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SEPTEMBER, 1968
THE NINETY-NINES, Inc.
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RELEASES PREVIOUSLY
UNPUBLISHED PICTURES
OF AMELIA EARHART
As C hairm an of the A m elia E a rh a rt
M em orial Scholarship B oard of T rus­
tees it has been m y good fortune to re ­
ceive the th ree pictures reproduced
with this article. These a re previously
unpublished pictures. We have a Nine­
ty-Nine scoop. They cam e into m y pos­
session a s a result of an announcem ent
in the Bell H elicopter Co. News. The
story m entioned th a t I had been elect­
ed a s your C hairm an. A w orkm an in
the Bell factory, on reading the article,
called m e saying he had these pictures
of AMELIA. He had kept them all
these y e ars but now would like to give
them to someone who would appreciate
them . I told him th at I would be happy
to accept them on behalf of the Nine­
ty - Nines. The pictures, he said, had
been taken by a buddy of his. They
w ere both on board a U.S. m ilitary
ship in the h arb o r a t Honolulu a t the
tim e AMELIA and F R E D NOONAN
crashed on take-off during th eir origi­
n al E a s t to W est around the world
flight a ttem p t in 1937. T he only per­
son he could identify w as AMELIA.
Through a long search I have found
the identity of those in the picture of
individuals. ALICE HAMMOND and
BETTY G ILLIES w ere able to come
to the rescue A LICE’S husband JOHN
identified them and BETTY as a
friend, MR. WALLY TIMM, who took
them to MRS. PAUL MANTZ. She
verified JO HN ’S report. She m arked
the p ictu re a s follows: “ M arch 1937
on the SS M atsonia going back to
L. A. ju st a fte r AMELIA cracked up
in Hawaii. Left to right: PAUL MANTZ,
T ER R Y MINOR (TERRY MANTZ.)
CHRIS HOLMES, MONA HOLMES,
AMELIA EARHART.” JOHN HAM­
MOND fu rth e r identifies MR. and MRS.
HOLMES of S anta B a rb a ra as host
and hostess to AMELIA in th eir Hono­
lulu hom e during h er stay there.
The other pictures show the ship im ­
m ediately following the crash with
AMELIA on the wing and then a fter
the crow d had disbanded. The penciled
ro te on the back of this picture says,
“This is all the d am ag e done except
More News From
Nancy Bird Walton
B raunschw eig, G erm any
August 14th
My d e a r News E ditor,
the und ercarriag e w as sm ashed. Look
a t the peeping M arin e.”
The originals of these pictu res have
been sent to DONNA MYERS, In te rn a ­
tional P resident so th a t officially she
m ay place them w ith our docum ents
and files on AMELIA EARHART.
DORA DOUGHERTY STROTH­
E R , C hairm an, A m elia E a rh a rt
M em orial Scholarship F und
B oard of T rustees
I have ju st retu rn ed from a w onder­
ful evening w hich I m ust tell you about
im m ediately.
1 called on an old acquaintance here,
HEINZ NITSCHE, who w as the Shell
Oil R ep resen tativ e I m et in Berlin in
1938. He is now th e P resid en t of hte
B raunschw eig Aero Club. H e took m e
to m eet SYLVIA GRASSMAN who’s in
the process of becom ing a 99. SYLVIA
and GUNTHER have th eir own a ir­
field, night landing lights and all at
E ddesse n e a r Peine a few m iles from
B raunschw eig. At p resen t they have
the en tire A m erican A erobatic T eam
a s th eir guests, housed, fed, and all on
the airfield. A m ongst them is MARY
G AFFN EY , 99 from F lo rid a (she’s let
h e r m em bership lapse . . . you m ust
get h e r re-instated!) for it’s a g re a t
honour to be on such a team . With
th e ir 4 a irc ra ft, 2 CHIPMONKS, 1
PITTS SPECIAL and a GERMAN
BUCKER, they hope to c a rry off the
honour fo r the U nited S tates a t Magb eb u rg on the 19th of August when
the World A erobatic Cham pionships
will be held—15 nations a re com peting.
L ead er of the A m erican T eam is CAP­
TAIN ROSCOE MORTON who w as
host to ANNE CARTER when she de­
livered h e r A ir ra c e a irc ra ft to New
O rleans for shipm ent a fte r the 1967
A ir R ace (AWTAR). T eam includes 3
airlin e cap tain s and a total of 14 p er­
sons, m an y of whom 99s would know
(6 pilots).
B ut w hat I w an t you to know about
is this hom e aw ay from hom e in N orth­
ern G erm any, w here GUNTHER and
SYLVIA GRASSMAN a re ready and
w aiting to w elcom e you.
Today I leave for B erlin and then
on to D en m ark and Sweden. Will be
seeing MONA NEILSON, Flight Instru cto ress a t Stockholm—another can­
didate for the 99s.
R egards,
NANCY BIRD WALTON
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Evelyn Sedivy, Reporter
“We a re now approaching 40,000
feet.” Sgt. Johnson’s voice sounded a s­
suring as it cam e through our head­
sets. Thoughts w ere on the m a te rial
we covered on hyperventilation and
hypoxia the previous day. B reathing
w as labored and sounded loud to m y
ears.
It w as the clim actic m om ent after
an intensive tw o - day session of the
Physiological T raining C ourse a t Offutt
AFB, N ebraska. The 99s p articip atin g
in the course w ere LEAH SNART,
MILDRED BARRETT,
MIMI
HA­
WORTH, EVELYN SEDIVY, DONNA
BRUMMER,
VERA
BARTUNEK,
FLORENCE BORING, JE A N GIVEN,
MARY LOU PH EL PS, MARGARET
SOBECK and a prospective m em ber,
ROSEMARY HARVEY. With us w ere
two student pilots, PAT H EIDENREICH and VICKI PIC H LE R who
w ere sponsored by our N eb rask a chap­
ter.
Captain B ill Pfoff, physiological
training officer, and his a ssistan ts did
an excellent job of presen tin g the m a ­
terial to us. Capt. Pfoff covered the
changing of the atm osphere at altitude
and som e of the b asic g as law s which
would p ertain to us when taking the
“ ride.”
Sgt. D avis then acquainted us with
respiration and circulation a t sea level
and at altitude. The resp iratio n portion
covered such item s as p ressu re b re a th ­
ing, functions of resp iratio n and gas
transfer, and circulation covered the
functions and m echanics, blood com ­
position and hyperventilation. H yper­
ventilation is not caused by too m uch
oxygen in the system , bu t ra th e r by a
deficiency of carbon dioxide.
Oxygen deficiency, b e tte r known as
hypoxia, w as explained to us by Capt.
Pfoff. His lecture included such points
as saturation of the red blood cells;
types and causes of hypoxia; sym p­
tom s and ch aracteristics; facto rs af­
fecting hypoxia; tim e of useful con­
sciousness (TUC);
prevention and
treatm ent. Capt. Pfoff stressed quite
clearly th at tre a tm e n t IS prevention.
Our next lesson helped us to under­
stand the m ech an ical effects caused
by changing atm o sp here p re ssu re on
the hum an body. The instructor, Sgt.
The SEE THE USA folio presentation ceremony in Morocco included the Min­
ister of Tourism on the left, 99 YVONNE GALLOT, center front, and Moroccan
Director General for Civil Aviation on right.
TriPacers in front of the Rabat Hilton complete with models in “ caftans,” the
native dress of Morocco. One model is 99 YVONNE GALLOT who flew in from
Tangier and the other is MRS. J. P. LAMBRICHTS from Casablanca, and they
utilized the hotel’s private strip in preparation for the SEE THE USA Folio
presentation.
Bayne, gave two of the basic g as law s
in m o re detail. These w ere Boyle’s
Law (trapped gos) and H en ry ’s Law
(evolved g as d isorders). H enry’s Law
covers decom pression sickness w hich
is caused by exposing the hum an body
to
decreased b aro m etric
pressure.
Most people re la te this m ore easily
w ith reference to the “ b en d s.”
Sgt. B ayne’s next topic w as to fam il­
iarize us w ith the ad v an tag es of pres-
surization and th e h azard s of a decom ­
pression. E m erg e n cy precautions in
case of a decom pression is to go on
oxygen im m ediately.
A fter com pleting o ur classroom in­
struction, w e w ere outfitted w ith p a ra ­
chutes, helm ets and oxygen m asks.
We reach ed an altitude of 40,000 feet
w ith relativ ely few problem s, although
we did have to go back down a couple
tim es fo r those who w ere suffering
AIR MEETS
34 years ago women were flying pylon races too! This was the scene at the
ANNETTE GIPSON Closed Course Pylon Race held at Roosevelt Field Long
Island in 1934. The race w as sponsored by I. J. Fox Furriers of New York and
was won by F.RNA GARDNER (now WHYTE) fiying a J6-5 Aristocrat. The
planes and the fashions were different but EDNA competed in th's year’s N a­
tional Air R aces in Fredrick, Md. She is pictured here fifth from the left . . .
how many women in addition to AMELIA EARHART can yon recognize????
from e a r pains. W hen w e reach ed th e
30,000 foot level, w e had a hypoxia
dem onstration. We w orked in tea m s of
two and acted a s observers for each
other. I w as hilarious to re a d som e of
our answ ers a fte r we w ere b ack down.
A fter our high flight, w e w ent
through the decom pression ch am b e r
and a t the very m om ent of decom ­
pression, there w as an explosive sound
and a fog followed. At th a t point, we
im m ediately w ent on oxygen.
Our thanks and appreciation go to
the N ebraska D epartm en t of A eronau­
tics who sponsored and a rra n g ed the
special “99’s ” class. O ur p ra ise goes
to all the USAF personnel involved
w ith the course. We urge all of you to
contact your FAA regional office for
the altitude cham be r closest to you.
I t ’s an experience a ll pilots should
have reg ard less of th e ir ratings. L e t’s
have m ore “ 99” groups com plete the
course.
Fina'izing plans for the Terminus
Fly-By of the 12th Annual Cruise and
Proficiency Airmeet at Reid - Hillview Airport in San Jose, Calif.,
were (L to R): OSCAR LUNDSTROM, Executive Board Membe-;
GILBERT HARWELL, Tower Chief;
and PHYLLIS PIERCE, General
Chairman of the Airmeet. Open to
all licensed pilots, the Airmeet will
be held Saturday, September 28,
1968. It is sponsored by the Califor­
nia Council of Aviation Associations,
and this year is being hosted by the
Santa Clara Valley Chapter 99s. This
is a FUN race with an Awards Ban­
quet held in the evening. Hope you
all will join in. For contest rules and
entry forms write to: PHYLLIS
PIERCE, 2159 EDGEWOOD DRIVE,
PALO ALTO, CA 9-4303.
(Photo by Room an Photography,
San Jose, Calif.)
All Women New England Air Race
Burlington, Vermont
October 12, 1968
Contact:
MRS. MILLIE DOREMUS
177 E ssex Street
Lynnfield, Mass. 01940
Next N E W S Deadline
Sept. 20th
Valparaiso, Indiana
Septem ber 21, 1968
For F R E E Race Kit
Contact:
Mrs. Carl M. Anderson
P.O. Box 464
Crawfordsville, Ind. 47933
13th onnuflL
s
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micHiGnn smniiii
race a
OCTOBER 4-5-6, 1968 -6 01 1 ARBOR, R1ICHIGRR
Entry Fee
$15.00
For Information and Entry Kit (available July 1)
W R IT E Jo Pruden
Box 266
Lambertville, Michigan 48144
Women pilots— may fly solo or with male
or female copilot
Janet Ferguson, Reporter
Our m ost successful m eeting to
date — that w as the v erd ict on the
B ritish Section’s visit to 99 Squadron
Royal Air F orce a t L yneham in W ilt­
shire on July 20. I w as involved with
survey flying and m issed it, m uch to
my regret, but have had rep o rts from
ELIZABETH OVERBURY, GILLIAN
CAZALET and an enthusiastic v erb al
one from SUE PH ILLIPS. The group
totalled 23, including 4 49%'srs, 3
prospective Ninety-Nines, and two
guests. N early everyone arriv ed by
a ir — 10 airplanes in all, including a
jBitantly helicopter flown by pros­
pective Ninety-Nine, GAY ABSALOM.
99 Squadron w ere w onderful hosts
and had m ade p erfect a rran g em en ts
for the visit — including providing an
escort for each girl. A fter being shown
round the O peraitions D ep artm en t ox
this m ajo r T ransp o rt Com m and base,
a m aintenance hanger, and workshops,
the visitors wound up in the Sim ulator
D epartm ent w here they found they
had to do som e w ork — albeit m ost
interesting w ork and an invaluable
opportunity to “ fly” RAF tran sp o rt
aircraft. Some of the girls flew the
de Havilland Comet sim ulator and oth­
ers the B rittania sim ulator and othprop engines), and a s the exercise in­
volved take-off, holding p attern s, ILS
ap p ro ach es and landings, w ith e m e r­
gencies thrown in for good m easu re, I
im agine the girls w ere really working
—with good resu lts too, apparently,
a s the RAF w ere m ost com plim entary.
The 99 Squadron wives entertained
the group to tea a fte r this, and in
the evening they w ere given a w onder­
ful m eal in the Officers M ess followed
by an inform al dance. M ost of the
Ninety-Nines stayed the night in the
A ircraft Hotel and flew back th e next
m orning — all feeling m ost g rateful
to 99 Squadron for th eir wonderful
hospitality and to ELIZABETH OVER­
BURY for arra n g in g the visit.
A ra th e r nice p ostscript to th'e
visit from ELIZABETH: The 99 Squad­
ron radio call sign is ‘‘Ascot 6” and
when ELIZABETH w as w orking Rome
Control on an A utair BAC One E leven
flight the other day she h eard another
a irc ra ft calling Rom e and using the
‘‘Ascot 6’’ callsign. ELIZABETH p ress­
ed h e r tra n sm it button and ju s t said
“ 99” — and back cam e the an sw er
from the RAF a irc ra ft: “ Good m orn­
ing, 99” !
SHEILA SCOTT has not only been
com peting in the Round Sicily A ir R ace
recen tly b u t h a s been starrin g in a
film about the R ace and SHEILA h e r­
self. H er acting experience m u st have
been invaluable. W e’re hoping to see
the film eith er in the cinem as o r on
television before too long — should be
exciting.
Send A L L News copy to
new Editor
H A Z E L M c K E N D R IC K
P.O. B O X 38499
D A L L A S , TEX. 75238
Shown at the July m eeting at the
ROBSON farm near Oshawa are
(left to righ*) HILDA DEVEREUX,
of London, BARBARA BROTHERTON of Limehouse and our hostess
SANDRA ROBSON.
NADIAN
SECTION
FIRST CANADIAN CHAPTER
Shirley Maedougall, Reporter
A wide patio overlooking rose g ard ­
ens, an expansive law n w here a pair
of peacocks stru tted around a lovely
sw im m ing pool w as the setting for
our Ju ly picnic. SANDRA ROBSON,
her sister BARBARA and h er parents
MR. and MRS. C. N. ROBSON wel­
comed us eith er a t th eir home or at
the n earb y Oshawa A irport. A fter a
swim we w ere served a scrum ptious
lunch followed by m ore swim ming.
BARBARA and TOM BROTHERTON
flew in from Lim ehouse and we w ere
thrilled to h e a r a first hand account
of the P ow der P uff D erby. BARBARA
and h e r p a rtn e r cam e in 22nd. Con­
gratu latio n s BARBARA and also to
the team from C algary w hich cam e
in 11th.
HILDA and A LFR ED D EV ER EU X
of London arriv ed in th eir newly ac­
quired C essna 182.
We enjoyed m eeting two prospective
m em bers, JACKIE FRAM PTON of
Toronto and BARBARA SCHULMAN
of B rantford.
T he picnic w as a huge success thanks
to the efforts of the ROBSONS and
we had hoped to have another picnic
in A ugust bu t had to give up the idea
because of the m ail strike.
SYBIL and CHARLES DUNN are
p resently on holidays.
KIN and CAL MARTIN have recen t­
ly had week end trip s to M ichigan and
V erm ont in th eir C itabria CF-SOL.
GOVERNOR EDITH DENNY and
49% e r WALLY recently spent a holi­
day in N orthern Ontario.
Hope everyone is keeping the dates
of Septem ber 14 and October 18, 19
and 20 open for the Annual M eetings
of the F irst Canadian C hapter and
the C anadian Section.
SOUTH A F R IC A N
SECTIO N
Jackie Jensen, Reporter
Our m ost exciting and thrilling a ir
race of the y e a r — The State P re si­
d ent’s Air R ace — took place over the
long weekend 31st M ay (Republic
Day) and 1st June, 1968. This event
takes place every two y ears, and
covers about 950 sta t miles. This year,
the race drew 36 com petitors. In the
past, there have been only one or
two women com petitors, b u t this y e a r
no less than five of o ur 99s took p art.
They w ere our Governor, YVONNE
VAN DEN DOOL (pilot), our ViceG overnor M U R IEL GARROW (Pilot),
RAY JANKS (Pilot) who flew as co­
pilot in the A m erican P ow der Puff
D erby in 1967, EVA HOLLINGWORTH
(pilot) and BARRY GORDON (naviga­
tor).
The ra c e com m enced a t G rand Cen­
tra l aerodrom e, Johannesburg, and
zig-zagged in a thrilling cross coun­
try navigation test (no radio aids of
any discription w ere allowed, and fin­
ally ended up in sunny D urban on
N atal’s coast. The w eath er w as a t
its best for com petitors a p a rt from
strong turbulence across N orthern N a­
tal, and cloudy conditions n e a re r the
coast.
F irst to cross the finishing line w as
D urban’s VERNON
McWILLIAMS,
with 49% er to be, KARL JE N SE N as
his navigator. KARL is the husband
of 99 JACKIE JE N SEN . Close on their
tail w as YVONNE VAN DEN DOOL
in a blue and white Cherokee 180D
with the race No. 9. Sorry it could
not be 99. YVONNE w as also a w ard ­
ed the W akefield Trophy presented to
the first w om an hom e — a trophy well
deserved. The 99s m u st be congra­
tulated as they w ere all placed am ongst
the first 12 home.
A fter the race, D urb an ’s M ayor MAR­
GARET MAYT'OM welcomed all to
D arban. The P resid en t of th'e Aero
Club of South Africa, COL. GILLILAND
GENERAL J. P. VERSTER presents trophies to YVONNE VAN DEN DOOL
South Africa’s Governor, who cam e s e nd in the 1968 State P esident’s Ai •
R ace. She also won tlie Wakefield Trophy for being the first worn in home.
introduced GEN ERA L J . P. V ER ST ER ,
Chief of the A ir F orce, who presented
the trophies.
M URIEL GARROW, not content with
having flown several w eary hours in the
Air R ace, decided to organize an­
other air-race from D urban to Jo h an ­
nesburg the com petitors com prising pi­
lots retu rn in g hom e a fte r the m ain
race, and m ade up of six a irc ra ft—
th ree women pilots and th ree m en pi­
lots—YVONNE VAN DEN DOOL w as
first home!
NEWENGLAND
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EASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER
Virginia Bonesteel, Reporter
O ur new officers for this y e a r are:
C hairm an: M ILLIE DOREMUS; Vice
C hairm an: R IP L E Y M ILLER, S ecre­
tary : CORA CLARK, and T reasu rer:
POLLY ANNIS. MARY SHEA will be
in charge of Air Education, GEORGIA
PA PPA S is our new A ctivities C hair­
m an and VIRGINIA B O N ESTEEL is
M em bership C hairm an. Beginning n ext
m onth, o u r new N ew sletter R eporter
will be B ILLIE DOWNING, so be sure
to tell h'er about all of your flying
adventures, new ratings, etc. It looks
like w e’ll have an active and excit­
ing year.
LANDON YOUNG and h er friend
MARGARET LAMB (who co-pilot ed
w ith LANDON in last y e a r’s AWNEAR) a re planning to s ta rt an Air­
line in Denver, Colorado. Catam ount
Airline wi’l be based a t Stapleton
A irport and LANDON says th at they
w ill be flying helios into ski country.
LANDON is m oving to D enver on Sept­
em b er 1st. We w ish h e r luck and m uch
success in h e r new venture, which at
the very least should prove an 'excit­
ing experience.
M ILLIE and BUD DOREMUS have
taken th eir Cessna 150 to F ryeberg,
M aine w here they a re vacationing.
A nother vacationing
m em b er is
FRAN PO R T E R who spends the sum ­
m e r w ith 49% e r STEVE in E dgartown on M a rth a ’s V ineyard. On Au­
g ust 10, CORA CLARK and B ILLIE
and STU DOWNING flew out to Kata m a on the V ineyard. U nfortunately
FRAN w as down w ith a bad cold, but
STEV E drove the DOWNINGS and
CORA around E dgartow n and then
left them a t the beach to enjoy a
beautiful day. On the w ay hom e they
had to land a t New Bedford to sit out
a
thunderstorm
before
continu­
ing on. W hat would su m m er be without
th u n d ersto rm s? Also a t K a tam a that
day, enjoying the good beach w eather
fand the not so good retu rn trip w eath­
er), w ere LOIS and E D M ILLER.
From CHRIS SEAVER com es the
news that ISABEL BLODGETT is
flying around the w estern p a rt of the
USA cam ping with h e r d aughter and
three grandchildren.
BILLIE DOWNING and h e r hus­
band STU have been taking advantage
this sum m er of the w ide v arie ty of
places to fly in New E ngland. They
went out to N antucket one w eekend
despite the pessim istic fo rc a st th a t
there would certainly be fog. As B ILLIE
put it, they “ out-foxed” the w eather
people this tim e and had a w onder­
ful weekend w ithout a hint of fog. An­
other weekend they flew up to W aterville, Maine. On th eir w ay home, scat­
tered thunderstorm s w ere rep o rted and
with the haze so bad a s they headed
south, the thunderstorm s would have
been im possible to see. T he DOWNINGS
therefore w ere grounded and spent the
night in A ugusta, Maine.
HELEN DELANEY is flying Cessna
172s out of M acA rthur A irport on
Long Island and is now w orking on
her Instru m en t In stru c to rs’s rating.
CORA CLARK is flying T-34s again
and has also checked out in the Ces­
sna 182.
Haze has been the w eath er story
this sum m er in New E ngland. Conse­
quently, recen t sparkling skies have
been m ost welcome. A pilot w as out
early on such a m orning. A fter w eeks
of 3 to 5 m iles in haze, she, could
clearly see the ocean and the moun­
tains. It m ade h e r ju st plain glad
to be up there, which is one of those
feelings th at m akes flying so g r e a t! !
N.Y. SECTION
LONG ISLAND CHAPTER
Helen Moxini, Reporter
C elebrate your 60th birth d ay with
a parachute jum p? Why not? D oesn’t
everybody!! These a re genteel ANNA
D IETRICH ’S plans for this coming
M arch, 1969. If the instru cto rs a t M as­
tic A irport questioned ANNA’S in­
tentions when she took up parach u te
jum ping 5 y ears ago, they becam e
her most ard ent supporters during
h er next 3 jum ps, and a re now vis­
ibly enthusiastic about h er proposed
Birthday jum p.
ANNA DIETRICH, L. I.
Chapter
m em ber, helping ELLIE McCULLOUGH chute up.
(Photo by Newsday)
B'orn in D am garten, G erm any, ANNA
cam e to the United S tates a t the ten­
d e r age of 17. The following y e a rs
w ere wholly occupied w ith getting a c ­
quainted w ith a new land; w ith a m a r­
riag e to GEORGE DIETRICH in 1930,
with th e c a re and upbringing of a
son, GEORGE, and a daughter, B ET­
TY.
H er love of flying w hich lay dor­
m a n t during these early y ears, slowly
began to em erge a s the children grew .
A favorite p astim e w as a drive to
an airp o rt w ith the children to w atch
th e airp lan es fly, n ev er dream in g th at
one day sh e’d own a plane of her
own.
T h at all im p o rtan t day th a t m ost
pilots fondly look back on, becam e a
fa c t for ANNA in 1958—she started
flying lessons a t M astic A irport, now
b e tte r known a s Brookhaven. H er les­
sons took p lace in a P ip e r Cub and
an A eronca, and she earn ed h e r p ri­
v ate pilots license in D ecem ber, 1960.
T his m om entous occasion took on add­
ed significance w ith the purchase of
an A erocoupe w hich la st y e a r w as re ­
placed w ith a beautiful C herokee 140.
ANNA has also been checked out in
a P ip e r Colt.
She is a c h a rte r m em b er of the
Long Island C hapter of the 99s, and
has been Scrapbook C hairm an for the
p a st two y ears. ANNA is also a m em -
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Sept. 20th
h e r of the L. I. Skydivers and week­
ends you can find h er out a t Spadaro’s
A irport w ith the group, if she isn ’t
off som ew here, flying to N antucket, or
B a r H arbour, o r A tlantic City, etc.
She is generous to a fau lt w ith her
Cherokee 140 and while using her plane
to attend C hapter and Section M eet­
ings, ANNA is alw ays re ad y to do­
nate it to our Penny-a-Pound airlifts,
plus any o th er cause th a t m ay raise.
Maybe w e’ll be seeing ANNA in this
y e a rs AWNEAR ?
,
ANNA is a working gal—she a t­
tended N. Y. S. T echnical College in
F arm in g d ale m ajoring in chem istry,
and w orked a s a labo rato ry techni­
cian a t P eerless Photo P roducts since
1950.
G ardening is h e r forte am ongst hob­
bies — one th a t provides a perfect set­
ting for h er gentle, giving n ature. AN­
NA’S 3 y e a r old grandson, BRINT,
loves to have ANNA pick him up in
P a . and fly him back and forth to
L. I. He inform s one and all th at he
intends to be a pilot like G randm a
when he grow s up.
P ro m ise us you w on’t change AN­
NA,—we all love you ju s t the w ay
you are!
At the Aug. 7th m eeting, the L. I.
C hapter had a good turnout a t McArth ru A irport. (Like the U. S. Mail, our
loyal m em b ers alw ays com e through!)
O ur P ow der P uff entries, E L L IE McCULLOUGH and DOTTIE BOCK, and
AWTAR B bard of D irectors m em ber
BARBARA EVANS, regaled us with
in teresting first hand rep o rts of AW­
TAR highlights. W e’re glad DOTTIE
BOCK’S d ream to ra c e in the D er­
by m aterialized — but how will we
ev er g et h e r down to E a rth ag ain ?
D uring th eir trip out West, the
TRATTLERS found a flight down the
lofty G rand Canyon in th eir B aron aw e­
inspiring. A dventurous souls that they
are, to determ ine the m easu re of their
em ergency
equipm ents’ usefulness,
they cam ped over night in their plane
in M onum ent Valley,Utah.
The FLEISCHNANNS a re also back
from a vacation trip out West, and we
find JOAN guarding our T reasu ry ’s
purse strin g s w ith renew ed vigor.
DONNA FLAUM has done it again!
This tim e it’s a F light Instructors
R ating, and sh e’s now instructing out
a t Z ahn’s A irport. This isn ’t for DON­
NA’S ears, b u t v ia the grapevine heard
the F.A.A. In sp ecto r thought she’d
m ake a g re a t little flight instructor.
Our N. E ng. tran sfer, H ELEN D E­
LANEY, is getting acquainted w ith our
local airfields—she checked out at Mc­
A rthur in a C essna 172.
IR EN E BRUNKS has been a busy,
busy, gal — a fte r retu rn in g from
the AOPA Inst. N av./C om m . Course
a t W orcester, M ass., she ferried a
Wren from F t. Worth to N. Y. Also
got in som e M ulti-Engine tim e in a
B ritish Islander from F t. L auderdale,
F la., to N. Y.
Both IR E N E BRUNKS and IR E N E
HENRY a re closing in on th e ir Com­
m ercials—w on’t be long now!
'Til next month,
Friendly Sky! —
see you
in that
GREATER NEW YORK CHAPTER
Dee MOSTELLER, Reporter
Vive Mexican F ie sta s . . . and
G EORGE ANN GARMS’ beautiful home
on the Hudson in South Nyack! T h a t’s
w here Ju ly ’s m oney-m aking fiestam eeting w as held, with Ninety-Nines
and fam ilies flying, driving and boat­
ing in. (Three New Je rse y gals w ere
going to swim, but arriv ed by m ore
conventional m ethods . . .) It w as, ac­
cording to all reports, a lovely day
. . . and we ended up with $50 for
our convention fund. (GEORGE ANN
says this gave her a slight b reak
from her sum m er routine of flying
West Coast visitors around New York
City in the fam ily S k y lan e!)
KAY HILBRANDT and DORIS RENNIGER w ere back from La, having is­
sued official invites to the ’69 Con­
vention from NY MAYOR LINDSEY
and GOV. RO C K EFELLER . They had
m any words of praise for the ’68 hos­
tesses. DORIS had a happy non-avia­
tion announcem ent: h er son REN N IE
had just g raduated from OTS, w as
com m issioned a lieutenant in the Air
F orce and got engaged . . . all in one
week.
Before the iiesta, we had a special
“d essert” m eeting a t BETTYLOU
SCANDLING’S
Sutton
P lace
apt.
Nice to see MARTHA MORRISON back,
and to note that her num ber will be
listed in the NY directory a s our offi­
cial contact for visiting 99’s. KAY H.
read a letter from C anadian 99 ESNE
WILLIAMS who reports that th eir chap­
ter, sparked by our ex, BARBARA
BROTHERTON, is m aking happy noises
in aviation up there . . . p articu larly
a t the H am ilton Air Show this sum m er.
Those gals deserve m uch cred it for
perking up 99 activity in C anada.
Our artist, MARION LOPEZ, had an
interesting tale . . . one of h er re ­
cent com m issions w as a painting of
TV personality ALAN BURKE — on
a baked ham ! A local pack in g firm
presented the stran g e p o rtra it to the
controversial interview er, and MAR­
ION’S artw o rk got very honorable
m ention on B U R K E ’S night show.
SELMA CRONAN says she h a s a
new job a s staff pilot for a northern
New Je rse y re a l e state com pany . . .
and th a t’s all we can g et from her,
except th at she hopes to be ilying
a new 206 soon! (The H ackensack
T ru st Company, by the w ay, has SEL­
MA’S aviation trophies and pictures
on display at th eir South H ackensack
branch n ea r T eterboro.)
PAT ARNOLD h as been rep resen t­
ing 80,000 sport aviation enthusiasts in
W ashington, attending the first offi­
cial m eeting of the N ational Sport Avi­
ation Council under the auspices of
NWPRA, which is receiving m uch
Statue and recognition in national
aviation circles.
NEW RATINS: GRACE AMSTER
h as a brand new C om m ercial . . . ju st
got it in tim e for the R ace. C ongra­
tulations, GRACE! BETTYLOU passed
the w ritten p a rt of th e Instrum ent,
and is taking som e serious hood tim e
Greater New Yorker, DEE MOS­
TELLER, thinks crossing the Atlan­
tic in an eight-place Piper Navajo
is som ething to sm ile about! After
the 25-hour flight she posed at Gene­
va’s Intem a’ional Airport with her
pilot TOM McELROY, left, and an
other fer y pi ; t, BOB HYKES, TOM
ai’d BOB (who kept the Navajo com ­
pany in a Comanche) a e ferry cap­
tains for Flight Services Internal ona! of Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, and
had just delivered their planes to
Piper Aircraft International. Navajo
had two "5-gallon aux tanks installed
in the cabin, high freq. radio, and a
life raft on board as special equip­
ment.
now. She also ju st com pleted Lycom­
in g ’s
four-day
engine
break-down
course for ladies at W illiam sport,
P a.
ANGIE KOVACS, w ho’s about ready
to g et h e r In stru c to r’s, is “ tour guid­
in g ” this su m m er for T eterboro School
of A eronautics . . . giving $5 flights
and M anhatten Skyline tours in Cess­
na 150’s and 172’s.
MINA ELSC H N ER ’S M eet the Bunch
for Lunch w as scheduled to hit Red
Bank, O range County, Bridgeport,
Conn., L ancaster, and M acA rthur in
July; Kobelt, Flying W, New Haven,
and P enn Ridge (hostessed by MARGE
—G arden State 99 — and JACK BRY­
ANT, in August. Hope som e o! you
will m eet the bunch one of these days!
G re a te r NY and Long Island Chap­
ters will co-sponsor a Penny-A-Pound
S eptem ber 28 at M acA rthur in Ronkonkoma, Long Island. C hairm en are
KAY HILBRANDT and DOTTIE BOCK.
This is our T hird Annual!
NICE TRIPS: SELMA and this re ­
porter, unbeknow ingst to each other,
each paid our first visits recently to
N antucket Island (ex-whaling center
of the world) on the sam e day. SELMA
in a brand new M usketeer which she
had SOME FUN IN; I, in a used—but
g re a t—King Air. We visited the sam e
tourist tra p s and had lunch a cobble­
stone stre e t ap a rt, but n ev er crossed
paths . . . i t ’s a big world, huh?
Looked p retty big again to R eporter
on Ju ly 12, when I departed Mt.
Pocono, P a., w ith a Pennsylvania
fe rry pilot to cross the North A tlantic
. . . a t 200 m ph in a Navajo! We went
the
G an d er/K ef la v ik/G eneva
route
. . . thanks to uncooperative head
winds. Two days in “ sw inging” G ander
w aiting for proper w eath er . . . and
25 hours total flying tim e. A perfectly
sm ooth flight a t 11,000’ all the w ay
. . . a good autopilot to m ake things
easy, and enough room to get up and
stretch once in a while. Teings w ere
so quiet, we had to get a real hot
gin g a m e going to stay awake! Visits
to P ip e r distribution cen ters in Gen­
ev a and Oxford, E ngland, to take a
look a t G eneral Aviation “ over there”
w ere v ery interesting. E ven got in
m y first foreign solo . . . around the
p attern a t a ilying school n e ar B ris­
tol . . . in a Cherokee. I ’d highly recom ­
m ended a N orth A tlantic crossing any
tim e, providing you have good equip­
m ent and fa ir w eath er . . . it’s a
g re a t w ay to get som e hours in, and
save som e money!
EAST
SECTION
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
CHAPTER
Marjorie Pool, Reporter
T hree of our m em b ers journeyed
to H am m ondsport, N. Y. to m eet w ith
the W estern New Y ork C hapter, and
enjoyed knowing o u r sisters from
a neighboring are a . On Ju n e 18th,
H ELEN SH A FFER , MARY HULL,
SHIRLEY WEINHARDT1, and DORIS
WINDER and fam ilies w ent to E lm ira
a t the invitation of E a ste rn P enna.
Chapter. T hey had the thrill of riding
in a Schw eiter glider and seeing the
factory there.
While our C hapter w as tending to
its business a t home in June, CHAMPE and M ARTIE POOL and our two
younger boys flew th e “H onest In ju n ”
to A laska for a m edical m eeting. We
rendezvoused w ith oth er F lying P h y ­
sicians along the w ay on the A laska
Highway. This w as an exciting adven­
ture, som ething new every day, since
flying the w ilderness of N orthw estern
Canada through the p asses of the Can­
adian Rockies and th e A laska R anges
w as a pioneering experience for us.
I had a chance to keeep m y new in stru ­
m ent ticket polished on a 3% hour
actual IF R trip w ith rim e ice and
everything. H ad m y b ap tism by ice, so
to speak. The trip w as special fun
because of learning to know som e doc­
tors’ w ives who a re activ e 99s—
JOAN ORLEY of M ontana C hapter
with 49Viler JO E w as v e ry cordial to
the flying docs gath erin g in h e r hom e
state to s ta rt the trip; K A TH ER IN E
TILLER of W ichita, and H ELEN
SMITH from Florida, who w as an of­
ficial in the IAR this Y ear.
MARIE SALLADE, a reg u larly a t­
tending prospective m em b er ju s t p ass­
ed her P riv ate flight test. M ARIE is
from
C herry
Springs.
BARBARA
WATTS, a frequent visitor, probably
has taken h e r P riv a te test by now.
BOOTS HUSTED, on one of h e r
solo cross-countries h ad the exciting
m isfortune to strike a b ald eagle,
catching half of it in th e M usketeer’s
landing gear. Now, th a t’s a ra r e bird!
and he is protected b y U ncle Sam , so
th at you m ay not keep the trophy even
if you got it by accident. E v e n h alf a
m ounted B ald E ag le would be a
prize.
We a re proud to re p o rt DORIS
September, 1968
W IN DER’S P riv a te W ritten G r a d e 98!
O ur Ju ly m eeting w as for planning,
but a side a ttractio n w as an Anti­
que Auto Show on the W illiam sport
A irport R am p. MARY and JIM HULL
a re prim e m overs in the Old Car
Club which sponsored it, and also
a ttra c te d 2 old Waco bi-planes. One
w as a U PF-7 w hich m y 49% er and
I ignorantly p assed up two y e ars
ago and now is in beautiful condi­
tion and w orth 3 tim es a s m uch plus
b e’ng used for aero b atics b y G EN E
STOCKER of S tate College.
CMr P'enney-ia-Pound w as a fin­
ancial success in spite of having to
shut down operations for a while as
the thu n d erstorm s passed. 298 people
or 32,000 pounds took rides over the
p retty valleys and m ountains of State
College.
August is A ir-M arking Month for us.
and this y e a r we go to m a rk the
L ycom ing-Susquehanna A irport. Along
with o ur p aint brushes, buckets and
old painting pants, w e’ll tak e sw im ­
m ing suits and a picnic lunch. Sounds
like a nice fam ily affair.
You neighboring N inety-Nines all
p lease com e to o ur P o k er R un on
S eptem ber 8th. T he course is in
N orth C entral P ennsylvania and one
stop in E lm ira , N. Y. R ain d ate is the
15th.
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CHAPTER
Kate Macario, Reporter
W hat a beautiful day we had for a
Fly-In to NANCY and BUZZ DIEMANDS, Saturday, Ju ly 20th. The
w e a th er w as ideal for flying, sw im ­
m ing in th e ir pool, and eatin g on the
patio. NANCY’S daughter, D EBBIE,
and h e r new husband, RO B ERT LAIRD
from C anada w ere on hand to m ake
everyone welcom e. T hey a re both stu­
dents a t the U niversity of B ritish Col­
um bia and visiting w ith the DIEMANDS for the sum m er. ELY SE
CHAPMAN w as th e first to arriv e,
bringing with h e r a guest, JOANNE
MALOY, attending h e r first m eeting.
JOANNE has h e r P riv ate and flies out
of N. P hila. A irport. N ext cam e KATE
MACARIO with ANNA and JIM S P I­
VEY in th eir Cherokee, (KATE’S
49% e r flew in la te r in th e Bonanza
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
w ith twins, MATTHEW and MARK).
CLYDE STURTEVANT flew in with
BARABRA and B ILL MORRISON in
th eir C essna 182; BETH STURTE­
VANT and d aughter, BONNIE (just
elected Miss Cam den County) drove
in with H EL E N PR IC E in h e r hand­
som e ’52 g ra y and w hite Ja g u ar. A r­
riving alm o st sim ultaneously, w ere
JIM BULLITT and son in th eir Cessna
150, and “ D E E D E E ” BULLITT with
the other three children in the fam ­
ily Volkswagon. It w as so good to see
M ER LE CHALOW again, with RUDY,
in th eir new ly-painted 182. JANICE
and PH IL MUNTZ landed with their
2% y e a r old, SABRINA, a veteran
flyer by now, in th eir C essna 172.
ALICE and RAY M E ISE N H E IM E R
took tim e off from th eir busy sche­
dule to re la x w ith us for a few
hours, a rriv in g in th eir favorite Navion.
O thers driving in w ere LOUISE SACCHI, aw aiting h e r next ferrying job,
B E R T IE and GEORGE PETERSON,
M ARIE and TONY D ’ALTERIO, BAR­
BARA and BOB FARQUAHARSON,
LIBBY DUVAL and CAROL BOHACH
(h er third m eeting), and ANN and
PAUL WINSOR w ith th eir children.
A fter sw im m ing and eating, a m eet­
ing w as conducted on the shaded
patio. An excellent rep o rt on the Con­
vention, w ritten by VIRGINIA THOMP­
SON, w as read ; the n ex t best thing
to being th ere in person. We m issed
having a first-hand rep o rt of the R ace,
since no one in o ur c h ap te r participated
this y ear. P la n s for our annual P lane
R allye w ere changed from Aug. 17 with
M E R LE CHALOW in ch arg e to Aug 24th
with JAN and PH IL MUNTZ taking
over; the route is from Wings Field
to R ussell A irport in Chestertown,
Md. The place and date of the Christ­
m a s P a rty h as been a rran g ed by ANN
WINSOR, Sat., Dec. 7th a t the Cover­
ed Wagon in Strafford, P a., The Penny
-a-Pound will be Sept. 14th, a week
e a rlie r than usual. So concluded an ­
oth er delightful day a t the DIEMANDS.
The week of Aug. 5-9th, six m em bers
from four ch ap te rs attended the AveoLycom ing engine school a t W illiams­
port: MARIE D ’ALTERIO and E LY SE
CHAPMAN from our C hapter, ADE­
LAIDE T IN K E R of th'e W ashington
C hapter. BETTYLOU SCANDLING of
the G re ate r N. Y. C hapter, and BETTY
STAECK and HAZEL BARTOLET of
the C en tral P a ., C hapter (HAZEL
com m uted from S tate College to Wil­
liam sport each day). CHARLIE PARKS
w as the in stru c to r and they w ere also
lectured on turbo-charging by MR.
the G re a te r Rockford A irport. They
had the p leasu re ot m eeting JOAN
RICHARDSON, a 99 from the Quad City
Chapter, who gave them rides in her
1929 F leet, and h e r husband, JOHN,
who owns a R yan PT-22 . . . U nder­
stand th at busy gal, Y VETTE HORTMAN, will be running 3M A irport in
Bristol, P a. in addition to h er own
a irp o rt in M orrisville. She needed a
hard -su rfaced runw ay which 3M has.
MARYLAND CHAPTER
Lenora Eaton, Reporter
Grdauates of the class of 8568 of the Lycoming Service School
D ’ALTERIO, E. Pa., ADELAIDE TINKER .Wash., D.C., HAZEL
and BETTYE STAECK, both of Central Pa., ELYSE CHAPMAN,
BETTYLOU SCANDLING, Greater N.Y. Instructor is CHARLES
WESTON C. BAKER, one of the le a d -S
ing lights in the developm ent of tur-sg
bo-charged engines a t Lycoming, and on E G T gauges by JO E DIBLIN, who
has ju st w ritten a new service bulletin
on operating a t peak EGT. Besides
being an educational week, the girls
also enjoyed a delicious barb eq u e a t
the hom e of SHIRLEY W EINHARDT
and a dinner on T'hurs. a s guests of
Avco. All agreed th a t the tim e w as
well spent and th a t th ere a re six
(plus the other m em b er who have
taken this sam e course) w iser pilots,
thanks to CHARLIE’S efforts.
PERSONAL PA TTER ; NANCY DIEMAND accom panied LOUISE SACCHI on h er la te st ferrying trip, flying
a B eechcraft 36 for the first tim e,
to Switzerland. The two gals plan to
tour some of E urope before taking an
airline home . . . ANNE SHIELDS
flew with H ELEN and SOL ZUBROW
and son, BARRY, in th eir 172 to K ings­
ton, Ontario, to visit friends. ANNE
and H ELEN drove to the big Air
Show in F rederick, Md. w hich they
thought w as trem endous BUT they
swore they would n ev er drive there
and back in one day again . . .
ELYSE and LINC CHAPMAN took
their trip in their Comanche 260 to
F t. L auderdale. In S arasota, th e y
toured the G rum m an fa c to ry w here
M ustangs (P-51s) a re being rebuilt
for civil and m ilitary use; they also
flew to the B aham as for a day . . .
are MARIE
BARTOLET,
E. P a., and
PARKE.
M ARIE and TONY D ’ALTERIO a re
an o th er couple who flew to F t. L auder­
dale, in th eir Mooney . . . RUDY CHALOW told us th a t M ER LE phoned
them in N. J . from 9000 ft. over Dutch
G uiana in a C essna 401, enroute to
Belem , B razil. H er voice w as carried
by radio to M iam i w here it w as con­
nected to New Je rse y by telephone.
Is n ’t th at som ething. H eard M ER LE
had a wonderful vacation in S. A m erica
. . . Asked B E R T IE and GEORGE
PETER SO N if they had been any­
where, and sure enough, they had
been to Indianapolis for th e 500 and
flew IF R both w ays . . . BARBARA
and BILL MORRISON will be off this
m onth ot H am ilton, Ontario, for the
annual F lying F a rm e rs Convention . . .
On Aug. 15th, M ARIE D ’ALTERIO,
KATE MACARIO, ANNE SHIELDS
and h e r m o th er attended a special
M ass, a Profession of first y e a r vows
of SR. MARGARET MARY BOREK
(PEG GY ) a t the D om inican Convent
in Media. We had a w onderful visit with
PEGG Y and she told us about her
vacation during w hich she got checked
out and flew again, and h ad the oppor­
tunity to v isit all h e r fam ily .
. .
KATE and TOM MACARIO w ith 3
of th eir boys (the oldest is working
on his Comm. & Inst. R atings) flew
out to the EAA Convention in Rock­
ford, 111. T hey cam ped out and spent
the w eek taking in all th e beautiful an­
tique and exp erim ental airp lan es a t
F irs t things first, we alw ays say—
so we m ust announce the new Com m er­
cial ra tin g of CATHERINE GROVER
who, a fte r getting h er P riv ate, went
right on to the n ext step. And now,
CATHERINE, In stru m e n t? C ongratula­
tions and best wishes for your next
venture.
This su m m er has been m ean to
M aryland for flying activities. MARGE
and MORRIS LAKE w ent com m ercial
on a fabulous vacation to Jap an , Hong
Kong, and retu rn ed v ia Honolulu. We
hope to see th eir slides. JE R R Y
STORM m otored to h e r hom e in Can­
a d a and is about to tak e off again
to B runsw ick to fly h e r au n t back.
LOIS and BRUCE BATY have been
taking off on a m o m en t’s notice to
Ohio. LENORA EATON flew her hus­
band down to St. A ugustine in her
L uscom be and retu rn ed in a Cessna
172. Anyone w ant to buy a good 90-hp
Luscom be ? CATHERINE GROVER and
fam ily vacationed in F lo rid a—by auto
(their C essna 150 w ouldn’t hold all
th ree). The STINCHCOMBS a re finish­
ing up on th eir Navion. They have been
dilligently w orking on it a t ELIZA­
BETH and DON SULLIVAN’s airport in
G ettysburg. We a re looking for you,
LEAH and RAY, to fly it. INEZ and
OTTS DOTTERW EICH w ere the only
d aring ones of the group of Flying
F a rm e rs to go to K itty Hawk, N. C.,
but th e w eath er sent them hom e by
car.
MARYANN JE S S U P thanked our
group for helping a t the College P a rk
A irport 50th A nniversary C elebration air
show and two-pence-a-pound rides. The
W ashington C hapter did a trem endous
job of handling all the rides, donating
b aked goods, etc. LENORA EATON
and CATHERINE GROVER had the
honor of flying down the P atu x e n t R iver
to Piney Point to g e t the MARION
HART who w as to autograph h e r books
being sold a t College P ark . All in all,
Sunday, August 11, w as a g re a t day.
We surely hope in terest in College
P ark as the oldest operating airp o rt
in the world is renew ed.
Our next m eeting will be a goodie
—combined with Flying F a rm e rs and
40 West Flying Club a t F red erick .
PORTIA HUTTON has invited us to
a buffet lunch a t h e r new hom e on
Septem ber 8. See you there!
ALABAMA CHAPTER
Kathleen Vauglin, Reporter
NANCY BEELAND and JUANITA
HALSTEAD really did enjoy flying
in the Pow der Puff D erby this y e a r
although they did not finish the flight
because of engine trouble. On June
30, they left M ontgom ery to back­
track the race route to California. They
stopped in G reenville, M iss.; B eau­
mont, Tex.; and Corpus Christi for the
night.
A cold front w as predicted for the
next m orning, but an e arly d ep artu re
got them out before the front a r ­
rived. The next stop w as Del Rio.
The C om m anding Officer of Laughlin
Air Force B ase evidently w as panick­
ed a t the thought of all those wo­
men in his territo ry . A fter m aking
Air F orce E ase evidently w as m aking
the m andatory call to A pproach Control,
they w ere m et w ith num erous in struc­
tions. However, they w ere a t 1200 feet
and ra d a r could not pick them up
even a fter m aking several tu rn s for
identification.
A fter crossing the m ountains, JUAN­
ITA noticed th a t the fuel gages indi­
cated no gas. They knew th ere should
have been two m o re hours of fuel,
but those gages gave th em an em pty
feeling. Then NANCY realized the
whole electrical system w as out. T here­
fore, no radios. E l P aso In ternational
A irport is a busy a irp o rt at which
to land with no radio contact, but
NANCY rock'sd h e r wings, noted the
runaw ay in use, and landed. They
learned la te r that they had been given
a green light to land, but failed to
see it.
A fter an overnight stay in Phoenix,
they left the next m orning for Van
Nuyfe, but typical California smog
m ade them land a t P alm Springs
for V FR conditions. H ow ever, the
visibility increased until they w ere
able to fly to Van Nuys in tim e to
m ake im pound.
On rac e day, take off had to w ait
for the sm og to lift to three m iles
visibility. F inally they w ere off, head­
ing back through B anning P ass. F rom
then on, the w eath er deteriorated
steadily. They had to fight head winds,
dodge thunderstorm s, and fly a t low
altitudes to avoid the low ceilings.
On Monday, NANCY and JUANITA
le ft Corpus C hristi for G reenville,
Miss. T heir altitude b ecam e low er
and low er and low er as th e clouds be­
cam e m ore solid. When they w ere a
little no rth of Monroe, L a., th eir
engine began to ru n rough. A check of
all in stru m ents showed nothing, but
the roughness increased and the en­
gine m om entarily cut off. They land­
ed a t B astrop, L a., w here a good
m echanic and airp o rt m an a g e r w ere
unable to relieve the trouble. As night
approached, NANCY and JUANITA
realized th a t they would be unable to
com plete the ra ce a s staying overnight
a t an undesignated stop auto m atical­
ly elim inated them . They w ere two
sad ladies th at night.
Then next day they flew th eir lim p ­
ing plane home, once again into bad
w eather, finally down to 500 feet al­
titude, following highw ays in case of
re a l engine trouble. Although the
trip w as alm ost an obstacle course,
instead of a race, they both ag ree it
w as a wonderful flying experience.
Altogether, they covered 4,500 m iles
in th eir P ip e r Cherokee.
The Flying P ettico ats of Huntsville,
m any of whom also belong to the
A labam a C hapter 99s, a re busy plan­
ning this y e a r’s Proficiency Derby.
We a re trying som ething different this
y ea r, using p a r speeds established for
the P ow der P uff D erby. R ace date
this y e a r is October 13, with takeoff
and term in u s a t H untsville’s New
J e t port. The ra c e is open to all women
pilots; so any of you 99s who are
interested, co n tac t DICEY MILLER,
314 R osem ont Road, S. E. Huntsville,
35803.
Send A L L News copy to
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H A Z E L M c K E N D R IC K
P.O. B O X 38499
D A L L A S , TEX. 75238
DOT ETHERIDGE, Greenville, Miss,
stepping from h e r Aero Commander
after having won the Women’s Stock
Plane Pylon R ace at the Maryland
National Air Races, Frederick, Md.,
on July 4-7. DOT set a world speed
record in a stock plane on a pylon
course of 198.1 mph. DOT is a m em ­
ber of th - Mississippi Chapter Nine­
ty-Nines and will be racing at the
Cleveland National Air R aces and at
Reno, both scheduled for September.
FLORIDA SPACE PORT CHAPTER
Dot MacNamara, Reporter
August 14 w as the day! T hat w as
the day w e flew into St. Augustine,
w here we w ere greeted by the FBO
who had sw eet rolls and coffee w aiting
for us. MARY DIXON and I flew up in
the 170 and ju s t a s we w ere calling
in we h e ard a voice th a t we thought
w as MARY BLACKWELL’S, but in­
stead it w as 16 y e a r old JO EY BEERS
who w as doing th e piloting with mo­
th e r CY a s a passenger. Right after
we landed, an MU-2 arriv ed , so we
w atched it tax i up rig h t in front of us
and M ary D allowed a s how it m ust
be nice to be able to fly one of those
things. Well, out stepped high h'eels
and skirts and attach ed to those high
heels and skirts w ere four of our own
girls,
RUTH SHOEMAKER,
ANN
F E N N E R , BOBBI STEEN and JUAN­
ITA DIESBOURG. U nfortunately, it
w asn ’t one of o u r g irls who did the
piloting, but a m an! Our own MARY
BLACKWELL could have flown it, but
she h as been so busy th a t she couldn’t
g et aw ay th a t early. I understand that
w hen she w ent to T exas to get check­
ed out in it, she flew it out. Oh, th at
I had the brains, tim e and m aybe,
especially the money to fly som ething
like th at. Oh well, back to the Cessna
170. She’s a good old ship and I love
her.
The next plane to arriv e w as NANCY
HECKSEL and MARILYN VANCE in
NANCY'S new Mooney. The girls th at
were already there w ere from Ja c k ­
sonville and had driven down so that
we would have plenty of tran sp o rta­
tion. They w ere JO CHRISTMAN, K.
RILEY , CHARLOTTE CORBIN, JE R I
SNYDER and SARA PA RM EN TER.
SARA tells us th at she is m oving to
Virginia. We will m iss h er v ery much,
but Virginia C hapter, be on the look­
out for her.
NANCY H EC K SEL and h er fam ily
flew to Colorado on th eir vacation,
CY B EER S had a trip to W ashington,
I flew to the C ircle X R anch in Mul­
berry and JUANITA DIESBOURG and
MARGARET flew to L akeland, so they
could take off on a long paved ru n ­
way. I should kid JUANITA a bit about
having to have 5,000 ft. of paved
runw ay to land on but h er plane is
sorta sick and she needs the paved
runw ay to get off!
Circle X Ranch h a s a soaring school
and there w ere several of us who had
a spring soaring lesson. U nfortunately,
there w ere not m any th erm als on that
day so we didn’t get to stay up long.
I did get to clim b 600 ft on a th erm al.
It surely w as interestin g when you
climb, but only h ear the gentle woosh
of the wind and no engine.
Coming back from St. Augustine,
MARY D and I went around and in
between thunder storm s and rain. Got
home and there had not been the
first sprinkle of rain.
Come on all you non-attending m em ­
bers, get to the m eeting! If MARY
BLACKWELL, a s busy a s she is, can
m ake it, so can you. MARY w as late,
but she m ade it!
GEORGIA CHAPTER
Betty W. McNabb, Reporter
G eorgias m et a t Dawson, G eorgia,
for a pleasant buffett a t Town and
Country R estaurant, hosted by CAR­
OLYN KENNEDY and 49Msfer HO­
WARD. P resen t w ere BETTY JO ALI­
SON and E LLEN CASWELL of Griffin
drove in; JOYCE SOX (Cessna 172)
and brand-new m em b er CAROLYN
DUNN, both of A tlanta; E STH ER
WRIGHT (Cessna 182) and another
new m em ber, PHYLLIS JO N ES, both
of Thom asville; L E E RIIS, o u r third
new m em ber, from Hinesville, who
flew in with JEN N Y PREETORIO U S
of Savannah; and BETTY McNABB
who B onanza’d in from P a n a m a City,
Florida.
Members of the cast of 99 m usical skit presented at Southeast Sectional by
the Memphis Chapter: CHRIS BROWN, early 99, JOSIE HOWSER, dlrec o -,
and LOYCE O’NEAL, pilot of the future.
(Photo by Jim McKnight)
CAROL LOWERY, Co-Chairm an of
the AWTAR T erm inus, w as unable to
a c t in this capacity due to the tragic
accidental death of h er young bro th er
JA M IE. T aking o v er for CAROL w as
E LL E N CASWELL who did a trem en ­
dous job a s Co-Chairm an w ith PAGE
SHAMBURGER.
ALISON, V ice-Chairm an, JOYCE SOX,
S ecretary, and JA N IC E MASSEE,
T reasu rer.
The G eorgia m eeting for Septem ber
w as postponed in favor of th e Sectional.
O ctober m eeting will be in Milledg'eville. Y ’all Come!
E LL E N reported on the T erm inus;
Flying in the ra c e w ere JOYCE and
ESTH E R , L E E and JEN N Y ; carry in g
the R ace C hairm an, KAY BRICK, and
V ice-Chairm an
BARBARA
EVANS,
cross-country w as BETTY McNABB;
w orking a t the T erm inus w ere BETTY
JO, ALYCE STRONG, HOLLY SMITH,
HAZEL FERGUSON, and CAROLYN
DUNN.
MEMPHIS CHAPTER
Mary Stanley, Reporter
CAROLYN KENNEDY received the
congratulations of the C hapter on ea rn ­
ing h e r In stru m en t rating, w hich gives
G eorgia a total of five activ e in stru ­
m ent-rated pilots.
Since hosting the Spring Sectional
th e M em phis C hapter h as relaxed
and turned to various su m m er activi­
ties. The Sectional w as w eather-p'agued and is h istory now. However, the
highlight of the a ffa ir w as a hilarious
m u sical skit, depicting the history of
99s, presented a t the dinner meeting.
The accom panying p ictu re shows three
of th e stars, CHRIS BROWN, e arly 99,
LOYCE O’NEAL, pilot of the future,
and JO SIE HOWSER, director and
m e m b e r of the chorus line.
CAROLYN then presented BETTY
McNABB with the K ennedy ETA tro ­
phy for the y e a r 1967-68.
The Lovelace Foundation project
for a study of Psychological and P h y ­
siological Aging in Pilots, presented to
the International Convention by JAC­
QUELINE COCHRAN, w as explained
to the group by BETTY McNABE.
New O fficers for G eorgia a re CAROL
LOWERY, C hairm an;
BETTY
JO
99s from all over the mid-south
assisted the M ississippi C hapter with
the G reenville AWTAR Stop. There
from the M em phis C hapter w ere ROSE­
MARY WILLIAMS, JU N E P E N T E ­
COST, GLADYS ESTES, MARILYN
ASHLAND, MARTHA TOBEY, INA
WALKER, VIRGINIA PROCTOR and
MARY STANLEY. 4°tV2er JO E STAN­
LEY also assisted when needed. We
w ere m ost im pressed with the organ-
aation and planning th at w ent into
the Greenville Stop. The city of G reen­
ville had gone all out to provide re a l
southern hospitality. PEG G Y McCORMICK and her com m ittees, a s well
as teh ham radio operators seem ed es­
pecially efficient.
We w ere so pleased to be on hand
to w elcome POLLY DUNCAN, our
Memphis entrant. Like everybody else,
her flight w as plagued by the w eather,
but we congratulate h er on winning
the leg prize from Van N uys to Phoe­
nix. I understand th a t M em phis 99s
CHRIS BROWN and EVELYN PA RK ­
E R w ere on hand in Savannah to
greet h er there, as well a s to assist
with the T erm inus.
I had a chance to visit with one of
our newest m em bers, GLADYS ESTES,
while in Greenville. She h as had su r­
gery twice since joining us this p ast
fall, but hopes for lots of flying in
the n ear future. MARILYN and BILL
ASHLAND a re m oving to Connecti­
cut very soon, and 99s up th a t w ay
can look forw ard to a m ost desirable
new m em ber.
We a re planning o u r annual fly-in
here on the STANLEY strip (Augusta,
Ark.) for August 24. All 99s in the a re a
will be m ost w elcom e for a day of
(complete inform ality w ith an im ­
prom ptu a ir show, spot landing con­
test and picnic planned.
NO. CENTRAL
SECTION
ALL-OHIO CHAPTER
Marcia Singer, Reporter
The w eather for o ur ch ap te r m eet­
ing in Ju n e . . . w as a Ja n u a ry in
Ju n e type day. UGH! Our C hapter
C hairm an CLARA TH A R PE m ade the
A thens, Ohio scene with L E E ROCK
and her 49% er b u t a s CLARA said
“By golly! we did n ’t even have enough
m em bers for a quoroum .”
But, it w as a jolly reunion when
w eather cleared for the Ju ly m eeting
in Youngstown, Ohio. H ostesses DONNA
FULK, MARGARET WELLINGTON
and C'ORLIE F E L G E R w elcomed
about the la rg e st group of 99 gals and
th'eir 49V2ers, ever. A free lunch by
the Youngstown A ir R eserv e B ase and
the 913th T actical A irlift Group of Wil­
low Grove, P a., the tour of a C-119, the
perfect w eather and the g re a t a tten d ­
ance help to m ake the get-together
one of the best.
W elcom e to NINA P IE R C E one of
our new er All-Ohio 99 m em bers.
T h a t’s our girl . . . the story of JOAN
MACE, Jo a n ’s aviation background and
h e r w ork in aviation background and her
work in aviation w as the featu re a r ­
ticle in the Athens M essenger.
In Dayton, Ohio the D ayton Daily
News devoted the featu re story in
th eir Sunday Supplem ent, LEISU RE
MAGAZINE to L E E ROCK, VIRGINIA
SCHUMACHER THOMAS, D E E AKE,
JOAN DANGL, CLARA TH A R PE and
MARCIA SINGER.
MARILYN COLLETTE h as opened
h e r own accounting business and is
b u sier th a n ev er w riting, w orking,
and flying. MARILYN in spite of every­
thing . . . m ade the hop from Colum­
bus to Youngstown for the Ju ly m eet­
ing.
VIRGINIA SCHUMACHER THOMAS
now has a new Com m anche to m atch
h e r beautiful new wedding ring . .
She and ISVeior, CHARLES “ DOC”
took a 6,000 m ile flying honeymoon
trip to the B ah am as, M iam i Beach,
California, Mexico, and then back to
Ohio.
VIRGINIA TOO PER conducted a
th ree day workshop a t G oldsm ith’s
D epartm en t Store, in M em phis. F ive
M em phis 99s took VIRGINIA to lunch
while she w as there. Also, 4S% er ED
and VIRGINIA took the AOPA’S (first)
A nnual W yoming Air Tour. Along with
110 o th er planes . . . “ We had our
first experience flying canyons, said
VIRGINIA.
CAROL CONAWAY and h er 49% er
flew to C anada in Ju n e for a week
of fishing and flying . . . and fun.
MARGARET
WELLINGTON
and
DONNA FULKS flew to Idaho Falls,
Idaho in Ju ly in M ARGARET’S Cher­
okee. T heir F o u rth of Ju ly w as spent
flying the G rand Tetons.
While som e headed to N orth, E a s t
and W est . . . MARION MOYER and
ED w ent South to attend the Republi­
can Convention in M iam i B each.
RUTH LOVE’S son, CADET RONALD
LOVE, of the A ir F o rce A cadem y 2 /c
h as ju st received his P riv a te pilot’s
license.
By now MARY and FRANK L E E
should be back from th eir 9 day fly­
ing vacatio n to K an sas City.
Next N E W S Deadline
Sept. 20th
••DOC” and JEA N BONAR a re
w orld-jum ping again . . . They spent
sev eral w eeks in the Middle E a s t tour­
ing G reece, E gy p t, Lebanon, Turkey
and attended a m edical m eeting in
Israel.
CONNIE and RAY COPELAND in
Ju ly packed th eir bag s and children
and flew to the Tetons and Yellow­
stone.
MARION and HAROLD STACKS had
a wonderful w estern vacation that
covered 5400 m iles. “We had beautiful
w eath er all the w ay w ith visibility
75 m iles o r b e tte r and tail w inds all
the w ay ” said Marion.
A fter five y e a rs ol claim ing that
flying w as for the birds . . . m y own
49%ier JAY joined us feathered fel­
lows! He soloed sev eral Sundays ago,
and will soon be the new pilot in our
fam ily.
DON’T' forget that DUES a re DUE!:
Mugs and E a rrin g s? T hey m ake
g re a t gifts and it w on’t be too long
before we s ta rt thinking of the Holi­
days
CAPE GIRARDEAU AREA CHAPTER
Margie Hall, Reporter
This re p o rte r owes a large apology
to h er C hapter and especially to
NADINE H E U E R , o u r C hairm an. My
49% er has been v ery ill and I have
neglected everything but him for the
p a st 4 m onths.
B ut n e v er fe a r the CGI C hapter is
still here and the m em b ers a re going
to town. N ELL R IC E, has been going
like a house afire this Spring and
Sum m er! She com pleted h er Commerica l R ating in D ecem ber and began
w orking on h er Basic Ground Instruc­
to r’s ra tin g in Jan u ary . She decided
to g e t h e r F light In stru cto r’s w ritten
over w ith a t the sam e tim e, and pass­
ing this, took h e r check ride and is
now re ad y to instruct. She got her
G round In stru c to r’s ra tin g in April and
h e r F light In stru c to r’s ratin g in May.
She took th er check rid e in her Cessna
170 w ith CARL WEST from St. Louis
and is now re ad y for Students.
NELL and h e r 49% flew their two
F itts Specials, (which DICK built for
th em ), to the Union City, Tenn. Obion
County Air F a ir. They won a free
week-end trip from Holiday Inn for
h aving the b est experim ental a ircraft
on display.
N E L L and DICK a re from Kenneth.
Mo., and their local p ap er has been
v e ry generous about giving them front
page coverage of th eir flying activities
and about N ELL being a m em b er of
the Ninety-Nines. This is the kind of
publicity we like—w here they get th eir
inform ation correct, and then put it on
the front page.
O ur new m em ber MARTHA JOHN­
SON, of Jonesboro, Ark., is really a live
wire. Im m ediately a fte r joining our
C hapter this Spring, would you believe
that a tornado cam e by and dem olished
their home and all th e furnishings?
B ut th at didn’t faze this little girl;
she gathered up a few belongings and
started out again.
F irst thing on h e r agenda, w as a
joint m eeting of the M em phis C hapter
the A rkansas C hapter, and the C.G.I.
C hapter. This turned out to be a
wonderful day of visiting along with
learning. She had a rran g ed for the
F.A.A. from M em phis to give a pro­
g ram on Safety. The g irls enjoyed a
lovely lunch arran g ed for by MARTHA
and la st but not least they got front
page coverage again from the local
new spapers. MARTHA has also a rra n g ­
ed for our C hapter to Sponsor the
C aruthersville, Mo., Aviation D ay on
Oct. 13. Ii you a re in the a re a , do
drop in because you c a n ’t find a b etter
opportunity to prom ote Women in av ia­
tion, than a t these Aviation Days. If
you need local in terest in your aviation
activities, the best w ay is to prom ote
an Aviation Day. This not only gets
the non-flying public out to your a ir­
port, but it a’so rekindles the interest
in the old-non-flying pilots. You have
to be interested yourself, before you
can sell aviation to onyone else.
In case you didn’t know, o ur MARY
ELDERS, of Cuba, Mo., is again the
N.P.A. Pilot of the Y ear! I t ’s h ard to
believe th at this ilttle ICO lb. thing
can fly with such efficiency, but she
does, and is hoping to fly the P ow der
Puff D erby in 1989. Good Luck MARY!
Speaking of Pow der Puff Derby, we
had a lovely surprise h ere in CGI.
E LLEN TAINDLE, and h er Co-p'lot
LIBBY SVENSON of the San Fernando
V a'ley C hapter, stopped ovem ite on
their retu rn from the P ow der Puff
Derby. It w as such fun visiting with
these two lovely girls and getting ail
the new s of the R ace. Our local p ap er
again cam e through for the Nin’styNines with new s of th eir visit, co m ­
plete with bouquets of com plim ents for
these two lovely girls. With women like
these two in the Ninety-Nines, you
c a n ’t have anything but good publicity.
M ILLIE LIMBAUGH and EVELYN
BRAESE flew to G reenville, to help
m an the tim ers shack for the R ace,
and cam e hom e w ith lots of new s of
the friends we have m a d e here in CGI
from th e previous races. We w ere a
little envious th at we couldn’t have
been th ere for all the excitem ent. B ut
m aybe next y e a r?
I ’m sure that I have m issed lots of
news, but with a sincere apology to m y
C hapter C hairm an, I ’ll ju s t have to say
I'm so rry and I hope to do b e tte r n ex t
tim e.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER
Clarissa H. Holcomb, Reporter
Hear! Hear! O ur new slate of offic­
ers. JE A N N E CROCKER, GLORIA
FARR, SARAH ALEXANDER, and
ARLENE JOHNSON will serve. These
w om en a re active pilots so it w ill be
a flying y ear.
Had a wonderful fly-in to R E T IR E D
BRIG. GEN. J. W. ANDREWS 4000’
stirp a t P a lm y ra with ROSE ANDREW
our graciou s hostess .“ UNCLE JA M IE ”
left nothing to chance—FRANK raised
the flag; the sm udge pot w as lit; the
new wind sock w as checked to give the
girls ev ery advantage. Landings w ere
com m endable.
JE A N N E CROCKER, now flying h er
182 out of M ocnt Hawley, brought
GLORIA FA R R and A RLENE JOHN­
SON to the potluck. A RLENE fi’led
us in on the Navion Week in K entucky.
She had recently checked out in theirs
and had an exciting tim e “ ra c in g ” . The
JOHNSON and FA RR m ales cam e in
ano th er plane.
RUBY and VIC ANDREWS arriv ed
from D anville in the 150 Cessna, p re­
ceded by the WOOD fam ily. KATH­
L E E N talked th eir Mooney E xecutive
into a fly to P a lm y ra instead of the
farm in M ississippi.
JEA N WEST and fam ily in the 172
led the w ay to Colorado and recom ­
m end Boulder. They saw the m ountains
by car. BARE BRUSSEAU and teach­
e r friend a re taking the Cherokee to
Colorado.
Our C hapter w as rep resen ted in the
P ow der Puff by two helpers. H ELEN
G R E IN K E w as a t Savannah in an elec­
tric c a rt leading the planes to the re ­
ception line and th e Im pound A rea.
JEA N N E CROCKER w as thrilled with
the relief T im er job a t the A tlanta
tow er. Both w ere delighted to be a
p a rt of the Race!
O ur new est pilot, LORENA BAILEY,
flew h e r friend ILA ZABORAC to the
potluck. Our pilot, MARGE KELLY
w as im pressed with the length of the
Andrew RLA.
MARTHA
McMAHON
had
had
enough piloting for the m om ent a fter
her trip in h e r Mooney Super 21 to
D anbury, Connecticut. Outbound, the
P ennsylvania hills w ere shrouded in
haze. Inbound, the thunderstorm s gang­
ed up on us (I w as riding along) so
we w ere quite content to enjoy the
com panionship of the people a t P o rt­
land, Indiana (Steed A irport). Couldn’t
get off until 11 n ext m orning and a r ­
rived hom e as the sto rm s w ere building
again.
BUNNY WILSON and FRANCES
KING joined us and BUNNY agreed
to en tertain us soon with pictures
and c o m m e n t s
on h er flying
in e a rlie r tim es. She, it w as, who in­
troduced o u r ROSE to DORA DOUGH­
ERTY and starte d ROSE tow ard h er
pilot’s license.
Had a fine visit with KIT* HEACOCK
who of e rs transportation to the F all
Sectional from Alton A irport. Drop h er
a card before dropping in.
LEAH WARREN went to F lorida the
hard w ay again and so m issed our
picnic and golf.
JE A N WEST is instructing again and
thinks it w on’t b e long before she has
h e r In stru m en t In stru c to r’s license.
If m y version of new s is not quite
accu rate, it’s because I ’m not yet a
gcod listener.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER
Barbara Brusseau, Reporter
O ur Ju n e 1 m eeting w as held a t the
Redwood Inn a t Danville with only
th ree m em b ers present, RUBY AN­
DREWS, JA NE McMILLIN, and BARB
BRUSSEAU. W eather w as poor and
m any m em b ers w ere on vacation tripe.
T he Ju ly 21 m eeting w as held in con­
junction with the P a n c a k e B reakfast
a t Mattoon. The pancake breakfast
turned out to be a two day affair.
B reak fast w as served on S aturday and
Sunday m orning. Ozark Airlines flew
dem onstration rides in a Fairchild
during the S atu rd ay afternoon activi­
ties. M em bers of the 99s helped with
the ticket sales. P rep aratio n for the
b re a k fast began on F rid ay night with
the 99s w ashing chairs and setting up
tables for Saturday. GLORIA FARR,
MARGE KELLY, BARBARA JE N ISON, D EED HOLCOMB, JEA NN E
CROCKER, PAT SMITH, MARTHA
McMAHON, and D E E ADAMSON w ere
on hand S aturday. M em bers present
a t the Sunday m eeting w ere GLORIA
FA RR, MARGE KELLY, RUBY AN­
DREWS, EVELYN FA RLEY, JEAN-
Central
Illinois
mem ber
.JEAN
REED ia t i e role of Flight Instruct­
or for her son JE FF.
NE CROCKER, D EED HOLCOMB,
ARLENE JOHNSON, THEO SOMMER,
PAT SMITH, KATHLEEN WOOD,
ESTH ER SALOMONE, LEAH WAR­
REN, H ELEN M cBRIDE, JA N E McMILLIN, EULA SCHMIDT, and BARB:
BRUSSEAU. At the business m eeting,
C harm s w ere presented to m em b ers
of the Illini-Nines A ir D erby Com m it­
tee C hairm an. Those given c h arm s
were H ELEN G RIEN K E, GLORIA
FARR, A RLENE JAHNSON, LEAH
WARREN, BARBARA JEN ISON , and
MARTHA McMAHON. T he slate of of­
ficers w as presented for the n ex t y ear.
They a re JE A N N E CROCKER, Chair­
m an; GLORIA FARR, V ice-Chairm an;
SARAH
A LEXANDER,
S ecretary;
ARLENE JOHNSON, T rea su rer; and
D EED HOLCOMB, News R eporter.
The officers will be installed a t the
Septem ber 8 m eeting which will be
held a t M arshall County A irport, a t
Lacon. The EAA ch a p te r will be spon­
soring a b reakfast and a ir show at
the sam e time.
JEA N R E E D ’S son JE F F R E Y earn ­
ed his
P riv ate license from F . C.
McLAUGHLIN a t Mt. H awley A irport.
JEA N began teaching him a t 14, gave
him his second lesson a t 15. He receiv ­
ed his license in the m inim um 40 hours
tim e a t age 17 y ears. JEA N llew her
longest ch arter to St. F rancesville,
Louisanna from Lacon, Il’inois. She
also flew a c h a rte r to P ittsb crg h plus
with son J E F F delivered a plane to
New York. EULA SCHMIDT and BAR­
BARA JENISON w ere planning to fly
a Cherckee A rrow in the P ow der Puff,
but handicap inform ation arriv ed to
late for their application. O ur glider
pilot LIBBY DUNSETH had an acci­
dent. She is now recu p eratin g a t her
home.
GREA TER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER
Marilyn Dickson and Nona Martin
Reporters
What a g re a t w ay to s ta rt the m onth
off! A ugust 1st found m any of our
m em b ers in the C rystal Room of th e
Glenwood M anor M otor Hotel for our
m eeting. Since w e had no m eeting
during the m onth of Ju ly th ere w as
m uch “ catching u p ” to do on all the
happenings through the sum m er. Our
atten d an ce w as colossal for su m m er­
tim e with thirty m em bers, eleven 49%ers, two prospective m em b ers and a
tran sferee from O range County Chap­
ter, MARGARET McDOWELL. In ad­
dition we had sev eral guests atten d ­
ing.
The high light of the evening w as
h earin g the rep o rt from the In te rn a ­
tional Convention and o ur th ree en­
tran ts in the Pow der Puff D erby give
th eir report of the race. E veryone was
pleased to learn th a t MARY ANN
NOAH and Co-Pilot PAT K EEN EY
cam e in seventh in the race in spite of
all th eir adversities w ith the w eather,
not to m ention the well publicized “ key
in cid en t” . T hat PA TTI K E E N E Y has
re a l problem s w ith keys it seem s.
EOBE'I M ILLER decided to rectify th at
sitaution if a t all possible by p resen t­
ing h er with a key chain th a t will be
m ighty hard to lose. COLEEN GOR­
DON flew h e r first ra c e solo and re ­
ports th a t she is like all those who
have been able to lly the race before—
th at is eag er to go again. We a re
m ighty proud of these girls and hope
th at we will have m ore entries from the
G re a te r K an sas City C hapter n ext year.
We have two m ore ra c e s in the
group, but not the P ow der Puff D erby
this tim e. PEGG Y WRIGHT and MAR­
GARET R EID flew in the Skylady D er­
by last w eek end. PEGG Y inform ed m e
that they didn’t know how they placed
in th a t they had not tabu lated all the
resu lts but she did win an aw ard for
estim atin g gas consum ption right on
the nose, and special recognition from
the Chief Tow er C ontroller for out­
standing radio perform ance. I under­
stand she had som e of the C ontroller’s
diving for the m an u als to check h e r
use of the new F A R ’s on radio pro­
cedure. Keep an eye on this te am —I
thing you’ll h e a r m ore about th em as
tim e goes along.
MARY ANN NOAH plans to fly the
M ichigan R ace in October. Surely
would be nice if som e m ore of our
m em b ers would fly this one, but so fa r
ju s t one en try th a t w e know of.
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
One of the chief topics of conversa­
tion during the d inner hours w as vaca­
tions. MARGARET WRIGHT and her
fam ily took a long long trip into the
South A m erican countries. F rankly
this re p o rter didn’t realize how fa r
they had traveled until it w as necessary
to get the dictionary atop the desk to
see about the p ro p er spelling of E cu a­
dor. (N eedless to say G eography w as
not one of m y b e tte r subjects.) ALEAH
and BUD COMBS w ent to the B aham as
again this y ear; BILL and ELAINE
MORRIS had gone to see the wonders
of Colorado, and MARGE FA RR ELL
and h er m other took a trip through
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and
O klahom a. The b e tte r half of this re ­
porting team is m issing this month.
MARILYN DICKSON and h er fam ily
have gone to Biloxi, M ississippi. How­
ever, la s t y e a r she told m e the sam e
story and ended up in T exas and Cali­
fornia, in th at order. I did ask her
to send m e a card from w herever they
vacationed this y e ar—to date no word,
so m ay b e they changed plans enroute
again this y e a r?
We a re hoping to have as m any of
our m em b ers in St. Louis for F all
Section M eeting a s possible. P lan s for
the w eekend sound ju st g re a t and we
a re looking forw ard to seeing some of
those m em b ers who could not attend
the one held in K an sas City in the
Spring. Surely the w eather m an w on’t
m ake it four in a row for loesy w ea­
ther. I t ’s g etting down rig h t ridiculous
I ’d say.
Well, the allotted space for this
m onth is used up so ‘till Septem ber
rem em b e r fly low and slow.
GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER
Jan Pocock and Mearl Frame
Reporters
A ugust is “ R ac e M onth” , and m ost
certain ly the St. Louis girls have con­
tributed th eir bit. RUTH LAKE and
FRAN H EN KE flew aw ay w ith the
P ip e r T rophy on Aug. 3rd., a s well as
taking over-all 8th place in the Cape
G irardeau Air R ace. R ight behind in
the 9th place w as JE A N LENNERTSON with co-pilot 49% er RICH (who
w as co-pilot?) II would seem JEA N
has becom e one of our m ost enthusi­
astic race en tran ts. She and GRACE
COVYEAU braved the elem ents to
take p a rt in the Sky Lady the follow­
ing w eekend. As a m a tte r of fact, we
bad quite an im pressive turn out in
OKC. Along w ith GRACE and JEAN,
VAL JOHNSON and AMY LAWS
“ d riv ” VAL’S Bonanza. MARY LOWE
had h er "first tim e o u t” w ith JOAN
LAMB as co-pilot, and the RUTH
LAKE-FRAN H EN KE te am did it
again! P ip er A ircraft is now in to them
for two trophys!
It looked for a while as if O klahom a
City would becom e the p erm an en t
home for them , but the w eath er finally
lifted enough for them to leave. T alk
about team w ork, VAL and AMY flew
"point” and radioed back to n ex t in
line, RUTH ’N FRAN, com p'ete
P IR E P S on the w eath er ahead, and along side. FRAN then passed the info
on io JE A N and GRACE, all of them
playing follow the le ad e r a s VAL pick­
ed her w ay through the n asty stuff.
T h at’s tru e blue friendship.
We’re so very proud of all you gals,
and know the sam e type of com petition
spirit will come through a t the ST.
LOUIS AERO CLUB RACE.
R acing isn’t the only thing that
gets our gals out and about, how ever,
a t this w riting, have no idea w here,
but am certain th a t som ew here there
is a Stits Playboy stunning around the
sky with KIT HEACOCK a t the con­
trols. She has been so busy with aero ­
batics this sum m er, th at w e c a n ’t even
get in touch w ith h e r to find out ex­
actly w hat and w here.
RUTH TAKSEL and BARB LINDAUER took turns selling C om m ander
100 and 200’s a t the R ockford, 111., E.
A.A. Show. (O; course, th eir planes
fall into neither the experim ental nor
antique class, but they w ere up there,
none the le s s!) V ery shortly th e y ’ll all
have to run their airplanes back into
the hangers so we can tie up the loose
ends for our F all Sectional. T h at will
ground them , m om entarily! Scads of
work been going on in o rd er to have
a real fine tim e for the N orth C entral
Section gals, no sm all am ount of
credit, for which, has to go to our
Section C hairm an lady, AMY LAWS.
She and all the re s t of the crew have
done such a m onum ental job th at the
C hairm an has had only to sit back and
watch! G reat!
BETTY and EV WILLISTON left
us to move to Florid a about 6 weeks
ago. U nderstand they h a v e found a
beautiful new hom e and a re about to
move in. We m iss them , but wish
them lots of luck.
One of our new est 99’s from St.
Clair, Mo., MARY P E T E R S and her
49% e r is flying to Mexico City and
Acupulco in th eir C essna 182. They
plan to go all the w ay to Portland,
Oregon before retu rn in g to St. Clair.
Two of our gals in o u r ch ap te r ju st
received th eir C om m ercial tickets,
EDITH OLOVITCH and SUE MATHEIS. C ongratulations, w e’re proud
of you.
IR E N E and ERW IN RAWLINGS
flew to M iam i on vacatio n for several
w eeks in the Mooney, and I under­
stand IR E N E h as the m ost beautiful
tan around. She certain ly has been a
busy gal lately betw een F orshaw and
the 99’s.
INDIANA CHAPTER
D elia Sanders, Reporter
Thirty-five m em b ers and guests of
the Indiana C hapter m et on July 21st
a t the Holiday Inn, W eir Cook A irport,
Indianapolis. Our gu est sp eak er w as
MR. JOHN OWEN who g av e a m ost
in teresting talk about the sm all fixed
base operator. EDITH TODD, of
Spencer, and A NN ELIESE B’OETT IG E R o F P urdue U niversity w ere pin­
ned a t this Ju ly m eeting instead ot the
M ay m eeting as previously reported.
Also attending this m eeting w as TINA
STURDENVANT of V alparaiso, a new
m em b er pinned a t the Ju n e m eeting
a t Valpo. One guest, NORMA NEVITT,
attending h e r first m eeting had ju st
received h e r p riv ate license the week
before. E LL E N B EL T , a gu est of
JEA N N E ROUSSEAU, had soloed on
the previous Monday. And A NN ELIESE
BOETTIGER, ju s t initiated, had re ­
ceived h e r In stru m en t R ating and In­
stru m en t In stru cto r R ating the last of
May. The election of officers w as held
with DOROTHY SMITH a s N om inating
C hairm an and the officers for the
com ing y e a r are: MID CASSIDY,
C hairm an:
MARCIA
REYNOLDS,
V ice-C hairm an; LOIS KENNARD, Sec­
re ta ry ; BETTY DEBAUN, T reasu rer;
VERDA BRITTINGHAM, S arg ean t at
A rm s. H ere’s to a n o th er good year!
BETTY and CURT D EB ’A UN a re the
proud ow ners of a handsom e new
C essna 182. BETT’Y relu ctan tly bids
farew ell to h er much-loved 172.
BETTY KAYE-SMITH had the plea­
sure ot ferrying a new Cherokee 180D
from the P ip e r fac to ry a t Vero Beach,
F lorida, back to W arsaw, Indiana, for
W arsaw Aviation. We know she w asted
no tim e for she w as scheduled on h er
re tu rn to lea rn how to “pilot” h e r new
sail boat.
LOIS KENNARD and fam ily spent a
delightful week on Jekyll Island, G eor­
gia, a g re a t place to re s t on th e ocean.
A 3000 foot strip is located n earb y for
p riv ate planes.
DOROTHY SMITH and 49% e r BUD
flew co m m ercial to the Convention a t
Los Angeles m aking stops going out
a t St. Louis and E l P aso. A fter the Con­
vention they visited nephew s a t R eseda,
30 m inutes out from L. A., then retu rn ­
ed to Indianapolis non-stop.
DOROTHA HENDRICKS also flew
co m m ercial to the Convention and w as
la te r joined by 49H e r BILL. She also
visited relatives, got sun-burned, and
w as re a l thrilled to h e a r m uch infor­
m ation about the testing of Lockheed’s
AH 56A helicopter.
E IL E E N RIDGEWAY has been busy
a s S ecretary -T reasu rer for the Dela­
w are County Aero Club. She w as also
C hairm an for the “ M arch of D im es
2c a Pound Air L ift” . And m ost rs>
cently she w as Publicity C hairm an
for the P ra irie Creek Lake Thistle
Sailboat R eg atta. Ju s t to add m ore
v ariety she prom otes aviation by giving
rides to m em b ers of h er Cub Scout
Den.
C ard s and
notes received from
GLORIA RICHARDS in P aris, F rance,
tell us th a t she and fam ily a re enpoying th e ir new location v ery much.
We h a v e such good m em ories of a
m ost
happy
evening
spent with
GLORIA, BILL, and B ILLIE a t the
F arew ell p a rty hosted by MID CAS­
SIDY a t the G reen T ree Country Club.
Bill gave h er the first c h arm for her
“ G oodlL uck”
b ra c e le t in the form
o ' th e SS F ra n c e , the ship on which
they sailed.
B ILLIE and SAVAGE SMITH, DELIA
and HARRY SANDERS flew to Dixon,
ILLINOIS, on F rid ay , A ugust 2nd to
atten d the EAA m eet a t Rockford on
Saturday.
T'ANNIE and PAUL SCHLUNDT left
for G eorgia on S aturday, August 3rd,
to attend the graduation of th eir son,
WAYNE, a s 2nd L ieutenant in the
Officers T raining Corps.
WISCONSIN CHAPTER
Toney, Reporter
It w as one of those ra r e sum m er
days—an absolutely cry stal c le a r sky
during th e early m orning hours and
the form ation of puffy w hite fa ir w ea­
th er CU by noon, p erfect for glider
flying. Such w as th e se-tting for the
August fly-in a t West Bend. H ostess
E T H E L W ESTERLUND had arran g ed
for glid er flights a fte r the business
m eeting and lunch, and ju s t about
everyone tcok this opporutnity for a
silent flight, m any experiencing this
type of flying for the first tim e. With
M ILLIE E LR IC K ’S lovely hom e this
month. I w on’t nam e the new officers
but ra th e r will leave th a t for our new
re p o rte r next month. I will tell you
who she is because I would like to
p rep are you for a really delightful y ear
of articles. PAT CICARDO will be re ­
porting and she has, to say the least,
the m ost captivating w ay of telling
talcs! D on’t m iss any one of them .
anexcellent atten d an ce of 99s, 49% ers
and guests the C itabria tow plane was
kept busy all a ternoon. This m ay
have been the sta rt of som ething for
there w ere a num ber of questions about
glider ratings! In fact, KATIE CONKLING will soon have hers and E TH E L
is checking out in the glider. Who’s
next?
We a re continuing to grow and have
added about 15 m em b ers under the
guidance of M em bership C hairm an
JOAN McARTHUR these p ast two
years, m aking our C hapter the larg est
it has ev er been. W elcome to JUDY
STONE who flies a Navion and re ce n t­
ly acquired h er M ulti-Engine rating,
and D E E K L U PPE L , a rein stated
m em ber from Los Angeles who is an
associate professor newly on the staff
of the Speech R ehabilitation C enter—
U niversity of Wis.—M adison and has
h er C om m ercial license.
JEAN HAUSER has been logging
tim e in her Skyhawk around the state
including a trip to R hinelander. She
is looking forw ard to a planned flight
to D enver and Colorado Springs the
3rd week in August to m eet some
other deaf licensed pilots. When JEA N
wishes to go to a controlled airport
she takes h er non-flying friend who
has a radio p erm it so the tow er can
be contacted. This friend enjoys flying
so m uch th at she ju st m ight try it herheif which, of course, JEA N is en­
couraging.
KAT'IE CONKLING attended Air Uni­
versity a t M axwell A ir F o rc e B ase
for C.A.P. a s Staff A djutant and Deputy
for cadets which she thoroughly en­
joyed and helped in h e r w ork with
this group. H er 49% er, JOHN, now
has his F light In stru c to r’s ratin g ,—
congratulations!
ETH EL W ESTERLUND has checked
out in the C ardinal and is getting in
some co-pi’ot tim e on a n um ber of h er
home airp o rt’s c h a rte r flights. D uring
the short tim e this gal has been flying
she’s been getting a g re a t deal of ex­
perience in a v ariety of a irc ra ft. H er
enthusiasm for flying and th e 99s is
[refreshing and contagious—and we
wish h er a successful y e a r as our newly
elected Chairm an.
RAMONA H U E E N E R , retirin g C hair­
m an, has had a m ost eventful two
years, greatly expanding o u r a ir edu­
cation p rogram both for in creasing our
own knowledge of aviation and assist­
ing and prom oting aviation and aero ­
space education in the com m unities
and
state.
W isconsin
99s
thank
ETHEL WESTERLUND, Wis. Chap­
ter’s new leader, in between glider
flights which she arranged at West
Bend.
PEGGY MAYO ready and waiting
for her glider flight with one of the
instruc’ors standing by.
RAMONA for the tim e and effort she
expended in helping to m ake our organ­
ization b e tte r known and a respected
group in the aviation com m unity.
SO. CENTRAL
SECTION
ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER
Peg Noltensmeyer, Reporter
The y e a r has passed w ith its usual
sw iftness and I sit h ere w ith a feeling
of rem issn ess for not having a t all
typifyed the enthusiam and c h a ra c te r
of the g irls in our chapter. The m em ­
bership is not g re a t in nu m b er b u t the
zeal is th ere and th e g irls have been
the g re a test to w ork with.
O ur election m eeting w as held a t
We’re all p retty proud of VIRGINIA
CUTTER who has been appointed to
serve on the W omen’s Advisory Com­
m ittee in the D ep artm en t of FAA by
the N ational A eronautics Board. VIR­
GINIA, known by m ost of you for her
p art in creatin g the C utter Flying Ser­
vice in Albuquerque, is one of the m ost
capable women in o u r a re a . She has
been pilot, business w om an, wife and
m o th er all with the sam e com petency
for w hich she received the appoint­
m en t to the Com m ittee. W e’re very
pleased to use the word “ o u rs" when
we talk of VIRGINIA CUTTER.
The ru m o rs from P u erto R ico have
it th at COILA M O ELLER will be com ­
ing back statesid e soon. I failed to get
the m essage w here h e r husband will be
s-lationed but h e a r th at it won’t be re a l
close so w e’ll m iss having COILA
am ong us again.
MARGARET P E R E Z who usually
files in to A lbuquerque from Vaughn
to m ake our m eetings w as w eathered
a t hom e this m onth due to our yearly
“ tw o" inches of rain which we alw ays
g et all a t one tim e.
And from our out-of-towners, it w as
unusual th a t M EG GUGGOLZ from
S anta F e didn’t show. M aybe the
A laskans kept her! ?
GEORGIA TIL LE R Y 'S absence from
M oriarty this m onth w as p articularly
noticed by m e since h e r car-dealing
husband had ju s t sold us a sparkling
new C am aro for a gift to our son who
is (and g et this note of pride) g rad u at­
ing from the A ir F o rce A cadem y this
y ear. The initial shock is now over,
GEORGIA, so h u rry in next month.
BEVERLY MURPHY is still very
m uch involved in Ground School in­
struction and is doing everything she
can to bcost the p ro g ram in our public
schools. We’re behind h e r 100 percent
in this effort!
I didn’t ask LIZ HAWES anything
about h e r actively instructing a t C utter
F lying Service but instead talked to
sem e of h e r m ale cohorts a t that in­
stallation and find th at they have an
unusual resp ect for h e r ability as well
a s som e very com plim entary things to
say about h er flying. T h at has won
three-fourths of the battle usually facing
the new instructor, let alone the new
fem ale instructor, Congrats, LIZ.
WANDA COTHRAN is recu p eratin g
very well from h er re c e n t su rg ery and
as soon as the Medics approve of it,
sh e’ll be hard at it again w orking on
her C om m ercial ticket, I think.
M ILLIE and DICK ELR IC K flew
their 172 on their vacation to P ennsyl­
vania this sum m er. It m ust have all
gone well, they m ade no com plaints.
And the latest on PAT CICARDO.
She flew to (and she ra ise s h e r rig h t
hand that there is such a place) Pinckneyville, Illinois in h er 172 recently.
On her w ay back, she had h e r m other
and aunt who a re tw ins w ith h e r and
her “ m axim um allow able” included
her p a rt L abrador dog in the back
seat. This fairly new-to-it-all lady pilot
kept her first-ride passengers busy and
occupied by teaching them to n avigate
by pilotage. PAT say these two lovely
ladies did an excellent job and she
m ay hire them as p erm an en t naviga­
tors. She m ust have a fam ily o: them!
NAIDA BORDER and h er fam ily
drove to C alifornia again this y ear.
They have so m uch fam ily in th a t
a re a th at they ju st c a n ’t go w ithout
the car.
In the elections this y ear, as in other
years, RANDA SUTHERLAND, old
sage as past-everything, sits w ith all
sorts of wise suggestions and advice.
Ju st wait, th e re ’s got to be a w ay to
get even with her.
MARGUERITE FRICKS, JOY FEA K
and IR E N E KAY a re outgoing officers
from 1968’s fiscal and it’s tim e again
to say to Ihem , “T hanks for a g re a t
job.” This w as IR E N E ’S second con­
secutive y e a r as T reasu rer. It m ight be
som ew hat easier to speak of w ith the
break up of th a t com bination of
FRICKS, FEAK or FEAK , FRICKS, oh
you know w hat I m ean. But as a com ­
bination, they w ere terrific!
I'm now going to turn this over to
PAT with a fond Adios to all of you
and think I ’ll go out and get snokkered
with IR E N E .
ARKANSAS CHAPTER
Marguerite Nielsen, Reporter
The first annual A rkansas Aero Club
R ace w as held in S tu ttg art Ju n e 22nd,
with ALINE KAY NEW TH, R ace
Chairm an. M em bers of our C hapter
participating in the rac e w ere PAM
STOWELL, CARRIE HUNT, RUTH
GRAY, NANCY FR ITH , RAMONIA
SLOAT,
DELORES
DEAM,
and
Left to Right: DICK JOHNSON, CHUCK ALFORD, MISS AMERICA (DEBRA
BARNES), 99 DELORES MITCHELL (Judge), MRS. JOE STASER (Judge),
and PATRICK TODD, Chairman. DELORES of Sall'siw , Okla , (Arkansas
Chapter) served as Judge in the Miss F t. Smith Pageant, alio in the Miss Van
Buren Pageant. MISS AMERICA w as present at the Ft. Sm'th Pageant and
MISS ARKANSAS, who is a student pilot, flew into Twin City Airport, Van
Buren, Ark., to be present for the Van Buren Pageant. DELORES has judg d
many beauty contests in this area.
MARGE N IELSEN . The NPA form ula
w as used. The ra ce w as well organized,
w ith 24 a irc ra ft com peting. Our thanks
to KAY for a job well done.
M em bers of our C hapter com peting
in the M issouri Sky D erby in Cape
G irard eau
in
Ju ’y
w ere
ALINE
NEWTH,
D ELORES
DEAM,
and
MARGE N IE LSE N .
Our m em bers com peting in the Skylady D erby w ere PAM STOWELL,
DONNA HALE, RAMONIA SLOAT,
SALLIE
SIMMONS,
and
MARGE
NIELSEN . RAMONIA placed 5th, and
MARGE w as persented a set of chrom e
cylinders by E lectro-C oatings Inc. for
Hying the oldest airplane. These girls
also attended the W.N.A.A. N ational
Convention a t the O klahom a Sheraton
in OKC. O iher m em b ers attending the
convention w ere BETTY E BOLLEN,
DELORES DEAM, and D ELO RES
MITCHELL. D ELORES and MARGE
w ere d elegates to the convention and
DELORES M ITCHELL w as elected
N ational 1st Vice
P resid en t and
MARGE N IELSEN w as elected N a­
tional T re a su re r of W omen’s N ational
A eronautical Association Inc. of U.S.A.
The F t. Sm ith U nit received the Air­
m arking trophy and the S crap book
trophy. Our thanks to EDNA GARD­
N ER WHYTE, R ace C hairm an, for
a job well done.
DELORES M ITCHELL flew com ­
m ercial to Acapulco for a th ree week
stay last month.
DELORES DEAM will be spending
c r vacation in St. Louis.
BETTY E BOLLEN, RUTH GRAY,
and DONNA HALE flew to G reenville
to be a t the P ow der P uff R ace Stop.
I believe they worked the R ace Stop,
but, h a v e n 't had a report from them .
B ETTY E flew to Yellowstone for a
vacation.
MARTHA JOHNSON of Jonesboro
w elcom ed 25 lady pilots to Jonesboro
Municipal. The lady pilots w ere 99s
from Cape G irardeau, C arbondale, 111.,
Mem phis, and A rkansas. The girls
w ent to Valley View C hristian Church,
w here they listened to an Aviation
Safety S em inar conducted by TOM
HANCOCK of the Little Rock. F ed eral
Aviation
A dm inistration.
MARTHA
JOHNSON recently tran sferred her
m em bership to the A rkansas Chapter
a fte r moving to Jonesboro from Caruthersville, Mo. W elcome MARTHA!
Congratulations HAZEL! Happy F ly­
ing to you all.
DALLAS CHAPTER
Pat Clark, Reporter
M ark your calender for Oct. 26th.
These days DOROTHY, JOAN, and
PAT a re out flying the D allas Doll
D erby Route. It will be a g reat event.
F o r info contact PAT JETTO N care
AIRHAVEN INC., RED B IR D AIR­
PORT, DALLAS TEXAS 75232, T E L E
F E 9-9358.
Aug. 3rd w as the date for Pilot-Controllers fiy-in to Galveston, sponsored
by Flying m agazine. DOROTHY WAR-
REN, LUCILE CONNELL, H ELEN
WILKIE, KATHY LONG and HAZEL
McKENDRICK particip ated a s Pilots.
The controllers acted a s co pilots on an
IF R flight plan. The aim tow ard bet­
ter understanding betw een pilot and
controllers w as accom plished.
HAZEL CORY and ELINO R JOHN­
SON were the first to re g iste r for the
Skylady D erby. CAROL MORRIS,
LYNIS PH ILLIPS and D E E LOWE,
PAT CLARK and L IL T A F E L also
flew the race. The $64.00 question is
who piaced w here? E veryone is patient'y aw aiting the arriv a l of the m ail with
their scores explained. All enjoyed fly­
ing the race but it is fru stratin g to
find a t the end of the p ro g ram you
still do not know how you placed be­
tween 4th and 31st place. I hope the
scoring difficulties a re ironed out be­
fore next y ears race.
ELINOR JOHNSTON, LIL T A FEL
and PAT CLARK attended operation
“R ain Check” a t F o rt W orth A ir Route
Traffic Control Center. If you h aven’t
already attended, do re g iste r w ith MR.
FOX, Chief controller, F o rt W orth
ARTCC. E uless T exas 76039. O peration
Rain Check consists of lectu res on
enroute and term in al ATC procedures.
You also g et to sit in w ith a contro ler
working actual rad a r.
MARY and L E E KITCHENS had a
long vacation by T ri-P acer. F ir s t stop
w as Knoxville, Tenn., to visit an aunt
and Uncle. On to B altim ore to attend
the Little People Convention. This
y ears convention w as m edically orient­
ed. They w ere able to go th ru the
Moore Clinic a t John Hopkins. Did you
see their picture in the Tim e M agazine
article. They flew to W ashington D.C.,
and saw Smokey the B ear, the high­
light of the trip w ith the k.ds. Winged
on to N ewport News and then took a
taxi to W illiam sburg. C am e hom e by
way oi A ltanta. Ga. H ad to hold north
of A ltanta for half an hour for a
thunderstorm to m ove off th e De Klab
P eachtree A irport, but they n ever got
their feet wet.
The D allas T im es H erald had a nice
w rite up on the w om ens page with
HAZEL’S M cKENDRICK’S p icture and
article cn the A.E. Also m entioned the
D allas C hapter P o k er P a rty of Sept.
7th, of which HAZEL is chairm an.
Not m any of us fly to both coasts
with-in 6 weeks tim e. LOU MARQUESS
flew to W ashington D.C., la st m onth
and to Washington S tate this month.
T hat gal does get around.
12 people from the D allas C :ap ter
attended the A m arillo F ly In. ANN
M EN TZER and CARMEN LEW IS o ’
the Top of T exas C hapter w ere gracious
hosts in providing tran sp o rtatio n and
guide duty. The “T e x a s” m usical
d ra m a in P alo Duro Canyon State P a rk
is excellent. HARVEY JOHNSON from
Shallow ater and M A R T H A
SUE
BOREN from P e te rsb u rg flew in to
attend the Top of T exas luncheon for
us D allas Gals.
Gone Flying:
DOROTHY and CHUCK WARREN
w ent to PH X to atten d a wedding.
LOU MARQUESS and PAT CLARK
along with 49% ers flew to St Louis on
the T exas S tate Aviation Assoc F ly
in. A w ord to the pilot w ise is th a t the
G atew ay to the W est A rch gives pilots
a funny feeling. We w ere all glad to be
on th e ground again.
H eard RUBY ROGERS checking out
for night, flying.
PAT CLARK flew to Iow a to attend
a 25th class reunion. Ugh! does th at
sound old.
BEVERLY TAYLOR is flying around
Addison w orking on h er Com m ercial.
This gal doesn’t drive, but she sure
does fly.
PA ULIN E GIBBSON has been kept
busy down on the E a s t T exas fa rm but
the L abor D ay plans include a flying
trip to K an sas City to visit PAULINES
sister.
EDNA
WRIGHT
and
d aughter
JACKIE flew low by 4 w heels to
H aw thorne, N .J., to visit EDN A ’S
M other. They also m ad e a trip to the
H em isF air.
ELIN O R JOHNSON fam ily vacation
included the H em isF air.
KATHY LONG and 49% er attended
an oil jobbers m eeting in San Antionio.
H EL E N W ILKIE flew a neighbor and
G randson to Abliene.
MARY and L E E KITCHENS are fly­
ing a shuttle service betw een Addison
and L ee’s folks ra n ch leaving one child
a t a tim e to visit with the G ran d p ar­
ents.
FORT WORTH CHAPTER
Diane Barnett, Reporter
D istinguished V isitor from Brazile,
vacation flights, business m eeting, and
a tra g ic loss of a 49% er, w ere includ-
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new Editor
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ed in “ H appenings” in our C hapter
this July-August.
ANESIA MACHADO, Dean of Women
Pilots in the World, acknowledged by
th'e F ederation A eronautique In tern a­
tional, visited H EL E N MORRIS on
MRS. MACHADO’S recen t visit to the
U.S.A.
Ninety-Nine
m em b er
MACHADO,
wife of Air M arshall A. A P P E L NETO,
retire d from the B razilian A ir Force,
m et with our C hapter during a dinner
m eeting—with business yet—and w as
kind enough to listen, patiently. (She
visited
with
EDNA
GARDNER
WHYTE,, and MARION GUIBERSON
in D allas too—long friends.)
YVONNE T U R N E R spent a long fly­
ing week end in New Orleans, thence to
N orthern A rk an sas (fishing) and keeps
the TU R N ER fam ily plane flying! . . .
PAT MOORE, flew with husband DAVE
to Hilltop L ake for a holiday . . .
TONY PA GE flew to Coco Beach,
Flo rid a for an aviation w riters m eet­
ing (AWA) . . . DODIE McLAURIN,
flew up to Rockford for the EAA m eet­
ing in Illinois . . . DR. DORA DOUGHTER Y STROTHER, spent two weeks
in Active R eserve in WDC, a t N ational
W ar College (MAJOR STROTHER, for
two weeks) . . . FAITH RICHARDS,
prom oted in B raniff, now heads dept!
T raining R eservations personnel . . .
BETTY JO E PARSONS, flew to LA
for the AEA annual, AND ju st returned
from an extensive flight also with hus­
band JO E EDD, from h ere to the
West Coast, up into B ritish Columbia,
and re-turned via the G rand Tetons,
and Colorado m ajestic mountain-vision
. . . JEA N and STEVE PR IC E flew
to—gosh w as it the V irgin Islands?
A assau ?—E xotic place . . . and th a t’s
the H appy News.
Sad to rep o rt: H ELEN MORRIS
lost h e r beloved “ DOC MORRIS during
a te st in an experim ental plane he
w as flying. H er loss is the aviation—
W orld’s loss.
RE-ELEC TED : BRENDA STRICKLER , C hairm an. H er card announcing
the August flight, and m eeting allows
guests. P la n is to ily to L ake M urray,
Okla., August 17th, a s guest of
FRANCES GIB'SON, for w ater skiing,
sailing, and sw im m ing—picnic play.
New if the w eath er wills. . . .
HOUSTON CHAPTER
Charlotte Smith, Reporter
All of our gals who flew to Pow der
P uff D erby w ant to do m ore of the
sam e. MARY ABLE and MARY JANE
This is a picture of six of “ Mama Bird” KlITH DEERMAN’s graduates. Left to right: LORENE ROGER'S, MARY
NAGY, SHARON DENICK, EMMA UDOVICH, “ Mama Bird” RUTH DEERMAN, MARILYN DOROSK a :d NORMA MeREYNOLDS. (Ruth is holding a gift from her “ babies.” Notice the bird on top of the box.)
NORRIS a re alread y schem ing for next
year. JACKIE KELLY reported exten­
sively on h er ex tra c u rric u la r activities:
she says MAYBELLE FL ET C H E R told
h er to stop picking up m en. B ut MAY­
BELLE (rationalized JA CKIE) w as
picking up sugar from the hotel tables,
so JACKIE thought she w as entitled to
have fun too. Ju s t to keep th a t story
straight, JACKIE asked a m an if he
knew of a good resta u ra n t, w hereupon
she had to decline his inviation for a
drink. And MAYBELLE purloined the
sugar in anticipation of an ex tra
“ cuppa” in her room.
Houston picked up a trophy o r so in
the Skylady Derby. Our own MARY
JANE NORRIS won the event in a
Cessna decorated with hippie flowers.
LOUISE BICKFORD and MAYBELLE
FLETC H ER
placed
third.
RUTH
HILDEBRAND
and
KATHARINE
SHELDON also flew. And MARILYN
STONEBERG got the h ard luck aw ard
—h e r radios conked out. H er SMITH
M INIPLANE com peted with MARY
JA N E ’S hippie C essna for th e center
of attention. The crowd of photograp
ers p ressed so close around MARILYN
she couldn’t g et out of the plane.
months. Of course, if
this y ear, by all m eans
year.
Gotta go, Gang—I ’m
to ad d ress the Flying
Our list of new officers: SALLY
COX, C hapter C hairm an; MAYBELLE
FLETC H ER ,
V ice-C hairm an;
PAT
DAVIS, S ecretary; CAROL MOORE,
T reasu rer.
H urry! G et yours! “ I ’D RATHER
B E FL Y IN G ” b um per stic k ers in
Ninety-Nine blue on white. Only four
m onths left this y e a r to o rd er th em —
I think. l e t ’s see, “ SEPT'O BER” ,
“ O CTEM BER", NOCEM BER” , “ DEVE M B E R .” Yep, th a t’s right, four
C ongratulations to our new officers
for the com ing y e a r ! ! They a re ELLEN
JA N E
ANDERSON,
Chairman;
NORMA MCREYNOLDS, Vice-Chair­
m an; WANDA CREAM ER, S ecretary
and JEA N BYARS, T reasu rer. We
know they a re going to do a good job
so le t’s all com e out and give them a
“ helping h a n d ” . Installation will be
held in Septem ber.
“ MAMA B IR D ” RUTH DEERMAN
had a w onderful picnic a t her home
you m iss out
o rd er ’em next
off to Missouri
Physicians.
EL PASO CHAPTER
E m m a UDOVICH, Reporter
for the 66s m eeting in August. T here
w as a pie eating contest th a t w as hil­
arious. T here w ere gunny sack races;
3 legged races, croquet and horse
shoes. She had approx im ately 100
guests which consisted of 66s; 33rds;
89s; 49% ers; FFA ; a irp o rt personnel;
and friends o ’ aviation who helped h er
with her monthly pro g ram s during h e r
two very successful y e a rs a s “ MAMA
BIRD” . She had eleven g rad u ates.
They are: LO R EN E ROGERS, CHERI
SPIER, EMMA UDOVICH, BETTY
SCOTT, N O R M A
MCREYNOLDS,
WANDA CREAMER, CAROL HART,
ELIZABETH RAMSEY, MARY NAGY,
MARILYN DOROSK and SHARON
DENICK.
Incidentally
SHARON
DENICK had the “ silver c o rd ” out
during cerem onies a t the picnic.
Can’t report on all the new s for the
past two m onths becau se your rep o rte r
pulled a “boo-boo” and left all h er
notes at the office nicely locked up all
saf: and sound. I w anted to be sure
they w ere safe so I locked up the keys
to the office also.
Most m em bers have done som e Ly­
ing though, both long and short trips,
so for now safe Ilying to all from the
future “ MAMA B IR D ” EMMA:
KANSAS CHAPTER
Garnett Hastings and Pat Hastens
Reporter
O u r r e g u l a r r e p o r t e r , EV.
SCHNEIDER, is visiting a b ran d new
nephew in M issouri and tho’ we don’t
have the “nose for new s” th a t EV. has
w e ll pass along som e of the doings of
our gals.
Our annual swim party-luncheonm eeting w as held a t GARNETT HAST­
INGS’ in August. Twenty m em b ers and
three guests enjoyed the hospitality of
GARNETT’S home and pool. One of
our guests w as CAROL BUGAY from
the F resno C hapter who w as in town
attending the Aviation S em inar for
high school teach ers a t Cessna. Our
MARY JO OLIVER w as a very bcsy
gal helping to ccnduet the m eetings a t
the sem inar. Our oth er guests w ere
CAROL
WADDELL
and
RUBY
KNIGHT from the O klahom a C hapter
who spent the w eekend w ith JOYCE
CASE and GARNETT, working on the
APT P ro g ram in conjunction w ith the
International Flying A ctivities Com­
m ittee.
July 30 again found som e K an sas 99s
talking to teach ers a t an A erospace
Education Workshop—this tim e a t
E ethel College in Newton. KATY BUN­
NELL, M ARGARET YOURDON, and
CHARLOTTE
PA R K E R w ere our
boosters of general aviation. The girls
who atten d these w orkshops a re re p re ­
sen tativ es o: the 99s alw ays enjoy
doing it, a s well a s gaining favorable
publicity for this organization.
Many of o u r m em b ers w ere out of
town a t this w riting so hope to have
news of som e interesting trip s. Some
of the gad-abouts who have retu rn ed
a r e SHIRLEY CHAPMAN who v a c a ­
tioned in C alifornia w ith h e r fam ily,
KAY T IL LE R who w ent to A laska, and
MARY JO OLIVER who flew to the
E a s t Coast to v isit h e r son M ark who
is in the service there. KATY BUN­
N EL L tcok a few days aw ay from h e r
in structing duties to relax in Coloradofishing in the ra in ?
H E L P WANTED: M any interested
m em b ers to a tten d the South C entral
Section M eeting next month. We w ant
to win b ack th a t atten d ance trophy.
NEBRASKA CHAPTER
E velyn Sedivy, Reporter
August h a s been quite a month. The
topic of all conversations is the u p ­
com ing F a ll Sectional. We’r e all getting
anxious and looking forw ard to seeing
all of you there. W e’ve got som e fabu­
lous things planned for you.
N eb rask a has been having it’s usual
su m m er thunderstorm activities. Our
hostess for the A ugust m eeting,
MARION LARMON, invited us to h e r
hom e in McCook to try out th eir new
sw im m ing pool. Wouldn’t you know,
MARION lounged around all day in
the sun while all the m em b ers in
eastern N eb rask a w ere socked in.
N ever adm it defeat, however, is our
m otto. A coup’e of telephone calls back
and forth took c a re of som e of the
business a t hand. B allots for the elec­
tion of new officers a re now in and
being counted. The new o ’ficers will
be announced a t our S eptem ber m eet­
ing in Scottsbluff.
S everal of our m em b ers m ade the
scene a t the Rockford Fly-In this y e a r
and cam e back w ith som e fascinating
tales.
M IM I HAWORTH and EVELYN
SEDIVY had a ball when they took
p a rt in the Skylady D erby in OKC. In
fact, tv ey a re still laughing. They got
som e p ractical experience in circu m ­
n avig atin g on the trip down and again
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com ing hom e. While in OKC they w ere
the guests of T IN E R and NOREEN
LAPSLEY. Being w eathered in an
e x tra day gave MIMI and EVELYN the
opportunity to a tten d the Oklahoma
c h a p te r’s m eeting w ith NOREEN.
DONNA BRUM M ER announces a
new fam ily m em b er—a Mexican Chi­
huahua by the n am e of Snoopy. W e're
w ondering if sh e’s going to sta rt call­
ing th eir Twin C om m anche the “ RED
BARON” ?
Speaking of the Snoopy—be sure to
w atch for him in Lincoln in Septem ber.
W e’ve gotten special word from our
m em ber, VERA BARTUNEK, that he
will attend th e sectional. In fact, h e ’s
here now helping us finalize our plans.
So see you all soon.
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SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER
Marian Burke, Reporter
I guess everyone is restin g a fter the
su m m er a ir races or a re still on v aca­
tion, cause it seem s like August has
been a re a l quite month. BETSY and
BILL HOGAN a re busy rem odeling
th eir home, MARIAN BURKE is busy
with h e r VA flying p ro g ram and also
rem odeling h e r home. ANNE ASH is
busy w ith h e r R eal E sta te business. I
h a v en ’t h eard from any m ore of our
m em b ers this m onth b u t I ’m sure they
a re probably com pleting som e im port­
a n t su m m er projects.
W elcom e new m em b er E V E B E R ­
GER! She h a s a p riv ate pilot license and
is a m ilitary nurse. It is certainly an
honor to have h e r in our group. So
w elcom e Capt. B erger. E V E flew with
BETSY HOGAN and MARIAN BURKE
to Del Rio in MARIAN’S Cherokee
when the P P D cam e thru.
I h av en ’t talked to our m em b er that
flew the P P D but I ’M sure she had a
g re a t tim e and o ur ch ap te r is interest­
ed in hearing all about it. V EL really
h as been a busy gal. H er daughter
BARBARA (also a m em ber) got m a r­
ried only hours before the derby start.
It takes a lot of doing to be involved
in a fam ily w edding and an a ir race
. . . all in less than two weeks. Also
they had ju st com pleted a wonderful
“ g et to g eth er” a t th eir new hometown
airp o rt in Schulenburg for the 99s and
friends. V EL and HAROLD, how do
you do it? I ’m su re your construction
business w as happy to see all these
projects com pleted so th a t road con­
struction, tan k building etc. can get
back to norm al.
No m ore new s . . . Safe flyin’ to
each and every 99.
SHREVEPORT CHAPTER
Evelyn Snow, Reporter
Shreveport 99s g ath ered a t Downtown
A irport July 18th to g ree t our new
m em ber, KATHY CASTON, and four
G6s—MARY L'HERISON, SARA CALD­
WELL, LILA HEAD, and ANN DAVIS.
C hatting over lunch, we learned th at
KATHY CASTON, of Longview, T exas,
flies a Cherokee 235 and is presently
working on her G round School In stru c­
tor rating. W e’r e so glad to w elcome
KATHY into our C hapter. . . .
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MARY L'HERISON belongs to a fam ily
of would-be pilots (her husband and
son a re also learning to fly). She
drives 40 m iles from C oushatta to
Shreveport for h er lessons. . . . ANN
DAVIS could hardly eat for thinking
about her first solo cross country which
w as scheduled for the following day
(we h ear she did sw ell). . . . SARA
CALDWELL and LILA HEAD a re both
students in H ELEN WRAY’S Ground
school. NEWSFLASH! SARA CALD­
WELL ju st passed h e r te st and re ­
ceived h er P riv ate license! We are
proud to welcome h e r to our C hapter,
and hope w e’ll soon be welcom ing
MARY and LILA and ANN.
Shreveport 99s are proud to have two instructors in their Chapter: HELEN
HEWITT and HELEN WRAY. Both hold Ground and Flight Instructor ratings.
Above: HELEN HEWITT (2nd from rt.), poses in her classroom with MARY
L’HERISON, CORINNE STRICKLAND and JERE SAUR.
On the school scene, CORINNE
STRICKLAND is working on h e r M as­
Tech and will be putting h e r knowledge
CHRISTY is in the hom e stretch a t
te r ’s D egree in Institutional M anage­
m ent a t Louisiana Tech. . . . MARTHA
(A erospace Studies) to w ork in the
local schools this F all. MARTHA h as
also m anaged to w ork in a few ch arter
ilights in h e r twin, ju st to use that
new M E rating.
Speaking of M ulti-Engine ratings,
H E L E N WRAY has earn ed hers, and
h e r F light In stru cto r too! (We h e a r she
has alread y soloed h e r first student)
. . . and JACQUE SMITH got her Com­
m ercial license and is now busy on
h e r In stru m en t work. Congratulations,
gals!
DOTT1E and BUD PORTS a re tour­
ing the country in th eir cam per and
DOTTIE has been keeping in touch by
sending us all those “wish you w ere
h e re ” postcards from p laces like Reno
and the G rand Canyon. She1also reports
spending a couple of days w ith RUTH
DEERM AN in E l P aso and says she
is visiting with S9s all acro ss the coun­
try
so w atch for her!
JEN N Y and DON MCWILLIAMS are
now at the Ruston, La. A irport, and in
vite all th eir flyin’ friends to drop in
cn thorn . . .so le t’s do it!
APT is the m otto arcund h ere these
days, and H E L E N HEWITT’ is helping
us get th at way. When we asked JE R E
CAUR if she w as APT yet, she replied
HELEN WRAY (2nd from rt.) solves a problem for ROSE MARIE BURKETT,
KATHY CASTON and JUDY MOORE.
..a fter a m o m en t’s thought, “ No. I ’m
"just, half-A PT ” ! J E R E ?
SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER
Pat Ward, Reporter
August 5 . . . Opelausas, Louisiana,
2:CO p.m ., seven 99s and th ree 66s con­
vened for a lengthy, busy, business
meeting. H ighlights a re a s follows:
Air M arking . . . GLORIA HOLMES
brought a 4’ x 2 % ’ a e ria l photo of th e
Jackson A irport taken by N. P .
ELISER of the S late Fhoto Lab aft'jr
we a ir m arked. It will be presented
to MR. LIONELL GREMILLION of the
La. State Hospital who donated the
paint. M em bership . . . it w as noted
that our m ailing list to 99, 66 and pros­
pective m em bers now totals over 70
women. P arlia m e n ta ry procedure . . ,
discussion w as initiated on the in ter­
pretation of a “ quorum ” . P e rh a p s other
Chapter will be kind enough to send
us their m ethod of d eterm ining when
there a re suf icient n u m b er of m em ­
bers attending to conduct business (i.e.,
voting on by-laws, policy, e tc .). . . .
It was proposed th a t our C hapter spon­
sor an essay contest for high school
girls in our a re a on a women in av ia ­
tion topic, the w inner to be aw arded a
solo course. . . . N om inations for C hap­
ter officers w ere received p rio r to the
August m eeting by m ail to C hairm an
D E E COMEAUX and it w as announc­
ed that ballotting would be by m ail.
MARGARET RUTH of L afay ette re­
ceived an overw helm ing num ber of
nom inations for C hairm an and h a s no
opposition. Installation of of icers will
be Sunday, Sept. 1, L afayette, Louisi­
ana . . . motion w as m ade and passed
th at we discontinue altern atin g be­
tween S aturday and Sunday m eetings
and to go back to all Sunday m eetings.
The purpose of saving S aturday m eet­
ings w as to accom m odate those who
cou'd not attend a t all on Sunday, but
did not resu lt in a ttrac tin g those m em ­
bers to attend on Saturday, either, and
further cost us the a tten d an ce of w ork­
ing m em bers who cannot atten d except
Sundays . . . motion w as m ade and
passed th at our C hapter p resen t to
each out-going C hairm an a gold gavel
upon retirem en t of h er office . . . C hair­
m an D EE COMEAUX circulated PAT
JET TO N ’S rep o rt on the Spring Sec­
tion m eeting and th e International
Convention. . . . C ongratulations to
HAZEL MCKENDRICK on being aw arded the AE Scholarship . . .MOLLY
STOCKWELL explained the reason we
had to cancel our tour of K essler AFB
in Biloxi w as that K eesler is getting a
face-li ting and could not entertain
lady pilots with all th eir ru n w ay s and
facilities in rep a ir. . . . Apologies to
GINNY and LANKY SMITH! Now th a t
the tim e h as com e for m e to rep o rt
th a t they a re scheduled to becom e dot­
ing g ran dp aren ts, I w as rem inded th at
I h av en ’t y et reported (m onths a g o !)
th at they had acquired a daughter-inlaw! F irs t things first, and b e tte r m y
face red than theirs! I'm truly sorry!
. . . D uring the IAR Stop activities in
Lake Charles, MOLLY, D E E and
MARGARET w ere privileged to m eet
and talk to DOROTHY K ELSEY of
Honolulu. She w as enroute to Calif.,
from V ero B each, ferry in g a Cherokee
Arrow for shipping to Honolulu, and
is a m em b er of B ay Cities C hapter,
soon to be a m em b er of the new
H aw aiian C hapter. . . . MARGARET
RUTH w ent to G reenville to assist the
Miss., C hapter w ith the AWTAR Stop
and proudly displayed h e r m em ento
presented h e r by th a t Chapter, a minature cotton boT pin. . . . JIM and DOC
LAFLEUR a re about to receive into
th e ir fam ily a daughter-in-law , and into
a fam ily of all boys, ihtat’s really
som ething! One of th eir sons, in the
service in San Diego, will re tu rn to
Opelousas for the wedding. . . . IL E N E
W EB ER has recently retu rn ed to
E unice1 from h e r to u r in the A rm ed
F o rces is reported w orking a t Moosa
M em orial H ospital and recen tly m a r­
ried, d etails unknown but m uch sought
after.
B ILLIE STRING ER of Sulphur, now
B ILLIE B L E IE R , prospective m em b er
who w orked with us on the AIR Stop
and la te r f e w the AWTR solo in h er
Mooney SupVr 21, crashed h e r Mooney
n e a r the Jack so n , L a., A irport on July
28, resulting in total destruction of h er
a irc ra ft and serious in ju ry to herself.
New husband, ED, and h er 2 sm all
children w ere uninjured. Cause of the
accident w as determ ined to be th a t
half h er prop broke off. The cowling
tore loose and lodged ag ain st the wind­
shield obstructing forw ard visibility.
V ibration resu lted in ex trem e difficul­
ty in handling the a irc ra ft and 110“ p io t husband could not assist in em er­
gency radio o r a irc ra ft procedures.
B ILLIE attem pted to m an eu v er the a ir­
c ra ft to the Jackson A irport but the
sev ere d am age to the stru ctu re caused
h er to have to crash land in the woods,
103 y a rd s short of the runw ay. It will
be Several m onths before she will be
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able to walk. It is felt th a t she would
deeply a p p re c ia te hearin g from friends
am ong the 99s who she m et during the
AWTAR. Address: 2517 St. Joseph
S treet, Sulphur, L ouisiana 70663.
WICHITA FALLS CHAPTEH
-lean Medlinger, Reporter
The m eeting for July 18, 1968 w as
held in the hom e of LOU ELLEN
FOSTER.
B usiness for the m eeting included
a decision of the second T hursday in
each m onth to be our m eeting date.
We will pay a 25c fine for not w earing
our 99 pin to the m eetings.
RUTH RENTON
and
SHIRLEY
WESBROOKS gave a repo rt on the
P P D which w as in teresting for every­
one. They a re already looking forward
to n ext y ear.
The next m eeting will be in the home
of Dr. ELEANOR IRVINE.
LOU E L L E N FO STER and her hus­
band LEWIS, presented the program
recen tly at the m onthly m eeting of the
CAP. They g av e a rep o rt on a private
airp lan e trip to Mexico.
COLUMBIA - CASCADE CHAPTER
Sally Studdard, Reporter
The August m eeting w as a fly-in to
Mulino A irport. BARBARA DAUFEL
w as the only m em b er who m ade it in
h er airplane! New officers w ere elect­
ed, C hairm an - JO CLARRIDGE. Vice
C hiarm an - LILLIAN LEWIS, Secre­
ta ry - FRANCIS CHAPPEL, and T reas­
u re r - SALLY STUDDARD.
C ongratulations a re in order. To LIL­
LIAN LEWIS who has ju st received
h e r F light In stru cto rs rating , and to
DOROTHY ROBERTS who has obtanied h e r C om m ercial license. Also to
DOROTHY
M ERCER
and SALLY
STUDDARD for th eir second place in
the Oregon P ettico at Derby.
BARBARA DAUFEL and MONA
COONS will be off to the Reno Air
R aces in Septem ber. Good luck girls!
MONA will be flying h er Comanche
230 in the pylon races. BARBARA is
off this m onth to the Section m eeting
in M ontana.
EASTERN IDAHO CHAPTER
Emmalyn Payne, Reporter
Three days a fte r the Ju ly m eeting
of the E astern Idaho C hapter, w hat
DIANE JE X term ed as “ one hellydam n w ind,” totaled out Old Yeller,
th eir P ip er Cub on which she and h er
husband GLEN had lavished so m uch
lender, loving care. The 70-mph wind,
with gusts to 92 mph, yanked the tie ­
down chains a p a rt and engaged Old
Y eller in a free-for-all with an ad jac en t
Super Cub. And Old Y eller w asn ’t in­
sured.
At least that is the w ay DIANE tells
it. Probably the two planes had been
itching to engage in com bat from the
first d ay they laid headlights on each
other, and m erely used the wind as an
excuse. And like the G ingham Dog and
the Calico Cat, they ju st about ate
each other up, except th at DIANE and
GLEN cam e along in tim e to salvage
the engine, gear, seats, and a nut-andbolt or two.
Old Y eller had also heard th at he
was about to be trad ed for a C itabria,
and he resented the u p start. He said
he’d see to it they d id n ’t get the Cita­
bria if it w as the la st thing he ev er did.
It w as, too. B ut the JE X fam ily a re
back in the a ir w ith a P ip e r Colt.
ELAINE PA RTRID GE and DAR­
LEN E SCHIERS flew together in the
Idaho Air R ace, and MARY KILBOURNE took CHRIS FINKELNBURG
as her co-pilot. VIRGINIA and CHRIS
FINKELNBURG visited with DIANE
in June, and got to rid e in Old Y eller
before his dem ise.
D uring the last fiscal y ea r, the E a st­
ern Idaho C hapter held a little con­
test at their m eetings, called O pera­
tion Sm art. P a rt of each m eeting w as
Ihe solving of a com puter problem ,
with high cum ulative score winning.
DARLENE SCHIERS wos w inner, and
PAT DUKICH ordered her prize.
The August m eeting is scheduled for
August 31, with husbands and wives to
fly to Stanley, Idaho, to m eet a t the
cabin of MARY and GRANT KILBOURNE.
CESSNA 182. We a re so proud of this
p rom oter of women in aviation. In
May, GINI atten d ed the W omen’s Avi­
ation C om m ittee m e ltin g in O klahom a
City and then went down to Vero
Beach, Florida, to pick up a new Cher­
okee Arrow to ferry home. She flew
h e r d au g h ter JIL L to G reat Falls,
M ontana, w here JIL L continues her
y e a r round train in g a s a com petitive
figure ice sk ater. JIL L cam e in SEC­
OND in Singles and THIRD in P a irs
in the N orthw est Competitions. GINI
tcok tim e out frem doing A erial P h o to ­
grap h y for a G erm an firm to roll out
the red c arp et a t h er fixed base o pera­
tion in Y akim a for the girls flying in
the Angel D erby giving both physical
and m o ral support. She will be sp ray ­
ing in New B runsw ick while RALPH
is still in G reece.
It w as so nice to see GINI at the
Flight In stru c to r’s S em inar in Spokane
attending all the sessions along with
ILOVENE PO TTER. MARY CHAM­
BERLAIN. R E N IE ANRODE and our
brand new CFI F E R N LAKE. MIL­
LIE SHINN, ALBERTA ANDERSON,
T E R R IE BECK ER, LYGIE HAGAN
and new m em b ers CHARLOTTE DITTW EILER, MARGIE FR A ZIER , and
LEONA HEBERLIN G helped MARY
LYMAN from S eattle re g iste r and
keep roll all during the th ree day ses­
sion along w ith the C F I’s from our
group.
All our girls had a chance to pracitce pilotage, looking for MAURICE
and KATHLEEN HITCHCOCK’S p ri­
vate landing field a t White Swan (m a r
the b ase of the C ascade M ountains)
enroute to our Ju ly Fly-In F am ily P ic­
nic m eeting. HITCHCOCK’S forem an
a rran g e d to have the Y akim a Antique
A ircraft Club attend. T E R R IE BECK­
E R ju st finished tying down a fte r fly­
ing in solo from P u llm an in a Cessna
172, when a J-3 piloted by VERN
CHURCHILL, a Waco flown by BREDFORD H ERTELL, and a beautiful
Curtiss Robin w ith ow ner DON SIM P­
SON and MRS. SIMPSON entered the
valley and sta rte d to let down. Ahead
was BILL TUCKER in a T ayiorcraft.
EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER
Mary Jane Becker, Reporter
HARVEY G REEN in an E rcoupe and
BEV and DEL PAULSON in h er Co­
m an ch e w ith two of
CONGRATULATIONS to GINI RICH­
ARDSON and her co - pilot MARION
BANKS from San Diego for winning
THIRD PLACE in this y e a r’s POW­
D ER P U F F DERBY flying a 1937
th eir
children
(ER IC nad MARY FRANCES). KATH­
L E E N ’S CHILDREN,
wife
ELA IN E,
D IX IE
and
DICK
MOLLY
BOB
and
and
his
his
wife
HITCHCOCK
CROW (whose husband is in Vietnam )
helped g reet R E N IE and HARRY AN­
RODE and th eir children (SH ERRIE
an d SANDY). R E N IE followed the rail­
road trac k in so w as the first of the
Spokane girls to land. MARGIE FRA ­
ZIER flew a C essna 170 from F elts
Field bringing guests TERRY HOL­
MAN. SK IP and DENNIS REISEN AUER with EDNA ABRAMS and fam ­
ily in a Cessna 172. LEONA H EB E R ­
LING and husband cam e next in th eir
Comanche. CHARLOTTE DITTWEILE R and husband in th eir Comanche.
ALBERTA and ROD, flying SHIRL
and M ILLIE SHINN, in th eir Bonan­
za, touched down ju st ahead of BOB­
B IE P R IC E who w as co-pilot for TOM
in the Aztec com plete with five of
th eir eight children.
LYGIE and CORNIE .arrived in the
Com anche ahead of H ELEN CRUM
who flew in with h e r instru ctor from
Y akim a. It w as a re a l w estern hos­
p itality picnic w ith neighbors MR. and
MRS. DAVID PARK, MRS. JE R R Y
MORRIS, and sister - in - law, MRS.
P H IL IP HITCHCOCK joining in the
h an g ar flying.
KATHLEEN flew a s pilot to Missou­
la hte previous week in the B aron and
had a delightful tim e visiting MARY
STEVENSON.
KIM HITCHCOCK is st"dying in
London for the sum m er and will be
retu rn in g to B eruit, Lebanon, to the
U niversity w here she san g in HMS P in ­
afore last sem ester.
M INNIE BOYD in her beautiful new
yellow and w hite C herokee Arrow flew
Search and R escue Mission n e a r the 7
Devils a re a in the Blue M ountains with
T E R R IE B EC K ER as observor. J E W
CARBON flew down to V an Nuys with
LYGIE HAGAN in L Y G IE ’s Comanche
for Intern atio n al Convention in beau­
tiful w e ath er both w ays. M ILLIE
SHINN, R E N IE ANRODE. ALBERTA
ANDERSON and T E R R IE BECKER
attended OPERATION RAINCHECK
a t F airch ild A ir F o rce base. The R a ­
d a r boys p resented IF R inform ation
from th eir point of view for a session
of th ree nights. It w as worthwhile and
valuable to have the oth er side of the
picture.
M INNIE BOYD flew h er Arrow up
to Coeur D ’Alene to the Idaho Air D er­
by and w as on hand to congratulate
F E R N LAKE and M ILLIE SHINN for
com ing in th ird flying a C essna 172.
R EN IE ANRODE for placing fourth
flying a Cherokee 140 tra in e r. LEONA
HEBERLING also attended the m eet­
ing and enjoyed the firetruok p a ra d e
ride into town to the b anquet a t the
Desert Inn.
OREGON CHAPTER
Charlotte Dodson, Reporter
There have been th ree C hapter m e e t­
ings and an Internatio n al Convention
snice the last new s rep o rt, th erefore
let’s s ta rt with the la st m eeting first.
Sunday, Aug. 11 planes w ere reserv ed
and ready to tly to F lorence, Oregon,
for our reg u lar m eeting. Calls to the
W eather B ureau gave one and all the
sam e answ er—ceiling on the co ast w as
low, etc., etc. In other w ords it w as
reported as pew w ea th e r even though
it w as beauitful in PDX. Knowing th at
RUTH DOLAND w as all set for us we
gathered for the th ree and one half
hour drive. The fa rth e r w e drove (in
heavy traffic) the m o re we scanned
the skys for th a t rep o rted low ceiling
— not even a teeny w eeny clo u d !!! It
was a beautiful drive but would have
been a m ore beautiful flight. Next tim e
we will call our point of destination as
well as the w eather b ureau.
We a re proud to announce th a t O re­
gon C hapter officers elecetd a t this
m eeting were: RUTH DOLAND, C hair­
m an; LINDA GOSSETT, Vice C hair­
m an; DOROTHY PARKIN, Sec.-Treas.
We w ere delighted to have SUE
SMITH a s our guest.
At our Ju n e m eeting we w ere hon­
ored to have ILOVENE PO TTER. N.W.
Section G overnor am ong our guests
along with ROSE DRAKE and SUE
SMITH. LINDA w as the hostess for
this m eeting and during the social
hour had a unique blind auction w ith
LILLIAN BILLINGS as auctioneer. It
added $36.00 to the trea su ry . DORO­
THY PARKIN showed the slides she
took when she flew h er aunt and uncle
on a tour of E a ste rn Oregon. DORO­
THY also brought to our attention th at
there is a W ashington County Sheriffs
Air Posse being form ed. This h as g reat
possibilities. ILOVENE PO TTER gave
us a very inform ative insight into the
trials and tribulations of handling the
AWTAR Start.
The July 16 m eetin g w hich w as a
social m eeting a t the DODSONS. We
welcomed form er Chicagoans REGINA
DENTON nad LOIS STEM PLE along
w ith SUSAN SMITH, DIANNA ROSE
and BECKY GOSSETT. The evening
w as spent view ing slides of RUTH DOLAND’s and LINDA’S flight to Van
Nuys an d C atalina in RU TH ’s T ri-P ac­
e r as well as h a n g a r flying.
F o u r m em b er of the Oregon C hapter
atten d ed Convention and D erby S tart.
RUTH DOLAND, LINDA GOSSETT,
JU DY FLEM IN G and I. A ttending the
99 conventions is not only fun but in­
fo rm ative. You m eet old friends and
m ak e som e new ones. The Convention
itself is inform ative but the gab ses­
sions w ith o th er 99s during the free
tim e a re also enlightening. It is from
th e conventions th a t you re a lly begin
to realize w h at being a 99 is all about.
The thrill of w atching the AWTAR
take off is beyond description. The
m an y hours and m onths of prep aratio n
seem suddenly to gen erate an excite­
m ent th at is felt by all and your th ro at
tightens ju st a little a s each plane lifts
w heels off and is airborne.
To the San F ern an d o V alley Chap­
te r and all who helped th em w e say
a huge th an k you for all th e goodies
and enjoyable week—and a job well
done!
RUTH DOLAND has been busy help­
ing h e r son w ith scenic flights for to u r­
ists from F lorence, Oregon, since she
received h e r C om m ercial ticket. They
use a Super Cub on floats and fly off
W oahink L ake — LILLIAN BILLINGS
has been concen tratin g on hood tim e—
GRETCHEN FR A SE R had an in terest­
ing flight to Sun V alley in Ju ly —MAR­
GARET T E U F E L and h e r 49% e r
JO HN “snuck” a few d ay s off and flew
the Cherokee 235 to Mendecino, Calif.,
in July. T heir d au g h ter JU D Y is
spending tim e a t the M endecino A rt
C enter this su m m er a s a recreatio n al
T herapist before going to the U niver­
sity of New Mexico in th eir T herapy
dept.—DOROTHY PARKING took p a rt
in the C.A.P. se arc h and rescue p ra c ­
tice a t G ran ts P ass, Oregon—ALTHEA
ADAMS has been busy w ith A erospace
W orkshops in Seattle, T acom a an d Ellensburg, W ashington, w ith side trip s
to C alifornia. The la st I h e ard she w as
on h e r w ay to F lo rid a for som e m ore
A erospace work. G RETCH EN FRAS­
E R , a s C hairm an of the Oregon Mu-
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
RENEW
seum of Science and Industry Aviation
C om m ittee can say “Well Done’’ to
another successful Air F a ir held in
Salem w ith th a t city and OMSI as
well a s 99s cooperating on the affair.
GRETCHEN and DON will be leaving
for E urope in about four w eeks. The
A ir F a ir along w ith the kickoff b an­
quet is a full y e a r’s w ork and I am
sure GRETCHEN is looking forw ard
to a relax in g trip.
The last c a rd I received from MARC ELE CARSON w as when she w as in
T hailand. She sta rte d w ith a tour
group and then w ent off on h er own
to visit som e of h e r adopetd chlidren.
We a re pleased to w elcom e as a new
99 and a m em b er of the Oregon Chap­
te r PAULA OCCHIUTO. PAULA flew
as copilot with DOROTHY PARKIN in
the P ettico at D erby la st May. She will
be an asse t to th e 99s for she is a
bundle of energy w ith good ideas and
a w illingness to work.
WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER
Luella Burrows, Reporter
O ur Ju ly m eeting w as our annual
picnic. T his y e a r we scudded under
low ering cloud to H ELEN DURHAM’S
place a t W estport .on the ocean), and
b u rst out into b right sunshine — sur­
prise! Sitting in the sun an d h an g ar
flying w ere H EL E N and E U G EN E
A PPEL,
THEDA BRENTSON and
49%er, PA T M cG EE, MARION and
DOUG BARRITT, MARY E LLEN and
JO E PA LM ER, LUELLA and JIM
BURROWS,
KAY
and
GEORGE
STEARNS, ILOVENE and LES POT­
TER ,
BETTY
KRAMER,
CHAR­
LOTTE and ART KAMM, H ELEN
SIMS (who w as co-hostess) VAN and
GORDON ADDERSON, TER R Y and
DAVE KELLOGG, H ELEN and LAR­
RY GIVENS, MARTI SPAULDING,
DOTTIE and JIM DAUB plus asso rt­
ed children and grandchildren. (MAR­
TI SPAULDING’S g ran d d au g hter took
h e r first plane ride.) MARION OWEN,
CAROLE TALICH and 49% er FRANK
w ere am bitious and w ent salm on fish­
ing.
KAY and GEORGE STEARNS, with
son G EO FF, flew to Yellowstone, re ­
turning hom e via Medicine H at and
L ethbridge, A lberta. A fter resting a
w eek they left the 13th of Ju ly for Sun
V alley and W estern Roundup.
LES, ILOVENE and DAVID POT­
T E R flew to Los Angeles for Interna-
(ional Convention and popped over to
C atalina Island for a swim.
H ELEN DURHAM took th ree friends
and went fishing in Roseburg, Oregon,
in late June.
PAM HOLM sam pled the E a st this
sum m er — flew to Hong Kong w here
she m et h er father, and they continued
together as fa r as Bangkok. D on't you
wish your husband w as an airline pi­
lot?
GINNY BERWALD has passed her
C om m ercial w ritten. She also m ade a
jet trip to New York.
LUE >and JIM BURROWS, CHRIS,
STEVE and b rave GRANDMA, squeez­
ed into the Comanche and flew to Slate
C reek (in Idaho n e a r the Salm on riv er)
for a weekend aw ay from civilization.
WYOMING CHAPTER
Pauline Powers, Reporter
Our June m eeting brought the tim e
for the electoins of new officers who
will take office in Septem ber. They a re
BETTY ADAMS C hairm an; MABEL
ANESI, Vice - C hairm an; ELA IN E
MONCUR, S ecretary ; and RANDY
HILTON, T reasurer.
In the place of our Ju ly m eeting we
a ir m ark ed the Powell A irport. They
w ere so efficient in th eir w ork th a t I
got there in tim e to g et m y p icture
taken and e a t som e w aterm elon.
Thanks to KEN WITZELING for m an ­
ufacturing the form s, to m inim ize the
work, and will be g rea tly used in the
future.
See you all in Lewistown!
New officers for the Wyoming Chapter are shown 1. to r. MABEL ANESI, BET­
TY ADAMS, ELAINE MONCUR, and RANDY HILTON.
1967 C essna 150. T his will be a parttim e operation, as SANDY w orks full­
tim e at IBM a s a system s engineer.
KAY LUND now w rites a w eekly av ­
iation colum n, “ Sky L ines,” for the
Honolulu Star-B ulletin.
JA N ET HITT is our P ublicity C hair­
m an and LOLA WRIGHT is M em ber­
ship C hairm an.
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER
Rebecca Held, Reporter
SOUTHWESTSECTION
ALOHA CHAPTER
Dorothy Read, Reporter
Aloha C hapter plans to hold its first
group flying activity, a fly-in b re a k ­
fast at the K auai Surf Hotel, on Sep­
tem b er 8.
August 17 is to be our C h arter P re ­
sentation, with a pot supper and H a­
w aiian entertainm ent. Some m ainland
99s will be flying in e a rlie r in the week
and w e’re prepared to show them the
Aloha spirit.
SANDY LeDREW h a s sta rte d San­
dy’s Flight O perations, Inc., an a ir­
c raft rental and instruction operation
th at evolved from h er p u rch ase of a
Our August m eeting w as a sunning,
sw im m ing, eating, and guzzling affa ir
— th e 3rd a n n u al such — a t JEA N
IV AN OFF’s house in T orrance. People
with sw im m ing pools and outdoor barb-ques let them selves in for things like
this. We all enjoyed it and thank
JEA N , h er m other, and b ro th er for
th eir hospitality. B usiness tra n sa c te d
included rehashing the AWTAR, w ith
co ntestants RACHEL BONZON and
DOROTHY LIMBACH telling how it
w as; voting which flight school, of
the two th at subm itted bids, to choose
for o ur scholarship winner-to-be; and
announcing officially th at our Chap­
te r is now incorporated. P oor ANN
LODWIG, try in g to recover from hepa­
titis, would have m ade it to the p a rty
but suffered another blow, this tim e
th e flu.
SALLY had an interestin g vacation
— a trip down the Colorado R iver with
a group in a ru b b er ra ft. HALDIS
RAUCHFUS flew to Rio de Janeiro
w ith sev eral fellows from h er flying
club — the only w ay to go — one girl
am ong all those guys. She did m ost
of the flying (in an Aero C om m ander
— she has h er M EL). She is our flying-est m em b er—’’sm a tte r of fact, she
won the Busy Bird A w ard for 1968.
This w as one of the aw ards given af­
te r the F in al A pproach flight of the
Golden B irds, the last in a series of
five efficeincy races. HALDIS won
two of these races, besides the abovem entioned B usy Bird A w ard based on
h er achievem ents, and the Golden
Chick A w ard for being the youngest
pilot with 1000 hrs. in fixed wing a ir­
c ra ft a t the tim e of the race. Sponsor
of these events w as APRA (Aviation
Public R elations A ssociates). We’re
re a l proud of you, HALDIS!
LYNNE and BOB O P P E R a re off to
H aw aii and p lan to island-hop in a 150.
SUSAN OLIVER is doing m ore fly­
ing than acting these days. She’s a p ­
peared in sev eral a ir shows in her
Aero C om m ander 200, the latest invita­
tion being to Abbotsford, B.C., C anada,
causing h er to m iss our sw im party.
I
got
an
in teresting
call
from
KATHY
KIPPENHAN, M em bership
C hairm an of the A laska C hapter, while
she was visiting h e r folks in Long
Beach. She w as enroute to W ichita to
pick up a C ardinal to fe rry to A nchor­
age. She’s ferried sev eral planes to
Alaska and thinks nothing of it. She
described flying in A laska and invited
m e 'and the rest of m y c h ap ter up
there. How about th a t—a fly-in to A las­
ka! She w as so interesting and v ery
inspiring. I owe g etting these calls,
and how else would I get them , if I
w eren’t in the 99s?
MONTEREY BAY CHAPTER
Ruth Huston, Reporter
As I w rite this article M onetrery B ay
Chapter m em bers a re rushing around
working on last m inute d etails for our
convention. As you re a d th is article
the Southwest F all Sectional in Mon­
terey will be p ast history. E v en a t this
early date we would like to say a v e ry
special “T hank You” to each and ev­
ery 99 and 49% e r th a t w ere able to
join us in M onterey for our w eekend
of planned activities. We do hope th a t
each of you had a good tim e an d will
come back and see u s often.
All three of our D erby team s had
trouble, as I ’m sure each oth er team
also did. H ELEN and JOANN HUSTED, TAR 3, becam e disqualified
when H ELEN did an in stru m en t land­
ing in B irm ingham , A labam a. They
should certainly be com plim ented on
using just plain comm on sense and
asking for the instrum ent approach
considering the w eath er w as a s b a d as
it was. While sitting in a b eau ty shop,
after being com pletely soaked a t the
airport, they m et the n icest w om an.
She had no connection a t all w ith the
Derby, but ju st w anted to do som e­
thing for H ELEN and JOANN. She
gave them a ro yal tour of the city,
country club, h er hom e, etc. In H E L ­
EN and JOANN’s w ords “ you just
wouldn’t m eet a n ic e r person any­
w here.” I ’m sure th a t this experience
will be one of th eir m ost tre asu re d
m em ories of the TAR for 1988.
DELL HINN and TRISH MARKS,
TAR 11, had trouble on the first day
and had to cancel th eir ra c e plans in
Phoenix, Arizona. They w ere flying the
M arks’s Skym aster and blew a cylin­
der 45 m iles east of the Colorado R iv­
er. They w ere able to continue and
w ere the first ones to land in Phoe­
nix. They w ere given a g re a t reception
with news and c a m e ra m en, etc. F ro m
Phoenix they went co m m ercial airlin e
to Savannah, G eorgia, v ia Chicago.
They then took a bus to Vero Beach,
F lo rid a (an 11 hour trip ), toured the
P ip e r Cherokee facto ry and each flew
a Cherokee 140 b ack to Savannah in
tim e for the A w ards B anquet. Their
re tu rn trip to C alifornia in the 140’s
w as by w ay of New O rleans, L a., Mid­
land, T exas, and Phoenix. By the tim e
they reach ed Phoenix they had put 22
hours on the 140’s and flew about 2100
m iles. Home to Salinas, Calif., w as
m ad e in the M ark s’ S kym aster. N oth­
ing w as going to stop DELL and
TRISH from g etting to S avannah and
the term ination of the AWTAR.
WANDA STRASSBURG and JU N E
CUNNINGHAM, TAR 21, decided in
V an N uys not to com pete in the ra ce
on account of the terrib le w eather.
They did do som e flying and ended up
in D enver, Colroado. I do hope the
w eath erm an sees fit to give us m uch
b e tte r w eath er in the y e a rs to come.
G E R I H ALFPENN Y w as our dele­
g a te to the In tern atio n al Convention
an d flew to Van N uys w ith D ELL
HINN and TRISH MARKS. She stayed
to w ave goodbye to the P ow der P uff­
ers.
Our Ju ly 24th m eeting w as held in
M onterey a t M onarch Aviation with a
reco rd nu m b er in attendance. E le c ­
tions w ere held a t th is tim e w ith the
following selected for the com ing y ear:
C hairm an, JOANNE AIELLO; ViceC hairm an, RUTH HUSTON; S ecretary,
JOANN HUSTED;
and T reasu rer,
CONNIE HOOD. We decided not to
have our installation banquet until the
Convention is over. We a re m uch too
busy now to think about changing of­
ficers.
,
M onterey B ay C hapter h as a b ran d
new tiem w hich is for sale to the gen­
e ra l m em bership. WE A RE O F F E R ­
ING A B EA U TIFUL ROUND 10% ”
BLACK TRAY WITH GOLD COMPASS
ROSE INSIGNIA. THIS TRAY WAS
FASHIONED BY COUROC OF MON­
T ER E Y . T heir products a re outstand­
ing and a re sold only by the highest
quality shops across the U.S. Through
a special process these tra y s a re v ir­
tually indestructible; im pervious to al-
Next N E W S Deadline
Sept. 20th
kalis, boiling w ater, salad oils and al­
cohol. This tra y can be used as a
serving tra y for num erous item s or as
a w all plaque. THE P R IC E IS ONLY
$7.95 POSTPAID, AND CAN B E OR­
D ER E D FROM MONTEREY BAY
C HAPTER 99s, RUTH HUSTON, 1810
PR U N E STR EET, HOLLISTER CAL­
IFORNIA, 95023.
ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
Bonnie Kiefer, Reporter
C ongratulations and “ good luck” to
o u r new officers for the com nig year.
MARGO SMITH will be our lead e r in
the C h airm an ’s spot assisted by our
adept fly-in organizer, MARA CULP,
acting a s V ice-C hairm an. H aving w rit­
ten our c h ap te r new spaper for two
y ears, JOYCE NASH will take over the
w riting of the m in u tes as S ecretary
and yours tru ly will try to b alance the
T re a su re r’s report.
W e’re proud of the public - relations
w ork done by JANA KOERSELMAN
during the International Convention in
July. Hope she continues the excellent
coverage and gets a lot of good item s
for th e scrapbook. THON G R IFFITH
is our Scrapbook E d ito r for the Sec­
tion. O ur new E d ito r for “ P lane T ales”
is MITZI K EESECK ER.
MARGO SMITH is O range County’s
P ilot of the Y ear. C ongratulations! The
aw ard w as presen ted a t the Luau B an­
quet. Second place w ent to JOYCE
NASH; TIG PENNOCK w as 3rd; with
THELMA MICKELSON comnig in 4th;
and KAY MALICK and MARTY CARRITH ER S tied for 5th place. The suc­
cess of the Luau w as the result of the
h a rd w orking com m ittee including
ANN C A N T I L L O N ,
GEORGIA
KNOWLTON. HANA HENDRlCKSEN,
THELMA MICKELSON and MARGO
SMITH. G EORGE HARRIS and his
H aw aiian band provided live entertain­
m ent spot-lighted by fire d an cers and
audience hula dem onstration.
At Ju ly ’s m eeting we gained three
new m em bers. W elcomed aboard JU ­
LIA HELMS, SALLY PR EW ITT and
DARLENE BRUNDAGE, who tra n s­
ferre d from Long B each Chapter. BOB
G ER R n early frightened us out of the
sky w ith his beautiful slides of treach ­
erous clouds. He even cap tured one
th a t stum ped the w eath er m an.
New ratn ig s in the a ir a re JULIA
HELMS who received h e r Instrum ent
rta in g and THELMA MICKELSON
who is showing off a C om m ercial tick ­
et. MITZI K EE SE C K E R g rad u ated
from A rt Scholl’s School with an Aero­
batic C ertificate. MARA CULP logged
1:40 in a L ear je t and ZONA THOM­
SON flew in a P40.
HANA HENDRICKSEN flew n av ig a­
tor for MARA CULP in the last Down­
wind ra c e of the Golden B irds a t the
F inal A pproach F estivities in S anta
M aria. They got lost, b u t still placed
2nd and HANA now w ears h e r com put­
e r and pencil around h e r neck. Con­
gratulations to MARA who also placed
2nd in the com petition for Busy B ird,
Golden Chick and Silent B ird for 1968
and 3rd for Speed B ird 1968.
JANA and B E R N IE KOERSELMAN
say th at E l P aso, T exas, is a “ n e a t”
place to land. They got as fa r as Dal­
las on th eir trip to Iowa before WX
forced them to continue v ia airline.
They would do it ag ain even though
they lost a day n ursing a sick a ir
speed indicator back to health. VIR­
GINIA and TRAVIS also flew to T exas
visiting relatives and the H em isF air.
JULIA HELMS and h er 49% er spent a
m onth in S. A m erica.
The northw est a re a h a s been a popu­
la r vacation spot. JA NICE WALLACE
and her 49% er toured C anada, Y el­
lowstone, and the Tetons a fte r re tu rn ­
ing from Spain and P o rtu g al. WX
forced MARGO SMITH to p lay m usic­
al landing strips in a C essna 206, bu t
she finally got h e r fam ily and plane
together for a vacation in th e G rand
Tetons. JOYCE and B E R T NASH and
LOUISE flew to V ancouver, B.C. A fter
a quick tour of the Oregon coast th ey
attended the W estern F light Round-Up
in Sun Valley, Idaho, and found lots
of places to fly-in and cam p.
Speaking of cam ping, MARA and
DICK CULP spent a w eekend cam ping
and counting falling sta rs a t the G rand
Canyon. VIRGINIA LANE and h e r
three children ju s t retu rn e d from
cam ping a t G rand Canyon, U tah, and
Colorado. GINNY CHANDLER took
her children to cam p in P resco tt, Ariz.,
in th eir Aztec. KAY and DELL MALICK retu rn ed from flying a Comanche
to Lake M cCanaughy, Neb., and L ake
of the Ozarks, Mo.
Among those enjoying those “bunch
for lunch’’ trip s w ere BETTY SHER­
RY and h er fam ily who flew th e ir
Cherokee 810 to S anta Ynez and spent
the day in the D ansih village of Solvang. The JOAN and VIC RAG-
Seen at the Oceanside Airport during the Air Fair were 1. t> r., SKIP DAR­
WIN, ESTHER WHITT, ERNEST OSUNA “EL HILDALGO” and NELL CONNOLY.
BOURNE fam ily took off and enjoyed
a holiday a t L ake Tahoe. JANA K O ER­
SELMAN and KAY MALICK in a
Cherokee 140 and ELIZABETH SHATTUCK and MARGO SMITH in a Cess­
n a 172 headed fo r Fla-Bob for a bite
to e a t flying form ation; but W J dic­
ta te d th at M ontgom ery, Calif., w as on
the m enu for lunch, instead.
PALOMAR CHAPTER
Skip Darwin, Reporter
O ceanside A irport had its ’ 2nd a n ­
nual A ir F a ir this m onth, and w hat a
g re a t turn-out fo r it! The 3 ch ap ters
in San Diego County had a booth th ere
to inform the public of th e R ace S tart
from San Diego next July, and w e sold
item s to help finance the S tart. We
had a H aw aiian them e, a s w e a re h av ­
ing a draw ing for a free trip for two
to th a t Island, and also to honor the
new c h a p te r th ere. O ur 200th A nniver­
sa ry of San Diego is next y e a r, and
the ra c e s ta rt tie s in w ith th at. E L
HILDALGO (Mr. San Diego) gracious­
ly posed for publicity pictures w ith us.
Our own WILMA VIOLET gave a
2 d ay course in aviation to some 4th,
5th, and 6th g ra d e rs in Fallbrook As
a grande finale the kids got to sit in
the planes and w ork the controls. WIL­
MA h as been w orking on g etting m ore
in te re st in teaching aviation in the
high school also.
B ack in Minot, N.D., IVY WALTER
h as been g etting som e tim e in a KC135 S im ilator (M ilitary). H er com m ent,
“R eally g re a t b u t the slightest change
in altitude and you’re losing or gain­
ing 1,000s of feet Now!
DEAN and WANDA M ILLER a re the
proud ow ners of a Mooney M ark 20-A.
T hey flew to S anta F e, N.M., over the
4th of Ju ly w eekend.
N ELL CONNOLLY flew a Mooney to
O klahom a w ith 3 other pilots who fer­
ried planes back. W eather w as s u r­
prisingly beautiful, only one thunder­
storm to detour.
HILDA and BILLY PETTEOSS,
hopped down the coast of M exico for
10 days with an interestin g stop a t San
Bias N ayorit, a genuine p rim itive vil­
lage with genuine bu rro s on the ru n ­
way! P uerto V allarta w as n ext w ith
g re a t atm osphere and beautiful a ir­
ports and runw ays. They spent some
tim e in G u ad alajara purchasing straw
purses for goodybags for the 69 race.
HILDA reports no one h as to be a p p re­
hensive about flying in Mexico since
OMNI Stations and E nglish is spoken
at each arip o rt by all em ployees facili­
tate com m unication.
BOB and BETTY KITCHEN hopped
off to Dulles Field in W ashington with
a week stopover a t M ilwaukee, Wise.
We w elcomed a new m em b er this
month, CAROLYN M ILLER. A nice
addition!
Now besides getting above the
ground with wings, I ’m certified to
dive below the sea! I ’m v ery excited
about this SCUBA diving, and have
“won m y gills.” Like the sky, the
ocean is another world, a v ery silent
world. Full of gracefully w aving
“trees” and all m a n n er of sea life.
Beautiful colors, surprising inhabit­
ants.
PHOENIX CHAPTER
Sue Harper, Reporter
ATTENTION! W O M E N PILOTS
WANTED! F o r racin g in th e 1938
Phoenix L adies A ir R ace! R a ce B oard
says “ everybody will be a w inner” —
so come one and All. I t ’s gonna be
great! H ere’s the scoop. This fun E ffi­
ciency R ace will tak e place on Sat­
urday, Nov. 2nd (im pound Nov. 1); it
will be a 200-300 m ile round-robin from
PHX - Litchfield airp o rt; trophies lor
the 1st 5 places; opening fo r en try
Sept. 10th and closing will be Oct. 15t’n.
The FAA, M anagem ent el PHX-Litchfield a irp o rt and the Stale Dept, of
Aeronautics a re w orking closoly with
the R ace B oard to m ake this a m em o r­
able event for all. F o r entry kits w rite:
BETTY SMITH, E n try C hairm an, P.O.
Box 5158, PHX.
’Tis a real pleasu re to w elcom e new
m em ber, NAN SCHEER. S :e started
flying about 6 yrs. ago w ith h er fa th e r
in N ebraska, but didn’t get h e r p riv ate
licenses til this Spring, w ith RUBY
SHELDON as h e r instructor. Think
CHARLOTTE K ELLEY put a bee in
her bonnet — she asked Nan to fly
the Pow der Puff D erby and this spur­
red her! NAN is now visiting h e r folks
and getting to fly th eir Mooney Super
21.
I t ’s g re a t to w elcom e BRUNHILDE
BRADLEY back, from V irginia Beach,
to o u r chapter. She is p resently chief
flight CFII for Luke Aero Club.
We had a fun m eeting in la te July
a t the W estw ard Ho Hotel, thanks to
H ELEN VENSKUS, who works there,
and TRUDY MURPHY, so we could
plan the annual August patio, potluck,
swim p arty with 491/2 er’s, w hich w as
held a t m y house, with SUSAN STORM
and MARY LOU BROWN doing m ost
of the work. But (as I keep telling
them ) I w as scouting news. We m issed
ALICE and CHAZ ROBERTS cause
they had a m arvelous trip (which they
won) to Mexico City for 5 days. Con­
g ratu latio n s to JU N E BONESTEEL,
w ho got h e r In stru m en t ratin g and to
BETTY SMITH, who achieved h e r
C om m ercial license and m u lti - engine
rating.
B est w ishes to JE S S IE WIMMERS
in h er exciting new venture. She is
Chief Pilot for M issionary Aviation In ­
stitute. They a re FAA approved and
hav e 1988 C essna a irc ra ft. She will be
train in g pilots for d esert and bush
flying, too. JE S S IE ’S alre a d y showing
o f h er new b ase. She led the w ay in
a P iper, for RUBY SHELDON and
student, MRS. WICKSON, in a 182,
followed by CHARLOTTE K ELLEY
and NAN SCHEER in K E L L E Y ’S 182,
from Sky H arb o r’s 8900 ft. to A irhaven’s
2000ft.—T h a t’s the long and short of it.
Missed ANN and HAROLD MOUSER
cause they had flown th eir Comanche
to St. Louis to attend ANN’S 25th high
school reunion. She got th e prize for
com ing the fa rth e st and say s it w as
g re a t with 65 percen t of the class a t­
tending. On th eir way home, they
toured the C essna facto ry in Wichita.
Missed EVELYN a n d K E I T H
SASSER cause they w ere flying th eir
tw in Com anche to D urango, Colorado.
Bad w eath er put them down in F a rm ­
ington, N.M., to drive the re s t of the
way, but didn’t spoil the sights o ' the
beautiful country, specially the Mesa
V erde a re a.
M issed LELIA and HARRY R EG E R
—th eir 2 week vacation took: them to
F lo rid a and T ennessee
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w hich w ere spent in th e ir Skylane.
They m anaged a flight to the B aham as
to visit friends for a day; in Tenn.,
they drove th ru G atlingburg, The G reat
Smokies, Oak Ridge and N orris Dam ;
and a d a y ’s flight to D ayton Ohio to
visit the Air F o rce M useum . T heir
w eath er would sound fam iliar to Pow­
d e r P u ffers
haze, smoke, tow ering
CU’S and m any thunderstorm s. But
Fun!
MARY LOU BROWN, ferrying a T-34
b ack to PHX, ra n into a couple of 99’s
in Pocatello, Idaho, and enjoyed m eet­
ing HILDA ELLIOTT, Chm. of Idaho
C hapter and MARY KILBOURNE,
Chm. of E a ste rn Idaho C hapter.
We all wish to extend our deepest
sym pathy to DIANE HENDERSON,
Long Beach chapter, whose father
passed aw ay suddenly, MR. DON L.
OTTOSEN, of Ottosen Specialist in Air­
c ra ft P ropellers. He will be greatly
m issed in aviation centers in Phoenix.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER
Dorothy Anderson, Reporter
C ongratulations to M A R G A R E T
MEAD and B ILLIE H ERRIN of the
S anta B a rb a ra C hapter, w inners of the
22nd P ow der Puff Derby.
If anyone w as am azed that Bella n cas won first AND fifth place, al­
m ost stealing the whole Derby show,
not so with DICK and LORRAIN
H ERY, who a re still starry-eyed after
having flown the fast-llying Viking 300,
piloted by Cordial B ellanca represen­
tative, MR. JO SE PH BUREK. The
R ep o rter also had a b it of joy peeking
a t the panel and touching the controls
—ju st long enough to log a carefully
calculated 30 seconds of piloting.
B ack to th e P ow der Puff race . . .
w e’re proud of pilot E STH E R PH IPP S
and co-pilot, MARILYN JAKS, who
placed our C hapter on the D erby also—
ra n list. They m ade a determ ined ef­
fort thru frowning skies but couldn’t
quite b rave th e Com m anche thru,
around, or u n d er the m aritim e tropical
thunderstorm s
ea st of Greenville,
Miss. These storm s, unlike our slow
form ing w estern ones, rum ple wings
and pop doors—woefully. ESTHER,
who is a six-times-d'erbier, is adm ir­
ably undaunted by this y e a r’s ill luck
and alread y has plans for next y e a r’s
ra c e.
A dventure often tak es planning but
a real thrill for som e of us can be
had right a t our B ay door. When the
San F ran cisco w eath er rep o rt is good
but tha re m a rk s
section carries
“ stra tu s along the hills all q u ad s” , b et­
te r practice your 360’s and check th at
fuel before playing “ dodge-the je ts “ .
If you’re flying a hum ble C150, you
m ay even be asked to “ try to m aintain
100 m ph while in the p a tte rn ” by the
je t m inded Tow er people. Such a play­
ful situation helped o ur Ladybug flight
to rev erse course to th eir easy a lte r­
nate, B uchanan A irport, one typical
W ednesday. Those enjoying lunch at
the A irport w ere V IJA BERRY, LORRAIN HERY, BERY L EISSIN GER,
AUDREY SNOVELL and d aughter
ALLISON, the R eporter, and three of
AUDREY’S San F rancisco friends.
Meanwhile, o th er p a rts of the coun­
try w ere enjoying the wonderful faces
of our m em bers and th e ir spouses, co­
pilots, children . . . MARSEL BINK
and husband ANDREW and children,
flew th eir Skylane to th e B ah am as for
a June vacation; Seen a t the fam ous
N ut T ree A irport w as H ELEN MOR­
GAN, who with husband F R E D , had
ju st returned from M iam i via T exas
and Arizona in th eir Bonanza; LARUE
and NORM BROWN flew to Wildhorse
R eservoir, north of Elko, N evada, to
catch their lim it of speckled m ountain
trout, When they landed on the CrosbyStevens strip, guess who they m et,
none other than two planes piloted by
two Mt. Diablo C hapter m em bers.
CLAIRE RALEY ’S “ CLARABELLE”
w as seen zipping th ru Blue Canyon with
a good tailw ind going eastbound; and
westbound over the P acific, seen nor
heard by fish, fowl, o r fellow m an
and flying a t 40,000 w as DARLENE
GILMORE and husband GIL, who w ere
enjoying the thrill of the tropopause in
an A ir F orce S tarlifter. DARLENE
w rote from H awaii th a t she gave the
position re p o rt to Ocean Station Nov­
em ber (the floating F light Service Sta­
tion); this is probably a first and only
experience for any 99—o r will it b e?
Gazing a t the aw esom e G rand Tetons
from th eir purring new-engined Bo­
nanza, and winging o v er Idaho, Mon­
tan a and Wyoming, w ith a fly-in re s t
a t Sun Valley, w ere JU N E and JIM
DEVINE.
FLORENCE
and
Ja c k
B R E E N a re exercising th e ir Comm anche and “ L ad y bird ” but th e R e­
po rter cannot keep up w ith w hich or
w here o r when, even though they p ark
the planes below the F lig h t Service
windows.
The P acific Coast A ir R ac e spon­
sored by the San Diego, E l Cajon and
Sacram ento C hapters will be held
October 12; the ro u te will be from San
AUDREY SNOVELL & Friend
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTERS
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
L. to R. VIJA BERRY, DARLENE
GILMORE, Co - Chairmen for the
San Diego Sacramento P acific Air
Race, and RUTH WAGNER, D ecora­
tions Chairman for the Awards Din­
ner, seen at Sacramento Municipal
Airport.
Diego V ia your choice to the S acra­
m ento M unicipal A irport. The first
m ailing of invitations w as held in the
v acated re s ta u ra n t of the A irport—a
plush office setting for the sixteen busy
m em b ers who stam ped, licked and
ch errily chatted. The second m ailing
w as as successful and enjoyable with
re m a rk s floating about such a s “ Did
we forget N orthern A rizo n a?” and
“Who has San F e rn a d o ? ” At the m eet­
ing too, JU N E DEVINE styled a sug­
gested uniform for th e Air R ace—blue
w ith w hite and trim m ed in w hite braid.
F av o rab ly approved by the m em bers,
she h as ordered the m a te ria l and of­
fe rs 12 p a tte rn s for th e ir sew ing con­
venience. T h ree prospective m em b ers
in atten d an ce a t th e m eeting w ere
ROBERTA LINN, BEVERLY JE N SEN
and LINDA WILLIAMS.
Sky-High H appiness h as com e to
V IJA and HASKELL BER R Y , the
proud p a ren ts of a new C essna Onefifty. T heir first flight w as into the
high S ierras w here they took a course
in m ountain flying from Bridgeford
Flying Service. Pilot W. KINGFORD
gave them lessons in turning around
n arro w canyons, finding updrafts, landcn short d irt strips and other tips for
those who tra v e rse the rough terrain.
T hey learned so m uch about their
capability and th a t of th eir plane that
they helpfully recom m end it to others
as a v ery profitable course.
Those who attended the International
Convention in Los Angeles w ere dele­
g ate C hairm an V IJA B ER R Y , GERAL­
DINE MICKELSEN, MARILYN JAKS
and
ESTH ER
P H IPPS. H usbands
CARL JAKS and LEW P H IP P S w atch­
ed the take-off a t V an Nups Airport.
H ighlight of the y e a r and a t our
Ju ly banquet, our C hapter’s coveted
W oman P ilot Award w as given. Con­
g ratulations from all m em bers to
AUDREY SNOVELL, our C hapter’s
choice for 1988. Judges m aking the
choice w ere la s t y e a r’s w inner RUTH
WAGNER and THELMA JEA N CULL.
C hairm en for the dinner w ere Shirley
LEH R and THELMA.
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER
Virginia Rainwater, Reporter
July 1968
The P ow der P uff D erby—The R ace
S tart and Convention. G reat ladies who
did th eir flying on th e ground. E nd­
less hours w ere devoted to those who
p a rticip ated in the Convention and to
those who flew the ra c e . The best
insurance for an o th er y e a r of happy
flying.
W orking with
C hairm an
MARY
K E M P E R w ere: LOLA RICCI, LIBBY
SVENSON, A U LEEN HALL (Pub­
licity), SHIRELY THOM, MARGARET
WARD, JE R R Y VICKERS (Impound
and Inspection), E LLEN TRINDLE,
LORE LI CANGIANO, ANNETTE SEYD EL, (R egistration), H E L E N K EEL,
M ICKIE DUNCAN (Dune Buggy). JAN
WOOD
(T rtansportation), AUDREY
SCHUTTE (P ro g ra m s), E S T H E R
FLECK, CARLOYN FORD, ESTELLE
ST EIO FF, M IDGE MARONG, ELIZA­
BETH CROWLEY, JAN D RY FIES.
L etters by the dozen w ere typed by
ARDIE TRENHOLM. O thers working
a t the field w ere: RUTH MAINLEY,
MICKIE DUGDALE, MARY NEOLE,
SONIA SPRIN G, E T H E L COLLINS,
GLORIA PENTON, DOROTHY PLATN ER , and MARY JOHNSON, JEA NN E
DAY (Take-off p rocedure), FLO STAN­
TON (Goodie B ags), with m uch help
m any girls including JA N E T HARDIN,
SH IR LEY NEM ISH, MARY NEOLE,
VIRGINIA RAINWATER (H ospitality),
NITA LOVELESS, ABB'IE HADDAWAY, SH IRLEE KAY, Ja n MacDONALD, E TH E L COLLINS, CONSTANCE
LUEHMAN, MARY H O L L O W A Y ,
PAULINE FLEM ING, EMMA SAND­
ERS, PEGGY D ERVIN, VALETTA
FRIEDMAN. O thers who helped w ere
FROSTIE WHITE from Long Beaeh,
REBECCA HELD from Los Angeles
and
PHYL
P IE R C E .
BEVERLY
WOODWARD,
(D ecorations)
PA T
PITCOCK (who lost h er husband CARL
July 3rd in a m id-air collision), VESTA
MALBY, SHIRLEY THOM (Youth Ser­
vices, which w as of g re a t help.
The team s th a t flew in the P P D
from our C hapter w ere:
DORIS
BAILEY TAR No. 50 solo., E LLEN
TRINDLE and LIBBY SVENSON TAR
No. 52, VIRGINIA RAINW ATER and
SHIRLEE KAY TAR No. 59, AUDREY
SCHUTTE and M A RJORIE MORONG
No. 72, JEA N ROSE No. 74.
June 29th m arked the finals of the
Flight of the Golden B irds. MAR­
GARET WARD placed second in
SPEED BIRD OF 1968. She really
knows that 172 Cessna th a t she owns.
Congrats!
Enough ca n ’t be said for the ch ap ­
ters m anning the ra c e stops, and a
certain tow er op erato r who w as
caught all alone with over fifty Pow der
Fuff’s arriv in g unexpectedly all at
once. FLORENCE DITTMAR w as convicntly in P alm Springs to tran sp o rt
many of the girls to their hotels. A
g reat big THANK YOU to all the sup­
porting chapters!
E l P aso and Pheonix
right there to be m ost
once again they w ere, a s
Puffs cam e buzzing in out
to claim their tim e.
a re alw ays
helpful and
the P ow der
of the west,
I w ant to especially recognize the
Corpus Christi C hapter for having host­
ed all the ra c e rs w ith h a ir scarfs th a t
had carefully sewn jew els on th ree
corners, an ash tra y of T exas full of
reck candy, a m ost delicious Mexican
dinner, and b reak fast in the m orning
waiting a t the airfield. All this w as
accom plished by only seven reg u lar
m em bers and four new m em b ers, and
of course loving husbands and the
towns people, represen tin g a y e ars
planning.
Greenville, M ississippi’s hospitality
was open a rm a s you landed and w ere
taken from your airp lan e in a gorgeous
yellow surry with flowers and all, to
their term inal w here sandw iches and
drinks aw aited yo u r h unger pangs.
From 1. to r. in the dune buggy nre San Fernando Valley 99s, MICKEY DUGDAI,E, MICKEY DUNCAN, driver, and JAN WOOD welcoming the ’68 Powder
Powder Derby contestants, committee mem bers, friends and relatives. This
trio, who along with many others anxiously awaited their arrival, are now
bidding them a fond adieu until we all m eet again! (Photo by Phil Glickman,
Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
T here is a little confusion w hether the
ra c e w as to term inus a t G reenville or
Savannah. Two days la te r, a fte r a
blan k et lay-in a t the airfield it w as
decided the ra c e would a fte r all end
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in Savannah, m uch to the relief of
G reenville.
New officers to be installed in the
San F ernando V alley C hapter this
S eptem ber a re LORIE CONGIALO,
C hairm an; E D D IE WHITE, Vice-Chair­
m an; RUTH MAILEY, R ecording Sec­
re ta ry ; SHARLEE KAY, Corresponding
S ecretary, PAULINE FLEM ING, T rea­
surer.
It will be a ta m e y e a r a fter having
hosted the P ow der P uff Derby, but
every y e a r in Ninety-Nines is a w onder­
ful y ear.
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER
Helen McGee, Reporter
The lack of new s from our chapter
last month didn't m ean we h ad n 't been
busy, busy, busy. On May 28 four
planes flew in to Lom a R ica airp o rt at
G rass Valley. LAV ERN E GUDGEL
brought along two student pilots from
Chowchilla, stopping en route to pick
up H ELEN MCGEE a t Colum bia airpcrt. MARIE MCDOWELL in her
Bonanza, JEA N MURRAY and SHIR­
LEY M ILLER in JE A N ’S Cessna, and
CHARLOTTE RYAN with g u e s t
DOROTHY JOHNS in CHARLOTTE’S
BONANZA rounded out the group.
DOROTHY and a friend of H E L E N ’S
furnished ground transportation to a
picnic spot by an old stam p mill.
A coffee klatch for prospective nev,'
m em bers w as held in the pilots' lounge
of the Modesto airp o rt on Ju n e 18.
Licensed pi'ots NADINE CRUMM and
SHIRLEY MCCORMACK of Modesto
and student pilots ALICE FA RIS and
H ELEN
RECEK
from
Columbia,
DOROTHY SOARES of Stockton, and
CHARLENE KIRK from Chowchilla
w ere am ong the guests. CHARLENE
has since received h er priv ate pilot’s
licenses. The Modesto girls m ade the
arran g em en ts for the m eeting and we
all brought a batch of o u r fav o rite
cookies for m unching.
In July we m et a t DOTTIE MC­
A LLISTER’S hom e in P ortola Valley.
M ARIE flew in w ith LAURA MAY
CRAWFORD, MARGARET ANDREWS
and B ILLIE WYATT; LA V ERN E DEBONAIRE-D from Chowchilla. CHAR­
LOTTE had flown EV HENDLEY
down the previous day for tre atm e n t
a t Stanford Hospital so they w ere there,
eoo. EV says th a t during the whole six
weeks of tw ice w eekly tre atm e n t the
w eather a t Palo Alto w as V F R and
she w as able to retu rn hom e betw een
times. CHARLOTTE and E V ’S 49%,
WALT, shared the piloting duties.
R EN E NEALON, THELMA HENSEN
and JEA N w ere also presen t to p a rtak e
of the delicious lunch DOTTIE served.
LAVERNE w as the cen te r of attention
as she w as the only one of the four
m em bers who flew the P ow der Puff
Derby to attend the m eeting.
The August m eeting w as a different
story with all four—LAVERNE and
H ELEN,
SHIRLEY
and
ELA IN E
SMITH—recounting th eir adventures.
All agreed that bouncing along, de­
touring thunderstorm s, perspiring in
the humid heat, it w as a ball and
they’re all read y to go again next
SNOOPY SELLS SAFETY at the 2nd Annual Safety Seminar sponsored by the
Santa Clara Valley Chapter. L to R: ROSS JOHNSON (FAA, Chief of Flight
Standards, Area Office), PHYLLIS PIERCE (Chapter Chairman), FRED WIL­
LIAMS (owner of the Hillsdale Inn where the Seminar w as held), NATALIE
BOSSIO (Seminar Chairman) and JOHN ZENTNER (FAA, supervisor at
GADO in Oakland). Quip of the day was: F ly on L.S.I).—“ Life Saving D ata.”
y ear. The challenge of m atch in g your
flying skill and knowledge of your
plane and the w e ath er ag ain st others
is an experience all w om en pilots
should try.
The m eeting w as held a t JE A N ’S
hom e in Stockton w ith E V E L Y N
JOHNSON hostessing the ta sty lcnch.
New officers elected for the com ing
y e a r will be H ELEN , C hairm an;
LAVERNE, V ice-Chairm an; and SHIR­
LEY ,
S ecretary -T reasu rer.
T h ey ’ll
take o v er in Septem ber.
Flying briefs: SHIRLEY and 49%,
GARY, c am e hom e from Savannah by
w ay of P ittsburgh, E rie , and Mil­
w aukee. ELA IN E and h e r husband,
LEW, return ed the southern route.
H ELEN , 49%, HARVE, and daughter,
KATE, toured the m a ritim e provinces
of C anada before heading west.
LAV ERN E flew com m ercially to L.A.,
w here h e r enthusiastic fam ily greeted
her.
The day a fte r LAVERNE left for the
D erby, 49% BOB soloed th eir son,
DANNY, on his 16th b irthday. C ongrat­
ulations, DANNY! LAURA MAY and
GEN E flew to C anada over th e 4th . . .
CHORLOTTE and daughter, WENDY,
Bonanza-d to CHARLOTTE’S class
reunion in M innesota, visiting C a'gary,
Banff, Lake Louise, M ount R ushm ore
and the B lack Hills on the w ay . . .
SHIRLEY flew h er th ree children to
L.A., for a w eek’s visit . . . MAR­
GARET w ent to Phoenix via com ­
m e rc ia l airlines . . . JEA N and HAR­
LEY flew to Reno to view H a rra h ’s
antique c a r exhibit, then saw som e of
1he antiques in action a t the Nut Tree
on the retu rn trip.
SANTA CLAItA VALLEY CHAPTER
Amy Sylvestri, Reporter
Santa C lara V alley C hapter w elcomes
new m em bers: SALLY ROLHFING,
JA NE B A K ER, NANCY BLAKE and
MARILYN WILMS.
Seen a t N ational Convention and the
R ace S tart: F irst of course, two Chap­
te r tea m s who w ere entered in the
race; PAT GLADNEY/ALICE TAY­
LOR and MARY LAIL/NOVIS PERCIVAL. E n te rin g into the festivities
and ju st g en erally enjoying them selves
w ere:
JACKIE
PETTY ,
MARDO
CRANE, JEA N N IN E CECCIO, PHYL­
LIS P IE R C E and GINNY DAVIS.
W hat w ou'd we do w ithout w ings in­
deed, In July, GINNY DAVIS attended
(as SCV C hapter D elegate) the CCAA
m eeting in Porterville, the Corona Air
F a ir and Van N uys Air F a ir, and is
about to d epart for Rockford, Illinois.
PHYLLIS/'BILL
SHANKS
flew
to
YLRL Convention in D enver, to S acra­
mento (to get R /E License) and the
E speranto Convention in Los Angeles.
BONNIE/M ILT SEYM OUR, PH Y L /
FR ED PIE R C E and EVELYN/OSCAR
LUNDSTROM had a ball on an over­
rate fly-in to H ealdsburg w ith a 5-hour
canoe trip down the R ussian R iver.
A sam ple of the v alley ’s sizzling h eat
was felt recently a t a Fly-In lunch to
the Nut Tree. 19 m em bers, 49% ers and
guests m et a group who flew in from
Redding—three licensed women pilots
who w anted to find out about the 99s.
Seems th ere a re quite a few flying
gals in that a re a who would like to
have a C hapter up N orth. Doing the
honors in the “ W hat is a 99” d e p art­
m ent w ere: NATALIE BOSSIO, E l .LIE
BAILEY, MARY SMITH, E V E L Y N /
O S C A R LUNDSTROM, PH Y L L IS/
FRED P IE R C E , BARBARA/WAYNE
KNAPP, H E L E N MURPHY, SALLY
ROLHFING and G INNIE DAVIS, w ith
guests BEN LAWSON, E A D IE HOAGLAND,
and
prospective
m em b er
NANCY BLAKE and h e r husband
MIKE. It w as a re a l fun tim e for all,
with plans in the m aking for doing it
again in the n e a r future.
Winging th eir w ay in an Arrow,
EVELYN and OSCAR LUNDSTROM,
their son and a guest landed a t Mc­
Cloud Field in N orthern California.
After lunch in town, they took the
HuLen Puff R ailroad trip. A fun w ay
to spend the day.
AMY and FRANK SYLVESTRI flew
to Reno in th eir C essna 185 for a
couple of days of fun and GAMES. A
few days la te r AMY, d au g h ter CAROLE
and niece NANCY GORMAN of San
F ran cisco headed for C laer Lake for
a few days of w a te r skiing, boating
and sw im m ing a t the lake front Lake
Sands R esort L ucerne, owned by
friend and fellow pilot (Twin C om an­
che) VINCE MARSILI. G re a t fun w as
had “H angar F lying ” w ith B ER N IE
and MARY ZIM M ER of Flying Ten,
San Carlos A irport, who w ere spending
a week a t Lake Sands R esort. Also,
flying Ten m em b er and In stru cto r
ROLAND
CHENOWITH and
wife
THELMA flew up in th eir T ay lo rcraft
on floats.
More S um m er Goings-On: JE A N N IE /
DICK COLLINS, besides m an y flying
weekends to Clear Lake, spent 3 w eeks
in
Honolulu.
D O R O T H Y /D I C K
PH ER IG O winged th eir w ay around the
P acific N orthw est for th eir 2 w eeks
vacation. M ICK IE/FLO Y D HUGHES
and fam ily first took a quick trip to
the M editerranean a re a , followed by
a week a t C lear Lake. E L L IE /H A P
BAILEY spent a w eek a t th e ir cabin
at
Lake
Shasta.
VERNA/HARRY
WEST and th eir 3 offspring spent three
w eeks touring the H aw aiian Islands Via
Dodge C am per. C H A R LEN E/ BOB
TAYLOR and 3 of th eir 7 youngsters
spent two w eeks touring the N orthern
seacoast in a house tralier. P H Y L L IS/
F R E D P IE R C E spent a w eek a t Gold
Beach, Oregon, following a Fly-In to
Ashland for the S hakespearian F estival.
Off to B ritish Colum bia fo r a week
w ere EVELYN /O SCAR LUNDSTROM
and son ARLIS in a C essna 182. JEANN IE /D A V IL McELHATTON and th eir
3 children off to Honolulu for 2 weeks,
then JE A N N IE and the children spent
the re s t of the su m m er a t th eir place
a t S traw berry, w ith DAVE com m uting
in the A pache on weekends.
TUCSON CHAPTER
Ginny Cook, Reporter
S u m m er D oldrum s seem to have
taken over Tucson, h ard ly else any­
one around the a irp o rt these days.
S tarting
alphabetically,
SHERRY
BODICE w ent “ up-up-up and aw ay
w ith TWA” to D es M oines for h e r v a ­
cation. An old friend who used to live
on a ra n c h n e a r hers, n e a r Sonoita,
is now living back ea st in D es Moines,
so CHERRY and she decided th a t
this would be a good tim e for a visit.
They n e v er had a chance to visit
when they both lived on ra n c h e s;—too
fa r aw ay from one another!
PATSY BROOKS and husband BOB
have been m aking flying trip s here
and th ere in th eir Baron. They have
been doing so m uch soaring lately,
th a t I w onder if they p racticed in the
Baron.
H av en ’t h eard a word from MIRZA
CLARK (th at in itself is unusual), so I
m u st assum e they a re still in Ohio
visiting all th eir relativ es, w ith a
few exceptions, th a t is. They took
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th eir a irstre a m (wouldn’t you know)
tra ile r w ith them . Now th at is the
w ay to go visiting, you don’t have to
m ake yo u r bed?
San C arlos w ill n ev er be the
sam e since the 99s took over for a
w eekend. They stayed a t the P osada
De San Carlos, but PAT NOLEN didn’t
lack for som ething to do, a s they let
h er c h a u f’eu r them around, run the
boat while they p racticed w ate r skiing,
in stru ct them in skin diving, dem on­
stra te sailing technique, and m ake fish
dishes. JAN ENGELHART and LOR­
RAINE YOKUM stayed one day longer
so JAN could recover from h er manto-m an sting. If you believe th at one,
I ’ll tell you another. T hey really w ant­
ed to visit the track in g station, and
have another m oonlight swim. Y eah,
they did! L E E E LLEN MARSHALL,
BEV EDWARDS, G ER TRU D E GELDERMAN, MARY MARTIN, rode the
bus down and had a ball. SHIRLEY
'MARSHALL, flew the A rrow and
took VIRGINIA EDWARDS, JANE
McCREARY and GAIL FREEM AN.
T hese poor g irls they worked so hard
a t having fun th a t all they could do
in the evening w as sit on th e breeze
sw ept patio and sip lem onade.
(E D ’s NOTE: Ho H um !)
P oor MAGGIE SCHOCK. She just
re tu rn ed from a m onth’s vacation in
San Diego, or ra th e r Coronodo, and she
h a s to pack up again, to take the 150
and FRAN FRANCIS to P re sc o tt for
the annual BOB SCHMIDT m em orial
a ir tour!
HUDGINS new Cherokee A rrow is
going to tuck its g e a r up an d go also
with DOROTHY JEN K IN S doing the
flying and SHIRLEY MARSHALL rid ­
ing shot-gun. The g irls will m eet w ith
th e N orthern Arizona C hapter and the
local gliding club and do a b it of
soaring. BARBARA W ELSH is tak­
ing the Comanche and ERN ESTIN E
GARDNER, a 66, from Nogales. This
annual trip is called the AWTour
th a t’s ALL WOMEN tour. Yes, it’s
fun. Suuuuuuure it is!
UTAH CHAPTER
Gini Streeter, Reporter
The su m m er activ ities a re still go­
ing along a t a fa s t pace. A ir m arkings
have been every other w eek and we
a re rack in g up an im pressive total
footage figure. T rem onton found JANE
ANDRE ASON, ALBERTA NICHOLSON and two guests from Salt Lake;
from Ogden the following m em bers
and guests: JOAN WILLIAMS, DONNA
ODEKIRK,
BARBARA
DUNKLEY,
JANE PATERSON and HARRIET
BRIN.
With a g re a t m any people out of town
on vacation or weekend trips, the V er­
nal a ir m arking had few volunteers.
However, LILA F IE L D E N , NANCY
REULING and son RICH, and VIVIAN
YARDLY and d aug h ter LINDA, did
m ake the trip and finished the job up
in good order.
August 14 w as our m onthly business
m eeting a t LOUISE ANDERSON’S.
G uest speaker for the evening w as
DON MACKEY, M ARGE’S 49y2er.
DON is C hairm an of U tah Aviation
Week, August 25 through 31. The plans
for this week a re m any and varied
and should keep all of us busy. Some
of us will be registering incom ing pi­
lots for a fly-in b reak fast on the open­
ing day of activities. The re s t of the
day will be devoted to a flying ‘poker
gam e’. P articip an ts will leav e Salt
Lake City and m ak e stops a t D elta,
Richfield, Canyonlands and P rice. At
each stop they will pick up a card
and the best poker hand will receive
a trophy. Upon a rriv a l back in Salt
Lake, w e will have a spot landing con­
test. This should be a fun day.
Those attending the m eeting w ere
as follows: OGDEN: DONNA ODE­
KIRK, JOAN WILLIAMS, BARBARA
DUNKIJHY, H ARRIET BRIN (guest),
MARION O’LEARY (guest): C lear­
field: ELOISE WILCOX; Bountiful:
BECKY WILKINSON, and BARBARA
HANSON (guest); S alt L ake City;
LYLE BECKSTRAND, KAY B E E R ,
LILA FIE L D E N , MARGE MACKEY,
NANCY REULING, GINI S T R E E T ER ,
VIVIAN YARDLEY and T E R I WOJCIK. F rom Provo cam e LUCILLE
CHRISTOPHERSON and from Springville, MAXINE NIELSON. These two
gals have been m issed a t our la s t few
m eetings, and it’s good to see them
back again.
H ARRIET BRIN and JA N E PA TE R ­
SON a re now back fro m a flying trip
to Illinois w here they atten d ed a
EAA Fly-in. H ARRIET w ent on to
New York, W ashington, and m ade a
stop in D ayton for a visit to the a ir
m useum there.
T E R I WOJCIK and 49t i e r spent a
flying vacation in San F ran cisco , E u ­
gene, Oregon and in B ritish Colum­
bia.
BARBARA DUNKLEY flew to P o rt­
land, then to Phoenix and L ake H av­
asu. BARBARA m ade it back in tim e
for our m eeting, so evidently all n av i­
gational aids w ere in good w orking
order!
JOAN WILLIAMS w as flying h er mo­
th er to B urley the m orning a fte r our
m eeting. This w as to be h e r m o th e r’s
first airplane ride of any kind, and
JOAN said she w as looking forw ard to
it. JOAN, ELOISE WILCOX and BAR­
BARA DUNKLEY have been m aking
frequent trips to B urley and P o catel­
lo for fun, and to get som e tim e in
th at old log book.
LYLE BECKSTRAND and fam ily
have flown to Lake Pow ell and to
F lam in g Gorge, and on A ugust 23
will take tim e out from a ir activities
to try th eir hand a t Bow H unting which
opens th a t date.
LUCILLE CHRISTOPHERSON, our
world trav eler, inform ed m e th a t she
h asn ’t done m uch lately — only
flown to Phoenix twice. Most of us
would be happy to get down th ere ju s t
once!
MAXINE NIELSON is keeping busy
flying betw een h e r hom e an d a strip
a t the Needles en tran ce to Canyon­
lands. T here is a service station, cafe
and good strip th ere now, plus tra ile r
court, and MAXINE is encouraging
all of us to come down and enjoy the
sand buggy rides, a ir and jeep tours.
L ast, but not least, our co ngratula­
tions to BECKY WILKINSON on a t­
taining h e r P riv a te Pilot license.
H appy flying until n ext time!
Australian
Section
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Olga Tarling, Resporter
Well h ere I am , back a t th e type­
w riter and settled once aigain in
“Video V illage,” (m y Air T raffic Con­
trol R a d a r U nit), while the oth er half
of “ TAR, 45” B ER Y L YOUNG is back
in the a ir for h e r Com pany doing a
little flyin — “ ju s t for a ch an g e” . . .
we both thoroughly enjoyed o u r re ­
cent visit to the S tates and a s usual
the hospitality w as the best. M any
th an k s go to FRAN and NORM GRANT
for our w onderful stay a t “AUSTRALIA
EAST” in San M ateo—hope “ Floppy
E a r s ” is settling down to his new
hom e FRAN. “ F loppy E a r s ” is m y
m asco t th ree feet high m odel kan­
garoo, who decided to stay w ith FRAN
when I retu rn ed home. A big “Hello”
to PHYLLIS P IE R C E , her 4‘H ie r
F R E D and all the girls of the Santa
C lara Valley C hapter—really enjoyed
m eeting you all. A nother wonderful
visit w as m ade to M ARIE and NUG­
G ET G ROSSETETE of Albuquerque.
N UGGET flew us both up to a little
Indian village of Taos—really fascinat­
ing —I have some terrific colour slides
of this trip. MARIE and NUGGET' are
now the new ow ners of B ER Y L ’S
kangaroo m ascot “ Skippy” so we have
both left som e of A ustralia in the
U.S.A. We flew about 8000 m iles
around the S tates in “Annie T he A r­
row ” (our P ip e r Cherokee), covering
the P ainted D esert, M onum ent Valley
and the G rand Canyon, (a sight not
to be m issed), then a fte r the AWTAR,
we retu rn ed via K entucky, Wichita, Al­
buquerque to San Mateo, a grand
v enture and one we will re m em b er
our lives. It w as g re a t m eeting
the girls (too num erous to mention
p arately ) whom I had m et for
first tim e in 1967 when I few
ad­
all
all
se­
the
the
AWTAR a s co-pilot to BETTY MILLER.
While I w as in the States BETTY
w as ju st leaving for another ferry
flight across the P acific. Have just
h eard from ROSALIND M E R R IFIE LD
who seem s to be leading an extrem ely
ex citin g flying career. She will be
m aking three delivery flights of the
P ilatu s T urbo P o rte rs la te r this y ear
and will do h e r endorsem ent on these
a irc ra ft in Switzerland. Also recently
flew a B eech B aron to V ietnam . While
she and h er W ing-mate w ere ap­
proaching Saigon, the accom panying
a irc ra ft w as asked to go round to
enable a dam aged fig h ter to land,
and w as consequently hit in his wing
tan k by a sniper. Sounds a little dan­
gerous to me! ROSLIND is a t the mo­
m ent c a rry in g out a Q antas gas-tui'bine
course in prep aratio n for the propjets. M ARIE RICHARDSON lfeaves
A ustralia in O ctober for a visit to
asia w ith h e r husband. Stopping places
will include Hong Kong, T aiw an and
Singapore, retu rn in g via D arw in and
B risbane. M ARIE h a s LORRAINE
McCARTY’S d au g h ter JE A N staying
with h e r a t the m om ent. JEA N h as m i­
g rated to this country and hopes to
visit with CHRISTINE HENDERSON
la te r in the year. Another flying ad­
venture ahead for MARGARET KENTLEY and seven other pilots—leaving
Sydney this w eek in a C om m anche
and a C essna 182 for a th ree weeks
flying tour of New Guinea. RUTH
HODGES is now endorsed on the Ces­
sna 310 and I h e ar h er d au g h ter
PI A has com m enced flying lessons, so
it appears we will have a m other
and daughter team shortly. P E G KELMAN underw ent m ajo r su rg ery this
week and is recuperatin g in the hospi­
tal, but not fast enough for P E G —
she hated having h e r “ W ings’’ clip­
ped. She hopes to be fit enough to
enter our W arana Air R ace for the
big festival in O ctober. With h er
“ G et up and go” sp irit I a m sure
she will m ake it. We will be sorry
to lose JU DY LORDING back to
Sydney in the n e a r ftuure. H er hus­
band ROWLEY h as recen tly been
tran sfe rred there. We have ce rtain ­
ly enjoyed having h er in Q ueensland
with us. H ER EXCELLENCY THE
LADY CASEY is hoping to a rran g e
an o th er “ F ly-In ” to C an b erra again
this y ear. C an b erra is a v ery beautiful
city and we all do enjoy these visits.
Before closing I have one m ore thank
you to MICKEY and CHARLES DUGDALE of Van Nuys. MICKEY w as a
g rand help a t the beginning of the AWTAR and CHARLES did a wonderful
job in driving us to and from our
Motel and the airp o rt during those
hectic days before the race. CHARLES
w as in A ustralia during the w ar and
we hope th a t he and MICKEY will visit
us again one day.
Cheerio from Down Under!
d h
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