tJiie uAlinety ■ uAlines. $nc.INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS

Jllew s S&tteftIn tern atio n al H ead q uarters — P. O. Box 1444 — Oklahom a City, Oklahoma

AIR TERMINAL BUILDING — WILL ROGERS FIELD APRIL, 1932

P resid en t's C olum nF ro n t p ag e read ers, h e re ’s inside

new s. C h ap ter A ctivities:

A ttending A ir S h are M eetings -— p lan n in g P en n y -a-P o u n d F lig h ts—a c ­q u irin g new m em bers — co o p eratin g w ith AOPA in M arch of D im es—col­lectin g T ra d in g S tam p s — org an iz in g W ing Scouts—fly in g CAP m issions— flying C adets on o rien ta tio n flig h ts— u p -g rad in g license and e a rn in g new ra tin g s—ta k in g p a r t in p an el discus­sions—sp eaking a t Z onta m eetin g s— p lan n in g ra c e stops—h av in g s c ra p ­book p arties—serving on ae ro n a u tic a l b o ard s—co n trib u tin g to th e A m elia E a r h a r t F u n d an d to W ays an d M eans—an d le arn in g th e “ T w ist” .

H ow does y our ch a p te r r a te ? I t is tim e to send th e a n n u a l c h a p te r r e ­p o rt to y our governor.

So m a n y N inety-N ines a re tra v e lin g these days—do c a n ta c t o v er-sea m em -

i bers, an d b rin g b ack new s an d p ic­tu res for th e News L etter.

P la n now to a tte n d th e In te rn a tio n ­a l C onvention on Ju ly 13th an d 14th, in P rin ceto n , N .J . And keep fly in g !

Louise M. S m ith

In response to our req u est for books w ritte n by N inety-N ine m em b ers to add to our H e a d q u a rte rs L ib ra ry , we received th ree in s tru m e n t m a n u a ls w ritte n an d don ated b y L eona M. W alton. “ How To F ly B y In s tru ­m e n ts” , "O m n i F o r T he In s tru m e n t P ilo t” , an d “ A D F F o r T he In s tru ­m en t P ilo t” . T h a n k you so v ery m uch, Leone.

W an ted

S tenotypist for th e A n n u al I n ­te rn a tio n a l C onvention of the N inety-N ines, In c., to bo- h eld at th e N assau In n in P rin ceto n , N .J. on Ju ly 14, 1962. A ny q u a li­fied N inety-N ine d esiring th e position, p lease c o n tac t—

Lois F a irb a n k , C onventionC h a irm an6298 S au n d ers St.Rego P a rk , L .I., N ew Y ork

1962 TER M IN U S PROGRAMWilmington, Delaware

ALL-WOMAN TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR RACE, Inc."Pow der Puff Derby"

H eadquarters — Hotel Du Pont

Monday, July 9

A fternoon— Swim m ing at the new Cavalier C ountry Club 5:00 p.m .— Inform al cocktail party, Hotel Du P o nt (sponsored)

Tuesday, July 10

A fternoon— More swim m ing, courtesy of th e C avalier C ountry Club H ospitality Room— H otel Du Pont

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m .— Open fo r coffee and as a place tom eet your friends

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m .— Cocktails for plane crew s and com m it­tee p ersonnel (sponsored)

Wednesday, July 11

12:00 noon— Official end of “P ow der P u ff” race (A.W.T.A R.) A fternoon— M ore sw im m ing— sam e place, sam e nice people H ospitality Room open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m .— P ilo t’s m eeting (tentative)6:00 p.m .— H an gar P arty — G reater W ilm ington A irport

Cocktail H our (sponsored)D inner H our E n terta in m en t

Thursday, July 12

12:00 noon on through the afternoon Swimm ing orD elaw are P ark Race T rack

H ospitality Room open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.6:00 p.m .— Cocktail p a rty fo r all p lane crews, com m ittee p er­

sonnel, sponsors and guests, (sponsored)7:00 p.m .— A w ards B anquet— distinguished speaker

Friday, July 13

Fly Away B reakfast (sponsored)

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All reg istra tio n and tickets— H otel Du P on t Lobby R egistration fee— $10.00 fo r p lane crews and com m ittee p er­sonnel. The fee is established to cover th e m ajority of costs. N on-participants (frien ds and relatives) will be provided tickets a t m oderate prices. A com plete schedule will be issued.Special arran g em en ts— depending on yo u r in tere st—

Tour of Longwood G ardens T our of W in terth u r M useum T our of Hagley M useum Bowling

Special arran g em en ts— depending on y our needs—B eauty shop appointm ents P lenty of tim e for shopping

International OfficersPresident

LO UISE M. SM ITH 421 E d g ed ale D rive

H igh P oint, N o rth C arolina

Vice-PresidentBARBARA K IE R N A N

124 M yrtle St.Boston, M a ssac h u se tts

SecretaryBARBARA EVANS

40 S tu a r t P lac e M an h asset, N ew Y ork

TreasurerA LICE R O B ER T S

719 W. O rchid L an e P hoenix, A rizona

E xecutive Comm ittee E U G E N IA R. H E IS E

5019 N. C u m b erlan d Blvd. M ilw aukee, W isconsin

BARBARA LONDON 551 M arg o A venue

L ong B each, C alifornia

RU TH D E ER M A N 405 C am ino R eal E l P aso , T ex as

DEADLINE FOR NEWS The 25th Of Each Month

Flying Activities ReportH ave you visited your F lig h t S er­

vice S tation rec en tly just to check on how m any in v alu ab le services th ey p erfo rm —absolutely fre e?

P R E F L IG H T B R IE F IN G including com plete w eath er d a ta , assistan ce w ith p lan n in g your flight, conditions and services av a ila b le a t a irp o rts, cu rren t c h a rt and rad io in fo rm atio n , etc.

IN F L IG H T B R IE F IN G w hile en- route. FAA reco m m en d s you co n tac t each sta tio n enroute w ith a position reoort. J u s t p ick up your “ m ik e” , ca ll th e sta tio n and give your id e n ti­fication . Specify w h at freq u en cy or fac ility you a re listening to, and s ta te your m essage.

W E A T H E R BROADCASTS a t 15 and 45 m in u tes p ast each h o u r w hich includes N otam s and Pireps.

FL IG H T PLA N S w hich you m a y file in person, telephone or rad io . T hese flig h t p lans cost nothing, ta k es only a few m niutes, and m ay be in ­stru m e n ta l in saving your life.

FL IG H T FOLLOW ING SE R V IC E w hich is co m p arab le to th a t a v a ila b le to airlines. A ny pilot w ith tw o-w ay radio p rep a rin g for a tr ip longer th a n one h o u r w ho flies a' V F R flig h t p lan m a y request F lig h t F ollow ing. As th e pilot ap p ro ach es th e d es ig n at­ed station , she identifies h erse lf and the flight sp ecialist w ill provide in ­fo rm atio n especially p rep ared for her.

The p ilo t’s o n ly ob lig atio n is to m ak e rep o rts to th e F lig h t W atch sta tio n s along th e ro u te an d close th e F lig h t P la n upon a rr iv a l.

P IR E P S . W hen “ w e a th e r” is r e ­po rted or fo recast w ith in a ra d iu s of 100 m iles of th e sta tio n , th e sp ecia list w ill solicit rep o rts fro m pilots. W hen you file a pirep, you h elp o thers.

E M E R G E N C Y S ER V IC ES. Should you becom e lost or u n su re of y our position, ca ll an y FAA F lig h t S ervice S ta tio n on a n y freq u en cy listed, or ca ll an y VOR and ask for assistance. Service personnel can o rie n ta te you and d irec t you b ack on course to th e n earest a irp o rt.

E lsie M cB rideF ly in g ac tiv ities c h a irm a n

A W TA ROne of th e m ost b eau tifu l routes in

th e U nited S ta te s w ill m a rk th e 1962 PO W D ER P U F F D E R B Y .

T h e 2745 s ta tu te m ile course s ta rts at. O akland, C alif., crosses F a llo n and E lco, N evada; S a lt L ak e City, U tah; R ock Springs, W y o .; S co ttsb lu ff and Gnaind Islan d , N ebrask a; Des M oines, Iowa; P eo ria , Illinois; D ayton, Ohio; P ittsb u rg h , P a . an d w inds up in W il­m ington, D elaw are. S a lt L ake City A irp o rt No. 1 is th e only m a n d a to ry stop.

Im pound deadline: Ju ly 3, 1962.Taike-off: Ju ly 7, 1962. D eadline to finish, J u ly 11, 1962.

S tock a irp la n e s of 85 to 400 hp, m a n ­u fac tu re d on o r a f te r J a n . 1, 1952 a re elig ib le and w ill be h a n d ica p p ed a c ­co rd in g to m ak e and m odel.

P ilo t is req u ired to hold a ra tin g of a t le ast a co m m erc ia l p ilo t or a p ri­v a te PLU S in s tru m e n t a n d /o r in ­stru c to rs ra tin g . Co-pilot m u st be p r i­v a te pilot or h ig h er.

An o v era ll purse of 2500.00 w ill be divided am o n g th e firs t five places in ad d itio n to trophies. T h ere w ill also be cash prizes for th e best scores on each leg, best of class an d in m an y sp ecia l ca teg o ries to be listed a t a la te r date.

P o sition for tak e-o ff w ill be assig n ­ed in th e o rd er th a t ap p lica tio n s for en try a re received. A ll en tries post­m ark ed , opening day, Will: h a v e ra c e n u m b ers d eterm in ed by a d raw in g .

E n tries m u st be p o stm ark ed no e a r­lier th a n A pril 20, 1962 an d no la te r th a n Ju n e 5, 1962.

K its co n ta in in g a ll n ecessary form s an d in fo rm atio n a re re a d y now and c a n be h a d by req u est (a n d $.25 to cover m a ilin g ) f r o m :

Ail W om an T ra n sc o n tin en ta l Air R ace Inc.T eterb o ro A irport, T eterboro , N ew Jersey .

C om ing Events

M iddle E a s t S p rin g S ectional A pril 14

P h ila d e lp h ia N av y S h ip y ard P h ilad e lp h ia , P a .

N o rth C e n tra l S p rin g S ectional A pril 27, 28, 29

K an sas City, Mo.

South C e n tra l S p rin g S ectional A pril 27, 28, 29 M idland, T exas

S outhw est S pring S ectional A pril

B akersfield , Calif.

F a ir - la d y ’s A n n u al In d ia n a R ace (F .A .I .R .)

M ay 21, 22 F t. W ayne, In d ian a

12th A nnual In te rn a tio n a l A ir R ace M ay 25 - Ju n e 3

H ouston, Tex. to N assau. B.W .I.C o n tac t M rs. M ary B a rre r

5701 N.W. 111th St.H ialea h , F lo rid a

AWTAR J u ly 7-11

O ak lan d , C alif, to W ilm ington, D el.

In te rn a tio n a l Convention J u ly 13-14

P rin ceto n , N .J.

N o rth C en tra l F a ll S ectional Sept. 21, 22, 23 St. Louis, Mo.

N orthw est F a ll S ectio n al Sept. 14, 15, 16 P o rtlan d , Ore.

P ilot's B riefing

A rem in d er: “ T he ro ster is a P r i­v a te M em bership L isting—not to be used for C o m m ercia l Purposes w ith ­out p erm ission of E x ec u tiv e C o m m it­te e .”

S PE C IA L TO C H A PT E R CH A IR­MAN : O rder y our AWTAR P ro g ra m s now ! Be su re to o rd er su fficien t cop­ies fo r m e m b ers an d o thers w ho m a y be in terested in o b ta in in g a copy. T his can be a m oney ra is in g pro ject for y our ch a p te r. 75 cents p er copy— o rd er fro m AWTAR H ead q u arters, T eterb o ro A irport, T eterboro , N .J.

To a ll m em bers: T ry to a tte n d yo u r S p rin g S ectio n al m eeting . T he host ch a p te rs a re m ak in g ev ery effort to p rovide in te restin g an d en te rta in in g m eetings.

By Jeanne Spielberg

We h ad a v e ry ex citin g d in n er m e e t­ing a t F e r d i’s R e s ta u ra n t on T u es­d ay, M arch 20th. E x citin g b ecau se of T o m m y W alker, th e s tu n t pilot, who b riefed us on “H ow to C rash an A ir­p lan e and L ive T h ru I t .” H is opening s ta te m e n t w as th a t he had s ta r te d in th e p lane cra sh in g b u siness q u ite by accid en t. None of us doubted it for a m om ent. I will not a tte m p t to re te ll h is m any, m a n y h a ir-ra is in g e x p e ri­en ces a s a c ra sh pilot w hile flying w ith th e F ly in g T ig e rs A ir C ircus, ju s t a f te r W orld W ar II. W ith sho u ld er h a rn e s s and c ra sh h elm et he cam e th ro u g h u n sc ra tc h e d and show ed us m ovies to p rove it. He ad v ised th a t if c ra s h or fo rced landing is in ev it­able, look for a good plot, s tick to it, point the nose betw een th e im m o v ab le o b jects and do not t ry to sa v e th e p lane. A sim p le fo rm u la b u t it w orks fo r him .

The d in n er w as a tten d e d by about 56 people and th e tu rn o u t of 49% ers w as o v erw helm ing. The su b je c t m a t­te r m u st h av e in trig u ed th em and I a m su re th e y all enjoyed T om m y W a lk e r’s g ra p h ic accounts.

D ottie G able b ro ught w ith h e r E le a ­n o r N ilsen and H elen C zejkow ski, p ro sp ec tiv e m e m b ers. E le a n o r and D ottie G able hope to be in th e N ew E n g lan d R a ce on M ay 5th a t Wor- c h e ste r, M ass. H elen w as re c e n tly elected P re s id e n t of th e L ab o ra to ry F lying Club, Inc.

O ur p ro sp ec tiv e m e m b er, M arg ie B row n, b rin g s h ap p y tid in g s to the 99s. She w as eng ag ed F e b ru a ry 10th to Don D ensm ore, a pilot w hom she m e t flying. T hey p lan to be a Ju n e couple.

O ur C hris W inzer h as been re le a se d fro m a V erm ont ho sp ital a f te r s u ffe r­ing a h ead concussion in a skiing a c ­cid en t a t Stow e. C hris re m a in s u n ­d au n ted and is re a d y to g e t b ack on th e skis. T h a t’s o u r girl.

K ay B rick h ad th e p le a su re of fly ­ing C han Yong P a rk , who w ill be in th is co u n try fo r se v e ra l m o n th s u n d er th e au sp ices of the FAA. He will be in ch a rg e of K o rean Civil A viation M ain­te n an c e and will no doubt be th e one to certify th e " T rad in g S ta m p ” a i r ­p lan e for K im ’s K o rean w om en en ­th u sia s ts .How about th o se S tam p s g ir ls ?

W ESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER

B y Terri Pirrung

On M arch 6th we g a th e re d a t B uf­

falo M unicipal A irp o rt for a lo u r th ru

th e re c e n tly co m p leted new C ontrol Tow er; th e IF R Room w hich is A p­p ro ac h and D e p a rtu re Control; B uf­falo A rea R adio an d th e W eath er B u reau . T he co n tro llers on d u ty w ere v e ry co o p erativ e in an sw erin g q u es­tions. I th in k w e all le arn ed so m eth in g ab o u t th e job of th e m a n on th e o th er end of th e m ike, and h ad a v e ry in ­te re s tin g evening.

F o r those w ho couldn’t join us th ey sa id only p ass n e c e s sa ry to g ain a d ­m itta n c e to a n FAA to w er is a pilots license.

O ur new m e m b er, Sue H offm an, told ab o u t h e r re c e n t r id e in a h eli­co p ter a t th e M iam i H eliport. One of S u e’s re a so n s for le arn in g to f :y, she said , w as th e d esire to fly cop­te r s —this is u n til she found out th a t it cost fro m $75 to $100 p e r hour. W hen th e cost is m o re w ith in re a c h , b et th e re w ill be a lot m o re g a ls in te re s ­ted.

P eg W ahl h a s been g e ttin g a c q u a in t­ed w ith h e r new C essna S k y lark . She had a b ra k e lock on landing a t a sm all p lace n e a r P ittsb u rg h called C am el A irport. F o rtu n a te ly full opposite ru d ­d er p rev e n ted a ground loop and it ju s t skidded sidew ays on th e ice cov­ered ru n w ay .

W ith sp rin g on the w ay hope w e all can g et m o re sky-tim e.

MIDDLE EAST SECTION

WASHINGTON, I) C. CHAPTER

By Jean R oss Howard

V irginia T hom pson re p o rts on the M arch 10th m eetin g of th e C h apter:

“ P u b lic o w n ersh ip of a irp o rts is

p re fe ra b le to p riv a te ow nership , Col­

onel A llan P erk in so n , D irec to r, D iv is­

ion of A ero n au tics, C om m onw ealth of

V irg in ia told th e W ashington, D.C.

C h a p te r of th e 99’s and th e ir s ta r s tu d ­ded ro s te r of g u ests . T hose atten d in g th e M a rc h d in n e r m eetin g w ere G en­e ra l Foulois, U. S. A viation No. 1, w ho w as ta u g h t by O rville W right; Colonel A. B. M cM ullen, E x ecu tiv e D irec to r, N atio n al A ssociation of S ta te A viation O fficials; L t. Colonel A lfred N ow itsky, A sso ciate D ire c to r of D iv­ision of A ero n au tics of V irginia; C arl V oelter, D isa s te r C ontrol P lan n in g Of­fic e r w ith th e FAA F lig h t S ta n d a rd S ervices; C hris L am p le, A sst. D irec to r of A viation F a c ilitie s S erv ice and B u r­eau s, FAA; Jo h n M orris, T ech n ica l A ssistan t w ith A irc ra ft M an ag em en t D ivision, FA A F lig h t S ta n d a rd s S erv ­ices; and C ap ta in A rm e n ta H arn ess , U. S. A ir F o rc e and J e a n S chyler, p ro sp ec tiv e m e m b ers.

“ Follow ing d in n er a t the W ash in g ­ton N atio n al A irp o rt T e rra c e Room ,

AMELIA EARHART

MEMORIAL DINNER

January 10, 1962, W ashington, D.C.

Front row — left to right: Ruth Freckleton (99 and W ashington Cor­respondent, A viation News Illustrat­ed) ; Mitzi Keller (Mrs. Gilbert K el­ler—99); Virginia Thompson (Mrs. Donald M.—Vice Governor, Middle Eastern Section 99’s ) ; Betty Fisher (99); Mrs. Blanche Noyes (Charter member, first Treasurer, Past Pres­ident—the 99’s, Chief, Air Marking Section, F F A and Dinner Toastmis- tress) ; Doris White (99); Beatrice Wilder (99); R osem ary Lane (99).

Back row—left to right: Dorothy M itchell (Mrs. F. H.—ex-WASP anil 99); Jean Ross Howard (ex-WASP, 99 and Whirly-Girl) ; Dr. Dora Dougherty (WASP, 99 and Whirly- Girl, Human Factors Engineer, Bell Helicopter Company, Ft. Worth, Texas and guest sp ea k er); Claire Callaghan (WASP) ; Velta Benn (Chairman, W ashington, D.C. Chap­ter of the 99’s.).

th e gro u p m oved to th e V .I.P . Lounge a t th e M ats T e rm in a l w h ere Colonel P erk in so n ta lk e d on “ G en era l A via­tion A irp o rts in V irg in ia” . He pointed out th a t public ow n ersh ip of a irp o rts is p re fe ra b le to p riv a te ow nership. As a public u tility , th e a irp o rt can gain lan d th ro u g h th e rig h t of em in en t do­m ain . Too, m o re m oney w ould be av a ila b le for th e a irp o rt th a n if it w ere p riv a te ly fin anced. Colonel P e rk ­inson u rg ed the 99’s to v isit C h am b ers of C o m m erce and o th er civic groups to p re ss for m o re public a irp o rts . In sp ite of th e ad v a n ta g e s of public own­ersh ip , se v e ra l of th e m e m b ers privat- a te ly ex p re ssed concern of ty in g a ir ­p o rts for g e n e ra l av iation to th e pub­lic pocketbook.

" In th e question period following th e m a in ta lk , th e re c e n t S uprem e C ourt ru lin g on liab ility fo r noise d is­tu rb a n c e s an d th e reco m m en d atio n s fo r P ro je c t B eacon w ere thoroughly d iscu ssed b u t no specific conclusion w ere rea ch ed .

“ T he evening ended w ith coffee and

N.Y. - N.J. SECTION

photo by AOPA Pilot

cak e and p ark in g tic k e ts for som e m e m b e rs !”

On M a rc h 1, 1962, N an cy E . L y n am p ut on h e r Civil A ir P a tro l uniform and w ent to th e W eapons S y stem T est je t h a n g a r a t P a tu x e n t N av a l A ir S tatio n fo r h e r f irs t flig h t in th e G ru m an F958-T. H e r te s t pilot h u sb an d LCDR D onald M. L y n am h elp ed h e r into th e s m a lle s t an ti-ex p o su re su ite av a ila b le and N an cy w as s tra p p e d in­to the rear-co ck p it. On th e f irs t flight, h e r pilot p u t th e ship th ro u g h its paces, ac ro b atic s, a dive th ro u g h M ach 1 and touchandgo lan d in g s. In the afternoon, N an cy sa t in th e p ilo t’s se a t an d did it h erse lf! A fraid, N ancy will n ev e r be h ap p y in a piston-pow ­ered ag ain .

T H E N O R TH ER N V IR G IN IA SUN had a nice a r tic le on A da M itchell, citing h e r 25 y e a rs of v o lu n teer w ork w ith th e A m erican R ed C ross, h e r c a re e r w ith th e F B I and h e r flying activ ities.

T he C h ap ter w elcom es M. R ita Gib. son w ho h as re c e n tly tra n s fe rre d from Long B each, C alifornia C h ap ter.

A delaide T in k er h as been elected presid en t of th e D upont E m p lo y ees Aero Club in W ilm ington, D elaw are. A delaide is th e f irs t A ssociate m e m b er and th e f irs t g irl to ev e r hold th is position.

T he C h ap ter is planning a “ Penny- a-Pound F lig h ts so m etim e in th e S pring. M itzi K eller will be C h a irm an of the event.

S ev era l 99’s w ere in W ashington la s t m onth for the W hirly-G irls “ O p e ra ­tion P ic tu re s ” —a n atio n al m ag azin e is doing a cover sto ry on the group. Tw elve W hirly-G irls and five helico p ­te rs m e t for a w eekend of flying, pho to g rap h y and fun. In th e group w ere—fro m T ex as, E d n a G ard n er W hyte and D o ra D o u g h erty — fro m N ew E n g lan d —P a t A rnold. C h arlo tte Kelly, T eddy K enyon and J e r r y G a rd ­in er—from P h ilad e lp h ia — new 99 - J e a n Wilson and of course from W ash­ington, D. C. Ja n e y H a rt and J e a n H ow ard. F o rm e r 99 and fo rm e r G ov­ern o r of th e N ew E n g lan d Section— Ju d y S hort ca m e up from Lexington, K entucky.

J e r r ie Cobb w as in tow n la s t w eek. She and J a n e y H a rt m et w ith Vice P re sid en t L yndon Johnson to d iscuss the proposed W om en in S pace P ro ­g ra m , Ja n e y is off a g a in for a th re e w eeks cru ise in th e W est Indies on a c h a rte re d schooner—w ith an all g irl crew .

The S pring M eeting of th e M iddle E a s te rn Section w ill be held S a tu rd ay , A pril 14, a t th e N aval A ir M a teria l C enter a t the P h ilad e lp h ia N av y Y ard . The 99's will v isit th e Air C rew E q u ip ­m ent L ab o ra to ry w h ere th e as tro n a u ts sp ace suits w ere developed and a t­tend the C om m issioning C erem ony of the USS O kinaw a, a new type c a r r ie r for troops and h elico p ters.

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

SECTION

By Kate Macario

We w ere trem en d o u sly p leased and

honored to h av e Connie Wolf as our

g u es t sp e a k e r a t o u r d in n er m eetin g ,

M arch 16th. F o r th is sp ecia l occasion,

Connie left th e h o sp ita l w h ere she h ad

b een confined for o v er a w eek w ith a blood clot in h e r leg, she re tu rn e d to th e hospital im m ed ia te ly a f te r h e r ta lk . We a re v e ry h ap p y to re p o rt th a t s e v e ra l d ay s a f te r th e d in n er she w as se n t hom e; a g re a t re lief to th is f re e ­dom -loving w om an.

Connie and th e ev e r-g racio u s Abby Wolf, w ho ac co m p an ied h e r to and fro m th e h o sp ital, a re both rec ip ien ts, rec en tly , of co n sid erab le honors. A b­by, th rilled by his pro m o tio n to B rig ­a d ie r G en era l in th e U. S. A ir F o rce R e serv e , d elig h ted ly show ed us his te le g ra m fro m th e P re s id e n t in fo rm ­ing A bby of his prom otion. Connie h a s been aw a rd e d th e M ontgolfier D i­plom a, an aw a rd g iv en fo r th e g r e a t­es t co n trib u tio n to ballooning d u rin g th e y e a r . T his is th e f ir s t tim e it h as been aw a rd e d to a p erso n in th e U.S. The A w ard w ill be officially p rese n ted a t th e an n u a l convention of th e F .A .I. in A thens, in Sept.

A fa sc in a te d gro u p of se v en ty peo­

ple lis ten ed to Connie re la te som e of h e r ballooning ex p e rien c es, w hile she also show ed m an y colorful slid es. I re a lly c a n ’t do ju stice h e re to h e r d escrip tio n of th e re c e n t solo flight she m ad e to b re a k R u ssian rec o rd s. In h e r own in im itab le , h u m o ro u s w ay, Connie spoke of how th e id ea to m ak e th is flig h t orig in ated ; th e p r e p a ra ­tion, p erso n al ex p en se (non-deduct- a b le ), and re d ta p e th a t she w en t th ro u g h , w hich is a long, d isc o u ra g ­ing sto ry , in itself. No w o n d er it w as such a re lief to h e r to g e t in th e b a s ­k et and fin ally g et off th e ground. T hen the d isco m fo rt and p ro b lem s she en co u n tered d u rin g those 40 h o u rs and 13 m in u tes (w hich broke th e D u ratio n R e c o rd ), p a r tic u la rly w hen she ro se to 13,000 ft. (b re a k in g th e A ltitude R e co rd ) in o rd er to ex p an d h e r b a l­loon ( by g e ttin g n e a re r th e s u n ) w hich had lost quite a bit of g as fro m th e cold, d am p a ir . At n ight, she en d u red b itte r cold a t th a t altitu d e; th e low est point in h e r m o ra le ca m e w hen she opened h e r th e rm o s for a d rin k of hot te a an d found th a t th e th e rm o s had been m is tak e n ly filled w ith ice te a . A nother tim e a b la st fro m a curious je t m o m e n ta rily collapsed the b a l­loon, cau sin g p recio u s H y d ro g en to be lost. T h ere w ere also som e p le asa n t a s p e c ts of th e flight, th e se re n ity of th e a tm o sp h e re , th e people on the gro u n d calling up to h e r , th in k in g sh e n eed ed help; th e ir voices c a rrie d up to h e r b ut th e y co u ld n ’t h e a r h e r

an sw er. All in all, it w as a tre m e n d ­ous u n d erta k in g and Connie did it to give A m eric a m o ra le a boost, p ro v ­ing th a t “ one good C ap ita lis t is w orth tw o C o m m u n ists .”

A m ong th o se a tten d in g th e d inner

w ere two g u ests of th e W olf’s, M rs.

Spigel, a la w y e r in A bby’s firm , who

is w orking w ith him on th e leg al end

of th e AWTAR; and M r. M cC arthy, C u ra to r of th e R o sen b ach M useum , h ere in P h ila .- H av in g four doctors p re se n t w as re a ssu rin g . D r. M aggie D en sm o re and D r. C onstance Volk ca m e d ire c tly fro m th e ir office, w e’re so g lad th e y m ad e it in tim e; D r. L elan d S te ts e r b ro u g h t C ecilia and w as “ on c a ll” th a t evening. T he Stets- e rs flew th e ir C om anche to Ann A r­b our to v isit th e ir d a u g h te r a t U. of M. b ut h ad to com e hom e co m m ercia l w hen w e a th e r gro u n d ed th em . And fo u rth w as D r. D unkle who, is an F.A .A . M edical E x a m in e r, w ith h is w ife, E llen , w ho re c e n tly receiv ed h e r 99 ap p licatio n . T he F els fam ily fro m L a n c a s te r w ere a ll in atten d an ce; H azel h ad in tro d u ced E llen to our ch a p te r. We had th re e p ro sp ectiv e m e m b e rs w ho a tten d e d th is d in n er for th e ir th ird m eetin g and w ere given ap p licatio n s: M a ry M yers of A tlantic City, J a n e N ichols of P h ila ., and B et­ty F re tz of M oorestow n, N .J .—K ay B rick d rove fro m N .Y. to a tten d , s ta y ­ing o v ern ig h t w ith th e H am m onds. A nother balloonist, K ate (O rn se n ) B ar- cus, ac co m p an ied by H erm a n , m en ­ta lly sh a re d C onnie’s o rd ea ls. K ate and H e rm a n p la n to v isit the W orlds F a ir in S ea ttle in Ju n e —Louise S acchi, looking p re tty p erk y ag ain , N ancy D iem an d (sa id d au g h te r D ebbie is w orking ag a in s t tim e to o b ta in h e r p riv a te so th e y can fly th e ra c e to­g e th e r ag a in th is y e a r ) , B e rth a B a r­rin g e r, a s tu d e n t pilot, and Anne S hields < not busy enough, she is now a p a r tn e r in a g ift shop in K ensington) w ere h av in g a g ay tim e a t th e ir tab le —A delaide T in k er (d id you see h e r le tte r in A ir F a c ts ? ) and B a rb a ra Bon- n ett, H elico p ter pilots J e a n and J im W ilson, B eth and Clyde S tu rtev a n t, M a rc ia an d C arl M usson, G ert D ennis and E lsie M cB ride w ere am o n g th e c n th ra l’ed au d ien ce — T he d eco rativ e th e m e of ballooning w as c a rrie d out com pletely , even to th e Balloon n am e ta g s, th a n k s to th e in g en u ity of M arie D ’A lterio and Jo y ce Roggio.

Louise S acch i is a pilot of m an y q u alifica tio n s and ex p erien ce. She h as h e r A TR in m u lti-engine land, u n d er 12,500 lbs. She is a n In s tru m e n t pi'ot and is c u rre n tly in stru ctin g ; she h as h ad m an y ho u rs as a co m pany pilot, fly ing an A ero C o m m an d er. She is in te re s te d in a job a s pilot and will re lo c a te .

W rite to: M iss Louise S acchi, J e ric h o M anor, Je n h in to w i, P en n a.

CAROLINAS CHAPTER By Betty Hamilton

E ste lle B ra d s h a w and P a g e S ham - b e rg e r w ere h o stesses fo r o u r M arch m eetin g in P in e h u rst. T he m eetin g w as held a t th e P in e N eed les Lodge an d C ountry Club followed by cock­ta ils and luncheon. W a rre n and P e g ­gy Bell own and o p e ra te th e club. P eg . g y is a fo rm e r m e m b e r and w e hope to get h e r b ack soon.

At th e m eetin g it w as d ecided to co n trib u te $25.00 to th e A m elia E a r ­h a r t M em o rial S ch o larsh ip and $25.00 to th e T ra n sc o n tin en ta l A ir R ace F und. Louise S m ith raffled off a 99 a s h tr a y —four d o llars w as collected. T en cent fines w ere paid by th re e w ho forgot to w ea r th e ir 99 pins. A tten d ­an c e a t th e h orse show w as p lanned fo r a f te r lunch, b ut old m a n w e a th e r s ta r te d to m ove in and ev e ry one took off for hom e.

Those atten d in g the m eetin g w ere, Louise and H e rm a n S m ith , G ale, D av e and R a n d y E ast, R ale ig h , M onk an d A lfred M axw ell, F lo ren ce , E ste lle an d C arl B rad sh aw , and P a g e S ham - b e rg e r P in eh u rst.

GEORGIA CHAPTER By M yrtle Thompson Cagle

The G eorgia c h a p te r fin ally su c ce­ed ed in h av in g a m eeting a t M acon S a tu rd a y . M arch 17th. T he p e a c h tre e s w ere in full bloom , so w e h ad p erfec t sc e n e ry as w ell a s w e a th e r fo r flying. R u th M iller, Tifton, flew h e r p re tty blue A pache and b ro u g h t R u th K en­n ed y w ith h er. M rs. K ennedy is a solo s tu d e n t in h e r ow n C essna 170. H elen C rosby flew dow n in h e r B eech D e­bonair w ith one of h e r four sons as co-pilot, fro m A thens. C aro ly n K en ­nedy, of P a r ro tt , p resid in g in th e ab- sen se of th e ch a ir , A rden H u b b ard , w as flying h e r new C om anche. H er d a u g h te r and g ra n d b a b y w ho live in th e M acon A rea jo ined us a t th e lu n ch ­eon a t th e te rm in a l re s ta u ra n t. One A tlan ta re p re se n ta tiv e , F ra n c e s P e a ­cock, a rr iv e d by C essna 150.

H ostess w ere: B etty E ld e r L ary , B etty C allow ay, H elen M o rg an and m yself.

Out of to w n ers hopped in th e ir p lan es an d ra c e d hom e fo r w eekend g u e s ts o r p lan s, w hile th e local crop m an n ed sta tio n s of a irp o rt and ra m p to pro m o te a ir rid e s for th e “ Old W esselyan P re s e rv a tio n P ro je c t” . We h av e th is b eau tifu l old building in M acon we a re try in g to sav e fro m d e­s tru c tio n an d h av e re sto re d . T he a ir r id e s w ere to ra is e m oney. B etty L a r y ’s co m p an y d onated a C essna 172, w hich I h ad the p le asu re of fly ­

ing. W e took in fifty bucks, p re tty good for a S a tu rd a y . C onsidering th a t te n lo cal w om en d o n ated te n th o u san d dol­la rs each , to th e p ro jec t, o u rs w as a to k en g e s tu re . O ur g o v ern o r sa y s if he is ree lec ted , he w ill see o u r building resto re d .

I t w as a g r e a t m e etin g and loads of fun. We did m iss th e m en, w e h ad th em hom e a t w ork, m ine p u ttin g a roof on o u r new hom e, and R u th M il­le r ’s o v erseein g th e building of th e ir new hom e. O ur n ex t m eetin g is A t­la n ta to see th e ATC ce n te r, b rin g a picnic lunch to sa v e tim e.

R ecen t fly ing fo r R u th M iller in h e r snazzy A pache w as a tr ip to C an ad a to pick up h e r p a re n ts for a G eorgia v isit—she sta y ed 10 m in u tes!

The G eo rg ia p ea ch e s a re doing fine, both tre e an d a irp la n e v a rie ty .

B etty M cN abb, A lbany, is o u r choice fo r th e sch o larsh ip . She does v o lu n teer w ork for Tom D ooley H osp ita l in H aiti w ith h e r B e ec h craft B onanza both as pilot and h o sp ita l s ta tis tic ia n , she w ill use th e funds fo r an in s tru m e n t r a t ­ing. We solicit th e en d o rse m en t of c h a p te rs w ho do not h av e a sc h o la r­ship can d id a te .

ALABAMA CHAPTERBy Gertrude C. Luther

We h ad to postpone o u r M arch m e etin g to the 18th b ec au se of w e a th ­e r—th e only good and le g itim ate r e a ­son for p u ttin g off flying a s w e all know —but th e w e a th e r w as so good th a t d ay th a t som e sev en o r eig h t p la n es g a th e re d a t th e V an de G raaff A irp o rt in T u scalo o sa w h ere w e w ere ro y ally receiv ed and en te rta in e d by Doc C arle of th e D ixie A ir, In c ., C es­sn a S ales an d S erv ice , T u scalo o sa . H e provided tra n s p o rta tio n for all of u s to th e In d ian H ills C o u n try Club w h ere he w as o u r h o st a t a w o n d er­ful d in n er. M ayor V an T asse l an d his w ife w ere also p re se n t a t th e d in n er and w ere m o st g rac io u s to all of us. M ayor V an T a sse l told us of h is fly ­ing d ay s d u rin g his tim e in college in T u sca lo o sa (U n iv e rs ity of A lab a m a is lo cated th e re ) and it w ould seem he flew a W aco bip lan e a t th a t tim e.

J u a n ita H a ls te a d b ro u g h t h e r s is­te r, E th e l E v e re tt, an d L u rlee n W al­lace , both of M ontgom ery. J a n W a r­rick , D ec atu r, b ro u g h t w ith h e r as g u ests, Theo S trick la n d and G erry D u n n av an t both fro m B irm in g h am . M axine D avis, M obile, P a tti D y er and M a ry J a n e L ew is, both of T u scalo o sa , a re p o ten tia l m e m b e rs and o b ta in ed ap lica tio n b lan k s a t th e tim e of th e m eetin g . O th er m e m b e rs p re s e n t w ere H elen G rove, B eth M a rq u a rd t, both M innie W ades, B ennie P e te rs , Sybil T h istle th w aite , E v ely n Brow n, M ered ith W ard, w hom w e w ere all g lad to see and w ho could h a rd ly m iss th is m eetin g since it w as in h e r hom e tow n, and yo u rs tru ly —Lu L u th e r. A l­though I w as la te as u su a l, I am h ap p y to s a y I got th e re b efore th e M obile crow d—tw o p lan e loads of th e m .

G ra ce B aily w as not able to atten d b u t she re p o rte d hav in g w ritte n to the F lo rid a W om en P ilo t A ssoc., Inc., o ffering o u r se rv ic es in connection w ith th e In te rn a tio n a l A ir R ace, but so f a r w e h av e n ot h ea rd . We rea lly w a n t to help an d all of you in the ev e n t you stop off in M obile—ju s t say th e w o rd !

A le tte r from M a rg a re t R ingenberg, G raybill, In d ian a , re g a rd in g money to h elp su p p o rt th e AWTAR w as read to all of us by our C h airm an , Evelyn B row n. A sm a ll ch eck w as sen t by o u r C h ap ter, but I w ould like to go on re c o rd fo r ea ch and all of us—we h e a rtily oppose and p ro test th e new reg u la tio n s as to q u alifica tio n s for the AWTAR since th is a lm o st m ak es a “ p ro fe ssio n a l” ra c e . T he m e m b ers of o u r c h a p te r go along w ith th e idea of both pilots h av in g a t le a s t a p riv a te licen se—b u t is it re a lly n e c e s sa ry to h av e both o r even one pilot a lm o st a p ro fe ssio n a l? We h ere in the deep south a re m o st un h ap p y ab o u t this.

T he new ro s te r is w onderful and a re a l joy to use. I also w an t to thank E lsie and N o rm an S m ith of Los A ng­eles fo r sending m e th e copy of Ja ck ie C o ch ran 's speech. You rea lly find the n icest people in flying som ehow .

O ur n ex t m eetin g w ill be held in M obile on A pril 1 a t 10 A.M ., w here we hope to see som e az a le a s still in bloom . P le a se com e and join us and re m e m b e r to w e a r y our 99 pins—our t r e a s u ry w as in c re ase d by 75 cents ag a in since th re e m e m b ers neglected to w e a r th e ir pins and w e will assess m e m b e rs from neighboring ch a p te rs too. H appy and safe flying until then!

SHREVEPORT CHAPTER By Helen Hewitt

O ur c h a p te r is busling w ith activ ity in sp ite of th e u n fav o rab le w eath er. H azel N ealey p assed h e r co m m ercial w ritte n and then h eaded for O klahom a City w h ere she v isited In tern a tio n al H e a d q u a rte rs . I t sounded so in te re s t­ing th a t th e re s t of us w ould like to do likew ise in th e fu tu re .

B a rb a ra W elsh h as ju s t re tu rn e d fro m a two w eek to u r of A rizona w ith h e r 49V2. She re p o rts (AVU w ea th er all th e w ay.

O ur M arch m eeting w as ex trem ely in te restin g . We h ad a s our g uest sp e a k e r M r. L ee T hom as, A ssistan t Chief of S h rev ep o rt R a d a r A pproach C ontrol who ta lk ed a t len g th about A ir T ra ffic Control P ro c ed u res . We h av e an o th er tr e a t in s to re fo r us this m onth a s we h av e b een invited to

B a rk sd ale A ir F o rc e B ase to “ fly ” in the L ink tra in e rs .

We a re anxiously w aiting fo r a good d ay for our m onthly fly-in. T his tim e w e’re planning som ething new to our group—a fly-in picnic.

We a re looking fo rw ard to a v isit from the V ice-G overnor, J e a n W il­liam s, and hope she w ill be w ith us for our A pril m eeting.

ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER By B etty Burritt

O ur M arch m eetin g w as held a t S h irley K ay ’s hom e M arch 19. M em ­b ers p rese n t w ere S hirley, V irginia C uttler, L inda M cK inney, M arie Gros- se te te , R a n d a S u th erlan d an d B etty B u rritt. O ur g u est w as Ju n e P e te rs , co m m ercia l, ex-d u ster pilot. She w as a m e m b er som e tim e ago and w e hope to h ave h e r as a re g u la r m e m b er a- g ain soon.

O ur H a n g a r D ance m ad e a h ea lth y addition to our tre a s u ry and we d is­cussed th e possibility of a n o th er m on­ey-m aking p ro jec t the e a r ly p a r t of the su m m er. M ore on th a t la te r .

M em b ers h av e been doing som e tra v e lin g la te ly . V irginia C u tter and Bill w ere in Los A ngeles, S an Diego, th e n stopped a t Phoenix on th e ir w ay hom e, to v isit son Bill and his fam ily and pickup g ran d so n W'ill for a sh o rt visit. V elm a and Cliff Wood w en t to San Diego and V elm a sp e n t our m e e t­ing n ig h t w ea th ered in a t Y um a, A ri­zona. R an d a and J a c k S u th erlan d h ave been m ak in g v isits to L as V egas, N ev ad a to v isit th e ir d u g h te r D ixie who is w orking th e re . M arie and N ug­get G ro ssete te h av e also b een blazing a fre q u en t tr a i l to L as V egas and th e b rig h t lights. L a s t S u nday w as a p e r­fect flying d ay and saw th e C u tters and G ro ssete tes am ong th e S hrine A ir P a tro l in G ran ts for b re a k fa s t. U n d erstan d th ey had over 60 th e re . L inda M cK inney h ad h e r C essn a 140 in the a ir and yours tru ly blew th e d u st off th e A pache. S hirley K ay sa y s sh e ’s been “ fly in g ” a p ain t b ru sh aro u n d h e r house la te ly but I h av e a n idea sh e ’s found a little tim e for th a t B ona­nza. Looks like ac tiv ity is p icking up in our neighborhood.

COLORADO CHAPTER By Lyn Pfleeger

E ig h teen m e m b ers and g u ests tu r n ­ed out fo r th e J a n u a r y m eetin g . P e a ls of la u g h ter and o th er v ario u s noises em itted th a t evening from th e C onvair sim u la to r in the F ro n tie r A irlines tra in in g h e a d q u a rte rs . T h a t’s r ig h t— we all h ad a chance to be a n a irlin e cap ta in for a little while; and it w as quite a th rill. F o u r new m e m b e rs w ere voted into th e ch a p te r th a t evening— E th el F rie ze , M arg e L oudner, M a r­g a re t D w elle and R uth Saville. We w ere also h ap p y to w elcom e E m ily H a n ra h a n back into the group a f te r a little over a y e a r ’s ab sen ce. D uring the in te rim she h as ea rn ed h e r flight in s tru c to r’s ra tin g and is now in s tru c ­

ting for C linton A viation h e re in D en ­v er.

A co n tin g en t of th e C olorado C h ap ­te r w inged its w ay to A lb u querque for th e ir a n n u a l V ale n tin e’s D ay H a n g a r D ance. A nsw ering th e ro ll call w ere F ra n c e s and E d T ep p er, G ra ce and G eorge M ayfield in th e T ep p e r 310; H elen and Jo e Choun in th e ir T rav e- la ir, P au lin e and T om M eighen in th e ir 175 w ith E th e l F rie ze and guest; G ra ce and L es L ongbrook w ith two g u ests in a C om m anche; F re d d a and L a rry T u rrill w ith M ary an d Bob Wen- holz in th e T u rrill 175. R ep o rts h av e it th a t one of th e h ighlights of th e tr ip w as w hen a irlin e ca p ta in Bob Wen- holz g av e a p ra c tic a l d em o n stra tio n on “ How To L an d A L ig h t A irc ra f t” . A p p aren tly th e re ’s a little d ifferen ce b etw een one and fo u r en g in es!

T he F e b ru a ry m eetin g w as held in th e hom e of F ra n c e s W a rn er. T he AWTAR w as a p o p u la r topic of con­v e rsa tio n and th e gro u n d w o rk w as com p leted for m an n in g th e Stop a t S cottsbluff. G ra ce Longbrook, M ary W enholz, F re d d a T u rrill an d F ra n c e s W a rn e r co m p rise the co m m ittee to round out th is p ro jec t. One new m e m ­b e r w as ad m itte d to th e group: Alice R o b ertso n from B oulder, Colo.

M ary F ren ze l, G ra ce L ongbrook and F re d d a T u rrill re c e n tly flew to S .o its - bluff, N eb., in connection w ith m a n ­ning the stop. All th e local d ig n ita ries tu rn e d out to w elcom e th e m . M r. F ra n k C osm an, P re s id e n t of th e C h a m b e r of C o m m erce in v ited us all b ack for a fly-in and luncheon as g u ests of th e C.C. A re w e g o in g ? You can b et w e ’re p lan n in g on it. M ore on th a t la te r , b ut Ju n e 2 is se t for th e te n ta tiv e d ate.

P la n s a re being m ad e, a t le a s t in a few q u a r te rs , to a tte n d th e S p rin g S ectio n al in M idland, T ex as. M ary and F re d d a a re going. I ’ve also h e a rd th a t P au lin e M eighen and E th e l F rieze p lan to m ak e M idland an en ro u te stop on th e ir w ay to V eg as—sounds in te r­estin g , too. O ur S ection G overnor, D onna M yers is hoping to see a w hop­ping tu rn o u t fro m all th e c h a p te rs .

P eg O dell h as re c e n tly m ad e a cro ss c o u n try to O klahom a City an d back. L ovely flig h t—lousy w ea th er.

L a s t F light: 49% Bob W arn er. V ic­ious d ow ndrafts; e x tre m e tu rb u len ce; m o u n tain s. . . . T hose who know F r a n ­ces w ill join us in ex ten d in g sy m p a th y to h e r and th e ir tw o g irls.

HOUSTON CHAPTER

By N ancy Jam eson

H ouston C h a p te r of N inety-N ines is v ery p leased th e 12th All W om en’s In te rn a tio n a l A ir R a ce w ill s ta r t h ere . O ur c h a p te r is p lan n in g to h o stess a b re a k fa s t for the ra c e p a rtic ip a n ts a s p a r t of th e festiv ities p lan n ed by F lo r­ida W om en P ilo ts A ssociation. Som e of th e H ouston N inety-N ine c h a p te r m e m b e rs hope to fly th e ra c e to N a s­sau. R h ea H u rrle Allison and V irginia

A nderson, M erle B oitnot and A lice S eab o rn , O ra M ae Bosw ell, Louise B ickford, J e a n K ing an d G eorgia H ale y hope to en ter, so o u r group should be w ell re p re se n te d . C um m ings and G roves a t H ouston In te rn a tio n a l A irp o rt h a s been d esig n ated as of­fic ia l in sp e c to rs and th e p lan es w ill be im pounded th e re .

C ecilia P a r r is h w ill be o u r r e p re ­se n ta tiv e a t th e South C e n tra l S ec­tio n al in M idland. T ex as, A pril tw en ty sev en th .

All th is leav es little tim e fo r air- m a rk in g -b u t up and a t ’em !

SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER By Marian Burke

T he M arch m e etin g of S an Antonio 99’s w as held W ed. evening, M arch 15. A fter d in n er a t L u b b y ’s C a fe teria a m ovie show n a t M arian B u rk e ’s of­fice w as enjoyed by 99’s an d g u ests.

We w ere honored to h av e am ong our g u ests, M r. and M rs. Bill C astello who a re the proud ow ners of a shiny C essn a 150. W e ce rta in ly hope M rs. C astello w ill jo in our gro u p w hen she g ets h e r p riv a te ra tin g .

S a tu rd ay , M arch 18, w as a bid day fo r M a ria n B urke. She soloed h er son, Jo hnny. She sa y s it w as q uite a th rill to stan d out by th e ru n w ay and w atch a b rig h t re d a irp la n e w ith its one o c c u p an t m ak e th re e ex cellen t tak eo ffs an d lan d in g s.

We a re so h ap p y to w elcom e into our c h a p te r a new m e m b e r “ Vi G lass” fro m N ew Y ork. She and h u sb an d H erb a re both pilots and own a C es­sn a 172. T hey s h a re both flying and shooting a s a hobby. W elcom e to our g an g Vi and H erb ; we a re re a l hon­o red to h av e su ch people as you be­long to o u r fly ing group.

I t w ill soon be A ir R ace se aso n a- g ain . L e t’s a ll t r y to e n te r a t le a st one ra c e th is y e a r.

H av e fun an d fly safe . . . . See y a in th e NEW S L E T T E R n ex t m onth.

MISSOURI VALLEY CHAPTER By Laura R ussell

T he F e b ru a ry m eetin g of th e m is- so u ri V alley C h a p te r of N inety-N ines w as held a t Sky H arb o r S tu d en t B uild­ing in O m aha.

T hose p re se n t u ere M illie B a rre tt, B a rb a ra A nspaugh fro m Lincoln, B el­le H etzel and H elen N estle from O m a­h a and B ev erly G iles and A nita T h o m ­as fro m Council Bluffs. Also p re se n t w as E v ely n Sedw ig, our new m e m b er fro m Lincoln.

We receiv ed a le tte r fro m our G ov­ern o r, D onna M yers, in w hich she sa id she w ould like to join us for som e fu tu re m eetin g . We ag re e d to invite h e r to o u r M arch m eetin g .

A fter a sh o rt b u sin ess m eeting , we h ad ro lls an d coffee and ad jo u rn ed .

T he M arch m eetin g of th e M issouri V alley C h a p te r of N inety-N ines w as held a t Sky H a rb o r S tu d en t B uilding in O m aha.

T hose p re se n t w ere A nita T hom as

an d B ev erly G iles ol C ouncil Bluffs, B elle H etzel, L a u ra R u ssell, H elen N estle, and V erd ay n e M enze of O m aha, and B a rb a ra A nspaugh, F lo re n ce B oring, E v ely n Sedivy, and M ildred B a rre tt of Lincoln.

D ue to th e fa ta l a c c id e n t of th e h u sb an d of F ra n c e s W a rn er, D onna M yers, o u r G overnor, w as u n ab le to fly in for our m eeting.

G ran d Islan d w ill be an a lte rn a te stop in th is y e a r ’s A .W .T.A .R. and p lan s w ere d iscu ssed a s to how we could help.

L a u ra R u ssell h as ju s t re tu rn e d from a tr ip w hich included P hoenix, P a lm S p rin g s and L as V egas.

A nita T h o m as h as ju s t re tu rn e d fro m C hicago w h ere she sp en t a few days.

M illie B a rre tt h as rec e iv e d h er C o m m ercial license.

F lo ren ce B oring soloed a t Union A irp o rt in L incoln. She th e n w en t to O kinaw a w h ere she ta u g h t d ep en d en t children . She p assed h e r w ritte n in Tokyo, had h er flig h t check in O kin­aw a, h e r cross co u n try in N eb rask a , and receiv ed h er pilot’s license in Lincoln. She is a m e m b e r of C .A .P.

EL PASO CHAPTER By E unice D ickey

L ela C a rw a rd in e w as th e h o stess for th e M arch m eetin g of our c h a p te r held a t th e C raw ford A irp o rt in L as C ruces. T hose a tten d in g w ere P ris c illa and J im D uncan, R u th D ee r m an, P h y llis G rom ko, M ary F ra n Seidl, F ra n c e s S lape, Cliff M a u m iste r, and E unice D ickey and h e r 29% ers . T he w in n ers of th e spot lan d in g co n test w ere P ris c illa D u n can and Cliff M au ­m ister. It w as a b eautifu l d ay and w e w ere so rry m o re couldn’t be th e re to en jo y it.

P ris c illa D u n can and h u sb a n d J im a re th e proud ow ners of a 1960 210 C essna. P h y llis is going to ta k e h e r co m m erc ia l f lig h t te s t th is w eek. J im p assed his c o m m erc ia l te s t ju s t a sh o rt w hile ago. C o n g ratu latio n s!

F ra n c e s S lape w as c e rta in ly flying b eau tifu lly th e o th e r day. She h a s n ’t been flying in quite aw hile, b u t you c e rta in ly couldn’t te ll it by w atch in g h er.

We h av e two o th er m e m b e rs w o rk ­ing on th e ir co m m ercia l license. T hey a re P h y llis G rom ko and E v ely n W as- ser. Billie C allag h an is w orking on h e r 360 d eg ree ra tin g . S ay s i t ’s lots of fun besid es being helpful.

M ary F ra n Seidl h as ch ecked out in an o th er a irp la n e —a B eech T-34 th is tim e. M ary F ra n and 4 9 /e r H an k had q uite a tr ip to H untsville, A la­b am a (v ia C essn a 175) re c e n tly and stopped by N ew O rleans to en jo y th e M ardi G ras.

R uby an d D ick T a tm a n a re enjoying C alifornia w ea th er. T hey flew in th e ir B onanza.

T h a t’s all for th is m onth. Good flying to you ali.

TIP-OF-TEXAS CHAPTER By Saundra White

A luncheon in th e m o d ern istic r e s ­ta u r a n t of C orpus C h ris ti’s new I n te r ­n atio n al A irp o rt w as held T u esd ay , M a rc h 13. T h re e Rio G ran d e V alley g irls w ere ab le to a tte n d and by fly ­ing up e a r ly th a t m o rn in g , i t en ab led th em to g e t in a shopping tr ip (n a t­u ra lly ). Follow ing th e luncheon, a bu sin ess m eetin g w as h eld in P au lin e G lasso n ’s new offices, a f te r w h ich our v is itin g m e m b e rs enjoyed a to u r of a uniquely d esigned h a n g a r w hich h a s ju s t been co m p leted on th e field L a te th a t aftern o o n , a f te r a fu ll day, J e a n M oore, A da T oland, an d A rd a th M cC reery re tu rn e d to th e V alley in A d a’s B onanza.

At o u r b u sin ess m eetin g , th e m in ­u tes w ere re a d an d all re g u la r fo rm a l­ities c a rrie d out, a f te r w hich w e h ad a round ta b le d iscu ssio n on th e p u r­pose of th e N inety-N ines. A fter se v ­e ra l c o n tro v e rs ia l id e as w ere in tro ­d uced, w e fin ally a g re e d th a t th e club, th ro u g h its m e m b e rsh ip d ire c ­to ry , should not be used to pro m o te p o litica l or relig io u s concepts, how ­ev e r h a rm le ss th ey m ig h t a p p e a r. We v/cre a ll in a c co rd th a t it w ould d efe a t uhe g e n e ra l pu rp o se of th e o rg a n iz a ­tion.

In our gro u p of six teen w hich a t­ten d ed th e m eetin g , we w ere p leased to m eet a ch a rm in g p ro sp ec tiv e m e m ­b er, M a rg a re t W eav er, and se v e ra l m o re g irls in te re ste d in becom ing N inety-N ines. L esid es p ro m o tin g a high a tte n d a n c e and seeking new- m e m b e rs , w e a re also v e ry e n th u s ia s­tic ab o u t our a ir m a rk in g , of w hich six h av e th u s been acco m p lish ed th is y e a r and p lans a re m ad e for m any, m an y m ore.

We r e g r e t to say , due to th e illness of h e r m o th er, M erle D u n n am , o u r e lec ted re p o r te r of th e N ew s L e tte r is u n ab le to continue h e r w ritin g a t th e p rese n t, and I w ill be dubbing in u n til such a tim e M erle is ab le to r e ­su m e h e r rep o rtin g .

EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER By Helen R. Crum

T he w in te r tra v e le rs h av e re tu rn e d and a good tim e w as h ad by all. G ur M arch m eetin g in W alla W alla w ould h a v e been w ell a tten d e d ex cep t for a b lizzard w hich grounded se v e ra l m e m ­b ers ex p ectin g to fly th e re . Seven w ith th re e g u es ts m et for lunch and a business session.

A w ooden g av el w as p rese n ted to C h a irm a n M arie R eynnells by p ast C h a irm a n B etty S eav ey to be han d ed down to su ccessiv e ch a irm en . It w as

decided th a t a 55 a s se ss m e n t th is y e a r w ill go e n tire ly to AWTAR. B a rb a ra T h isted re a d a le tte r fro m K ay B rick, AW TAR r a c e c h a irm a n , explaining w hy pilot qualifica tio n s h av e been ch anged, M arc e lla O thus of th e O re­gon c h a p te r w as no m in ated fo r sec­tio n al t re a s u re r .

L ygie H a g a n w as n o m in ated for sectio n al vice-governor. She w as u n ­ab le to be p re se n t a t th e m eeting , along w ith J e a n C arb o n and M illie Shinn, b ecau se th ey sp en t th e day se rv in g coffee to th o u san d s of g u ests a t an open house a t S pokane In te rn a ­tio n al A irp o rt p u t on by th e Spokane C h am b er of C o m m erce av iatio n com ­m ittee to s tim u la te in te re s t in a bond issue for a new te rm in a l building. On h e r v acatio n , Lygie enjoyed visiting th e F e b ru a ry m eetin g of the Phoenix c h a p te r.

M a rg a re t M iquelon, w ho w ill be leav in g soon for fu rth e r stu d y in the m iddle w est, w as p rese n ted a going aw ay gift. S o rry she will not be w ith us.

P h y llis F ra n z w as m ad e c h a irm a n of the a irm a rk in g p ro jec t a t W arden in p lace of M arilyn G allah e r who is ex p ectin g h e r fu tu re pilot in A pril.

Bonnie H enson w as th e g racio u s h o stess a t h e r hom e M arch 17th, for a la rg e n u m b e r of F ly ing F a rm e rs and th e ir fam ilies who flew in for lunch.

O ur M ay m eetin g w ill be a brunch in Spokane, M ay 12th. T he fall sec­tional will be in P o rtlan d , S ep tem b er » 14th, 15th and 16th.

MONTANA CHAPTER By Winifred Lovelace

Id ea s, p lans, new m e m b ers and good m eetin g a tte n d a n c e a re beco m ­ing to th is ch a p te r. T his reg e n era tio n is n ’t en tire ly due to blossom ing out w ith th e ad v en t of long-aw aited S rping, e ith er, becau se it s ta rte d in coldest F e b ru a ry !

On th e se v en teen th of th a t m onth, n ine of us m e t in H elena, w ith lunch a t th e A irp o rt Cafe to m ak e ten ta tiv e p lans for sp rin g and su m m e r ac tiv ities w hich cry sta llize d a t a la rg e r m eeting w ith fo u rteen m e m b ers and g u ests a t B illings on M arch sev enteenth .

M ontana C h a p te r w ill h av e a ra c e of its v e ry own. T he d a te is set for Sep­te m b e r 29th, r a in d a te a w eek la te r, and though th e s ta r t and stop a re not officially decided, the course w ill in­clude H elena, B ozem an, B illings and L ew istow n. T he ra c e w ill be lim ited to M ontana 99’s a n d /o r P riv a te Wo­m en P ilo ts. P riz es w ill be trophies oniy, no cash . AWTAR ru les will be used, w ith som e m odifications.

W e a re selling ch an ces on a tra n s is ­to r rad io to be given a t th e M ontana P ilo ts A ssociation Convention in Cut B ank, M ay eig h teen th .

T h re e m e m b e rs w ho flew th e '59 TA R e n terta in ed th e la rg e , ac tiv e G re a t F a lls H a n g a r of M .P.A . a t th e ir M arch d in n er m eetin g by explain ing

AWTAR and show ing slides and m o v ­ies. We thought we had h ea rd all the zany side-lights of th a t m em o rab le ra c e , but a few m ore in cid en ts cam e to lig h t during th e ir p ro g ram , to m ake it seem as if it happened only y e s te r­day. T he g irls w ere M ary Jo Ja n e y , E lsie Childs and H elen Dunlop.

We a re h ap p y to w elcom e Bobby K ra m e r of C ohagen and P e a r l M agill of G lasgow into the club. Bobby is an accom plished horsew om an, lives on a ran ch and u ses h er shiny new license in th e ran ch in g business. P e a r l is close to aviation, being S ec­r e ta ry for M ontana P ilots A ssociation.

NO. CENTRAL SECTION

G REATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER By Sarah Goreliek

M arch h as been a v ery busy m onth fo r m an y m e m b e rs of th e G re a te r K an sa s C ity C h ap ter. M ary Ann N oah s ta r te d off th e m onth by a p p e a rin g in the Ju n io r L eag u e Follies, M arch 1 and 2. O ur re g u la r m eeting w as held M arch 4th a t the F a irfa x A irport. T hose in a tte n d a n c e w ere B etty Sigs, S h irley R ay, M a ry Ann N oah, S te l­la L ehm ann, E laine M orris, R uth S taffo rd , K ath erin e P eck, Jo a n Cayot, M arilyn D ickson, M arie K uhlm an, and S a ra h G oreliek. C h airm an , R uth, o ut­lined a v ery busy schedule of ac tiv ities lo r th e C h ap ter. O ur S ectional Con­vention is our fo rem o st a c tiv ity rig h t now. H ow ever, a f te r th a t we h av e a R u m m ag e Sale, “ P enny a P o u n d ” A irlift, sponsorship of B rea k fast in connection w ith E x p erim e n ta l A ir­c ra ft A ssociation F ly-In, and o th er ac tiv itie s too num ero u s to m ention p lanned.

M arch 7th M arie K uhlm an held a reception in h e r hom e for Ja cq u e lin e C ochran, who w as in K. C. as a g u est sp e a k e r for th e M atrix T able of T h eia S ig m a P hi. Co-hostess for the a ffa 'r w as R uth S tafford . M a rie’s hom e, as alw ays, w as beautifu lly d eco rated . M any d ig n ita ries w ere on h an d lo r the affa ir. A m ong our v acatio n in g m em b ers, L au rien and M elvin O 'dell h ave ju s t re tu rn e d from a w onderful tr ip to F lo rid a.

S tella L eh m an n , our S tam p C h a ir­m an , is u rg in g all m e m b ers to tu rn in th e ir T rad in g S tam p s. M ary Ann N oah is a lm o st convinced th a t she should fly to M innesota to collect h e r s ta m p s left th e re during a su m m e r v acatio n . I u n d erstan d she h as re c e iv ­ed m an y co-pilot offers from m e m b ers of th e C hapter.

C o n g ratu lations to au th o r G race H a rris fo r h e r re c e n t a r tic le s in “ Air F a c ts " M agazine. U n d erstan d th a t G race has ju st re tu rn e d from a w es­te rn trip .

MICHIGAN CHAPTER By Marian I. Hoffman

O ur M arch 17 m eetin g w as in con­ju nction w ith th e M ichigan A irc ra ft O w ners & P ilo ts C onference a t L a n s ­ing. We h ad 15 m e m b e rs an d 4 g u ests p rese n t. T his is th e f irs t C onference w e h av e h ad in M ichigan th a t a ll A ir­c ra ft O w ners & P ilo ts th a t w ere re g is ­te re d w ith th e S ta te w ere invited p e r­sonally to a tten d . T he to p ics covered w ere: A R eview of M ich ig an ’s Civil A viation F a c ilitie s an d P la n s for th e F u tu re , N ew A irc ra ft E q u ip m en t for use by th e N o n -P rofessional P ilot, F e d e ra l A viation A gency R eg u latio n s and A ir T raffic Control P ro g ra m s as th e y affec t th e N o n -P ro fessio n al P ilot, “ T iro s—T he W eath er S ate llite P ro ­g ra m " and W hat th e N o n -P rofessional P ilo t can le a rn and do to im p ro v e F lig h t S afety . T h ere w ere questions and an sw e r perio d s a f te r each su b ject. T he sp e a k e rs w ere M ichigan D e p a rt­m e n t of A ero n au tics O fficials, R adio M a n u fa c tu rers , A ircraft S u ppliers, FAA S u p erv iso rs, In sp ec to rs and D i­re c to rs for O p eratio n s, M ain ten an ce, A ir T raffic and F lig h t O p eration, A ir S afety and A viation W eath er. L ast, but not least, Colonel Jo sep h B. D uck­w o rth “ T he F irs t to F ly in th e E ye cf a H u rr ic a n e ” .

O ur b u siness m eetin g w as held a f te r th e la s t p anel discussion and before th e a w a rd s b an q u et. At th e b an q u et, two 99’s receiv ed aw a rd s. B ernice S te a d m a n for “ O u tstan d in g A chieve­m en t in P ilot P ro fic ien c y " and J e a n P e a rso n for “ O u tstan d in g A chieve­m en t in A ero sp ace C rea tiv e A rts .”

A nyone g e ttin g “ T een M a g azin e” look for an a r tic le w ritte n by K en E zin g a on Ju d y L aitsch (M ich ig an 99) and h e r tw in M ary —possibly in the M ay issue.

V elm a D elG iorno and D r. T om h av e ju s t re tu rn e d fro m a tr ip to N assau and E le c u tr ia in th e B a h a m a ’s. T hey took a 707 to M iam i, flew to N assau and a 45 ft. c a tc h to E le u c tr ia . T hey ju s t soaked up su n sh in e an d fished. B ea S te a d m a n re tu rn e d ju s t in tim e for the C onference fro m T ucson, A ri­zona, a f te r tw o w eek s of su n shine and fun. Lois W ilson is now b ack fro m a th re e w eek v ac a tio n in C alifornia. She m ad e th e round tr ip by J e t. Con­tr a r y to m y J a n u a r y re p o rt, m y h u s­band ch an g ed his m ind a t th e la s t m in u te and we flew by J e t to S e a t­tle, W ashington on F e b ru a ry 5. I gu ess he h ad a prem o n itio n becau se our f irs t g ran d c h ild a rr iv e d a t 1:30 P .M . on F e b ru a ry 7. We w o u ld n 't h av e been th e re before the ev en t if w e had gone by tra in . We trie d th e tra in back as f a r a s M inneapolis, b ut w ere re a l h ap p y to g e t off th e tra in and fly the re s t of th e w ay hom e.

CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER By A lice Stoltzner

T he “W e a r’n of th e g re e n " w as v ery m uch in ev idence a t our A chirvc- m en t A w ard D in n er on St. P a t 's D ay

w hen C apt. Bill C allah an (a p p ro p ri­a t e ? ) , J e t P ilo t for A m eric an A ir­lines, spoke to C hicago A rea N inety N ines, 4 9 t2 e rs an d g u ests. Bill D ona­hue of D u p ag e C ounty A irp o rt p re ­sen ted a w a rd s to Ju n e B asile, M arie C ornin and A lice K u d rn a for ac h ie v e­m en ts in flying and re la te d ac tiv ities during; 1961. N o rth C e n tra l G overnor. Lois S ek eta, officially w elcom ed our th re e , new , 1961 m e m b ers , B etsy J e r ­om e, S uzette D eu tsch and B a rb a ra W eber.

I w as p erso n ally " g re e n " w ith envy w hile lis ten in g to E v a and H arold W hite d iscu ss p lans fo r th e ir an n u al C essn a 180 tr ip to F lo rid a . E lzabe Y ocum h as added th a t little “ Blue S e a l” to h e r p riv a te license, V irginia Coffeen took a d v a n ta g e of a p leasan t w eek-end to ta k e th e 175 into R oselle, one of C hicago A re a ’s new est little fields. C o n g ratu latio n s w ere in o rd er for J o a n B aldw in, who rec en tly re c e iv ­ed h e r d o c to ra te in C linical P s y ­chology fro m Loyola U n iv ersity . B arb W eber h as joined th e ra n k s of Hot A ir B alloon pilots. She h a s the ra tin g to prove it. Looks as we m a y h av e a sq u ad ro n one of th ese days.

99 SK ETCH ES: D orothy W hite took h e r f irs t sm a ll p lane rid e w ith 99. E v a W hite and, sh o rtly a fte r, s ta rte d ta k in g flying lessons a t th e N ap er A ero S trip in a P ip e r J-3. S he's a m e m b e r of an a ir m inded fam ily w ith two b ro th e rs and a sister-in-law who also fly. D orothy te ac h es d u rin g the w eek and h as tra v e le d and ta u g h t in J a p a n and E u ro p e. H er sp a re tim e is devoted to flying and photography.

ALL OHIO CHAPTER By Clara C. Tharpe

1. O ur M arch m eeting w as held at G rim es A irp o rt, U rb a n a , Ohio on a CAVU ty p e day. H ostess w ere V ir­g in ia S ch u m a ch e r and B ette M cM a­h an . G uest sp e a k e r w as P a u l G re e n ­lee w ho spoke on th e lighting system in sta lled in the M e rcu ry C apsule by th e G rim es L ighting S ystem .

2. F ly-ins w ere J e a n B onar. B lanche O 'B rien, H elen S ullivan, L av in a Stol- te, M a rth a Foley, A rtrie L ehr, M a ri­lyn M iller, Jo a n H ru b ec, E d y th M ax­im , R uth T heis, C lara T h arp e, and p ro sp ec tiv e D orothy B elville. D rive- ir.s w ere Ja n ic e K u ech in m eister, H elen S am m o n , W innie C aughey, M ary S. C haefer, M arily n Collett. M arion B etzler and B essie C aton. G u ests included J im S am m ons, Bon­nie R ich, M arg e M asak, C arl L ehr, D r. T hom pson, Doc B onar, J im and S usan Foley, C h arles B etzler and T o m m y M iller.

3. W e’d like to w elcom e M ary F oley and M arie C a ra s tro into th e Ohio C h ap ter. M ary ca m e fro m St. Louis C h a p te r and M arie fro m th e A lab am a C h ap ter.

4. W e're so rry to lose M a rth a W il­cox fro m th e C h ap ter. M a rth a r e ­signed due to illness and a d ea th in the fam ily . W e'd like to offer our

sy m p a th y to a fo rm e r m e m b e r, B et­ty W ertz on the d e a th of h e r h u sb an d . B e tty is now in th e F lo rid a C h ap ter.

5. D ottie A nderson not only w as in F lo rid a a t the tim e of Colonel G len n ’s b ig flig h t b u t w as in th e a ir a t th e tim e and saw his ta k e off f irs t h an d . W hat a th rill th a t m u st h av e been.

6. B lanche O’B rien and h e r h u sb an d h av e ta k e n ov er th e flying s e r ' !ce of G reen v ille A irp o rt, G reenville, Ohio. B uying a new C e ssn a ? C o ntact B lan ­che. M aybe you c a n ta lk h e r into a big discount or a t le a s t s m a ll p a y ­m en ts.

7. M a rth a , J im and S u san F oley flew th e ir new M eyers 200B to th e B a h a m a s fo r a couple of w eeks. T hey sp e n t tim e a t the w est end of th e G ran d B a h am as, H a rb o u r Islan d and N assau .

8. T he C leveland P re s s c a rrie d a p ic tu re of J o a n H ru b ec and A llan Vo- y a l w ith th e cap tio n th a t Jo a n will p re se n t a tro p h y to Allen, w ho is p re sid e n t of the C leveland A viation Club, fo r th e b est fu tu ris tic p lan e in th e N atio n al P la n e and S p ace M odel Shown on A pril 5, 6 and 7 in C leve­land, Ohio. E d y th M axim is han d lin g th e p u b licity (ra d io , TV and n ew s­p a p e r ) fo r the C h am b er of C om m erce on th e sa m e show.

9. A u trie L eh r spoke to th e S a rto m a Club in X en ia on w om en flie rs . In a p ­p rec ia tio n she w as g iven a s ilv er b ra c e le t by th e Club.

CENTRAL, ILLINOIS CHAPTER By Kathleen K. Hudson

O ur f irs t re g u la r m eetin g since N o­v e m b e r w as held a t the H otel R o g ers in B loom ingtom on S unday, M arch 18th w ith H elen G reinke as h o stess. A business m eetin g w as held and th en w e h ad a delicious d in n er in the H otel D ining Room .

P la n s w ere d iscu ssed for th e P e o ria S top du rin g th e AWTAR though th ey a r e still in th e p re lim in a ry s ta g es.

R ose A ndrew s, our F ly in g A ctivities C h a irm an , is in v e stig a tin g S ta te P a rk s w hich h av e lan d in g s tr ip s close by. She will g ive us th is in fo rm atio n la t­e r. T his re p o r te r re m e m b e rs a v ery nice tr ip to S tarv ed R ock S ta te P a rk la s t su m m e r. It h as a good landing s tr ip on an islan d in the Illinois R iver. A cab le c a r connects the island w ith th e p ark . It is a m ost delightful p lace to spend a day or even m o re if you h av e th e tim e.

D olores A dam son, who w orks a t II- lini A irp o rt in U rb a n a te lls us th a t th e y h av e a new re s ta u ra n t ca lled the R edw ood, r ig h t on the field. It is a s m o rg asb o rd an d v ery good, th ey sa y . T hey h av e la rg e p ic tu re w indow s so th a t the flying ac tiv ities can be view w hile dining.

B a rb a ra Jen iso n is as busy as ev er. She rec en tly ap p e a re d on WCIA-TV in C ham p aig n w ith a sh o rt ta lk about th e 99’s. She h as also b een sp eak in g ab o u t av ia tio n to v ario u s g ro u p s of school ch ild ren .

O ur n e x t m eetin g is to be w ith B a r­b a ra a t h e r hom e in P a r is , 111. I t w ill be a t 12:00 noon on S a tu rd a y , A pril 21. E v ery o n e is to b rin g sandw iches, e tc . and B a rb a ra w ill h av e d e s s e rt for us.

W e w ere g lad to h a v e o u r two n ew ­e s t m e m b e rs a t th is m eetin g . T hey a re M rs. J a n e B ran tley , 311 W est P o p lar, H a rris b u rg , and D orothy B at- te rto n , 307 W est N ev ad a, U rb a n a .

O th ers p re se n t w ere H elen G reinke, L e a h an d S am W a rre n , Bonnie and D o cto r F e rre ll, Rose, F ra n k , T e rry and P a u l A ndrew , K ath leen and D ean H udson, B a rb a ra Jen iso n , M arg e K el­ly, D olores A dam son, E d B ran tley and two p ro sp ec tiv e m e m b ers , N ancy W olfson fro m Sidney, 111., and M a r­g a r e t S cran to n fro m C h am paign.

Bonnie F e r re ll to ld us th a t link t r a in e r in stru c tio n s is now av a ila b le th ro u g h S o u th ern Illinois U n iv ersity a t th e C arb o n d ale A irp o rt. T he cost is $7.50 p e r h o u r by ap p o in tm en t.

M a rg e K elly is b ack fro m F lo rid a looking ta n n ed and v ery w ell. T hey enjoyed th e ir tu rb o je t boat and had m a n y nice tr ip s on th e lakes, riv e rs and w ate rw a y s until it ca m e to an end a b ru p tly one d ay . She and h e r h u s­band, F re d , w ere out in th e boat. Ho w ent b ack to check th e engine w hen it d id n 't sound rig h t. S om ething e x ­ploded r ig h t n e a r th e b a tte ry and blew a hole up th ro u g h th e engine casing w h ere F re d w ould h av e b een sittin g . T h ey w ere ce rta in ly a lucky couple th a t d ay a lth o u g h he did g e t som e b u rn s. M arg e did te ll m e th a t she w as going to stick to a irp la n e s for a w hile.

INDIANA CHAPTER By Alma Hartman

“ P e g g y ” C oulter an d co-hostess, M a rth a Ozbun, m u st h av e k issed the p ro v erb ia l B larn ey Stone. A b rig h te r sp rin g d ay th a n M arch 18 in In d ian a w ould h av e b een im possib le , though, I ’m su re it w as long o v er due. The M uncie g irls h ad a la rg e a tten d a n ce , —tw enty-tw o N inety-N ines an d s ix ­te en g u ests.

A n o u tstan d in g p ro g ra m w as p re ­sen ted by M rs. R oger G lasby, a fo rm ­e r s te w a rd e ss for th e C ath ay P acific A irlines and title h o ld er of “ M iss Hong K ong of 1954” . H e r th e m e w as “ F ly ­ing in H ong K ong.”

S e c re ta ry , M ed C assidy, too'- hom e th e pot ’o gold, w hile D elia S an d ers fell h e ir to g ift exch an g e.

AROUND T H E PA T T E R N : P a tP a tte rs o n and 49V2er, Owen, a re flying high v ia a 1962 C essna S k y lark . J ill M cC orm ick h a s fun in s to re for us, an E a s te r E gg H unt in A pril a t L a fa y ­e tte .—V erona R uzicka m issed the m eetin g for a h e a lth check in C leve­la n d .—Mid C assad y and 49V2er, Don. re c e n tly com bined a b u sin ess-p 'eas- u re w eek-end in F lo rid a .—A lm a H a r t­m a n ’s ab sen ce m ig h t h av e been due to s ta rs in h e r ey es fro m a quick flight w est: D allas, E l P aso , P hoenix, L as

V egas, an d w h ere else is th e re to go— hom e!

ST. LOUIS CHAPTER By Teddy H ager

We re a lly h ad a “ C h a irm an of the B o a rd ” d iscussion a t our m eeting, held a t T eddy H a g e r’s, w ith M arian K irtz co-hostessing. D etails w ere d is­cu ssed fo r o u r ru m m a g e sa le being held M ay 12. Golly took th e n am es of a ll g irls offering th e ir serv ices, and am su re ev ery o n e w ill be busy from now on. U n d ersta n d L o re tta S lav ick ’s s to ra g e sp ace is re a lly filled w ith ite m s to be sold. W ith all the p lans be­ing m ade, am su re th is will be a huge su ccess.

T he F a ll S ectional M eeting, to be held S ep te m b er 21, 22, and 23, h ere a t th e P a r k P la z a H otel, w as also d is­cussed, and L a u ra S ellin g er h as quite a few v o lu n teers who a re looking fo r­w a rd to seeing th a t our g u ests a re ro y ally e n terta in ed . T h ere is a w on­d erfu l p ro g ra m p lanned, so s ta r t m ak in g p lans now to a tten d . O ur con g ra tu la tio n s to M a rian K irtz. She is th e f irs t w o m an in th e v icin ity of St. L ouis to e a rn h e r Blue S eal. A fter the d iscussion th e o th er evening, am su re se v e ra l Blue S eals w ill be earn ed pronto.

O ur b est w ishes for m u ch h ap p in ess to Ju n e and E d E v e rs w ho h av e ju st adopted a d au g h ter. Also, to Golly and J a c k M iner, th e ir six th g ran d ch ild —a boy. T ra v elers: S ylvia and L ackBloom w ith L o re tta S lavick, re tu rn ­ing fro m N ew Y ork, w ea th ered in a t C olum bus, Ohio. L o re tta and Sylvia flew hom e on C o m m ercial A irline, and L ac k rem a in ed behind, w aiting to b rin g th e A pache hom e. M arian K urtz sp e n t H oliday in Hot Springs, A r­k an sas , checking th e b ath s, e tc ., and re tu rn e d e a rly to co-hostess our m e e t­ing. F ra n and Augie H enke, H oliday­ing in F lo rid a v ia th e ir A ztec—Lois W eath erw ax m ad e th e s ta te m e n t she is going to w in th e Colt—so get busy g als, you h av e steep com petition.

O ur d eep est sy m p a th y to J a y L aw ­ren c e , o u r B erw ick, P en n sy lv an ia m e m b e r. H er m o th e r ju s t p assed aw ay . H ad a g u est from Sydney, A us­tra l ia in tow n for five-and-a-half hours, M rs. Belle A dam s. L o re tta Slavick p lay ed ho stess and show ed h e r the b es t in St. Louis. S pring h as finally a rr iv e d —now if th e w e a th e r will con­fo rm —we can a ll s ta r t doing som e serio u s fly in g , e a rn in g our Blue Sea], and w ho know s—m ay b e our C om ­m e rc ia l, In s tru m e n t or In s tru c to rs C ertifica te . Good luck to us all.

MINNESOTA CHAPTER By Dorothy Ryan

M a rg a re t M anuel, our ho stess for F e b ru a ry , h ad tu rk e y tw ice, th an k s to our u n p o p u lar M innesota w e a th e r­m a n ( I ta k e th a t b ack —those who fly th e b o ard s th in k h e ’s g r e a t ) . I don’t know how m a n y inches fell th a t w eek­end of th e 18th, but w hen th is re p o rte r and 49% er drove b ack into ye hom e

s ta te the W ednesday follow ing, th e d rifts w ere up to h ere . B ut tu rk e y a t any tim e is su ccu len t a t M a rg a re t’s so the 25th found us try in g ag ain . M a rg a re t d id n ’t re a lly th in k w e w ould m ak e it and in stea d of w o rry in g about us, h ad a g ra n d evening se rv in g and d an cin g a t th e VFW p o st th e n ig h t before! B ut w e did com e, am id sw irling snow and icy re a d s —p ro ­sp ectiv e m e m b e rs D aw n L arso n , D orothy W estling, and J a n e R eev es w ith h e r husband; R ita and B u rt O rr w ith Cindy, J a n , and Billy; H elen and G eorge M a sterto n w ith our n ew ly re- in stad ed m e m b e r L a u ra B l a c k (c h e e rs ); F lo ren ce S c riv e r d riv in g Avis L arso n and G inny C asperson; A udrey B aird , dow n b y t r a in fro m D ickinson, drove w ith D orothy and Rocky R yan. M alcolm w as hom e, too, grounded by th a t zero-zero w e a th e r. K ay M anuel in tro d u ced us a ll to h er S iam ese cat, b u t R alph, now a young m an of 15, is proudly le arn in g th e m ilita ry w ay a t R osw ell A cad em y in N ew M exico. S m a rt boy, to spend a w in ter aw ay fro m th is !

R ita rep o rted she and B u rt h ad a w onderful tr ip to S eattle , Los A ngeles and P hoenix (too short, of co u rse ) and R ocky and ye olde re p o r te r w ere still m esm erized by th re e glorious w eeks in C lea rw a te r B each, F lo rid a . W e w a n t­ed v ery m uch to see (e y e b a ll it, as th e y s a y ) Jo h n G lenn’s lau n ch and la te F e b ru a ry 13th drove o v er to Cocoa B each, but a f te r bedding down in the tru n k (w e d id ), th e shot w as called a t 2:30 a .m . We w ere “ re a d y m e n ” the re s t of th e w eek but h ad to leav e fo r hom e th e d ay th e shot a c ­tu a lly w as m ad e. We cam e b ack to th e new s deeply sad d en in g our C h a p te r— the “ L a s t F lig h t” of M arily n W illiam s and Alice P fan tz.

In our b u sin ess m eeting th e new AWTAR ru les req u irin g all p a r tic ip a t­ing pilots to h av e a co m m ercia l r a t ­ing or b e tte r, and co-pilots a p riv a te ra tin g o r b e tte r , w ere d iscu ssed a t length and a decision m ad e to a s k th e AWTAR R ules C om m ittee to rec o n ­sider, a s w ell a s to le t th e M ichigan C h ap ter know the M innesota C h ap ter concurs w ith th e ir opinion on th e m a t­te r as ex p ressed in th e F e b ru a ry N ew s L etter.

The C h ap ter also p ro te sts to th e FAA plans to e re c t a 995 foot to w er on the om ni ro u te betw een B ra in erd and B em idji, ask in g it be re lo c a te d a t a less c ritic a l spot.

Ginny C asp erso n a rra n g e d our M arch 14th m eetin g a t N elson-R yan, F lying Cloud, and believe it or not, m ore snow y w e a th e r! B u rt drove up from F a r ib a u lt w ith R ita , w ho c h a ir­m an ed th e m eetin g —M a rg a re t and M alcolm M anuel h ad slipped p a s t th e w hite stuff to R osw ell, N ew M exico, w here th e y w ere spending a w eek or so, v isitin g th e ir son, R alph. We w ere so g lad to see A rd eth C arlson, who rep o rts she and A rt h av e been too

busy to do m o re th an b rea th . Crazy- B ird, J r . , is off fly ing w ith som eone else u n til su ch tim e as le isu re com es ag a in to th e C a rlso n ’s. A vis L arso n , G inny C asp erso n , D o ro th y R y an , and H elen M a sterto n (w ith 491/2er G eo rg e) com p leted th e local co n tin g en t of m e m b ers . H elen is m e m b ersh ip c h a ir­m a n and is doing a trem en d o u s job- p ro sp ec tiv e m e m b e rs in a tte n d a n c e w ere C h ristine B u rk e, D o ro th y W estl­ing (w ith h e r h u sb an d D on) and Jo a n C lark (w ith frien d C arl S tu lc ). And w e a re so h ap p y to w elcom e our n ew ­e s t m e m b er, M rs. J a n e R eeves. W el­com e a b o a rd ! And o rch id s to H elen M.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER By Billie W yatt

T he 11th a n n iv e rs a ry of our ch n p ler w as c e le b ra te d on F e b ru a ry 24th a t a co ck tail p a r ty and d in n er in the S p o rtsm en of S tan is lau s Club w ith 125 m e m b e rs and g u es ts p re se n t. Ann R am b o , sp e a k e r for th e ev en t, put us all in o rb it w ith h e r te rr if ic ta lk “ S p ace — T he W orld’s F ro n tie r” . C h a irm an , D orothy K oebel in tro d u c­ed g u es ts A ssem b ly m an , Jo h n Vene- m en, F o re s t F iorin i, C h a irm an of th e B oard S ta te A ero n au tics, W m . C h ris­ten sen , 49M>er, P re s id e n t C alifornia F ly in g F a rm e rs , N o rm a H am m o n d , M rs. M ayor of M odesto, M uriel S h am , M rs. A irp o rt M a n ag e r and R u th R u c k e rt of B ay C ities. R uth , w ho w as p re s e n t a t our c h a r te r m eetin g , g av e h e r co n g ra tu la tio n s and invited e v e ry ­body to w itn ess th e s ta r t of th e TAR a t O akland in Ju ly . T he d ec o ratin g co m m ittee did a b an g up job—o u t­stan d in g w ere th e ru n w a y s dow n th e ce n te rs of th e ta b le s w ith sm a ll p lan es on th em and silv er h a n g a rs a irm a rk e d w ith th e n a m e s of th e v ario u s tow ns re p re se n te d by c h a p te r m e m b ers . A l­so, th e sm a ll booklets a t ea ch p lace g iving th e p u rp o se of th e 99’s, th e ch a p te r n am e, ea ch m e m b e r’s n a m e and tow n, th e n a m e of th e g u est s p e a k e r and th e topic of h e r ta lk .

M any th a n k s to th e m e m b e rs w ho w orked so h a rd to m ak e th is p a r ty such a su ccess. M em b ers p re se n t w ere; L a u ra M ay C raw ford, H ugh- son; E ste lle S tacey , Orosi; D orothy K oebel and M arie M cD ow ell, Gus- tine; P au lin e C h risten sen , M erced; Loucile F re e m a n , N ew m an; E lv a Vic- torino, E scalon; E v H en d ley , M a rg a re t A ndrew s and B illie W yatt, M odesto; and m o st c e rta in ly a ll 49 % e rs . E v and W alt H en d ley e n te rta in e d w ith a rec ep tio n in th e ir S cenic D riv e hom e fo r A nn R am b o and th e 99’s follow ing d in n er. M a rg a re t an d D on A ndrew s flew to H aw aii for six w eek s v ac a tio n and re tu rn e d on the L u rlin e in tim e for th e p arty .

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER By Shirley Gilmore

W e w ere com pelled to can cel our re g u la r b u siness m eetin g in M arch as m o st of o u r o fficers w ere u n ab el to a tte n d . U n fo rtu n ately , o u r ch a irm an , N o rm a W ilcox, un d erw en t sp in al s u r­g e ry in F e b ru a ry and will h ave to tak e it e a sy fo r so m etim e. She h as been a s su re d by h e r d octors, how ever, th a t th e y w ill h av e h e r in good sh ap e in tim e for th e AWTAR, and w e a re all w ishing h e r a ra p id and su ccessful r e ­covery.

G inny and R ussell G ra h am took off fo r th e ir P a n a m a tr ip rig h t on sch ed ­ule. G inny a p p e a re d on the television show, “ Video V illag e” , for th re e d ay s before h e r d e p a rtu re . She did a g re a t job, and won lots of “ lo o t.” H er v i­vacio u s p erso n a lity cam e th ro u g h v e ry nicely, and w e feel it w as pu b lic­ity fo r w om en in aviatio n .

M eanw hile, th e re s t of us a re still gro u n d ed a good d ea l of th e tim e by our continued in c lem en t w e a th e r con­ditions h e re in S o u th ern C alifornia. Y our re p o rte r h a s been g ettin g som e of the b lam e, in a sm u c h a s w e have been gro u n d ed an y w ay since J a n u a ry aw aitin g d eliv ery of a new Skylane. W e p lan to pick it up in W ichita soon— if I can ju s t m a n ag e to g e t th e w e a ­th e r b ack to n o rm al, th a t is.

The resp o n se of o u r fund-raising su rv ey h as been m ost g ra tify in g and m a n y of th e c h a p te rs h av e p resen ted v e ry good id eas for ra is in g both sm all and la rg e su m s for th e ir c h a p te r e x ­penses. We hope to h av e a tab u la tio n soon on som e of th e b e tte r id eas to p re se n t to you w ho a re in te reste d in try in g som e d iffe ren t m ethods of r a is ­ing m oney. O ur th a n k s to all of you for y o u r w onderful cooperation.

UTAH CHAPTER By Alberta Hunt Nickolson

O ur M arch m eetin g w as held a t th e hom e of Ju n e R aybould w h ere final p la n s w ere m ad e for th e AWTAR stop h e re and in R ock S prings. S ally W ells and h e r h u sb an d w ill c h a irm a n the R ock S p rin g s stop.

E u n ice N ay lo r h as a rra n g e d for a co u rse a t th e U n iv ersity of U tah to be g iv en to te a c h e rs in S a lt L ak e City on “ F ield S tu d ies of A ero S pace E d u ­c a tio n .” At p re se n t 60 te a c h e rs h av e enrolled . T h ey w ill be given th re e h o u rs of g ra d u a te c re d it for th e course.

R uth W alk er h as ju s t re tu rn e d L o­g an w h ere she atten d ed th e 4-H S up­erv iso rs School a t th e U tah S ta te Col­lege.

Ju n e R aybould h as bought into a n ew flying club, so is in th e a ir a g a in in a T ri P a c e r . M axine N ielson is w orking h a rd to w ard h er co m m ercia l license, hoping to m ad e th e deadline so she can e n te r th e AWTAR. She and R uth p lan to fly to B ak ersfield to th e S p rin g S ectional.

L ucile C h risto p h erso n and h er h u s­band flew a p a tien t to D allas, T ex as,

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an d th en to T em p le w h ere th e y visited w ith th e ir d au g h te r and th e n dow n to M cA llen to look o v er the a re a th a t h ad been so bad ly d am ag e d by fro st. T hey c a m e b ack by w ay of D el Reo and R osw ell w h ere th e y ra n into a trre ffic snow sto rm . T hey m a n ag e d to g e t in­to A lbuquerque for the night and on hom e. Lucile h a s h ad fo u r sp eak in g e n g a g e m e n ts on av iation and th e ir r e ­cen t tr ip to th e O rient.

N icki H ard in g m issed o u r m eetin g . She is singing in th e o p era “ M ad am e B u tte rf ly ” given by the U tah V alley O p era C om pany th is w eek.

O ur m e m b ersh ip is picking up. At a v isit to th e A ir F o rce A cad em y a t Colorado S prings, E unice h ad a p le a s­a n t v isit w ith Lt. Col. P eg g y Johnson who is s ta tio n ed th e re w ith th e A ir D efense C om m and and w e a re h ap p y to le a rn th a t she w an ts to re ta in h er m e m b ersh ip in o u r c h a p te r. Also M a r­g a re t Loy is a c tiv a tin g h e r m e m b e r­ship. T his will m ak e 16 m em b ers.

SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER By Florence G. Breen

We held o u r M arch b u sin ess m e e t­ing a t H elen M a ce’s v ery in te restin g hom e. W e a d m ired all th e tro p h ie s th a t she and h e r 4914’er, H arv ey , h av e won w ith th e ir sp o rt p lan es, (: a c h h av e th e ir own sp o rts p lane th a t H a r ­v ey h as b u ilt). J e r r y M ickelson called th e m eetin g to o rd e r and th e m e m b e rs th a t w ere p re s e n t included, R u th Lum - m is, R uth W agner, Jo y ce E v an s. M a ry A nn M cD onald, D arle n e M arsh , o u r h o stess, y our pinch h ittin g new s le tte r w rite r , F lo ren ce, and o u r long lost, gadding, m em b er, C laire R aley . S eem ed like old tim es to h av e C laire back, and now she know s w h at J a p a n a n d th e South S eas co u n tries including A u stra lia and N ew Z ealand look like, v/e hope she g ets to our m eetin g s of- te n e r . We h ad tw o v isito rs, J e a n K ey M cC lelland, o u r fledgling pilot and R uth R u e ck e rt from B ay C ities C hap­te r . We alw ay s enjoy h av in g R uth v is it w ith us, and esp ec ia lly w hen she b rin g s good new s th a t th e A.W .T.A .R. Is ta i ing good sh ap e. Looks to m e like th e o rg an izatio n of the ra c e is in ca p ­ab le h an d s w ith R uth an d B ay C ities h an d lin g it. C o n g ratu latio n s an d m ore pow er to you! We m issed our ab sen t m em b ers, b ut o u r new s le tte r w rite r , Ju n e D evine, took a co m m erc ia l p lane to B u rb an k to p ick up th e ir B onanza, acco m p an ied by Jim . M aybe it w as th e ra in an d d a rk night th a t k ep t the r e s t of o u r ac tiv e m e m b ers in th e ir “ H a n g a rs ” . T ried to find out if anyone had done an y flying or gone an y p lace of in te re s t and th e only new s th a t I can re p o rt is th a t E la in e L a n c a s te r and h e r 49% ’e r B ert, took th e ir C es­sn a and flew to P hoenix, m eetin g C aro l H am m o n d and h e r 49% ’er, Al, and m y 49% ’e r J a c k and m yself, fly ­ing down in th e A pache. W hile th e re w e flew to T uscon, hav in g a delicious brunch a t th e P io n eer H otel. We w ish ­ed th a t we w ould soon g e t som e of

th a t lovely su n sh in e in C alifornia. H e a r ru m o rs th a t B etty Boyd w ill soon be b ack w ith us. Long tim e, no se c! O ur A pril 14th m eetin g is to be held in S a c ra m e n to a t th e In te r n a ­tio n al room a t th e a irp o rt. Com e on out an d help us w ith a la rg e tu rn out. See you then.

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER By Dru B enefiel

F e b ru a ry b ro u g h t a d elightful m e e t­ing a t V an N uys S kyw ays. H ere , our in sp ire d au c tio n eer, G ene M oskow (K a te e ’s 49 % ’e r ) c h a rm e d us into buying th e sa m e ite m s w e h ad b ro u g h t to la s t y e a r ’s W hite E le p h an t Sale. B esides being au c tio n eer, G ene d o n at­ed e le c tric clocks w ith co u n ter-c lo ck ­w ise faces. T h ese defy tim e-tellin g , b ut a re fun to u n sc ra m b le . As a proud ow ner of one, I can be la te w ith con­fidence ! T hese, an d th e re fre sh m e n ts p rovided by S kyw ays w ere th e high- ’ig h ts of th e ev e n in g ’s W hite E le p h an t S ale fo r th e 1963 TA R. T h an k s to th e SFV C h ap ter m em b ers, A udrey S chut- tee, J e a n in e Ceccio, E liz ab e th C row ­ley, a s w ell a s our g u est, D ottie Gor- ley ( ’61 TA R p a r tic ip a n t) for adding to th e “ K itty ” .

M arch is h e re w ith its w eek-ends of poor w ea th er. Site 6 w as b eau tifu l for th e S outhw est S ectio n al Fly-in. H ow ­ev er, th e S unday w e a th e r in th e L.A. b asin w as a d re a ry rep e titio n —w et, low ceiling lad en w ith c a rb ice. K atee and G ene M oskow re p o rt a w onderful tim e joining the m e m b e rs of o th er S outhw est c h a p te rs . T h eir route, a S a tu rd a y sto p -o v er a t L as V eg as—and, th en on to th e fly-in. S eem s th a t R ay S ch u tte (A u d re y ’s 4 9 % e r) w as busy giv ing d u al in th e M cCullock o u tboard (b o a t, th a t is ), m o st of S unday. H om e­w ard , th e a v e ra g e g ro u n d sp eed of the M oskow ’s A pache w as—did I h e a r r ig h t—90 k n o ts? W hat a h ead w in d ! T he W ednesday follow ing th e fly-in v/e joined th e Long B each C h a p te r a t T-edond H igh School to enjoy a d iscu s­sion of A ir E d u catio n in S eco n d ary Schol by T ed M eisen h eim er, A ero In ­s tru c to r. H ere, w e le arn ed of th e p ro b ­lem s inhibiting a n ac tiv e A ir E d u c a ­tion p ro g ra m .

L as V egas—it m u st be a c h a rm e d p lace . C h a irm a n M a ry A nn K aslow ar.d V ivian T hom pson (a n d th e ir 49% - e r s ) sp en t se v e ra l delightfu l d ay s th e re . S eem s th a t th e ir sy stem should not be follow ed. T he ru m o r h as it th a t one of th e m h ad to w ire hom e for m ore “ g reen s tu ff” . W hich one th is re p o r te r w as u n ab le to d isco v er. And, one of our m e m b e rs ev en d rove to L as V eg­as—S ally B royles and B etty H ough, an av ia tio n en th u sia st, sp e n t a n ex c it­ing and re la x in g w eek-end th e re r e ­cently .

TUCSON CHAPTERBy Laura Bohanan

V irg in ia E d w ard s h as been th e “ fly- in g e st” g a l in th e c h a p te r th is m onth. H er new job as F lig h t N urse for th e I lu d g in A ir S ervice s ta rte d off w ith a

Shirley Marshall, left, and Doro­thy Jenkins, gues* speakers at the Ajo Rotary Club Luncheon meeting in M arch with Charles Gilbert, Pro­gram Chairman

fast tr ip to M ilw aukee (w ith plenty of w e a th e r ). H om e—th e n off to G rand R apids, M ich, (n o t so m u ch w e a th e r ), Now a b ag is packed and rea d y a t all tim es, an d a w ise decision th a t was. for a f te r one d ay hom e sh e’s off again , th is tim e to S eattle (CAVU a ll the w ay, and ab o u t tim e V irginia sa id ). T hink she enjoys th e job so m uch be­cause of th e ch an ce to get in a bit of fly ing on th e re tu rn flights hom e.

D orothy Jen k in s & S h irley M arsh all flew to Ajo and g av e a ta lk , to the R o ta ry Club luncheon group, on the AWTAR an d th e ir v aried flying ex­periences. D orothy's ca reer goes back to th e fabulous e ra of h elm et and goggles in an d aro u n d C hicago. W hat a w ealth of w onderful stories she has if only we can get h e r to ta lk in g . Dot, yo u ’re m u ch too m odest . . . Shirley s ta rte d fly ing about 6 y ea rs ago and h as re a lly been going places ever since. I t ’s v ery a p p a re n t th a t she re a lly enjoys h er flying. S hirley and fam ily flew to Site Six, on H avasu L ake, to th e S ectional F ly -in . T hey h ad such a good tim e th ey a re now sav in g th e ir pennies and p lan n in g to fly to th e S ectio n al S p rin g M eeting a t B akersfield n ex t m onth.

Good to see M ary A rm strong, from F t. H uachucai, w ho flew in Sunday w ith h e r “ to -b e” 49% er, F ra n k M en- ick. M ary h as been try in g to sm ooth out those m an eu v ers in an tic ip atio n of th e C o m m ercial sh e’s w orking tow ard. Looks p re tty good to m e.

F ra n c e s F ra n c is w as also seen, last S unday, shooting lan d in g s and w ish­ing th e re w as a tra ff ic lig h t to get back into th a t p a tte rn . W hat a busy

ru n w ay th a t one w a s ! F ra n c e s is s ta rtin g G round School w ith In s tru c t­or M ary M artin , in p re p a ra tio n for h er C om m ercial.

P a t & T ru ly N olen flew dow n to G uaym as to do som e skin-diving an d h ad p len ty of w eath er going down but it w as w o rth it once th e y g ot th ere . A little b ab y sta rfish w aved its a rm s a t P a t w hile she’s m ak in g like a n “ u n d er-w a ter to u ris t” — an d P a t did ju st the rig h t th ing, she ra n — ra th e r she sw am , s tra ig h t out of there.

H ad m y firs t h o u r of in stru m e n ts an d w h at a su rp rise THAT w a s !! I t was one of th e ro ughest d ay s w e h a d seen in quite a w hile . . . T he w ay th a t 172 w as bouncing aro u n d I th o u g h t I h ad a w ild b u ll by th e ta il instead of ju st one little ’ole a irp lan e. W hen we lan d ed m y ey eb alls w ere still try in g to b reak th e w o rld ’s r e ­cord for bouncing. W hat a ch allen g e those in stru m en ts w ere an d do I h av e a h e a lth y resp e c t fo r th e m now. Spring h as sprung h ere in th e so u th ­west, so can expect p len ty of th e bouncy w eath er for a few m onths.

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER By Ann McDonald

S tella H ard in , busy m o th er of th ree children, h as gone b ack to school. In order to continue h e r nurses, tra in in g she h as enrolled in th e G rossm ont V ocational N ursing School. S tella is doing th is to ea rn m oney to fly. R e­cently she joined the N atio n al C ity F lying Club but la m en ts o u r M arch w eath er (R A IN ) w hich h as flooded half th e sh o rt ru n w ay a t N atio n al City. F o rtu n a te ly S te lla is good n a tu r- ed an d know s th is c a n ’t la s t forever. (A t th is m o m en t th e sun is b rillia n t and your re p o r te r’s p are n ts v isiting from H astings, M ichigan th in k th e C alifornia h ills a re g o rg eo u s!)

Jo a n n e A lford w as th e K ey N ote S peaker fo r a n AAUW sponsored w orkshop th is m onth . She spoke and lead a discussion on w o m an in indus­try and business w hich m em b ers and guests of th e group found m ost in te r­esting.

Six deserving W ing Scouts a re th rilled because th e S an D iego 99’s a re giving th em ea ch 30 m in u tes of flying in struction . B etty L a m b e rt an d J e rry V ickers w ill in stru c t th e g irls who h av e been w orking v e ry h a rd in G round School. Speaking of th e W ing Scouts, our m em b ers enjoyed seeing colorful slides ta k en by th e teen -ag ers last su m m er d u rin g a tr ip to M exico w here th ey atten d ed an In te rn a tio n a l Scout M eeting.

The v ery in v itin g p lans for th e Southw est S ectional M eet a t B a k ers­field A pril 27-28-29 h as a lre a d y lu red several of our m em b ers n o rth w ard . M arion Jepsen, J e rry V ickers, R uby K eaveney an d R uth P ro p sn er a re a n ­

xiously aw a itin g th a t w eekend an d as th is goes to press w e hope o thers w ill h av e reg istered for th e event.

SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER By N atalie Bossio

A lively m eetin g th is m o n th w as held a t th e h o m e o f Ja c k ie P e tty in M ountain View. M em bers a tten d in g w ere P a t Glaidney, M arg S tandish , A rdell H au k acco m p an ied by d a u g h ­te r C arol C h am p lain , C aro l V eris, P a ttie Sherw ood, H elen N elson, D oro- othy M onohan, A lice T ay lo r, M arilyn A nderson, aind yours tru ly . We m issed w ho w as u n ab le to a tten d , an d a ll of us extend our d eepest sy m p a th y to th e fa m ily for th e loss of D av e’s m o th ­er a few w eeks ago.

To d a te we h av e four te a m s p la n ­n in g to en ter th e AWTAR and th e g als a re in th e re p itch in g fo r sponsors. We w ish th em a ll th e best of luck.

M abel Z ehr enjoyed h e r f irs t je t f lig h t a couple of w eeks ago w hen she flew to Los A ngeles to be w ith h er sister w ho w as v isiting th e re fro m In d ian ap o lis, an d w hom she h a d n ’t seen for two y ears. T hey lunched to ­g eth er an d h a d a nice v isit. We w ere so rry to h e a r th a t O tto h a s been v ery ill, b ut M abel rep o rts th a t he is w ell on th e ro ad to reco v ery now.

T he G ladney ca ts stole th e show in S u n n y v ale th is m onth and ca m e aw ay w ith m ost of th e ribbons. T he G lad ­neys a re esp ecially proud of Boo'sie w ho w as aw ard ed th e blue rib b o n for being th e “ best household p e t” .

T he G ladneys, M a y etta and g irls, M arg S tandish , an d P a tti Sherw ood w ere p a r t o f a group of 13 w ho en jo y ­ed a snow tr ip w eekend recen tly to C hina P e a k w here th e y w ere w el­com ed by fo u rteen feet of snow. T he group h a d acco m m o d atio n s a t H u n t­in gton L ak e—a new reso rt—an d th ey h ad a b all!

Y our re p o rte r spent th e “ lo n g ” w eekend in F e b ru a ry v isiting friends in Los A ngeles. A sp ecia l t r e a t w as a reu n io n w ith close m u tu a l frien d s in L a M esa w hom I h a d n ’t seen for over ten years.

F in a l R ep o rt—one pup le ft in th e P e tty household, b u t sh e’s n ot for sale!

H ap p y fly in g to a ll now th a t S p rin g is h e r e !

PHOENIX CHAPTER By M elba Beard

T he re g u la r M arch m eetin g , second T h u rsd ay night, w as held a t th e h o m e of M a ria n W ang in th e P ap ag o foothills of S co ttsd ale , an d atten d ed in ad dition to th e host, by C h airm an , B etty S la te r, V ice-Ch., and S ectional S ec’y P a t L am bairt, S ec’y T ru d y M u r­phy, N a t’l T reas. A lice R oberts, K ay P attiso n , W ilm a B land, M elba B eard , J u a n ita N ew ell, M a rjy Crow l, B etty Condon, an d p rospective m em b er M ike D over, a t h e r second m eeting.

T he F ly in g F a rm e rs h av e extended th e 99’s an in v ita tio n to jo in th e m a t th e ir N ogales m eeting. M a rjy said th a t S edona w as a fav o rab le location for rep a in tin g a n a ir m a rk e r. M arion rep o rted on th e W ing Scouts, said th ey w ould be g lad to help w ith air m a rk in g , h e r group as w ell as th e one in S cottsdale . T h e C h ap ter voted to m ak e in d iv id u al co n tributions to the 1963 AWTAR of $2 each, w ith a m a tch in g $3 from th e tre a s u ry fo r a to ta l of $5, in lieu of a fund ra isin g p ro jec t. W ilm a rea d a note of th a n k s fro m B etty T an k of Bet-Ko-A ir in Y um a, for th e lovely P h ilodendron p la n t for h e r pilot lounge, our a p p re ­ciatio n for h e r hosting th e Z o n ta’s a n n u a l A m elia E a rh a r t lunch in Y um a atten d ed by th e ch ap ter. J u a n ­ita , w ho bought th e gift, saved a 400 m ile round tr ip to deliver it by n a b ­bing B etty on one of h e r bi-weekly ru n s to P hoenix, and it w as flow n h o m e by fa s t a ir fre ig h t, a ll for free.

T he A pril business m eetin g w ill be a t th e hom e of T ru d y M urphy in S co ttsd ale . T he M arch flig h t is a r ­ran g e d by M elba B eard for S unday th e 25th. This w ill be a fa m ily d esert p icnic flig h t to th e lovely new strip a t C are F re e e a s t of C ave Creek, e a s i­ly rea ch ed by p lan e or car. E lg in N ew ell w ill b arb ecu e a n y ste ak s or h am b u rg e rs , an d ea ch p a rty w ill brin g a covered dish an d ta b le se r­vice. N o m inations and pending reso l­utions w ere discussed, also th e M arch SW S ectio n al F ly -in a t Site Six on th e A rizona side of th e C olorado R iver.

T ru d y M urphy la te r rep o rted th a t tho b ad w e a th e r on S a tu rd a y d iscour­aged m a n y fro m m a k in g th e S ection­a l f lig h t to Site Six, th e S u n d ay w ea­th e r w as ju st p erfec t, an d th e follow ­ing 99’s w ere present: F ro m P hoenix C hapter, K ay P a ttiso n fly ing a Tri- P a c e r w ith T ru d y , an d W ing Scouts C ordelia Jo n es an d B ecky K roehler; M a rjy Crow l m ad e th e tr ip an in stru ­m en t tra in in g flight in a 180 w ith h er in stru c to r an d h e r tw o boys; P a t an d R ick L a m b a rt w ent in th e ir 180, w ith p rospective m em b er M ike D over and h er ro o m ate . S hirley M arsh all, Ch. of th e T ucson C h ap ter flew up, tak in g h er son, A udrey and Bob S ch u tte flew in fro m S an F ern an d o , C alif., an d in a M ooney fro m E l C ajon C h ap ter n e a r S an D iego flew B a rb a ra H ill, D oris R itch ey , an d B a rb a ra an d Jo h n T ucker.

BAY CITIES CHAPTER By Jean K aye Tinsley

O ur F e b ru a ry m eetin g w as held a t th e hom e of J u a n d a Bigelow w ay over in C astro V alley. J u a n d a g re e t­ed us in a b rig h t red m u m u p u rch ased in H aw aii d u rin g C h ristm as holidays. Y our re p o rte r w as busy over th e h o li­d ays d eliv erin g ,a fu tu re 99, C arolyn K aye, w ho arriv ed a t 8:00 C h ristm as

E v e. S an ta w as ra c in g th e sto rk on th is one. I t w as so good to g et b ack to m eetings (a n d b ack into size sev­ens !). T he p rin c ip a l business w as th e 1962 AWTAR w hich Bey Cities C h ap ­te r w ill hostess. R u th R u eck ert, C h a ir­m a n OCS, TAR for 1962 an d h er co m ­m itte e s a re doing a fabulous job of p lan n in g for th e big event.

O ur sy m p a th ie s to S acra m en to V al­le y C h ap ter an d to E lsi an d N ell, sis­te rs of E th e l S heehy who took h e r la s t flight.

M ary M essersm ith, our new est C o m m ercia l P ilot, has a new job as se c re ta ry to Jo h n P ritc h a rd , VP of S equoia A viation, Inc., S an C arlos A irp o rt. Sequoia A viation is a Cessna d ea ler, includes shop and c h a rte r se r­vice. M ary a lre a d y p ut aside h e r sec­re ta r ia l duties to fly a c h a r te r tr ip . I t is alw ays good to h e a r of a n o th er w o­m an pilot being em ployed th is w ay. As soon as I g et m y m ed ica l renew ed I ’m going to resu m e w ork on th e com ­m erc ia l.

Im ag in e ev ery o n e’s su rp rise w eeks ag o to w ake up an d fin d th e w hole co u n tryside covered w ith ab o u t four inches of snow . . . most u n u su al w e a ­th e r . . . and to top it off, it snowed a ll day. We ju st a re n ’t p rep ared for th a t kind of w ea th er h ere . G rabbed som e of the kids and dashed to P alo A lto A irport to see our p lane. No one fly ing th a t d ay — icing level ab o u t 1500 feet. It m ust h av e been beau tifu l fro m th e a ir . . . and for you lucky ones w ho w ere visiting fro m th e east, i t w as m ost u n u su al w eath er.

B ay Cities c h a p te r ce le b ra ted our th ir tie th an n iv e rsa ry in M arch w ith a d inner m eetin g a t V eneto’s in San F ran cisco . P re sen t w ere M ary M es­sersm ith , H elen K elton, M axine C a rl­son, F ra n G ran t, H azel M iles, J u a n d a Bigelow , M a ry F ields, R u th R u eck ert (1962 C h a irm an A W TA R), M arge F a u th , M iriam B rugh, E le an o r W il­son, G ail L ane, D oris P u rd y , L indy Boyes, D eby B y ram , J a n e t F u rgeson, M a rg a re t G e rh a rd t and J e a n Tinsley. Since everyone ordered a la ca rte , it w as a h ila rio u s occasion and luckily , w e h ad a w a ite r w ith a m arv elo u s sense of h u m o r—even w hen a v/hole t r a y of d in n ers w aitin g to be served took off by them selves and crash lan d ed .

T he m ain topic of discussion w as th e 1962 AWTAR and a ll th e w o n d er­fu l p lans fo r you w ho a re going to be w ith us. W e also discussed w ith g re a t in te re s t t h e n e w re s 'r ic - tio n s for C o m m ercials an d h ig h er only being ab le to fly. F ive y ears ago w hen yours tru ly w as a b ra n d new pilot an d atten d ed the AWTAR ta k e ­off from S an M ateo C ounty A irport a t S an C arlos, I asked one of th e gals who is w ay up on the AWTAR b o ard , w h at th e purpose of th e rac e

w as—h e r an sw er “ Oh—so th a t you g als w ho a r e n ’t c o m m erc ia l pilots c a n re a lly com pete w ith th e pro fes­sio n als”—h a ! So w hy th is new ru lin g ?

D orothy G arliep p sold h er tr i-p a c e r an d fin ally , a f te r six m onths, got h er leg out of th e ca st. H er b ro k en jaw is m en d in g n icely an d she hopes to be ab le to fly soon. G ail L an e flew to th e N ut T ree on one of th e few nice d ay s w e’ve h ad , b u t th e sp rin g w ea th er is re a lly b eg in n in g now and a in r tim e for all. E le a n o r rep o rts and she an d G len h av e th e ir Sky-Coupe % finished. T he la s t p lan e th e y built, a F lu tte rb u g , took 21 m onths. Glen is P re s id e n t o'f th e E x p e rim e n ta l A ir­c ra ft Assoc. U n d erstan d th a t M arion D ie trich is tra m p in g and cam p in g aro u n d A rizona deserts to g e t to g e th ­e r an a r tic le on P e a c e C orps tra in in g , so we d id n ’t see h e r a t th e m eeting. C hange of ad d ress for M ary Fields: 1132-139th A ve., S an L eandro; phone: 351-6050.

S p rin g S ectio n al in B akersfield co m ­ing up A pril 27-29 and AWTAR FRO M OAKLAND IN JU L Y .

H ap p y E a ste r!

EL CAJON VALLEY CHAPTER By Isabelle G. McCrae

T he re g u la r F e b ru a ry m eetin g w as held a t th e hom e of L eah H an lo n at 4355 C opeland, S an D iego, C alif., on W ednesday evening, F eb. 28th, 1962. M em bers preseift w ere A nna C h risten ­sen, M rs. R oy D avis, M rs. R. E . H ill, D oris R itchey, D ottie S anders, A ileen S au n d ers, Isab e lle M cC rae, B a rb a ra T u ck er, Ja c k ie T renfel, and C arolyn H un tin g to n .

A fter th e business m eeting, rep o rts

w ere m ad e by A ileen S au n d ers on h e r “ Good S a m a ri ta n ” flights to M ex­ico an d D oris R itch ie and Isab e lle M c­C rae rep o rted on th e ir re c e n t J e t F lig h t w ith th e N avy.

Yes, we fin ally m ad e it on th e 17th

of F e b ru a ry , a f te r w eeks o'f a n tic ip a ­tion. A fter ab o u t 20 hours in th e 2 F 23 G round T ra in e r on in stru m en ts and o rien tatio n , w e w ere rea d y and w ill­ing, for th e re a l th ing.

T he flight w as ab o u t two hours in le n g th an d w e w ere given in stru ctio n in H igh A ltitude flight ch aracteristics, plus v ery low a ltitu d e speed ru n along th e beach of S alton Sea a t 430 M PH, 100 fee t in d icated above sea level, to give us the tru e sensation of speed in re la tio n to th e ground.

T hen back to N orth Island fc r p ra c ­tice landings. A lot of the flight w as m ad e on a c tu a l in stru m en ts, w hich w e fe lt w as especially good tra in in g , an d since the GCA w as off a t th e tim e we m ade a ra d a r ap p ro ach . D on’t ask m e an y questions on th is, a ll I know is it's a good thing.

T he w hole flig h t w as a th rill, .ha like of w hich we h av e nev er ex p eri­enced before. C o m m ander Bob M essi­n a w as a d e a r—I d id n ’t know such p atien ce existed, especially in a Je t P ilo t an d fly in g w ith som eone w ho is so ca lm , cool and collected, w as a re a l p leasure. We a re an tic ip atin g m ore such flights in th e fu tu re .

O ur ch a irm an , D ottie S anders, who is also th e S outhw estern Section F lig h t A ctivities C h airm an , announced the “ F ly -in " of th e S outhern A rea, to L ak e H avasu, on th e C olorado River, w hich w ill be held on S unday, M arch 11th. Q uite a few of the girls and th e ir h usbands and fam ilies and friends from th is ch a p te r expect to p a rtic ip a te . This is a reso rt on the A rizona side of th e r iv e r and is about 25 m iles south of N eedles. T here is fishing for those w ho are interested an d also a v ery nice p lace for lu n c h ­eon. Som e p la n to ren t a boat and ta k e picnic lunches, Guests a re in v it­ed to atten d , as w ell as N inety-N ines from A rizona, N evada, and Southern C alifo rn ia. M em bers and friends from our ch a p te r w ho are definitely going, w e a th e r i e rm iitin g , r.re, john end. B a rb a ra T u ck er, Bob and D ottie S an ­ders, D oris R itchie, B a rb a ra H ill and h u sb an d , B etty and Bud M cNeil, J o ­seph B elliveau, Isab elle M cCrae, and Lis and H a rry Ba.rtling.

L eah H an lo n is leaving on M arch 19, for A thens, G reece, w here she p lans to s ta y for n ine w eeks, visiting re la tiv es. L eah, being of G reek des­cent, speaks th e lan g u ag e fluently, so expects to h av e a v ery enjoyable v acatio n . H er p assp o rt and p ap e rs a re a ll in o rd er and she p lan s to fly via A ir F ra n c e —707.

On W ednesday, M arch 14th, the o th er m em b ers of our ch a p te r and som e of th e girls fro m th e S an Diego C h ap ter h av e p lan n ed a luncheon for L eah a t th e E l Cortez H otel Skyroom to w ish h er Bon V oyage. E a c h g irl h as been asked to b ring film for

L eah ’s c a m e ra s so th a t she can bring us back a p ic to ria l re p o rt of h er trip .

E l C ajon V alley C h ap ter M em bers p artic ip a tin g in th e Civil A ir P a tro l F la g P re sen ta tio n C erem ony a t G il­lespie F ie ld on M a rc h 14th, w ere M ajo r Ja c k ie T renfel, C o m m an d e r of Sqd 99, Lt. D oris R itchie, PIO , an d C ap­ta in Isab elle M cC rae, A erospace E d u ­cation O fficer. D ottie S an d ers and Lois B a rtlin g of th e S an D iego C h ap ­te r a re p lan n in g to fly in th e In te rn a ­tional R ace if th e y c a n fin d a spon­sor.

B a rb a ra T ucker and Isab elle M c­Crae a re p la n n in g to fly th e AWTAR to g eth er in B a rb a r a ’s M ooney M ark 21, if th e y can find a sponsor, th a t is.

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