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O F F I C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E N I N E T Y - N I N E S ® I N C .
July/August 1996 Vo lum e 2 2 , No. 4
Cover: Winners o f the Air Race Classic Lauren Trent Nicholson, Indiana Chapter, and Jacqueline Battipaglia, Purdue University, with their winning Piper Warrior. See page 6.
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C a le n d a rW h a t does the fu tu re hold?
— Joyce W ells , President
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M e m o rie s o f m y best fr ie n d — M a r ily n C o p e la n d
NCASE5 Letters 13 Forest o f F riendsh ip6 A ir Race C lass ic
— A n n e H o n e r14 AE B irthp lace M useum Report
— M a r ily n C o p e la n d8 A W o m a n 's P lace is in the
C o c k p it : D ia ry o f a Racer — N a n c y S liw a
15 H e adqua rte rs "S econd F lo o r" M useum
— C.J. S traw n11 Ruth Jacobs: A ro u n d the
W o r ld in 50 Days — M e la n ie H a n c o c k
16 G ene ra l A v ia tio n
G R A S S R O O T S
20 S ection and C h a p te r N ew s 23 N e w M em b ers22 Ratings and W in g s 24 N e w H o riz o n s23 Races and R a llies 24 C lass ified A d v e rtis in g
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P E R P E T U A L C A L E N D A R
1996AUGUST17 — Poker Run and Fly-In Lunch.Montreal Chapter, Beloeil Airport (SB3). Louise Giacomo, 514-624-4444
23-25 — 3rd Annual EAA All American Sport Aviation Fly-In. Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, Texas. 817-572-7455 or 817-439- 3703
27-29 — Staggerwing Beech Comm em orative Tour. Gillespie Airfield, El Cajon, San Diego, Calif., W illiam Thaden,207-439-1161
31-9/2 — Cleveland National Air Show Bicentennial Women's Air Derby, 1, DebFragapane, 216-781-0747
SEPTEMBER2-14 — NCWA Aviation Education Exchange Trip to Turkey and Greece. Openings available, 1-800-727-NCWA
5-8 — North Central Section Meeting,Cleveland, Ohio, Meigs Adams, 216-650-4846
5-8 — West Canada & Northwest Joint Section Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, Audrey Webster, 604-859-3696 for W est Canada and L iz Lund in , 206-631 -3794 fo r N o rthw es t
7-8 — H a g e rs to w n A v ia tio n H eritag e W ee k -e n d F ly -in /D riv e -ln D isp lay,W ash in g to n C o u n ty R eg iona l A irp o rt (H G R ), J u n e G reen , 3 0 1 -7 3 9 -0 0 7 4
11-15 — A m erican B o n a n za S o c ie ty C o n v e n tio n , N orfo lk , Va., Ken Joh n so n , A B S H ead q u a rte rs , W ich ita , Kan., Tel: 3 1 6 -9 4 5 -6 9 1 3 o r Fax: 316 - 94 5 -6 9 90
12-15 — Reno Air Races, Reno, Nev., 702-972-6663
14 — Mile High Air Derby, Colorado Chapter, Christina Bentley, 303-220-0925 or Jan McKenzie, 303-226-1153
20-22 — European Women Pilots Meeting, Cologne, Germany, Aileen Egan, 011-093287-4264
21 — Kansas Chapter Sunflower Rally,Karen Tucker, 316-733-4583
21 — New England Section Poker Run,Connecticut Chapter, Laurie Reeves, 860- 434-2804
27 — South Central Section Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, Carole Sutton, 402-324-5285
27-28 — NY/NJ Section Meeting, Vernon Downs, N.Y., Betty Bliss, Central New York Chapter, 315-736-9539
28-10/5 — W orld Precision Flying Cham pionships, Ft.Worth, Texas, Jody McCarrell 501-642-2508
OCTOBER5 — 1996 Valley Air Derby, San Fernando Valley Chapter, Mary Rawlings, 818-888-5360 or 818-727-0202
9-13 — Silver Wings National Convention.Hanalei Hotel, San Diego, Calif., Marion Banks-Prophett, 619-272-7914 or 800-554-1437
10-13 — Southeast Section Meeting, St.Augustine, Fla., (oldest city in America), Paula Reckson 904-788-8254
11-13 — Southwest Section Meeting,Redding, Calif., Nancy Everett, 916-244-953518-20 — AOPA '96 Convention, San Jose, Calif.
19 — Back to Basics Race, Santa Monica, Calif., Los Angeles Chapter, 310-450-2788
25-6 — San Luis Obispo 99s 2nd Annual SLO Derby, San Luis Obispo County Airport (SBP), Calif., Esther Grupenhagen, 805-489- 6667
26 — Mid-Atlantic Fall Section Meeting,Ramada Inn, Newport News, Va., Connie Zook, Hampton Roads Chapter, 804-487-2067
NOVEMBER1-3 — Tucson Treasure Hunt, Tucson Chapter, Nancy Teel. 520-751-8765 or Fax 520-751-8766
2-3— Wings ‘n Things Open House and Fly-in, Sun ‘n Fun Air Museum, Lakeland, Fla., 941-644-0741 or Fax 941-648-9264
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OCTOBER3-5 — North Central Section Meeting.Rochester, Minn., Elaine Morrow. 612-955-2802
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P R E S I D E N T ' S C O M M E N T S
What does the future hold?JOYCE WELLS
s o m e o n e a s k e d m e a t th e N o rth C e n tr a l S e c t io n m e e t in g in L o u isville if I w as counting the days until
m y presidency w as over and I responded, “ I ’ve been too busy to th ink about it.”
I can tell you that 1 am happy that I w o n ’t have to m eet so m any deadlines. A nd I ’ve en joyed traveling to all the Section m eetings — being w ith you and w orking for you— as w ell as w ith o ther aviation organizations.
T hough the paperw ork is challeng ing , dea ling w ith it is nevertheless a chore— and stacks o f it now fill nearly four file boxes. (I w onder if the R esource C en ter at H eadquarters really w ants all these le tte rs .. .som e w ill undoubtedly m ake very in teresting read ing to m em bers and researchers in 50 years.)
I have learned that being p residen t is a fu ll-tim e and d em anding job— as m y vo lun teer/conscrip ted adm in istra tive assistan t w ill verify. He has answ ered the phone, cop ied faxes and e-m ail, been m y com puter guru and taken care o f the hom e front. In the past tw o years, I have spent a total o f about 163 days aw ay from hom e, including 36 w eekends!
W hat does the fu tu re hold? Your B oard o f D irectors and C ouncil o f G overnors have spent long hours pu tting together a long- range plan from inform ation com piled from survey form s m any o f you returned.
This is not a one-tim e effort. I t’s a plan that m ust be an on going one, periodically revised in o rder to perpetuate T he 99s.
O ne suggestion proposed and vo iced by m any 99s p residen ts is to have a paid, appoin ted C E O /presiden t, like m any o f the o ther aviation organizations do. I ag reed to that idea before I becam e presiden t, and I now support the concep t even m ore as I leave the office.
Joyce and Hal Wells
Leaders o f o ther o rganizations have pointed out to m e num erous tim es that they lose con tinuity in con tac ts w ith us because w e change p residen ts every tw o years and they m ust ad ju s t to new faces and personalities. M any tim es, the co n tac t is d ro p p ed becau se the e lec ted p residen t holds dow n a pay ing position and cannot take the tim e aw ay from her work to fulfill the duties required by the office o f president.
A fu ll-tim e p res iden t w ou ld co n tinue to an sw er to the B oard o f D irectors and w ould have the skills necessary for the jo b , w hich an elected president doesn ’t alw ays have. I believe th is is an area that should be seriously evalu a ted in the L ong-R ange P lanning process.
D uring m y travels these past tw o years I have v isited w ith m em bers o f m any C hapters
and Sections and read num erous C hap ter new sletters and I have no ticed that m any C hapters are experiencing difficulty in locating m em bers to run for office. T hat is a lso occurring at the top level. O ften , a m em ber is ta lked into taking an office ju s t to fill it, and sufficient considera tion is not g iven as to w hether she has the necessary skills to m eet the dem ands o f the position.
H ere w e are, a m inority segm ent o f the p ilo t population , v iew ed as p rogressive and brave in the eyes o f o thers, but som etim es reluctant to be p rogressive in ou r ow n organization .
H ow ever, as I pass the gavel on to the next presiden t, I w ant you to know that I rem ain panglossian (extrem ely optim istic) about the future o f T he 99s. A nd I tru ly believe that “w hen you cease to m ake a con tribu tion , you begin to d ie .”
Your con tribu tions, in all fo rm s, are very m uch appreciated. T hanks fo r doing you r part to keep T he 99s a strong and v igorous organization . A
L E T T E R S
Louise Thaden CorrectionThis letter is to correct the ar
ticle that appeared in the May/June 1996 issue of the International Women Pilots magazine. When I scanned what was going to be in the issue and saw that on page 14 there w as an a rtic le en titled "Jacqueline Cochran commemorative stam p," I thought — hot dog! They're going to correct that Postal Service misinformation that Cochran was the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy! Darn near had a barbed-wire tail-cat fit when I read the SAME misinformation repeated— of all places— in the 99s magazine.
I know that Gene Nora Jessen.
brother Bill and myself all wrote to the Deputy Postmaster General to set HIM straight. Now we just need to get it straight with the 99s!
In case you aren't aware of the Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour honoring Louise Thaden and the 60th anniversary win of the Bendix in a Staggerwing, I am enclosing a brochure. The terminus of the tour is coordinated with the start of the Staggerwing Museum Foundation, Inc., annual convention being held in San Diego, Calif. Brother Bill has really worked hard for about five years putting all this together, and it should be a grand event. Now, isn’t it ironic that here is a big affair
honoring L ouise as the first woman to win the Bendix, and Jackie Cochran gets the credit in the text of a First Day of Issue commentary. Geez!
— Patricia Thaden Wehh, Mid-Atlantic Section
Due to limited staff and time to check the accuracy of what is received from reporters and others, it is good that mem bers take the tim e to w rite and set the records straight. The Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour is Aug. 27-29. See calendar.
— Editor
Evelyn Sharp correctionsI read the article on page 21 of
the May/June issue on Evelyn Sharp Day. I just talked to Nancy Crews. She was at the event honoring Sharp. She was the WASP who accompanied Sharp’s body home. Just want to mention that Sharp was flying a P-38 twin engine fighter. P-51 is a single engine airplane. — Teresa James, Florida G ulf Stream Chapter
In the M ay-June issue, the sto ry on Evelyn Sharp read “ ...when the P-51 she was ferrying lost its right engine..." The North American P -51 Mustang was a single engine fighter. Evelyn
continued on page 15
ARC Memories...My journal brings back the adrenaline, the smiles, the anxieties of
another Air Race Classic at another time, before GPS, as I prepare for this year’s great race.
First race day: The race begins early in the morning, with breakfast and a weather briefing. The crew of volunteers helped push us out onto the ramp, then we lined up on both sides of the runway and were flagged off one at a time. The guy motioning us onto the runway held up a teeny little card that said "Good luck!”
The flight to Winslow was lovely— quite a contrast to the turbulence we had experienced on the way west— and welcome. Had a chance to see what we couldn't see before. Landing at Winslow was so-s but what an experience the fly-by was!
Third race day: The weather man lied. When we woke up, looked outside and saw gray clouds coming in, we were on our way to the airport within a half hour. Performed the regular preflight, of course, and we were off, probably the last racers out for hours.
The Air Race ClassicBY ANNE HONER, Eastern New England Chapter
Tl O FLY IN T H E AIR R A C E C lassic is to be a part o f a historical trad ition that began w ith som e o f the m ost
w ell-know n fem ale aviators. The first one, the W o m en ’s A ir D erby, w as flo w n in 1929. C on testan ts in that race included Pancho B arnes, A m elia E arhart, B lanche N oyes, L ouise T haden and B obbi T rout, to nam e a few.
For som e years, the 99s held a T ranscon tinen tal A ir R ace, becom ing the All W om an T ranscontinen tal A ir R ace Inc. in 1950. A lthough som e referred to th is race as the AW TAR, o thers called it the "P o w der P uff D erby,” a nam e som e th ink w as g iv en it by hum orist W ill R ogers. T he AW TAR continued until 1976 w hen the nonprofit organization running the race was dissolved.
A ir racing, how ever, could not dissolve. Too m any w om en— and aviation itself— had gained too m uch m om entum to stop. W ith the b lessing and assistance o f B oard m em bers in the o ld organ ization , a new organization w as created so that a ir rac ing could continue. T hat organ ization , the A ir R ace C lassic, w as created in 1977 and continues today w ith tw o o f the orig inal B oard m em bers still involved w ith it and serving on the B oard.
As in m any pioneering endeavors, the AW TAR spaw ned a num ber o f procedures that w e live w ith today. F or exam ple, the airplanes inspected at the start w ere som etim es found in “care less” condition . P apers and insurance po lic ies w ere no t in order, etc. A s a result, the FAA required m ore rigid inspection requirem ents on a regular basis o f all airplanes.
In ano ther instance, since racers often
clim bed as h igh as 20 ,000 feet to take ad vantage o f good ta ilw inds and c lear skies, the rules required the use o f oxygen above 10,000 feet. T he FAA follow ed suit and m ade it a requ irem en t fo r all airplanes.
Breaking the bonds of earth.R acers fly to p laces they w ould never
visit on their ow n, and face challenges they probab ly w ould no t experience in the ir norm al p leasu re flights. O ver the years, the A ir R ace C lassic has been to 39 states. T hose that still have a stop in their state a re M aine , N ew H am p sh ire , V erm ont, C o n n ec ticu t, M assach u se tts , M ary land , D elaw are, V irginia, Louisiana, H awaii and A laska.
W esterners ex p erien ce the hazy, ho t and hum id E astern states w ith their m any little tow ns and lakes. E asterners experience the w ide-open spaces, early afternoon tu r b u le n c e an d m ile s b e tw e e n c h e c k points.
M oun ta in s, passes, rid g es and h igh- density a ltitude present their challenges to every p ilo t, regard less o f experience. But m ost o f all, the beauty o f the U nited States as seen from the a ir at low altitudes is a spectacle to hold in o n e ’s m em ory forever.
T here com es a tim e in every race in som e leg w hen the p lane is trim m ed, the heading is right, the altitude has been selected w hen th e re ’s a chance to relax fo r a few m om ents and look out the w indow at w hat is passing below. We do indeed travel “ from the m ountains, to the prairies, to the ocean w hite w ith fo a m ...”
CompetitionL et there be no doubt about it: T here is
com petition , but racers are helpful to each
What we saw was ominous— a gray canopy or awning just being pulled across the sky. Lightning to our left and we could see underneath to brightness about 10 miles out. We did beat it and we were legal, but woe to anyone who was trying to land. Just five minutes later would have been too late.
Mt. Vernon, III., was beautifully clear, relatively speaking, and a challenging leg to navigate. No VORs to guide us, so we just had to get it right and fly the heading!
York at last. I made a screaming dive for a finish, bringing old Buttercup almost to red line to get down to the required altitude to the flyby. Just in the nick of tim e....
Went out to the airplane to check the oil and pack a bit. Felt good to smell her again. I wonder if she felt like a race plane and liked the
attention she got? Now, like Cinderella, she goes back to being “a plane.”
And I wonder— why do women put themselves and their planes through this time after time? Why come back?
— Anne Hotter
other, especially the new racers, before and after the race. A “M other B ird" program , sim ilar to a sch o o l’s big sister program , g iv e s n e w c o m e rs a face to k now and som eone to help guide them through the paperw ork and race requirem ents. There is a lim it, how ever, as to how m uch is shared! T here are som e th ings new racers m ust leam on the ir ow n.
Safety is a first concern . R acers m ust abide by FAA rules, in addition to the ARC rules. P lanning for the race m ust take into account departure and arrival tim es to en sure that p ilo ts m eet the sunrise-to-sunset fly ing requirem ents: they m ust consider the dura tion o f the flight to be sure there is at least 30 m inutes o f fuel left upon arrival at the destination: and a know ledge o f w eight and balance is required.
In the air, these m others, g randm others, single w om en, professional and p leasure p ilo ts, farm ers, doctors, eng ineers, m anagers, stock brokers, accountants, real estate brokers, college students and hom em akers all becom e PILO TS. All m ust have n a v ig a t io n an d p ilo tin g sk i l ls , an d a know ledge o f their planes, them selves and the weather. It doesn 't m atter w ho has the m ost credentials to fly, but w ho does it best.
A nd w hen the com petition is over o r pu t a s id e , lik e o th e r p ilo ts a round the w orld , w hat the a ir racers en joy do ing m ost is hangar fly ing w ith o ther w om en. T he in tensity o f the experience can create (or som etim es break) personal bonds that last fo r m any, m any years.
O fficially , “ w inn ing” is determ ined by w ho exceeds her p lan e ’s handicap by the m ost m iles per hou r (o r frac tion thereof). E ach p la n e ’s h a n d ic a p is d e te rm in e d b e fo r e th e r a c e b e g in s , b a s e d on m an u fac tu re r’s in fo rm ation , actual flight
First place finishers, Lauren Trent Nicholson and Jacqueline Battipaglia.
TOP TEN FINISHERSF irs t p lace: L auren T rentNicholson, Indiana Chapter, and Jacqueline B attipaglia, Purdue University, flying a Piper Warrior.
The Purdue team has been in the Top Ten for three years. This was Lauren’s second year in the ARC. Copilot Jacqueline expects to return next year as senior team member and pilot. “We were overw helm ed,” Lauren said, about their first-place finish. And when asked to what they attributed their win, she sm iled and softly answered, “To guardian angels.”
Second: Dene Chabot-Fence, Southwest Section, and Gloria May, Fresno Chapter, in a Piper PA28-180.
T h ird : M arge T h ay er, A rizona Sundance Chapter, and Ruby Sheldon, Phoenix Chapter, in a C essna 182 Skylane. RG.
F o u rth : June McCormack, Borrego Springs Chapter, and Tookie Hensley, Rio Colorado Chapter, in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
F ifth : Pauline Mallary, North Georgia C h ap te r, and Ja cq u e lin e S ieg e l, Palomar Chapter, in a Beech Musketeer Sundowner.
Sixth : Royce Clifford, Southwest Section. and Phyllis Wells, Pikes Peak Chapter, in a Beechcraft C-24 R
Seventh: Barbara Vickers, Sedona Red Rockettes Chapter, and Joyce Hilchie. Yavapai Chapter, in a Grumman Tiger.
E ighth : Susan Coller and Nancy Toon, North Georgia Chapter, in a Meyers 200.N in th : Ja n e t Y oder and B onnie Johnson, Kansas Chapter, and Vicki H unt, passenger, in a C essna 182 Skylane.
Ten th : D ottie A nderson and Jean Sloan, both in the All-Ohio Chapter, in a Piper Archer.
testing and experience w ith the p lanes in the race.
For m any, w inn ing is fin ish in g and the im m ense self-confidence and self-esteem that com es w ith having flow n 2 ,500 m iles in all types o f terrain and V FR conditions at full throttle.
BenefitsIn addition to the personal benefits ju s t
m entioned, general av iation benefits by the experiences that add to our know ledge o f flying, p lanes and the ir lim itations. The public, through articles w ritten around the country about the races and a irpo rts , is m ade m ore aw are o f fly ing as a rec re ational activ ity and as a business through the m any pilots w ho are also in the business o f aviation.
A ir racing con tinues to benefit general aviation and indiv iduals involved. It ben efits not only the racers, but also the tim ers, judges, airport personnel and hundreds o f vo lunteers w ho help w ith the race ev ery year.
EpilogueThe 1996 A ir R ace C lassic , sponsored
by E m bry-Riddle A eronautical U niversity, began on June 20 at its P resco tt, A riz ., cam pus and term inated at E m bry-R iddle H eadquarters in D aytona B each, F la ., on June 23— a total o f 2 ,381.28 sm.
T his y e a r’s race w as flow n in record-
break ing heat all across the country and, fo r th e f i r s t tim e in m a n y y e a rs , th e w eather stayed V FR fo r the en tire race.
S ince the top racers have near-equal sk ills, the better p lanes m ade the d ifference. T he racers never d id spread out as they o ften do , stay ing back hop ing fo r be tter w inds and low er density altitudes along the way. F irst-tim ers Jud ith May, A ll-O hio C hapter, and her cop ilo t C indy M ahafky, w ere proud o f their accom plishm ent— finishing! A t one po in t, their in strum ents w ent ou t and they w ere able to fly the course o v e r Texas w ithou t the ir L oran . W hen asked w hat they learned , they said that racing takes m ore than ju s t do ing it righ t— but they h av en ’t yet fig ured ou t ju s t w hat that is. Jud ith said she particu larly liked the fly-bys. “ I ’ll never be able to ju s t com e in and land anym ore.”
R oyce C liffo rd and Jacqueline S iegel, stunned and ecstatic about their first tim e to fin ish in the Top Ten, com m ented about the necessity for team w ork. A lthough they said that the ir w in w as “due to p lanned luck— you do your best and the rest is luck, like life ,” they believe that the ir ability to stay focused th roughout the race con trib u ted to their success.
In R o s w e ll , N .M ., M a rg a re t R ingenberg and L ois Feigenbaum had an eng ine fire on the ram p as they w ere restarting to leave fo r their nex t leg. U nhurt
but w ith an unflyable a irp lane, they jo ined M arge T hayer and R uby Sheldon as passengers— w ho still w ent on to place third.
V eteran racer M ardell H askins, Inland C alifo rn ia C hapter, com m ented that w ith som e o f the top racers ou t o f the com petition this year, there w ere several slots open for new com ers. She a lso observed that since there w as no s ig n ifican t w eather a long the route, superio r p lanes and superio r p ilo ting determ ined the w inners.
She offered this advice to p ilo ts con sidering en tering the A R C next year from B oise, Idaho, to K noxville, Tenn. “A lw ays keep go ing as if y o u ’re w inning, regard less o f how badly you think yo u ’re doing. You d o n ’t know how anyone else is doing.”
A ir Race President Pauline G lasson flew this race w ith one o f her students as copilot and one as a passenger. Pauline has flown in 24 o f the 29 Pow der Puff D erbies and in all o f the A ir Race Classics. She has had a greater variety o f copilots than any other race pilot. You’ll read m ore about Pauline in the upcom ing C onvention Issue.
Anne Hotter has been a m ember o f The 99s fo r nine years. This is her fourth ARC. She lives in Mooresville, N.C. A nne’s copilot this year was veteran Esther Lowry, Deep South Chapter. Esther has 6,000 hours fly ing time and 19 ARC races behind her, experience she happily shares with newcomers.
20th Air Race ClassicJune 20-23, 1996
O ver 100 avid racers hoped lady luck w ould be on their side— or at least in their cockpit as they prepared to em bark on an all w om en’s cross-country air race. T he A ir R ace C lassic (A R C ) is a race steeped in tradition w hose orig in can be traced back to the 1920s w ith h istoric aviators like A m e lia E a rh a r t . F o rm e r ly k n o w n as th e P o w d e r P u f f D erby , it is a race fo r s to ck , fixed-w ing aircraft w hich m ust be flow n during daylight hours and u n d e r v isu a l f lig h t ru le s (V FR ).
This y ea r’s race route o f m ore than 2 ,300 m iles w as unique in that the 50 team s o f racers took o ff from E m b ry -R id d le A e ro n au tica l U n iv e rs ity ’s w este rn cam pus in the m ile-high city o f Prescott, A riz., and crossed the fin ish line at E m bry -R idd le ’s eastern cam pus in D aytona B each, Fla.
E m bry-R iddle is the first organization in A R C history to spon
sor the race from start to finish. E m bry-R iddle had a dual purpose in sponsoring th is event, to com m em orate the 70th ann iversary o f the university and to prom ote aw areness o f aviation as a ca reer choice fo r w om en. T he aviation field is w ide open fo r ded ica ted fem ales and, a lthough the num ber o f w om en studen ts at E m bry-R iddle has been stead ily increasing in recent years, fem ale enro llm ent is only 16 percent.
C ross-country a ir racing has cap tu red the im ag ination o f a g row ing segm ent o f the population. F lying a transcontinental race is the u ltim ate test o f aeronautical skill and the racers are alw ays eager to test their abilities and a ircraft in the intense c o m p e tit io n . F e e lin g s o f a c com plishm ent fo r having sk illfully navigated across the coun try and having faced the inheren t c h a llen g es en tic e p a rtic ipan ts to com e back year after year.
N ancy S liw a, a racer from F lorida, has partic ipa ted in the A R C fo r the past three years and she has chronicled her experiences in this y e a r’s race from June 16 th rough June 25.
Pi»HOtt, Arizona AIR RACE CLASSIC Daytona Bea<h. Florida
A Woman’s Place is in the Cockpit: Diary of a RacerBY NANCY SLIWA, Florida Spaceport Chapter
W E A R R IV E D IN PR E SC O T T O N SUNDAY. JU N E 16, well before the 5 p.m . M onday dead line. It w as a good th ing, as w e found that a rad io had burned a fuse and
our navigation light bulbs needed to be replaced. We w ere able to take care o f those prob lem s and fin ish o u r p re-race inspection in good tim e. (A ll race aircraft are inspected before the race to m ake sure they have not v io lated A R C rules.)
Pre-race activitiesSeveral events had been organized by the E m bry-R iddle spon
sors in P rescott to m ake sure the racers had a good tim e and en joyed the special locale and attractions o f P rescott. T hese included a W estern-style w elcom e barbecue on the E m bry-R iddle cam pus, a trip to the beautifu l red rock area o f Sedona, and a w alk ing tou r o f h is to ric dow n to w n P resco tt w ith its Sharlot Hall M useum .
T he ta k e o f f b a n q u e t w as a h igh point o f the p re-race festiv ities. H eld in the h isto ric St. M ichae l’s H otel, a w onderful d inner w as accom panied by a speech from B arbara M organ, C hrista M c A u lif fe ’s su c c e s s o r as N A S A ’s Teacher in Space candidate, w ho talked ab o u t the c h a lle n g e s o f m o tiv a tin g A m e ric a ’s y o u th w ith av ia tio n and aerospace scenarios. W hat a w onder
ful m otivator she is! She m ade us all w ish w e w ere back in school w ith her as our teacher.
T he day before the race w as spent a ttend ing several m andatory m eetings, going over the race route in detail, d iscussing key safety aspects, and hearing about the w eather w e expected to encoun te r during the course o f the race. T here w as even a special m eeting fo r those racers w ho had never flow n the A RC before, as it presents m any unique challenges even above norm al a ir racing . By the end o f the day, w e all felt physically and em otionally charged and ready to begin.
Day 1 - Departing Prescott, June 20A s usual, racing is an early m orn ing activity. T he pre-takeoff
b reakfast began at 6 a.m . T he breakfast w as excellen t and helped to w ake everyone up fo r the first day o f racing. We shared o u r table w ith som e o f our friends from C alifo rn ia w ho cam e to see the race start, as well as the honorary starter, pilot Wally Funk (w ho had once been tested to be a M ercury astronaut, before N A SA decided against w om en astronauts in those early days).
F light Serv ice in P rescott gave us a w e a th e r b r ie f in g fo r th e f i rs t day, p red icting a few high c louds along the s ta rt o f the first leg and c lea r sk ies
Wally Funk at the starting line.
Ready fo r takeoff! Pilot Nancy Sliwa, copilot Marcie Smith and Embry-Riddle student Anita Offerson.
thereafter, w ith, o f course, the usual m ountain turbulence.
By 7:15, w e w ere all at the airport getting ready to go. We had received a fax package from our w eather team in D aytona, an E m bry- R iddle m eteoro logy class that w as providing our w eather data and recom m endations as part o f the final exam fo r the ir course. We studied it in tensely and agreed w ith the recom m endations to “go h igh .”
The race takeoffs started on tim e at 8 a.m .Since the first race takeo ff is in o rder o f race num ber and we w ere in the m iddle o f the pack (No. 31), we took o ff at about 8 :30 a.m . D epartures w ere very sm ooth , and w e had an ex citing 160-degree turnout after passing the tim ing line for our on-course heading to D urango,C olo. The w inds w ere p red icted to be reasonably good at altitude, and w e flew m ost o f the leg at about 12,000 feet.
O ur backseat p ilo t-passenger, an E m bry- R iddle student w hom w e had brought along for the experience, had never flow n in a sm all plane out w est before. She really en joyed the beautifu l red rock m ountain scenery, a lthough the light tu rbulence w as a bit stressfu l in the back seat. C lo ser to the peaks, we passed several o ther race p lanes fly ing low er than w e w ere and we w ondered how m uch tu rbu lence they w ere feeling . T he fly by at D urango w as very sm ooth; we arrived w ith no traffic co n flicts and w ere cleared to land w ith no delays.
We tried fo r a fairly qu ick tu rnaround at D urango , but w ith all the race traffic and fire-figh ting aircraft, it w as about an hour before we got o ff again. W henever w e tried to con tac t g round contro l, they requested w e call back in five, 10, 15 m inutes. We finally w ere able to depart, but w e w ere requested to do a right 270-degree turn before head ing on course.
T his leg w as even bum pier, as w e d id n ’t fly qu ite so h igh and the afternoon heat added therm al lift to the norm al m ountain a irsw irls. O ur passenger w as feeling the effects, so w e allow ed h er to com e to the front o f the a ircraft and handle the con tro ls for a w hile. T he flight w as beautifu l. We passed o ver several m esas and reservoirs on the N avajo reservations. We saw only one aircraft on this leg.
The fly-by at R osw ell, N .M ., w as fun as w e observed F - I l l s in the pattern but the g round tem peratu re w as hot, hot, hot. The tem perature w as 104 F and a lthough it w as a very dry heat (the W eather C hannel said the hum id ity w as only 5 percen t), it w as very tiring. M ost racers w ere happy to catch the ir breath and drink lots and lots o f flu ids, but som e hurried th rough w eather updates and w ent back out fo r the nex t leg.
Fortunately, ou r W eather Serv ice support team to ld us to hold for the day, w hich w e w ere happy to do. W hile w e w ere w aiting for a ride to ou r hotel, one o f the race p lanes had an eng ine fire during restart, bu t fo rtunate ly no one w as hurt. T he racers in that p lane w ere able to catch a ride w ith ano ther team and continued through to race end.
Day 2 - Departing Roswell, N.M.O ur alarm w oke us at 5 a.m . (after losing an hou r the p rev i
ous day) fo r departure to the airport at 5:30. Fortunately , w e had
found a sm all g rocery store the night before, as getting breakfast so early is very d ifficult. We w ere second on the takeoff list as w e w ere the second plane into R osw ell the day before that had stayed overnight. T he F -l 1 Is w eren ’t out that early so departures w ere sm ooth and we had a good leg to the K ickapoo D ow ntow n A irport in W ichita Falls, Texas.
T he course w as still m ostly over desert, a lthough we had passed the last o f the m ountains, and the w eather continued to be excellen t. It w as the ho ttest day o f the year so far in W ichita Falls and it w as w onderfu l to get out o f the airp lanes. We were m et by the ground team w ith glasses o f ice w ater for all three o f us.
W e contac ted the w eather team as soon as we w ere on the g round and they p red icted better w inds the next day, so we d e cided to spend the n ight in W ichita Falls. H ow ever, w e spent several m ore hours at the airport, en joy ing the w onderful food and beverages provided by the local N inety-N ines C hapter, chatting w ith o ther racers w ho had m ade the sam e decisions, and w atch ing carefu lly w hich racers decided to continue on to the next stop.
A num ber o f E m bry-R iddle a lum ni had been able to com e to the K ickapoo A irport to help support the racers. It w as w onderful to see o u r student racers in teract w ith these alum ni, starting the ir life-long career and form ing new friendships.
Day 3 - Departing W ichita Falls, TexasA gain , w e had an early m orn ing start a fter losing another
hour, and this tim e w e w ere the first in the departu re sequence. T h is w as our busiest day since our w eather team had asked us to fly as far as we could . We did three legs this day. The first leg, from W ichita Falls to C onw ay, A rk., w as sm ooth and we finally started seeing green terrain beneath us as w e traveled about 2,000 feet over the ground.
T he arrival and subsequent departu re at C onw ay w as exciting as there w as no tax iw ay parallel to the arrival runw ay. This m eant that m ost a ircraft had to back taxi on the runw ay to get to an in tersecting tax iw ay in o rder to reach the parking area, and
no a irc ra ft co u ld tak e o ff o r land w hile the back taxi w as in progress.
A dd itionally , there w as no fuel truck; aircraft had to taxi to a fuel pum p to get gas, instead o f being able to park and have the fuel com e to them . T his caused a trem endous traffic jam so m aneuvering around w as a bit tricky.
We w ere th e f i rs t to a r r iv e in C onw ay that day, so ou r arrival w as no trouble, but by the tim e we w anted to leave , the re w ere severa l o th e r planes w aiting to go and m any m ore com ing in. W hat w ith the takeoffs, landings and fly-bys all over the sam e runw ay, it w as quite chao tic fo r a w hile.
Fortunately, the professionalism o f these w om en pilots p re vailed and all a ir opera tions w ere very orderly. E veryone rea lized that these snarls are typical in air racing and w as able to m aintain their patience and po ise in spite o f the delays.
The second leg o f the day took us to O w ensboro , Ky. C on tin ued c lea r skies and hot tem pera tu res fo llow ed us there. We w ere m et w ith sandw iches and co ld drinks and a very supportive ground team , again including som e E m bry-R iddle alum ni as well as local N inety-N ines.
A lthough w e w ere try ing again for a very quick tu rnaround , w hen w e tried to start the airp lane, all we go t w as a w hirring sound— no p ropeller sp inning, no eng ine roaring to life. F o rtu nately, it w as only a stuck B endix gear on the starter m echanism and a little lubrication soon had us underw ay again.
Fortunately, no thunderstorm s appeared along our course and, a lthough there w as som e haze, our good w eather held again. T his leg saw us fly ing a few thousand feet over ro lling hills, forests and verdant farm land. We d id our fly-by and landed at A thens, G a„ and w ere very happy to hear that the w eather in D aytona B each w as terrib le, and w e co u ld n ’t go any fu rther that day. T hree race legs in the heat and hum id ity had really w orn us out and the cool hotel room s that n ight w ere heavenly. We w ere in bed by nine.
Day 4 - Departing A thens, Ga., June 23W ith only one leg left, w e w ere not as hurried as in the last
tw o days. A lthough today is the arrival dead line, w e have until 5 p.m . and less than tw o hours o f fly ing tim e to o u r destination . A gain, we had lost an hour, but w e w ere no longer first on the takeoff list and experienced racers p red ic ted that g round fog w ould delay our departure , so w e slept in a bit (5 :30 a.m .) and finally had a real b reakfast before head ing out to the a irport and w aiting for the fog to lift.
It finally did around 8:15 and we w ere out as soon as possib le so we could get to D aytona B each before the thunderstorm s built there, as they do m ost afternoons. T he haze w as the w orst on this leg, but we saw not a c loud in the sky and m ade our best tim e on this leg.
We had a great w elcom e at D aytona B each and w ere very happy to have successfu lly com pleted the race. It tu rned out that thunderstorm s never did build that day, w hich w as very n ice for the few planes w ho had been held up by m echanical problem s and did not arrive until ju s t before dead line.
Post-race activitiesBy arriv ing in D aytona at 10:30 a.m ., w e had the rest o f the
day to relax and get organized. A lthough w e stayed at m y hom e, since I live in D aytona B each, w e w ent to the ra ce rs’ hotel, the
A dam ’s M ark, to retrieve our luggage w hich had been shipped ahead from Prescott. Show ers and laundry were the first o rder o f business, then we spent the rest o f the day relaxing and preparing for the evening’s festivities.
A trop ical recep tion w as p lanned by our E m bry-R idd le hosts in one o f the ir new facilities, the L ehm an E ng in ee rin g and T echno logy C enter. W hen w e arrived that evening , the bu ild ing had been transform ed into a trop ical parad ise , w ith w onderful decorations and a steel drum band.
E m bry-R iddle had several labs in the facility open for d isplays to show the racers that it is not ju s t a flight school, but a full- service university offering a w ide varie ty o f degrees in aviation and aerospace. T he ir ingenuity and a tten tion to detail certain ly paid o ff that evening. T here w ere m any com m ents that this w as the best w elcom e recep tion in the h istory o f the a ir race.
A day of relaxationT uesday w as a day fo r the racers to relax w hile the race com
m ittee com puted the scores and inspected the Top Ten aircraft. Inspections are done to ensure that all the aircraft are indeed stock, as they com e from the factory, w ith no unauthorized speed m odifications that m ay have helped w in the race.
W hile the race com m ittee w orked at the airport, the racers en joyed a trip to nearby histo ric St. A ugustine, the coun try 's o ldest city. T hat even ing , an ex tra special treat w as prepared. S ince th is race ce leb ra ted the start o f E m bry-R iddle as an institu tion in 1926, a R oaring T w enties Party had been planned, com plete w ith costum es and m usic from that period.
To com plete the them e o f "R oo ts and W ings,” the C hapm an J. R oot fam ily graciously donated the use o f their private m useum facility fo r the party. We had a w onderful tim e as we sipped ch am p ag n e and w an d ered th rough in im itab le co llec tions o f v in tage cars, private tra ins, teddy bears, qu ilts , ch ina and Coca- C ola m em orabilia . T hen w e danced the n ight aw ay to the sounds o f big band m usic.
Announcem ent of winners - June 25T he scores w ere announced , W ednesday. A s usual, there w as
som e g lee and som e d isappoin tm ent. We w ere deligh ted to accep t 15th place, as it w as m ore than tw o tim es better than w hat w e ’ve done before. It is fascinating that w ith in the top three finish ing team s, the ages ranged from 20 to 80-plus. A ir racing is tru ly an activity that em braces all ages and w alks o f life.
T he aw ards banquet w as a gala affair, com plete w ith special gifts and speeches, a slide show w hich ch ron icled the race, and a special guest speaker. Jane M endolsohn, au thor o f The N ew York Tim es best-seller, I Was A m elia E a rh a rt, re la ted her ow n adventure by com paring the w riting process to that o f fly ing and read passages from her novel. She w as w arm ly applauded by the racers, m any o f w hom offered to teach her to fly.
A ll the aw ards w ere d is tribu ted and no one w alked aw ay em pty -handed , thanks to the generosity o f m any sponsors w ho donated conso lation prizes.
N a n cy S liw a , F lorida S p a cep o rt C hap ter. is the p res id en t o f W ehAdept, a w eh site design com pany a n d a p riva te consu ltan t to E m bry-R idd le A eronau tica l U niversity. She a n d her husband Steve , p residen t o f E m bry-R idd le . reside in D aytona Beach.
Many people ask us why we air race. It is hot, sweaty, strenuous— and expensive. There are many reasons. The typical ones we talk about are the fun, the camaraderie, the education, the adventure. But in a very strong sense, air racing connects the women aviators of today with the true pioneers in this field: Amelia Earhart, Jackie Cochran, Bobbie Trout, Louise Thaden, and so many more who initiated and won the air races of yesteryear.
We become part of the great spiritual r iv e r th a t flo w s acro ss the decad es , connecting all of us with a passion for flight. While being true to tradition, we are— as they were— racing into the future. — Nancy Sliwa
P I L O T P R O F I L E
Ruth Jacobs: Around the World in 50 DaysBY MELANIE HANCOCK. Alaska Chapter
Ru t h J a c o b s , c o o k i n l e t c h a p t e r in A laska.c o m p le te d a r e c o rd - s e t t in g , ro u n d - th e -w o r ld f l ig h t landing on all seven con tinen ts . She and Bill S igns o f
D allas, Texas, left D allas on Jan. I in B ill’s C essna 210 w hich had been m odified to hold nearly 20 hours o f fligh t fuel (260 gals, in six tanks, including tw o in the cab in ho ld ing 140 gals.) T hey landed at L ove F ield in D allas on Feb. 18, com pleting “F riendship F light ’96 ” as the first s ing le-engine a ircraft to land on all seven continents. A ccord ing to A rt G reenfield o f the N ational A eronautics A ssociation, the flight is expected to earn Ruth and Bill a p lace in av iation h istory fo r the fastest trip around the w orld in a single engine plane. R uth described the flight as “ a fantastic adven tu re .”
Ruth w as m et by 99s in B om bay, B risbane, H onolulu , Van N uys, C alif., and D allas. She m et a 99 from C anada on Taraw a, K iribati. She signed up 99s fo r m em bersh ip in B uenos A ires and M alta.
Ruth said that the “F riendsh ip F light ’96" left her w ith m any varied im pressions and m em ories. She described the A m azon rain forests as am azing , recounting hours o f fligh t w ithout seeing any signs o f hum an hab ita tion , then fly ing over a clearing w ith only one o r tw o huts. T he E gyptian desert, beautifu l in spite o f its deso lation , w ould d isp lay a pa ir o f tracks in the sand as the only sign o f life. M ajestic A ntarc tica w as co lo red a lm ost en tirely in hues o f b lack, w hite and gray.
The people they m et w ere even m ore in teresting . W hile on a sight-seeing trip by car in M uscat, O m an, R uth and B ill cam e across a v illage in a m ountain oasis. T he ancien t-look ing , v illage rem inded R uth o f a scene from the B ible. O ne o f the n a tives opened his hom e to them and offered them tea, o ranges and grapes. He w as d isappoin ted they co u ld n 't spend the night.
Bill encountered a d ifferent sort o f hosp ita lity at ano ther stop: For $ 1,200. he cou ld take h is choice o f three w om en hom e as his w ife.
B ecause Indian authorities had recently apprehended som e gun sm ugglers using a private plane betw een the fo rm er Soviet U nion and India, R uth and Bill experienced a th ree-day delay for additional docum entation to land in B om bay. O ther than that, the trip w ent sm oothly w ith generally favorab le w eather co n d itions.
T heir total flight tim e w as 220 hours. T hey m ade 30 stops. T heir longest leg w as from H onolulu to L os A ngeles -1 2 hrs. 24 min. T heir norm al cruise altitude w as at 9 ,000 through 15,000 feet. T heir total flight d istance w as 38,543 m iles.
This w as not R u th ’s first experience w ith unusual flights. In 1991, R uth helped the A laska A irm en ’s A ssociation o rganize a flight from A laska to P rov ideniya, R ussia, w ith 34 aircraft, including R u th ’s. T his is believed to be the largest group o f civil aircraft to en ter the Soviet U nion at one tim e. F o llow ing that
flight, R uth assisted several p ilo ts in ob tain ing perm ission to fly to o r through R ussia. In 1992 she helped coord inate B ill’s flight around the w orld w ith Yuri K haritonov, the R ussian navigator from the 1991 trip.
D uring 1993, R uth coord inated , m ade arrangem ents and flew a th ree-C essna flight (three A m erican w om en p ilo ts, five A m erican m en p ilo ts and tw o R u ssian n av ig a to rs) to R ussia and M ongolia. At the last m om ent, they w ere den ied perm ission to fly through northern C hina. T he flight took about 21 days and covered 10,000 m iles.
In 1994. Ruth flew w ith Bill in h is C essna 210 to M exico, G uatem ala and R oitan, H onduras.
R uth is m arried to Jim Jacobs. She has tw o sons and four grandchildren . She becam e in terested in fly ing at age 6 w hile w atch ing airp lanes land and take o ff from D rew F ield in Tam pa. In o rder to be around a irp lanes, she jo ined the C ivil A ir Patrol at 16.
R uth bought a Taylorcraft L2 in 1969, found an instructor and learned to fly on a grass strip ou tside o f K alam azoo, M ich. In 1973, she w as sponsored by E sther B ennett W olf and jo ined the new ly organized L ake M ichigan C hapter. In 1974, Ruth and E sther (along w ith R u th 's son and a dog) flew from M ichigan to A laska in her C essna 182. S ince that tim e, Ruth has flow n up or dow n the A lcan H ighw ay five m ore tim es (once by herse lf in her hu sb an d ’s 170).
T he m ajority o f R u th ’s fly ing has been done in A laska, w here she and her husband had their ow n a irstrip next to their hom e about 100 m iles south o f A nchorage. T he airstrip w as gravel, less than 2,000 feet long w ith trees on one end.
S ince jo in in g the M ichigan C hapter, R uth helped organize and charter the C ook Inlet C hapter, w hich she chaired from its inception in 1977 to 1986. She also served as C hairm an o f the 1984 N orthw est Section M eeting in A laska.
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Ruth and Jim m oved from A laska to Fairhope, A la., in 1995 w here they curren tly reside. $
Alolia Chapter members Lisa Anderson and Angela Augustine with Ruth Jacobs and Bill Signs at reception after landing in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The best story I never wroteBY PATRIC ROWLEY
When I accepted the assignment to revisit the life and times of Pat McEwen, I considered it a slam dunk. After all, I had known Pat in college, 1 knew her family well, and— like most connected to the Wichita aviation community— I knew of her great enthusiasm for, and her considerable experience with, air racing.
Over the years, her participation in races and her leadership involvement with her beloved 99s organization regularly made the local and national news. 1 knew it would not be difficult to reconstruct the facts of her flying life. I visited with her husband Owen and he was both enthusiastic about the story and willing to supply me with a treasure of news clippings and photos.
Likewise, her son Drew, a member of the Raytheon (Beechcraft) management team, shared a large volume of facts and memorabilia about his mother. (Drew, by the way, acquired his mother's Bonanza and restored it to its original and unique paint design.)
With all this marvelous research in front of me, I quickly realized that the heart and soul of the story of Pat and her life as a 99 and as an air racer were not truly available to me. It’s actually a story of how the bonds of friendship and shared time at the controls of an airplane and the experience of working together to build and
strengthen an organization can bring women pilots together in a special and very meaningful relationship. It’s a story that can best be told by someone who has lived it. It was my great good fortune that Marilyn Copeland was available and willing to open up her heart and her memories to write the following story of her good friend and sister 99. Enjoy.
Pat McEwen and Marilyn Copeland ready to depart on another adventure.
Pat M cE w en, the 1974-1976 International President o f The 9 9 s , w a s m y v e ry b e s t friend— and a true red, w hite and
blue 99. Pat even had her favorite airp lane, a beautiful new V M odel B eech B onanza, painted in a checkerboard pattern to m atch her sh in ing personality.
Pat started flying in 1959. She received her private license in 1961 a n d h e r c o m m e rc ia l a n d m ultieng ine ra tings in 1962. She ea rn e d h e r in s tru m e n t ra tin g in 1963, and then her in s tru c to r’s ra ting in 1965. A s she w orked her w ay up in the ra tings, she m anaged a h o u seh o ld , a ss is ted h e r hu sb an d O w en in h is business ca ree r and cared for the ir seven grow ing ch ildren.
O n top o f all this, she m anaged to pursue the art o f aerobatics in her C itabria and Z lin , w hich w as m od ified w ith a 300 hp Lycom ing en gine. Even though Pat flew several o th er B eech p lanes , (in c lud ing a Travel A ir), she alw ays loved her B onanzas best. Pat w as a personal friend o f O live A nn B eech , w ho som etim es in v ited b o th o f us to lunch in her private d in ing room .
Pat jo ined The 99s in 1961 .1 first m et her at a K ansas C hap ter m eeting early in 1962. In those days, it was necessary to be voted into the o rganization . Pat served T he 99s as C hap ter M em bership C hairm an, C hapter C hairm an fo r tw o term s, C o-chairm an o f SC
M eans C hairm an and International H eadquarters com m ittee . In 1971, Pat and I served as co-chairm en o f the 99s In ternational C onvention in W ichita, “ Fun in ’71 .” She and O w en hosted an antique airplane fly-in and buffalo barbecue fo r the en tire conven tion crow d at the ir country estate.
Pat served as C hairm an o f the P residen t’s W om en in Aviation A dvisory C om m ittee. She belonged to the Flying Farm ers, N ational Pilots A ssociation and N ational A ssociatio n o f F lig h t In s tru c to rs , and served as S ecretary fo r the A erobatic C lub o f A m erica. Pat flew her first Pow der P uff D erby in 1961 and con tinued to fly in them for years thereafter. She also partic ipated in In ternational A ir R aces, Sky Lady D erby, Fair Lady D erby and the D allas D oll Derby.
I flew w ith P at in one A ngel D erby and in m ost o f the Pow der P uff D erby races. F ly ing w ith Pat w as fun . O n e o f h e r trad em ark questions w as, “W hat is that upcom ing body o f w ater?’’ and, most often , o f course, it w as a m irage or a reflection . A nother w as “W here are w e?’’ She flew the airp lane and trusted m e to do the nav igating . T rust w as a big com ponent in our short 20-year, best-friend relationship. A fter racing together several
tim es, w e both thought it w as tim e for me to launch m y rac ing career in m y ow n plane. T his m eant that we w ould com pete
Section m eeting, Section nom inating com m itte e , In te rn a tio n a l P u b lic R e la tio n s C hairm an, Pow der P uff D erby W ays and
Memories of my best friend
BY MARILYN COPELAND, Kansas Chapter
w ith one another. H ow ever, in the friendly com petitions o f the Pow der P uff D erby, we alw ays shared inform ation because we w ere and alw ays rem ained best friends.
Pat and I w ere a team on m any projects perta in ing to T he 99s and aviation . T hese projects included the dream , construction and dedica tion o f the first perm anent 99 H eadquarters bu ild ing in O klahom a C ity in 1978. Past 99 P resident Susie Sew ell was also a key figure in m aking this project happen.
We w orked on early p lans for the K an
sas A viation M useum . Even on the day she d ie d , w e d is c u s s e d m a n y id e a s an d bra insto rm ed fo r a couple o f hours long d is tance . Pat had the righ t connections, yes, the right stu ff o f w hich dream s becom e realities.
P a t’s short life o f 54 years ended Sept. 2 1 ,1 9 8 1 , from a m assive heart attack suffered at Snow B ird R esort in U tah w hile a ttend ing a S ou thw est Section m eeting, cam paign ing fo r m y elec tion fo r 99 P residen t in 1982. She had v isited w ith m e in A pril, co n fe rrin g her 99 ring , w ith m y
prom ise to run fo r presiden t, and to win. W h at a p ro m ise to fu lfill fo r m y best friend.
Pat M cEw en w as one o f a kind— sm art, ta len ted in m any w ays, gracious, hosp itable. v ivacious and relig ious. She w as a g reat p ilo t, had super people skills, w as a fine m other, civ ic leader, as w ell as a person w ho em braced a positive attitude, and w as m y very best friend. She w as truly a role m odel to m e and one w ho helped w ith the W ind B eneath M y Wings.
National Congress on Aviation and Space Education
W ith nearly 700 o ther participants, 99s from m any states attended the N ational C ongress on A viation and Space E ducation (N C A SE ) this year in L ittle Rock,A rk. M ore and m ore 99s are a ttend ing N C A SE. It is an excellen t opportun ity to m eet a variety o f rep resen ta tives o f the aviation com m unity , especially those in the av ia tion o rgan iza tions and a sso c ia tions w ho support aviation education .
Lt. Cdr. Lori Tanner, F A -18 test p ilo t based at C h ina L ake, gave a p resentation on her m ilitary fly ing career and M ary Feik , one o f the p io n ee r w om en en g in ee rs and an ac tive
I Po tom ac C hap ter 99, prov ided insights
into w om en 's early roles in the aerospace industry. A num ber o f teacher w orkshops w ere held p roviding educators w ith ideas fo r their c lassroom s and m aterial for assisting students w ith career options.
T h is y e a r ’s w in n e r o f th e B rew er T rophy, Tom C onnolly, w as recognized fo r over 30 years dedication to A erospace E ducation , m uch o f it spent at Em bry- R iddle U niversity.(Photo at left) Richard N. Holhert, right. Chairman o f the Board o f the Little Rock Aerospace Education Center, was presented
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AEBM ReportBY MARILYN COPELAND Chairman, AEBM Trustees
T'H E R E W E R E JO Y F U L PR A ISE S regarding the progress being m ade on
the restoration o f the A E B M O pen H ouse fo llow ing the Forest o f F riendsh ip C erem onies on June 22 in A tch ison , Kan.
V isitors arrived by plane, car, bus, van, trolley, w alk ing and, w e expect, even by boat via the M issouri R iver w hich flow s ju s t below the b lu ff in front o f the A EB M .
The alum inum siding has all been rem oved and the o rig inal w ooden w eather boarding is being restored and pain ted a b rillian t w hite. T he o rnam en tation is being restored o r rep licated as necessary.
The north porch has been undergirded and foundations poured per specifications o f th e K an sas H e ritag e T ru s t and the A EB M architect. The g lorious sp lendor o f th is V ictorian beauty seem s to sm ile at everyone w ho visits. E xterio r restoration is w ell underw ay.
The recen t m ailing to all 99s w as sent by th e A E B M tru s te e s , p re p a re d an d s tu f fe d by th e S is te r s o f M o u n t S t.
Scholastica M onastery , area G irl S c o u ts led by D ian e L ieb sch . L o ck w o o d C o m pany P res iden t Jim Taylor,A E B M T ru s te e , a r r a n g e s m ost A E B M prin ting at cost and in -k in d c o n tr ib u tio n s .R eceipts from 9 9 s ’ m ailing to date total m ore than $5,000 and will be used prim arily for in terio r restoration .
We also received $25,000 from th e C o u rtn ey T u rn e r T ru s t , th a n k s to D ic k Senecal, A EB M T rustee and D ick C ray o f the Trust. T he sale o f bricks has contributed o v e r $ 7 ,0 0 0 , u n d e r th e le a d e rsh ip o f Z on tian C aro lyn M ohler.
O ur heartfe lt thanks to all o f the above and ano ther g rea t big thank you to all 99s and 49 l/2 s fo r the fo llow ing gifts and contributions: M ichelle S tauffer, tw o ban quet fo ld ing tables; G eorge C. Snyder, a Feb. 13, 1937, L iberty M agazine cover and article w ritten by A m elia Earhart titled “A re A m erican W om en H olding A viation B ack?” ; M arjorie and A rthur A nderson; and Phil and M arian P rophett.
The window air conditioner in the front parlor window does not reflec much beauty, nor cool air. One o f the first and most important interio projects will be to duct and install two central air conditioning units n protect the contents as well as provide comfort to visitors. The e.xistin steam heating is economical as well as functional.
Amelia Earhart’s 100th Birthday Celebration!Plans w ere recen tly announced in A tch ison fo r a g rand ce lebration p lanned to
recognize A m elia ’s 100th birthday. A ctiv ities w ill begin in January 1997 and cu lm inate in a th ree-day festival Ju ly 24 th rough 27.
F irew orks, an ou tdoor laser show w ith an aviation them e, an a irp lane fly-in, trolley rides, a fashion show o f c lo th ing o f A m elia ’s era and a boat parade on the nearby M issouri R iver that flow s past the A E B irthp lace M useum are all in the p lanning stages. More information as it comes available.
Stan Herd, an artist known nationally fo r his works cut from the earth and grown from the soil, has created the Amelia Earhart Earthwork overlooking Atchison’s Warnock Lake. This one-acre portrait is made from native limestone and mixtures o f rock wood and perm anent plantings. It is Herd's first permanent image.
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H E A D Q U A R T E R
“Second Floor ReportBY C. J. STRAWNPalms Chapter Chairman
T*he 99s are on a great financial flight path tow ard creating the m useum on the
second floor o f o u r headquarters bu ild ing in O klahom a City. C hapters and individual m em bers to date have con tribu ted nearly $45,000.
The b iggest single con tribu tion cam e from the San F ernando Valley C hapter, w hich gave $2,500 at the Southw est S ection m eeting in M ay, and ano ther $2 ,500 w as announced at the In ternational C onvention in O klahom a City.
SFV C hapter C hairm an G olda N eum an challenged all o ther C hap ters to “ M eet it o r beat it!” Santa Paula C hap ter leaped to its collective feet at the SW Section m eet-
Many thanks to these recent Individuals Ruth E. Nitzen Jewell Brown
contributors to the “Second Floor” Verna S. West Melanie Carney
Leslie Highleyman Adelaide Tinker
Phyllis Tate Marcia Buller
Louise Morrison Rosemary Williams Juanita NewellChapters Lake Tahoe Megann Streeter Letfia El-Nadi Janice SerfassSan Fernando Valley Illiana Cardinals Evelyn Mcllveen Gail Kass Leah LierschColumbia Cascade Scioto Valley Thelma J. Cull Mary Becker Hilda SavageRio Colorado Crater Lake Catherine Fraser Isabel Warmoth Dorothy SmithRedwood Empire Utah Dorothy Birdsong Nancy Stratford Ruth O ’ConnorSan Gabriel Central Oregon Henry J. Coonrod Darline Sanders Madaline BoyesAlberta Orange County Dorothy C. Robinson Altha Carico Catherine Fraser
L E T T E R S , c o n t in u e d f ro m p a e e 5was killed in a P-38 Lockheed Lightning, a twin engine pursuit, after taking off from Harrisburg, Pa.
— Inez Woods, Yavapai Chapter
Jacqueline Cochran correctionI recently received my May/
June edition of the 99 News and leafed through it in the usual manner. It was with great pleasure that I learned that Jacqueline Cochran was honored with a commemorative stamp. As I read the article, I was dismayed, even shocked, to see that she was credited in the 99 News, of all places, with being the first woman to win the Bendix Transcontinental Race in 1938.
Louise Thaden was the first woman to win The Bendix Transcontinental Race, and she accomplished this feat in 1936.
Jacqueline Cochran is an example to us all, in her own right, of great achievement. I am sure that she would not want false credit given her. She did indeed
place first in the 1938 Bendix Race, but there was one who came before her in 1936.
This year, family and friends of Louise have worked to put tog e th e r a flig h t o f various Staggerwings and other vintage aircraft to honor Louise’s win of the Bendix on its 60th anniversary.
The Staggerwing Beech Comm em orative Tour w ill depart Youngstown Elser Metro Airport in Ohio on Aug. 27 and arrive in El Cajon, Calif., on the 29th with festivities planned on each side of the tour over the respective weekends. Stops along the way will be m ade in B entonville , A laska, (hom e o f L ouise M. T haden Field), Wichita, Kan., Bartlesville and Oklahoma City, Okla. (at 99s Headquarters).
Our whole family will be participating in the tour and we look forward to seeing many of the 99s along the way. — Terry L. von Thaden, Katahdin Wings Chapter
E D IT O R 'S DESKEvents at the 1996 Convention will be covered in the S ept./O ct. issue.
If you jo ined in the fun and cam araderie at O klahom a C ity and took p ictures you w ould like to con tribu te fo r possib le inclusion in a photo m ontage, p lease send them to m e by A ugust 25 at 807 N. W aco, Ste 22, W ichita, KS 67203. All nam es and C hap ter inform ation m ust be taped to the back. Photos w ill be forw arded to H eadquarters fo r 99s A rchives.
The Nov./Dec. cover and feature will relate to “The Second Floor.”If you w ant your nam e to appear in the roster o f participants
w ho are help ing to m ake this d ream becom e reality, send your check before Oct. 15 (deadline o f the N ov./D ec. issue) to the address in the box at the top o f th is page.
Cover Story CreditLast m o n th ’s feature story w as suggested by M ichelee C abot,
E astern N ew E ngland C hapter, w ho also shot the cover photo o f the R -22 helicopter.
ATTENTION NEW REPO RTERS:If you do not have a Reporter’s Form to use for submitting ar
ticles for possible inclusion in the magazine, please let me know.— Betty Rowley, Editor
807 N. Waco, Ste 22, Wichita. KS 67203 or Fax 316-263-7350.
ing and accep ted the challenge. C om petitive sp irit is alw ays h igh am ong the 99s.
W h e n th e fu n d r e a c h e s $60,000, in terior construction begins. Sept. 1 is the target date.
C la ire W alte rs , F u n d ra is in g C hairm an, is speaking at Section m eetings and In ternational C onv e n tio n a b o u t d e ta i l s o f th e project.
T he sister o f C aro lyn H orton,Palm s C hapter, created a beau tifu l a v ia t io n q u i l t f o r th i s s p e c ia l fu n d ra is in g p ro jec t. O th e r p ro jec ts are being im plem ented by o ther C hapters.
C heck back in your M ay/June issue for the three phases o f the project and the preliminary plans. It is planned to be com pleted in June 1997. N o tim e to w aste, ladies! •$*
Peg Ewerts, Susan Larson, Claire Waiters and Golda Newman at the Southwest Section meeting in May. Golda presented Claire Walters, Fundraising Chairman, with a check fo r $2,500 for “The Second Floor" and challenged other Chapters to "MEET IT OR BEAT IT!"
Please send your donations to Claire Walters, 13026 Psomas Way, Los
Angeles, CA 90066.Checks should be made payable to The Ninety-Nines, and add on the
memo line: “Second Floor.”
G E N E R A L A V I A T I O N
Pilot shortage threatens rebound
A S C ESSN A A IR C R A F T returns to the w orld o f m anufacturing single engine piston airplanes, the $64,000
question becom es: W ill the industry be able to a ttract the people needed to fly those planes?
T he pilot population peaked in the late 1970s and has seen a steady decline since. If m ore people do not take up flying within the next five years, the $15 b illion-a-year general aviation industry w ill be in serious trouble, say industry leaders.
“ O ur long-term success depends on being able to rebuild the studen t-p ilo t popu la tion ,” said Pat Boyarski, general m anager o f C essna’s single engine program.
T o d a y , th e r e a re about 650 ,000 p rivate , com m ercia l and a ir-tran spo rt p ilo ts. (P ro fessional p ilo ts m ake up a sm all percen tage o f the overall pilot population and th e re ’s no shortage— yet. T hat situation could sh ift if the pool o f p ilo ts con tinues to shrink.) T hat num ber w ill fall to 530 ,000 by 2000 at the current rate o f attrition , accord ing to pred ictions by the G eneral A viation M anufacturers A ssociation (G A M A ).
W hy the declin ing num bers? F or one, product-liability law suits during the 1980s caused flying to be a m uch m ore ex p en sive undertak ing . A lso , com petition for d iscretionary incom e increased and scheduled airline serv ice in a deregu la ted en v ironm ent grew , lessening the incentive for business people to fly their ow n planes.
H ow ever, led by leg isla tion p lacing an 18-year cap on p roduct-liab ility law suits, the industry is po ised fo r a com eback . B ecause C essn a’s production is set to start at fairly low levels and there is pent-up dem and for p iston-engine aircraft, industry observers say the com pany sh o u ld n ’t have a problem selling airp lanes at first. But w ithout studen t-p ilo t en ro llm en t in creases, th e re ’s difficulty in the long run.
“ W e’re not looking at a crisis in the next tw o years, but if nothing changes, it will be a crisis in five years ,” said D avid E llis, d irector o f research and developm ent at the N ational Institute o f Aviation Research.
G A M A ’s goal is 100,000 new student p ilo ts yearly , an ob jective the rep o rt’s au thors say is needed in o rd e r to build a stable p ilo t population and create dem and for p iston aircraft. T he high num ber is due in part to the fact tha t 34 percen t o f stu den ts d rop the activ ity each year and only 14 percent o f student p ilo ts earn their license each year, according to FAA figures.
If the industry d o esn ’t w ork on getting a new genera tion o f pilo ts hooked on fly ing, general av ia tio n ’s an tic ipated takeoff w ill rem ain grounded.
Som e in the industry, E llis said, believe that it m ay be too late, but he thinks th ere ’s tim e to stem the tide, especially because
there is so m uch latent in terest in flying.
That latent m arket is potentially very large,” E llis said. “A ccording to the studies, i t’s so large it’s hard for som e o f us to believe.”
G A M A ’s re s e a rc h found that m ore than 1
m illion people in the U nited States, especially p rofessionals in the “baby boom er” category, are qualified to fly and very interested in it.
C essna officials have said that they will be updating and rev ita liz ing the ir flight- tra in ing system , ca lled the C essna P ilot C en ter P rogram . T here are now 493 such cen te rs w orldw ide.
G eneral aviation, like a num ber o f other fields, can turn itse lf around w ith som e applied effort, said Shelly Snyder, G A M A spokesw om an.
Surveys show that the “rom ance o f flying” is the m ajo r d raw ing card to the activity. Y ingling A ircraft Inc. in W ichita, K an., held a recent open house w hich a ttracted m ore than 2 ,000 v isitors. (Forty- tw o o f them paid $25 each fo r a short introductory flight.)
W ill th e k in d o f in te re s t sh o w n at Y ingling continue and translate into people w illin g to in v e s t th e tim e an d m o n ey (about $3 ,000) to earn a private p ilo t’s license? Y ingling F light D epartm ent M anager D an B uerki th inks it w ill. “I d o n ’t know if w e can m atch those days o f the late 1970s, but I know w e can get som ew here betw een the boom and the dism al d ays,” B uerki said.
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GAMA releases report on results of General Aviation Revitalization act
Follow ing passage o f the G eneral Aviation R evita lization A ct on Aug. 17, 1994, the general aviation industry has seen renew ed g row th w ith an increase in jobs, new products and the reopening o f aircraft production lines. T he current status o f the general aviation industry is highlighted in a R eport to the P residen t an d C ongress: The R esu lts o f the G enera l A viation R ev ita liza tion A ct. S ince the liability-lim iting leg isla tion w as signed into law, the industry has experienced m any positive results. T h is report dem onstra tes those changes and em phasizes the bright future ahead for general aviation .
T he fu ll-color, four-page report, p roduced by the G eneral A viation M anufacturers A ssociation, can be obtained by contac ting G A M A , 1400 K St., NW. Suite 801, W ashington, DC 20005.
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general aviation is underw ay. AOPA has p roduced a publication to show how you can get on board. W rite to A O P A /C om m un ica tions R esources fo r You, D epartm ent 3 . 421 A v ia tio n W ay, F re d e r ic k , M D 21701. O r o rder by fax: 301-695-2375.
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S erv ices D iv is ion is cu rren tly re questin g can d id a tes fo r Instructo r P ilo t w ith these qualifications: S ignifican t heavy je t experience in past 5 years. In structo r and /o r check airm an status and experience . F light tim e m eeting o r exceeding the m in im um required for airline transport certifica te . Type ratings in current generation B oeing airplanes desired. C ontingent on FAA C lass 1 M edical and B oeing C om pany physical. R e f. 7 1 E S -M A -B C A G -F 7 3 4 9 6 . C a n d id a te s sh o u ld send resum es w ith flight tim e to The B oeing C om pany, Flight Training Personnel, P.O. Box 3707 , M S20-80 , Seattle , WA 98124-2207 , o r fax resum e to 206- 662-7892.
If the industry doesn’t w ork on getting a new g e n e ra tio n of p ilo ts hooked on flying, general aviation’s anticipated ta k e o ff w ill re m a in grounded.
WORLD
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World Precision Flying ChampionshipRegistration form for WPFC workers, exhibitors and guests
A lthough it is not necessary to reg ister fo r any o f the W PFC activ ities to be involved in the w ork ings o f the com petition , you m ay w ant to a ttend som e o f the events. For the conven ience o f those w ho w ish to partic ipate in som e o f the functions w ith the team m em bers, the fo llow ing reg istra tion applies. Please complete and return to: Pat Mlady, 9505 Villa Ridge Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134
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FRIDAY, OCT. 4 - EVENING AT TEXAS LIL’S DIAMOND A RANCH. Includes BBQ meal,beer/wine/soft drinks, wagon rides, country/western band, line dancing with dance instructor, rolo-roper, quickdraw competition, show rodeo, transportation to and from ranch, and other surprises.
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NOTE: All fare rules apply. These discounts are not for use with any other discounted fare, i.e., senior, child, military/government. A $50 administrative service charge will apply for reissues and full or partial refunds.
Please call American Airlines at 1-800-433-1790 or your local travel agent to make reservations. Refer to STAR No. S3296LB when making reservations.
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Avis Rental Car has been designated the official rental agency for the World Precision Flying Championship. It is providing a 5% discount off its best available rate.Reservations may be made either through American Airlines when making airline reservations or by calling Avis at 1-800-331-1600.Please refer to File No. D003475.Cars may be picked up at Dallas/Fort Worth International A irport or at the Downtown office at 801 West Weatherford in Fort Worth. The Forth Worth office will reimburse up to $5 on cab fare from Fort Worth Meacham International Airport or from the hotel.
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M id-Atlantic Section MeetingBy Edith Fischer Hampton Roads Chapter
Beautiful, historic Charleston, S.C., was the site in May of a joint meeting of the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Caribbean Sections. About 80 members and guests attended.
A w elcom e recep tion on Thursday was followed with a breakfast buffet on Friday and a long-range planning workshop dealing with the future of the 99s. Governors Gayl Henze and Vicki Sherman along with International President Joyce Wells and International Board Members Connie Wilds and Beverley Sharp presen ted an overv iew o f the organization’s current status as reflected by the survey of members taken last year, followed by a discussion and Q&A session. The long-range planning workshop ended on a positive note.
A number of other workshops were held on Friday, then a shift in the pace of the day brought an evening of relaxation as we toured
old Charleston in horse-drawn carriages through the historic Market Square area; we then enjoyed dinner and entertainment at the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon building on East Bay Street— a truly delightful experience.
A gala luncheon was topped off by a delightful keynote speaker from Kentucky Blue Grass Chapter, Sheri Coin Marshall. Sheri kept us spellbound as she talked about her book. One Can Do It, her remarkable story of a determined young female who lost an arm at age 3. She became a licensed pilot and has gone on to encourage and teach other physically impaired people to fly. In addition to other licenses and ratings, she is now in training to get her Part 135 license.
Altogether, the Joint Section Meeting was a huge success. We were informed, we learned, we exchanged views and we experienced the camaraderie which is so important and a significant aspect of member benefits.
Shown enjoying dinner at a joint meeting o f the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Caribbean Sections in May are (Front row) Philip Fuller, ATCT Hub Manager, West Columbia, S.C.; Donna Moore, Women with Wings Chapter; Vicki Sherman, Florida Spaceport Chapter; and Lee On; Blue Ridge Chapter. (Rear) Gayl Henze, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter; Doris Abbate, Long Island Chapter; and Connie Wilds, Florida Goldcoast Chapter.
South Central SectionPat Ward, International
99s D irec to r; M arilyn Copeland. AEBM Chairman; Lois Erickson, International 99s Vice President; and Carole Sutton, SC Section Governor at South C en tra l Section m eeting in A tchison in June.
East Canada SectionWords o f encourage
ment and donations are starting to come in from Canadian 99s for the Canadian Precision Flight Team. Major sponsors for the team are still being sought, in particular, a donation of aircraft.
— Dorothy Bertlielet
Grace Morfitt, new Governor o f the East Canada Section, and Joy Parker Blackwood, form er Governor, at East Canada Section Spring meeting in Montreal. — Louise Giacomo, Montreal Chapter
G reater Seattle C hapterMembers held a Saturday
fly-in auction w hich raised S570 for a scholarship fund to be administered by the Chapter. The first $200 was turned over to Auburn Flight Service for Melissa Thomas, a high school student enrolled in the early morning flight studies taught at her high school through the efforts o f the FBO.
Through the program, students receive ground school aviation history and 16.5 hours of dual tlight at Auburn Airport. They cannot solo under the school d is tric t’s policy. The C hapter’s donation will help M elissa reach her goal. She plans a m edical career and hopes to use Hying in conjunction with medicine.
Greater Seattle Chapter members award $200 to Melissa Thomas, Federal Way High School, to help toward solo at Auburn Flight Service. Left to right: Doug Houghton, instructor; Melissa, Nancy Jensen, Northwest Governor; Connie Eubbe; and Marian Hartley. Chairman.
Alaska ChapterMary Reid-Jensen was hon
ored at a retirement ceremony for her 30 years of service to the Civil Air Patrol. She retired as a Lt. Col.
Mary learned to fly in the early 1960s in a Piper Colt. At that time, she was a single parent with four children. She had learned the m ajority o f the background for the written private exam through CAP. In 1964, she purchased a Tay lorcraft on floats for $ 1,750. she continued her flying activities in the CAP as a mission pilot until 1990.
Mary worked at Anchorage radio stations KB YR and KFQD selling radio advertising for 30 years, during which time she flew clients out on fishing trips. —Melanie Hancock
Col. Mike Pannone, Commander, Alaska Wing. Civil Air Patrol presents Retirement Certificate to Lt. Col. Mary Reid, Alaska Chapter.
Colorado ChapterOn Sept. 28 there will be a Companion Flyer event at Ft. Collins
Loveland Airport. Cost: $40. Contact Jessica McMillan at 303-494- 1312.
Jane t D avis, K itty H awk Chapter, p resen ts som e cockpit fam iliarization to G irl Scout participants o f the "Women in Aviation" Pines High Adventure Program.
Colorado Chapter members Mira Goel and Jessica McMillan fly 747 simulator at Metropolitan State College o f Denver World Indoor Airport Aerospace Science Department.
W om en With WingsMembers were delighted to
have 38 Girl Scouts attend their meeting to complete work on their Aero Space Badges. The girls were treated to lunch and participated in paper-airplane races. Karen Reed introduced female high school s tuden ts from Wadsworth, Ohio, to commercial aviation with a “Shadow Day.” Mary Leahy presented three preschool classes to a day of aviation fun. which included a field trip to a local airport. Chairman Mary Ann Abbott and her husband Dick were featured in the May issue of AOPA Magazine. Mary Ann en
rolled as a student in May of ’95 in AOPA’s Project Pilot. Dick, a 40- year pilot, served as her mentor. Mary Ann successfully completed the program by earning her private pilot rating in October of ’95. She found the Project Pilot program to be helpful at every step and recommends it to any student pilot.
On May 25, at Skypark Airport in Ohio, members co-sponsored many events, including more than 120 airplane rides. They raised $1,150 and assisted in preflight briefing, by making pancakes, selling tickets, etc. Those helping w ere B onnie M orehead, Pam S prang , M artha C ase, C hris
G urn ick , D onna M oore, Pam Morrison, Amber Sichau. Karen Reed, Mary Leahy and Frances Frederick.
Bonnie Morehead and husband Jim have established a scholarship, primarily for girls interested in aviation as a career, in honor of their daughter, Whitney.
—-Heidi Dietz
North Jersey ChapterLinda Scully acquired the Lin
coln Park Aviation Flight School early this year, on the heels of achieving her ATP rating last December with the help of her AE Scholarship. Linda has been a flight instructor at this flight school, using her own Cessna Aerobat taildragger for spin training, emergency maneuvers, basic aerobatics and tailwheel transition. She has recently been appointed Teterboro (N.J.) FSDO Aviation Safety Counselor.
Eastern Ontario ChapterA new record for this year’s
Poker Run was set! $1,500 in gross sales. Half of the net proceeds was donated to the Canadian Precision Flight Team. Marlene Jacob won the first annual “Barrie C. Gomer Memorial Scholarship” at Rockcliffe Flying Club. She was chosen in recognition of her dedication towards aviation in the past and her interest in pursuing a career in aviation. She will use the $3,000 award to earn her IFR.
Hudson Valley ChapterBarbara Barrett, a member of
the Board of Directors of Piper Aircraft, will speak on July 21 at our Safety Seminar at Duchess County Airport. Richmore Aviation, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. On Sept. 7, the theme of our Safety Seminar will be “How Aviation Assists Humanity." Representatives of the
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Kitty Hawk ChapterAt our March meeting, we hosted two Girl Scout aviation ac
tivities. Jane Tyner, an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, presented a program on career opportunities in aviation for the girls participating in the annual Great Raleigh Run-Around (a career exploration weekend for cadet and senior-level scouts) as well as participants in the Pines High Adventure Program. “Women in Aviation,” an intensive introduction into aviation conducted over two weekends.
In April, our Chapter members assisted FAA and NCDOT at the spring Wings Weekend in Greensboro, N.C. Members parked aircraft, registered participants and several members with CFIs gave flight instruction. The Chapter was recognized at the banquet on Saturday evening for its ongoing service to the aviation community.
Kris Kurth-Weninger will be leaving her post as Chief Flight Instructor at Atlantic Aero in Greensboro, N.C. to become a First Officer for Continental Express. —Patricia Greenwell
Corporate Angel Network and the Cessna Citation A irlift will be speakers. For more info, contact Susan Sullivan at 914-462-4622.
Pikes Peak ChapterClancey Maloney, outgoing
chairman, found that her pilot jolt was abolished due to the recent disbanding of the charter operation for whom she had flown. Not to he outdone hy fate, she quickly found a pilot’s dream: She’s flying for the Forest Service. Clancey enjoys mountain flying and is well qualified for the position. She served as instructor in the Mountain Flying Workshop for the Bonanza/Baron Pilot Proficiency Program, Inc. With the Forest Service, she flies a Cessna TV 206. She was initiated into the Forest Service w ith a rash o f forest fires— was on duty for 12 consecutive days without a break assisting the team in pinpointing the slurry drops. A solution was found to finance our budget by accepting advertisem ents in our C hapter newsletter— $50 per ad. We are happy to report that our finances are now in the black. —Onila Winfrey
Orange County ChapterM em bers conducted an ex
tremely successful Flying Companion Seminar at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif. The classroom was filled to capacity with 47 flying companions, plus our own Chapter members. Our speakers were Valerie Perkins, CFII from O.C. Flight Center at JWA; Brenda Jackson, 99 and former Center Controller; Barbara Ward and E leanor Todd, CFI; Shirley McFall, Advanced Ground Instructor; Lori Lubline, ATC C ontro ller at O ntario A irport; Diane Myers, Captain for Continental Airlines on DC-1 Os; and our hostess with the mostess, Chris Stulik, who orchestrated the whole affair as well as being one of the speakers. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and so rewarding when the companion evaluation sheets all came back in “E” for Excellent. Our companions left the seminar much more informed, excited about flying and with their interest piqued. We can all say, ’’Mission accomplished.”
— M aty Van Velzer
Joyce Wells with Jody McCarrell, Coordinator ofW PFC '96, and Joan Brackett, Hampton Roads Chapter, enjoying dinner at the joint meeting o f Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Caribbean Sections held in Charleston. S.C., in May.
Diane Bartels, Merce Marti (Nebraska Chapter adoptee) Linda Sutton, Patsy Meyer, Carole Sutton (SCS Governor), Sally Van Zandt (Chapter Chairman). Betty Edison and Eleanor Lilientlialat Forest o f Friendship.
Nebraska ChapterAmong the highlights of the activities in Atchison in June was the
opportunity to meet our adopted member. Merce Marti from Barcelona, Spain, who was inducted into the Forest of Friendship.
Merce, 27 years old, had just finished the Air Race of the Americas flying with fellow 99 Karole Jensen from Myrtle Beach, S.C. They flew a Rocket-converted Mooney called "Silver Bullet” and despite some problems, including a fuel transfer problem while hundreds of miles over the ocean, they were victorious in winning the race.
Our experience with Merce is a great example of what other Chapters might gain from adopting a Member at Large.
1 R A T 1 N C S A N D W 1 N G S 1RATINGS
MayCay Beeler Kitty Hawk ATPLinda M. Morrison Greater Seattle Boeing 737Chris Wellons Colorado Chapter CFIStarr Krottinger Fort Worth Instrument (ASEL)Louise Giacomo Montreal Private helicopterCamille Arsenault Eastern Ontario InstructorBonnie McClintock Women With Wings 1FR writtenLinda Scully North Jersey ATPStephanie Fryer Phoenix Instrument and CFIJackie Whitford Phoenix Commercial GliderSandy Duffy Phoenix CFII
WINGSGaye Wohlin Women With Wings Phase IVSara Parmenter Virginia Phase IXDodie Riach North Jersey Phase IIMarilyn Patierno North Jersey Phase IVWally Funk Long Beach Phase XIV
Wildflower ChapterThe Chapter sponsored a trip to
Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., for young authors of the best essay on "Why I want to go to Space Camp."
The winner of the essay contest was N anette N eal, age 12, o f Denison, Texas. She will be provided with tuition to Space Camp and her airfare, worth approximately $ 1.200, which was raised by pancake breakfasts, concessions stands and local dues. The winners of the best essays from each town in which an active Wildflower Chapter member resides were given Space Camp T-shirts for their efforts. Nanette is shown here being presented with a plaque and certificate by Pat Wright, Chapter Chairman.
Kansas ChapterV olunteers C athy Clothier, Jackie Sauder and P h y llis B lan ton working at the 99s booth at the First Annual Air C ap ita l A ir Show in W ichita. A crow d o f around 10,000 attended the two-day benefitfor the Kansas Aviation Museum.
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Mile High Air DerbyOn Sept. 14, the annual Mile
High Air Derby sponsored by the Colorado Chapter will be held. Send $5 for race kit to Linda Horn, 14437 W. 32nd Ave., Golden, CO 80401-1475.
Garden S tate 3 0 0Six North Jersey 99s partici
pated in our sister Chapter’s Garden S tate 300 in June. Judy Bolkema (pilot of her Cessna 172) and Jean Scibetta (copilot) won first place overall and first 99s, two perpetual trophies, and best fuel consumption score.
Aileen Trotter (pilot o f her Cessna 172) and Marilyn Patiemo (copilot) were fifth overall. Jackie Siegel and Doreen Tighe were copilots in Bonanza A36 and Cessna 195. —Aileen Trotter
Poker RunsLouise G iacom o and Gayle
Conners participated at First Canadian Chapter Poker Run on May 25 at Brampton. Ontario. Gayle won a beautiful food basket. The chapter will sponsor a Poker Run and Fly-in Lunch in Beloeil Airport (SB3) on Aug. 17. For information, contact Louise Giacomo, 514-624-4444.
North Jersey Chapter had a very successful (200 hands) Poker Run with a new twist and further fund-raiser: a cafe at the last airport which offered homemade desserts and beverages.
U.S. Air Race Inc.A group of 63 people from 14
states flying 26 different make and model aircraft flew in the second annual U.S. Air Race held June 8- 13. This interesting, challenging cross-country event is flown during daylight hours under visual flight rules. Each individual aircraft is timed over a measured course and given a handicap,
which makes all aircraft equal at the start o f the event.
This year, the slowest aircraft was 130 mph and the fastest 285 mph. Thirty-one aircraft started in Durango, Colo., and ended in Kenner, La. There was excellent com petition , cam araderie and loads of fun.
$10,000 in prize money plus beautifu l wood trophies were awarded to the pilots and copilots for the top five place winners. Fifth place this year went to Lake Michigan 99s Mary Creason and Maisie Stears.— Information supplied by Marion P. Jayne. President! Race Director
Sunflower RallyThe 15th Sunflower Rally An
nual cross-country proficiency race sponsored by the Kansas 99s, will be held on Sept. 21 at Yingling Aircraft. Mid-Continent Airport, in Wichita, Kan. The Rally is open to all licensed pilots. There are cash p rizes and m any o ther awards. Cost is $35 per team of a pilot and navigator. (Only single or multi-engine stock aircraft with a standard airworthiness certificate and insurance are permitted per the 99s insurance policy.) Entry deadline is Sept. 17. For race kit, send $5 to Sunflow er Rally, 170 H illsdale D rive. W ichita, KS 67230.
Cover Girl follow-upC elia V anderpool,
cover girl, Jan./Feb. 1996, has been con tac ted by Saddleback College in Orange C ounty regard ing drafting a curriculum for college students and teaching a class on Saturdays. T hen , m iracle o f all m iracles, Edw ards AFB proposed a program whereby she would serve as a lia ison betw een high school teachers all over the U.S. and NASA, drafting a curriculum whereby Celia would teach teachers how to teach aviation science to their students. The last I heard, Celia will be teaching this class of teachers this sum mer at Edwards AFB. Isn't that exciting!
— Mary Van Velzer, Orange County Chapter
Jetta S ch an tz , 99scover girl Nov./Dec. 1994, was shown in the "Faces in the Crowd” column of the April 1 issue of Sports Illustrated. which acknowledged her accomplishment o f breaking the women’s aviation duration world record in her hot air balloon.
tudy Bolkema and Jean Scibetta with l is t place trophies from Garden State 100 race in June.
WELCOME THESE 82 WOMEN PILOTS TO THE NINETY-NINESBettye C. Adams Nancy Carol Anderson Mary D. Ball Patricia Ann Ball Elizabeth A. Bann Marie Saunders Batten Angela Eller Beasley Catherine Masterson Benoit Linda Bess Black Lisa Marie Booker Lisa BoothPatricia Anne Bouvier Kristin Kendall Brawley Kathleen Brusnahan Leslee DeAnn Clark Romy Merrit Connor Sherry D. Cooper Gloria B. Dalton Emily Susan Dawson Jane V. Depra Danieie Suzanne Dunphy
Barbara Ann Ferguson Jiska Marlies Ford Vivian Foote Wendy Harshman Freeze Famces Maxine Frederick April Darice Graddy Laura Margaret Groves Noor Azizah Hamzah-Braybrook Amanda Jean Hartzler Charlene Dee Haskell Rosalind Margaret Heincmann Karen P. Hopson Barbara Ann Huffman Georgia I. Ioannou Karen Raye Israel Keito ItoCynthia Jean Johnson Lorraine Judd Mary Anne Juillerat Marcia L. Kardatzke Gayle Louise Kase
Elicia M. Kemp Joanne S. Kohen Kathy Lankford Kathy M. Lashchuk Kimberly I. Lindner Grace M. Lloyd Sally D. Patricia Lyn Dr. Angelika A. Machinek Cynthia S. Magidson Christine Sue Malcomson Tracy Lynn Marshall-Johnson Sandra Spradley McKenna Helen Frances McMahan Ramona Lynn Miller Noriko Date Moss Janet Vee Phelps Danielle Pinneri M. Gabriela Pugliese Monica Therese Radzin Kelli Dawn Reep Alison Lea Salerno
Nancy Aedes Scheer Kathleen Ann Schlachter Beth Yvonne Scholder Nancy E. Schubert Norma Skoos Pamela S. Smith Heidi Lynn Southworth Bonnie Elizabeth Triplat Maria Joanna Vermoelen Katherine Ellen Wallace Ann Elizabeth Walsh Teresa A. Walton Carol Ann Waxmundsky Victoria L. Weaver Robyn Debra Williams Donna Forsyth Wilt Deborah C. Yarbrough Kathleen Ann Yodice Teresa L. Zagaria
N E W H O R I Z O N S B U L L E T I N B O A R D
The 99s extend their pray ers and thoughts to the families o f the following 99s and 4 9 'h s .
DOROTHY PRICE GILLISdied June 17. She was an enthusiastic 99 who took great pride in her Detroit Chapter’s annual Companion Flyer Course. Dorothy was a familair sight at Oshkosh where for 30 years she and husband Ken flew and exhibited their string of WWII War Birds: AL5-G “Sentinel,” an L2-A “Grasshopper,” an lO-A “Bird Dog and a 1940 Piper J3 Cub. Dorothy logged many thousands of miles over the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. From north to south, over highest and lowest elevations, she crossed and recrossed the country. She met the challenge of cancer as she did her aviation career: with courage and determination. The aviation world has lost another courageous lady. — Brooks Powell, Northeast Kansas Chapter
Joe Carrigan, died from cancer on June 14. Joe was a great supporter o f The 99s, the A melia Earhart Birthplace Museum and a cofounder of the Forest of Friend
ship in 1976. He was bom in 1916 and moved to Atchison when he was 3 years old. He was an executive for Midwest Solvents Company Inc. and active in many Atchison civic organizations.
T hom as Peckham , fa th e r o f Linda Peckham Scroggs, was a life-long aviation enthusiast, career p ilo t, a ircraft ow ner and builder and headed the Houston (Texas) EAA Chapter for several years. His name is to be added to the EAA Memorial Remembrance Wall and his family plans to donate his WW11 replica SE-5A biwing to the EAA’s Sun ‘n Fun Museum in Lakeland, Fla.
J. Franklin Park. 49 1/2 of Mary Harwell Park, Colorado Chapter, died April 16 in Boulder, Colo. He was a first lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps during World War II and received his private pilot license in 1974. He and M ary owned a Cessna 182 Turbo RG which they flew to Alabama to visit family several times a year. Frank worked as a timer in the 1995 Mile High Air Derby.
— Jessica McMillan
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C all Peggy E w ert at 408-245-4687 . A 9 9 s ' B reakfast at AOPA will be held on O ct. 19.
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If you have m aterial o f th is nature w hich you are w illing to loan to him , contac t him at G reat N orthW est Publishing, P.O. Box 99568, T acom a, WA 98499-0568.
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