.J.
Greater New Y ork Chapter members will
not soon forget a glorious day spent around
the pool at the home o f D O R IS and F R E D
S T O L L in Chappaqua, N .Y . August 20.
Present at the festivities were M R S. F A IR ­
B A N K S, LOIS F A IR B A N K ’ S mother, who
celebrated her 90th birthday the follow in g
week, and M A R G O T S T O L L who ce le ­
brated her 17th birthday by passing her
Private W ritten Exam at W ooster, Mass.
the weekend o f August 7. Congratulations
to both.
Ninety-Nines m embers turned out for
the annual W IA A tea on Sunday, Sept. 13
at Floyd Bennett Field, N .Y . A ccord in g to
Greater New Y ork m ember D O R IS RENN1NGER who is W IA A President this will
be the last tea they will bold at that field
because o f the im pending closing down of
facilities there.
LO N G IS LA N D C H A P T E R
IR E N E H E N R Y , Reporter
H ELEN
M O X IM and her 49>/2 are
headed for Japan on Septem ber 18 to visit
brand new grandson. T hey expect to return
before our Penny-A -Pound, at w hich time
HELEN will fly and A L will help with
ground operations.
F R A N B E R A was our guest at our
Septem ber 2nd m eeting. It sure as a plea­
sure to have such a distinguished pilot in
our com pany.
e l l ie
M cC u l l o u g h
and i r e n e
H E N R Y (m e ) flew to M artha’s Vineyard
Sunday the 6th, for a pleasant lunch and
chat with P A T A R N O L D , who operates the
airport on weekends.
D A IS Y and BOB PO SS will be vacation­
ing in M ajorka, an Island off the Coast o f
Spain, by the time you read this.
Congratulations are in order fo r our
Chairman’s husband, C H A R L E S D OBRESCU, who recently made Captain for T W A .
On Friday 9 /1 1 , our G overnor E L LIE
M cC U L L O U G H took part in the Garden
State
Chapter’s
presentation
to
the
A W T A R Board for terminus o f the P ow der
Puff Derby 1972 at O cean County, New
Jersey. E L LIE also attend the 2nd A nn i­
versary cerem onies o f the A irport the fo l­
low ing day.
M A R J O R IE G R A Y and E L LIE attended
the W IA A Jesse R. Chamberlain M emorial
Tea on the 13th o f Septem ber at Floyd
Bennet Field, at which JE R R IE COBB was
presented the Lady Hay Drum mond Hay —
JESSE R. C H A M B E R L A IN M em orial T ro­
phy. In JE R R IE ’S absence JE A N R O SS
H O W A R D (last year’s recepient) accepted
the trophy for her.
D O N N A F L A U M is busily engaged in
instructing at Zahn’ s A irport, Am ityville.
D O N N A , who was one o f last year’s re­
cipients o f the A . E. Scholarship awards,
just obtained her Seaplane rating, passed
the A T R written and by the time this goes
to print will have her G lider rating. They
leave her with only the H elicopter to go in
order to have them all.
A fter m any tears and regrets, D O T T IE
BO C K sold her cherished L uscom be 8e
“ Sassy” , however, it was o f som e consola­
tion to have passed her instrument written.
T w o o f our members, IR E N E B R U N K S
and GU S A N D E R SO N , were timers for the
Pow der P uff Derby.
A N N A D IE T R IC H and E L LIE took
A N N A ’ S houseguest from T he Black F or­
est, Germ any, M R S. M A R IE H U L SM A N N
for her first ride in a small airplane. She
enjoyed seeing all o f Long Island from the
air and wanted to fly over to Nantucket for
lunch the next day.
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W ould anyone believe a lady pilot could
fly her husband’s treasured airplane, in this
case a Cessna 195B, while he sat in the
back seat? It actually h a pp en ed . . . to me.
W E S TE R N NEW Y O R K C H A P TER
PEG P IEP ER , Reporter
One o f our most strenuous activities this
summer was airm arking at the Dunkirk,
N.Y . Airport (D K K on V-14 between Erie,
Pa. and Buffalo, N .Y .). Nine 99’s and a
goodly number o f 49’/tiers plastered on the
twenty foot yellow letters “ D U N K IR K ” . The
fast drying (5 m inutes) highway marking
paint supplied by the City o f Dunkirk was
more than appropriate for the deavy down­
pour o f rain that began just as the last dab
was applied. Our thanks to T E R R I PIRR U N G ’ S 4 9 1/oer for the engineering and
layout. T he airm akring was preceded by
refreshments at JEAN V A L V O ’ S home. The
toughest jo b went to her 49*4er B E R T,
who volunteered to baby-sit for more than a
dozen 24% thers (b oy, that’s a m ou th fu l),
while the airm arking was in progress.
Those
present
w ere:
D O R IS
CULP,
A G N E S D E N L E R , E T H E L FE D D E R S,
DONN A JOSS. PEG P IE PE R , T E R R I
P IR R U N G , K A T H Y P O T O C Z A K , JEAN
V A L V O , and JA N E V A N B U REN . A good
feeling o f accom plishm ent was shared by
all.
JIM L O C U R T O , center, C hief of B U F
FSS with an assist from J . CAR R, try to
blow out candles on cakes presented by
(from I. to r.) K A TH Y P O TO C ZA K , PEG
PIEPER, A R L E N E BRAY and T E R R Y PIR
R U N G in celebration of the 50th A n n i­
ve rsa ry of FSS.
A R L E N E B R A Y took over the reins as
chairm an at the last m eeting and we wish
her m uch success in her term o f office.
Newly elected assistants will be K A T H Y
P O T O C Z A K , Vice-chairm an, JE A N V A L ­
V O , Secretary-Treasurer, E TH E L FE D ­
D E R S, M embership Chairman and PEG
P IE P E R , News Reporter. Our chairman,
A R L E N E B R A Y is an active instructor/
instrument rated pilot. She and hubby,
M IL F O R D , just returned from a trip to
Bar Harbor, Me. in their Skyhawk. She re­
ported a great trip except for a R ON at
A lbany, N .Y . due to severe thunderstorms.
Despite all the haze this year, JANE
V A N BU R E N is pilin g up lots o f hours in
October, 1970
her newly acquired Skyhawk. JA N E rightly
predicted we would have a lot o f haze this
year. W ho needs F S S ! Despite JA N E ’ S
mystical weather predicting, we do need
FSS and that’s why A R L E N E B R A Y and
her little hakers (K A T H Y P O T O C ZA K ,
T E R R I P IR R U N G and P E G P IE P E R )
whipped up a batch o f birthday cakes and
presented them with lighted candles to the
FSS at Greater Buffalo International A ir­
port to celebrate the 50th Anniversary o f
FSS. The bosy at FSS sure were surprised.
J. LO C U R T O , ch ie f o f Buffalo FSS, re­
sponded by giving the girls a personally
conducted tour o f the FSS facilities. A
grand hunch at F’ SS and we were glad to
help to help them celebrate.
TF.RRIE P IR R U N G can also celebrate!
W ould you believe a sea plane rating? She
is our Am elia Earhart M em orial Scholar­
ship R ecipient who now holds every rating
but A T R (m aybe by next r e p o rt). T E R R I
checked out in the new Teal A m phibian,
said she hasn’t had so much fun since mak­
ing her helicopter rating.
K A T H Y P O T O C Z A K , our nom inee for
Treasurer o f the N.Y.-N.J. Section flew her
182 to Penn’s Cave, Pa. — a lovely place
with picn ic facilities and a boat ride
through the underground caves. K A T H Y
and her 4 9 % er H EN RY', will take their
182 to the Section m eeting in M orristown,
N.J. afterwich they continue to Florida for
their vacation.
A beautiful trip to Italy with her 49 % e r
BILL occu pied most o f D O N N A JO SS’ S
vacation this summer (a lon g with airm ark­
in g ). She was not successful in contacting
our 99 sister in Rome.
ETH E L
FE D D E R S and
her friend
M ARY’ OSH EI flew to A lbany and B en­
nington, Vt.
JE A N V A L V O is still under the hood
(o r is it the w e a th e r?). JE A N claim s that
her 49 % er B U R T likes flying alone and
that is why he is taking his time about
getting his license. C ould it be that B U R T
enjoys the peace and quiet up there?
A G G IE D E N LE R expressed her thanks
to the chapter members for the support and
cooperation given to her during her chair­
manship. Our thanks to you, A G G IE fo r a
jo b well done.
Until next time — F L Y
H IG H
and
D R Y ! (I ’ ll drink to th at).
Ill A N N U A L P H O EN IX PR OFICIEN CY
AIR RACES!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970
entries close Oct. 15
GALS! KACHINA DOLL RACES — Morning
GUYS! ROADRUNNER RACES — Afternoon
$25 entry fee each race
PRIZES!
includes GALA B A N Q U ET
250-300 Mile Round-Robin Phoenix Litchfield Airport
Sponsored by P H O EN IX C H A P TER OF T H E 99’S IN TE R N A TIO N A L
To: Ruth Lundberg
11245 West Hidalgo
T O LLE S O N , AZ 85383
□ $1
FOR KIT
EN CLOSED
N A M E _______________________________________________________________
S T R E E T _____________________________________________________________
S T A T E ____________________________ Z IP ______________________________
N O TA M
PALO M AR C H A P T E R A N N O U N C E S
J U M P S U IT S
Pretty blue in sizes 10-20% , 5 0 % poly­
ester,
50%
cotton.
$20.00
with
99’s
patch, $19.50 without patch. T his in­
cludes postage. C alif, residents add 5 %
sales tax.
ANSW ER: Hi! M y name is BR IA N A ,
and m y M om m y is G E N E NO R A JE S SEN , im m ediate past chairm an of
Idaho C hap ter 99’s.
October, 1970
*
TR O PH IES!
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D E C A L S , 3 ” x 3” , com p a ss
rose,
pressure-sensitive type em blem , suitable
fo r plane and car, luggage, etc. 25c
each. Order from :
Laura Sellinger
640 E. Jefferson Ave.
St. Louis, M o. 63122
M ake checks payable
Louis Chapter 99’s.
to
Greater
St.
S E P T E M B E R 19f 1970
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NAM E
Jean lennertson
Rich Lennertson
Pamela Stowell
Judith Suit
Betty Cull
Dr. F. D. E llis
Sue Mathias
Bernard Bathuer
Jane Wight
Robert Wight
Virginia McKee
Joyce McKee Toman
P riscilla Barr
Byrd Barr
Geraldine Krause
Ralph Krause
Sophia M. Payton
Ethel Knuth
Winifred DuPerow
Gloria Schaefer
Ruby Mensching
Ruth Sitler
Hazel Jacobs
Jean Dunmore
Charlene Falkenberg
Joseph Goodyear
Marcia Reynolds
Dorothy Neikamp
Lois Kennard
Dick Kennard
Betty Nicholas
Paul Schlundt
Virginia Haney
James Swisher
Loretta Jones
Toni Carlelli
Jan Kuechenmeister
Clara Tharpe
Pauline Genung
Robert Genung
B illie Anderson
Carl Anderson
Maretta Simpson
Carl Simpson
Patricia Paulsen
Roland Paulsen
Virginia Chamberlain
Edgar Morgan
Rae Cawdell
Dale M cKinnis
Mid Cassidy
Esther Berner
Barbara Simmons
Lois Hawley
Kathleen Wood
Jean Wood
Tannie Schlundt
Joe Norman
Helen F. Grahn
Vernie Grahn
Mary M iller
Paul Brosher
Jeanine Tellekson
Walter Neuman
Beverly Suverkrup (Rookie)
" B u d " Suverkrup
Cynthia Vogel
Don Powell
Dottie Anderson
Virginia Stephan
Barbara G. Hause (Rookie)
Fred C. Hale
Barbara H. Jennings (Rookie)
Tina Sturdevant
Norma Nevitt (Rookie)
James Broadhurst
Margaret Ringenberg
Ju lie Werling
Betty Moseley (Rookie)
Kent Moseley
Ada Lee McNulty (Rookie)
Robert Voeltz
Patricia Davison (Rookie)
Dorothy Arnett
Marsha Ringenberg
M. M. Hanes
Cari Downs
Ruth Christen
Madeline Wagoner (Rookie)
B . D. Wagoner
Kathleen Sage
Jill McCormick
Donna Fulks
James Fulks
Mary Scheafer
Marion Stacks
Ruth Lake
Frances Henke
RACE
NO.
38
AIR C R AFT
Cessna 172
26
C essna
36
P ip e r Cherokee
175
PAR
S PEE D
A C TU A L
S PEE D
S PEE D
%
PAR
FU E L
102
1 0 1 .8 91 9 3
.4 9947
19.4 3 33 0
108
108 .7 73 6 3
.4 9642
2 1 .4 7 0 3 5
103
1 02.20131
.4 9612
17.24754
25
Cess C ard in a l
111
110 .5 23 7 2
.4 9785
2 3.4 1 70 5
22
P ip e r
114
113 .2 95 1 9
.4 9691
1 7.7 1 57 8
46
C essna 150
89
8 9 .0 5 9 4 0
.4 9967
11.76627
43
C essna 172
101
9 9.0 5 8 2 7
.4 9039
1 9.07035
Tw in
154
153 .2 08 8 7
.4 97 4 3
2 3.3 1 41 8
2
8
Cherokee
C om anche
133
1 3 2 .0 77 7 2
.4 9653
1 6.87224
40
Cessna 170
101
101 .4 16 0 9
.4 97 9 4
1 6.1 0 78 8
11
Ap a ch e PA 23
127
1 3 0 .5 15 5 0
.4 8616
2 7.9 7 63 6
P ip e r A rrow P A -2 8 R
132
126 .2 32 7 9
.4 7815
1 6.29171
12
M ooney M 20C
126
1 2 9 .7 10 6 8
.4 8528
1 5.43495
42
B ee ch cra ft M usketeer
101
9 7.9 0 5 7 6
.4 8468
2 2 .5 8 8 1 8
6
Cessna 210
139
129 .7 61 0 9
.4 6677
1 7.6 2 36 9
47
C essna 150
89
8 9 .2 7 1 9 8
.4 9847
1 3.0 2 69 4
44
C essna 172
101
9 9 .2 1 8 8 7
.4 9118
1 9.25539
19
Cessna 182
121
1 20.45089
.4 97 7 3
2 0.0 9 08 5
41
Cessna 172
101
9 7 .7 2 1 0 0
.4 83 7 7
1 6.8 4 85 6
9
17
M ooneyM
20E
2 2.8 3 85 7
C essna 182
122
124 .0 92 1 7
.4 9143
10
B o nanza
131
1 2 9 .5 86 1 9
.4 94 6 0
1 5.4 1 67 8
16
Cessna 182
122
125 .3 86 4 8
.4 86 1 2
2 4.2 1 8 0 8
28
Cessna 175
107
1 09.12635
.4 90 0 6
17.1 2 70 7
48
Cessna 120
85
8 0.5 2 63 9
.4 73 6 8
1 2.98000
34
P ip e r Cherokee
103
1 0 2 .7 62 9 4
.4 98 8 5
2 0.8 7 8 6 0
B o n a n za V -3 5
154
140.83659
.4 5 7 2 6
1 7.6 0 70 6
Cessna 175
108
98.6 9 52 1
.4 56 9 2
2 2 .3 3 6 0 9
1
27
G-3 5
3
M o o ney M 20F
148
136 .9 13 0 9
.4 62 5 5
13.64591
4
Cessna 210
146
1 48.21625
.4 9241
2 1.0 0 5 4 5
7
B e e ch c ra ft D e b o n a ir
138
137 .0 24 4 5
.4 96 4 7
1 6.9 3 83 8
35
P ip e r
14
Cessna 182
124
118 .1 05 5
P ip e r Cherokee
103
102 .9 20 0 4
.4 9961
1 8.1 5 53 0
85
68.8 6 95 7
.4 05 1 2
1 3.20000
37
49
23
Cherokee
Fu n k
B85C
P ip e r
Cherokee
103
9 4.7 7 6 8 5
.4 60 0 8
1 7.4 2 90 9
.4 76 2 3
2 4 .7 3 2 1 8
114
1 02.82572
.4 50 9 9
1 7.7 1 57 8
45
Cessna 172F
101
9 7 .2 5 5 1 3
.4 81 4 6
18.5 1 48 0
39
.4 97 6 4
14.84997
Cessna 172
102
1 02.48135
31
C essna
C a rd in a l
105
1 0 2 .0 30 9 2
.4 8586
1 4.78189
13
M o o ney
Ranger
125
130 .7 69 2 3
.4 76 9 3
16.1 5 68 0
33
P ip e r Cherokee
103
9 2 .2 6 9 7 4
.44791
1 7.06598
29
Cessna 175
106
9 7 .1 5 6 9 9
.4 58 2 9
15.8 7 73 5
32
P ip e r Cherokee
104
9 1 .2 9 3 7 3
.4 38 9 1
1 7.80167
15
Cessna 182
123
103 .3 14 9 2
.4 1998
21.5 8 86 9
24
C he ro kee 180
113
97.2 5 5 0 2
.4 30 3 3
21.6 7 87 9
Cessna 182
121
8 7.3 9 46 1
.3 6114
1 8.85449
18
20
5
P ip e r Cherokee
117
9 4 .6 4 3 7 7
.4 04 4 6
1 7.58119
C o m anche
145
1 0 3 .2 82 9 6
.3 5615
1 9.08697
P A -2 4
30
P ip e r C herokee
21
P ip e r Cherokee 160
160
105
16.02855
A C TU A L
FUEL
1 9.5
1 H r.
2 1 .2
1 H r.
1 7 .5
1 H r.
2 2 .9
1 H r.
18.1
1 H r.
1 2 .2
2 H r.
1 8.7
1 H r.
2 2 .5
1 H r.
1 6 .3
1 H r.
1 5.4
1 H r.
TO TA L
%
FUEL
%
9 9 .7 7 5
.4 98 2 8
50 M in . 07 Sec.
.4 9370
45 M in . 09 Sec.
.49268
49 M in . 47 S ec.
.4 88 9 6
41 M in . 31 Sec
.4 89 1 6
39 M in . 02 S ec.
48157
05 M in . 59 Sec.
.4 9029
53 M in . 16 S ec.
48254
13 M in . 14 S ec.
48304
24 M in . 57 S e c.
.4 78 0 2
50 M in . 38 S e c.
9 9 .0 1 2
9 8 .8 8 0
98.6 8 1
98.6 0 7
9 8 .1 2 4
98.0 6 8
97.9 9 7
9 7.9 5 7
9 7 .5 9 7
.4 8970
M in . 58 S ec.
.4 9361
M in . 53 Sec
.4 8591
M in . 30 S e c.
.48203
M in . 36 S e c.
.49649
M in . 28 S ec.
.4 62 6 5
M in . 41 Sec.
.4 67 6 8
M in . 05 Sec.
.4 6041
M in . 09 S ec.
.4 68 8 8
M in . 49 S ec.
.45646
M in . 25 Sec.
9 7 .5 8 6
1 6.9
.4 51 9 0
1 H r. 26 M in . 35 Sec.
2 3 .2
.4 78 9 8
9 4 .6 5 0
1 8 .8
1 H r.
1 4.0
2 H r.
2 2 .8
1 H r.
1 8 .6
1 H r.
2 3 .9
1 H r.
1 4.5
1 H r.
2 4 .0
1 H r.
1 9 .0
1 H r.
9 4 .1 2 2
2 7 .4
1 H r. 25
1 6.5
1 H r. 28
1 5 .0
1 H r. 26
2 3 .4
1 H r. 54
1 7.5
1 H r. 26
1 4 .0
2 H r. 05
2 0 .5
1 H r. 53
1 8.5
1 H r. 33
1 5 .8
1 H r. 54
2 0 .8 5
1 H r. 30
42 M in .
19 M in .
49 M in .
19 M in .
53 M in .
21 M in .
15 M in .
21 M in .
9 7 .1 7 6
97.1 1 9
96.6 7 1
9 6 .3 2 6
96.1 1 2
9 5.8 8 6
95.8 1 4
9 5 .2 6 5
94.7 8 9
9 4 .5 1 0
.4 51 1 6
49 S e c.
.4 6071
20 Sec.
.4 53 9 9
11 Sec.
.4 71 8 0
4 0 Sec.
.4 64 9 9
41 Sec
.4 6871
57 Sec.
.4 2872
42 Sec.
.4 3914
33 Sec.
9 3 .4 3 9
9 3 .2 8 4
9 2 .9 0 6
92.191
9 2 .1 2 6
9 2 .1 1 3
9 1.561
19.1
1 H r.
2 1 .4
1 H r.
2 1 .6
1 H r.
1 3.1
2 H r.
1 9 .8
1 H r.
2 2 .0
1 H r.
1 8.7
1 H r.
1 8.3
1 H r.
19.3
1 H r.
2 0 .6
2 H r.
.4 52 0 7
58 M in . 23 Sec
.4 32 6 3
35 M in . 00 Sec.
.4 05 1 3
49 M in . 01 Sec.
.4 9621
4 2 . M in . 55 S e c.
.4 41 1 8
49 M in . 07 Sec.
.4 05 8 8
55 M in . 22 S e c.
.3 70 3 7
50 M in . 29 Sec.
.3 81 0 0
49 M in . 58 Sec.
.4 02 7 3
25 M in . 38 Sec.
.3 96 4 6
01 M in . 36 S e c.
2 0 .7
1 H r.
2 1 .9
2 H r.
2 7 .9
1 H r.
2 9 .3
1 H r.
2 4 .6
2 H r.
2 5 .4
1 H r.
2 6 .7
1 H r.
3 0 .0
.3 4813
55 M in . 29 Sec.
.3 5896
02 M in . 34 Sec.
.35383
48 M in .36 S ec.
.3 2422
45 M in . 22 Sec.
.3 4764
08 M in . 23 S e c.
.2 77 6 4
58 M in . 33 Sec.
.30057
48 M in . 2 8 S ec.
9 1 .2 1 5
9 0 .8 8 6
9 0 .4 7 4
9 0 .1 3 3
8 9.217
8 8 .7 3 4
8 6.801
8 6 .6 8 6
8 6 .9 6 6
8 4 .4 3 7
8 0.6 4 2
7 9.7 8 7
77.381
75.4 5 5
7 0.8 7 8
68.2 1 0
65.6 7 2
17.2 6 15 3
44
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