D ensity A ltitude A ttitude

By J o a n Alyea

Note: "Hit the Trail to Vail"in 1980, and vou will be com ing lo Colorado— the stale that has the highest average altitude in the United Sta tes— and you will be com ing in summer. Density altitude will be a prim e factor in your flight planning for Conven­tion. We have asked Gary Koch, R ocky M ounta in G A D O A cciden t P revention Sp ec ia lis t a n d a lo n g - tim e f r ie n d o f C olorado N inety-N ines, to review this im portant subject fo r us.

You will also want to plan to schedule the FAA Film, "D ensity A lt itu d e " fo r one o f your chapter meetings.

It is most assuredly a p p ro ac h in g th a t t ime of year when all av ia t ion m inded folks must be keenly aw are o f the quality a n d cond it ion of o u r local a tm ospher ic condit ions before a t tem pting a takeoff. Since pe rfo rm ance figures that are listed in the a irc raf t o w n e r ’s h a n d b o o k f o r l e n g th o f t a k e o f f r u n , horsepower, ra te o f c limb, etc., a re generally based on s ta n d ard a tm ospher ic condit ions ( tem pera ture 59 degrees Fahrenheit , pres­sure 29.92 inches o f mercury) at sea level, how often do we have s tan d ard a tm osphe r ic condit ions in the S ta te o f C o lo rad o du r ing the su m m er m onths?

I’m sure you would c o n cu r th a t s tan d ard a tm osphere is the excep tion ra th e r th a n the rule. So with this p ro fo u n d bit o f av ia t ion technology, tell me why there will be som e intrepid av ia tors th a t will fall prey to th a t old nemesis. Density Altitude?

Since d e n s i ty a l t i tu d e is the p re ssu re a l t i tu d e c o r re c te d fo r t e m p e r a t u r e , the h ig h er th e t e m p e ra tu r e , the h ig h e r th e density alt i tude. As the density a lt i tude goes up the p e rfo rm ance capabili ties o f a ircraft g o d o w n . W h e n t e m p e r a t u r e s b e c o m e higher th an s ta n d a rd for a certain locality, the density o f the a ir for th a t locality is reduced. This should alert th e pi lot th a t the trusty pow erp lan t will wheeze a n d gasp in the less dense a tm o sp h e re and as a result, a reduction o f ho rsepow er o u tp u t will occur. Now, you couple this with an increased takeoff roll, reduced c limb pe rfo rm ance and I can assure you tha t the p i lo t ’s “ pucker fac to r" will go over red line. N o t only m ight the a irp lane crash , but people could very well get h u r t o r even en d th e i r f ly ing activities pe rm anently . Now, if the pilot will t ake in to c onsidera tion the pressure a lt i tude and the tem p era tu re and pull ou t his t rusty “ c o n f u s e r " a n d c u n n in g ly c a lc u la te th e d e n s i t y a l t i t u d e , t h e f i r s t s t e p t o w a r d

Gary Koch, Rocky Mountain Region Accident Prevention Specialist.

ireventing an accident has tak en place. iVhen the pilot is aw are o f what the density ilt itude is, then it m ight be reasonable to issume th a t the pilot cou ld a rrive a t som e ogical d e c is io n s on w h e th e r the d a rn lirplane will take off a n d climb, so th a t a ;afe flight is practical, a t least fo r p lann ing purposes. But, if the pilot does no t even twirl tis co m p u te r o r go fiddle with a density ilt i tude g raph , va luable in fo rm a t io n will not 5e ob tained a n d believe me, we all need all he in fo rm a t io n th a t we can o b ta in when it ;omes to p lann ing a n d flying a safe flight.

If a pi lot looks at densi ty a lt i tude with a dense a tt i tude , the acc ident investigation :eam should get ready to sc ram ble to the site. Let us all t ak e densi ty a lt i tude seriously an d pass a l o n g t h e w o r d to o t h e r p i lo t s , sspecially those folks visiting f rom the lower parts o f the U.S. Be aw are o f w hat density alt itude is a n d w ha t it m eans to you with regard to the pe rfo rm an ce l im ita t ions th a t it places on the a irc raf t th a t you are flying. The time to be cognizan t o f density a lt i tude is no t during the tak eo ff roll o r after lift off in

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g ro u n d effect, but before even c limbing on bo a rd the a ircraft fo r the p roposed flight.

In c los ing , 1 p a r t i c ip a te d in a f light in s t ruc to r refresher course this past m on th , and one o f the speakers com m enced his presen ta t ion with the s ta tem en t th a t flight in s truc tors have two p rob lem areas: One, ignorance a n d the o ther , apathy! At tha t poin t, 1 overheard one C F I say to his buddy, “ W h at did tha t guy say?" T o which his bu d d y replied, “ I d o n ’t know and I d o n ’t care!”

F ly sa fe ly a n d g e l a c q u a in te d w ith Density A ltitude prior to the flight!! n9

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ON THE COVERThe Best Female and Male Crew on the Buckeye Air Rally was All-Ohio Connie McConnell and her 49'her co-pilot, Jim. Shortly after the Rally, Jim was hit in the back by a tree which was struck by lightning. He is recuperating from extensive injuries, but from all indications, he will be recovered in time for next year's Rally.

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Activities and Projects - A look at 99s on the m o v e ..............................................23

A ir Age E duca tion - The excitement of an airport tour ......................................... 6

A irm ark ing - An all new column ................................................................................. 8

Am elia Earhart M em oria l S cho la rsh ips - Applications & Info ....................... 12

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The G reat Am azonas F ly-In - A 99 to the rescue ............................................. 16

In tent to Seek E lection - Application & Info ......................................................... 11

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Racing - Final results, first-hand reports .................................................................. 18

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T ho ug h ts from T hon - Membership revisited ........................................................ 4

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T oday as 1 write, it’s back-to-school t ime. A lthough my four children are grown and my g randchild ren to o young to a ttend school, still i t ’s in the a ir and 1 en joy the th o u g h ts o f le a rn in g new sub jec ts . It has been in te re s t in g a n d abso rb ing to con tinue to learn m ore ab o u t our o rgan iza t ion and to sha re with you som e o f the things 1 have learned. The subject of m em bersh ip has com e up over and over. Ju s t when 1 th ink it has been m ore th an adequate ly covered, still m ore quest ions pop up. One area either not covered or not explained well is th is— what is a good an d seldom used so u rc e for o b t a in in g new m em b e rs? Easy,— the h undreds and h undreds of F O R M E R members. Often it takes only a telephone call to a fo rm er m em ber with an invita tion to a ttend the next meeting and to tell her the happy news th a t our B y law s n o w re a d : " U p o n C h a p t e r approval any former member o f The Ninety-Nines may be re insta ted without meeting new m em bersh ip requ irem en ts ." M ost fo rm er m em bers do no t realize they need no t have a B F R nor a cu rren t medi­cal. If a w o m an once w orked hard enough to earn the right to be a Ninety- Nine, she is welcome as a full-fledged m em b er always. C h a p te r M em bersh ip C h a irm en have app licat ion b lanks and could p robably increase their num bers substantia l ly by going back th ro u g h old Rosters and no ting which 99s have let their m em berships lapse. . . .no m atter how long ago.

Back a few sentences 1 used the express ion ’’full-fledged m em b e r" and som e of you will p robab ly challenge that description. Yes, we have Classifications o f M em b ersh ip — you voted to establish those categories at o u r 1975 C onven tion in C o eu r d ’Alene. If you would t ak e a m inute and tu rn to Page 282 o f your curren t Roster where Article IV, Section 3 o f the Bylaws will be found , y o u ’ll p robab ly agree tha t Emeri tus is a good Classification, as is the M em ber-a t-L arge Classification for those w ho live in countr ies an d areas where no Sections have been char tered . M any m em bers have com e to feel there is m uch to recom m end the Affiliate Classification, since Ninety-Nines living where there are S e c t i o n s c a n n o t be c la s s i f i e d as M em bers-a t-Large but may become

m em bers o f a Sec tion— or in o th e r w o rd s . A ff i l ia te M e m b er . A ff i l ia te mem bers a re not permit ted to hold office a t any level, a l th o u g h they may vote at Section an d In te rna t iona l level. They suppor t the o rgan iza t ion with their dues, and in the U.S. an d C a n ad a they suppor t their Section th ro u g h the $3.00 per year per m em ber. At the present t ime however, one must have been a m em ber for two years before being allowed to become an Affiliate member.

N ow we have com e to Support ive , a classification som e have indicated they dislike. W hat is the difference between Active a n d Support ive? Active holds a current pi lot certif icate as defined by the governing body o f the cou n try in which she resides. Suppor t ive does not. Oddly enough , only nine Ninety-N ines m ust fall in to the Active C lassif ication ,—those nine who serve on the In terna tiona l Board o f Directors. All o thers , with the exception o f new m em bers , acco rd ing to o u r cu rren t Bylaws, m ay be Suppor t ive and hold any C h a p te r o r Section office; may vote at all levels; an d m ay be Delegates a t C onvention . T o sum it u p — m em bers in bo th c lassif ications have identical privileges with the excep tion o f being eligible to serve on the In te rn a ­t ional Board. S o m e Ninety-N ines have suggested do ing aw ay with the two classif ications by asking m em bers who wish to serve on the In terna t iona l Board to prov ide p ro o f o f currency. W hat do you th ink?

P ro b ab ly th ree -fou rths o f the 99s c lass if ied as S u p p o r t iv e t o d a y a re actually Active, but simply failed to write in the da te o f their B F R or most recent medical on the Renewal Fo rm . Since it only m at te rs w he ther o r not you are Active o r Suppor t ive when deciding to run fo r the In terna tiona l Board (and 1 hope m any o f you a r e t h in k i n g a b o u t j u s t that) you need only to send p ro o f o f a curren t B F R and curren t Medical and you will be confirm ed as, o r changed to. Active.

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ImportantG r u m m a n C o r p o r a t i o n o f B e thpage , L ong Island, by m eans o f a d o n a t io n to o u r C onven tion , hon o red the Ninety- Nines a t o u r Banquet in A lbany with the p resen ta tion to each a ttendee of gold pens in the shape o f a nail with "The N in e ty - N in e s — G o ld e n J u b i l e e — A lb a ­ny, New Y o rk —July 21, 1979” imprin ted on it.

We th an k them for this thoughtfu l t reasure .

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Legislation Inform ation

TCAs + PCAs = Big MoneyBy Joan

What ever happened to N P R M 78-19 you ask? Mr. Bond is s trangely silent on the subject. However, judg ing from a slip o f the tongue by a gen tlem an from the F A A a t one o f t h e “ i n f o r m a l m e e t i n g s ” r e g a r d i n g expans ion o f the C hicago T C A , the PC A will be d ropped from the present 18.000 ft. to12.500 ft. The slip occured when he stated tha t the F A A wanted to raise the ceiling of the Chicago T C A from the present 7.000 ft. to 12.500 ft. “ to meet the f loor o f the PC A ”.

Now, the lowering o f the P C A floor to12.500 ft. isn’t going to b o th er most o f us in o u r flying. But, c o m b in e t h a t w ith the p roposed prol iferat ion o f T C A s an d the raising of the T C A ceilings and you 've got a prob lem of energy and economics.

Pa rt o f the title o f a D O T FA A h a n d o u t at the Chicago T C A meeting reads, “ Finding o f No Significant Im p ac t”. It reads, in part, “Certa in fuel co n su m p tio n increases may be expected to result from the joining of the TCA ceiling with the lowered f loor o f the con tro l area. These impacts a n d related costs would occur because n o n pa r t ic ipa ting V F R a ir ­craft would be required to c ircum navigate the T C A and could no longer overfly it. However, — the FA A has de term ined that these increases can be reduced th ro u g h the use of fuel efficient bypass a irways — and A T C a c c o m m o d a t i o n o f a i r c r a f t w here w ork load permits fo r those a ircraft with the required e qu ipm en t." F u r th e r on it states, " A d d i t i o n a l fuel re q u ire d fo r d iv e rs io n a round the proposed T C A s will to ta l ab o u t 'A mill ion gallons annually . — At the curren t (Jan . ’79) price o f gasoline, these diversions would add $420,000 to general avia tion operat ing costs."

This b lu rb p e r ta in e d on ly to the 44 proposed T C A s and did not include the

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s ta t i s t ic s fo r the d iv e rs io n s a r o u n d th e exis ting T C A s som e o f which will ab u t the proposed TCAs.

F o r e x a m p le : M i lw a u k ee (p ro p o se d ) , C hicago, Ind ianapolis (p roposed) . Flying from Green Bay, WI to Louisville, KY. divert a ro u n d M ilwaukee T C A , ex tra fuel required (according to FA A s tables) 34 gallons; divert a ro u n d C hicago T C A — no statist ics available: divert a ro u n d In d ian a ­polis TC A 13 gallons: and o f course there is a proposed Louisville T C A in which you would be using ex tra fuel as you are diverted within the T C A . There you have an extra 48+ gallons for your trip. And, if y our a v ia ­tion fuel prices have been skyrocketing like ours in the Midwest you know tha t last J a n u a r y ’s estim ate o f $420,000 ex tra fuel costs has p robab ly been increased by a bou t one fourth .

W hat can we d o ab o u t it? Pester your FA A regional office’s Airspace and Proce­dures Branch, Air Traffic Division till you find o u t w h e re a n d w h en y o u r a r e a ’s “ informal a irspace m eeting" will be (or was) held. Attend these “ inform al meetings". Ask pertinent questions. Write y o u r com m ents down. Protest if the meeting was a lready held and you d idn 't know a b o u t the meeting, by writing Mr. R ay m o n d C. Finnen. Chief Airspace and Procedures Branch (A G L- 530), F e d e ra l A v ia t io n A d m in i s t r a t io n . W ashing ton , D C.

A ddendum : The largest a m o u n t o f fuel required to divert a ro u n d a p roposed T C A would be a w hopp ing 95.7 extra gallons at th e R o c h e s t e r T C A . N e x t w o u l d be A n c h o r a g e w ith 86.0 extra g a l lo n s a n d T ucson with 77.3 extra gallons. M aybe the FA A h a sn ’t heard ab o u t the D O E. 9s

T hanks fo r th e Memory“ I wish I was a great writer so th a t 1

cou ld pu t in to a d e q u a te w o rd s my a p p re c ia t io n fo r th e m os t w o n d e r fu l a tm osphere tha t perm eated the G olden Jubilee Convention . Like a w arm current o f friendship it engulfed the T u r f Inn. It boiled in the foyer, spilled over in to the enorm ous courtya rd and filtered into every occupied room . T he w a rm th o f the w e lc o m e , t h e j o y o f m e e t in g a g a i n familiar faces, the hospitali ty an d care tha t flowed from the ever cool Betty Elliott and her w onderful team . A big

hand for those volunteers a t the desk, to Betty Hawkins who ran as fast as her t r a n s p o r t t e a m . S o m u c h d o n e so efficiently by so few, with t rem endous success. The ou ts tan d in g professionalism o f the Banquet an d yet a w arm , h a rm o n ­ious feeling th ro u g h o u t . T h a n k you all m o s t s in c e r e ly f r o m a l l o f u s a n d especially f rom those o f us “dow n u n d e r” and h e a r te s t c o n g r a tu la t io n s . It is a privilege to be a N ine ty-N ine .’’— Nancy- Bird W alton

N ew RatingsEast Canada

Betty Jane Scherm erhorn Eastern O ntario - IFR

M iddle East

Jeannie Ball M aryland - IFR

North Central

Joan Baldwin Chicago Area - CA N ancy H agans Indiana Dunes - C FIA

Northwest

Carol C ansdale G reater Seattle - A TP G inger M itchell -G reater Seattle - CA , IFR

South Central

Catherine W ood b u rn — Golden Triangle - SES

Amy P ilk in ton — Shreveport - IGI

Southeast

Betty M cN abb — Florida Panhandle - A TP Joyce M unford Kitty Hawk - IFR Trudy O ppenheim -N ew Orleans - CFI

Southwest

Shirley R am say— M onterey Bay - IFR C arol B lo c h — O range C ounty - C A . IFR Eve H u n t— San G abriel Valley - IFR Joan Enyeart Santa C lara Valley - ME Jan M eitus Santa C lara Valley - IFR Ann Spencer Santa C lara Valley - CFI Joan D ’A m ic o — U tah - A irfram e M echanic

FlashT h e F lo r id a P a n h a n d le C h a p te r is

p roud to an n o u n ce tha t m em ber, Betty M cN abb . past In terna tiona l President, has jus t earned her A T P at age 70.

New HorizonsL u bbock C h a p te r is deeply saddened

by the dea th o f R ober t Evans, hu sb an d of Susie Evans, in an avia t ion accident. R obert loved his God, his family and a v i a t i o n . He w as a f a i t h f u l , loya l su p p o r te r o f 99s activit ies an d he will be greatly missed.

Special T hanksT h e N in e ty -N in e s wish to t h a n k the Forney T ra n sp o r ta t io n M useum , D en­ver, C o lo ra d o fo r the postcards depicting Amelia E a r h a r t ’s Kissel car don a ted by D o n Forney. We also wish to th an k Food & Wines f rom France for d o n a tin g the m ag n u m of C h a m p a g n e which was given as a d o o r p r i z e a t th e I n t e rn a t io n a l Luncheon.

Air Age Education

Our Flying A dventureWhat m akes a youngster bubble with

excitement? Ask a child ab o u t his o r her first a irp lane ride and you'll know immediately! My Special Education class and a second grade class found out how thril ling how fascinating being up in the air really is.

Because o f my involvement with (lying, my kids asked me a lot o f quest ions a bou t my hobby. Since they were so inquis it ive and interested. 1 planned a 6-week mini-course to in troduce to them the world of flying. To begin the learning process, we talked abou t why an a irp lane flies. Much ol the in fo rm a­tion and simplified dem o n s tra t io n s I used came from “ D em o n s tra t io n Aids for Avia­tion E du ca tio n . ’" published by the FAA. One o f the dem ons tra t ions , which impressed the 32 youngsters, m ade use o f a square fan w ith strips o f paper taped a long the top . The a ir tha t rushed over and under the “wings" made them flutter upward! W eta lked a little ab o u t the propert ies o f air. a n d sent off helium balloons to show why a blimp stays up in the air. To the ba lloons, we a ttached cards s ta ting our purpose for the ascension and w ho to con tact in case the balloon was found.

Next, we m ade o u r own paper airplanes, decora ted them, and had a flying contest . Using a paper clip in various positions, we tested the flight capabilities of o u r flying creations. After learning why and how an a irp lane flies we talked ab o u t its parts . Using the leaflet f rom the FA A entitled “The Main Parts o f an A irp lane ," we talked a b o u t the purpose o f each part. T he instrument panel nex t d iscuss ion . W hile sh o w in g th e m a picture o f a panel which was num bered and labeled. I let them tell what they though t each instrum ent was used for. With a few exceptions, they cam e up with som e excel­lent answ ers . T o b e t te r u n d e r s t a n d the com pass rose, we played a game. A ro u n d a circle in the gym. 1 placed signs every 45° labeled with bo th degrees and direction words. The “ pilot" s tood in the center and ch o o se a “ c o - p i lo t ” to fly in a ce r ta in direction. Each child had a tu rn at being pilot o r co-pilot!

On the b lackboard , we drew an a irpo rt c o m p l e t e w i th t e t r a h e d r o n , w i n d s o c k , segmented circle, con tro l tower, ro ta t ing beacon, and V orT ac s ta tion . We labeled runways and then decided which one we would use accord ing to the d irection o f the wind.

Since we had talked ab o u t things we would see at the a irp o r t , our next step was to look at different types o f planes we might see. (F o r this project, the 99 color ing book , “ L e t ’s G o F ly in g ” w as very he lpfu l . 1 duplicated the pages so each would have a copy.)

By Connie M cConnell

Touring the airport and seeing all of the sights was half of the fun.

Before going on our field t r ip to the Seneca Co. A irport , we discussed aspects of safety in the a ir and on the g round . The second section o f “ Let 's Go Flying" is a b o u t safety. We listed these on a char t a n d drew pictures fo r some.

Because we were also going to the F indlay Flight Service S ta t ion , 1 show ed the movie, "W ea th er to Fly.” This gave us an idea o f the ways a pilot can use an FSS. Each one of the s tudents received a w eather chart , which the F S S generously gave me beforehand . We looked at the charts and found ou t what som e of the sym bols meant. In the third section o f the 99 color ing bo o k is found, “C areers in A via tion ," which includes a few pages on the Flight Service Sta tion .

O u r field t r ip to th e a i r p o r t was as fascinating to me as to all the children. Dwight G nepper , Seneca C o u n ty ’s a irpo r t m anager , a r ranged a to u r o f the a irpo r t showing us his S tea rm an , the engine o f a plane, a new Cheyenne, a T o m a h aw k , and finally the a irp lane which the kids would take their first ride in. There were 32 hands in the a ir when 1 asked , “ W h o w ants to go first?" The express ion on each o f their faces after their first t r ip was w o r th a million dollars. I tr ied to c ap tu re this with a polaroid snapsho t o f each n e x t ’to the plane, so they co u ld have a k e ep sak e a n d sh o w th e i r parents. Each also received a certificate which read: My First A irp lane Ride — 1, Tatnmie, left the ear th on Friday, M ay 18. 1979 fo r the first t ime ever. Dwight was my pilot and 1 went up in a Warrior at the Seneca Co. A irpor t in Tiffin, Ohio.

We ended the mini-course by m ak in g a giant m ura l o f Seneca Co. A irpor t which was displayed a t the a irp o r t in Tiffin, Ohio. E v e ry th in g w as well d e p ic te d f ro m the r u n w a y l ig h t s t o “ P i p e r ” , t h e a i r p o r t m a n a g e r ’s dog.

One o f the girls in my class tho ro u g h ly

enjoyed the field tr ip and th ough t her family should also experience the thrill. I took each m e m b e r o f h e r fam ily fo r a r ide over g r a n d m a a n d g r a n d p a ’s f a rm , a n d the th an k s I received was well w or th the effort. The letter T am m ie wro te me is so precious in the fact tha t she can spell very few words.

A n o th e r boy, w ho is a foster child, was not allowed to take a ride due to discipline problems. On his b ir thday, late this sum m er,1 plan to surprise him with his first ride. The tears he experienced that day 1 hope will be forgotten . ^

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Needless to say, there were thousands of questions to be answered

Students had the opportunity to listen to informative talks on all aspects of flying.

Safety E d uca tion----------

By Barbara Goetz

C o n g r a tu l a t i o n s to th e E as t C a n a d a Section for their o u ts tan d in g pe rfo rm ance in Safety E duca tion for 1978-79. Both East and West C a n ad a Sections have improved the ir p e r fo rm a n c e in S a fe ty E d u c a t io n , mainly th ro u g h the efforts o f a very diligent A P T P rogram . Both sections a re to be c o n g ra tu la te d . As you c a n see by the tabulations, the com pet i t ion was close.

In the individual c h ap te r com pe t i t ion , the S a n ta C la ra Valley C h a p te r , S o u th w e s t Section, a re the to p winners with 880.43 points. The San ta C lara Valley C h ap te r , in conjunction with the Golden West C hap te r , are responsible for con d u c t in g four Fea r of Flying Clinics, encom passing an eight week course for each clinic. The po in ts received f o r th e s e i n d iv i d u a l c l in ic s w e re sp l i t between the tw o chapters . Both c hap ters are most deserving o f this recognition.

The same report fo rm will be used for next year, end ing 5-31-80. Please keep this in mind and start collecting y our d a ta now.

The results o f the Safety E duca tion Year End R eports received by the deadline are tabu la ted as follows: 99

Special Invitation

C o m e jo in us o n C lo u d 9 9 — 50th Anniversary C e lebrat ion hostessed by the San Diego, El C a jon and Pa lo m a r Chapters. It will be held on Friday. Nov. 2, 1979 at the N E W San Diego Aero- Space M useum in Balboa Park , San D iego. Th is will be spec ia l , as the Museum is no t yet form ally opened. Museum T o u r and N o-host cocktails a t 6 p.m.; Banquet d inner and p ro g ram at 7:30. Special recognition of the C h a r te r Members, and recognition o f C o n t r ib u ­tors to the W om en in Aviation Exhibit , to w h ich th e s e t h r e e c h a p t e r s a re c o n t r ib u t in g heav ily w ith t a le n t an d money, will be included.

R e s e r v a t io n s by O c t . 15, p lea se . Banquet $9.99. M ake checks ou t to San Diego C h ap te r and send to Eva M c H e n ­ry, 4285 A ltam irano Way, San Diego, C A 92103.

L o d g in g R e s e r v a t i o n s s h o u l d go directly to T ow n & C o u n try Hotel, San Diego, 92138 by Oct. 15. Rates $40-$50 double. (800) 542-6082.

W ith advance ale r t t r a n s p o r t a t i o n from Lindbergh and M ontgom ery Air­ports and hotel can be provided. Contac t: M arian Banks (714) 565-1504 o r Eva M cH enry (714) 295-1543.

The Ninety-Nines Safety Education Year End Report

Section Standing

Chapter . u N o - ofcr M embers

SectionPoints

%Reporting

HighChapter

High Chapter Points

E. C an ad a 5 104 207.734 80% First C a n ad a 579.4679W. C anada 4 75 200.2927 100% Sasketchewan 292.7272NY-NJ 9 269 197.307 77% Long Island 436.9511Southwest 40 1300 104.4822 40% Santa Clara 880.4300Northwest 16 381 90.6781 50% Alaska 573.9622Middle East 10 295 81.3059 60% M aryland 205.3488So u th Centra l 32 757 79.2426 28% Shreveport 697.0000New England 4 132 78.6833 50% NNE 236.2962Sou th East 17 497 47.7066 35% Fla. Pan h an d le 340.262N orth Centra l 19 916 40.8033 31% Detroit 258.3478

F in a l S ta n d in g s o f AH P a r t ic ip a t in g C h a p te rs

Position ChapterN o. o f

M embersChapterPoints

1. Sa n ta C lara Valley 93 880.43002. Golden West 32 725.15623. Shreveport 30 697.0004. First C an ad ian 47 597.46795. Alaska 53 573.96226. Space City 15 515.66667. Long Island 41 436.95118. O range C o un ty 55 357.81819. Lubbock 12 352.4996

10. Centra l New York 25 351.000II. F lor ida Pan h an d le 19 340.262

12. El C ajon 33 330.303013. In land. CA 10 320.00014. H udson Valley 15 292.999

15. Saska tchew an 11 292.727216. S ac ram en to 72 289.513717. O k la h o m a 73 272.601718. San Diego 54 259.258219. W estern New York 28 259.10720. G rea te r Seatt le 35 258.567

21. All Ohio 115 258.347822. N o r th e rn New England 27 236.2962

23. New York Capito l District 19 231.578524. British C o lum bia 12 214.166325. M ary land 43 205.348826. Austin 13 204.615327. F a r West 14 196.428528. Detro it 19 192.948629. Las Vegas 26 191.538330. C oasta l Bend 8 177.50031. Niagara Tril l ium 12 177.399632. M onte rey Bay 31 166.935333. E. O n ta r io 19 163.947234. Eastern Pennsylvania 79 162.025235. A lberta 33 160.454436. Bakersfield 25 156.400037. G rea te r P i t tsburgh 19 153.947338. W yom ing II 151.818139. Palisades 29 146.0344440. Wisconsin 35 142.85741. W illamette Valley 46 138.369

42. Utah 36 138.1943Com Pg 8

Airmarking

This is being com posed as I re tu rn hom e from In terna tiona l in A lbany, New York, While fresh in my m ind I'll jo t d o w n my though ts and ideas on air marking.

The round table o n air m ark ing was very busy and I’m so glad it was. All com m ittee chairm en are there to help in any way they can a n d I’m pleased you s topped by to let me know of your problem s and to just talk a b o u t a ir m a rk in g . S o m e o f th e i tem s discussed were:

1. All chap ters do not have a copy o f the I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t a n d a r d O p e r a t i n g Practice on Air M ark in g entit led “Air M ark ing Guide". If you are one of these, please let me know and y o u ’ll have a copy as soon as possible.

2. Not all chap ters a re aw are o f the 3”x5" a ir m ark ing report form. All section Air M ark ing C ha irm en will have copies for y our use in the near future. More in fo rm at ion in this co lum n regarding the form s soon.

By Sandy Petersen, Chairman

3. No one f rom the All-Ohio C h ap te r cam e to the ro u n d table. This was u n fo r tu n a te since several o th e r c h a p ­ters were as impressed as 1 was, and rightfully so, ab o u t A l l -O h io ’s C o m ­m unity Air M ark ing p rogram . C o n ­gra tu la t ions on a t rem en d o u s j o b very well done.!

D ur ing the C onven tion , a i rm ark in g was discussed with N o r th Centra l , Middle East, S o u th w e s t , A u s t r a l ia n , New Y o rk -N ew Jersey and S o u th C entra l Section delegates. Each was interested in air m ark in g fo r one reason or ano the r . Even th o u g h we “air m ark e rs" might th ink otherwise, the real im p o r tan ce o f a ir m ark ing can only be m e a su re d by h o w it he lps th e los t o r disoriented pilot. (See next issue’s colu- um n.)

This year, in a d d it ion to s ta r ting this co lum n, I hope to:

1. M ake sure all sections are report ing their a ir m ark in g activities via the card report form.

2. M ake sure all cu rren t chap ters w ho are interested, have the Air M ark ing Guide and it is available fo r each new chapter .

3. Provide o p p or tun it ie s for all Section Air M ark ing C ha irm en to partic ipa te in a ir m ark ings d one in their locale.

4. S upp lem en t the curren t Air M arkingG u id e with a se c t io n on r o o f a irm arking.

5. Supp lem en t the cu rren t Air M arkingGuide with an obs tru c t io n m arkingsection.

6. Assist in te rna t ional sections in esta­blishing air m ark ing as one o f their Ninety-N ine activities.

Needless to say, this c anno t all be done by jus t me; y our assistance is needed, too. Please keep me in formed o f y o u r accom ­plishments, new ideas and problem s. Only th r o u g h o u r c o m b in e d e f fo r t s c an a ir m ark in g becom e a Ninety-Nine activity for which the in te rna t iona l avia t ion com m unity will recognize us. a9

Safety Education Cont.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.63.64.65.66.67.68 .

I,ATE R E PO R T S

Florida Gulfstream TulsaSpanish Peaks W innipeg Delaware Maple Leaf San Luis Obispo G rea te r Kansas City H a m p to n R oads A lam eda C oun ty Flor ida Suncoast A labam aFlorida Space Port Mt. T a h o m a C onnecticut S h e n a n d o ah Valley S an ta Barbara PhoenixF lor ida Gold CoastG rea te r New YorkC entra l MissouriC h a p a r ra lRainierAlohaE. IdahoLake Michigan

W estern New EnglandM ichiganPuget S ound

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45 138.111127 135.9257

8 135.00017 133.823413 120.38421 117.857124 114.374644 108.045330 100.50015 100.00042 98.21430 88.499941 86.7068II 79.545332 78.4375

7 73.14224 63.333398 60.102039 59.230742 58.0950II 57.72711 44.999910 35.50047 25.9573

6 16.666629 15.3448

8 167.5063 173.8094

9 238.8888

Attention We need help!

Please t ake a few m inutes of your precious t ime (every 99 knows th a t 99s d o n ’t have any spare time!) to fill ou t the quest ionnaire on the inside back cover o f this issue, t h e A v ia t io n S a fe ty C o m m it te e o f the A erospace Medical Associa tion. Principal investigators a re M ary F. Foley (Carolinas C h ap te r ) and R ichard G. Snyder, Ph .D . of the Highway Safety Research Insti tute of the University o f Michigan.

Results o f this survey will be published in the 99 N E W S at a later date .

It will be easier to answer the quest ions if you base your answers on your practices of the past m onth .

If n o t curren tly flying, please answer the quest ions on seat belt an d shou lder harness usage in autom obiles .

Since this is an unsponsored project (that is, we have no m oney for it) we c a n ’t afford to pay the postage; though we surely wish we could.

Please send com ple ted quest ionnaires to: M ary F. Foley, 867 Kem per Circle, Rock Hill, SC 29730.

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A Bronze Plaque w ill I M | \ Commemorate 99s1 Origin

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N ovem ber 2, 1979 will m ark the 50th Anniversary o f the first meeting o f the Ninety-Nines which was held at Curtiss Field, Valley S tream , L ong Island (NY). S m ithson ian Inst i tu t ion will be issuing a " M ile s to n e o f F l ig h t" C o m m e m o r a t iv e C over for us on th a t d ay th a t will be cancelled at Valley Stream.

I am sure it has been the th o u g h t o f 99s everywhere tha t we rem em b er th a t event on Novem ber 2nd at Valley S tream , a n d so . . .

A Bronze P laque (which will include the famous picture o f the first meeting d one in relief plus a p p ro p r ia te wordage) will be placed in the Green Acres S h o p p in g Mall tha t now s tands where Curtiss Field used to be. The M ayor o f Valley S tream a n d the officers o f the C h a m b e r o f C o m m erce plus the Village H istorian are very enthusiast ic a bou t this event and will help in every way.

The planned Bronze P la q u e —a p e rm a n ­ent m arke r which will c o m m e m o ra te all Ninety-Nines a ro u n d the w o r ld —alo n g with

m o u n tin g possibly on a g ran ite base, will cost ab o u t $3,000.

We are seeking funds f rom ind iv iduals / C h a p te rs /S e c t io n s to help us c o m m e m o ra te this special event in o u r lives by placing a m a r k e r ( p la q u e ) a t the f o r m e r C u r t is s F ie ld—the scene o f The N ine ty-N ines’ first meeting.

W hether it be $1.00 o r m ore from every m em ber o r a lump sum co n tr ib u t io n from each C h a p te r a n d / o r Sec tion— we would surely like to see this p laque placed in Valley Stream.

Any p e r s o n / C h a p t e r / S e c t i o n d o n a t i n g $10.00 o r m o re will have their nam e prin ted in the p ro g ram issued for the celebration . Checks should be made payable to: “99s Com m em orative Plaque" and sent im m edi­a te ly to : B a r b a r a E v a n s , 47 C o l o n ia l Parkw ay , M anhasse t , NY 11030. Please let us hear f rom you ye$terday, R uth Dobrescu and Barbara Evans, C o -C h a irm an .

Luncheon R eservation

Valley S tream Park Inn130 W. M errick R oad Novem ber 2, 1979Valley S tream . NY

11:00 N o Host Fellowship H o u r and Movie 12:00 Luncheon

Please R e se rv e ----------------------------- places @$12.99 each(List nam es o f o ther a ttendees)

N am e _____ _______________________________

Address ----------------------------------------------------

M ake checks payable to: 99s C o m m e m o ra ­tive P la q u e /L u n c h e o n M a i l t o : B a r b a r a E v a n s , 47 C o l o n ia l Pa rkw ay , M anhasse t , NY 11030

Deadline to receive reservations O c tober 29

Please send separa te checks for luncheon and dona tions .

San Diego Aero*Space Museum

The devasta ting fire a t the San Diego A e r o - S p a c e M u s e u m d e s t r o y e d th e entire w o m e n ’s exhibit . This included the P o w d er P u f f D e rb y S c r a p b o o k s fo r 1953, 54, 57, 58. 59, 61, 64. 65. 69, 72. If you have clippings for any o f these years, they will be most welcome in o rde r to replace these books.

The new W om en in Aviation exhibit is being sponsored by the San Diego, El C ajon and Pa lo m a r C hapters . If you have any a p p ro p ria te m em orab i l ia to d o n a te , c o n ta c t : R u th D o u ty , 9515 Easterway #8, San Diego 92121. The charred remains of the Powder Puff Derby

scrapbooks lost in the San Diego Aero-Space Museum fire. Perhaps they can be replaced by clipping contributions.

The beautiful new San Diego Aero-Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego.

C onven tion----------------------------------------------------------—--------

The International Luncheon

The In terna tiona l Luncheon sponsored by the Palisades C h ap te r was held T h u r s ­day. Ju ly 19. 1979 in the S tonehenge R oom of the T u r f Inn. Albany, N.Y. du r ing the G o ld e n J u b i l e e C o n v e n t i o n , a n d w as a ttended by over 450 m em bers a n d guests.

The color scheme o f blue and gold was accented on the circular tables o f 10 covered with gold tableclothes con tras ted with blue napkins. The centerpieces o f h a n d -m ad e wooden winged biplanes with gold floral fuselages and blue propellers ad o rn ed each table. Gifts o f personal pocket 1980 diaries with the 99s’ logo, pens, and mini a irp lanes were given by Palisades C h ap te r to all attending.

The them e of “ It’s a Small W o r ld ” served as a rem inder tha t avia tion has been the greatest con tr ibu t ing factor to reduce the size o f the world, and a l th o u g h there are m any cultural and geographica l differences tha t may divide people, the in te rna t iona l 99s overlook these m inor details and are d raw n

Betty Elliott, International Convention Chairman

The tennis tournament was an activity highlight.

By Clarice Bellino

to g e th e r by th e i r c o m m o n d e n o m i n a to r which overcom es all obstacles — the LOVE o f flying!

A globe was centered in front o f the dias with a m ark e r pin in every cou n try with a 99 representative. C olorfu l in te rna t ional flags re p re se n t in g all o f these c o u n t r i e s were equally divided on e ither side o f the globe and were displayed across the fron t o f the head table which, too , was deco ra ted with the blue and gold bi-planes.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l B o a r d M e m b e r E sm e Williams in troduced the head table. In ter­n a t i o n a l L u n c h e o n C h a i r m a n C la r i c e Bellino welcomed everyone and lead the i n te r n a t io n a l ro l l-ca l l , a n d I n t e r n a t io n a l President T h o n Griffith gave the invocation and led the flag salute .

An in te rna tiona l buffet o f Italian an ti- pasto , assorted F rench crepes, Indian chicken curry, Swedish m eatballs , G e rm an p o ta to sa lad, A m erican tu rkey an d ham, plus assorted im ported cheeses, relishes and

Virginia Thompson, International historian, hard at work.

Betty Gillies, Charter Member and past Inter­national President spoke at the Banquet.

jello m olds immediately followed. It was a su m p tu o u s feast with an in ternational flair savored by all!!

T o h o n o r o u r in te rna t iona l m em bership a n d to fu r ther s t im ula te friendships and flying a b o a rd , in te rna t ional m em bers were the invited guest speakers who gave further insight in to each o th e r ’s av ia t ion world. R e p re s e n ta t iv e s f ro m A u s t r a l ia , Brazil, E astern and Western C a n ad a , the C a r ib ­b e an , G e r m a n y a n d In d ia sh a re d the ir colorful flying experiences to the delight of all.

The twenty-nine d o o r prize tickets were rapid ly draw n, num bered , posted and the prizes were dis tr ibuted at the conclusion of the luncheon. The centerpieces were won by the person a t each tab le whose b ir thday was closest to Ju ly 19.

The b a ckground music o f “ I t ’s a Small W o r ld " a d d e d th e h igh ligh t to a m ost enjoyable and m em orab le a f te rnoon . 9»

One of the sights at Old Rhinebeck was this vintage aircraft.

Correction

T he correc t address fo r G olden Jubilee M em entos is:

M ary Scher325 C o lu m b ia T u rn p ik e Rensselaer, NY 12144 See Page 14 o f the Sep tem ber, 1979 issue

o f T he 99 N E W S for m ore details.

Nomination Notice

In ten t To Seek ElectionOffice Sought:

Name ________

Address -------------------------- —------------------------------------------------------------------

C hapter __________ S e c tio n -------

99 M em ber s i n c e _______________________________________ Classification

Date and Class o f last medical -------------------------------------------------------------

D ate o f last Biennial Flight Review * -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Ratings ________________________________________ Total H o u rs Fast 2 yrs.

Service to N inety-Nines. C hapter Level:

C om m ittees: Offices:

The upcom ing 1980 Elections will see a new President. V ice-President, Secretary. Treasurer, two new Board m em bers and five new Nom i­nating Com m ittee members. However. NOW is when we m ust start the electoral wheels rolling.

The ‘Intent To Seek E lection’ form . 4N79-2. is included in this issue o f the NEW S. We urge qualified mem bers to seek office by subm itting this form and letting your interest be know n. This must be done by N ovem ber I, 1979. so act immediately. This is your only opportun ity for this election.

O ur new officers and N om inating Com m ittee will be elected by mail ballot as in all past elections. The tw o new B oard o f D irec to r members will be elected from the floor at our next International Convention. (C andidates need not be present to be elected.)

In addition to those who have sought election through norm al channels, candidates who have qualified fo r the b a llo t, but have n o t been successful, are eligible to run for the Board of Directors at the A nnual Meeting.

The By-Laws printed in the 1978-79 Ninety- Nines M em bership D irectory, Page 284. Article X. Section I. will give you the inform ation needed to check your qualifications for these offices.

Then follow these steps:

1. C om plete form WN79-2. "In ten t To Seek Election".

2. Have six photocopies m ade o f original form (provides extra one for your files).

3. Send original plus four copies to me a t the address below.

4. Send one copy to H eadquarters.5. Your background resume m ust be attached

to each o f the six copies. (See N O TE below)6. Send one recent black and white photo

(passport type) to H eadquarters with their copy of Intent To Seek Election form and resume.

When H eadquarters confirm s to the Nom i­nating Com m ittee that you are eligible to run. your name, photo and brief background resume will appear on the list o f C andidates in the 99 NEWS.

The President's colum n in the Ja n u a ry /F e b ru ­ary 1979 issue o f the 99 NEW S will answ er any questions concerning the new election procedures.

NOTE: Each nom inee is to com pile her own background resum e, lim ited to one hu n d red words, as she wishes it to appear in the 99 NEW S. This should be written in the first person and include such details as aviation background, 99 experience, any th in g p e rtin en t to the office sought.

Notice that endorsem ent verification by the nom inee’s own chapter chairm an OR that of tw o other chapters in own Section is required on Form #N79-2.

We urge potential candidates to file the Intent To Seek Election form right away and we ask that

Service to N inety-Nines. Section Level:

C om m ittees:

Service to N inety-Nines. In ternational Level:

C om m ittees:

(A ttach additional sheet as necessary)

ev e ry o n e s u p p o r t an d e n c o u ra g e q u a lif ie d members to run for office.

T his new p ro ced u re will let N inety-N ines everywhere know w ho is willing and available to run for office. Everyone will have a voice in the selection o f our leaders. Time is short, so act quickly.

.loan Paynter, Chairm an In ternational N om inating Com m ittee 606 Vista Verde Way Bakersfield. CA 93309

Offices:

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The new m em bersh ip pins have arrived a n d the new price is $5.50. Please m ake this change in your Items for Sale catalog which is in the Sep tem ber issue o f The 99 N E W S.

No. o f In ternational C onventions Attended -------------------------------------------- Sectionals

Special aviation-related aw ards .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Specific train ing and or experience related to office s o u g h t --------------------------------------

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This notice constitutes au tho rity to so advise N inety-Nine C hapters and Sections.

I understand I m ust meet all eligibility requirem ents at the time of my election.

Endorsem ent by own C hapter OR two o ther C hapters from own Section:

C hairm an Signature(s): -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[)ate _______________ C andidate S ignature

Send: O riginal plus four copies to: Jo a n Paynter. C hairm an In ternational N om inating Com m ittee 606 Vista Verde Way Bakersfield. CA 93309

Send: O ne photocopy to H eadquarters. A ttach one recent photo (black and white passport type pre­ferred) to H eadquarters copy.

•A lso attach p roof o f Biennial Flight Review, if applicable, to H eadquarters copy.

Note: A ttach 100-word personal resum e to all copies.

D eadline Novem ber 30 ,1979

FACT SHEET

Pertaining to the Applications for The 99s’ Amelia Earhart Memorial

Scholarships

The Amelia E arhar t M em oria l Scholarsh ip app lica t ion fo rm is m ade a pa r t o f this 99 N E W S . A ny Ninety-N ine wishing to app ly fo r thescholarship is invited to read it thorough ly . The criteria fo r a c and ida te include the following:

• have been a 99 in good s tand ing for the two previous years prior to da te o f app licat ion• hold a curren t medical certif icate and biennial• have a m in im u m o f 200 hours p i lo t - in -com m and since receiving her private license• have need o f the aw ard financially• have the su p p o r t o f her c hap ter• have letter of reco m m en d a t io n signed by the c hap ter A.E. C h a irm a n o r C h a p te r C h a irm a n for c h ap te r• must agree to com ple te the course a n d / o r t ra in ing within tw o years• subm it a separa te app lica t ion for each ra ting or educa tiona l goal for which she is applying

The app licat ion consists o f app lica t ion form, experience record , eligibility fo rm a n d letter o f r e co m m e n d a t io n from the chapter . Five copies o f sets of these must be subm itted with the original set notarized in the place provided. O ne head a n d shoulders , black and white glossy ph o to o f the app lican t (at least 2'A X 2A) must a cco m p an y the applicat ion .

The c h ap te r A.E. C h a irm a n will ascertain th a t the m e m b e r ’s app lica t ion is com ple te an d con ta ins all s ta tem ents permit ted by her chapter . Each c hap ter is a llowed one app lican t for every 30 m em bers o r m ajo r p o r t io n thereof. Regardless o f size each c hap te r is allowed at least one applicant . If there a re m ore a pplican ts th a n the q u o ta fo r h e rch a p te r , the c h a i rm an will select a com m ittee to assist her in screening the applications. This will be com posed o f two or three 99s o r o th e r m em bers o f the local av ia t ion c o m m u n i ty w h o would have a non-biased interest in further ing avia tion. This co m m ittee will screen the candida tes using the fo llowing criteria:

• what has the app lican t a lready accomplished?• how m uch does she need the aw ard financially?• how well will she use it to advance her career?• how wide a field in avia t ion will this benefit?• how long has she been a 99 and how active is she?• is she worthy o f the aw ard?

The c hap ter A.E. C h a irm a n will mail her q u o ta (or less) o f the app lican ts to the section A.E. C h a irm a n to be p o s tm ark ed no later than January 15th. The Section G o v e rn o r will have informed each c h ap te r o f the n am e a n d address o f the section A.E. C h a irm a n in advance of this date .

The section A.E. C h a irm a n will select a com m ittee (s imilar to th a t described for the local chap ter) a n d screen the app licat ions subm itted by the chap ters using the criteria listed above. Each section m ay subm it one app lica t ion fo r each 200 m em bers o f the section o r a m ajor po rt ion th e reo f to the C h a irm a n o f the Board o f Trustees o f the A.E. M em oria l Scholarsh ip Fu n d to be p o s tm ark e d no later th an February 15th. The section A.E. C h a irm a n will notify all c h ap te r A.E. C h a irm en o f the s ta tu s o f their app lican ts by Feb ru a ry 28th.

A section which does no t have a c h ap te r m ay itself subm it a t least one app lica t ion regardless o f size.

1979 Application FormAmelia E a rh a r t M emorial C areer Scho larsh ip Amelia E a rh a r t M emorial R esearch S cholar

(Cross out one)

N a m e ___________________________________________________________ A irm an 's Certif icate # _________

Address ------------ --------------------------------------------------- —----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------

C h ap te r _____________________________________________________ Section -----------

Age _______________ Single ______________________ M arr ied H u s b a n d ’s N am e ----------

M inor Child ren __________________ ages ------------------------------- o th e r dependen ts------------------------------------------------------------

Private R a ting rec’d ____________________ Pilot in C o m m a n d hours since Pvt. --------------------------- D ate jo ined 9 9 s --------

Certificate & Ratings now h e ld .----------------------------------------------------— ------------------------------------------------------------------

Scholarship would be used for the co m ple tion o f * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Reasons for app ly ing (P ro p o sed use o f ra ting, oppor tun it ies available. Be complete! Use ad d it iona l sheet if necessary)

Present posi t ion and em ployer

Previous e m p l o y m e n t________

H u s b an d ’s posi t ion and em ployer ----------------------------------------------

* Applicants for Research Scholar g ran ts m ay e liminate this answer since the essence o f the s ta tem en t will be reflected in the Form al P roposa l o r she may choose to provide a th u m b n a i l sketch of the response if she chooses.

EXPERIENCECross Country : List five (5) flights in excess o f 300 miles from hom e base.

Instructing: (year, place, ap p ro x . hours o r d u ra t io n o f jo b )

Other aeronautical experience o r t rain ing, including fo rm er ra tings:

Hours in Single-engine non-re t rac tab le

Multi-engine -------------------

re tractab le

ELIGIBILITY FORM(To be used by all app lican ts for C aree r Scholarsh ips and by applican ts for Research Scho lar g ran ts if the g ran t is to be used in connection with an advanced degree o r on a “m atch ing fu n d s” contract . )

School f rom which course of instruction requested in this app lica t ion would be o b ta ined (if not an accredited school, then the nam e of the qualified instructor.)

(N a m e o f s c h o o l o r q u a lif ie d in s tru c to r )

(A d d re ss o f s c h o o l o r in s t ru c to r )

The following sta tem en t is to be com ple ted by a responsible official o f the school (or qualified in s tructor) w ho would give the instruction.A p p ro x im ate cost of instruction , f l i g h t --------------------------------------------------------- g ro u n d school ----------------------------------------------------------A p p ro x im ate cost o f instruction fo r employee g round schoolA p p ro x im ate hours o f instruction g ro u n d s c h o o l -------------------------------------Type a ircraft to be used — -------------------------- ----------------------------------------- --------------- —— ~ ~I have exam ined the credentia ls (certificates, logs, t ranscr ip ts , etc.) o f -------------------------------------- and find her to be eligible and deemed

fully qualified to accomplish the course enti tled ,fuli name of courlT)1 hereby certify all in fo rm a t io n s ta ted above is t rue and correct.

Signed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

T i t l e --------------------------------------------- — --------------------------------------------

D ate _________________________________________________________ ____

(If app licat ion is for m ore th an one course copies of this fo rm , duly signed, are required for each course.) ___________________________

TO BE NOTARIZEDBe it know n th a t I am a m em ber in good s tand ing o f T H E

N IN E T Y -N IN E S , INC. th a t I have been a m em ber fo r the 2 p revious years pr io r to the da te o f this applicat ion , th a t I have logged 200 hours o r m ore as a pilot in co m m a n d since receiving my private pilot certif icate and th a t if I receive the A M E L IA E A R H A R T M E M O R I A L C A R E E R S C H O L A R S H I P o r the A M E L IA E A R H A R T M E M O R I A L R E S E A R C H S C H O L A R (cross ou t in ap p ro p r ia te title) I will com ple te the course of ins truc­t ion, educa tion o r research for which this app lica t ion is subm itted within 2 years and 1 u n d e rs tan d it is to be used only for the p u rp o se /o r ra ting for which I a m applying. 1 fu r ther agree to retain my m em bersh ip in T H E N IN E T Y -N IN E S . INC. du r ing this t ime and to keep in c o m m u n ica t io n with the Board o f Trustees o f the A M E L IA E A R H A R T S C H O L A R S H I P T R U S T F U N D and in form them , at least quar te r ly , of my progress.

1 attest to the fact tha t my app lica t ion reflects an honest appraisa l o f my abil ity to com ple te the ra t in g /ed u c a t io n a l g o a l / - research goal requested in this applicat ion .

I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H A T A L L I N F O R M A T I O N IN T H IS A P P L I C A T I O N IS T R U E A N D C O R R E C T :

S i g n e d -----------------------------------------------------------------A p p lica n t

Subscribed and sw orn to me before this day o f 1 9 ---------

________________________________________ N O T A R Y P U B L IC

My C om m iss ion e x p i r e s : -----------------------------------------------------------

CHAPTER A.E. CHAIRMANThe following is to be com ple ted by the

I have exam ined all pages o f this a pp lica t ion and any su b s tan t ia t in g c redentia ls I have deemed necessary a n d I find them to be t rue and in order. 1 recom m end this app lican t with no reservations. A letter o f reco m m en d a t io n from the C h a p te r C h a irm a n or A. E. C h a irm a n accom ­panies this application .

Date:

C h ap te r A.E. C h a irm an

If C h ap te r C h a irm a n is the app lican t , the next responsible c h ap te r officer will write the letter o f recom m enda tion .

Five copies o f this a pp lica t ion must be subm itted to the Section A.E. C h a irm a n p o s tm ark ed no later th a n J A N U A R Y 15th. A black and white glossy head and shoulders p h o to a t least 2>/,x2% must be a ttach ed to each copy. Five copies o f the letter o f reco m m en d a t io n from the C h a p te r C h a irm a n must also a cc o m p a n y this applicat ion .

Along Legal Lines

Incom plete Charts No Excuse

United Airlines Honors Jean F errell

Captain J. E. Carroll, Vice President, Flight Training and Standards. United Airlines presents Jean Ferrell, DC-10 Flight Operations Instructor, with her merit award.

By Arlene Butler Feldman

I th o u g h t you might find interesting a recent case which is a little ou t o f the o rdinary . It concerns a pilot w ho sued the U .S . G o v e r n m e n t , u n s u c c e s s f u l l y , f o r injuries received, on the basis th a t m is lead­ing in fo rm at ion on an ae ronau tica l char t caused his Piper Seneca to crash off an a irpo r t runway. The pilot c on tended th a t he was unable to de te rm ine from the sectional that the longest runw ay at the a irp o r t was not the lighted runw ay and tha t the shor te r runw ay did not have lighting on its full length.

In defending its position, the G ov e rn m en t argued tha t the sectional was published accord ing to specifications which requ ire the a irpo r t name, elevation, runw ay length and lighting. R unw ay lighting was defined as tha t “system o f lighting which defines the usable runw ay surfaces, including runw ay an d th re s h o ld l ig h t s . " F u r th e r , l ig h t in g which is in o pe ra t ion from sunset to sunrise is indicated by an L on the m ap , and tha t is th ough t to be sufficient.

The Defense went on to explain th a t the d e v e l o p m e n t o f c h a r t s p e c i f i c a t io n s is classified as a "d iscret ionary fu n c tio n " o r one where an agency o r person has the freedom to act as he “sees f i t , " a n d one which is generally im m une from suit.

The pilot a t tem pted to prove tha t the principle o f im m unity should no t en te r into this case because the G overnm en t has a du ty when it prepares ae ronau tica l char ts to warn of a “life endangering peril .” However, the C ourt did no t agree with the pilot an d found against him.

Perhaps the lesson to be learned here is th a t p re -f l igh t p r e p a r a t i o n m u s t in c lu d e reference to as m any sources as needed to make a safe and sure flight. W hen one source appears incomplete look elsewhere, and ask questions. Extensive p rep ara t io n takes time but is well spent. 9s

HQ NotamThe new m em bersh ip pins have arrived at

H eadquarters . They are priced at $5.50.

Most o f us are willing to carry ou t any assigned du ty to the best o f o u r abil i ty and w ithou t com m en t. It takes an excep tional person, who, in a d d it ion to their assigned duties, p e rfo rm s o ther needed tasks solely on the basis th a t the jo b needs to be done . Such a person is Je a n Ferrell w ho is a lways willing to carry ou t her assigned task plus any o th e r th a t m ay com e to her a tten tion .

D ur ing the recent United Airlines strike, Jean 's regular assignm ent was the cafeteria m orn ing shift. The ho u rs o f this assignm ent was f rom 0600-1300. U pon com ple tion o f these duties she invariably on her own in i t ia t iv e , has th e n p ro c e e d e d to e m p ty waste baskets , clean rest room s, m o p floors, dust and polish. In add it ion , Je a n recog­nized the T ra in ing C enter 's lawn was in need o f care. With her usual display o f superio r m echanical ap t i tude she quickly mastered the law equ ipm en t. Not only did she m ow an d water the lawn bu t she applied a m uch needed app lica t ion o f fertilizer.

" J e a n ’s willingness to 'p i tch- in ' and do all o f these jo b s with en tus iasm m akes her a tru ly ou ts tan d in g Flight O p e ra t io n s e m ­ployee. She has been an e x am p le for all and her cheerful disposi t ion has m ade life better fo r all o f us d u r in g these unsettl ing times. It is a pleasure to n o m in a te her for a most deserving A w ard o f M er i t” .

With these words . C ap ta in J. E. Carro ll , V ic e -P re s id e n t T r a in in g a n d S t a n d a r d s ,

United Airlines, presented Jean with a small engraved t ro p h y — Aw ard o f Merit — along with a m one ta ry check at a recent cerem ony a t the Flight T ra in ing C ente r in Denver. J e a n w as adv ised t h a t C a p ta in C a r ro l l w an ted to see her in his office and tha t p a r t icu la r day was her day off. W hen she a p p e a r e d sh e d id n o t k n o w t h a t th e p resen ta tion would be m ade in the presence o f the employees o f the T rain ing C ente r a lo n g with coffee and cake. W hen you are su m m o n ed to the head office on Friday a f te rn o o n on y our day off, one wonders. It was a p leasant surprise!

Je a n has been a Ninety-N ine for thir teen y e a rs , p re sen t ly a m e m b e r o f the Los Angeles C hap te r . A pilot for m any years, she can boast th a t she has flown m any a irp lanes — Jennys to Jets. She has been employed by United Airlines in Flight O pera t ions for twenty- th ree years. Je a n is checked out, flies, a n d in s t ru c ts on the M c D o n a ld - Douglas D C - 10 a irp lane and holds an FA A C h e ck A i r m a n S ta tu s le t te r fo r F l ight Engineer check rides. She has an ATP, A S M E L , A S E S , G l id e r , C F I , G ro u n d Ins truc tor , Flight Engineer Certificate — T urboje t , and Check Airm an . Je a n was the 51st. female to receive her A T P , and has over 12,000 hours flight time.

Je a n is a m em b er o f Civil A ir Pa tro l and is the D epu ty C o m m a n d e r , C o lo rad o Wing with rank o f Lt. Colonel. s9

J e r r ie Cobb

The Great Am azonas Fly-InBy Betty Wright

Before I begin this en te r ta inm en t , as G ra h am Greene might say, let us exp lore the background material.

As a som etim es next d o o r ne ighbor and long-time friend o f Je rr ie C o b b , the 99s ' missionary jungle pilot, 1 am accustom ed to having Jerrie a p p ea r on my do o rs tep d o w n and desperate. But this was incredible. After an engine over-haul on her tw in-engined Islander, followed by tw o new engines, the cable read:

Engine main hearing failed ai 80 hours.Call Avco. Find Airplane. H om e soonest.Jerrie.

Fo r a bou t th ir ty minutes , I sat in disbelief.But there it was in black on white. A nd not to be ignored. Finally I pulled myself together and telephoned A vco-Lycom ing in W illiamsport, Pennsylvania. I asked for Peter G oodw in , Vice President and General Manager.

Mr. G oodw in is the sterling individual who had a rranged for one free engine and a second new engine at a special price for Je r r ie ’s p lane a year ago. I w ondered if I were ab o u t to go to the well once to o often. But Mr. G oo d w in c o u ld n ’t have been nicer. The w arran ty was in force and Mr. G oodw in would personally a r ran g e for a new engine to be sh ipped a ir express to Miami, Florida.

Now to find an airplane. I phoned everyone I knew w ho owned a twin-engined aircraft . If you would like to hear ab o u t seventeen excuses on ‘W hy 1 c a n ’t fly my a irp lane to the A m a z o n , ’ 1 can give th em to you. I was getting d o w n and ou t myself.

By then, Jerr ie and R uth L um m is had com e dragging in to M o o re Haven, F lor ida f rom d o w n south , having h i tch-hiked out of the jungle on a passing DC-3 loaded with 2000 em pty beer bottles.

“ I’m p robab ly no t going to have an a irp lane , if 1 d o n ’t get back d o w n there fas t ,”Jerrie said wearily. “The plane 's really in the b o o n d o ck s . .

“ Fear n o t , ” said the intrepid believer in s u c c e s s - i s - ju s t -a ro u n d - th e -c o rn e r . “ T h e eng ine ’s all set .” I told her a b o u t the m arvelous Mr. G o o d w in a n d the fantast ic people at Avco-Lycom ing. "As fo r the a irp lane, I ’m w ork ing on it.”

“ Keep trying. R u th and I’ll b o r ro w a truck a n d go d o w n to Miami, b ring the engine to Clewis ton a n d get it uncrated . M aybe you can find an a irp lane by then ."

" I ’ll do my best ,” I promised. W ith tha t , 1 set to flipping th ro u g h the file cards o f my m em ory banks. Inspired, I rem em bered Jerrie had to ld me not so long ago th a t Lois Fe igenbaum had said to her, “ A nytim e 1 can help you, ju s t call .” 1 p h oned Lois.

Would you believe these four ladies changed an airplane engine in the heart of the Amazonas jungle single-handedly? Probably not, but they did. Posing for a group portrait before departure are (L-R) Jerrie Cobb, Ruth Lummis, Miriam Davis. Betty Wright and her 49'/?er, Bill, who opted for civilization and did not make the trip.

Lois a n d her hu sb an d were leaving a lm ost immediately for Europe. “ We'll be back on the 4th o f July. 1 could be there the day after th a t ."

My spirits soared. “ W onderful! But can 't you th ink o f som eb o d y sooner?” 1 explained th e s p e c ia l c i r c u m s t a n c e s a n d h o w im p o r tan t t ime was.

Like a sho t , Lois responded , “ M iriam Davis. She has a twin Navajo. A nd sh e ’s close. In Miami. M ir iam ’s a real sport . Call her.”

I th an k e d Lois a n d called M iriam.Said M iriam , “ I ju s t re tu rned f rom a three

w eek’s cruise. I’m sick in bed with a cold. The p lan e ’s in A la b am a being painted. W hen do we leave?”

“ You m ean — y o u ’d go?"“ Sure. T he p lane will be back T hursday . I

go to the d o c to r on Friday to prove I 'm well. How a b o u t S a tu rd ay ? ”

“This com ing S a tu rd ay ?"“ It so u n d s like fu n .”Sudden ly I was leading a c h a rm ed life.W hen Jerrie cam e in from M iami, 1 gave

her the glad news. She rang up M ir iam and exp la ined the s i tuat ion in detail. M ir iam was eager to go — still.

M eanwhile , my hu sb an d Bill suggested I p h o n e and invite M ir iam to spend the night with us p r io r to d e p a r tu re f rom nearby C lewis ton A irport . M eanwhile , all the

gasoline t rucks went on st rike and Miriam was w ithou t gas fo r her car. She could not get a visa o r drive to Ft. Lauderda le where the N avajo was hangared . In a plea for help, she called a n d said, “C an you get fifteen gallons o f gas to me so m ehow ?”

R uth and I went out and scrounged a tank of gas for the car plus fifteen gallons of gas in a barre l for Miriam. If 1 failed to get a ticket for speeding the day R u th and I drove to M iam i to rescue M ir iam . I ’m p robab ly safe fo r life.

We had a 3:00 p.m. deadline on M ir iam ’s visa. We sailed up to M ir iam ’s front d o o r at 2:30 p.m., 1 kept the m o to r ru nn ing and R uth ran to the door . The d o o r opened. There s tood a w om an . R u th said, “ Give me your passport . W e’ll be back with the gas."

Fo r tu n a te ly the w o m an was Miriam. W ithout a peep o r protes t , she handed over the passpor t a n d we hit the expressways again , try ing to ou t-d is tance time. We made it into M iami In te rna t iona l Airport at precisely 2:54 p.m.

N ow R uth exceeded all expecta tions . She did the mile in un d e r fou r m inutes and collected the visa, while I coped with a ra d ia to r th a t was p o ur ing w a ter all over the N O P A R K I N G zone in which the car sat. 1 figured to be arrested m om entar i ly . No such luck; and no help with the radia tor .

W hen R u th re tu rned t r iu m p h a n t , we

decided we’d better give M ir iam a call and tell her we would be a bit late with the gas. From the t ru n k o f the car R u th retr ieved the bucket we p lanned to use in filling M ir iam s car f rom the gas barrel and w andered intc Miami In te rna tiona l in search o f w a ter for the car rad ia tor . She was m is taken for a cleaning w o m an by a kindly a irpo r t employee a n d directed to the j a n i to r s store room where it was possible for her to fill the bucket with water.

While this was going on, 1 was chas ing up and dow n the a i rp o r t mall, lo ok ing for a telephone. As 1 drew a bead on a pay phone , a telephone m an would beat me to it a n d rip it from the wall. At las t—a tie. I ta lked the telephone m an out o f one m ore call before he did his duty.

M iriam was very und e rs tan d in g a b o u t the delay. But I had my doub ts . We were fast becom ing a p o o r excuse for calm efficiency.

1 went out to the NO P A R K I N G / o n e to con tem pla te a red-ho t ra d ia to r cap. R u th re turned, bucket in hand , every j a n i to r ’s d ream girl. With the aid o f a shop towel, which R uth just happened to have in herjeans, 1 m anaged to rem ove the rad ia to r cap. We filled the rad ia tor . 1 glanced a ro u n d . Lots of great advice f rom passing travellers. But still no cop. Well, it w a sn ’t a day like a n o th e r day, as W alter C ro n k i te might reverse paraphrase .

We got into the car and were off in m ore ways th a n one. We did m ake it to M iriam s house, though , officially in troduce ourselves and fill her car with gas. She was simply super, but a trifle wide-eyed. 1 tried to leave her with a light touch: “ All those w ho d o not go crazy on this trek will becom e insane. Until to m o rro w !"

I can see M ir iam now, s tan d in g in her driveway, laughing. 1 liked her on sight; and 1 will never change my mind.

N ow then. All I had to do was pack. Som ew here a long the way 1 had looked up to discover myself recruited fo r the trip south.

1 met M ir iam ’s plane in Clewiston. She was dressed dow n for the safari in a D ior blue and white checked g ingham shirt, her first pa ir o f jeans, pale blue to m atch the shirt, and new C hris Evert sneakers, white with yellow tr im to m atch th a t beautiful Navajo.

After a quick sh o p p in g expedi t ion in Clewiston, so th a t M ir iam might acquire a pair o f white ducks, i.e. white jeans, for crew wear on the way d o w n and back, we drove to M oore Haven. We had d inner , t o o k a last ho t bath , until o u r re tu rn , went to bed early and got off the next m orn ing , the new engine secured and riding solidly in the center o f the cabin, M ir iam flying left seat, Jerrie flying right seat, R u th in charge o f t ime keeping, me in charge o f lit ter and w hat cam e to be k no w n as the in fam ous University o f O k lah o m a , G O BIG R E D , th e rm o s , which was filled with ice and grape juice , and leaked inevitably on o u r white ducks,

We were the local curiosity: two planes on the strip. Willing hands were everywhere. We construc ted a t r ipod , the better to use the com e-a long (which we had b rough t a long) to hoist the engine in to place. S o — now all we had to do was get the engine ou t of M ir iam ’s plane, put it on a tab le — what table?—a n old table appeared ou t of now h ere !— and carry the engine on the table to the Islander. Later on, we would reverse

Coot Pq ?2

Two planes on the sloppy, red airstrip quickly became the local curiosity.

The heroine of this adventure was Miriam Davis, a 99 from Miami. She even found a little time to entertain a friendly Toucan during her trek into the jungle.necessitating a nightly sc rubb ing o f said d ucks far beyond the no rm . There was a b unch of g rousing a b o u t my G O BIG R E D therm os, b u t 1 d o n ’t give in easily.

S o there we are a t last, hav ing crossed the A ndes on a day so beautiful we could see forever, a t a Wycliffe M iss ionary a irs tr ip on the fringes o f the A m azon . I s tepped off the plane carry ing my th e rm o s an d the first person 1 saw was wearing a University o f O k la h o m a sweat shirt. Vindication!

Here we left o u r white ducks behind and prepared for the real thing. We d ep ar ted the Wycliffe a irs tr ip early the nex t m orning. As the sun crawled up over the intense low laying h u m id i ty , s t e a m sp i ra le d u p w a r d in m o u n tin g eddies, as if som eone had set a million small fires in the dense jung le below; and all o f it was laced togethe r by m aze of rivers. R e m a rk ab le to the eye, beautiful to the mind, bu t reeking o f D a n te ’s fr ightening inferno.

O u r des t ina t ion was Mitu (me-too), C o lom bia . M itu is s i tuated 1 degree n o r th o f the e q u a to r , clinging to the banks o f the b ro ad Rio Vaupes. The a irs tr ip is s loppy red clay with a hill for a sp r ingboard . As we circled to land, we could see J e r r ie ’s p lane below. A cheer went up. M ir iam acquit ted

herself beautifully by m ak ing an ace’s high landing. We piled ou t o f the plane, slogged th ro u g h the mud to Je r r ie ’s Islander and checked for damages .

Every passing Indian had felt called upon to engrave a sym bol o f love and care in the pa in t o f her plane. O therwise, all was well; a n d t h a t ’s w hat counted .

O u r h o m e in Mitu was D o n a l.igia s Spa- on-the-Vaupes, an eight ro o m oasis in the jung le wilderness, built a ro u n d a small cour tya rd com ple te with a pa rro t that constan tly scream ed, “ Chocolaia!" The frosting on the chocolaia. though: each tiny ro o m at D o n a Ligia’s had tw o single beds separa ted by a table with a candle on it. These were truly de luxe a cco m m o d a t io n s fo r A m azonas . We settled in and prepared to get on with the w ork at hand.

Willing hands were everywhere when it came time to unload the new engine. Jerrie (R) watches as her helpers, including Mitu s Chief of Police, secure the engine on the table.

Racing

A Real RallyBy Jeane W olcott,

Margret Bryant, Bev Hirzel

The winners of the Buckeye Air Rally were Diane Cozzi, co-pilot, (L) and Gail LaPook, pilot. Race Chair man Jeane Wolcott, center, congratulates the two

Sa tu rd ay m orn ing was a repeat o f Friday, great layers o f fog concealed the buildings across the street and the sky looked as if it was ab o u t to d u m p buckets o f w a ter on the pilots and co-pilots as, they boarded the comical bus to participate in the 4th Annual Buckeye Air Rally. Twenty aircraft were registered, m any w ho had flown the Rally, on previous years re turned, but at im pound only 16 a ircraft m ade it to M etca lf Field, Toledo, Ohio. The weather kept two at home, one had bellied in a week before the Rally, and two Toledo men. who had been prom ised an a irp lane, were refused at the last minute. Despite, efforts o f the Rally officials a n d c o n te s ta n t s , the tw o were unable to rent an a ircraft which had been promised.

Any speed o r proficiency cross-country is a lot o f work. The C h a irm a n . Jeane Wolcott and the tw o Vice-chairmen M argret Bryant and Bev Hirzel sta rted the ball rolling in Ju ly , 1978. M argret busied herself with inco rpora t ing and Bev. w ho lives in Toledo, had the j o b of bringing the entire Rally together.

It was decided tha t this year the public would be invited, not only to view the t ak e ­off and fly-by, but to partic ipa te in a Paper Airplane Contest. The event was open to all ages and were g rouped accord ing to age. T r o p h ie s w e re d e s ig n e d a n d m a d e by Margret, plus a couple o f t rophies left from two years ago were aw arded to the different winners. M argret p rocured patches from different com panies so that every kid. young and old. would take hom e "something".

The pilots and co-pilots arrived at M etcalf all day on Friday. Their a ircraft a n d pilot certificates were verified and then they were wisked away to the Perrysburg , Holiday Inn. A pi lo ts’ briefing was held at 8 p.m. that evening at which time the Rally rou te was revealed.

The pu rpose o f the Rally, as the Rules and Regulations read, is to p ro v id e th e pilot with the o p p o r tu n ity to test his flying and naviga­tion skills in a cross-country rally. The m oans were loud and c lear as the pilots learned tha t the first a irp o r t was not on the chart! All the a irports were grass strips and in flat Ohio are hard to find if the pilot has not been practic ing pilotage and navigation. T h e e v e n in g e n d e d w i th a n A t t i t u d e A d jus tm ent h o u r after the briefing.

S a tu r d a y m o rn in g , b re a k fa s t a t 0630, weather briefing and then at 0800 everyone climbed a b ro ad the d u m p t ruck (bus). It should be m entioned a t this t ime tha t the American Legion was m eeting in Toledo an d th e i r t en a c i ty m u s t be a d m i r e d . It seemed they partied all night and each pilot swears it was out side of his door! I n o r d e r t o

let the Legionaires know th a t the pilots were leaving, the bus circled the motel with siren blaring, a t ru s ty ’ “ Hi ho. Silver!” and rode off in to the fog with stra ins of: “To the D um p! To the D u m p !" hanging in the air.

The weather finally b roke enough to give the Rallyers 1.0 0 0 and 3 ,a n d take-offs began a round 1100. The last p lane moved up to the sta r ting line and Official S ta r te r , 49'/$er Dick Taylor ju m p e d in to serve as co-pilot for 99 Lois. A ro u n d a h o u r later, 99s M arion Jayne a n d daugh te r , Pat were back. The crew was se rved l e m o n a d e while they finished up their pap er work. M arion just shook her head, it seems the first a irp o r t was illusive a n d the rules were to circle to the right and go back “ You must find & fly the a i rp o r t”.

In the m eantim e, the Paper A irplane C o n t e s t h a d s t a r t e d . T h e tw o Z o n t a organ izat ions f rom Toledo had set up their food bars, one for the pilots and workers , and a n o th e r for the c rowds. 99 Salley Berry- hill had established her W ays and Means table and also ba lloons a n d soft d r in k s were available.

As the a ircraft re tu rned , 99 Pat Collier, Chief Timer, and her crew were kept busy trying to keep the t im ing line clear for the fly-by. Dick K e tte rm an , Chief o f the Toledo Tower, had bo rrow ed a m obile tower from the Air National G u a rd , Toledo Express, and had it m anned with T ow er o pera to rs Carol Racine and R on Gettig.

At 1321 hours , the S tea rm an , flew the t im ing line but three planes were still out.

O n e w as 99 C o n n i e a n d 4 9 '/Ser J im McConnell . After the S tea rm an had shut dow n . Bill B ohannan . said he had seen the M cC o n n e ll ’s heading east as he flew west, “They must have missed the first a irp o r t !" N o t l o n g a f t e r t h a t C o n n i e a n d J i m ap peared on the horizon. Also Lake Erie 99 D o n n a Fulks and 49!6er J im were still out as were Francis Wright and his wife, Barbara. Both finally landed with Francis having had bo th radios fail. All the planes were safely back.

Z o n ta served delicious sandwiches and Chief Ju d g e Rose Burchett ad jou rned with Sally Brockm an, M arcia G re en h a m and lone Shelton to a quiet ro o m to determine the winners. Dick T aylor started the Spot and Sh o r t field land ing contests. These events were open to an yone with a pilots license. Even to the extent tha t two Breezy's were permit ted to jo in the fun.

A ro u n d 6 p.m. the winners had been de te rm ined and there was jus t t ime to hurry to the motel, shower, and dress for d inner and cocktails.

The g ro u p w h o partic ipa ted in the 4th A nnua l Buckeye Air Rally was a very special one. They were good sports, especially since the course was extremely difficult. It told us m a n y th in g s . N a v ig a t io n skills m u s t be better honed, as well as pilotage. Slow planes have as good a chance to win as the fast ones and in som e cases, better. But the Rallyers, are the ones w ho m ake a cross­c oun try a success o r failure by their spo r tsm ansh ip , cam arade rie an d skills.

The a m o u n t o f work volunteered by the All-Ohio 99s can n o t be minimized. For they journeyed m any miles to add their expertise to the Rally, but most o f all, it is necessary to have tw o goo d V ic e -c h a i rm en w h o a re willing to do all the work so the C h a irm a n can bask in the glory! 9®

First Womens Air Derby 50th Anniversary Commemorative RaceCalifornia pilots Pat Forbes and Jeanne

R u m m emerged the winners o f the Angel D e rb y ’s First W om en 's Air Derby 50th Anniversary C o m m e m o ra t iv e Race between Sa n ta M onica , California and Cleveland. Ohio August 21-25.

P a t Ju d g e s f r o m A g in c o u r t , O n ta r io , C a n a d a and Shirley Zillig f rom Buffalo, New York and Fort Lauderdale . F lor ida fo l low ed in se c o n d a n d th i rd p o s i t io n s respectively, with C onnie L uh ta o f Paines- ville, Ohio f inishing fo u r th and M arion Ja y n e of Pa latine, Illinois finishing fifth.

Before a c rowd o f family, friends and Clevelanders, the racers crossed the finish line at Burke L ake fron t A irport between 1:30 a n d 2:30 p .m . on A u g u s t 25, as scheduled. Fog delayed the s tart f rom Santa M onica only one h o u r and only a few e n c o u n te r e d w e a th e r p r o b le m s o v e r the route.

$10,000 in cash prizes were presented at the aw ards ban q u e t by Gilbert S ingerm an , President o f the Cleveland N a t iona l Air Show , S p o n so r o f the event, an d trophies were presented by Albert S o lo m o n . Presi­d e n t o f t h e N a t i o n a l E x c h a n g e C lu b , sponsor o f the original race in 1929. Blanche Noyes regaled all with h u m o ro u s tales o f learning to fly and her pa r tic ipa tion in the original derby af te r which bo th Blanche and M a ry V on M a c h were p re se n te d w ith plaques c o m m e m o ra t in g the 50th ann iv e r­sary of their par t ic ipa t ion in the 1929 race.

Leg prizes p rovided by booste rs f rom the cities of San Diego, El C en tro , Yum a, El Paso , Kansas City, East St. Louis a n d Terre Hau te were also presented to those con tes­tan ts f inishing with the highest scores over various rou te segments.

A to ta l o f six m o th e r-d au g h te r team s c o m p e te d , as fo l low s: Kay B levins and L aura Blevins from Mt. Arlington, New Jersey an d Norcross . Georgia, Shirley Zillig and Bonnie Quenzler f rom Florida. Joyce O d o m and Michelle O d o m from Michigan. D o n n a Fulks and D a n a Fulks from Ohio, M e lan ie V aas a n d K a m a la V aas f ro m Virginia and M ar io n Jay n e and Patricia Jay n e Keefer f rom Illinois.

T h e Los A nge les a n d S a n ta M o n ica C h a p te rs of Ninety-Nines assisted with the race start in San ta M onica and the Lake Erie C h a p te r o f Ninety-Nines assisted with the finish in Cleveland. Ninety-N ine C hapte rs a long the entire course officiated at the en rou te check-point cities. 9®

rER R A C E F IN A L P IL O T A I R C R A F T T O T H :M :S AVG M P H

N DI

N O S C O R E C O - P I L O T T Y P E NO. T O T . H R S H D C M P H

15 22.41 Pat Fo rbes Cessna 182 16: 6:59 168.412

Je a n n e R u m m N735VR 16.1164 146.000

2 19 20.85 Patric ia Judges Cessna 3 I0 F 12:4:16 224.851

Virginia Show ers C -F M S M 12.0711 204.000

3 2 19.76 Shirley Zillig PA28-235C 16:40:34 162.760

Bonnie Quenzler N9487W 16.6761 143.000

4 32 18.84 C onn ie Luh ta PA28-18I 18:29: 2 146.841

Patric ia Collier N753II 18.4839 128.000

5 20 17.18 M ario n Jay n e PA39 Com . 13:25:30 202.175

Patricia Jayne Keefer N3322C 13.4250 185.000

6 33 17.00 Barbara Goetz Cessna 182 16:26:58 165.003

Thelma Cull N95780 16.4494 148.000

7 28 16.56 Claire Walters Cessna 172M 20:10:16 134.559

C ara Lund N 12563 20.1711 118.000

g 30 16.37 Rita Reo Beech C-24R 17: 8:17 158.373

Becky Hahn N5106M 17.1381 142.000

9 17 15.95 Dottie Anderson PA28-I81 17:37:51 153.946

Marilyn Miller N2I346 17.6308 138.000

10 25 15.23 Elizabeth M cCrary Cessna I72N 20:13:12 134.233

Carol Brandin N2954E 20.2200 119.000

C o-cha irm an M argret B ryant e xp la ins the location of the first airport which is not located on the chart "I repeat again, the house is south of the road, the heavy equipment company is north, there is a huge crane in the company yard, there is a kidney-shaped lake in the front yard of the house. You can't miss itl %‘ &% *&$6$87'&it!l Ok. I'll explain again! .

The lady in the hat is Salley Berryhill, Ways and Means Chairman, who is attempting to'increase the chapter's treasury at the Buckeye Air Rally.

Ron Gettig. mobil tower operator peers out at timers and port authority personnel who were waiting for the fog to lift.

Jeanne Rumm, co-pilot, and Pat Forbes, pilot, won the First Women s Air Derby 50th Anniver­sary Commemorative Race

Racing

1979 Palm s-to-Pines Air RacePLACE RACE « HCP SCORE PILOTS AIRCRAFT BEST

1 50 129 +23.081 Eva M cH enry -B et ty W h ar to n '77 C-Cardina l-C essna2 8 151 17.161 Suzanne Jab lo n sk i -B a rb a ra Persons 7 9 P -D ak o ta -P ip e r3 51 145 16.735 Pat G ladney-Jeanne M c E lh a t to n '56 C-1804 12 126 16.147 Ali S h a rp -C y n th ia H am il ton ’73 C-177B5 6 118 14.635 C a ra L und-C la ire Walters 7 3 C-1726 14 144 14.481 C ora lee T ucker-M ist i Vreeland '74 C-1827 19 141 14.084 llovene P o t te r - J a n Gam m ell 7 9 A-AA5B-Gr. Am.8 20 136 13.702 Eugenia R ohberg ’79 P-Archer9 29 148 13.451 Joyce W ells-Kathy W alton ’79 C-182

10 9 133 13.033 Helen B am ber-H ia leah Reilich ’76 P-181

The Hughes Airwest Air Race Classic

By Linda Carpenter

The A w ards Banquet of the Hughes Air- west Air Race Classic was held T hursday evening, Ju n e 21, 1979, as scheduled. T hat was p robab ly the only pa r t o f the W o m e n ’s Air Race on schedule. Fog in San ta M onica, Ju n e 16th, delayed the take-off 2 hours , 16 minutes. Over the next five days the 59 p lanes g r a d u a l ly w o rk e d th e i r way to S tock ton . Calif.; K lam ath Falls. Oregon; W alla W alla . W a s h in g to n ; G re a t Falls , M ontana ; Sheridan , W yoming; Bismarck, N o r th D a k o ta ; M in n e a p o l i s , M in n e so ta a n d f in a l ly by 12:00 n o o n . T h u r s d a y deadline, to M ilwaukee Wisconsin. The race had been extended from the 5:00 p.m., Tuesday deadline, three t imes fo r a to ta l of 34 add it ional hours . The reason — you nam e it — fog, rain , th u n d ers to rm s , hail, to rnadoes , and snow. Despite the perils, 54 planes safely reached Milwaukee. There w e re n o a c c id e n t s , o n ly t h e e x p e c t e d m echanical difficulties and a couple that may have jus t given up.

In Milwaukee the scorers an d judges w orked frantically . Instead o f the usual day and a ha lf to finalize the scores, they had ab o u t 5 o r 6 hours.

The results o f the to p ten were as follows:PO IN T S

1. M arion Ja y n e — Palatine, 1L& 35.204 N a n c y L y n n J a y n e — M ill Valley, CA (a m other/daughterteam w ho also w on the 1977 Air Race Classic)

2. M argare t Ringenberg — Gra- 32.138 bill, IN & Pat Wilson — Bed- minister, NJ

3. Claire W alters — Los Angeles, 28.935 C A & E leanor Ruby M oon —Los Angeles, CA

4. G inny W egener — San ta Rosa, 28.677 C A & Lynn C a ry — S a n taRosa, CA

5. T anya C u n n in g h am — M adi- 26.189 son, W1 & C aro lyne Morey — M iddleton, WI

6. J o a n P a y n te r — B akers fie ld , ^6 .164 C A & Shirley T an n e r — New­port Beach, CA

7. D o t E th e r id g e — G reenvi l le , 24.923 M S & Dot Wilson — M emphis ,TN

8. A lma Hinds, Redding, C A & 24.226 Joyce Wells, L arkspur, C A

9. Sophia Pay ton — Clearwater, 24.204 FL (last y e a r ’s winner) & Helen Davison — Gibsonia , PA

10. Ja n Gamilll — El Cajon, C A & 24.125 llovene Po t te r — Federal Way,WA

H u g h es A irw est p ro v id ed $20,000 in prizes, with $5,000 to first place.

T h e Air R ace C lass ic , Ltd. a w a rd e d trophies to the to p ten. there were also leg prizes, ho rsepow er ca tagory aw ards , and Cessna and Beechcraft gave cash to the high scorers flying their planes.

Now everyone is hom e plann ing for next year’s race — It jus t c o u ld n ’t be as difficult as the Hughes Airwest Race Classic o f 1979 . . . C O U L D IT?! 99

Marion Jayne and her co-pilot/daughter Nancy Jayne are winners of the 1979 Hughes Airwest Air Race Classic. They were rewarded for their piloting skills with the $5,000 purse that accompanies first place status.

First place Palms-to-Pines racers were Eva McHenry and Betty Wharton, who also won the Best of Cessnas prize

Other Palms-to-Pines winners were (L) Jeanne McElhatton & Pat Gladney, who won Third Place

The Way It Was

"W hen we were in Walla Walla. WA. headed for Great Falls. M T in o u r little Cessna 172, and we had to tu rn a ro u n d and come back because o f the violent storm s, th a t ’s when 1 s ta r ted to th ink we c o u ld n ’t make it at a ll ," said E leanor R uby M oon.

But m ake it they did. M o o n and Claire Lee W alte rs (b o th P a lm s C h a p te r 99s) placed th ird in the Hughes Airwest Air Race C la s s ic , f r o m S a n t a M o n i c a , C A to Milwaukee, Wl.

“ W e e n c o u n t e r e d s n o w , s l e e t , h a i l , t r e m e n d o u s w in d s , t h u n d e r s t o r m s a n d to rn ad o es ," said M oon. “The tu rbu lence was so bad all the way, I never took my hands off the contro ls . I was really scared and Claire was jus t si t ting there tak ing pictures."

Because o f the h a za rd o u s weather, the race was ex tended three t imes and because of a t rem endous tai lwind, their little Cessna at times went over 175 m.p.h. Said Claire, “ We went so fast, we left the num bers behind! In fact, if any p lane passed us and waggled their wings, we jus t smiled and waved. We d id n ’t w an t to lose even a second of time. We were to ld we really had to w ork hard at m aking th a t little plane go .”

Flying th rough the Rockies between 8 and 9,000 feet, a ccord ing to Claire , “ We stayed undernea th the overcast and went th ro u g h the canyons. It was great. Som eone followed us for 100 miles. She said we were right on course.”

T h e c o u n t r y a l o n g th e c o u r s e was beautiful, accord ing to M oon. Being an Austra lian by birth , m uch o f o u r c o u n try is still new to her. “G oing in to Walla Walla, as we broke ou t o f the m oun ta ins , there were green fields and the sun was shining. It was r e a l ly p r e t t y . But t h e b e s t p la c e w as Minnesota. I t ’s so beautifu l up there. Som e day I want to go back and take a good look. When the w eather is nice!

“The tailwinds were so t r em en d o u s at M inneapolis ," said M o o n , “th a t we flew more than 200 m.p.h. d u r in g o u r flyby, and in trying to land on the reciprocal runway, we jus t hovered. It was a m az in g !”

Most o f the people a lo n g the way were terrific, according to bo th w om en, especially the o ld - t im ers . In S h e r id a n , W Y th e re weren't any 99s, but there were th ree senior citizens called “cowbelles ." “They didn 't know a th ing ab o u t flying bu t they m ade hotel and d inner reservations for us because they knew we would be tired and hungry when we cam e in late. They were w o n d e r ­ful," both w om en agreed.

Walters and M o o n a re still try ing to catch up on lost sleep. Each m orn ing o f the race they a rose at 4 a .m ., a n d then would have to sit all day long waiting fo r the w eather to

Pow der Puff Derby Commemorative Album Update

The Po w d er Puff Derby C o m m e m o r a ­tive Album U P D A T E is off the press! Its 108 pages, 20 in color , covers the final 4 years o f the race, plus com ple ting the history with m any flash-back p h o to s— over 500. It is a su m m at io n o f the 30 years of the P o w d er Puff Derby and is a co m p a n io n vo lum e to the Po w d er Puff Derby C o m m e m o ra t iv e A L B U M p u b ­lished in 1974.

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(L-R) Lillian Camden. Catherine Coyne. Claire Walters. Eleanor Moon. Bev Walsh. Nina Laughbaum and Vi Cali celebrate Claire and Eleanor's third place win in the Air Race Classic with an intimate dinner party. Obviously everyone is thoroughly engrossed in their stories — Photo by Conrad Camden

By Catherine Coyne

clear. It was d u r in g one o f these t imes when Claire asked herself. “ W hat am I do ing here?”

C om ing h o m e wasn 't any easier. In A lbuquerque , W alters and M o o n e n co u n ­te red m o re v io le n t t u r b u le n c e s k i r t in g a r o u n d c u m u lo n im b u s m a m m a c lo u d s , forcing them up and d o w n at 1500 feet a minute . Plus, the plane overhea ted . But Claire 's expertise settled the p rob lem and the w om en con tinued on their way hom e where friends were waiting to celebrate.

Said E leanor, “ We are thril led to pieces. It was a n in v a lu a b le ex p e r ien c e . I real ly learned alot f rom Claire ."

Both w om en w orked well together. “ In fac t ,” said E leanor , “ Claire would look at the char ts as we flew and say ‘now 1 w onder where we’re going ' and she would ha te to hu rt my feelings if 1 was 5 degrees off. She w o u ld n ’t say any th ing but ju s t wave her hand slightly in the d irection I should be going. Or she would say. 'why d o n ’t you go to a head ing o f such -and-such ' and I would

say, 'why 1 th ink t h a t ’s a good idea .”' Actually, the two o f them pairing up for

the A R C was a good idea. 99

Eleanor Moon (R) tells the group about the rainbow she and Clair Walters (L) flew through after coming into Minneapolis. "It was most spectacular. We went right through it. It was providential I knew then we were going to be third1" Moon's sense of humor broke up the race tension, not to mention Claire!— Photo by Conrad Camden

the process, remove the old engine from inside the Islander, where Jerr ie and R uth had placed it. while waiting for a ride ou t of Mitu. and place it inside M ir iam ’s plane!

Everybody pitched in. O n the really heavy labor, we lifted hardly a finger. The tr ipod fu n c t io n e d p ro p e r ly , the c o m e -a lo n g worked precisely and the engine was ready to hang. So m eb o d y handed M iriam a tool.

Baffled, she asked, “ W hat d o I d o with this?"

Jerrie explained.A flick o f the eyelash and M ir iam -the-

mechanic was t ightening b o l t s , ' safety- wiring, checking spark plugs, the old p ro in action. She kept exclaiming, “ I never did any th ing like this before and I can do it!”

Six d a y s p assed , six h o t , s t icky , u ncom fortab le , sun-sh in ing-dow n, rainy days. T he engine was on. We moved the table over to the Islander 's d oor ; the natives wrestled the old engine out o f the plane and on to the table; they, then , carried the tab le to the Navajo and shoved the engine inside. Now for the test.

Jerrie fired up the new' engine on the Islander. It ran! Jerrie decided to test fly the Islander. The Islander didn 't fall out o f the sky! Success . . . How sweet it was!

This little Colombian fellow took a fancy to Miriam, so they posed for the camera

Since it took forever for anything to dry, Miriam's Navajo doubled as a clothes line.

T h r o u g h o u t M i r i a m w a s b e y o n d com pare: eager for new tasks, spirited, curious, adventuresom e. She conducted c om m unity sings— we sang all the old

Dona Ligia (second from left) poses in front of her Spa-on-the-Vaupes with her children.

college songs and she even let me sing B O O M E R S O O N E R , despite the in fam ous therm os. She led us on an exped it ion o f the Pink D o o r Sa loon and Disco, as we called it, where one could buy w arm beer for a buck a bottle a n d enjoy the music, a tired a n d lonely h an d-cranked record o f “ Here Comes the Bride." She assisted valiantly in the laundry we ran, where we were try ing to keep clean as well as dry, and frankly no th in g ever dried; dress down D ior to o k a real beating! M eanwhile , she played hostess at late a f te rn o o n coffee klatches by enhan c in g the occasions with snacks car ted from ho m e via the old kit bag. She was, in essence, equal to any th ing , the Perle M esta of the A m azon . But Miriam 's finest h o u r was waiting in the wings.

We were rush ing to get off before a n o th e r th u n d e rs to rm broke. R u th was to fly with M iriam and I was to fly with Jerrie. Je rrie a n d 1 to o k off first, since the Is lander is so m uch slower th an the Navajo. Back in M ir ia m ’s plane a little scene was being played out, which would test M ir iam ’s mettle. R uth called ou t to A lberto , D ona Ligia’s son, w ho had guarded the a irp lanes each night we were there, “ Is the p i tot cover off?" R u th pointed a finger fo r emphasis.

A lber to raised a t h u m b and forefinger in a circle.

They assum ed he m eant , “ O k a y .” M iriam taxied into posi t ion and to o k off.

As Jerrie and 1 headed for a strip on the Rio G u a v ia re —Jerr ie had fuel stored th e re—the s to rm struck with a vengeance. Then , cam e a radio c o m m u n ica t io n from Miriam. “ N o a i r s p e e d . I’ve got to go a ro u n d a n d l an d .”

Swiftly Jerr ie tu rned back to Mitu, say in g , “ I ’ll nev er fo rg iv e m yse lf , if som eth ing goes w rong on th a t land ing .”

Now M iriam was telling us, “ I ’ve got to m ak e a go a ro u n d . Again. A DC-3 is landing. Head ing right for m e!”

Jerr ie and I glanced at one a n o th e r in disbelief. A irp lanes a re so few and far between a t Mitu, the coincidence o f a DC-3 was incredible.

We arrived on the scene as M ir iam prepared to land. Finally. The runw ay was

jus t d iscernable in the s to rm . But there was M ir iam keeping her cool, using 20 years of experience to the hilt, execu ting the perfect landing.

After M ir iam taxied off the strip, we landed for a conference. Ruth was busily rem oving the p i tot cover and M iriam was ready to t ry once more!

The flight to the Rio G uaviare strip was som etim es 1FR, but we found the strip and landed, M ir iam right behind us, equal to a s tr ip th a t o thers might have shunned at any cost. We refueled J e r r ie ’s plane and jo u rneyed on w ard to a T u ca n o Indian village near the Brazilian border, t o o k baths in the beautiful waterfalls o f the Rio Paca, cooked d in n er over the T u can o ch ie fs fire— S p am and cream ed co rn from M ir iam ’s old kit b ag —slept in ham m ocks , and the following m orn ing tu rn ed to w ard s home.

In 20 days, we flew across d is tant oceans, above towering m oun ta ins , over endless jungle , helped to change an engine in a good cause and returned.

As we said our farewells, 1 to ld Miriam. " Y o u ’re to o m uch!”

She grinned and winked. “ But when did you ever have so much fun?"

1 c o u ld n ’t remember.And I would no t like to forget, as Betty

Wright might say, tha t M iriam was p u re a n d simple generosity itself. With her time, her a irp lane , her thoughtfu lness , to me Miriam Davis represents in par ticu lar all that is right with the 99s a n d in general all th a t is good in the h u m an race.

T han k s , Lois, for rem em bering a real sport! a9

Betty Wright and Miriam Davis collapse after the excitement was over.

I f you w ould like to help Jerrie and her work in Am azonas, contributions m ay be sent to:

The Jerrie Cobb Foundation 2299 Riverside Drive, R.R. #2

M oore Haven, FL 33471

The Jerrie Cobb Foundation is approved fo r Tax Deductible donations. Be sure to note the I.R .S . #237003507 on your check.

A ctivities

andProjects

East CanadaEastern O n tario’s O peration

Skyw atch InauguratedBv Felicity M cK endry

On Ju n e 14th the Eastern O n ta r io segm en t o f O p e r a t io n S k y w a tc h was in a u g u ra te d by th e M in is t ry o f the Environm ent (O n ta rio ) regional d irec to r Mr. Ralph Moore. In con junc t ion with 99s in T o ro n to , H am il ton and L o n d o n flights are m ade to provide p h o to g rap h ic evidence of pollution offenses.

T ransport C a n a d a is p roduc ing an au d io visual p resen ta tion on the V D F steer. Glenda S ta rk w an ted som e female input so Suzanne Frogley a n d Felicity M cK endry made themselves available.

Middle EastF ollow the ArrowBy M arilyn D onC arlos

M o ntgom ery C o u n ty A irp a rk in M ary ­land, hom e o f m any 99s, should be easier to find since the M ary land C h a p te r recently a irm arked the ro o f o f the Bank o f D am ascus a few miles away. Letitia Maye, A irm ark ing C ha irm an , a n d her crew applied G A I in large letters an d added an a r ro w pointing the way to the a irport .

New York-New Je rseyW estern N Y Picnics in Eden

By Virginia H akeThe Western New York C h a p te r had

ano the r successful su m m er picnic at the sum m er hom e o f C h a r te r M em b er Ceil Kenny in Eden, New York. M em bers cam e from the local area and as fa r aw ay as New Ham pshire, F lor ida and a special 99 guest , Vijayalakshmi K u m ar from India.

Western New York m em bers have been learning a great deal ab o u t India f rom Viji

K um ar who is staying with her b ro th e r in Buffalo. M em bers have tak e n her flying, invited her to their hom es, etc. Viji has in tu rn explained m any custom s, cooked special dishes fo r the 99s, a n d enriched their lives t rem endously .

N orth C en tralA ll-O hio E scorts D ign itaries

By Jeane W olcottAll-Ohio Past C h a i rm a n Vi Blowers

represented the c h ap te r at the D a y to n Air Fair this year. She also had the task o f providing 99s to escort the distinguished guests to their respective place on the p la tfo rm for the Open ing Day Ceremonies. T here were US Senators , C ongressm en, an a s t r o n a u t , H a r ry R e a s o n e r a n d h igh ran k in g officers f rom the US and foreign countries . The escorts had the o p p o r tu n i ty to explain to the escortee a b o u t the 99s who were bo th surprised and pleased to learn w om en to o k a part in every aspect of avia t ion . Also d u r in g the air show, the co m m e n ta to r gave a th o ro u g h briefing on the b a ckground o f the 99s. This was televised on W H IO -T V , w ho in troduced the 99s to th o u san d s of people w ho might never have know n a b o u t the o rgan izat ion . The All-Ohio 99s m an n ed the C o m m u n ic a t io n C ente r , Lost and F o u n d and sold tickets. All-Ohio Salley Berryhill and friend. Ken, to ld the s tory o f f inding a 2 year old and keeping h im from 2 to 6 and then tu rn ing him over to the M o n tg o m ery police when they closed the boo th . It seems th a t the family was cam p in g a t the Fa ir a n d an o lder b ro th e r was supposed to watch him. The o lder b ro th e r fell asleep and the 2 year old slipped away. The paren ts were unaw are th a t he was lost! The family was reunited late th a t evening. Also $1,000 w o r th o f cam era equ ipm en t was lost and tu rned in. Salley fo u n d the ow ner w ho ne ither asked for the nam e o f the individual w ho tu rn ed it in or even offered a reward . People a re funny!

Rain did not dampen the spirits or slow the work of A ll-O h io Barbara Deeds and Rosanne Defibaugh as they paint "Fairfield County" in 5'x9' letters. Son, Toni Deeds was the only helper. The men of the Fairfield County Pilots Association were supposed to help, but most didn't get themselves moving until it was almost finished.

A l l - O h i o L o u is e P f o u t z o n c e a g a i n C haired the W o m e n ’s F o ru m a t O shkosh. Louise has been conduct ing the fo rum s for

m any years. They are held for the wom en who a cco m p an y their h usbands to Oshkosh bu t a re not pilots themselves. T h ro u g h these fo rum s Louise states, "M an y o f the wom en go on and ob ta in their licenses".

Greater St. L ouis “A ngels"By Jan Pocock

Severa l o f o u r gals were very m u ch involved at Bi-State A irport for the 50th C o m m e m o ra t iv e Angel Derby Air Race, as t im e rs , g ree te rs , a n d gofers . T h ey were delighted to see the likes o f Jerr ie C o b b and all the o thers who stopped a t St. Louis. W eather, as usual, was a bit doub tfu l , so s e v e r a l o f t h e g a l s s t a y e d o v e r n i g h t Thursday , and got a n early s ta r t ou t o f here on Friday. T r u ly a fun bunch o f w om en, and a joy to handle.

Most o f o u r projects fo r the next two years will be involved with rais ing m oney for the 1982 C onvention . In th a t a rea , we wish to advise tha t Vi Blowers of the All-Ohio C hap te r , won the w eather m o n i to r radio we've been selling raffle tickets for, since the Spring Section meeting at M BS. O ur chief sales lady, Dott ie H aup t , will take the radio to Vi at the Fall Sectional in D avenpor t . The d raw ing for the rad io was held at our Insta lla tion Luncheon . S a tu rd ay , August 25th. On Sep tem ber 15th, we will have a plane wash at Weiss Airport to try to increase the a m o u n t w e’ve a lready a c c u m u ­lated, th an k s to Dott ie selling everyth ing but 49'/$er Elmer, and she’s a lady w ho w o n ’t take “no", fo r an answer!

A R C H ighlight for M innesota 99s By Janice H oppe

A highlight o f the su m m er flying season for the M inneso ta 99s was their partici­pa tion as local sponsors o f the Hughes Airwest Air Race Classic. The 2562.62 mile a ir race began a t San ta M onica, CA on June 16 a n d concluded in M ilwaukee on Ju n e 21. As local sponsors , M inneso ta 99s acted as official race timers in M inneapo l is ’ Flying C loud Tower, the last spo t check before Milwaukee.

P o o r w e a th e r c au sed d e lays fo r race p a r t i c ip a n ts , b u t sp ir i ts a n d e n th u s ia sm were high as 39 race pilots stayed overnight in M inneapolis the last night o f the race. M inneso ta 99s were particularly p roud that two o f their own m em bers , Cheryl R yan and Vicky K nudson . com ple ted the race.

Local S top C h a irm a n Clara Jo h an sen headed M inneapolis a r ran g em en ts fo r the event. J o a n Som m erfe ld was in charge o f official t iming, a n d Betty Kuechle arranged a irp o r t refreshments . M any chap te r m em ­bers to o k par t in race s top activities, and all agreed it was a fun av ia t ion event. The t rem en d o u s assistance and c oopera t ion of Flying C loud T ow er personnel and m em ­bers o f the local av ia t ion c om m unity made the local s top a special coopera tive success.

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(L-R) Cary Hunt, Arkansas 99; Wanda Wood, Delta Flight Attendant; Mr Garrett, President of Delta Airlines; Beverly Harp, Arkansas 99; Shanelle Ham, WNAA; and Ruth Gray, Arkansas 99 help Delta celebrate.

a i r m a r k C l a r k C o u n t y A i r d r o m e n e a r V a n c o u v e r , W a s h i n g t o n , o r g a n i z e d by M ary Hill. Som e o f the a irm ark in g outfits were previously seen at the 49'/2er H obo Party, a l th o u g h the g roup was extremely neat. This was the first a i rm ark in g d one by the c h ap te r in quite som e time, but hopes are up to do m ore in the n ear future.

South C entralA rkansas 99s G o D elta

Bv (a m e lia Sm ithThe A rkansas C h a p te r o f 99s was pleased

to be asked by the Little Rock . A rkansas C h a m b e r of C o m m erce to pa r tic ipa te in Delta Airlines 50th Year C elebrat ion . Those shown in the picture are wearing different Delta flight a t te n d an t un ifo rm s o f the past.

The Joy o f SuccessBy I.enora W oodard

Eleven G olden Triangle C h a p te r m em ­bers and eight guests shared the thril l of com pe t i t ion and the jo y o f success in the pa r tic ipa tion o f a p icture hun t on Ju ly 28. Seems the clues and p ictures were so easy th a t everyone figured correctly th a t the final d e s t in a t io n f r o m A r l in g to n A i r p o r t was H am ilton , Texas. O r could it be th a t you gals a re jus t plain sm ar t? C o n g ra tu la t io n s to C athe rine and Steve W o o d b u rn fo r being the first to arrive at H am ilton , and to Beverly S tephens a n d family for w inning the f lour b o m b in g tie breaker! M em bers o f the W aco-C entex C h a p te r were hostesses for lunch a t the place o f Jack ie Hansen, jus t a short flight sou th o f Ham ilton . Helen Hill installed the new officers o f the W aco-C en­tex C hap te r . Everyone enjoyed the o p p o r ­tunity fo r a goo d visit an d to sha re in an o th e r C h a p te r ’s activities.

N orthw estC olum bia C ascade R esum es

B lood Flights By M ary W ohlgem uth

T h e C o lu m b ia C a sc a d e C h a p te r has resumed the blood flights for the Red Cross , with pick-ups in the states o f O regon and sou thern W ashing ton , with a full schedule of flights of a t least three per week a n d one week of two per day, as well as t ran sp o r t in g blood to needy areas and an emergency flight to Aberdeen, WA by Pat Lundahl . Besides P a t , th o se invo lved h ave ' been D o r o th y M erce r , Betty P r a k k e n , O liv ia Lehmer. Pegge Blinco, Mary W ohlgem uth . Florence Lee, Billie Dutcher , Iris Byrd. E v e ly n W a l d r e n , R o s e m a r y M i lb e c k , Madelyn Heesacker and Nancy Boyle. Red Cross D irector A nn Zoll and her staff have worked closely with the c h ap te r in c o n ­ducting these flights.

Fifteen C o lum bia C ascade C h a p te r 99s and 6 49'/$ers tu rned ou t August 4th to

Columbia Cascade Chapter airmarks Clark County Airdrome near Vancouver, WA on August 4th

Tea for T w o By Nem a M asonhall

The 99 Flying Farm ers Tea was well a ttended , too bad a lot o f ou t o f state 99 / FF gals d idn 't get the message, though we tried. M any o f the O k la h o m a C h ap te r members a re Flying Farm ers , all w ho could lent a h e lp in g h a n d d u r in g th e I n te rn a t io n a l Flying F a rm er C o n v en tio n in O K C , such as to u r guides, ticket takers , t ran sp o r ta t io n or jus t Gal Fridays. Earlier this year, Lucille Pregler was chosen O F F Queen and Arlene W alkup was chosen O F F W oman-of- the- Year . A g a in th is year , A rlene W a lk u p b rough t h o n o r to us a ll— she was chosen IF F W om an-of- the-Y ear . Arlene is a Past G o v e rn o r o f the S o u th Centra l Section of the 99s and a Past I F F D u c h e s s (1959-1960).

Shreveport to GiveA irm arking Trophy

By M ary Jo VossT h e S h re v e p o r t C h a p te r will give an

an n u a l A irm ark ing T ro p h y to the chap ter com ple ting the most a irm ark ings du r ing the year. The first t ro p h y will be given in O c to b er at Wichita . Shreveport will not be eligible to win. This will be a S o u th Centra l Section award .

Span ish P eaks is L ooking For W A S P s By Joan Alyea

Spanish Peaks C h ap te r has been asked to o b ta in n a m e s a n d b r ie f b io g ra p h ie s o f C o lo rad o w om en w ho were m em bers o f the W A SP s and who are now deceased. P lansare to h o n o r these w om en by nam ing buildings a t P e te r s o n Fie ld (A ir F o rc e Base) in C o lo rad o Springs for them. If you know of any o f these wom en, please send in fo rm a­tion to J o a n Alyea, 2117 Ridgewood Lane, Pueblo, C o lo rad o 81005.

T exas D o g w o o d G oes Form al By Elaine W hite

Recently the T exas D ogw ood C h ap te r was invited to share in the fo rm al opening c e re m o n ie s o f the new faci li t ies a t the M exia-L im estone C o u n ty A irport .

M ay o r H ubert H arr ison welcomed the g ro u p to Mexia, Texas, and in troduced H a ro ld N u s s b a u m , h e ad o f th e a i rp o r t com m ittee that provided leadership and gu idance in the bu ild ing of their room y and c o m f o r t a b l e f a c i l i t i e s . M r. N u s s b a u m described the services provided a t the a irport and invited the D ogw ood C h a p te r to a luncheon a n d style show in their honor . He t h e n p r e s e n t e d e a c h m e m b e r w i th a n individualized nam e plate and special gifts. Surely no city cou ld have enterta ined a g ro u p of 99s m ore royalty th an Mexia.

W ichita Falls H elps A F A A irshow

By Lou Ellen Foster & D onna PearcyThe A F A invited the Ninety-Nines to help

with their A nnua l Air S how this sum m er at Lake Wichita A irport . We assisted in the

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The Texas Dogwood Chapter on hand for the ceremonies.

serving o f cold d r inks and enjoyed a Very Fine Airshow!

On August 23rd. o u r Ninety-Nines hosted a Fly-In to Olney M unic ipa l Airport where we and o u r guests enjoyed a to u r o f Air T rac to r (they huild c ro p dusters designed by Leland Snow). The to u r was conducted by Tom D an ah e r w ho is test pilot fo r Air T r a c t o r . T h e F ly - I n p a r t i c i p a n t s w ere t rea te d nex t to a t o u r o f O ln ey 's new C om m u n ity L ibrary and Arts Center . Then it was on to m u s ic a n d d in n e r b e fo re re turning hom e in the early evening.

S outhw estBig T hings C om e in a

Sm all Package By Linda A nderson

The A lam eda C o u n ty C h a p te r is a small c hap te r with only 16 m em bers and only 6-8 m e m b e r s u s u a l ly a t t e n d m e e t in g s a n d a r range o u r activities. In the past year th rough o u r 3e-a-pound airlift and refresh­m ent s tands a t the L iverm ore Air S how in 1978 a n d 1979 we m a n a g e d to r a is e a p p ro x im ate ly $2,000 to be directly pu t back in to our sponso rsh ip o f Air Age E duca tion

a c t iv i t ie s a n d S a fe ty P ro jec ts . We have c o n t in u o u s ly s u p p o r t e d T e n n y s o n High S ch o o l ’s av ia t ion class in Hayward , CA taugh t by 99 Francis G ibson. We have provided funds for several field trips and o th e r activities tha t would not have been p oss ib le w i th o u t o u r help . We recen tly d o n a ted $180 to the class to defray the cost o f insurance for the s tu d e n ts ’dem o n s tra t io n rides, a cost not able to be covered this year by the school budget. Also o u r c hap ter has a lready c on tr ibu ted $60 to O hlone College's Aviation D e p ar tm en t fo r help in setting up an N IF A c h a p te r—this in the fo rm o f a m atch ing f u n d —we put up $1.00 for every $1.00 the s tudents raise up to a m ax im um a m o u n t . H o w e v e r , o u r l a r g e s t s in g le co n tr ib u t io n to da te has recently been made in the fo rm o f o u r c h a p te r ’s first scholarship for flight training. At a ban q u e t p r io r to our chap te r meeting in July, we bestowed a $400 aw ard to E d m u n d o P a n d u ro , a so p h o m o re at T ennyson High. As o u r first scholastic honoree, E d m u n d o had qualit ies tha t far- outweighed all o th e r students . Since he is only a so p h o m o re , he was not eligible for the college scholarships tha t several senior men a n d w o m e n r e c e iv e d to f u r t h e r t h e i r educa tion in avia tion. His merit for our aw ard is unchallenged. He impressed his av ia t ion class teacher at T ennyson High, Francis G ibson, all year long for he always had the correct answer to any quest ion and

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Ruth Olson (R) Entry Chairman, discusses the Kachina Doll Air Rally kit with Mary Lou Brown (L) and Ruby Sheldon. Banquet Chairman. The Rally will be flown October 13th from the Deer Valley Airport, Phoenix. The Phoenix Chapter is sponsoring the event.

Nora Baker, scholarship winner Edmundo Panduro and Valerie Baker sell ice cream.

Jaunda Bigelo sells the last of the donuts and coffee to the crowd of airshow enthusiasts.

San Diego 99s sport their trophies following "Skysearch II". (L-R top) Marilyn Parker, Ruth Rubin, Linda Parks and Ruth Ebey (L-R front) Kathy Boyles, Patti Rogers, Eva McHenry and Ruth Douty.

he read his tex tb o o k s with an unequaled zeal. He is a young m an with a hunger for flying instilled in him a t a tender age by flights with his father. As the oldest o f 5 children in a household where his m o th e r is now the m ajor wage-earner, he has been greatly assisted by this scho larsh ip to a tta in his d ream o f becom ing a pilot. A happy af te rm a th o f this story is tha t when he was in troduced to the FBO w ho would be giving him his t raining, he was offered a jo b to help earn m oney and flying time. We are very h a p p y to a n n o u n c e th a t E d m u n d o has soloed recently a n d is ready for his first dua l cross-country. When we see such d ram atic results ob ta ined th ro u g h o u r assistance, we are all very p ro u d to be a 99. As a postscript. D r . R a y m o n d G a l l a g h e r , lo ca l F A A Medical Exam iner, don a ted the cost of E d m u n d o ’s physical exam for his medical certificate.

On July 29, A lam eda C o u n ty C h ap te r again set up a refreshm ent b o o th at the Livermore Airshow. This year the a t te n ­dance o f the general public was three times th a t o f last year or so it seemed, a n d the tem pera tu res were very hot. Ninety-Nines, family m em bers a n d 49'/4ers helped serve 64 gallons o f lem onade, 1500 ice c ream bars, 12 dozen d o n u ts a n d several coffee-makers full o f coffee. As usual it was a lot o f fun seeing the c rowds o f people w ho e n jo y .av ia t io n functions and serving them. The n u m b er o f families with children was very indicative of the "family” appea l o f such a n a irshow. We were pleased to be able to offer refresh­ments. O n a hot day it is hea r t -w arm ing to see little red faces appeased by ice c ream o r l e m o n a d e . M o s t o f th e m a te r i a l s were c o n t r ib u t e d by v a r io u s m e r c h a n t s f ro m Livermore, H ayw ard and O akland . One new part of o u r bo o th this year was Ohlone College studen ts who had m ade m inia ture ceramic a irp lanes to sell a n d raise m oney for their N1FA chapter .

R ound R obin E scapades Bv Kathy Boyles

A special " T h a n k s ” to San Diego 99s C a r o l S h ig le y , P h y l l i s M c D a n i e l , P a t V o lk e r ts , K a rm en F r a n se n , a n d 49'/$er D e n n i s P o l l e y f o r p l a n n i n g s u c h a n in t e r e s t i n g S k y s e a r c h II. T h i s y e a r ’s S k y sea rch c o n s is ted o f a ro u n d ro b in escapade from M o n tg o m ery Field and the aw ard ing o f som e very creative t roph ies at the end of a fun day o f flying.

T rophies were aw arded as follows: First Place— R uth Ebey and Scott M cH enry ; W arsh ing Matilda Aw ard — M arilyn Parker and Shirley Wolf; Pe tun ia Picasso A w a r d — K a th y Boyles a n d P a t t i R o g e rs ; Betty Ballast A w ard — R u th a n d D a v e R u b in ; Charlie L indbird o r Tail End C har lo t te A w a r d — Eva M cH en ry and R u th Douty .

The g ro u p finished u p the day with an aw ards luncheon at the C asa M ach ad o R estauran t at M o ntgom ery Field.

E xplorers Fly T hanks T o San Gabriel V alley

By Jan W rightThe San Gabriel Valley C h a p te r 99s

made it possible fo r Avia tion E xplore r Post 214 to fly to the C o lo rad o Springs Fly-In. T h e g r o u p t o o k tw o l ig h t p l a n e s , a G ru m m a n A m erican AA5-B Tiger and a Piper PA 24-250 C o m an c h e , owned by Yvonne W aldbo t t and Beverly M ahoney , respectively.

D ue to adverse w eather forecast for the San Gabriel Valley the d ep ar tu re was moved up one day earlier th an p lanned and the first night was spent in Apple Valley. T he second d a y ’s flight to o k th em to A lb u q u e rq u e , New M e x i c o w h e r e t h e g r o u p s t a y e d w i th relatives o f one o f the pilots in a R ocky M o u n ta in cabin a few miles from A lb u q u e r ­que.

The following day b ro u g h t th em to a

sm o o th landing in C o lo rad o Springs, where the Scouts eagerly looked forward to their stay at the fam ous Air Force Academy and to meeting the o th e r Aviation Explorers. There were posts f rom all across the country including a post from Alaska and a post f rom the Virgin Islands.

There were a myriad o f events planned with included seminars on crash survival, wind tunnel experiments . Aero, Medicine, Civil ian Pilot careers and sail p lane and sport pa rach u tin g observations. There were also flight s im ula tors and academ y to u r and a p resen ta tion by the pilots of the Double Eagle II.

The Scouts were particularly impressed by the D oub le Eagle II p resentation , the N A S A presen ta tion , the Almost Anything Goes com pet i t ion and the Casino Nite where the Explorers accum ula ted a grand tota l of $12,000 w or th o f N a tiona l Explorer Fly-In D o l la rs . T h e re w as a lso a d isco d an ce Sa tu rd ay night, and a particularly impres­sive closing ceremony.

Santa Clara Valley C elebrates 25th A nniversary

By Verna W estThis has been a busy su m m er for our

c hap ter beginning with hosting the S o u th ­west Spring Section meeting at W onder Valley in May, hold ing o u r third Flying C o m p an io n Sem inar in June , p reparing for the s tart o f the Pacific Air Race in October. M any o f o u r key m em bers were out o f town for the convention in Albany and sundry o th e r reasons . We ch o se to keep o u r A nniversary celebrat ion low key and found the p leasant answer by com bin ing it with a luncheon for the Pacific Air Race first day drawing.

Nancy Rodgers m ade a r rangem en ts with the Le Baron Hotel in San Jose. Willy G ard n e r used her call igraphic skills to make personal invita tions tha t were mailed by Stella Leis to all m em bers who jo ined during the first year (Ju ly 1954-July 1955).

C ha r te r m em bers w ho were able to a ttend were Pat G ladney (first C ha irm an); Jackie Petty (first Vice C ha irm an); M arion Barnick (first Secretary); D o ro th y Estep and Patty Sherw ood. Southw est Section Vice Gover­n o r Thelm a Cull cam e from Sacram ento . Betty W h ar to n and Eva M cH enry , San Diego, were still on “C loud 9 "a f te r their first place finish in the Pa lms to Pines Air Race, as were Pa t G ladney an d Jean n e M cElhat- to n who finished third. N um erous other guests f rom o ther chap ters were present.

It was a nice affair; reminiscences o f early days in the C h ap te r , an am us ing rendit ion of “ Song o f the N inety-N ines" led by Hanes Burkart , good food and a handsom e cake cut by first ch a i rm a n Pat G ladney to be shared with long t ime friends. A bonus was the a n n o u n ce m e n t o f the jo in ing o f o u r 99th m e m b e r . L y n n M e rr i t t . L y n n ’s m o th e r , Sylvia, is a m em ber o f Eastern Pennsylvania C hap te r . „

Etc.E ast A frica

Greetings f rom Kenya! We seem to be still flying (except for one m o n th when fuel was strictly ra tioned) , but we are not being ra tioned again , and expect to run ou t of Avgas late O c tober , if no m ore supplies arrive. We hope for the best, a n d keep in the a ir as m uch as possible.

Denise M o rch an d -H o lz is still m anaging the Flying School here, and doing a lot of i n s t r u c t i o n . S h e h a s tw o I n s t r u c t o r ’s ra tings—an F A A one, and an East African one, and on the latter, they only give you an Assistant In s t ru c to r ’s R a ting until you 've done 200 hours instruct ion and pass a check- ride. She's d one th a t , and now can send students on first solo and first solo c ross­c o u n t r y , a p r iv i l e g e r e s e r v e d f o r fu l l instructors. Also she no longer needs a supervising Full In s t ruc to r on the airfield all the t ime sh e ’s instruct ing to be legal.

More and m ore avia tion jobs a re open ing up to us as the guys push off fo r greener fields elsewhere. A lthough you m ay hear little from us, we are keeping up the Ninety- Nine spirit.

East CanadaEast C a n ad a was the recipient o f the

Section Safety E duca tion p laque at the In ternational C onvention . W hat a surprise and thrill!

The Trustees o f the 9 9 s 'C a n a d ia n Award in Aviation meet August 29th to select this year’s winner.

East C a n ad a sec tion’s fall meeting was S e p te m b e r 22nd at St. J o v i te , Q u e b ec incorpora ted into C O P A ’s Fall R en d ez— vous.

Eastern Ontario

B e tty J a n e S c h e r m e r h o r n , V i rg in ia C u n n in g h am , Suzanne Frogley, M ari lou C om erfo rd and Felicity M cK endry a ttended the 50th In te rna tiona l C onvention . The last three flew to A lbany in S u z a n n e ’s C herokee C F A E R in 2+30 hrs. C onnect ions of any o ther kind would be at least 7:00 hrs. Virginia C u n n in g h am flew in from North Bay with her h usband and tw o sons.

Marilou C om erfo rd has been compil ing stock for the A eronau t ique S h o p she and her par tner plan to open soon jus t n o r th o f Uplands.

Dr. G erda R uckerbauer will be in France for the next 6 m on ths with her w ork as a veterinarian with Agriculture C anada . She plans to con tac t the French 99s.

New Y ork-N ew Je rseyWestern New York

D ian e S e n n e f f t o o k h e r m o th e r an d daughte r , in her M ooney to Butler. Georgia. They spent a longer t ime th a n antic ipated there due to bad weather. D iane promises to get busy on her ins t rum ent rating.

N orth C en tralAll-Ohio

Mansfield , Oh io has jus t got to be the worst place in the world fo r meetings. Each t ime All-Ohio M arge G o rm a n and Jean B onar hostess a meeting everyone ends up driving. Secretary Rose Burchett with Sally B r o c k m a n , T r e a s u r e r , a n d C h a i r m a n M arcia G reen h am were the only ones who were able to fly in. With Rose at the wheel and M arc ia ’s constan t rem inder th a t they were on a Back C ourse A p p ro ach the three m ad e it w ithou t any prob lem . The meeting a n d d e l ic ious lu n ch t o o k p lace in the G o rm a n hangar.

Chicago Area Chapter

Newly elected officers of the Chicago Area C h ap te r were duly installed at the August meeting. Diane Cozzi will con tinue as C ha irm an . Gail W enk will serve as Vice C h a irm an ; P a t C lark , R ecord ing Secretary; M yra Ringuette, C o rre sp o n d in g Secretary; A r t a H e n s o n , T r e a s u r e r . N o m i n a t i n g C om m ittee ; J o a n Kerwin (C ha irm an) , Mary S troh and M ary K rau tk ram er . Illi-Nines Race Board: R u th F ran tz , Gail L aP o o k and Ellen O ’Hara . C o n g ra tu la t io n s to all!

More c o n g ra tu la t io n s go to M ar ian Jay n e and d au g h te r Pa t Keefer w h o won the Air R a c e C la s s i c f r o m S a n t a M o n i c a to Milwaukee. C hicago Area m em bers flew ten o f the 37 entries in the W O W Skyderby in K eokuk, Iowa, and Gail G o ld th o rp e and F ran Davis really W O W ed ’em by c ap tu r ing 1st place. Gail L a P o o k and D iane Cozzi

finished first in the Buckeye Air Rally and Polly G i lk iso n with 49'/2er, J o h n , to o k second in the S u b u rb a n Aviation Air Race with a perfect fuel score.

J o a n Baldwin received her Com m erc ia l ra ting, appropria te ly , on Amelia E a rh a r t ’s b i r th d a y . A nd tw o fo r m e r 66s C lau d ia Vennell and Diane Masse are now proud ow ners o f their private licenses! Good luck to all o f you!

R uth W han was elected secretary of the In te rna tiona l Flying Nurses Associa tion in Ju n e at the annual conven t ion in W illiams­burg, VA. She is also w ork ing part t ime as a Flight Nurse with Su p e r io r Air A m bulance based at D u P ag e A irport . Bonnie (F e rg u ­son) Merz will be retiring from the FA A to s ta rt a new career as a flight exam iner . She will be giving check rides fo r all ratings th rough ATP.

H a t s o f f to t w o m o r e a n n i v e r s a r y celebrants Geri Krause a n d Melanie Rubin w h o have reached the 15 year m ark as 99s.

Greater Kansas City

Virginia and Bill Hansford , Velma and T o m M ynster , R o sam o n d and Bob Oliver, and Ja n Shirley report a super t ime at the E.A.A. A nnual Airshow and meeting at O s h k o s h , W iscons in . T h e re were 1374 planes on the g round and m any people cam ping un d e r the wings o f their a irp lanes a n d in p u p t e n t s . T h e a i r s h o w s w e re e x c e l l e n t a n d in c lu d e d th e C a n a d i a n Snow birds . The pa r ty given for 99s by the O shkosh gals was the icing on the cake.

Babs Tuley reports a great experience in flying with M arie Hoefer o f the Long Beach C h a p te r in the Pa lms to Pines race. They were pleased to place 14th. 49!/$er Bud Tuley flew to C a l i fo rn ia w ith Babs a n d was “v o lu n tee red ’’ as a t im er at the K lam ath Falls stop. Babs flew a to ta l o f 6.000 miles, including a d e to u r to S pokane , W ashington and a two-day layover in Douglas, W yo­m in g b e c a u s e o f w e a t h e r . M a r y A n n H am ilton and Je a n Wilson flew in the First W o m e n ’s Air Derby C o m m em o ra t iv e Race and we all looked fo rw ard to greeting them at their “hom e s to p ” here at Fa irfax Airport .

Greater St. Louis

The new year is off to a roaring s tart, our new officers a re officially installed, and what a delightful way to begin! The luncheon at S u n s e t C o u n t r y C lu b was su p e r . Adel Scharr did her usual magnificent jo b of installing the ladies, and o u r guest speaker, George Mills, gave us a really inside look at the trials o f a M cD onne l l F-4 Test Pilot. He followed his speech with a movie o f the Blue Angels do ing their th ing in the F-4s tha t was really b reath taking. New C h a irm an , Gloria Cash , led us to believe there will be many activities in the com ing year so tha t we will be kept plenty busy.

T here were only a few a irp lanes in the St. Louis A ero C lub proficiency race, Sa tu rday , August 11th, f rom Bi S ta te Parks a irport , but two of ’em were driven by ladies! Tex

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All-Ohio Barb Deeds is pictured with Montaine Mallet of the French Connection Aerobat Team The aircraft is a Mudry Capio. Mallet along with teammate, Daniel Haligoin. stopped at Fairfield County for gas on their way home from the Dayton Air Show. Barb got to do loops, rolls, spins and other aerobatics with Montaine. All-Ohio Rosanne Defibaugh received a similar trip with Dan Haligoin. To quote Barb: "It was thrilling!"

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W ickenhauser cam e in 4th a n d carried off the Piper T rophy , and Doris Kuhn, with co ­pilot Ruth Lake cam e in, to win the Beech t rophy , flying a T-34! The gals did right well, considering the Aero Club had no hand icap for the T-34, so they used a regular Bonanza handicap. Also, the race had to be re -routed at the last m inute because the WX front tha t was supposed to have moved on sou th and east o f o u r area , d id n ’t!

Chris St. Onge and 49!Aer, Paul, starting work on restoring a Staggerw ing Beech they trucked in to S T L from Denver. They plan to do the work in their garage and Chris says tha t when it’s finished, it will be the oldest s taggerwing. flying. R osem ary Z an d e r and spouse have their Piper Pacer complete ly restored, repain ted , and are flying it from Weiss Airport .

Indiana Dunes

T h e I n d ia n a D u n e s C h a p te r m et in Lansing. IL in August. 1979 and C h a irm an B arb G ro s s c o n d u c te d h e r last m ee t in g b e f o re t u r n i n g o v e r t h e g av e l t o th e incom ing chairm an . C h a r Falkenberg . The C h a p te r has enjoyed two wonderfu l years under the leadership of Barb. She has talent galore an d we d o n ’t feel tha t we have even scratched the surface of her possibilities. She showed this in her first meeting as c h a i rm an o f the 49'/4er m e m b e rs h ip . T h e A u g u s t activity for the men was a fishing derby. No big fish were caught but a few little ones did take the bait . Walt Fa lkenberg won the prize for having the most unique fishing hat. (The prize was a fishing scale and tape measure.) Back to W alt ’s hat. It had no th ing to d o with fishing unless he p lanned to blow the fish out of the water! It had a few M 80’s a long with a carved w ooden Norw eigan Troll as mascot, a beer opener, and a bottle o f Scotch, (miniature). The new officers were installed and the p ro g ram was given by the Civil Air P a t ro l on “ S e a rch a n d S u r v iv a l ” . B arb Gross was presented a C h a i r m a n ’s pin as a gift f rom the chapter .

Charlene Fa lkenberg spoke to the H oba r t R o tary C lub in August on the history o f the 99s and the 1979 Air Race Classic.

Kathy W alker has been p rom oted to R e g io n a l M a r k e t i n g S u p p o r t P r o g r a m Adm . with her com pany . She will be m aking

Indiana Dunes new officers (L-R) Eydie Banaszak, Treasurer; Charlene Falkenberg, Chairman; and Bonnie Lewis. Vice Chairman

a 3-4 day trip each m o n th which she plans to fly in her Cessna 1550V.

N o rm a Nevitt gave a talk on avia t ion to her d a u g h te r ’s class. The unusual par t o f this s tory is tha t her d a u g h te r teaches at a Navajo Indian School in T o h a tch , New Mexico — halfway between Gallop and Ship rock in the middle o f nowhere. She teaches p rob lem learners. Som e o f th em had never been off the reservation a n d d o n ’t really believe there are airplanes. N o rm a writes, "It was qu ite an experience. It was difficult for them to relate, but they were qu ite deligh tfu l.”

W isconsin

The August meeting was held a t Lakeland A irport , M in o q u a , in beautiful no r th e rn Wisconsin. The m em bers voted to d o n a te $100 to the W ea the r Sem inar held O c tober 27, in W ausau by D u an e Esse, as d o n e in the past . O u r hostess, M arie G r im m Schuette , fo r w hom the c h ap te r scho larsh ip fund is n a m e d , was p re sen te d an a p p r e c ia t io n plaque. Helen Kelly gave a short history o f o u r chap te r and the efforts and suppor t M arie has given in o rganiz ing it.

The new officers were installed by past cha irm an . Helen Kelly. They are: C ha irm an . Blane S tr ick land , M adison ; Vice C h a irm an , Terri M art in . M iddleton ; Secretary, R uth Prescott, O shkosh ; Treasurer , Joyce D o n — ner, Oshkosh.

N orthw estColum bia Cascade

T h e C o lu m b ia C a s c a d e C h a p te r Ju ly meeting was a fly-in to Vice C h a irm a n Betty P r a k k e n ’s h o m e on Dietz A irpark in the absence o f C h a irm a n B arbara Daufel who was in A laska help ing to crew a fishing boat (and doing her share o f fishing). It was well a t ten d ed with 23 Ninety-Nines in 10 planes flying in. In a d d it ion to o th e r business, plans were fo rm ula ted for a irm ark in g on August4.

The 49'/$er pa r ty o f the C o lu m b ia C ascade C h a p te r in Ju ly was a progressive “ Riches to R a g s ” H o b o p a r t y w i th th e a t t i t u d e ad ju s tm en t p o r t io n held a t the D u tc h e r ’s ju n g le w h e re c h a m p a g n e p u n c h f r o m a

water bucket and a d ipper was served in assorted cans and jars . On to the Blinco jung le for salad, garlic bread and wine — the sa lad bar an express wagon and old (but clean) wash tub . Finally to the W ohlge­m u th ’s for the “ Bums B anquet" o f grilled hot d o g s a n d b a k ed beans . C o s tu m e s were hi larious with S tan Blinco and Debbie T om w a l k i n g o f f w i th th e “ Best C o s t u m e ” trophies . This is the 99s’way o f honoring our 49 '/4ers f o r t h e a s s i s t a n c e we rece ive th ro u g h o u t the year.

Greater Seattle

F o u r teen happy flyers from the Greater Se a t t le C h a p te r flew to F r id a y H a rb o r A irport on San J u a n Island, for their July meeting, being met by Je a n T h o m as and her d a u g h te r w h o drove them to the Thom as hom e high a to p a rolling hill, where a picnic lunch (dishes for sam e hav ing been assigned by picnic co -o rd in a to r C aro l C ansdale) was enjoyed by all.

l lovene Po t te r regaled the assemblage with “ ups" and “d o w n s” o f the Hughes Airwest Air Race Classic, ip which she and friend J a n G am m el cam e in 10th, and also b ro u g h t a long her T ro p h y for one and all to admire.

Ju ly 5th, not 4th, was a red-letter day for C aro l C ansda le when she received her A T P rating

Ginger Mitchell was back after being in Moses Lake for two years, re tu rn ing with an Associa te o f Arts and her C o m m erc ia l / In— strum ent.

W yom ing

W yom ing 99s recently elected the fol­low officers for the ensuing term: C ha irm an . Crysta l Ahrens, Torr ing ton ; Vice C ha ir­m an , Elizabeth Grieve, Lander; Secretary. Lynn Sanford , Kaycee; Treasurer , Shirley Everett . Cheyenne. Elizabeth Grieve and Shirley Everett agreed to retain duties as M em bersh ip C h a irm a n and News Reporter , respectively.

South C entralArkansas

In early May, three A rkansas C h ap te r 99s flew to the Island o f E leuthera , Baham as on the an n u a l A rk an sas A ero Club Bahama Fly-In. They were C harlene Poe and 49'/2er; Beverly H arp a n d son; and Camelia Smith and 49!^er.

Kansas

Nancy-Bird W alton a ttended the 50th A nniversary o f the 99s in Albany, New York s topp ing in W ichita on her re turn. She was taken on a to u r o f Beechcraft and while there was the special luncheon guest o f Mrs. Olive A n n Beech. Mrs . W a l to n a t t e n d e d the c erem ony at the Wichita Public Library when Pat M cEwen presented the library with a copy o f the 99s’ history book.

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j f i b t a N nWalt Falkenberg. Char's 49'/?er, in his winning fishing hat at the Indiana Dunes Fishing Derby for 49'/?ers at the August meeting.

ano ther in te rnat ional 99. Betty Am brose , from the R hodesian Flame Lily C h a p te r o f the Sou th Centra l African Section. Betty was on a special jet to u r o f the United States and part o f the to u r p ro g ram included time at the O shkosh Air Show a n d tours th ro u g h the Wichita a ircraft plants. While staying with the M cEwens, P a t ’s son . Drew, flew Mrs. A m brose to O k la h o m a City for a t o u r of 99 Headquarters .

Nancy-Bird Walton. Australian 99; Pal McEwen, past International President; and Carolyn Westerman. Kansas Chapter Chairman

Oklahom a

The O k la h o m a C h a p te r had their full complement of delegates to the In te rn a ­tional C onven tion in Albany. T w o Past Presidents; Broneta Evans and Susie Sewell, also Nancy Sm ith and Velma W oodw ard . Hear Broneta and Velma did all right a t the harness races at Sa ra toga , and Nancy had more than her share o f com m ittee meetings.

Rita and L eornard Eaves *‘Skee te r-ed” up to the big E A A doings at O shkosh. W ould you believe 1374 planes?? Rita , a lso, helped man the 99 tent, as well as talked with Bryan Allen, w h o w ith o n ly sh e e r m a n - p o w e r pedalled the G ossam eer A lba tross across the English C hannel earlier this year.

Many o f the O k la h o m a 99s tu rn ed ou t for the P lann ing Session for next y e a r ’s agenda at Sue H a lp a in ’s home. Sue will be o u r new C h a p te r C h a i r m a n ; D a n a G ib s o n , Vice C ha irm an ; Marilyn Ratzlaff, Secretary and Poochie Rotzinger will be Treasurer.

Shreveport

Amy Pilkinton now flying co rp o ra te out o f T h i b i d e a u x , LA is s t i l l d o i n g h e r instructing. She recently go t her Ins t rum ent G ro u n d In s t ru c to r ’s Rating, a n d her first s tudent m ade a 93 on the written.

Helen Hewitt has soloed her 4 th son. We are w ondering if this is a record for a 99 or for any lady instructor. Let us h ear f rom any of you w ho knows o f a m o th e r who has soloed more th an 4 o f her ow n children.

South I.ouisiana

As the Sou th Louis iana C h a p te r meets in different cities in their a rea each m on th , the July meeting was held in Pa t te rson , LA 55 mi. s.w. o f Baton Rouge. This is the site o f the L o u is ian a A v ia t io n W ed e ll -W il l iam s Aviation m useum , built by the sta te to

co m m e m o ra te and hold the m em orab i l ia of early avia t ion pioneers. N am ed for J im m y Wedell , w ho won m ore th an 48 trophies , held m ore speed records th an an yone else alive during his lifetime (ending in 1934 when he was 34). and Harry Williams who with J im m y, o p e ra ted the first mail routes a n d p a s s e n g e r l in e s in t h e S t a t e ( th e f o r e r u n n e r o f o u r p re sen t E as te rn Air Lines).

Privately owned an tique (still ilyable) p lan es a re h a n g a r e d here a n d c h an g e d periodically , as their owners re tu rn th em to private collections after display.

F r o m B a to n R o u g e . M a r y F r e n c h . C h a irm a n , and E leanor Lowry A.E. C h a i r ­m an met with M ar ion Brown. Pa t te rson m em ber and FA A E xam iner , and Doylene R ice, new m e m b e r f ro m M o rg a n City . E leanor owns and flies G ru m m a n 9955L and Doylene Rice owns a n d flies her Cessna 206. As the Aviation M useum is located on the p ro p e rty adjacent to Pa t te rson a irpo r t , it a llowed m ore t ime to be spent with Ann Riser, Director, w ho was receptive to the d o n a t io n o f a pe rm an en t d isp lay by the 99s. O u r C h ap te r is w ork ing on this now and will m ake the p resen ta tion at o u r next Pa t te rson meeting.

Spanish Peaks

The hom e o f S h a ro n R oush was the site of Spanish Peak 's an n u a l steak-fry in August. Guests were families and s tuden t pilots. H onored on the occasion was A nn Frink; we c e leb ra ted th e off ic ia l d isc h a rg e o f o u r fo rm er W A SP ! J o a n Alyea show ed the slide p resen ta tion on the 1980 C o n v en tio n at Vail th a t was presented at Albany. And the w eather was C AV U!

S outheastKitty Hawk

Lorrie Tunnell and Diane Tunnell had the u n ique experience o f flying a Tiger M oth in Austra lia this sum m er. They also flew a 172

in Sydney. They were very impressed by the g reat visibility.

Long Beach

Long Beach C h ap te r has a n o th e r first! We have the first air line pilot to give b ir th to a baby! On Ju ly 23, 1979, Terry L ondon Rinehart gave b ir th to a 9!4 p ound son who has been nam ed Jus t in Michael Rinehart . Terry has been a Western Airlines Pilot since M arch 1976. Her husb an d . R obert , is a pilot for United Airlines. T erry ’s m other , also a Long Beach C h a p te r m em ber, is Barbara London .

Terry and baby Ju s t in will visit B arbara for a few days the end of August. Terry is look ing forw ard to getting back to w ork the end o f October.

M a r i o n D i t t m a n h a s r e c e n t ly been employed by the FA A in San ta M onica as an Aviation Safety Inspector.

M ary L. Wright passed the Calif. Bar Exam, and has been adm it ted to practice as an a tto rney . M ary g radua ted from Western S ta te University School o f Law.

M onterey Bay

M onterey Bay C h a p te r had a marvelous t ime at the August meeting hosted by J o and Jo h n Deiser at their lovely hom e in Oak Shores, Bradley, C A on the l l t h . This is lo ca ted by L ak e N a c ie m e n to . 99s a n d 49!/iers G en ev a a n d D o u g la s C r a n f o rd . Harrie t and Bill Brin and Kay and Ron H a rm o n shared the hospitali ty the Deisers so w arm ly offered. Water skiing plus o ther o u td o o r activit ies, then a delicious Bar-B- Q u e o n th e d e c k o v e r l o o k i n g n a t u r e s b e a u t y . J o h n a n d so n s e r v e d a g r e a t breakfast Su n d a y m orn ing , then off to the lake for m ore b oa ting and a to u r o f Lake Naciemento . l .a ter, re tu rn ing to the house for playing pool, m ore good food and d o n ’t forget the H a n g ar Flying!! T h an k s to Jo and J o h n f o r t h e p l e a s u r e o f b e in g y o u r com pany .

C o n g ra tu la t io n s to Shirley Ramsay who jus t recently ob ta ined her Ins t rum ent rating

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was furnished by New Orleans 99 Gloria Burlette (far left). Jane Schiek, Chairman of the Women's Activities is pictured far right.

and now flies char te r for Air Trails in Salinas, CA.

Golden Carr iage Air. a small c o m m u ter Air Lines based in Paso Robles. CA m ade their M aiden Voyage into Salinas Municipal Airport . 99s Geneva C ranfo rd . Kay H a r ­m o n a n d Geri H a l fp en n y (a lso on the C om m iss ion) were treated to the first ride on the Navajo, tak ing a to u r of the S a l inasa rea . Golden C arr iage will offer local business people as well as city shoppers m orn ing flights to San Francisco and S ac ram en to with re turn to Salinas tha t a f te rnoon . A reception was held in the term inal , a t tended by city officials. A irport M anager . 99s and mem bers o f the Airport C om mission.

Santa Clara Valley

Betty Hicks has been named Ins t ruc to r o f the Year for o u r FA A District . The aw ard will be presented to her at o u r annual banquet at Flying Lady on S ep tem ber 15. Marilee A rnd t and her family have re turned from several years living in Switzerland. Pat and Henry Rowe flew to Denver for the C o m an c h e society meeting. Stella and Ray Leis are hom e from Vero Beach, Flor ida with their new Piper. Olive O livera’s family have a new B onanza and are busy building an a irs tr ip on their p roperty east o f Los Banos. The Twin C o m m a n d e r 500 B rebuilt by Gee Bee Aero (M ar io n Barnick) is being successfully test flown. M arg S tandish , long time m em ber, has retired from Lockheed and moved back to the bay area f rom N. Hollywood. Evelyn and Oscar L u n d s tro m are hom e from the annual trip to Tsuniah Lake in British Columbia . Anne Spencer is off to O k la h o m a City for tra in ing as a Flight Service S ta tion opera to r . She does not know where she will b es ta t ioned . M ayetta and Bill Behringer are hom e from a m o n th long trip in their Cessna 182 to visit relatives in the midwest.

Attend ing the 50th Anniversary In te rn a ­tional C onven tion in Albany were Vera Arnold , M arion Barnick, M a rd o Crane. Peg Ewert, Willy G ardner . Pat Gladney, Olive O l ivera , P a t R o b e r ts , Pa t R ow e, P a t ty Sherw ood and Dian Ward.

Olive Olivera , with Willy G a rd n e r as co ­pilot, flew her Cessna 172 from San Jose to Albany for C onvention . As reported by Willy: a lot o f t ime was spent searching out a irpo r ts with 80 oc tane gasoline. They were successful most o f the time. They spent 5 ex tra days in Albany when early m orn ing poor w eather called for a “ no go to d ay " decision. The n u m b er o f cars they had to rent stays in her mind! For tuna te ly the enrou te weather for the three week tr ip was generally good.

L'tah

Wilma Nichols an d C aro lyn Eklund have vacationed in Michigan. Julie Pfile and C aro l C larke a ttended the I.A.C. A erobatic Contes t , Fo n d Du Lac, Wisconsin. Carol a lso w ent to O s h k o sh . Lila F ie ld en is a ttend ing the FA A Academ y, O k lah o m a City. s9

Spectacular Passion P lay Trip

O b e r a m m e r g a u , t h e w o o d - c a r v i n g village, is the site only every 10 years for the all d ay Passion Play. Tickets fo r the 1980 play a lready a re sold out. We have a tota l o f 26.

Jo in us for 10 days which includes de luxe hotel a cco m m o d a t io n s , m o to r- co a c h s ig h tse e in g t h r o u g h F la n d e r s , G hent , Bruges in Belgium. It includes a tra in ride th ro u g h G erm any , a Rhine River Cruise, and the Play. And the price

in c lu d es a gu ide , a n d tw e n ty d e lu x e m eals . F r o m Brussels t o B russe ls— $ 1350, each in a double. Air fare is extra and, fo r instance, is a b o u t $450. A P E X ro u n d t r ip New York.

W r i te o r ca l l t o d a y f o r d e ta i l s . Deadline fo r fellow travelers is Decem ber I.

Page S h am b u rg er , Page Travel Agen­cy, P O Box 1406, Sou the rn Pines, NC 28387, 919/692-8362.

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P.O. Box 2547, A irport S ta tion O ak land . C A 94614 (415) 569-2404

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All m e ta l , m i l i t a r y s t i c k - g r i p , d u a l con tro ls , 22,000 ft usable ceiling, 1450 F P M climb. Cruises 525 miles at 135 M P H with a to p speed of 148 T akeoff over a 50 ft. obstacle in just 440 ft. and land in 450 . . . L ycom ing 150 H P Engine . . . fly it with can o p y open an d experience the o pen cockpit excitem ent o f flying . . . YES . . . this is Y O U R A IR P L A N E !

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“ R eady to Serve 99s A n y w h ere— A nytim e!”

99s Q uestionnaire

I. Do you use a restraint system (seat belt a n d /o r shoulder harness) when you fly? (circle applicable)

As pilot As a passengerA lw ays---------------------------------A lw ay s-----------------------------------Usually -------------------------------- UsuallySometimesRarely -----Never ____Other

(specify) .

_Som etim es-R are ly ___-N ever ____

O ther _ (specify) .

Briefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.2. Do you use a restraint system (seat belt a n d /o r shoulder harness)

when you are in a car? (circle applicable)

As driver As a passengerA lw ays A lw ay s--------------------------------—Usually UsuallySometimesRarely ___N e v e r____O ther

(specify)

-Som etim es-R are ly ___-N ever ____

O ther _ (specify)

Briefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.

3. Do you use seat belts in rear seat o f an

Aircraft? A utom obile?A lw ays______________________A lw ay s---------Usually -------------------------------- UsuallySometimesRarely ___N e v e r____Other

(specify) .

-Som etim es-R are ly ------N ever ____

O ther _ (specify)

Briefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.4. Does your 49)4 use a restraint system?

W hen driving? W hen flying?Always A lw ay s-------U s u a l ly ____________________ UsuallySometimes ___Rarely -----------Never ________O ther

(specify )____

A s a passenger in car?A lw ays-----------Usually ______Sometimes __Rarefy -----------Never ________Other

(specify )___

-Som etim es-R are ly ___-N ever _____

O ther _ (specify) .

Airplane?-A lw a y s___-U su a lly __-Som etim es-R a re ly ------ N e v e r ____

O ther _ (specify)

Briefly explain the reason(s) fo r your answers.

5. Do you require your passengers to use restraint systems?

In an airplane In your carA lw ays---------------------------------A lw ay s------------------------Usually -------------------------------- UsuallySometimesRarely -----N e v e r____O ther

(specify ).

-Som etim es-R are ly ___- N e v e r ____

O ther _ (specify) .

Briefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.6. If you have infants (weighing up to 20 pounds) (9 Kg) as passengers,

how do you restrain them?

D on't, held in a rm s .-----------------Use lap beltUse com m ercial au to infant restraintN a m e /m o d e l_______________________O ther (e x p la in )-------------------------------

7. If you have small children (weighing between 20 and 40 lbs. (9-18 Kg.) as passengers, do you restrain them?

A s p ilot As a passengerAlways A lw ay s---------------------------------Usually -------------------------------- Usually ------------------------------ --SometimesRarely ___Never ____O ther

(specify)

-Som etim es-R are ly ___- N e v e r ____

O ther(specify)

a. Briefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.b. If you do restrain small children, w hat type o f restraints do you use

in a irp la n e —------------------------------------- -In c a r ______________________ __________________________________

8. W hat year did you start fly ing?. . Driving?

9. W hat model and year aircraft do you own or usually fly?---------------A u to ? --------------------------

10. If you have a shoulder harness, is it integral (one piece with lap belt)in a i r c ra f t____________in a u t o ------------------

or 2-piece (able to w ear lap belt w ithout shoulder harness) in a i r c ra f t ------------------ in a u t o ------------------

11. If 2-piece lap-shoulder harness, do you use shoulder harness por­tion when you fly?

A lw ay s ____________________Usually ___________________Som etim esRarely ___Never ____O ther

(specify)Briefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.

12. Were shoulder harnesses (front seats) installed:

Inby factory (standard e q u i p . ) -------------------------------by factory (optional

equip, o r d e r e d ) ---------------------------------by dealer ( F B O ) ---------------------------------by s e l f ---------------------------------no shoulder harness — .----------------------------o ther (explain)

13. Do you think that shoulder harnesses should be installed by the m anufacturer for each aircraft seat as proposed by FAA N PR M 73- 1?

All seats:Front seats only: None:

Yes - Yes Yes _

_No_No_No

14. Do you have any problem or com m ents with the shoulder harness and I o r seat belt you use relative to com fort, fit. accessibility, ease of donning, ability to reach controls, etc.?

Your autom obile Your aircraftin front s e a t s : --------------------------------------------------------------------

in rear seats:

15. We'd appreciate any additional com m ents you’d care to make, ano ther sheet if you wish.

You need not sign this questionnaire unless you want to . however would appreciate the nam e of your C hap ter and Section.

Please send comple ted quest ionnaires to: M ary F. Foley, 867 Kem per Circle, Rock Hill, SC 29730.

Iriefly explain the reason(s) for your answers.

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