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fuel. The SM ALL Race Board, of the M ichigan Chapters, much aware of the fact, have reacted co n stru ctive ly. There w ill not be a race. Instead we w ill have the M ichigan A viation Festival and Rally on O ctober 3, 4, 5, and 6. at the Shanty Creek Lodge in Bellaire, M ichigan. The Rally w ill be: o Flown under fuel conservation techniques in a p ro ficie n cy flig h t o Open to all p ilo ts flyin g any aircraft carrying a current air worthiness certifica te . The Festival w ill be: o Focusing a tten tion on w orkshop sessions, designed to advance knowledge of and experience w ith gas-saving techniques. o A week-end of fe stivitie s fo r the w hole fa m ily, sta tic displays, ha ng -glidin g, aerobatics, barbeques, etc. The Rally portion w ill be lim ite d to 300 planes but the parking w ill accom m odate 1000 aircraft. Registration in fo rm atio n w ill be available from Ju ly 15 to September 7. Send $2.00 to : Nancy Brandon P.O. Box 675 Lansing, M ichigan 48903 (State if you wish to enter rally also) Show that you care about fly in g by atten din g and sup p o rtin g the Michigan Chapters and th e ir: 1974 MICHIGAN AVIATION FESTIVAL & RALLY Directed by: The M ichigan Chapters S M ALL RACE BOARD In Cooperation w ith : The M ichigan A eronautics C o m m issio n Sponsored b y — The Bellaire Cham ber o f Com m erce In Connection w ith : The Annual B ellaire A utum n Festival The SMALL Race Board, Michigan Chapters of the Ninety-Nines Front row (L to R) Eloise Smith, Kalamazoo, Dianne Ritt, Bellaire, Co-Chairmen. Back row (L to R) Kay Chamberlain, Treasurer, Mt. Pleasant. Claire Ojala, Secretary A Publicity, Dearborn Heights, and Betty Finout, Operations, Lindon. (Some members were absent when the photo was taken) Page Sham burger, o f the Carolinas Chapter, has a q u a lity w hich makes her admired and beloved by all who know her. It is the a b ility to be "ju s t like she is” . No p u t-o n , no s u b te rfu g e , no la c k -o f- frankness. And w ith th is she has a drive that doesn't seem com p atib le w ith her slow, sou thern -style way o f speaking. Because of th is , and her talent for researching m aterial in the fie ld of aviation, she has w ritten seven books between 1964 and 1972. + Her flyin g started "a bloody long tim e ago” , as she puts it. She was fifte e n , and took her firs t lesson because her boy friend could talk of nothing else. She became hooked, and he q u it! Her fam ily, w h o se c o n v ic tio n w a s th a t p ro p e r Southern “ la d ie s" did nothing more ex citin g than kn it and gossip, forbade her to fly, and she ended up fo rg in g the ir signatures fo r the necessary perm ission, selling m ost o f her possessions, and working sum m ers as a 7-day a week ap prentice m echanic at the a irp o rt. Her fam ily fin a lly q u it o b je ctin g , probably because they discovered it was useless. But the private boarding scho ol, St. Mary's, was so shocked at her answer to their survey of what th e ir graduates were doing w ith th e ir “ fin e ed u ca tio n ” , w hich was “ w o rking as an apprentice airplane m echanic", they liste d everybody in her class expect Page.. Life has been fu ll of “ good, bad, fun ny, and te rrify in g experiences” fo r Page. Of her early fly in g she says, “ I was too stu p id to know how stu p id I w as” , when she reviews such th in g s as the tim e she was a m oonshine sp o tte r by plane fo r the local law, u n til she came back one afternoon w ith her T -cra ft’s w ing riddled w ith bu cksho t. Or once when she flew a c lip p e d -w in g Cub to Jam aica, hand- pum ping gas out o f a sm all tank in the fro n t seat to the m ain tank in order to barely make it fue l-w ise . Then there was the tim e she tried to get in to an airshow — her perform ance, clim b in g a ladder from a car top to a Cub. But Page survived these and other experiences and began her aviation w ritin g career in earnest as a fly in g reporter fo r the Am erican A via tion Magazine. She traded her car fo r a Cessna 140. Then came her Cessna 170. Now she is fly in g her second Bonanza. C u rrently she is a c o n trib u tin g e d ito r to A ir Progress Magazine, and free lances fo r many others. A long the way she has collecte d honors and awards. Am ong Page Shamburger these was the Lady Hay Drum m ond-Hay Trophy fo r the A viation W oman of the Year; tw o ce rtifica te s of appreciation from the State of N orth C arolina; the Doris M u lle n M e m o ria l S c h o la rs h ip fo r h e lico p te r tra in in g ; com m endations by the U S A F ; and an award fo r the best non fic tio n a v ia tio n . book of the year for SUMMON THE STARS. In a d dition, Page is listed in W ho’s W ho, W ho's W ho in Am erica, W ho’s W ho in The South and Southw est, W ho’s W ho In North Carolina, Personalities of the South, and others. Her 99 background is equally as im pressive, and includes Chapter Chairman, S e c tio n G o v e rn o r, E x e c u tiv e B o a rd , Curator o f the Museum , PPD and Angel Derby o ffic ia l, and co-chairm an fo r the 1974 International C onvention. Page is stea dily "in vo lve d ” w ith the 99s. She is a determ ined, self-e ffa cing person of whom we can all be proud. + Tracks A cross the Sky (L ip p in co tt); C lassic M onoplanes (C row n); Command The Horizon (A.S. Barnes); Aces & Planes of W orld W ar I (C row n); Sum m on the Stars (A .S . B a rn e s ); th e C u rtis s H a w ks (W olverine Press) (Paperback E dition, Crown). Photos from Southwest Section Meeting International President, Susie Sewll (L), greets Christine Wells, Governor of the Australian Secion 99s, at the SW Sectional in Honolulu. Pat Shearer (L), shown with Southwest Section Governor Mary Vial, greeted more than 300 pilots in Honolulu on April 26. Pat was the “spark plug” among the women of the Aloha hostess chapter. 99 Virginia Cook, Tucson Chapter, with 491/2 Ken, who coordinated the “Orchid Special” flight to Honolulu for the South west Section. International Scenewith a sense of having accomplished her duties with great credit. Best of all, the Ninety-Nines will still be able to take advantage of her knowledge and interest. E lizabeth “ S u s ie ” Sew ell has been International President of the Ninety-Nines for the past two years. Surrounding herself w ith e x c e p tio n a lly able C o m m itte e Chairmen, Susie has been successful in realizing her goal of increased active participation by members in the many worthwhile projects of the organization. A healthy growth has been achieved, and recognition by the aviation industry and the general public is clearly and con tinuously being accomplished. Her interest in aviation began with building models when she was very young. She learned to fly before she learned to drive. Her private pilot ticket was earned in 1945 and she became a 99 the following year. She joined the Catlin Aviation Company so that she might stay in aviation (she is now Secretary-Treasurer of the Company). In 1947 she won the coveted Amelia Earhart Scholarship Award, and went on to get her Commercial Pilot’s license and Flight Instructor’s rating. She attended the University of Oklahoma in 1950 for special courses in Business Law, Business Management, and Corporate Finance. Eventually she organized an insurance agency specializing in aviation coverages, and serves now as President-Treasurer, and has become an expert in the field. Piper Aviation thinks so highly of Susie that she was named distributor in Oklahoma and western Arkansas - one of two women to hold this position in Piper’s worldwide distribution system. In this important job she is President-Treasurer of the Aviation Development Corporation. She has had a free hand with her ideas for a dealer development program, and works with them enthusiastically, for as she says, “We are proud of our dealers.” Susie has held all chapter offices, been Section Secretary, and besides various committee chairmanships, she has served as International Board Member, Treasurer, Vice-President, President; and presently is a member of WACOA (which will soon have a name change to Citizens Advisory Committee to the President). A very busy girl indeed, is Susie Sewell. Despite this, she will leave the 99s Presidency at the end of this term, surely and instrument and instructor ratings. She is listed in “W ho’s Who In Aviation”. She flies as corporate pilot for Steffen Dairy Foods Co. Pat also leads a busy home and com munity life. She is the wife of executive Owen C. McEwen, and the mother of seven children. Despite all this, she sings in the church choir, and takes part in civic organizations, such as the Symphony, Art Assoc., and Jr. League. Truly one of our extraordinary 99s! Our current vice president, Pat McEwen, is probably as well-known outside the Ninety-Nine organization as she is in it. Not only was she “born to fly”, to borrow a phrase, but she seems destined to be a leader in general aviation. Among her top honors is that of Chairman of the Women’s Advisory Committee on Aviation, soon to be known as the Citizens Advisory Committee on Aviation — an active and influential committee appointed by the President of the USA. Pat has been an Accident Prevention Counselor since the inception of the Program in 1968. She has chaired three accident prevention programs in the W ichita, Kansas area, and carries the safety message all over the United States in talks to various groups. Her interest and activity extend to the Wing Scout program; the Air Age Education programs in public schools; indoctrination flights for cerebral palsy children, and for the St. Francis Home for Lost Boys, which now has an aviation program as one result; the medical program, Project Concern, and the March of Dimes Airlift; relays for the Direct Relief Foundation (DRF), during which tons of medical supplies were stored in her hangar; and many other donations of her plane and her time — services she was proud to contribute. A member of the 99s since 1961, Pat has been chapter membership chairman and chapter chairman; has held sectional offices; has served on the headquarters committee, and Board of Directors; and co-chaired the 1971 International con vention. Other organizations also saw Pat joining since she started to fly in 1959. Among them the National Association of Flight Instructors, International Flying Farmers, National Pilots Association, N a tio n a l In te rc o lle g ia te Flying A s s o c ia tio n , N a tio n a l A e ro nautic Association, and the Aerobatic Club of America where she was on the board of directors, and Newsletter Editor. She has logged more than 5,000 hours, and possesses a commercial license, SMEL Some may tab Mary Nees Able, Inter national Secretary, as bashful. Don't you believe it — she is far too accomplished in aviation fields to have been any kind of wall flower. True, you may have to pry the information out of her, for she is obviously a person who operates by deeds and not words. Undoubtedly her Houston Chapter of the South Central Section know all about her credits, and knowing Mary, they will forgive ye editor if she inadvertently skips something.. She has been a 99 since 1962, and has worked her way up to the prodigious Learjet 23-24 type rating. She now has some 5,000 hours, Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, Instructor and Instrument ratings, and all ground ratings. She is a F.A .A . Aviation Safety Counselor, and a Designated F.A .A . Examiner. Mary owns and operates her own “M. Able Aviation Company, Inc.,” at Andrau Airpark (12 miles west of Houston). She still has time to enter the Powder Puff Derby (four of them!), the Angel Derby, and many of the smaller races. Outstanding honors include earning her chapter’s Achievement Award five times, plus garnering three first place Awards; being a member of the Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation, appointed by the President; and holding both Chapter and Sectional offices during her career. Definitely, Mary belongs to an aviation- minded family. Her husband, Conover, and two sons, Conover, Jr. and Gary, are all pilots. She also flies a twin Bonanza for parents “and pleasure”. Is a “standby” pilot on Lear Jets for two companies in Houston. Mary’s aviation knowledge definitely is a tremendous asset to the 99s. ) Lois Feigenbaum, International Treasurer, can perhaps be described in three words — pert, personable, and proficient. Yet, it would take many, many more comparable words to really detail the seemingly boundless energy, the contageous en thusiasm, and the plain-old efficiency with which she accomplishes any Ninety-Nine task that comes her way. That her Cape Girardeau Chapter ap preciates her is obvious. In 1964 (one year after joing the chapter) she won the “Pilot of the Year” Award. Then, in 1973, she became their “Pilot of the Decade". She has been Chapter Chairman, Treasurer, A.E. Scholarship Committee Chairman, PPD Stop Chairman, Angel Derby Stop Chairman, Convention Delegate, and held Section offices. Internationally, she has really become acquainted with the many facets — NIFA Achievement Awards C o m m ittee, H ead qu arters C h airm an , Representative to the Museum Trust, Tellers Committee and Treasurer. She has served on the President’s WACOA (Women Advisory Committee on Aviation), and is an Accident Prevention Counselor. In 1962, when she first started flying, she went at it with her usual animation, and swept through her private, Commercial, SMEL, Instrument and Flight Instructor ratings In record time. Then she went on to her Airline Transport Pilot's Certificate. Her husband, Robert, and her three children and one grandchild, form a loyal and excited cheering section for her 99 activities. Hubby Bob is somewhat of a family legend himself, having received his Law degree at the age of twenty — one year before he could take the Bar exam. Lois says he is a great 491/2er. She has taken part in 2 PPDs, flying with her pilot-daughter, Susie. Lois is widely known in her area as a speaker. The spark plug in the PPD in Southern Illinois was Lois — bringing the famous race to Mt. Vernon. For her ex traordinary e ffo rts “ for c o n trib u tin g enormously in furthering the growth in the area", she was honored by an “Area Appreciation Award”. Lois continues to be a great credit to the Ninety-Nines.. Alice Roberts, Permanent Trustee and Chairman of the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship, is a member of the Phoenix Chapter 99s. She is not only noted for being “that goodlooking red-head with the ready smile”, but for her energy and frie n d lin e s s in her work for our organization. She started to fly in 1953, receiving her license after five months, and immediately joining the 99s. Since that time she has held all Chapter, Sectional, and Inter national (except Sec’y) offices. Her flying immediately drew her into the Powder Puff Derby. Getting her first license in June, she entered in July of 1953, placing 20th in a Piper Tri-pacer. As the years went along, her winnings became more impressive. In her thirteen tries at PPD, she came in second in 1955 and 1956. The big win — 1st place — came in 1957. Another first was in the Michigan SMALL race in 1956. The one Angel Derby she entered had weather, and she didn’t finish. She now has some 2,650 hours, and possesses a Commercial License with an Instrument rating. Alice has always been active in her co m m u n ity . One of her c o n tin u in g projects is Choir Director of the Freeway Baptist Church. She has been both a pianist and organist in the past. With her husband Charles, she has been active in their business, Chas Roberts Trane Air Conditioning Company. After 32 years devoted to this, Alice and Charles have retired, leaving it in the safe hands of their son. With a reputation for being fair-minded, a woman of consistent devotion and vision, Alice makes us feel very lucky too have her as a member of the Ninety-Nines. V J Complete Line of A ircraft / ! /I % & Pilot Supplies _ / 1/ ! c ltlLl t L - A V I A T I O N I N C O R A N G E C O U N T Y A I R P O R T S A N T A A N A , C A . 9 2 7 0 7 , T E L . 5 4 6 - 4 3 0 0 R A N C H O C A L I F . A I R P O R T T E M E C U L A , C A . 9 2 3 9 0 , T E L . 6 7 6 - 8 9 2 5 New Ninety-Nine Chapter in Planning Stages A th e n s , T exas and th e in itia l organizational steps of a new N inety-N ines Chapter, the C o ttonw ood Chapter, have been the goals of the Dallas Redbird Chapter on tw o occasions th is past m onth. The firs t trip to Athens was taken in four airplanes w ith eight Redbird members and four guests. Marge Barr & Betty W orstell flew w ith E linor Jo h n so n ; Hazel Jones went w ith Pat Je tto n ; Helen W ilke had Kathy Long, Bryant H utchinson and guest Doris Fuller as passengers. Sue Stidham , tem porarily here from Mass., flew in w ith guest W inn ie W ackw itz and her daughter. Duane Perry and Elaine W hite, local Athens p ilo ts , met w ith the Redbird group for an organizational m eeting fo r the proposed new Chapter. A lso present was Peg Ong, Dallas Chapter member who now lives in the Cedar Creek Lake area, and several oth er prospective wom en pilots. Recently another flig h t was made to Athens to furthe r discuss the upcom ing Chapter and to air-m ark the airport. Attending on th is occasion was E linor Johnson w ith 49—Vier Rowland, Kathy Long, Helen W ilke, Hazel & Roys Jones, Sandra Sexton and childre n, Bryant H utchinson, Pat Jetton, Dallas member Pauline W inthro p and special guest - form er Dallas member C indy Carson from Colorado. Duane Perry and Elaine W hite also participated in the painting of the name A thens on the taxiw ay. Driving in from Ennis, Texas was another prospective 99, Vi Mason, w ith her daughter. The proposed C o ttonw ood Chapter is alm ost ready to get o ff the ground w ith the required num ber of charter members for application to the Executive Board and the South Central Section. Some of the Redbird Chapter members meeting with Duane Perry (third from left) and Elaine White (extreme right) Libby Pruett, Liz Taylor and Rita Davenport on the Open House Show talking about Project AWARE. PROJECT AWARE AND HOW IT WAS STARTED NEWS BRIEFS BISHOP WRIGHT 1974 AWARD WINNERS NAMED DORIS RENNINGER Four in dividu als who have d istin g u ish e d themselves in the air in du stry by “ the ir hum anitarian g o o d -w ill” received the 1974 Bishop W righ t Award. They are: Senator Barry Goldwater; Cesar B. Pattarini, Director of A viation, the Port A u th o rity of New York and New Jersey; George Van Epps, Eastern Area Chief, National T ransportation Safety Board; and Mrs. Doris H. Renninger, member of the W om en's Advisory Com m ittee on A viation for the Federal Aviation A d m in istra tio n , and the firs t woman licensed he lico pter p ilo t in New York State, and vice chairm an of the 99 Museum Trust. Presentations were made Tuesday, March 12, International H otel, Kennedy A irport. The A ir Industry Awards Luncheon is named for the father of aviation pioneers, O rville and W ilb u r W right. Bishop M ilto n W righ t, the father, was pastor of the United Brethren C hrist Church in Dayton, O hio, and fostered the fly in g a ttem p ts of his sons. These culm inated in the first flig h t by man in a heavier-than-air m achine. Rev. Bowman presenting Bishop Wright Air Industry Award to 99 member Doris Renninger. (Greater New York Chapter) L-R: Mr. Edward E. Carlson, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Airlines, Inc.; Rev. Marlin L. Bowman, Chaplain of the Protestant Chapel at John F. Kennedy International Airport; Mrs. Doris H. Renninger, member of the Women’s Advisory Committee on Aviation for the Federal A viatio n A d m in is tra tio n and President of the Women’s International A s so ciatio n of A e ro n a u tic s ; Hon. Alexander P. Butterfield, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and Herb Fisher, General Chairman of the Bishop Wright luncheon and airport executive for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. By Natasha Swigard In the Spring o f 1972 a sm all group of gals from the Phoenix Chapter (Sue Harper, M illie Dawe, Mary Vial, Lenah Peterson, and Jessie W im m ers) met w ith Don H oughton (since retired FAA A ccident Prevention S pecialist) and discussed the idea o f developing an annual safety-in- aviation project directed p rim arily towards those wom en who are flyin g com panions. The proposed program was dubbed Project AW ARE. “ AW ARE” is an acronym fo r “ A W ife 's Awareness Reassures Everyone” . O bjectives of the program are to interest ladies in flyin g a ctivitie s w ith tip s on safety and fo r more fun in fly in g . It should also relieve wives and g irlfrie n d s of certain apprehensions about fly in g . They are introduced to pre -flig h t in spe ction, ra d io p ro c e d u re s , s im p le n a v ig a tio n , w e igh t and balance, and the use of the ch e cklist w h ich co n trib u te s to safer and more enjoyable flig h ts w ith p ilo t husbands or boyfrineds. The Phoenix Chapter has presented 3 Project AW ARE program s, and has made approxim ately 435 wom en (and a few men) more "aw are" o f safe ty-in -aviation . The TV and radio sta tio n s along w ith many of the valley’s newspapers have been very cooperative in p u b licizin g the program. Many businesses have been qu ite gracious in c o n trib u tin g g ifts to be used as door- prizes. And Starrets Fashion W orld has been m ost generous w ith tim e and e ffort on the part of Pat Vaughn to organize and present lovely “ fly in g ” fashion shows that have been a part of each Project AWARE. The local FAA office , and present A ccid en t Prevention S pecialist, Charles Rutledge, have been very helpful to the Phoenix 99’s in presenting th is program to the co m m u n ity. Each year they have allow ed us to include an in vitatio n to our program in one of th e ir m on th ly m ailings. A ll of us in the Phoenix Chapter hope that more chapters throu gh ou t the U.S. w ill fo llo w exam ple and present a sim ilar program in th e ir respective com m u nitie s so that more people w ill become "AW AR E" of the need fo r safety-in-aviation. Subscriptions for non-members are $6.00 per year. When You Are In ( a w a i t Please Call Us Kelley Shearer Tgjjjv , 922-5022 siJ m il Betty Skold I {Ml 949-4908 A IM r L Florence Beamon 895-5482 W W E W O U LD LOVE TO J HEAR FROM YOU! Remarks delivered at Aviation Safety Conference by Pat McEwen, Chairman, W om en’s Advisory C o m m itte e on A v ia tio n ....M a y 2, 1 9 74 S t. Louis, Missouri. Thank you - I’m delighted to be here w ith you to n ig h t and want especially to thank Mr. Coulter for in viting me to say a few words. Of course, I needn’t te ll you but it's m ighty hard fo r a woman to q u it talking any tim e, and m ost especially when she has a captive audience! I want to extend my con gra tu latio ns to all of you in the Accident Prevention Program - S pecialists and Counsellors - you have done a m ost COMMENDABLE jo b and we have the statistics to prove it. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! Let us remember the words of a fe llo w American, friend of aviation, and one of its most en th u sia stic supporters in the early years of fly in g - W ill Rogers - who said, “ If there is a safer mode of transp ortatio n I never found it . ” Everyone in th is room tonight also agrees that we can make flying safer. Let us also remember that the A ccident Prevention Program was created a few years ago largely because the F lig h t Standards people in the field were placing great em phasis on airmen c e rtific a tio n and enforcem ent of the regulations. Like it or not, the average p ilo t came to view a F lig ht Standards inspector as a “ co p ” w ho was looking fo r som e reason, real or im agined, to "g e t" him - in other words, the black hat guys. We all know that th is was not true to a large extent, but the image was there. When the program originated even the FAA used the Black Hat versus the W hite Hat in its p u b licity. The original program , therefore, was originated largely as a p u b lic relations gim ick to enhance the IMAGE of the FAA. By luck or chance or maybe design the FAA hit upon A viation Safety as the theme of the program and they co u ld n 't have made a better choice. The program was o ff to a fly in g start - no pun intended. It struck the im a gin atio n of many local and national groups, such as the N inety-N ines, National A sso cia tio n of F light Instructors, G AMA, and AOPA, who rallied around and gave it e n th u sia stic support. During the firs t year the success of the program was sensational. There were hundreds of local p ilo t m eetings devoted to aviation safety. Many know ledgeable people were designated as A viation Safety Counsellors and gave freely o f th e ir tim e and talents to enhance the program. Thousands of p ilo ts gained new and valuable sk ills and learned new ju dg m ent factors on w hich to base a safe flig h t. But the honeym oon is over and the FAA, having made its po in t, is rapidly going back to its old ways - its old image. For exam ple, in many areas of the cou ntry p ilo t safety m eetings are few and far between. Locally, many of the A ccident Prevention S pe cia lists say they have no money and no sup po rt and that they m ust look to “ In d u stry” to in itia te and support m eetings and clin ic s . T he p o s itio n o f th e W a s h in g to n C o ord ina to r is a s ta ff po sitio n and has been vacant fo r a considerable tim e. To indicate the real paucity o f the program, out of the to ta l 55,334 em ployees in the new FAA budget request now before Congress, there is 1 per 2.7 US airplanes and 15.37 per US licensed p ilo ts but there are only 85 accident prevention spe cia lists in the fie ld and a national to ta l of 100 FAA em ployees in the program , or 0.0017 percent of the to ta l em ployees, 1 per 1,585 planes and 1 per 8,952 p ilo ts . In co m parison, th a t’s so th in that it’s n e gligible ! W HAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? This m eeting here to n ig h t gives us hope that the old horse is n ’t dead yet! The fiscal 1975 budget request is up over 58 percent to a horrendous to ta l of TWO BILLION, FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX M ILLION, E IG H T H U N D R E D E IG H T Y -T H R E E THOUSAND DOLLARS. Last year’s budget was a BILLION DOLLARS LESS! Surely, out of that vast am ount of m oney, there should be plenty to support what we, a great m a jo rity of US p ilo ts, th in k is a m ost im portant program . We therefore o ffe r these fin ite recom m endations to revitalize the Aviation Safety Program and establish it firm ly and perm anently as a viable, m eaningful part of the total FAA e ffo rt. We sincerely hope these recom m endations reach the ears of those people in the FAA who have the c lo u t to fo llo w th ro u g h : 1. E stablish in the W ashington o ffic e a high level s ta ff who entire fu n ctio n is to lead, sup po rt and keep the aviation safety program going in high gear. This o ffic e should be given the respon s ib ility , a u th o rity and fun ds to do the job. 2. Place in the leadership po sitio n an in dividu al of the highest caliber, a b ility , experience and ju dg m ent, one w ho has the con fide nce and support of general aviation interests. We feel that the general aviation safety program, w hich after all is concerned w ith approxim ately 90 percent of the active p ilo ts and 98 percent of the aircraft in the cou ntry, should be at a level w hich reports to and is responsible to the Associate A d m in istra to r fo r A viation Safety, and not buried in an obscure niche in a service o ffice. F in a lly let me close by qu otin g W ill again, “ It looks like the only way you can get any p u b lic ity on your death is to be killed in a plane. It’s no novelty to be killed in an auto a n ym ore ." DO WE W ANT PUBLICITY OR DO WE WANT A 100 percent SAFETY RECORD???? IT CAN BE D O N E ....LE T’S DO I T ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 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CONVENTION UPDATE by Esther Wright GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, W hat are you going to do when you get to the hotel and do not have accom m odations? We have better than 500 airline reservations fo r the convention but very few reservations for the hotel. The room s that were blocked off for us w ill be released by July 15,1974. It is v ita lly im p ortan t that you make your reservations now. For your convenience, reservation form printed in th is magazine. Remember you w ill know exactly what th is convention w ill cost you before you leave home. No registration fees, no extras. Just com e prepared to have the greatest tim e you have ever had at any international convention. A ll C om m ittee chairm en have been tru ly w orking overtim e ju s t for you. ATTENTION CHAPTER CH AIR M EN : Do you have any 99 goodies that you w ould like to see at the convention? You may have th is privilege by taking a $25 ad in the program for the convention and paying a $5 fee fo r d ispla yin g the wares in an assigned area at convention. If any chapter w ould like to make th e ir g ift item s or sale item s available, please contact me, Esther W righ t, im m ediately. The space is lim ite d . Make your reservations for th is space now. (L) Miriam Davis, Florida Goldcoast Chapter, is Chairman of the International Convention Banquet. (R) Betty Hood, Florida Suncoast Chapter, is co-chairman. FROM AMRFAVTS FRFSS HIGH, WIDE and AIR FACTS PRESS 110 East 42nd Street New York, N.Y. 10017 Please send me copies of High, Wide and Frightened. □ Bill me □ Check enclosed NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP $7.95 plus 50g handling charge. N.Y. State residents add 7% sales tax. A s p e llb in d in g tru e s to ry o f o n e of A m e ric a 's fo re m o s t w o m e n p ilo ts d u rin g th e c o lo rfu l, s w a s h b u c k lin g e ra o f C h a rle s L in d b e rg h . . . 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A re m a rk a b ly m e a n in g fu l c o n tr i b u tio n to a v ia tio n m e m o r a b ilia .. . . " L E IG H T O N C O L L IN S U R F H V S F R F S S AWTAR WAYS AND MEANSHazel Jones, Chairman C o n trib u tio n s to the 1975 AWTAR have been som ewhat less than spectacular. A lot o f g irls feel since there is no Derby this year, there is no need fo r c o n trib u tio n s for next year. W hile it is true the money does carry over it is an on-going operation that requires w ork by the AWTAR board all year. This year as in other years the AWTAR board needs operating funds. H o pe fu lly, the com em orative album w ill provide funds to the board so they can c o n tin u e to fu n c tio n and get the wheels in m otio n for next year. Prelim inary work had already been done, such as trail blazing th is year before the race was called off. That took m oney. So they s till need your help. In the form of orders fo r the album and help in the form of c o n trib u tio n s from your chapter to the operating fund. Get your cards and letters in w ith money for the album to : Kay Brick, AWTAR, Teterboro A irp o rt, New Jersey 07608, and send your cash c o n trib u tio n s to me or Kay fo r the 1975 Powder Puff Derby. Help us now to have a great race in '75. 9 9 FUN G ALO RE IN '74 (Record it in the) S c r a p B o o k Duplicate Copies to: V A L E R A G. JO HN SON 525 S. Main St. Clair, Mo. 63077 A C C O M M O D A T IO N S R E S E R V A T IO N T H E N IN E T Y -N IN E S , IN C O R P O R A T E D EL C O N Q U IS T A D O R H O T E L A N D CLUB Las Croabas, Fajardo; Puerto Rico August 21-25, 1974 — 5 days — 4 nights PLEASE C O N F IR M R E S E R V A T IO N S FOR P A R T Y O F : (circle num ber in p a rty) 1 2 3 4 5 I D E S IR E : T w in R oom (2 b e d s ) __________ Single R o o m Suite (Rates on request) ------------- $ 1 4 0 .0 0 per person (double occu pa ncy) E xtra days $ 3 5.00 $ 1 9 2 .0 0 per person (single occupancy) E xtra days $ 4 8.00 R E S E R V A T IO N D E A D L IN E - J U L Y 15, 1974 (A m erican plan — B reakfast and D inne r — Lu n ch on y o u r ow n.) R egistration deposit $ 5 0 .0 0 (check enclosed fo r $ ___________ .) Deposit refun da ble up to J u ly 20, 1974. H o te l b ills m ust be paid in fu ll p rio r to de pa rtu re. Personal checks n o t accepted at h o te l. MasterCharge, B a n kA m e rica rd , A m erican Express accepted in paym ents. (C hildren $ 1 7 .0 0 da y if th e y stay in ro o m w ith th e ir parents and do n o t req uire a ro lla w a y .) A R R IV A L D A T E ________________________________ D E P A R T U R E D A T E _____________________________ N A M E ______________________________________________________________________________________________ A D D R E S S _______ __ ______________________________________________________ C IT Y __________________________________ S T A T E ________________________ Z IP P H O N E __________________ El Conquistador Hotel — site of 1974 International Convention Puerto Rico. UFO Believe 'em or not by Tony Page Editor Note: Tony Page, colorful and often controversial Publisher-Editor of the aviation newspaper Cross Country News (Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas 76106), is a member of the Fort Worth Chapter 99s. Tony and I wrote columns »or the California published Aviation News Beacon, which had a wide distribution as a newspaper in the mid-1940s. I have been w ritin g about the UFO since 1947 when the p ilo t Kenneth A rnold saw and reported on a fleet of ten shinin g circu lar disks w hizzing along at a thousand m iles per hour, darting in and out of the peaks around M ount Rainer, W ashington State. The news flashed around the w o rld w ith the speed of lig h t waves and started the co m m o tio n called "fly in g saucers” , w hich eventually were called U nide ntifie d F lying O bjects - UFOs. At that tim e I was w orking fo r an e d ito r who to ld me to forget it. But I c o u ld n ’t - and started c o lle ctin g stories on sig h tin g s, w ritin g them up fo r other p u b lica tio n s, often w ith a tou ch of skepticism . S kepticism changed in to a "seek and ye shall fin d ” attitud e, after an interview w ith a s c ie n tific man, who answered my question “ Is there life out there?” th u s : “ W o uldn 't we be con ceited to th in k that in th is galaxy, we were the only planet w ith life?” There fin a lly were so many reports, the Government set up Project Blue Book in C olorado to report on the UFOs. The con clu sion from that program was d isa p o in tin g to several scie n tists who continued to investigate sig h tin g s. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Chairm an of the Departm ent of A stronom y, N orthw estern U niversity, was one of the men on Project Blue Book. He was not satisfie d w ith the results, and w rote a book - The UFO Experience, A S cie n tific Inquiry - w hich anyone who d o ub ts the subject o f UFOs sho uld read. A nother scie n tist a NASA engineer, Josef F. B lu m rich, o f the Marshall Space F lig h t Center in H u ntsville, A la., believes the land of Israel was visited som e 2,600 years ago by a spaceship more sop histicated than anything modern tech nolog y w ill be able to co n stru ct in the next tw o decades. He believes the craft was an atom ic-pow ered, atm osp he ric- entry vehicle, w ith fo u r h e lico p te r-like "d in g h ie s ” fo r local transp ortatio n on planets it visite d som etim e around the year 592 B.C. Blum rich, an A ustrian by b irth also w rote a book - “ Da Tat Sich Der Him m el A u f" or "The Heavens were O pened" roughly translated. W ords in the firs t chapter of the Book of Ezekiel B lum rich believes set the stage fo r the prophet’s account of man's earliest experience w ith space travel. Ezekiel’s account of w hat he called his “ V ision s of G od" is one of the m ost lucid passenges in the Bible, P sycho lo gists have suggested the prophet m ust have suffered som e kind o f a fit, but B lum rich looked at the report throu gh an aeronautical engineers eyes. Viewed th is way, he contends, Ezekiel’s firey cha rio t w ith wheels and winged beasts can be interpreted qu ite s tra ig h t forw ardly as sort of cone-shaped central body, 70 feet high and about 75 feet across w ith fou r landing legs w hich could be detached and flo w n independently, in he lico pter mode. 99 Tony Page, is known for her quick sense of humor, as well as for her sharp ability to call a spade a dirty black shovel. She is shown here on the receiving end of a bit of clowning, when the Tulsa Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) made her an Honorary Chief in the fictitious Sycamore Tribe. Ezekiel’s cha rio t m ust have been nuclear to perform as Ezekiel said it did, according to B lu m rich. The power plant would require a sp e cific im pulse of 1,900 or 2,000 w hich is about double what we should be able to b u ild in the way of an atomic rocket engine today, the NASA engineer believes. B lu m rich ’s d e scrip tion of the ato m ic vechicle and the im pression it made on the ground, brought back to m em ory a story we had back in 1969, on a landing of a "s o m e th in g " made in 1968 near Fort W orth. This photo was snapped in Texas November 19, 1968, and although studied by many, from Government Agencies to photographic experts, conflicting conclusions were drawn as to its identity. The man who to ld us about it did not want to be id en tified - the "la u g h te r c u rta in " or a visit w ith a “ S hrink" w hich happened to many p ilo ts who reported UFO s ig h tin g s and now do not. He is a pilot-farm e r. May 1968 was rainy. The black earth on his farm was m uddy from spring rains. It was c o tto n p lan ting tim e. He was checking his land, wading around in the gum m y ground, he came across a strange depression. It was dish shaped, about five feet across, w ith an egg shape area surro un din g. The area looked like a “ so m e th in g ” had landed and taken o ff. The form er A ir Force man, too k a better look. He saw five holes in the ground. He measured the depth, each one eighteen inches in to the black farm land. He measured the diam eter of each. Four were tw o inches in diam eter, the center one was one inch in diam eter. The earth was dried out, alm ost baked it was so firm “ alm ost like a restaurant plane” sm oo th and hard. He look around, found no fo o t p rin ts other than his own in the entire m uddy field. He left, went to the business section o f his sm all c o m m u n ity, got a local business man to com e out, take a look and con firm w hat he’d seen. Next he called a nearby A ir Force Base, Down came tw o he lico pters, w ith A ir Force personnel, about tw en ty in all. They landed, started looking w ith interest at the five holes, the d ish like im pression, made no com m ent. Airmen walked the field, O ffice rs too k soil sam ples, took notes and flew away. N othing more was ever heard on the subject from the A ir Force. Our farm er planted a crop, watched the land, w atched the shoots and w h ile in spe cting fo r bo ll w eevils, he checked the area again. Not a stalk of co tto n came up in the area where the five holes, had been made by a “ som e th in g". “ It looked like the ground was sterilized by heat or som e th in g," he to ld one con fida nt. The second p lan ting was made, the crop came in and the co tto n around the area was sickly, not w orth w atching. Could the depression have been made by the same kind of object w hich happened 2 November 1971, on the farm o f Durel Johnson, of Delphos, Kansas? Very likely. The Johnsons have a son, Ronnie, age 17, who was fin is h in g his chores, feeding the last few sheep in the back yard. Mrs. Johnson called him to supper. He said he'd be in as soon as he got the sheep taken care of. M inutes later, he s till hadn't shown up, she called him again. There was no answer. "H e's ju s t being stu b b o rn " she told her husband. Then Ronnie came in and said, "C om e here qu ick. There’s been a flyin g saucer or som ething out here.” The Johnsons came out of the house in tim e to see a “ flyin g m ushroom " rise over the livestock shed and speed o ff to the South. The “ stem " of the m ushroom was glow ing b rig h tly "in all colors like an electric welder” according to Ronnie and it "sh oo k and rum bled like m om 's washing m achine when it’s out of balance.” A Texas pilot-farmer found the impressions baked in the ground in 1969, although it was rainy and surrounded by wet and muddy ground. It was Ronnie who actually saw the object lift from the ground. His father who had ju s t com e in from the back yard says "I had to be 50 feet from it, but it was dark out and there was no reason to look back there, so I never saw it." Ronnie says he was watering lam bs when he heard a rum ble from behind the shed. That’s when he heard his m other ca ll. He walked behind the shed in tim e to see the "fly in g m ush roo m " lift into the air. He swears he never heard his mom call him the second and th ird tim es. He was frozen to the ground where he stood, as was Snow ball, the fa m ily dog, and the sheep in the pen near where the “ m ush roo m ” le ft the ground. S now ball was blind fo r three days and R onnies eyes hurt long after that "w hatever", too k o ff. It was only after the "m u sh ro o m " was about 20 feet o ff the ground that he was able to move. The sheep recovered a few m inutes later. "The sheep jum ped over the fence that nigh t and every nigh t for about three weeks afte rw a rd ," Johnson said. A fter the “ m ush roo m ” had left, Johnson and his w ife "b en t down and touched the ring it had left. Our hands went n u m b .” “ You could have cut my fing ers o ff fo r a couple of days af terwards and I w o u ld n 't have known it.” In the fall of 1972, alm ost a year after the in cide nt, a UFO in vestig ator dug a trench in the ground where the object had apparently aligh ted. The diggers hands also went num b. The soil around the circle was dehydrated, not burned. The ground was wet from rain that n ig h t, but the ring in the back yard was dry after the in cide nt. There is a w h ite m ossy sub stance in every pore of the so il, the nature o f w hich has defied sc ie n tific investig ation fo r over a year. It extends to at least 16 inches below the surface of the ring, the depth of the trench dug up by the investig ating scie n tist. The Joh nso ns were presented a check for $5000 for reporting the UFO story “ that supplied the m ost s c ie n tific a lly valuable evidence of extraterrestrial life in 1972" by the National Enquirer, a Florida based weekly ta b lo id , recently. Are the tw o related? I d o n ’t know, but it tickle s my im a gin atio n. There is another UFO scie n tis t, Stanton T. Friedm an, a nuclear p h y s ic is t, who gives lectures at colleges on the subject. He says UFOs from outer space are very real. He calls them EEMs fo r Earth Excursion M odule, instead of UFO or “ flyin g saucer” . "These vehicles have many features in com m on w ith our own Lunar Excursion M odule (Lem) of A po llo, Friendm en opined, “ in clu d in g the a b ility to hover, land, take o ff from unprepared sites and to carry strange-looking hum anoids who wander around c o lle c tin g specim ens." Friedm an, a graduate w ith tw o degrees in physics from the U niversity of C hicago, blamed a "la u g h te r c u rta in " b u ilt by the news m edia and by a conservative s c ie n tific co m m u n ity for failures to report "good UFO s ig h tin g s .” A ccording to a Gallup Poll released in December '73, 15 m illio n Am ericans believe UFOs are real, 11 percent o f the adult po pu latio n in the U.S. say they have seen a UFO - and more than half that num ber fe lt it was som ething real and not ju st their im a gin atio n. I have had tw o N inety N ines tell me of UFO experiences (“ Don't use my nam e"), and one W h irly-G irl recently told of her son who had “ an experience” but refused to tell about it, because of his fear of the "la u g h te r c u rta in ". Therefore there's good news fo r those of you w ho happen to have a UFO or EEM experience and w ant to report it privately, to a scie n tist. Dr. Allen Hynek, and others concerned, have set up a Center for UFO Studies. The address is P.O. Box 11, Northfield, ill. 60093. However, if it's a current sig h tin g , one w hich demands im m ediate a tte n tio n , there is a 24-nour telephone num ber in Chicago, w hich all police departm ents have. Should you have som ething to report, call your police ask them to call C hicago, and one o f 500 volunteer scie ntists, spe cia lly-trained investigators who can respond to urgent reports w ith in a m atter o f hours. "These m ob ile units w ill make on the spot in vestigations, obtain firs t hand accounts from w itnesses and record all traces of physical evidence found at the scene. “ We w ant to get unadulterated sam ples, before the circus of souvenir hunters arrive" Dr. Hynek says. A ll reports and fin d in g s w ill be fed in to an electron ic com puter w hich w ill serve as a data bank to help establish recurring patterns and features o f the reports. Any physical evidence collecte d at sites w ill be analyzed and given laboratory tests by trained s cie n tists from various discip lin e s. “ One o f the firs t th in g s the center wants to do is issue a technical report on the Wave of UFO s ig h tin g s that occured this fa ll” Dr. Hynek stated. Now you know where to report it, should you have an en counter, and why I have been so interested in the subject these many years. I am glad I d id n ’t take that e d ito r’s advice - “ forget it . ” Forget it? Never! Chapter Personalities LOUISE THADEN By Nancy Wrenn Members of the C arolinas and K itty Hawk C h a p te rs , w ith G o v e rn o r Bee Reid re p re s e n tin g th e S o u th e a s t S e c tio n , gathered in Raleigh on Tuesday, 12 February 1974, to join the North Carolina General A ssem bly in paying special trib u te to their own Charter 99, the very great lady of aviation, Louise M. Thaden. Thanks to Nancy Jones and her 49'/2er, State Representative Robert A. Jones, "Louise M. Thaden Day" was o ffic ia lly w ritten into the records of the Tar Heel state. The day began for Louise and the 99's w ith coffee at the Executive M ansion as guests of the Governor's Lady, Mrs. James Holshouser. The Sir W alter Cabinet, an organization of the wives of the State Legislators, the Judiciary, and the C ouncil of State, welcom ed the group for lu n cheon. Louise S m ith, Past International President, presented an interesting and in fo rm a tiv e h is to r y o f th e 9 9 's organization. Nancy Jones introduced the honoree. Mrs. Thaden, who captivated her audience w ith an absorbing series of reco lle ction s of her close personal friend and fellow p ilo t, the legendary A.E. A standing ovation and an arm ful of red carnations could hardly begin to show the esteem tendered Mrs. Thaden who in her in im ita b le way had tried to turn the sp o tlig h t from her own acco m plishm e nts. During the afternoon session of the General A ssem bly in the State Legislative B u ild ing . Rep. Jones introduced the f o llo w in g r e s o lu tio n : “ A JO IN T R E SO LU TIO N PAYING T R IB U T E TO LOUISE M. THADEN FROM HIGH POINT, NO RTH C A R O L IN A , W HO HAS ACHIEVED OUTSTANDING VICTORIES IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION. W hereas, th is General A ssem bly ap preciates the o p p o rtu n ity to pay trib u te to North C arolinians who have d isting uish ed themselves in various endeavors and who bring credit to our state by the ir presence here; and The quiet dignity of Louise M. Thaden is reflected as she stood in the gallery of the North Carolina State Legislative Building to receive the tribute of the General Assembly and her fellow Ninety-Nines of “Louise M. Thaden Day” . W hereas, we are privileged to have a resident in our state w ho has, by her own a b ility and de term in ation , excelled in the field of aviation during an era when this career was heavily dom inated by m e n ; and W hereas, th is grand lady, Louise M. Thaden of High Point, North Carolina, has achieved many o u tsta nding goals and victories in the field of fly in g , som e of the more sig n ifica n t of w hich are as fo llo w s : 1. Set an altitude record of over 20,000 feet in a small open cockpit, single engine plane in 1928; 2. Set a solo duration (over 22 hours) and speed record (156 mph) and won the first Women's Air Derby in 1929; 3. Set a refueling duration record (196 hours) in 1932; 4. Won the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race in 1936, the first year that women were permitted to compete with men in this National Air Race, and was awarded the F ed era tion A ero n a u tiq u e In te r nationale Aviator Harmon Trophy Award in 1936; 5. Founder and charter member of the N in e ty -N in e s (an in te rn atio n al organization of women pilots). Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate c o n c u rrin g : Section 1. That we welcom e Louise M. Thaden to the General A ssem bly th is 12th day of February 1974, along w ith many of her frien ds and fellow m embers of the N inety-N ines and w ish her and these other courageous ladies fair w inds and clear v is ib ility as they ‘s lip the surly bonds of earth and dance the skies on laughter- silvered w in g s .’ Section 2. This reso lu tion shall become effective upon ra tific a tio n .” The reso lu tion passed unanim ously in both the House and Senate chambers. Again, standing ovations recognized this special lady who watched q u ie tly w ith her friends from the gallery. It was w ith deep h u m ility and trem endous respect that her sister 99 s had flow n in to honor Louise Thaden on her special day. Meet a Flying Activity Chairman by Charlene Falkenberg, International Flying Activities I w ould like to introduce you to a typica l flyin g activity chairm an. Mary Krautkram er of the C hicago Area Chapter of 99’s, has served as the ir flyin g a ctivity chairm an for the past tw o years. Mary has brought much enthusiasm to flyin g a ctivitie s in th is chapter. She has a planned fly in fo r alm ost every m onth in the year. Some have been coordinated w ith nearby chapters, especially the Indiana Chapter of 99’s. Each fly in is diffe re nt. She has had them on week days, weekends, and at nigh t, and everyone has been very successful w ith good a t tendance. Much of the success is due to M ary’s enthusiasm at the regular chapter m eeting. She has a sign-up sheet ready and anyone who po ssib ly may be able to go to the fly in signs up. Then Mary calls each one p rior to the date of the fly in to remind them . She puts much w ork and tho ugh t in to her jo b but it has paid off. Mary received her private license in 1970 and has been a 99 since 1971. She holds a SEL com m ercial license w ith instrum ent rating and has over 400 hours. Her husband, Joe, is also a p ilo t and they are the parents of tw o childre n, a boy and a g irl. They fly a Bonanza and a Messer- schm idt. Mary, as p ilo t, w ith co -p ilo t, Pat Friedman of the Chicago Area Chapter of 99’s, placed fifth in the 1973 Powder Puff Derby w ith the M esserschm idt. Mary flys all the sm all races held in the nearby states, som etim es w ith Joe and other tim es w ith another 99. Mary is very fo rtu n a te in that she lives on Mary Krautkramer, Chicago Area Chapter, with friend. her very own private strip at B risto l, W isco n sin ..W in fie ld A irS trip is located at 41 degrees - 31 ’ and 80 degrees - 01' w ith a sod runway of 2000’. Mary extends a personal in vitatio n to each of you to fly -in and visit w ith her over a cup o f coffee. Memories of winter at Mary KrautKramer’s private strip at Bristol, Wisconsin. CAROLINE SMITH Caroline S m ith, dynam ic Chairm an of the Chicago Area Chapter, is c o n sta n tly on the go — involved in a variety of 99s and civic activities that w ould Keep ten ordinary m ortals busy! Caroline earned her private license in 1966 and became a 99 in 1967. She has served tw o years as Chapter Chairm an, and tw o p re v io u s ly as R e c o rd in g Secretary. She has also been chairm an of such com m ittees as M em bership, By-Law R e v is io n , T e lle rs , R e s o lu tio n s , M ary Shumway Scholarship, and the Chapter A ir Race. She’s flow n tw o llli-N in e s A ir Derbies herself, and won o u r Chapter A ir Race in 1968. C aroline has attended m ost Sectional and International m eetings as a delegate. In activities clo ser to her home in Naperville, III., Caroline is a m em ber o f the Naperville W om en’s Club and of the American Business W om en's A ssociatio n. She's presently Vice President o f the N a p e rv ille C o m m u n ity F u n d , h a v in g previously served 2 years as Secretary. She’s also D istrict Manager fo r Cop- percraft G uild. In her "spare tim e ” , she w rite s fo r m agazines, and served 2 years as a reporter fo r the N aperville Sun. This busy gal s till has plenty of tim e le ft over to be a w ife and m other. Caroline and her 49 1/2er George own and fly a turbo Com anche 250. "Jo vial G eorge” was recently elected Tribe C hief of the International Com anche S ociety. Caroline has been involved w ith the 99s B ic e n te n n ia l S ta r P ro g ra m . C a ro lin e , accom panied by Joan Kerw in and Gail W enk, met w ith the Program 's chairm an, 99s charter m em ber Fay G illis W ells, for luncheon at the Executive C lub in C hicago, where Fay presented her w ith a num ber of the m eaningful Star em blem s to be placed on our chapter’s airplanes. Am ong other th in g s, the Star stands fo r pro m otin g inte rna tiona l good w ill, and c o n trib u tio n of women to excellence in aviation. Rem inds one of Chicago Area’s g u id ing lig h t, Caroline S m ith. Two o u tsta n d in g wom en in th e ir fie ld — aviation advertising, w ith the firm of M cPhail & A ssociates, Inc., of Oklahom a C ity — are also active mem bers of the Oklahom a Chapter of the N inety-N ines. Suzette M cPhail, shown here w ith the Check Chock, w hich she is curre ntly pro m otin g w ith en thusiasm , and Saundra Lapsley, Creative D irector of the aviation firm . Suzette McPhail It was at the in sistan ce of her brother (one of the now 1300 Am ericans s till m issing and unaccounted fo r in Vietnam ) that th is 99 started to fly . She went stra ig h t through to get her C om m ercial. Her husband, W ayne, was involved in aviation advertising, w hich meant often ferrying m issions w hich she enjoyed. One of the results of these trip s was the e sta blishin g of far-ranging accounts, w hich enabled them , even at the peak of the energy crisis, to esta blish M cPhail & Associates, located at 4509 Classen Blvd., in O klahom a C ity. Their firm is suc c e ssfu lly engaged in advertising in the fie ld of aviation, w ith w hich they are both h ig h ly inform ed, and very active. Suzette has a real estate license, and cred its her success in the field w ith her association w ith people who fly. She and her husband have th e ir ow n (company) Cessna 172 w ith fu ll IFR panel — which Suzette hopes w ill com pel W ayne to take her on fo r that in stru m en t rating. She cre d its the “ frin g e be n e fits” — such as her frie n d sh ip s, pa rticularly the 99s, w hich she has made through her flyin g — as being the m ost w o rth w h ile part of the w hole big adventure. Saundra Lapsley When Wayne M cPhail, w ell-know n aviation ad man, spotted Saundra Lapsley and her fine work fo r another advertising agency, he decided she had to be part of his new M cPhail & A ssociates, Inc. She came as the Creative Director, w ith lo ts of w ork in the fie ld as a w rite r, developing of m arketing approaches, and know ledge of a v ia tio n . S a u n d ra , m o re s p e c ific a lly , w rite s ads, brochures, ghosted stories for p u b lic a tio n s , s p e e c h e s , in s tr u c tio n m anuals, and “ anything else a client happens to w a n t". A ltho ug h she works in all fie ld s, as does M cPhail, aviation is her firs t love, and in w hich she is best known and m ost knowledgeable. A ltho ug h her father was a p ilo t, and sym pa th etic to her desire to fly, it too k her much planning, m oney-saving, and sheer de term in ation to get her private license the day before her graduation from High School in 1966. From then on, her dad helped her out, so that w ith her Com m e rc ia l lic e n s e , In s tru m e n t and Instrum ent In stru cto r tickets fin a lly won, she got a pa rt-tim e jo b as flig h t and ground in s tru c to r at Oklahom a State U niversity. Her push in to w ritin g was given by 99 Page Sham burger at a NIFA meet, who gave her the assist she needed to start her w ritin g career. Since then, although it has ,n o t all been sm ooth, her a b ility has put her in an enviable p o sitio n w ith a fresh, new, to p -n o tc h c o m p a n y , M c P h a il & Associates, where she is having the tim e of her life. Oklahoma Chapter Ninety-Nine Suzette McPhail displays the easy use of CHECK CHOCK on her Cessna Skyhawk N500BB. A commercial pilot, Suzette is an active real estate broker and vice president of the aviation advertising firm McPhail & Associates, Inc., of Oklahoma City. Caroline Smith, Chicago Area Chapter Chairman, shows off the unique 99s Bicentennial Star received recently from charter m em ber and B ice n te n n ial Chairman Fay Gillis Wells. Please note that Caroline is holding the Star, and has not sealed off her baggage compartment — Chicagoans don’t usually travel quite that light! Saundra Lapsley, holder of ratings through instrument flight instructor, gave up full time flying for full time writing about flying. She’s creative director for the aviation advertising firm, McPhail & Associates, Inc., Oklahoma City. Chapter Personalities Continued LIZ TAYLOR Flight Instructor of the Year fo r Arizona During a luncheon m eeting of the Arizona General A viation Advisory C o m m ittee at Sky Harbor International A irp o rt, Elizabeth C. Taylor was named F lig h t In stru cto r of the Year. Liz was born in Los Angeles, C alifornia. She grew up in S. Pasadena and attended Pasadena C ity College and U .C .L.A . She moved to Phoenix in 1965. It was w h ile living in Phoenix that she became interested in aviation and earned her Private P ilo t’s License on June 18, 1966. Liz continued flyin g and obtained a Com m ercial License Nov. 28, 1967, adding an Instrum ent Rating on Jan. 16, 1968. A fter de cid ing to make aviation her career, she earned her F lig h t In stru cto r A irplane Rating on A pril 24, 1968, and s h o rtly after began in stru ctin g fo r Saguaro A viation, Inc. Six weeks later she passed the Instrum ent Instructors F lig h t Test. She has added a M ulti-E ng ine Rating, an Instrum ent G round Instructors Rating and a Gold Seal to her q u a lifica tio n s. She has been an in s tru c to r fo r the past 6 years, and has done all her teaching at Saguaro A viation. To the present she has signed off 93 ratings. Says she's going to q u it when she reaches 200! Liz was selected as top flig h t in s tru cto r of the basis of her effectiveness as an in stru cto r, her p ro fe ssio nalism as a teacher, her in itia tive in developing and im p la n tin g new id e a s and tr a in in g m ethods, her e ffo rts in pro m otin g aviation in schools and to the general p u blic, her know ledge of and com pliance w ith the Federal A viation Regulations, and her unblem ished safety record. Liz is a m em ber of the Phoenix Chapter of the 99's, and is APT Chairm an fo r the group. She resides in Phoenix w ith her husband Lester and the ir 14 year old cat Ignatz. Her hobbies include o il pa in ting, f ly f is h in g , h o rs e b a c k r id in g and m inerology. Evelyn Johnson looks over her tie-dyed “long-john” flight suit presented by Tennessee chapter 99’s at a surprise birth day party in Morristown, Tennessee some time ago. She has just been named Flight Instructor of the Year by nashville GADO. Liz Taylor, Phoenix Chapter 99, with her magnificent trophy for being selected Flight Instructor of the Year for the state of Arizona. Do not send your change of address to your Editor. send it to Headquarters. Please note address of Circulation Editor. Dot Wilson, Memphis Chapter 99, receives a plaque from John Wright, Chief of FAA Memphis, naming her Flight Instructor of the Year by the Memphis office of the FAA. RESPIRATION M A R Y F O L E Y R espiration is the process by w hich a living organism exchanges gases w ith its environm ent. Breathing enables us to get oxygens in to the blood stream and to remove carbon dioxid e, a product of m e ta b o lis m . R e s p ira tio n a ls o h e lp s m aintain body tem perature and the acid- base balance of the body. The lungs contain m illio n s of tin y sacs and blood vessels fo r the exchange of gases. The sacs, called alveoli, have porous w a lls through w hich the gases, norm ally oxygen and carbon dioxide, pass by d iffu s io n . The gases also diffu se through the w alls of the pulm onary cap illaries, sm all blood vessels which surround each alveolus. These capillaries connect w ith the artery carrying blood from the heart to the lungs and w ith the veins carrying blood back to the heart. The heart pum ps the blood to all parts of the body where the gases are exchanged in the cells. In the cells, the oxygen is used in the chem ical reactions w hich sustain life, and carbon dioxid e is produced. The red blood cells are the gas carriers. They easily pick up oxygen in the lungs at ground-level atm ospheric pressure, as it is in the lungs. They release oxygen rapidly at low er pressures, such as those found in the body’s cells, and pick up the m etabolic waste product, carbon dioxide. At sea level, air exerts a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch (760 mm Hg.) 20.9 per cent of the air is oxygen, and this oxygen is responsible fo r 20.9 per cent of the total pressure. At sea level, oxygen thus exerts a pressure of about 3 pounds per square inch (100 MM Hg). This am ount of pressure is necessary in the lungs to keep the blood cells saturated at about 95 per cent o f th e ir capacity w hich is normal. TO BE CONTINUED Subscriptions for non-members are $6.00 per year. Flying on to NEW HORIZONS (The heading New Horizons reflects the belief that death is a horizon toward which we all fly, even though this new adventure is brought about by diverse causes. In a sense it is a flight from the “Bonds of Earth” to unknown “New Horizons” .) Zipora Alterman, Israeli Chapter, died of cancer, 26th o f A p ril, 1974. Helen Strok, vice-chairm an of M aryland 99s, died of cancer, Feb. 19. She was also serving as Queen of M aryland Flying Farmers th is year. Marian Burke and Ruth Hildebrand, San A n to n io and H ouston Chapter m em bers, K illed in the crash o f the ir plane during the Angel Derby, A pril 25, 1974. Margie Jones and Doris Ann Norcross, Central Illin o is Chapter, killed in the crash o f the ir plane in the Angel Derby, A pril 25, 1974. To date, no d e fin ite cause has been established fo r the loss of either of the tw o planes in the Angel Derby; weather and v is ib ility were reported good in the area of both in cid e n ts. It has been established that neither plane "fle w in to " a m ountain. If fate destined these p ilo ts fo r m isfo rtu n e we hope that they, from the ir "N ew H orizons" vantage, and th e ir fa m ilie s can take com fort from know ing that the V olunteer Arm y rescue u n it at Uruapan now know about ELT’s in the U. S. Registered aircraft and how to u tilize the ELT fo r search and rescue. We know and share the sorrow o f the loss o f these dear ones w ith their fam ilies. ALL W OMEN’S INTERNATIONAL AIR RACE, INC. ( Virginia B ritt, President The following is a tribute to the pilots who finished the race: “ I am not surprised at all that you ladies are co n tin u in g on your ‘flig h t path’ in spite of the tragedy that befell you r fe llo w flyers _ it is ju s t what I w ould expect of persons like your selves. To all those a ltitu d e s you always brought the same attitude. Som etim es the skies shone in b rillia n ce and som etim es you were surrounded by dark clouds. N aturally, th is is a somewhat som bre day fo r you. B ut, above that it is a beautiful day. Because your being heretogether represents superlative navigating rig ht through the turbulence o f the tim es and w hat’s m ore— the triu m p h of human s p irit. I salute each of you for that and fo r c o n trib u tin g to inte rna tiona l good w ill.” (signed) Senator Edward J. Gurney Professor ZIPORA ALTERMAN Israeli Chapter It is w ith great sadness that I w rite th is trib u te to one o f the W orld's great wom en, Zipora Alterm an, who died in Sydney Hospital on 26th A p ril, 1974, during Sabatical Leave in A ustralia. Born in Berlin in 1925, she em igrated to Palestine w ith her fam ily at the age of 12 years and spent much tim e travelling wherever she could, by boat, train or air. She studied at the Hebrew University and later became Professor M athem atics and Head of the Department of E nvironm ental Sciences at Tel Aviv University. Here, she and her stud ents studied everything about the Earth, from its m olten core to the Solar W ind s and the weather co n d itio n s on other planets, to help long range weather forecasting. Using an enorm ous com puter, a CDC 1600, w ith inform ation from a model of the Earth made by Professor Bullen of Sydney U niversity, she calculated when and where earth quake waves w ould travel, where they w ould bounce o ff certain solids and flu id s , over m ou ntains and throu gh water, showing the speed of these waves in various m aterials, and proved that Professor B u lle n ’s model is correct, and th is has made it possible to calcula te when and where future shocks w ould occur. This involved study of wave propergation, com pression and shear. She was curre ntly w orking on Crack Propogation in Elastic M aterial. She has had hundreds of articles published in S cie n tific Jou rna ls all over the W orld, from the Royal S ociety in London to the U.S.S.R . and the U.S.A. Even the Russians published under her own name. During her many travels she became w ell known to a irlin e p ilo ts and was always invited up to the flig h t deck, here she decided flyin g was ju s t like operating a com puter, and she began to wonder w hy she em ployed a p ilo t to do her research over the sea and lakes, w ith an infra Red Camera, charting the varying tem peratures of the waters, to p in -p o in t hot springs in the sea, etc., and enable fisherm en to know where to fin d various types o f fish in various tem peratures. One day in 1970, she decided to learn to fly, but was told that, at 45, she was too old. However, after much persistance the Department said she cou ld on ly learn if she was taught by a certain very tough in stru cto r, who was booked up fo r 3 years anyhow! However, she pursuaded him to give her h is tim e fo ra few weeks and in 30 hours fly in g she had her private licence and 2 more hours she had a m ulti-eng in e rating. She then flew the U n iversity’s Twin A ircra ft to chart the sea tem peratures. In 1971 w h ils t on a visit to U .S .A ., she obtained her Seaplane Rating and back in Israel, her in stru m en t rating. Then she hired a tw in Cessna 337, for 4 hour flig h ts , and began cloud seeding, w hich resulted in a 20 percent increase in rainfall over Israel. In 1972 she returned to U.S.A. to obtain an In stru cto rs rating, there being no in stru cto rs courses in Israel fo r civilia n s. Here she was tw ice awarded the A ir Safety Test badge - a Safety Pin w ith an explanatory label attached! In 1973 she again visited Los Angeles, to earn her I.F.R. In stru cto rs Rating. She flew w ith a pupil to the 99’s Convention in M ilw aukee where she was presented w ith a gold watch for having traveled the farthest to the Convention. On her return to Los Angeles she im m ediately flew in the w inning aircraft in the Palms to Pines A ir Race. In 3'/2 years she flew over 1200 hours as p ilo t in com m and, le ttin g no o p p o rtu n ity s lip by that enabled her to get in the air. She was in the process of taking out an A ustralian Licence, to fly w ith me to the com bined 99's and A .W .P .A ., A .G .M . in Adelaide, when she slipped and badly broke her leg, on 26th March. P hysically she was never very strong, but she swam a lot to help b u ild up her energy. Her sheer de term in ation and deep love of fly in g got her back in the air very rapidly, after more than 1 very serious illness, but she could not beat the cancer of the throa t that caught up w ith her 2 weeks after her leg operation in Sydney. Those o f us who were privileged to meet her, w ith her husband Israel, w ill never forge t her, fo r her d e lig h tfu l per so n a lity, her courage and her de term in ation to get as much enjoym ent and adventure out of life w h ils t there was yet tim e. She is survived by her 19 year old son Man, who has already won the W eizmann In stitu te Prize fo r an auto p ilo t for landings, based on a pendulum , 1 o f the 5 best prizes fo r Israel’s 25 years of achievem ent, and by her Husband who is a co n su ltin g engineer and is the Israeli Representative Fellow of the In stitu te of S tructura l Engineers in London and th e ir Exam iner in Israel. M argaret Kentley A ustralian Section 99's What its all about... COMMITTEE REPORTS APTMargo Smith, Chairman APT CHECKLIST (CONTINUED) (PLEASE SAVE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.) In NOTAMS ONE, we said: TO HAVE APT LISTING IN 1974-75 ROSTER 1. If, since July 1, 1973, you had any of the fo llo w in g — (a) an APT ride (b) a BFR (Biennial F lig h t Review) (c) a checkride for a new ce rtifica te -ra tin g (d) a courtesy p ro ficie ncy ride (safety pin) from an APS or APC (see NOTAMS ONE fo r d e fin itio n s). AND 2. If, by June 30, 1974, you s u b m it the signed bottom portion of APT form w ith M em bership renewal ... you w ill be listed APT in the roster. Note: In lieu of signature, xeroxed "p ro o f" stapled to APT form is OK. A xerox copy of new ce rtifica te -ra tin g or BFR logbook endorsem ent, stapled to APT form , w ill co n s titu te the required "p ro o f.” APT form s are available through Chapter APT Chairm en, and one accom panied m em bership renewal form . TO HAVE APT LISTING IN PERMANENT FILES (IN T E R N A T IO N A L , S E C T IO N A N D CHAPTER) Turn in m id d le portion of APT form to your CAC (Chapter APT Chairm an) or Section APT Chairm an, if no Chapter - im m ediately fo llo w in g the “ rid e". Form m ust be fille d in com pletely and signed (or proof attached). By s u b m ittin g form to CAC, and on tim e, you w ill 1) m aintain consecutive years APT. 2) receive a card (gold every th ird year). 3) assist your Chapter in th e ir bid fo r a Section APT trophy, where applicable. 4) save the sanity of the bookkeepers w ho are voluntary, unpaid slaves who care about you and the image 99’s present. TO BE APT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1974 If you have had any of the 4 types of rides m entioned above, since January 1, 1974, you are APT th is year. If not ... do it before December 31, 1974. Remember: you MUST have a BFR prior to November 1, 1974 (USA regulations) TO BE CURRENT IN USA ... to fly PIC-solo (see FAR61-5T or com plete w ording) you m ust have 1) a current, appropriate m edical 2) a BFR in the 2 years prior to Nov. 1, 1974 3) made 3 take offs and lan ding s in category and class, in last 90 days Day: touch and goes are okay unless you fly taildraggers Night: m ust be fu ll stop. 4) IFR currency: in last 6 m onths, 6 hours o f actual o r sim ulated (3 hours in flig h t) w ith 6 in stru m en t approaches OR had a com petency check given by FAA, designee or in stru m en t in stru cto r. NOTE: 1) I have lib e ra lly paraphrased and condensed 61.57. Suggest you read it! 2) New FAR Part 61 went in to e ffect Nov. 1, 1973 except those se ctio n s w hich had a q u a lifyin g date e.g. BFR, conversion of in s tru cto r certifica te s. BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW 61.57 The BFR can be given by an FAA exam iner, a designee, an APS (Accident Prevention S pecialist) and APC (Accident Prevention Counselor) — or your favorite in stru cto r, so long as that in s tru c to r is authorized. A uthorized means checked out and current in the aircraft to be used, and having a valid in s tru c to r ce rtifica te . C onduct and maneuvers to be included, is left to the d iscre tio n of the in stru cto r. If you have acquired a new rating or higher ce rtifica te , you do not have to take a BFR. H IG H P E R F O R M A N C E A IR C R A F T CHECKOUT: If, p rio r to Nov. 1, 1973, you had not checked out in an aircraft that has more than 200 HP or that has retractable landing gear, flaps and a c o n tro lla b le prop, and you now w ish to do so, the checkout m ust be given by an in s tru c to r the firs t tim e (see 61.31 e) CATEGORY, CLASS, TYPE, GRADE (see FAR Part 1 and 61.5) GRADE - means “ what kind of cer tific a te ” - S tudent, Private C om m ercial, A ir lin e T ra n s p o rt P ilo t and F lig h t Instructor. C e rtifica te - License - Ticket in com m on talk. RATINGS - you w ill alw ays have a CATEGORY and CLASS rating put on your c e rtifica te (except student). Example - ASEL A irplane, S ingle-engine land. TYPE - if you are qu a lifie d in a particular TYPE of aircraft requiring TYPE rating it too w ill be added. INSTRUMENT RATING - This too would be added to Private and Com m ercial only. CATEGORY and CLASS have diffe re nt m eanings depending on w hether it is p ilo ts or aircraft being discussed. APT RIDE -(-Annual P roficiency Training Ride: a 99 Program term . The APT ride parallels BFR in criteria but w ith the recom m endation that the ride be done annually. SUMMARY BFR is an APT ride ... may be given by In stru cto r or higher Safety Pin Ride (also good fo r APT ride) ... m ust be given by APS or APC C heckride fo r new certificate- rating — BFR — APT FAA C urrency (1) current, appropriate m edical (2) BFR w ith in previous 2 years (3) 3 ta ke o ffs and landings plus 3 fo r night currency. AWTAR-PPD by Marion Andrews Just in case you th in k the AWTAR Board of D irectors is taking a sabbatical th is no race year, we all agree that putting tog ether the Powder Puff Derby Com m em orative Album is more work than running a race. We do w ish more of the racers had sponsored th e ir own pictures fo r the album . Fifteen pictures of deceased racers to be included have been sponsored by 99s or Chapters. It really is a colossal jo b to correlate the m aterial fo r 27 races. Maybe th is is the tim e, when you are not spending the money to fly the race, to buy your Powder Puff Derby pin. We have a lim ite d supply of solid gold at $27.50 each and gold fille d at $15.00. Make checks payable to AW TAR, Inc. and send to Barbara Evans, 40 Stuart PI., Manhasset, New York 11030. The bu ild in g that houses the AWTAR Headquarters has been sold arid a new tenant has taken half of ou r o ffic e space. This w ith no reduction in the $125.00 a m onth rent. By agreeing to the shrunken space, we avoided a sizeable increase and- o r m aking another move at th is tim e. The film “ Powder P uff fo r Joan” is available upon request. W rite to Helen Shropshire fo r sh ip p in g charges and scheduling. A 25 m in ute co lo r sound film o f the 1972 Powder Puff Derby, Palomar, Cal. to Elm ira, N.Y. is available from AWTAR Headquarters, Teterboro A irport, Teterboro, N.J. 07608. W rite fo r shipping charges and scheduling. We are happy to report that Board m em ber B etty W harton has recovered s u ffic ie n tly from surgery to be con valescing in Hawaii. We hope the thought o f fly in g her new airplane w ill make her recuperate faster. PPD Album is also Com m em orative in that those w ho have flow n on to "New H orizons” w ill have a m em orial Photo sponsored by a fly in g friend. M E M O R I A L S A P P E L, Helen DAVIS, Arlene HART, Rita JU R LIC H , Dot MACPHERSON, Bea M U LL E N , Doris M U TTER , Gladys PRESTAS, Bobbie SCHUBERT, T rixie Ann SHUYM, M ary SMITH, Elsie SMITH, Joan M e rria m STEIER T, Jo Ann TELLEKSO N , Jeanine W IK A N D E R , Ruth SH EEHY, Ethel P H O T O S P O N S O R E D B Y llovene Potter Jean Ross Howard Geraldiine Michelsen Long Island Chapter Tucson Chapter Jean Ross Howard Doris Langher Pat Wilson Lola Ricci Geraldine Krause Norman S. Smith Fay G illis Wells Los Angeles Chapter Charlene Falkenberg lloven Potter Anna Brenner Three who won No. 1 places at the Chicago Sherry O’Keefe (R) receives her No. 1 Area C hap ter's A chievem ent Aw ards Award from C hicago Area C hapter Banquet. L to R, Charlene Falkenberg, Chairman of the Achievement Awards, Rita Elsie Wahrer, and Jean Ingle. Adams. A FLYING ACTIVITY PROJECT By Charlene Falkenberg, Chairman, Flying Activities Members of the C hicago area chapter held the ir annaul Achievem ent Awards banquet on March 23. R ita A d a m s , A c h ie v e m e n t C h a p te r Chairman, M istress of Cerem onies, gave an interesting presentation, assisted by her com m ittee, Margie Kinney and Cheryl Hook. Tw enty-six members of the C hicago Area Chapter participated in the contest during the year. In order to make the contest fa ir to everyone a new member category received awards as w ell as members who participated fo r the entire twelve m onths. The six new mem bers who participated and the order o f th e ir scores are as fo llo w s : 1. Pauline G ilkiso n , 2. Juanita Harr, 3. Gai Lapook, 4. Ruth Frantz, 5. Carol Para, and 6. Sue Dewulf. In addition other categories awarded tro p h y s and th e w in n e rs are as fo llo w s: Bonus Points — 1. Charlene Falkenberg, 2. Mary Stroh. In addition oth er categories awarded trophys and the w inners are as fo llo w s : BONUS POINTS — 1. Charlene Falken berg, 2. Mary Stroh. FLYING TIME — 1. Sherry O'Keefe, 2. Patricia Friedman. LICENSES, RATINGS, ETC. — 1. Jean Ingle, 2. Sylvia Harper. CHAPTER ACTIVITIES — 1. Elsie Wahrer, 2. Mary Stroh. TOTAL POINTS — 1. Charlene Falkenberg, 2. Mary Stroh. As you can see pa rticip ants in the Achievement Awards are not lim ite d to members who do the m ost fly in g . It is understood that not everyone has the op po rtu nity to own or have available an airplane, therefore, the other categories which are ju s t as im p ortan t in 99 m em bership are in the contest. If your chapter does not participate in Achievement Awards I w ould urge each chapter Flying A c tiv ity Chairman to make it her goal to start th is a ctivity. It keeps the members on th e ir toes and interested as well as culm ina ting w ith a be au tifu l social event shared by both 99's and 49’ers, as well as friends. Anyone w ishin g to receive in fo rm atio n on achievement awards please con tact me and I w ill send the in fo rm atio n to you im m ediately. INTERNATIONAL HOT-LINE Shirley Allen, International P.R. AFRICA: The very word conjures up a m ental p ictu re o f steam y ju n g le s, w ild anim als, p rim itive natives and pu lsa ting d ru m s !! A co u n try that is a kaleidoscope of ever changing clim ate and cultu res, encom passing the early social orders of many Negro tribe s to the m ost modern areas of civilize d com m erce and in du stry. A con tra st from the ancient and sim p le to the in tru sio n o f “ p ro gre ss." One does not readily associate AFRICA w ith 20th Century con cep ts. It is a young cou ntry w ith regard to fly in g , Governor Ann W hite states, yet it w ould seem to be the logical a n s w e r to tr a n s p o r ta tio n , b o th e co n o m ica lly and so cia lly. A propor tio n a te ly sm all po pu latio n spread over a vast C o ntin ent, second o n ly in the W orld to Asia in area size and fo u r tim es larger than the United States of Am erica. W omen are waging an u p h ill ba ttle to get in to aviation co m m e rcia lly in South A frica. One or tw o are w orking in A ir T ra ffic C ontrol under the ju ris d ic tio n of the Departm ent o f Transport - no apparent problem there. The last research that was done in to the num ber of wom en p ilo ts , e ith e r actively fly in g or on course was a few years ago and a rough num ber of around 200 was tabulated. Ann spearheaded a m em bership drive circu la r and alth ou gh the response was good, she fe lt that they had barely scratched the surface. Civil A viation Rules and Regulations again based on ICAO standards w ith a few ad d itio n s regarding local areas and re strictio n s. Private p ilo t q u a lific a tio n s are being upgraded w ith the in tro d u c tio n of pe rio dic flig h t testin g fo r license renewals and clo ser surveillance on private p ilo ts w ith between 150 and 180 hours (the dangerous period) has been advocated. Instrum ent-rated p ilo ts are re-tested every six m onths by a Departm ent o f Transport approved Instructor. “ W INGS OVER A M ER IC A" w ith a c ir cu la tio n of over 50,000 has been in print fo r 32 years. An excellent A viation magazine th a t p ro je cts aviation as it applies to A frica on ly. It covers the gam ut of fly in g - civil, m ilita ry , air travel, general aviation, private, parachuting, g lid in g and aero- m odelling - w ith a heavy em phasis on Safety and A ccident Prevention. The only other p u b lica tio n is com paratively new - “ W orld AIRNEW S", has a broader content w ith a Section on ‘Club News' in clu d in g a Report each issue in short form from the N inety-N ines. F lying C lubs abound, it is d iffic u lt keeping track of them . The N inety-N ines is at present the only W om en's Aviation O rganization, there was a W om en’s Flying A ssociatio n w hich u n fortuna tely phased out. Many of the members were not licenced p ilo ts , but wom en vita lly in terested in prom oting aviation. They were responsible fo r settin g up flyin g bursaries and events to sponsor in dividu als in terested in flyin g careers. This fu lfille d a real need and was sorely m issed. Local co m p e titio n s are held at Club level, Provincial and National events, under the auspices o f the Aero Club of South A frica. Aerobatics are taught, but on a very lim ite d basis as aerobatic aircraft are in short supply. There is a National Aerobatic C o m pe tition. Ann W hite reported that several o f their members com pete in the A ir Races and Rallies. She m entioned that M iss Auriel M ille r won a 5th place "Perfect F lig h t” Trophy in the round-N atal A ir Rally in 1973 and Jeanette and Michael Van-Ginkel of Transvaal placed firs t tw ice, in 1969 and 1973 fly in g a tw in Com m anche in the State President’s A ir Race. This is the top event in South A frica and has a proud h isto ry. 60 to 85 planes enter in th is race. One issue of “ AIRNEW S" featured stories and pictures of ou r 99 m embers who had done so well. B etty Am brose w rite s from Rhodesia, Central A frica Section that w h ile their num bers are sm all, th e ir enthusiasm is high, but the fuel shortages have curbed th e ir flyin g tem porarily. S ight-seeing trips are very po pu lar in Rhodesia and one A ir Carrier operates three Apaches. For $4.00 you can take a 10-m inute flip over the V ictoria Falls, a breathtaking, panoram ic view of A fric a ’s greatest to u ris t spectacle. Known as the “ flig h t o f the angels". Or for $14.00 you can take o ff on a “ Zambesi Sky Safari" and view the game from a co m paratively (?) safe altitu de . South A frican Section was the firs t to be incorporated in July, 1966. There are at present tw o S ections in the Directory. By the tim e the next M em bership Roster is printed there may be one or even tw o more. As the 99’s increase in num bers, they divide to form th e ir own Sections. O u r g lo b e - tr o ttin g In te rn a tio n a l M em bership Liaison, Edith Denny, on a 5- week trip to A frica last year, reports considerable interest in the areas she visited - E thiopia - Kenya - Tanzania and Nairobi - and an increasing num ber of wom en p ilo ts. Two m embers at large were installed - Denise Marchand and Heather Irwin. Two more ap p lica tio n s are now before the Board, one being one of the o st reveered and respected women aviator’s in East A frica. Dr. Anne Spoerry is a legendary fig u re who flie s a Cherokee 300 fo r the F lying D octor’s A ssociatio n, ad m in isterin g to the sick in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. We firs t learned about th is remarkable woman talking w ith Madame Beauregarde in Paris last sum m er and Edith resolved to contact her on her forthco m ing visit to A frica later that year. We are extrem ely honoured that Dr. Spoerry has applied for m em bership in our organization. Our newest members Denise and Heather are both Com m ercial p ilo ts flyin g for A ir Charter Services out of Kenya and Nairobi, respectively. Denise is very en thu sia stica lly tracking down names of other women p ilo ts through th e ir local Aviation au th o ritie s in East A frica fo r the in corporation of the third A frican Section, the wheels are already in m otio n for International approval. INTERNATIONAL HOTLINE U.S. REPORT- by Pauline Genung The m ailbag during recent weeks and a personal visit w ith the N inety-N ine s of the South Central Section in H ouston, a ffirm s o n c e a g a in th e s e rio u s n e s s and professional a ttitu d e being reflected by U.S. N inety-N ines in the ir approach to prom oting aviation and N inety-N ines m em bership. Projecting a good im age seems to be second nature to our mem bers and one of the m ost successful areas appears to be in that of air education because it serves as a natural o u tle t to share enthusiasm for aviation and concern fo r air safety w ith both p ilo ts and laymen of all ages. One exam ple w hich has com e to my atten tion appeared in the A pril 1974 issue of "F lig h t P lan," published by the Maryland State A viation A d m in istra tio n . The story fo llo w s : "T w e nty-five high school g irls at M a ry v a le P re p a ra to ry S c h o o l, B rooklandville, Md., participated in an aviation course conducted by the Maryland Chapter of the N inety- Nines last m onth. The N inety-N ines, and in te rna tiona l organization of women p ilo ts , were invited to teach aviation during the m in i-m ester, a new learning concept. This m in i- m ester provided stud ents the op po rtu nity to explore, fo r one week, subjects w hich were not included in their regular c u rric u lu m .” "The N inety-N ines teaching team, Sally W illia m s, Lorena Burch, Cleo Sherbow, Sheila M cEntire and G inny Vogel, showed the g irls the fu ll scope of aviation. Their lessons in c lu d e d s o m e g ro u n d s c h o o l, d iscu ssio n s on career o p p o rtu n itie s, practice in the use of an aircraft sim u lato r, and a to u r o f the radar ro o m and w e a th e r b u re a u at B altim ore-W ashington International A irp ort. The h ig h lig h t of the m ini- mester came on the last day when the N inety-N ines took the g irls for airplane rid e s." This involvem ent in the m in i- mester is part of the new lecture program the N inety-N ines have b e g u n in w h ic h th e y p ro v id e speakers fo r scho ols and c lu b s .” "The M aryland N inety-N ine s are also p a rticip a tin g in the Direct Relief p ro g ra m w h ic h tra n s p o rts e m e rg e n c y m e d ic a l s u p p lie s ." This is ju s t one exam ple out of many crossing my desk show ing the dedication of N inety-N ines and th e ir c o n trib u tio n to the good p u blic relatio ns e ffo rt by our members. + + + + + N inety-N ines w ho were active in aviation p rior to W orld W ar II can con trib u te som e of th e ir re co lle ctio n s of early flyin g experiences if they so desire by answ ering the fo llo w in g qu estio nn aire to be used in preparing a do cum entary film on early women flyers, p a rticularly those who flew before 1938. Excerpts from a letter recently received from the film com pany said in part, “ ............ It w ill be about not only the factual triu m p h s of the early wom en flyers but th e ir more per sonalized accounts of th e ir flyin g ex periences du rin g that pioneering pe rio d.” “ Your response to the fo llo w in g q u e s tio n s w o u ld be m o s t h e lp fu l. Disregard any that d o n 't apply and feel free to include any a d d itio n a l th o u g h ts and in fo rm a tio n ." N inety-N ines interested in answering the fo llo w in g qu estio ns may send the in fo rm a tio n to : W ind and Stars-W om en in Media, 256 S. R obertson, Beverly H ills, Ca. 90211 or phone (213) 659-4210. QUESTIONS 1. When did you firs t begin flyin g and what were the circu m sta nce s of your training? 2. W hat kin ds of planes did you fly? 3. W hat kind of clo th es did you wear w hile flyin g? 4. W hat was the reaction o f your friends, husband and fa m ily to your flyin g ? Did th e ir re a c tio n s in flu e n c e y o u r p a r ticip a tio n ? 5. W hat did flyin g mean to you in the early days? W hat do you th in k it meant to early wom en aviatrix in general? How do you feel the cou ntry as a w hole responded to the women fliers? 6. W hat events and places stand out in your m ind as excitin g , generally im portant or tu rning po in ts in your own career as a flier? Please describe them in as much detail as you can remember. 7. Are you s till fly in g now and if so under what circum stances? 8. W ho do you adm ire m ost am ong the early women flie rs and why? 9. W ho w ould you p a rticu la rly recommend we con tact fo r th is stud y and why? 10. Do you know of or have any film or s till photos that we cou ld look at and use in our docum entary project.? Membership Corner by Pat Shearer, Chairman INACTIVE One of the interesting th in g s about aviation is that a lo t of the term s used in it are m isu nd erstood . For instance, take the word “ s ta ll” . To a person new in aviation, or to a person not in aviation, it means to com e to a s ta n d s till, to stop. Now, we know that is not what it means. Another m isu nd erstood expression is “ final ap proach” — to som e it sounds om ino us — like it is that last chance at life. In the N inety-N ines, we have a term that is very m isu nd erstood . It is the term “ in a ctive ." Inactive m em bership does not mean that the person is not active in the N inety-N ines. In many cases, th is is far from the tru th . The d ictio n a ry describes the word inactive as "characterized by in a ctio n ; not engaging in a c tiv ity ; id le ; in e rt.” Inactive is a class of m em bership in the N inety-N ines and does not refer to those "n o t engaging in a c tiv ity " of the chapter. Instead, it means that th is member's m edical has lapsed and she has been a m em ber fo r more than five years, and has 200 hours (or more) of pilot-in -com m a nd tim e. An inactive mem ber pays dues, may vote, but cannot hold o ffice . Even though her m edical has lapsed, she is show ing to us that she is very interested in aviation, and is very interested in the N inety-N ines by rem aining a vital part of our organization. Don't co