Weight & Balance for the Mooney M20G Statesman

Take-off—July 13, 1973 Deadline to Finish—July 16, 1973 Awards Banquet—Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y.—July 18, 1973 DESIGNATED RACE COURSE 1. Palomar Airport, Carlsbad, Calif................................................................Statute Miles 2. Prescott Municipal Airport, Prescott, Ariz............................................................ 298.18 3. Albuquerque Int’l. Airport, Albuquerque, N.M.....................................................331.19 4. Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, Kansas......................................................... 344.62 5. Philip Billard Airport, Topeka, Kansas................................................................. 322.74 6. Waterloo Municipal Airport, Waterloo, Iowa...................................................... 294.27 7. Univ, of Ill.-Willard Airport, Champaign, III..........................................................275.94 8. Bishop Airport, Flint, Michigan ............................................................................ 310.10 9. Niagara Falls Int’l. Airport, Niagara Falls, N.Y....................................................242.79 10. Chemung County Airport, Elmira-Corning, N.Y................................................... .123.15 Total Mileage 2542.98 GLOSSARY AAA—Antique Airplane Ass’n. AGA—Aerobatic Club of America AFA—Air Force Ass’n. AHS—American Helicopter Society AOPA—Aircraft Owners and Pilots Ass’n. ATC—Air Traffic Control ATR—Airline Transport Rating AWNEAR—All-Woman New England Air Race AWTAR—All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race CAP—Civil Air Patrol CPT—Civilian Pilot Training EAA—Experimental Aircraft Ass’n. FAA—Federal Aviation Agency FAI—Federation Aeronautique Internationale FFA—Flying Farmers Ass’n. FIA—Flight Instructor Airplane Fil—Flight Instructor Instrument FSS—Flight Service Station GADO—General Aviation District Office IAR—International Air Race ILS—Instrument Landing System IRA—Instrument Rating MEL—Multi-engine Land MES—Multi-engine Sea MIC—Meteorologist in Charge NAA—National Aeronautic Ass’n. NAEC—National Aerospace Education Council NAFI—National Ass’n. Flight Instructors NATA—National Aviation Trades Ass’n. NBAA—National Business Aircraft Ass’n. NIFA—National Intercollegiate Flying Ass’n. NPA—National Pilots Ass’n. PPD—Powder Puff Derby PRPA—Professional Racing Pilots Ass’n. RON—Remain Over Night SEL—Single Engine Land SES—Single Engine Sea SPA—Sportsman Pilots Ass’n. SSA—Soaring Society of America TAR—Transcontinental Air Race (PPD) VFR—Visual Flight Rules WACOA—FAA’s Women Advisory Committee on Aviation WASP—Women’s Airforce Service Pilots WIAA—Women’s Int’l. Ass’n. of Aeronautics 3 PIPER Full power to the 46 Piper pilots in the ’73 Powder Puff Derby We salute the fascinating women who fly Pipers. . . ALABAMA Alabama Aircraft, Inc. Municipal Airport Fairhope ARIZONA Hudgin Air Service International Airport Tucson Phoenix Aviation, Inc. Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix Prescott Aviation, Inc. Municipal Airport Prescott ARKANSAS West Memphis Aviation Service, Inc. Municipal Airport West Memphis CALIFORNIA Western Airmotive Co., Inc. Oakland International Airport Oakland COLORADO Aero West, Inc. Maytag Complex - Peterson Field Colorado Springs Valley Airpark, Inc. Ft. Collins Airpark Ft. Collins CONNECTICUT Knickerbocker Aviation of Conn., Inc. Bridgeport Municipal Airport Stratford FLORIDA Northwest Florida Aviation, Inc. Chuck Ollinger 904 438-9602 Pensacola Red Aircraft Service, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale Showalter Flying Service, Inc. Herndon Airport Orlando GEORGIA Augusta Aviation Inc. Daniel Field Augusta Epps Air Service, Inc. DeKalb Peechtree Airport Atlanta ILLINOIS Aeroflite, Inc. Williamson County Airport Marion Blackhawk Air Service Whiteside County Airport Rock Falls Good luck and have a happy race. Decatur Piper Decatur Municipal Airport Decatur Freeport Aviation Municipal Airport Freeport Illini Aviation, Inc. Illini Airport Urbana Philko Aviation, Inc. Aurora Municipal Airport Sugar Grove INDIANA Highland Airport Perrysville IOWA Muscatine Aviation, Inc. Municipal Airport Muscatine Niederhauser Airways, Inc. Municipal Airport Waterloo Straley Flying Service, Inc. Municipal Airport Clinton - Davenport KANSAS Jayhawk Aviation Center, Inc. Topeka Municipal Airport Topeka Midwest Piper Sales, Inc. Piper Airpark Wichita KENTUCKY Coy Flying Service Marshall Field Georgetown LOUISIANA Louisiana Aircraft, Inc. Downtown Airport Baton Rouge Noel Flying Service LaFayette Municipal Airport La Fayette MARYLAND Air-Exec, Inc. Ocean City Municipal Airport Ocean City Hughes Aviation Maryland Airport White Plains MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire Aviation Enterprises, Inc. Great Barrington Airport Great Barrington King Aviation Taunton Airport East Taunton MICHIGAN Detroit Piper Sales & Service, Inc. Oakland Pontiac Airport Pontiac G. B. Dupont Co., Inc. Dupont-Lapeer Airport Lapeer Gordon Aviation, Inc. Ann Arbor Municipal Airport Ann Arbor Michigan Air Activities, Inc. Kellogg Regional Airport Battle Creek Northern Airmotive Marquette County Airport Negaunee Welch Aviation, Inc. Phelps-Collins Airport Alpena MISSISSIPPI South Central Air Transport McComb Pike County Airport McComb MISSOURI Columbia Flying Service, Inc. Woods Memorial Airport Columbia Ozark Skyways Municipal Airport Springfield Thunderbird Aviation Spirit of St. Louis Airport Chesterfield MONTANA Gillis Aviation Logan International Field Billings 4 Harris Flying Service Terry County Airport Brownfield Houston Northwest Aviation, Inc. David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport Houston Longenette Flying Service, Inc. Mathis Field San Angelo Southwest Air Rangers of El Paso, Inc. El Paso International Airport El Paso Texoma Aviation, Inc. Sherman Municipal Airport Sherman Upper Valley Aviation Miller International Airport McAllen Wes-Tex Aircraft, Inc. Regional Airport Lubbock NEBRASKA Aviation Center, Inc. Municipal Airport Grand Island Scottsbluff Aviation, Inc. County Municipal Airport Scottsbluff NEVADA Las Vegas-Boulder Aviation, Inc. Boulder City Airport Boulder City NEW HAMPSHIRE Nashua Aviation & Supply Co., Inc. Boire Field Nashua NEW JERSEY Clementon Aviation, Inc. Cross Keys Airport Cross Keys Garden State Flying Service, Inc. Albion Airport Albion NEW MEXICO Associated Callens Flying Service Roswell Industrial Air Center Roswell Marshall Aviation Lea County Airport Hobbs NEW YORK Courtesy Air Service, Inc. Warren County Airport Glen Falls NORTH CAROLINA Atlantic Flight Service, Inc. Montoe Airport Monroe Central Piedmont Aero Smith Reynolds Airport Winston-Salem NORTH DAKOTA Minot Aircraft Sales Minot Airport Minot OHIO American Airmotive, Inc. Bolton Field Columbus Bluffton Flying Service, Inc. Bluffton Airport Bluffton Key Aviation Lun ken Airport Cincinnati OKLAHOMA Catlin Aviation Co. Wiley Post Airport Oklahoma City Mid-Continent Bellanca-Piper Halliburton Field Duncan Rigby Airmotive, Inc. Guymon Municipal Airport Guymon SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville Aviation Service, Inc. Downtown Airport Greenville Orrco Aviation Corp. Downtown Airport Spartanburg TENNESSEE Great Smoky Mountain Aviation, Inc. Sevier - Gatlinburg Airport Sevierville Tennessee Airmotive, Inc. Lovell Field Chattanooga TEXAS Cherokee Aircraft, Inc. Cherokee County Airport Jacksonville Denton Piper Sales Municipal Airport Denton Gateway Aviation Lorado International Airport Lorado Gault Aviation International Airport Corpus Christi UTAH Interwest Aviation, Inc. Municipal Airport Ogden Interwest Aviation, Inc. Salt Lake City Ogden, Provo VIRGINIA Aero Industries, Inc. Richmond International Airport Sandston Mark Aviation Dulles International Airport Chantilly Woodbridge Airport, Inc. Municipal Airport Woodbridge WASHINGTON Loranger Aviation, Inc. Felts Field Spokane Martin Aviation Co. Martin Field Walla Walla Seattle Flight Service, Inc. Boeing Field Seattle WEST VIRGINIA Charlie Brown’s Flying Service Morgantown Airport Morgantown WISCONSIN Aerodyne, Inc. Mitchell Field Milwaukee Northern Airways, Inc. Bong Airport Superior 5 1963 1964 1965 1966 1969 1970 1972 Proof of the Piper promise of performance PIPER Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven, Pa. 17745 Virginia Britt, Pilot Lee Winfield, Co-Pilot Mary Ann Noah, Pilot Mary Aikins, Co-Pilot Mary Ann Noah, Pilot Mary Aikins, Co-Pilot Bernice Steadman, Pilot Mary Clark, Co-Pilot Mara Culp, Pilot Margaret Mead, Pilot Susan Oliver, Co-Pilot Marian Banks, Pilot Dottie Sanders, Co-Pilot Piper Cherokee Cherokee 160 Piper Comanche 260 Piper Cherokee 180 Piper Comanche 260 Piper Comanche 260 Piper Cherokee 160 Piper Comanche 260 The winningest women fly Piper. Pipers have won three out of the last four (and seven out of the last ten) Powder Puff Derbies. Piper applauds the professional performance of these perky Powder Puff winners: LISTING OF CONTESTANTS TAR No. 38 ADAMS, BOBBI 58 BARTELS, DIANE 26 BARTHEL, LYNN H. 33 BIRDSONG, DOTTY 54 BLECH, A.L. “LORRIE” 91 BLISS, RUTH C. 48 BONZON, RACHEL 67 BOOTH, HARRIETT P. 4 BRADY, ELAINE 69 BRUNKS, IRENE 70 BURKE, MARIAN 25 BYERS, MARY 100 CALLAWAY, MARGARET 19 CARLSON, CLAUDIA A. 11 CARMICHAEL, AVA 34 CARY, LYNN P. 65 CLARK, PAT 2 COLLIER, PATRICIA 88 CONNOLLY, NELL 92 COPELAND, MARSHA E. 46 CREASON, MARY R. 101 CROWELL, RUTH E. 11 CUMMINGS, WANDA 23 DAVIDSON, PEG 77 DAVIS, FRANCESCA 40 DAVIS, MIRIAM 3 DAVIS, PAT 86 DAVISON, HELEN 35 de PIERRES, ROSEMARY 49 DIECKMANN, ELIZABETH A. 56 DILG, RUTH 75 DOMAS, PATRICIA ANN 84 DRAKE, LETA POWELL 28 FAIRBANKS, PAT 21 FALKENBERG, CHARLENE 52 FEDOR, ANNETTE C. 25 FLETCHER, MAYBELLE 98 FREE, JANICE LEE 73 FRIEDMAN, PATRICIA 89 FUHRMAN, FLORENCE 10 FUTTERMAN, NORMA L. 20 GAMMELL, JAN 21 GATLIN, SUSANN 64 GAUNCE, MARTHA B. 33 GIBSON, ETHEL 103 GILMORE, CHRISTINE 76 GILREATH, VIRGINIA N. 53 GITELMAN, MARCIA 14 GLADNEY, PATRICIA 44 GLASSON, PAULINE 24 GOETZ, BARBARA 8 GOLDTHORPE, GAIL 26 GOSLOVICH, PAULINE M. 36 GRAY, RUTH 84 GREEN, SALLY S. 6 GRIFFITH, THON 77 GROVER, CATHERINE 66 GRUPENHAGEN, ESTHER 85 GUALANO, ADELE M. 40 HALSTEAD, JUANITA 91 HANDY, SUSAN P. 24 HARRISON, F. SUSAN 58 HEINS, JAN 51 HEINZ, INGRID TAR No. 19 HERRING, RITA J. 97 HEYM, KATHERINE 38 HIGGS, JANET L. 70 HILDEBRAND, RUTH 68 HINDS, ALMA JERMAN 6 HINN, DELL 9 HOECK, BRIGITTE 106 HOLCOMB, CLARISSA 59 HORTMAN, YVETTE 43 HUERTH, CHRISTINE 8 INGLE, JEAN (LILLIAN) 94 IRVINE, ELEANOR S. 22 JACKSON, PATRICIA 22 JAMES, PATRICIA D. 90 JARISH, TRINA ADELA 57 JAYNE, MARION 57 JAYNE, NANCY 65 JOHNSON, ELINOR 60 JOHNSON, VALERA G. 5 JONES, LORETTA 96 JONES, MARGIE R. 105 KELLEY, M. DARLENE 3 KELLEY, PAT 76 KINCAID, JOSEPHINE ANNE 16 KNOTT, ROBERTA ELEANOR 73 KRAUTKRAMER, MARY 17 KROPP, EVELYN 48 LA FORGE, SALLY 63 LAMBERT, BETTY 29 LAMBERT, GEORGIA 32 LAW, MARY JANE 30 LEE, ALIENE 105 LEHR, SHIRLEY 62 LITTLE, LAURA THOMAS 93 LONDON, TERRY LEE 37 LONG, KATHY 5 LOWE, ERLENE 49 LOWE, MARY A. 50 LUENEBURG, SUE 2 LUHTA, CAROLINE N. “CONNIE” 27 LUKE, JACQUELYN 83 MAPELLI, VELDA KING 81 MASSON, ANGELA 50 McCRUM, JUDY 14 McELHATTON, JEANNE 27 McEWEN, PATRICIA 31 McGEE, HELEN 108 McGETTIGAN, GRACE 29 McGuire, emma 99 McKAY, SAMMY 13 McMILLAN, MARIE E. 47 MERMELSTEIN, ISABEL R. 80 MILLER, DORIS 35 MILLER, ROBIN ELIZABETH 52 MINTZ, ROSEMARIE 53 MORRISEY, FRANCES 61 MORSE, JEANNE 102 MURRAY, LINDA 1 MYERS, MARY ROSE 45 NAUMANN, PEGGY 36 NEWTH, ALINE KAY 7 NORMAN, JUNE A. 75 ODOM, JOYCE 97 PAPPAS, GEORGIA E. TAR No. 16 PARKER, CHARLOTTE E. 28 PAYTON, SOPHIA M. 67 PEARSON, MARY M. 30 PETERSEN, SANDRA 74 PYATT, MARY JEAN 39 RAGAZ, BEBE 39 RAGAZ, KATHY 102 RAUCHFUS, HALDIS 78 REINDL, JOAN 94 RENTON, RUTH J. 82 RICH, RUTH ANN 71 RICHARDSON, GINI 7 RINGENBERG, MARGARET 104 ROBBINS, MARJORY S. 80 ROEHRIG, ELAINE 98 ROSE, JEAN C. 95 RUMM, JEANNE L. 79 RUTH, BABE WEYANT 100 SANDERS, DOTTIE 44 SCANIO, MARION 43 SCHIFFMANN, JEAN “SUNNY” 4 SCHOENING, ROSEMARIE 1 SHAW, DIANE E. 87 SHELDON, RUBY 79 SHELTON, IONE L. 10 SHOWERS, VIRGINIA 46 SMITH, ELOISE 61 SOMMER, THEO 78 STAFFORD, RUTH 108 STEIERT, JO ANN 42 STEINBERGER, JOAN 103 STEINER, CAROL BOGAN 72 STEVENSON, BERNI 32 STITT, MARGARET W. 104 THOM, SHIRLEY R. 12 THOMAS, EDITH (MICKI) 95 TOHER, PATRICIA A. 15 TOMAN, JOYCE 54 TRACY, DONNA 42 TREEN, EVALEE “EVIE” 9 TRENSE, MUTZ 74 TWITCHELL, MARILYN J. 107 TURK, LINDA 56 VAN der LINDEN, PAM 63 VASQUES, TERRY 87 VIAL, MARY 41 VICKERY, STEPHANIE A. 13 VILARDO, CAROLE ANN 51 von GERLACH, KUCKI 86 WAITE, MARY H. 34 WEGENER, VIRGINIA 18 WEINHARDT, SHIRLEY E. 93 WEATHERED, OLIVIA K. 68 WELLS, JOYCE 96 WEST, JEAN S. 47 WHEELER, PATRICIA 55 WICKENHAUSER, “TEX” 37 WILKE, HELEN 23 WILSON, PAT 62 WOLF, SHIRLEY A. 106 WOOD, KATHLEEN 15 WRIGHT, ESTHER 41 WYCHE, BILLIE JOYCE 7 In the incomparable Beechcraft Bonanza Power, performance and pretty as a picture. 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Determining factors are airport facilities, distance from the previous stop, adequate housing and personnel. Reasons for cities requesting the race have been varied: the celebration of a centennial year, a new airport, airport expansion, a shot-in-the-arm for business, or just the desire for nation-wide promotion of nemucca, Nev. before it appeared on the 1972 race route? Stops or fly-bys are determined by terrain, on-course military installations, or a request for a Must Stop that includes a donation to the General Race Fund upon which the Powder Puff Derby depends for its survival. If you would like the race to come to your area, contact Kay Brick, Chairman/Executive Director, Powder Puff Derby, Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, N.J. 07608. Tel: 201 288-4411. Famous speedster Pat McEwen insists on ALUMIGRIP “ "It’s the only coating I’d have on my Racing Redbird? Pat McEwen, busy housewife, mother of seven, knows her way around when it comes to airplanes. 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EMBREY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY NATIONAL AVIATION TRADES ASSOCIATION HANGAR FLYING 15 2 for 1 solo: buccaneer, the superb performance aircraft that is also an exciting speedboat A lively 4-place land plane, a thrilling roostertail speedboat. In the Lake Buccaneer you get both for the price of one. It's a handsome airplane, distinguishing its owner as a knowledgeable and discriminating pilot. It's a rugged, go-anywhere-anytime flying machine. All metal construction from its graceful hull and full span wing spar to its high, proud tail. Corrosion proofed inside out for salt water operation. Big NACA slotted flaps are one secret.of its magnificient performance. You can drop into short fields to angle for business, small mountain lakes for another kind of angling, confident Buccaneer can lift you out — even at full gross. 1135 lbs. useful. 1200 fpm climb. 150 mph cruise. 650 mile range. 45 mph stall. Lots of extras included as standard. All you add is radio. Efficient as landplane, seaplane and airplane. That's really 3 for the price of 1, isn't it? Get all the 1973 improvements at a 1969 price. Buccaneer. Write for a full color brochure or a demonstration flight. Lake Aircraft, Division of Consolidated Aeronautics, Inc. Post Office Box 399, Hooks Memorial Airport (Houston Area) Tomball, Texas 77375. Telephone: (713) 376-5421 Business, Professional Men: Inquire for details of our unusual dealer arrangement. From Down Under THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NINETY NINES, the Powder Puff Derby, continues to develop with its High Safety record, through those who provide the wings and their refined equipment, and the women who handle them with such intelligence and care. Perhaps woman’s long training in detail throughout the centuries has helped to achieve this outstanding record of safety and precision! My husband and I were first actively aware of the 99’s—the unique association of women pilots whose first President was Amelia Earhart—when we happened to be passing through Honolulu at the time of Amelia Earhart’s last lofty flight. Later in 1940 my husband became the first Australian Minister acredited to Washington. We were permitted to fly our Fairchild 24 from the small naval Boling Field, with its rather tight strip between low hills and the water’s edge of the Potomac. At that time I met, with reverence, some of the early members of the 99’s. Women pilots, constantly increasing in number, now come from many coun tries, of different conditions and needs, to be welcomed by the Ninety-Nines in America as friends and catalysers in a world badly in need of both. Flying is primarily transport and communication; but it also leads us into the world of the air with its unique delights, challenges, and liberations. Throughout the last fifty years or so aviation became the card of entry into many distant and largely unknown countries — Australia amongst them. Now it has an added and less extended task in urban areas of the crowded world. In a short time human beings will find it almost impossible — frustrating, un functional, dangerous — to travel in cars on roads. More transport will have to be airborne, and the light aircraft, will be developed for short slow flights off small pieces of ground. Many countries are working on inexpensive, near-vertical take off, light aircraft. In Australia, a continent as big as America, women as elsewhere are becoming more readily accepted in aviation, as instructors, as charter pilots, as traffic con trollers. One of our most experienced women is the personal pilot for the Premier of one of our large States. Australian women pilots are particularly grateful for the kindness and help that the Ninety-Nines of the U.S.A, have always given us. They have welcomed us to their country, have looked after us personally, have taught us much. We have been refreshed by their visits to us here. We only wish that they were able to come and see us more often. Male Casey Lord and Lady Casey 1939 Editorial Note: The Right Honorable Lord Casey, former Governor General of Australia, and his lovely wife, Lady Casey, are fourth generation Australians whose distinguished careers have taken them on diplomatic assignments to many parts of the world. Their present beloved Cessna 180 (VH-RGC), which can hop in and out of paddocks, is to Ninety-Nine member Maie Casey a delight to fly out of Casey Airfield in Berwick. Artist, writer and pilot, she is Patron of the Australian Women Pilots Association. We salute our 99 and her 49 1/2er from Down Under. THE LANDSCAPES OF THE AIR The landscapes of the air! Summer and Winter, monsoon and icy waste Climates and visions take each other’s place In the passing of a night or day Hot earth thousands of feet beneath Blood-red and amethyst, seamed with barren streams Dead gold and indigo; emerald where the settler dreams The landscapes of the clouds, Black and foreboding as funereal shrouds Piled like white castles over hidden islands Sweeping the heavens in imperious play Or spread in coloured layers where a foot might stray Skies blue, and blue of night Fired by the sun Dim-lit by large few stars and trails of light And at length Illumined by the full radiance of the moon Which reaches everywhere and permits us to discern When have we seen such landscapes pain ted, and revived In their unending chain of change? Incessantly described Are the oh-so-well-known movements of the flesh Less pondered are the passages of the mind Fugitive and rare As the unfolding landscapes of the air The Caseys and their Cessna 180 17 Kay A. Brick, Executive Direc- tor/Chairman for the 12th year, has served 23 years on the Board. She has raced in 5 TARs; flown 5750 hours; was WASP Squadron Cmdr. in WWII and holds com’l license, SMEL. In 1966 re ceived FAA Cert, of Commendation for “exceptional leadership of the Race and her many contributions to the develop ment of American Civil Aviation.” In AWTAR, Inc. Board of Directors /(ay / Brick. Executive Birector / Chairman The Board members, who must be 99’s, work year-round making preparations for this annual classic. Throughout the year their duties in clude: arranging for Start and Ter minus airport communities which have adequate resources and person nel to handle the necessarily compli cated activities; charting the route, which involves selecting airport com munities with adequate facilities for handling planes, contestants and spectators, spaced at distances to ac 1967 was honored with Humanity Award from Sargent College Alumni Assoc, of Boston Univ. She holds an M.A. degree from NYU (and has done graduate work at Columbia Univ.) Kay, a 99 for 32 years, is a past Int’l President; is a mem ber of AWA, Sec’y of NPA and P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Assoc., past member of FAA’s Women’s Advisory Committee on Aviation, currently FAA Safety Coun selor and listed in “Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who of the East, and is a member of The Wings Club. commodate the various types of race aircraft; conducting Route Surveys to arrange for accommodations, trans portation and airplane servicing at these designated stops; selecting per sonnel to handle the timing of the arriving and departing aircraft and co ordinating their duties with computer programming at the Terminus for tabulation of scores; handicapping aircraft; arranging for the inspection of all aircraft at Start and Terminus; revising and updating the race rules; preparing 125 guide forms outlining official responsibilities; choosing ap propriate trophies; promoting and publicizing the race, its sponsors, the contestants, and appointed commit tees, arranging for navigational charts and services; compiling and printing of this official race program; and co ordinating with NAA, FAI, FAA, Flight Safety, National Weather Service, In spectors, Ninety-Nines Chapters, Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S. Naval Observatory, Chambers of Com merce, Flight Service Stations, State Aviation Officials, Air Traffic and Tower Controllers, Air Explorers, Wing Scouts, Civil Air Patrol, Ham Operators, State Governors, and hun dreds of other groups and individuals which complete the operation. These tasks necessitate a permanent head quarters office which is located at Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, N.J. Most important and necessary is the task of raising funds to provide awards money and year-round ex penditures for creating the annual POWDER PUFF DERBY. Good Luck To Our Team Mutz Trense & Brigitte Hoeck Mercedes-Benz of North America One Mercedes Drive, Montvale, New Jersey 07645 18 MEMBERS of the BOARD Barbara Evans, Vice Chairman-Treasurer, is serving her 12th year on the Board. She has flown 4 TARs and has been Terminus Chairman. A 99 since 1950 she has served 2 years each as Section Governor, Int’l Treasurer, Int’l Secretary, and member-at-large on the Int’l Executive Board of the 99’s. She attended Northwest Christian College in Oregon. Barbara has edited the of ficial race program for 11 years. She is secretary/treasurer/bookkeeper for her husband’s firm. Marian Banks is back on the board as Vice-Chairman West and Asst. Route Director. She served on the board from 1959 to 1968 and was 1969 Start Chairman. She holds a com’l license, SMEL, instrument and CIFI. She has flown 17 PPD’s, placed 2nd in 1971 and won in 1972. Marian has served as Chairman of San Diego Chapter 99’s, and Vice-Governor of the Section. She is a director of NPA and San Diego Aero-Space Museum, and is on the FAA Women’s Advisory Committee on Aviation. Marion Andrews is serving her 9th year on the Board. A 99 for 19 years, she has served as Section Governor, chairmanned Terminuses and flown 3 TARs. A noted artist, she has designed the official race program covers for 17 years, the First Day Cover for the AE Commemorative Stamp, the TAR 20th & 25th Anniversary cachets, and paintings of the Blue Angels for the Navy. She rec’d her B.S. in Ed. from Mass. College of Art, and is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and of the East. Peg Davidson, Secretary, serving her 6th year on the Board, has a com’l license with instrument rating. A Registered Nurse, she holds a B.S. degree from the II. of Conn. She was the 1st Chairman of the Conn. Chapter 99’s, was Section Governor and chairman of the 1970 Int’l Convention. She has flown the TAR, the IAR and 6 AWNEARs, winning in ’66 & ’67 in her Cessna 205. She was chairman of the ’72 AWNEAR and Pres, of Conn. Aircraft Pilots Assoc. Betty Wharton is back on the Board, in charge of Aircraft Inspection. She served on the board from 1966-69. Betty has flown 3 TARs, has 600 hours with a Private/lnstrument and owns a Cessna 210. She is current Chapter Chairman of San Diego 99’s, and has chairmanned the P.A.R. She is secretary/bookkeeper for her husband’s insurance firm. (He was a WW II P- 47 fighter pilot). Barbara Riggs is serving her 4th year on the Board and is the Board Liaison for the Terminus in Elmira. She has flown 5 TARs and placed third in one of them. She holds a com’l license, MEL, SELS, instrument and helicopter ratings. Barbara has served the 99’s as Section Governor and as Int’l Vice-President and Treasuer. Her husband, John, is also a pilot. Phyllis Pierce, West Coast Representative is serving her second year on the TAR Board. She has flown 2 TARs and holds a com’l license, SMEL & helicopter — and has made one parachute jump. A 99 since 1965 she has served as Chapter Chairman and on section committees. She has chair manned the Cal. Council of Aviation Annual Cruise & Proficiency Race. She is secretaryAreasurer for her husband, also a pilot. Like most Out Island resorts, we’re right on the water. End of similarity. Our beach is the most beautiful in the Bahamas. And Elizabeth Harbour (famed for the Out Island Regatta), the most beautiful natural harbour in the world. (Sailing? Reef exploring? Unbelievable.) We have our own fleet of Flying Scots and Sun fish. And our own fleet of power boats. We have one of the finest gourmet restaurants in the Baha mas. A beautiful fresh water swimming pool.Tennis. Brand new air-conditioned rooms. The best bone fishing and scuba diving anywhere. (Yes, anywhere.) Thelnn has its own new radio beacon. George Town has a new 5,000-foot paved runway and is a Bahamas port of entry. UNICOM 122.8. Refueling service. See your travel agent. Or our international repre sentatives, Leonard Hicks. Or write us, or phone us direct: P.O. Box 534, Miami, Florida 33148, (305) 633-1961. Managed by Innkeepers Int’l., Inc. out island inn GEORGE TOWN, GREAT EXUMA, BAHAMAS fly-ins are big business with us We have our own 2,400 foot, FAA approved, fully lighted airstrip. Just a wingspan away are complete facilities for golfing, skiing, tennis, swimming, riding, boating, hunting and fishing. Stay overnight in our luxury accommodations, enjoy a fantastic meal at The Meeting Place and swap flying tales over after-dinner drinks at The Copper Still. Fly in to Bryce and you’ll find a whole new world of enjoyment set up especially for fun loving flyers in groups of all sizes. For details call Caroline Emswiler, 703/477-3171; or toll free from the Washington, D.C. area, 628- BRYCE MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA 22810 19 OUR POWDER PUFF DERBY WOMAN OF THE YEAR and THE WOMEN’S WORLD AEROBATIC CHAMPION MARY GAFFANEY Take a look at the world up-side down and you will be another Mary Gaffaney. Our “Woman of the Year’’ spends most of her flying time in an inverted position. This strange way of looking at the earth brought further fame to Mary and to the United States when she became the 1972 Women’s World Aerobatic Champion during the competition in Salon de Provence, France. This was the culmination of her years of flying. Her interest in flying began in high school and she engaged in many fields of aviation — Closed Course Racing, Sky Writing, Cross Country Racing, Frost Flying, Flight Instruction and, of course, Aerobatics — her love. She was the 1967 National Women’s Aerobatic Champion in Reno, Nevada and has maintained this title for five consecutive years. Her records with World Aerobatic Competitions go back to 1968 when she competed in East Germany and was the first woman to represent the United States. In the summer of 1970 she again competed as a member of the U.S. team and won a gold medal for Class I to set a record as the only United States pilot to win a first place in an in dividual class. She also won three bronze medals in that competition. Mary resides in Miami, Florida and with her husband, Charles, owns and operates Kendall Flying School at the new Tamiami Airport. She holds an ATR Airplane, single and multi-engine land and an ATR Helicopter, a Seaplane and Glider ratings and to top it off, is an FAA Flight Examiner. Mary exemplifies the love of flying we share with her. Her dedication and self-discipline have brought honor to herself, to women and to her country. She has endeared herself to those in the aviation world as well as to those whose eyes look upward. The diagram taped to Mary’s instrument panel, an aerial road map of her champion aerobatics. If you can unscramble this diagram you will have followed Mary flying the compulsory maneuvers. 20 Take off for a happy landing in St. Augustine Plot a course to the Ponce de Leon Lodge and Golf Club. Just 5 minutes from St. Augustine Airport. Radio your arrival time and courtesy car will meet you. Then relax in the informal country club atmosphere of a 350-acre resort. With 18- hole private golf course, tennis, putting green and cloverleaf swimming pool just outside your door. Beautiful dining room, cocktail lounge. Lovely rooms and suites .Ponce dejeon with color TV, climate controls. Nearby beaches, fishing, sightseeing in historic St. Augustine. Golf Package: $19.50 daily per person, double occupancy. Includes all greens fees, full-course breakfast and dinner. (Minimum 2-day stay.) For reservations, see your travel agent. Phone (904) 824-2821 or write directly to: LODGE AND GOLF CLUB RO. Box 98, St. Augustine, Fla. 32084 A Flagler Resort PHOENIX. ARIZONA B5036 Beryl Aviation Specialties 7646 Hayvenhurst Ave. Van Nuys, Ca. 91406 Telephone (213) 988-5490 Toll free out of state: (800) 423-3178 Berylize Your Bonanza! Beryl Aviation Specialties has been located on Van Nuys Airport since 1967, specializing in Bonanza/Baron category aircraft. From our wide exposure to these air craft, we have enjoyed the unique opportunity to learn the needs of owners first-hand. As an outgrowth of this, our goal is to develop reasonably priced kits to modify and update the older models while maintaining the highest quality and most easily installed kits available. Kits may be ordered direct by telephone or mail. Except where indicated, they will be sent freight collect. Please specify model when ordering. California residents please add sales tax. Flight Extender New Canted fiberglass tip tanks, 15 gallons each. 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Kit has many options such as overhead air system, etc. Some models available only at our Van Nuys facility by scheduled appointment at the present time. Others may be shipped and installed at your FBO. Tail Cone Late long “V” style fiberglass tail cone will ac commodate an ADF antenna. Mounting holes are predrilled and nut plates installed for easy in stallation on plane. Plastic cover light lense also in cluded. Cone is large enough for tail strobe moun ting. Fits Bonanzas only. Kit comes complete. Ap prox. 1 hour installation. Kit $85.00 Shipping $4.00 22 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NINETY-NINES... Is it the “romance of flying” that has provided the pilots the desire to participate in this unique event? For some, the answer is YES! Whatever the reason, no single aviation competition attracts the attention of pilots and non-flyers as well as does the All Woman Transcontinental Air Race. Year after year the excitement of the race — over 100 airplanes flown by women from coast to coast — captures the imagination of everyone including the housewife, the mo ther and the grandmother, and inspires the young in a very special way. Just as the little leaguer on the sandlot team looks up to his hero in the big league, the novice or would-be pilot watches the race in awe of its participants. First-time racers are even in awe of this event. For example, one contestant who found her self in the number two position for take-off was confident that she could follow number one out of the start area, which was strange to her. Suddenly number one was stratched. In the starting position TAR 2 felt the pressure of leading the race with a field of veteran pilots behind her. Although many faster aircraft would soon overtake her lead, it didn’t hamper her competitive spirit, for the handicap gave her an equal chance to win. Her respectable place in the scoring will serve to encourage her and many more newcomers to try atain — to WIN! Ever since the first time the Press affectionately called the AWTAR the “Powder Puff Derby,” general aviation has taken note of the valuable contribution these women have made to the progress of aviation. Our thanks to the members of the AWTAR Board and the volunteer Ninety-Nines at the stops who devote their untiring efforts each year to make this the most suc cessful and exciting of women’s aviation events in the world. As President of the Ninety-Nines, I wish to encourage participation of its members from all over the world in this event to enhance international friendship and understanding. As you pull into take-off position, wait for the flag to drop, and advance the throttle, you will begin a flight across this great land of ours. Count your blessings to be living in the only coun try in the world where such an aviation event as this takes place. So to you, the racers, I wish you a great flight. If you start and reach the terminus — you’re a winner! Sincerely, President 23 THE 99’s SECOND FLYAWAY July 24, 1973 - Atchison, Kansas The Second Flyaway will launch the 99s’ involvement in America’s 200th Birthday, tieing in our past, present and future in a continuing, challenging goal to preserve our flying heritage, through the Inter national Air and Space Museum, participate in the present, by cleaning up and beautifying our Country and to project into The T-12D boasts other features you’ll like, too: Rotatable azimuth card indicator Avionics you can depend on. that’s exactly what it is. And it’s at your Bendix dealer's now. $1390 complete, not including installation. T-12C also available (if you’d rather tune manually) at $1030 complete, not installed. The Bendix Corporation, Avionics Division, P.O. Box 9414, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33310. If you want the dependable T-12C ADF with digital readout, you’ve got it. The T-12D. It boasts the same solid state, trouble-free circuitry. Same great perfor mance. Plus the retrofit trick of the year: It’s directly inter changeable with the T-12C. The T-12D. Think of it as a T-12C with digital tuning because Add digital readout to the Bendix T-12C and what do you get? Lock-on frequency selection Large, internally lighted numbers Top-notch needle stability, bearing accuracy and readout Static hushing noise suppressor BFO circuitry at no extra cost Built-in self-test America’s third century through the International Forest of Friend ship, a constant, beautiful re minder that, with care, love and understanding, all things can grow together. As ten years ago, the Charter members will spark the Second Flyaway by taking off from Amelia Earhart's birthplace, Atchison, Kansas, on her birthday, July 24, with the 99s’ Special First Day covers and the tree seedlings from the heartland of America, to follow the route of the First Flyaway. When the girls from Atchison touchdown at key airports they will be met by other 99’s, many of whom flew the route in 1963, who will fly the covers and seedlings to all the State Capital airports, where special ceremonies will be held July 24 and 25, depending on the distance and flying conditions from Atchison. While waiting for the 99’s to arrive for the First Day Cover and tree planting cere monies there will be clean-up and beautification demonstrations, fly ing exhibits and end up with America’s national folk dance — the Square. Don’t miss the fun, contact your State Capital 99’s and join in their plans. Many of Our International 99’s will be with us in Atchison. And a shining example of the efficiency progress of the 99’s will be demonstrated when two plans piloted by 99’s will lift off from the Amelia Earhart air port, one to fly the Atlantic, the other the Pacific, to personally de liver the 99’s covers and seedlings across the oceans. A flying start to celebrate America’s 200th Birth day. In the Spirit of 76 — Let it Be gin with Me. Fay Gillis Wells Chairman, the 99’s Second Flyaway 24 Helen Shropshire, Chairman 1972, 1973 & 1974 Drives Our Thanks To The Chairman and to the following NINETY-NINE Chapters and Sections contributing to the 1973 Powder Puff Derby Chapters giving $10 or more per member: San Diego Chapters giving $5 or more per member: Bakersfield ‘Colorado Eastern Washington El Cajon Valley Las Vegas Valley Los Angeles Minnesota Monterey Bay Other Contributing Chapters Abilene Alaska ‘Aloha Bay Cities Cape Girardeau Area Central Illinois Central Pennsylvania Chicago Area Coastal Bend Connecticut Dallas Dallas Redbird Eastern New England Eastern Pennsylvania Eastern Ontario First Canadian Florida Goldcoast Florida Suncoast Fort Worth Garden State Georgia Golden Triangle Greater Kansas City Greater New York Greater St. Louis ‘Greater Seattle High Sky Houston Indiana ‘Iowa Kansas Kentucky Blue Grass Kitty Hawk Long Beach Long Island Maple Leaf Memphis Michigan Mississippi Nebraska Mount Tahoma N.Y. Capital District North Georgia Northern New England Oklahoma Orange County Phoenix Puget Sound Redwood Empire Sacramento Valley Mount Diablo Palomar Reno Area San Joaquin Valley and Sections: San Antonio San Fernando Valley Santa Clara Valley Shreveport South Dakota Southern Sierra Spanish Peaks Tennessee ‘Tip of Texas Topeka Tri Cities Tri State Tucson Tulsa Virginia Washington D.C. Western Manitoba Western New England Western Washington Wichita Falls Wyoming New England Section North Central Section ‘Chapter and individual contributions These 99 Chapters are graciously hostessing the 1973 POWDER PUFF DERBY START Palomar TERMINUS Western New York EN ROUTE STOPS Phoenix Albuquerque Kansas Topeka - Must Stop Iowa - Must Stop Central Illinois Michigan - Must Stop Western New York Instrument indicates Dollars in Thousands contributed for the 1974 Powder Puff Derby to date. Contributions for 1974 accepted until Aug. 31, 1973. Your con tribution will help us fly higher. Send to: Helen Shropshire Box 534 Pacific Grove, Ca. 93950 25 OFFICIAL NAA APPROVED TOWER TIMERS Timers are responsible to NAA for the accurate recording of times off and over the fly-by lines at all race airports. SIMPLEX TIME STAMPS will again be used at all race stops. This is the 21st year that SIMPLEX has donated the use of their time stamp machines. PRESCOTT ALBUQUERQUE Melba Beard, Chief Com’l license, 3000 hrs.; Charter Member 99’s; 0X5 Woman of the Year 1963; Aviation Hall of Fame 1971; Phoenix Chapter 99’s. Ruth Reinhold Com’l License, 13,000 hrs.; SMEL, Instrument, Fit. Instr.; Member Ariz. Dept, of Aeronautics; Phoenix Chapter 99’s. Peg Noltensmeyer, Chief Pvt. SMEL, 380 hrs; Timer 1970 PPD; Mgr. Fit, School with husband; Albuquerque 99’s. Margaret Perez Pvt. License, 380 hrs.; Ac tive in Airmarking; Albuquerque 99’s. LIBERAL TOPEKA Mary Aikens, Chief ATR, Instrument, SMEL, Glider, 2600 hrs., Won Aerobatic Awards in Pitts, Kansas Chapter 99’s. Hazel Guy Pvt. License, 300 hrs.; PPD Timer 1953, 1970 Treas. Guy Flying Serv.; Kansas Chapter 99’s. Hazel Jones, Chief Com’l, Instrument, 2100 hrs.; Com’l Helicopter, Training Off. for FFS., 99 News Editor 3 yrs.; Dallas Chapter 99’s. Paulie Perry Com’l, Instrument, 600 hrs.; Com’l Glider; PPD Timer 1969, 1971, 1972; Nebraska Chapter 99’s. Dorothy Adcock Pvt. License, 125 hrs.; Worked on PPD ’62, ’66, ’69, ’72; Glider Rtg., Owns 1946 Champ; Nebraska Chapter 99’s. WATERLOO CHAMPAIGN Fay Glenn, Chief Com’l, Instrument, 625 hrs.; Timer 1969, 1971 PPD’s, Greater Kansas City 99’s. Theda Beningfield Com’l License, 1000 hrs.; Fit. Instrm., Fit. Instr.; Greater Kansas City 99’s. Barbara Jenison, Chief SMEL, Instrument, 1900 hrs.; Mbr. WACOA, Worked on ’62, ’63, ’72 PPDs, Lt/Col. CAP; Cen tral III. Chapter 99’s. Libby Ann Dunseth Com’l., Instrument, 1200 hrs.; Flew 99 So. Africa Safari; Flown llli-Nines Race; Central III. Chapter 99’s. FLINT NIAGARA FALLS Nancy Hecksei, Chief Pvt. License, 235 hrs.; Flown 4 SMALL races; Owns Mooney Mark 21; Michigan Chapter 99’s. Leah Higgins Com’l License, 850 hrs.; PPD Timer 6 yrs.; Flown TAR 6 yrs.; Michigan Chapter 99’s. Lucille Quamby Pvt. License, 500 hrs.; Chief Timer PPD & SMALL races; Michigan Chapter 99’s. Adelaide Tinker, Chief Com’l license, 500 hrs.; PPD Timer ’67, ’69, ’70, ’72; Washington D.C. 99’s. Gloria Durham Pvt. License, 130 hrs.; PPD Timer 1969, Publicity PPD Terminus 1960; Washington D.C. 99’s. 26 TOWER TIMERS (Cont.) ELMIRA Evelyn Braese Com’l, SMEL, IRA, FIA, 2800 hrs.; PPD Timer 1967-1972; Cape Girar deau Area 99’s. Ronnie Johnson Pvt. license, 250 hrs.; PPD timer ’66, 70, 72; Ch. Operations ’67 & ’68; Central Pa. Chapter 99’s. Millie Limbaugh, Chief Pvt. license, 200 hrs.; Ch. Stop Timer 5 yrs.; Ch. Term. Tower Timer 71, 72; Cape Girardeau Area 99’s. OFFICIAL INSPECTORS OF AIRCRAFT START Lynn Coulthard Pvt., Instrument, 500 hrs.; Flown 2 TARs; Worked on many TAR Starts; El Cajon Valley 99’s. TERMINUS Start Inspectors Not Pictured: Betty Kitchen Elizabeth Shattuck Margaret Walton Elsie Watson Joanne Nissen Com’l, IRA, SMEL; Flown 2 TARs, Chr. 1970 Start, Inspector 1972; Monterey Bay 99’s. Helen Mennitto Com’l. SMEL, Glider In str.; Served 3 yrs on TAR Board in charge of In spection; Fla. Goldcoast 99’s. Joan Bortles, Chief Com’l, IRA, Fit. Instr. 1700 hrs.; TAR Inspector 6 yrs. Owns '47 Stinson; Eas tern Pa. 99’s. Kate Macario Pvt. 1025 hrs.; Served as TAR publicity, accom odations, impound, operation & inspection; Eastern Pa. 99’s. Planes must arrive at Palomar Airport and be impounded by 5 p.m., July 9th. Here they undergo a thorough safety inspection by FAA licensed Aircraft Inspectors, assisted by PPD Official Inspectors, and to insure that they are stock models and comply with POWDER PUFF DERBY regulations. All planes are again impounded im mediately upon landing after being timed over the finish line. Each aircraft is again inspected for infrigements and safety. Inspection teams are composed of AWTAR Official Inspectors, FAA licensed AP’s and Al’s, and for the thrid year, engineers from the faculty of EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, technical aircraft inspeciton experts. PUBLICITY FOR CONTESTANTS AND OFFICIALS Hazel Jones Releases to local papers on PPD Con testants and Officials have been sent out this year by this former 99 News Editor. Hazel has flown nine TARs and holds a Com’l., Instrument and Helicopter ratings. She has been an Air Traffic Control Specialist for the FSS in Dallas since 1952. She won an AE Scholarship in 1968 and an AOPA Award for her contribution to general aviation in 1970. In 1972 Secretary of the Dept, of Transportation John A. Volpe pre sented the Award for Meritorious Achieve ment to Hazel McKendrick Jones, Evalua tion and Proficiency Development Special ist. THE YOUNGEST 1972 RACERS Stephanie Beuchat and Kathleen Fitz patrick with Kay Brick, AWTAR Executive Director. 27 Somewhere on this page is one of the best business decisions you’ll ever make. Because each of these business aircraft is built by Rockwell International. In the past 38 years we’ve produced thousands of dependable, economical, high- performance aircraft and space craft. Everything from military fighters and business jets to Apollo, the ship that took man to the moon. If you’d like to know more about our aircraft (and why they're Dept. PPD-24, 5001 N. Rockwell Ave., Bethany, Okla. 73008 U.S.A. smart decisions), write for the dealer or distributor near you: General Aviation Divisions, Rockwell International, 4* Rockwell International First all-new, single-engine, fixed-gear plane in a decade Rockwell Sabre 40A®. Rockwell Sabre 60®. Rockwell Sabre 75A®. The Sabre Series of business jets (shown below). There’s one with the perfect combination of payload, performance and price for your company. Rockwell Thrush Commander®. Toughest of the world’s agricultural planes. Rockwell Commander 112®. First all-new, single-engine retractable in a decade. Rockwell Shrike Commander®. Best all-around performer in its class. Rockwell Turbo Commander 690®. Best all-around prop-jet at any price Rockwell Commander 685®. Best pressurized, tubrocharged twin in its class. OFFICIAL NAA START AND TERMINUS TIMER/JUDGES Marion Betzler, Chief Air Transport Pilot, 9000 hrs.; Ch. Fit Instr, at E.C. Aviation; Flown 9 TARs; All-Ohio Chapter 99’s. Mary E. Clark Com’l license, 1000 hrs.; On 99 Exec. Bd., Flown 8 TARS, Winning co-pilot 1966; Michi gan Chapter 99’s. Gertrude Lockwood, Chief Pvt., Instrument, 1800 hrs.; Flown 3 TARs, Start Chr. 1958; AWTAR Board 1960-61; Palomar Chapter 99’s. Betty H. Gillies Com’l, SMELS, IRA, 6000 hrs.; 99 Pres. 1939-41, WASP: AWTAR Chr. 1952-61; San Diego Chapter 99’s. Ruth Ebey Private License, 150 hrs.; Ser ved on TAR Start Comm.; Timer for PAR; San Diego Chapter 99’s. OFFICIAL NAA SCORERS OSCE ROBERTS Husband of Greater New York Chap ter Ninety-Nine, Naomi Meeker Rob erts, Osce is a graduate of Georgia Tech and has worked for Union Car bide for 19 years, presently as a Data Processing Manager. Previously he designed, built, and participated in the diving tests of the diving bell built for Ocean Systems, a subsidiary of Union Carbide. He worked with Ed Link, of Link Aviation Trainers, on a project to set undersea diving records. As ham operator, WB2CSP, Janice Kuechenmeister Pvt. License, 655 hrs.; Glider rating; Flown TAR, Timed many races; All-Ohio Chapter 99’s. Joan L. Hrubec, Chief Pvt. license, 1663 hrs.; TAR Timer ’61, ’62, ’63, ’67; Ch. Timer ’69, ’70. Flew 3 TARs; All-Ohio Chapter 99’s. Edythe S. Maxim Com’l. Instrument, 1025 hrs.; Flown 2 TARs, plus other races; TAR Timer 1967; All Ohio Chapter 99’s. NCSS PRIMARY NETWORK he volunteered his services for the AWTAR, until his work as a “computernik” was discovered and he agreed to do the computer program for the POWDER PUFF DERBY. He has programmed the race computations this year for the IBM System/360 Model 67 so that we may use the same program year after year by just substituting the current data. Our very grateful thanks to Osce for his many hours of labor for the race. He’ll be at the Terminus in Elmira to see that all the information is fed to the computer properly. Users in locations not shown can access the NCSS network through the standard telephone network. Computer Center, Stamford, Conn. NATIONAL CSS, INC. is furnishing the computer time necessary for all the scoring of the 1973 AWTAR. NCSS offers a com plete spectrum of on-line data services through its international computer network. These services provide the most efficient tools for solving industrial, commercial, scientific, or engineering problems in an inter-active data-processing environment. Among other “firsts,” NCSS has achieved in developing its time-sharing services is: First to make the IBM System/360 Model 67 available in a successful, commercial time-sharing system. Their computer network now consists of five IBM System/360 Model 67 processors capable of performing large-scale general-purpose computing and specifically designed for simultaneous scientific and business data processing. A big THANKS to NCSS from AWTAR and all the contestants. 29 WELCOMEWhen the South paw of the great “California Bear” welcomes, you enter a unique land of natural beauty and man-made progress that re flects decades of hard toil, planning and civic ambition. It is a part of America blessed with magnificent climate and Nature’s graceful abundance. It is also a wonderland of constant growth, people of all nationalities and creeds, and an exciting colorful myriad of activities. From the heartland of mountains and valleys flows a wealth of minerals and precious gems. Coyotes, horses and cattle roam the fertile ranchlands. Avocados compete with citrus, strawberries and vegetables for the nation’s markets. Talent abounds in a world of native and locally acquired arts. The social life of golfers, gourmets and race-track af- ficionadas contrasts with the action of the riding, surfing and yachting enthusiasts. There are all manner of com munities living in gracious retirement, and zoological paradises for the wonders of our animal world to survive in. From all of this emerges A WEALTH OF DEDICATED LIVING! Finally there is that epitome of freedom . . . FLYING, free and high, in the sunkissed blue of the heavens above, with Palomar Airport and the shimmering Pacific Coast far below. We, who welcome you to our beautiful homeland pay homage to the place names we hope you may visit with us . . . Carlsbad, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escon dido, Fallbrook, La Costa, Leucadia, Oceanside, Palomar, Pala, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, Ramona, Rancho Santa Fe, San Luis Rey, San Marcos, Valley Center, Vista and all the little hidden havens in between. Second row - Esther Whitt, Lillian Hartman, Mary M. Moons, Gertrude Lockwood, Terry Mackey. Front row - Mary Santosuosso, Agnes Langevin, Ruth Kneifel, Betty Kitchin, Janice Free. Rear row, left to right - Harriet Booth, Pixie Truss, Ruth Dilg, Ethel Robin son. Third row - Pam Vander Linden, Peg Goings, Barbara Whipps, Rosemary Longmire, Mary Pearson, Evelyn Ashton. i START PROGRAM Sponsored by PALOMAR CHAPTER OO’s Sat. July 7 RANCHO SANTA FE DAY Mexican Fiesta, Harriett Booth’s, 6:30 p.m. Sun. July 8 OCEANSIDE DAY Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside Harbor, booze cruise and supper Buses leave at 3:30 p.m. Mon. July 9 ESCONDIDO DAY San Diego Wild Animal Park and picnic. Buses leave at 3:30 p.m. Tues. July 10 FALLBROOK DAY Rotary Club hosts will pick up at hotel or airport from 11:30 a.m. Realtors Bar-B-Que at 6:00 p.m. Wed. July 11 MANDATORY PILOT BRIEFING 8:30 to 11:30 A.M. VISTA DAY Vista Elks Club luncheon, Parade of Sports Fashions 12:30 p.m., Buses leave from 11:30 a.m. TAKE-OFF BANQUET Cocktail Hour 6:00 p.m., Banquet 7:00 p.m. LA COSTA CONVENTION CENTER Thurs. July 12 GENERAL PILOT BRIEFING 9:00 to 12:00 a.m. MANDATORY 1st TIME RACERS BRIEFING 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Afternoon and evening free, cars will be available for shopping, etc. Fri. July 13 TAKE-OFF BREAKFAST FOR RACERS AND OFFICIALS La Costa 6:00 a.m. Pancake breakfast for public at Palomar Airport 7:00 to 12:00 a.m. served by Fallbrook Lions Club. From the Pacific's shimmering shores to Elmira - Soaring Capita! of the World 30 to NORTH SAN l»lEGO COUNTY...... Greetings 1073 avocado country. Photo Southern California’s playground. START HEADQUARTERS. Animal Park at San lovely harbor Rey Mission. of Oceanside. The spirit of Camino 1. Fallbrook and Vista - i courtesy of AHRENDS. 2. Fabulous La Costa. Diego Wild Dan Rios . . . Times 3. The lazy, 4. San Luis Real! 5. The San Pasqual. Photo courtesy Advocate. Thank You to Aeromarine-Chrondek, Inc. Aero Publishers, Inc. Air California Anaheim S&L Association The Apothecary Shop Bakersfield Chapter 99’s Bank of America NT&SA Cal Chico Kiwi Co. Cal West Escrow Co. Calavo Growers Carlsbad C. of C. B.M. Christiansen, Chr. Business Men & Service Clubs Col. David M. Dunne, Mayor The Corner, McNamee Devel. Corp. Del Rey Avocado Co. East Bros. Grove Service Escondido C. of C. Escondido Bd. of Realtors Escondido National Bank Fallbrook Bd. of Realtors Fallbrook C. of C. Fallbrook Lions Club Fallbrook Real Estate Co. Fallbrook Rotary Club Fosters Avocado Co. Golden West Chapter 99’s Green Goddess Avocado Co. Warren Harvey Flowers, Encinitas Home Federal S&L Association Imperial S&L Association Index Mutual Association Riley L. Johnston Pat Kelly Tours The Langevin Co., Inc. Sound Engineers Bob Lebo Will Mason Insurance McLeod Mortuary Palomar S&L Association Oceanside Federal S&L Assoc. Oceanside C. of C. Richard Moon & Aviation Comm Howard T. Richardson, Mayor Paino & Sons Avocado Packers San Diego Trust & Savings Bank San Diego Chaptet 99’s Schillers Jewelry Security Pacific National Bank Uchimura Strawberry Farms United California Bank Village House of Ceramics Village Market Village Printers Vista Bd. of Realtors Service Clubs & Business Men Vista C. of C. Wards Jewelers The Wayside Shop Jim Wilbanks Don Sharp, Volkswagen Maure Solt Jack Sparkman Southern California First National Bank Southwest Bank R. L. Thibodo Construction And all the generous and enthusiastic people of North County who have made this P.P.D. Start possible. From the Pacific's shimmering shores to Elmira - Soaring Capita! of the World 31 Buy the ELT you can depend on at a price you can live with. Narco ELT 10: $149.00 By the end of 1973, you’ve got to have an ELT In your airplane. That’s the law. After that, no ELT, no airworthiness certificate. You’ve got to have one. So it makes sense to get one you can de pend on. At a price you can afford. The$149 Narco ELT-10.Backed by 25 years of Narco experience. It meets or exceeds all government requirements of TSO C91, deliver ing 300 milliwatts of initial power, enough to blast the emergency sig nal more than 200 miles. The dependable Narco ELT-10. It’s sold and supported by 700 Narco dealers and features a gen erous warranty that can be renewed when you replace the original equipment battery pack. Buy the ELT you can depend on, now and for years to come. From Narco, the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft radios. 0 Member of GAMA Dependability when it counts. ‘external antenna and panel switch optional ON COURSE FROM AVOCADO COUNTRY TO THE SOARING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD The 27th Annual POWDER PUFF DERBY, largest speed air race in the world, will be timed off by the new con trol tower at PALOMAR AIRPORT, CARLSBAD, Ca. at 9:00 PDT on July 13th, 1973. Airplanes competing in this classic will seek to complete the 2543 mile course and swoop down across the finish line of International flags at CHEMUNG COUNTY AIRPORT, ELMIRA-CORNING, N.Y. before 1800 EDT, July 16th. The race is open to all qualified women pilots flying stock model, fixed-wing, single or multi-engine aircraft, 145-450 horsepower. Only daylight flying in VFR (contact) weather is permitted. Winners are determined using a published handicap basis for each make and model of aircraft. Therefore, winners cannot be known until all planes have crossed the finish line. Eight en route stops are officially designated for refueling and remaining over-night. All control towers are equipped with SIMPLEX TIME STAMPS and the contestant’s time is stopped when she flies by the timing line at each airport and is not started again until she is cleared for her next take-off. Contestants will be vieing for the $12,575 purse to be divided among the top ten places. Trophies will be given as well as several thousand dollars for 45 specialized categories including best leg scores. For the 21st year, an Amateur Radio Network will cover the entire route. This service supplements the standard communications offered by the Federal Aviation Administration. Vital weather data and forecasting services needed for en route planning will again be provided by the U.S. Weather Bureau. The race is managed by an eight woman Board of Directors, AWTAR, INC. (a non-profit corporation), and is endorsed by the NINETY-NINES, INC., international organization of licensed women pilots. WITH THE WEATHER BRIEFING OVER THE RACERS ARE READY TO GO The racers will swarm from the luxurious start headquarters at LA COSTA RESORT, snuggled in the North San Diego foothills, to warm up their planes atop the plateau at PALOMAR AIRPORT. Spectators will watch the dynamic flag-off of each plane and see it reaching for sufficient altitude to cross the 6600 foot Santa Rosa Peaks. The Airport Manager is Lowell C. Hurlbut; the Tower Controller is Eric Larson; FSS is Ruth Dennis; WX is Claire D. Jensen/MIC; FAA is Gerald Pennington. Palomar committee on preceding page. San Diego County Photo The racers are ready and MARTIN MILNER, our Honorary Starter, will flag off the No. 1 plane. Mr. Milner, currently starring as the sen ior officer in Adam-12, re ceived his first big TV break in “Route 66’’. As he hears the sound of well-tuned en gines purring and waiting for him to raise the starting flag (for those are not the sound of police sirens or racing cars on city streets) his eyes will turn from the lanes of his usual paved highways to the air lanes of the skies follow- Honorary Starter Martin Milner ing the flight of the women fliers. Mr. Milner resides with his wife and four children in Fallbrook, California where he fishes, Official Starter George Griffith collects Early American furniture, runs his ranch and raises avocados. The No. 2 plane and all following planes will be flagged off by GEORGE GRIF FITH, Executive Vice President of Griffith Company, contractors, serving his fourth year as the Official Waver of the red and yellow AWTAR flag. It is an in tricate and comprehensive assignment to organize a precision event such as this race take-off and consumes a great deal of his time prior to the exciting moment of reved-up engines. His crew shows his mastery of organization as they get the planes off in a safe but stirring manner and every racer is well briefed by him on take-off procedures at the last pilot briefing. Mr. Griffith is an active pilot, a warm friend of the POWDER PUFF DERBY and this year has the added thrill of flagging off TAR No. 6 piloted by his wife, Thon. 33 DOW CORNING Our silicones travel in sophisticated company. DOW CORNING Let’s go Windecker Eagle I Billie Joyce Wyche Stephanie Vickery We’re with you all the way Silicone adhesive/sealants Silane coupling agents Silicone lubricants Silicone paint additives Silicone fluids Silicone moldmaking rubber Committee: Mary Lou Brown, Stop Chairman; Melba Beard, Chief Timer; Sue Harper, Publicity/Phoe- nix Chapter Chairman; June Cleverly, Assistant Stop Chairman. Not shown: Lois Merritt Ward, Opera tions. PRESCOTT Shortly the racers will see the northern tip of the great Salton Sea. Deserts stretch below, but there’s no point in descending, for soon after crossing the mighty Colorado River, the mountains begin expanding. Approaching their first stop at PRESCOTT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ARIZONA, the racers will let down to slip through the saddle of Granite Mountain, and if they glance quickly 70 miles north-eastward, they will view Flagstaff’s 12,633 foot Hum phrey’s Peak, still snow clad. Lovely PRESCOTT is nestled picturesquely on the eastern slope of the mountains. The Airport Manager is Rudy Clark; the Tower Chief is Art Corwin; FSS and WX Chief is Raymond E. Shire. The two legs requiring the highest flight altitude lie ahead, while beneath are widely scattered ranches, stray buildings, dry creeks and mountain washes which are treacherous, thundering menaces when storms erupt. Be yond the Rio Grande River against the backdrop of the massive, matchless Sandia Mountains, lies ALBU QUERQUE, NEW MEXICO’S appropriately named “Sun port”, now designated “International Airport”, site of the first World Hot Air Balloon Championship, February 1973. The Airport Manager is Clyde G. Sharrer; the Chief Tower Operator is John L. Ehman; FSS Chief is Harold L. Chad wick; FAA is Donald L. Schminkey. ALBUQUERQUE Leaving Albuquerque, racers will zip through the pass assuming a change of course to northeast and attain suffi cient altitude to fly over the National Wildlife Refuge at Las Vegas New Mexico. As they cut across the corner of Oklahoma, the terrain mellows and gradually gives way to the spaciousness of KANSAS ahead. First comes LIB ERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT undergoing a million dollar improvement, home of the Beechcraft Musketeer, and site of the 1973 International Sailplane Soaring Contest. The Airport Manager is W. D. Barnum; the FSS Chief is Clyde Little; FAA Chief is B. L. Abram. Committee: Becky Lutz, Stop Chairman; Johnny Hickey, Assistant Chair man; Joy Feak, Timer; Claudia Beckner, Opera tions. Not shown: Eleanor Sanchez, Publicity. LIBERAL Committee: Front row L to R — Grace Crist, Trans portation & Housing; Mary Aikens, Chief Timer; Donna Shirley, Asst. Publicity; Arliene Dando, Asst. Stop Chairman. Back row L to R — Dean Barnum, Liberal City Manager; lone Shore, Hospitality; Darlene Brollier, Publicity; Marte Wessle, Amateur Radio Operator; Elizabeth McCreight. Asst. Opera tions; Garnett Hastings Nance, Stop Chairman; Not shown: Carol Bond, Opera tions Chairman. 35 Fly Feme to your Fly~in Feme Florida's Newest Development for Pilots Partial view of 4,400-ft. runway with administration building surrounded by palm trees. Wing South Airpark located in Naples, Florida, offers a whole new way of life for the pilot. When he flies home to Wing South Airpark, his bird nestles under his roof. Here the pilot's good taste is reflected in his lifestyle. Here is the nation's newest and most modern residential, condominum development for pilots. Private villas are single-family ultra-contempory homes. They are NOT apartments. Everything is maintained, and when you buy your villa you receive a share in the whole airpark. To provide maintenance we developed on the con dominum principle—no land leases. The smallest villa is 3,300 sq. ft. and includes a pool and lanai. The planeports are screened. The 4,400-ft. runway is activated. Unicom 122.8. Fly in to your own fly-in home at Wing South Airpark. Pre-development prices are subject to change, and membership approval is required. So give us a call or visit us soon. Pilot's dream lounge is typical of the solid luxury and comfort of all the personal facilities at Wing South Airpark. 813/774-3549 P.O. Box 1408 Naples, Florida 33940 36 Committee - L to R - Pat Lane, Stop Chairman; Glenna Walters, Opera tions; Sondra Ridgeway, Trans/Housing; Hazel Neely, Hospitality; Char lotte Kenney, Publicity; Audrey Switzer, Program Sales. TOPEKA Then it’s off again holding a steady course to the first MUST STOP at TOPEKA, KANSAS, on a curve in the Kan sas River. Call-in point is the gleaming Capitol building of this Capitol City where a welcome of boundless propor tions awaits at PHILIP BILLARD AIRPORT, recipient of FAA’s Airport Beautification Award. The Airport Manager is William P. Coates; Chief Tower Operator is Cleo F. Noland; Chief FSS is Joseph E. Strobel; WX is Ed Provost/MIC; FAA Chief is David C. Detamore. On take-off, contestants now need to select a new heading of 20 degrees and resist the temptation to dip down onto the first airport on course, that of AMELIA EARHART at Atchison, Kansas, which honors the birth place of that beloved aviation pioneer. After crossing the wide Missouri River north of “St. Joe,” and when sand stone bluffs begin to appear, race planes will be ap proaching IOWA and a second MUST STOP at WATERLOO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, on the Cedar River, which waterway contributed greatly to the creation of this city of industrial prominence and recreational beauty. The Airport Manager is George H. Brown; the Chief Tower Operator is Arthur W. Harris; WX is Don Pray/MIC; FAA Chief is Frank W. Webb. It’s a zig-zag course from now on to the finish. Midwest farms provide section lines which serve as navigational aids in this area of the country. A 120 degree heading, paralleling the Cedar River before crossing the Mississippi River, will lead to CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS. Here the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-WILLARD AIRPORT, named for its founding President, handles aircraft movements every 30 seconds. Founded within the Univer sity structure in 1945, it was dedicated to educational, community, commercial and military service. The Airport Manager is Ralph Flexman; the Tower Operator is Dale E. Warner; FSS is Lowell Jackson, FAA Chief is Burdette Thompson. Committee: Jean West, Stop Chairman; Jayne Schick, Operations; Ann Kaiser, Co-Chairman; Kath leen Wood, Barbara Jeni son, Publicity; Clarrisa Hol comb, Timer. CHAMPAIGN WATERLOO Committee: Sonja Miller, RON; Claudette Parker, Repairs; Geraldine Walker, Stop CoChairman; Maurine Kahle, Stop Chairman; Mary Lou Wright, Flight Plan; Rowena Bennett, Operations; Jean Ellingson, Timer. Not shown: Annetta Haack, Chap ter Chairman; Carolyn Rowney, Operations Chair man. 37 You've Come a Long Way to Get the BEST Welcome to Elmira, Girls!! **¥¥¥************ THE FINEST MAINTENANCE IN THE N.E.: Horseheads Aeronautical CORPORATION Complete Airframe, Engine and Avionic Service All Major Mfgrs. 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FLINT On departure and holding 50 magnetic degrees, con testants will cut across Indiana into continuing verdant land smattered with lakes on their way to the third MUST STOP at BISHOP AIRPORT, FLINT, MICHIGAN. This is the first return of the POWDER PUFF DERBY to this progressive city since the race terminated there in 1956. The Airport Manager is Donald B. Freeborn; the Chief Tower Operator is Raymond A. Kerwin with Asst. Chief, Donald B. Wyatt; FSS Chief is Walter Brown; WX is A. E. Burgtorf; Chief FAA is Edwin B. Schaeffer. Next it’s due East for an exciting leg over the southern tip of Lake Huron overflying CANADA with its expansive reaches of farms; then right over that natural thunderous wonder, the 182 foot American Falls and the 176 foot Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls, greener due to their greater volume. If the sun shines on the Niagara Falls it is not the rainbow’s end for the racer since 123 miles remain to be covered after flying across the timing line at NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW YORK. The Air port Manager is Robert H. Miller; the Chief Tower Operator is Howard A. Cocklin, FSS is James C. Coleman. The last jog southward presents green mountains and vineyards in the Finger Lakes Region, famous for its wines. A quick salute to another pioneer airman, Glenn Curtiss, is cast as fliers pass by Hammondsport, site of many aviation firsts. Then comes Corning, N.Y., home of the world-renown Corning Glass Works and Glass Center housing the famed and priceless glass museum. From here only a few short minutes to CHEMUNG COUNTY AIRPORT, the first airport in N.Y. State to hostess a POWDER PUFF DERBY start or terminus. Zooming across the traditional finish line, one will see a flash of brilliant colors, 20’ high flags from countries of our international entries as well as our own Stars and Stripes. Now there is only the final approach, touchdown, taxi and park and welcome by official greeters, photographer, press and hundreds of people in holiday spirit from the surrounding Southern Tier area to realize the completion of the 27th Annual POWDER PUFF DERBY. One may observe the sail plane activity on the ridge south of the airport, site of famous Harris Hill—the Soaring Capital of America. Elmira is home of Samuel Clements, better known under his pen name of Mark Twain, whose study is on display at Elmira College. The Airport Manager is Edward Wronkoski; Chief Tower Controller, James Menges and FSS, Paul Hoskin son. Seated L to R—Diane Mudd, Hospitality Chairman; Jean Valvo, Operations; Kathy Poto- zek, Chapter Chairman; Peggy Pieper, Stop Chairman; Aggie Denier, Operations Chairman. Standing L to R: Shirley Havice, Hospitality; Jody Lam merts; Ann Dupras, Publicity Chairman; Gini MacKrell, Op erations; Marge Lach, Terri Pirrung, Co-Chairman; Arlene Lo Presti, Timer; Audrey La Marca, Timer. NIAGARA FALLS ELMIRA-CORNING Committee: Front, L to R: Mary Wallis, Housing; Barbara Riggs, Terminus Chairman; Jean Mar shall, Awards Banquet. Back: Fran Morrisey, Operations Co- Chairman; Ellen Taylor, Pub licity; Ginny Schweizer, En tertainment; Kay Wolcott, Regis tration. Not shown: Hazel Barto- let, Operations Chairman. 39 Mark Twain Study — Elmira College American Bridge Westinghouse Electronic Tube Division American LaFrance Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company National Homes Corporation Welcome to Awaiting you is a panorama of exciting, interesting things to see and do. Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, made his home in Elmira and the Mark Twain Study is a landmark on the lovely Elmira College campus in the heart of the city. Harris Hill, overlooking the Chemung County Airport, is the home of the National Soaring Museum and of the Harris Hill Soaring Society. In Corning, you’ll enjoy visiting the Corning Glass Center which houses the Corning Museum of Glass, the Hall of Science and Industry, and the Steuben Glass Factory in which skilled artisans can be observed as they hand-fashion treasured Steuben Glass pieces. The Center is also the home of the Corning Summer Theater. The Rockwell Gallery offers the largest collection of Western art east of the Mississippi. The nearby villages of Horseheads and Painted Post, by their very names, attest to the area’s rich Indian and early colonization lore. Indeed, the immediate Elmira-Corning area is loaded with historic sites, recreation centers, taverns, excellent restaurants and quaint New York State attractions. In addition, there are several nearby places of interest. The Finger Lakes, for example, are famous for their scenic beauty and excellent sailing and other water sports. From the hillsides around these lakes come the bulk of the grapes that make New York State wines and champagnes among the world’s best and a visit to the wineries at Hammondsport or Naples is almost a must. Also in Hammondsport is a quaint museum dedicated to the memory of the late Glenn Curtiss and housing many artifacts of aviation’s infancy. In fact, during Powder Puff Derby Week, a in Beautiful Finge Ann Page Division Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Engraving of Steuben Glass at Corning Glass Center Corning Glass Center — Corning Glass Works Ingersoll Rand Corning Summer Theater Elmira - Corning selection of the museum’s artifacts will be on display at the Arnot Art Gallery in downtown Elmira. Nearby Watkins Glen is the site of the U.S. Grand Prix and the Can-Am auto races as well as the scenic Watkins Glen Gorge and state park. Not too far afield from Elmira-Corning are two impressive sites — either from the air or from the ground — the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon at Wellsboro and the Genesee River Gorge in Letchworth State Park. Obviously, from this listing, tourism is a major industry in the Elmira-Corning area. But it is far from being the area’s only industry. Situated at the crossroads of New York’s southern tier, the Elmira- Corning area is world headquarters for Corning Glass Works. One of the largest A & P processing plants is located here. And several large national and locally owned companies have sizeable facilities here. Supported by rail and air transportation facilities and an excellent and growing highway system, the area is ideally located to serve the large markets of the northeast and the midwest. In fact, one-fourth of the nation’s population lives and works within a 300-mile radius of the Elmira-Corning area. In all, there is plenty to see and much to do in beautiful Finger Lakes country. But most important, you’ll appreciate the warm hospitality of our people. Enjoy your stay and do come back and revisit us again soon. Lakes Country Where to Fly. . . Soardie SunnySkie§ qfSunfiver No other Oregon resort can match the spectac ular sight offered fliers approaching Sunriver. And all you see is yours to enjoy...golf, tennis, swimming, luxury accommodations, and superb dining in Sunriver’s magnificent Lodge. Sun river’s 4,500 ft. airstrip is paved and lighted. Fuel, parking, tiedowns, Unicom (122.8), and transportation to the Lodge is available. Mail the coupon below for de tails on Sunriver’s special “Fly-In” vacation plan. Attention: Art Greisser Name_______ ____ ___________________________________ Add ress_____________________ City State Zip SUMrIVeR. SUNRIVER, OREGON 97701 TELEPHONE (503) 593-1221 Take off for a happy landing in St. Augustine Plot a course to the Ponce de Leon Lodge and Golf Club. Just 5 minutes from St. Augustine Airport. Radio your arrival time and courtesy car will meet you. Then relax in the informal country club atmosphere of a 350-acre resort. With 18- hole private golf course, tennis, putting green and cloverleaf swimming pool just outside your door. Beautiful dining room, cocktail lounge. Lovely rooms and suites with color TV, climate controls. Nearby beaches, fishing, sightseeing in historic St. Augustine. Golf Package: $22.50 daily per person, double occupancy. Includes all greens fees, full-course breakfast and dinner. (Minimum 2-day stay.) ft For reservations, see your travel agent. Call (904) 824-2821 or write to: I LODGE AND GOLF CLUB Jwice dejeon Give ’er the gun, Mary and Eloise! Your campers are rooting for you! BOYNE MOUNTAIN AIR ACADEMY Mary Creason, Boyne Country Flight Director TO THE BEST POWDER PUFF DERBY, EVER! $ "FLY TO THE SUN'" You’ll make your best approach when you put your graceful bird down at FLIGHT SUP PORT in Sebring, at the Air Terminal. 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Treasure Cay Beach Hotel and Villas Abaco, Bahamas Treasure Cay International Airport has a 5000 long by 100* wide asphalt runway. Aviation fuel is available. The Inn is equipped with UNICOM 122.8. See your travel agent or write Dept. AT, P.O. Box 3941, M ain Office, Miami, Florida 33101. Represented by Hetland & Stevens, I nc. BARTLING, Lois........................................................1957-61 BERA, Fran ...............................................................1968-71 CRANE, Mardo......................................................... 1947-52 CRITCHELL, Iris........................................................1954-61 CRONAN, Selma ......................................................1960-62 DAVIS, Arlene........................................................... 1951-52 FAILING, Joyce ....................................................... 1955-56 FAIRBANK, Lois....................................................... 1963-67 GILLIES, Betty H.......................................................1950-61 GRIFFITH, Thon....................................................... 1966-72 HAMMOND, Alice ....................................................1961-67 HART, Jane...............................................................1961-63 HEISE, Eugenia....................................................... 1970-72 HYDE, Louise........................................................... 1961-63 KEAVENY, Ruby........................................................1966-67 LANGHER, Doris......................................................1959-60 LOCKWOOD, Gertrude.............................................1960-61 LONDON, Barbara....................................................1951-65 LOUFEK, Betty......................................................... 1952-56 MEDES, Beatrice......................................................1952-57 MENNITTO, Helen....................................................1969-72 NICHOLSON, Claire Hale....................................... 1955-59 RAMBO, Anne........................................................... 1952-53 ROSS, Margaret........................................................1961-65 ROTH, Sylvia............................................................. 1959-61 SHEEHY, Ethel......................................................... 1951-55 SMITH, Louise ......................................................... 1955-58 STEADMAN, Bernice T.............................................1957-59 VASQUES, Theresa.................................................. 1959-68 WILSON, Priscilla .................................................... 1963-69 FLYING ANYONE? Come in on our own 4,200' landing strip or seaplane base — In the heart of our 2,000 acre estate — Free transportation on Hotel grounds at all times. Indulge in your favorite activity or try your hand at any out door or water sport. They’re all available in fantastic scenery — End the day with dancing to a live orchestra — Enter tainment — Superb food — Cocktail lounge. State your preference. We probably have a special pack age to suit you. Like, for instance, our Family Weeks with a free supervised children’s program. Write for our free brochure and rate card. You'll be amazed at what awaits you. Others who served prior to Incorporation in 1951 Mirian Bertram, Evelyn Briggs, Verna Burke, Clara Davis, Helen Dick, Ellen Gilmour, Helen Hooper Moore, Gladys Pennington, Lola Perkins Ricci, Mary Ring, Vivian Ropes, Ann Ross, Anne Smith, Amalie Stone, Babe Story, Dee Thurmond, Claire Walters, Carolyn West. OFFICIAL POWDER PUFF DERBY PIN This official Powder Puff Derby pin, designed by Marion Andrews, can be purchased and worn only by those who have flown the race. To order make check payable to AWTAR, Inc. and send to: Barbara Evans 40 Stuart Place Manhasset, N.Y. 11030 St. Jovite - Mt. Tremblant P.O. Box 1000 - St. Jovite, P.O., Canada Tel.: (819) 425-2771 14 Carat Gold - $27.50 Gold Filled - $15.00 46 No. 1 PILOT (L): DIANE E. SHAW, Wildwood, New Jersey RATINGS: Commerical, SEL, 400 hours CO-PILOT (R): MARY ROSE MYERS, Atlantic City, New Jersey RATINGS: Commercial, SEL, 740 hours AIRPLANE: Piper Cherokee PA 28 180 h.p. SPONSOR: Shawcrest Trailer Sales, Wildwood, New Jersey The coveted number one spot goes to a first TAR team piloted by Diane. A ride in an open cockpit plane in 1967 was the start of her flying and she received her com mercial licnese just in time to enter this year’s race. She and her non-pilot husband, Frank, own one of the largest mobile home parks in New Jersey. Diane also runs her own insurance company. Memberships: AOPA, NAA, Garden State Chapter-99’s. Mary Rose is flying her first TAR but she is well acquainted with the race having worked three terminuses and one start. Her husband, William, retired from the Atlan tic City Police Department and is now a pilot with Allegeheny Commuter Airlines. Mary Rose has been active in CAP searches. Memberships: AOPA, NAA, Garden State Chapter-99’s. No. 2 PILOT (L): CAROLINE N. “CONNIE” LUHTA, Painesbille, Ohio RATINGS: Commercial, Instrument, Flight Instructor, SMEL, SES, Ground Instructor ratings, 1300 hours CO-PILOT (R): PATRICIA COLLIER, Bellville, Ohio RATINGS: Commerical, SMEL, 770 hours AIRPLANE: Piper Cherokee PA 28 180 h.p. SPONSOR: Painseville Flying Service Inc., Ohio This is the eighth TAR for Connie who is assistant manager, flight and ground in structor along with her husband, Adolph, at the Painesville Flying Service. Connie flew the 1970 PPD when seven months pregnant. The future 99 is aged two and one- half. In 1970 Connie was a winner of the AE Memorial Scholarship. Memberships: AOPA, All-Ohio Chapter-99’s. This is the tenth TAR for Patricia who is a hosiery and slipper buyer for H. L. Reed Co. in Mansfield. Her husband, Myron, is a pilot and they have one married daughter. She and her husband were pilots when they met. Memberships: All-Ohio Chapter 99’s. Smooth Flying to Elmira Diane and Mary Rose SHAWCREST TRAILER SALES Wildwood, New Jersey SOUTHERN JERSEY AIRWAYS Cape May County Airport Rio Grande, New Jersey Bader Field-Atlantic City, New Jersey Happy Flying A