Newsletter - December 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
December 2008

Christmas luncheon: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:30 am
Blue Owl Restaurant and Bakery
6116 Second St.
Kimmswick, MO 63053

Get ready for some good eating and some good fellowship and join us at our Christmas luncheon at the Blue Owl in Kimmswick. The shops in town will be open so it’s also a good opportunity to pick up some handcrafts for yourself or for gift-giving. Catch up with friends we haven’t seen in awhile. Jan Pocock reports that Amy Laws will be in town and will be at the luncheon. Bring your spouse, family, companion – everyone is welcome – and I know Bob Kraemer would love it if some other guys were there.

We have asked for the big round table, but we will only get it if we have 16-18 people to fill it. Therefore, please call or e-mail your reservation to Libby Yunger (314-725-0428 or girlpilot@sbcglobal.net) on or before Wednesday evening, December 17 so that I can let them know how many are planning to be there.

To get to Kimmswick take I-55 south (or north if you’re coming from Ironton or Carbondale) to Exit 186 (Imperial Main). If you’re coming from Illinois take I-255 across the JB Bridge to I-55 S. Turn east (left if you’re coming from the north) on Main St. After going through Imperial and passing US Rt 67, Main St. turns right and becomes River St. Turn left (east) at Becket/Kimmswick Rd (this may either be called Hwy K or Hwy O – it is actually Hwy O going toward Kimmswick). At the end of Hwy O turn right on 4th St and turn left at the next street (Main St.) and turn right at 2nd St. You will see the restaurant on the left and the parking lot across the street.

We hope to see many of you next Saturday!

Ninety-Nines Awards:

The 99s give three awards at our annual conference. The Award of Achievement is presented to a 99 (or a group within the 99s, such as a chapter, section, Trust, etc.) in recognition of contributions made to The 99s or to aviation in general (such as aviation history, education, science, exploration, etc.). The other two awards are presented to "non-99s." The first one, the George Palmer Putnam Award, is given in recognition of support of The 99s. The other award, the Award of Merit, is given to recognize a contribution(s) made to aviation in general. Each of these awards may be presented to an individual or an organization. Individual winners may be male or female. Recipients may be living or deceased and from any country. The contribution may have occurred at any time in the past or present, as a single action or a series of events.

The nominating requirements are very simple:
A. Nominations may be submitted by any individual or group within The Ninety-Nines.
B. The nomination should be in the form of a one-page letter and up to three additional pages of substantiating material. The name, address and phone number of the nominee or the nominee's next of kin, if the nominee is deceased, should be included.
C. The nomination should give complete, but concise, details justifying the award to the nominee with such background information as considered pertinent, and any other relevant information, that would assist the Awards Committee.
D. Nominations from previous years may be resubmitted.
E. Nominations should be sent to The Ninety-Nines Headquarters to the attention of the Awards Committee.
F. Nominations may be submitted by electronic transmission (fax or email) or by post. The nomination must be received on or before January 15, 2009.

If you have questions, contact Corbi Bulluck, International Awards Chairman, at 919-387-6664 or at MCBulluck@aol.com

Member News:
Our world traveler, Kim Atkins, was in Egypt. Not much news but she sent pictures, which I will bring to the Christmas luncheon.


FAA Satety Team

Members may find these FAASTeam links useful.
For brief infromation on the topics listed below click on or cut and paste the following link into your web browser: https://faasafety.gov/files/notices/2008/Nov/AVNewsUpdateNov2008.pdf
GA Fatalities Drop Dramatically in 2007
FAA Launches Lessons Learned Library
121.5 ELT Coverage to End
More WAAS Approaches than ILSFor complete FAA Aviation News magazine articles click on or cut and paste the link below into your web browser. http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news/

Mintues - November 2008

Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, November 15, 2008
at the Mid-County Library, Clayton, MO

Present at the meeting: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Sue Mathias, Jean Murry, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Libby Yunger.

The meeting was called to order at 1:35 pm by Chairman Sally Siebe. The minutes were accepted as corrected (the headquarters hotel for the 2009 International convention in Chicago is the downtown Marriott, not the Drake). Gussie Freese reported that per Martha Norman, there were no income or disbursements from our treasury.

Sally Siebe announced that the Chairman?s manual is now available as a down-loadable pdf file on the International web site.

Upcoming meetings:
December 20, 2008: Christmas lunch at 11:30 am at the Blue Owl Restaurant in Kimmswick
January 17, 2009: We will have a table and will hold our regular business meeting at the Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show at the Maryland Hts. Community Center.
February, 2009: Jean Murry will try to arrange a tour of the new control tower at Downtown Airport.
There are no plans yet for the March and April meetings.
Libby Yunger will contact Greenville Airport sometime next spring to see if they still want a compass rose painted on their new ramp.

The upcoming schedule for the library exhibit was discussed and clarified. Jan Pocock and Jean Murry will set up the display in December 2008.

The St. Louis County Library charges non-profit organizations $10 for use of a meeting room. Gussie Freese moved that Libby Yunger be reimbursed from the treasury, Jan Pocock seconded, and the motion was unanimously approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 am.

Following the business meeting, Libby Yunger gave a slide presentation on her adventures at the Reno Air Races with the Rare Bear and Zipper Air Race Teams.

Respectfully submitted,Libby Yunger, Secretary

Newsletter - November 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
November 2008

November meeting:
Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Mid-County Library
7821 Maryland Ave
Clayton, MO 63105

From 2002-2004 Libby Yunger was a fan sponsor of Rare Bear, a highly modified Grumman F8F Bearcat, that for many year held the course speed record at the Reno Air Races and still holds the Closed Course World Speed Record for propeller driven aircraftand the 3000 meter Time-to-Climb Record.. During the past two years she has tagged along with George Andre’s Zipper Air Race Team at Reno. In 2007 George came in second in the Formula One Gold Race and this year he won the Biplane Silver Race at Reno. Libby will relate some of her experiences hanging around the pits at the Reno Air Races.

The Mid-County Library is in downtown Clayton on the northeast corner of Maryland Ave and Central Ave.
If you’re coming from the west, take your favorite route to I-270. Get off of I-270 at Ladue Rd. Go east on Ladue Rd for several miles – Ladue Rd becomes Maryland Ave when it enters Clayton just east of I-170. The Library will be on the left hand side of the street (I think it’s the 8th stop light east of the first I-170 exit). If you are coming from the north or from Illinois north of I-70, take I-270 to I-170 south. Exit I-170 at Ladue Rd. Go east on Ladue Rd (it becomes Maryland Ave) about 8 lights. The library is on the left. If you are coming from the Air Force base area or from the south, take your favorite route to I-64/US40 west. Go on I-64 all the way to it’s current end where it will merge into I-170 north. Exit at Ladue Rd – that’s the second exit on I-170 so stay to the right side of the highway.

There is parking under the library – the entrance is off Maryland Ave just east of the library building. However, the folks at the library have asked that we park on the street if possible. There is free parking on Central and on Bemiston north of the library. There are parking meters on the street and in the lot on the northwest corner of Maryland and Central.

Skyline Aeronautics

Mike Gaffney sent the following announcement out :
TO OUR FRIENDS AND CREDITORS:
I am truly sad to report that after 6 and one half years, Skyline Aeronautics, Skyline Aeronautics Pilot Store, Skyline Aeronautics Maintenance, and Skyline Aeronautics Flight have all been forced to close their doors. Steadily rising costs over the past few years, coupled with the dramatic drop in disposable income this year caused by the current economic conditions and other factors, have reduced demand for the quality services that we provide. These factors have created a situation which has left us no choice but to close our doors for good.
Our bank creditor has moved to secure its liens on our building, accounts, equipment and all other assets, so there is no remaining money with which to pay out even a portion of what the company owes.
Starting Monday, the Pilot Store at 521 Spirit of St. Louis Blvd will be the site for a bank supervised “Going Out Of Business Clearance sale” for the next week to clear out remaining bank owned store and flight line inventory, computers, office equipment and fixtures. All sales are final. Cash or approved checks only.
I truly regret these circumstances and wish that the situation had turned out differently.
SKYLINE AERONAUTICS, LLC.
Michael G. Gaffney
Ninety-Nines Awards:

The 99s give three awards at our annual conference. The Award of Achievement is presented to a 99 (or a group within the 99s, such as a chapter, section, Trust, etc.) in recognition of contributions made to The 99s or to aviation in general (such as aviation history, education, science, exploration, etc.). The other two awards are presented to "non-99s." The first one, the George Palmer Putnam Award, is given in recognition of support of The 99s. The other award, the Award of Merit, is given to recognize a contribution(s) made to aviation in general. Each of these awards may be presented to an individual or an organization. Individual winners may be male or female. Recipients may be living or deceased and from any country. The contribution may have occurred at any time in the past or present, as a single action or a series of events.

The nominating requirements are very simple:
A. Nominations may be submitted by any individual or group within The Ninety-Nines.
B. The nomination should be in the form of a one-page letter and up to three additional pages of substantiating material. The name, address and phone number of the nominee or the nominee's next of kin, if the nominee is deceased, should be included.
C. The nomination should give complete, but concise, details justifying the award to the nominee with such background information as considered pertinent, and any other relevant information, that would assist the Awards Committee.
D. Nominations from previous years may be resubmitted.
E. Nominations should be sent to The Ninety-Nines Headquarters to the attention of the Awards Committee.
F. Nominations may be submitted by electronic transmission (fax or email) or by post. The nomination must be received on or before January 15, 2009.

If you have questions, contact Corbi Bulluck, International Awards Chairman, at 919-387-6664 or at MCBulluck@aol.com

Newsletter - October 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
October 2008


October meeting: Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 12:30 pm
At the home of Gussie Freese
15375 Timber Hill Lane
Chesterfield, MO 63017
636-537-0806

This will be our Chapter Birthday Party and pot luck lunch. Gussie will provide cake and tea. Libby Yunger will supply sandwich meat and bread. Everyone else should bring a covered dish or other goodie for everyone to enjoy.

To get to Gussie’s house:
Take your favorite route to I-270. Take I-270 west (or north or south) to US 40. Go west on US40 to Exit 19B Olive/Clarkson exit. Go south on Clarkson Rd about 1 mi to Baxter Rd. Turn left on Baxter Rd, go about 1.5 mi. Turn right at Isleview Dr go about 0.5 mi. Turn right on Strollways Dr. go about 0.2 mi. Turn right on Timber Hill Dr. Gussie’s house is on the left.


Ninety-Nines Awards:

The 99s give three awards at our annual conference. The Award of Achievement is presented to a 99 (or a group within the 99s, such as a chapter, section, Trust, etc.) in recognition of contributions made to The 99s or to aviation in general (such as aviation history, education, science, exploration, etc.). The other two awards are presented to "non-99s." The first one, the George Palmer Putnam Award, is given in recognition of support of The 99s. The other award, the Award of Merit, is given to recognize a contribution(s) made to aviation in general. Each of these awards may be presented to an individual or an organization. Individual winners may be male or female. Recipients may be living or deceased and from any country. The contribution may have occurred at any time in the past or present, as a single action or a series of events.

The nominating requirements are very simple:
A. Nominations may be submitted by any individual or group within The Ninety-Nines.
B. The nomination should be in the form of a one-page letter and up to three additional pages of substantiating material. The name, address and phone number of the nominee or the nominee's next of kin, if the nominee is deceased, should be included.
C. The nomination should give complete, but concise, details justifying the award to the nominee with such background information as considered pertinent, and any other relevant information, that would assist the Awards Committee.
D. Nominations from previous years may be resubmitted.
E. Nominations should be sent to The Ninety-Nines Headquarters to the attention of the Awards Committee.
F. Nominations may be submitted by electronic transmission (fax or email) or by post. The nomination must be received on or before January 15, 2009.

If you have questions, contact Corbi Bulluck, International Awards Chairman, at 919-387-6664 or at MCBulluck@aol.com

Member News:

I received the following e-mails from Kim Atkins. There are also a whole bunch of pictures which I am printing out and will bring to the meeting next Saturday. Kim is clearly enjoying Europe!
Sunday, September 7
Hi Libby and all the gals,

Attached is a picture of me with my friends from the Italian motorcycle club. My job in the command post is busy as ever because this base continuously exercises.

This March Samantha and I will move to Geilsenkerchen, Germany where I will work at NATO headquarters. I just couldn't turn down the job offer. :)

Take care and thanks for keeping me updated.

Kim


Monday, September 22
Hi,

We drove from Sacile to Nave to eat calimari and fried sardines. OMG, buono. Only a couple of miles for Sam on a beautiful Ducati...her first time on a motorcycle. Sam is wearing one of my mesh (loaded with pads) jackets and was with a very safe driver. Nothing to worry about!

Love
Kim


Monday, September 29
Hi!
Sam and I survived our first Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. We left Italy at 2200 Friday night with 98 other people divided between two tour buses. The people are all military but the tour company is not affiliated with the base (means more fun). We arrived in Munich at 0700 and headed for the Hofbrau beer tent (one of many). We waited in line until 0900 for the doors to open and the experience was terrifying but nobody got hurt. Once the doors open people start pushing to 'make' it through the doors before they close. Sam was shielded by one of the guys on the trip but she and her friend Belinda bailed and stepped out of line so I made it in and she was out. :( Thank goodness for cell phones as we sent messages back and forth until I came up with a plan to get her in.

Sam eventually got in through a back door but that's a whole different story. We had a great table with lots of fun people and the experience is one we will not soon forget. The beer, food and friendly people were awesome. After a few liters of beer Sam and I decided to catch a taxi to downtown Munich where we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. That was my first hamburger since arriving in Europe. Can't take the American out of me!

We departed Munich at 1700 for Nuremberg where we checked into a hotel. Sam and I took showers and went right to bed. Sunday we toured the city and saw the building where the Nuremberg trials were held and visited Zepplinfield. Germany is much different than Italy as far as the way of life. I can already tell I will take many trips back to Italy after we move in March. After the tour we headed back to Italy and stopped at our traditional awesome restaurant in Austria.

If you have been to OFest then this will help you remember the good times. If you haven't then it's certainly a must for list of things to do.

Be safe
Love Kim and Sam

Minutes September 30, 2008 Meeting

Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, September 20, 2008
at the Scott Air Force Base Open House

Present at the meeting: Gussie Freese, Ann Mongiovi, Jean Murry, Jan Pocock, Libby Yunger.

The meeting was called to order at 11:30 am by Vice-Chairman Jean Murry. The minutes were accepted. Gussie Freese read the treasurerʼs report from Martha Norman.

The October meeting will be our Chapter birthday party. We will have a pot luck lunch at Gussie Freeseʼs home.

Martha Norman plans to have the membership book out in November.

Please give ideas for meetings to Jean Murry or e-mail your suggestions to Gussie Freese.

Jan Pocock and Jean Murry are going to the NC Fall Section Meeting in Columbus OH on October 10-11.

Our chapter has volunteered to run the Hospitality Suite at the International Meeting in Chicago in July, 2009. If you will be able to attend the meeting and help in the Hospitality Room please contact Jan Pocock.

Gussie Freese has signed up libraries for our traveling exhibit through the end of 2009. The list of libraries will be available at the October meeting and we need volunteers to set up the exhibit.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Libby Yunger
Secretary

Newsletter - September 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
September 2008


September meeting: Saturday, September 20, 2008, at the Scott AFB Airshow:
Airpower over the Midwest.

1:00 pm – meet in the large hangar by the Civil Air Patrol exhibit.
They’re supposed to have a CAP Cessna 172P in their booth area,
which should make it relatively obvious. This is our annual meeting and
Chapter birthday party

Information about the airshow is available at http://www.scottairshow.com/index.html
Airshow hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Both the Shiloh (take exit 19 off I-64) and the Belleville (IL Rte 161 between Belleville and Mascoutah) gates to the AFB will open at 9 am, or you can take Metrolink to the Shiloh-Scott station and there will be shuttle buses to the base. The show is free to the public and parking is also free. There is a pretty long list of prohibited items:
No backpacks (backpacks specifically made for cameras are okay, but will be searched)
No coolers
No knives
No weapons
No contraband
No helium balloons
No pets
No tents, awnings or beach umbrellas
No cooking equipment
No bikes, roller blades, scooters or skateboards
However, you can bring folding chairs to watch the airshow.
OTHER EVENTS:
Several other aviation-related events are also occurring on September 20:
1) Hangar Dance at the CAF hangar at St Charles County Airport (Smartt Field): The doors open at 6 pm and the band, Sentimental Journey, plays music for dancing beginning at 7 pm. Tickets are $18 at the door ($15 in advance). They also have prizes for best WWII costume and a silent auction. For more information see: http://www.cafmo.org/dance.html
2) The Great Forest Park Balloon Race is on Central Field (by the Jewel Box) in Forest Park. Balloon Glow is Friday night, September 19, from 7:00-8:30 pm. The race festivities are Saturday from about noon until 6 pm but opening ceremonies are at 3:30 pm and the Energizer Hot “Hare” Balloon is scheduled to ascend at 4:30 pm with the other balloons scheduled to launch after 4:45 pm. The rain date for the race is Sunday.
NORTH CENTRAL SECTION NEWS
The Waypoint and information about NC Section events and meetings are available on the NC Section web site: http://www.ncs99s.org/ To get into the members only section, the Username is NCS and the Password is member 99.
Congratulations to the following NCS members who were elected to International offices:
Donna Moore was elected Vice President and Joan Kerwin was reelected to the position of Director. Congratulations to both.
The Chicago Area Chapter of the Ninety-nines is sponsoring a Poker Run on Saturday, October 4. The Airports are Lake in the Hills (3CK), Poplar Grove (C77), Morris Municipal (C09), and Lansing Municipal (KIGQ). You can start at any airport but you must complete the circuit by 2 pm central time at Shannon’s Landing Irish Pub & Eatery at Lansing Municipal Airport. Entry fee is $15.00. For more information contact Leslie Prellwitz at 630-698-5040 or e-mail her at chi99event@comcast.net
AVIATION NEWS:
After February 1, 2009, distress signals emitted by 121.5 Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) will no longer be monitored by the International Cospas-Sarsat Agency. The satellites will process only signals from 406 MHz ELT transmitters. 121.5 may still be monitored by overflying aircraft and will be monitored by ground stations, such as the CAP. However, this may be of limited value in sparsely populated areas. Therefore the FAA recommends that aircraft owners retrofit their aircraft with 406 MHz ELTs or carry a handheld 406 MHz personal locator beacon. For additional information about this change see: www.sarsat.noaa.gov
MEMBER NEWS
We received the attached picture from Kim Atkins in Italy. Looks like she’s enjoying life in Aviano – though the way most Italians drive I’d be very careful on a motorcycle. Her daughter Samantha was visiting Prague when she wrote. Her address is now: PSC 103 Box 1301, APO, AE 09603-0014 and her e-mail address is still firefighter106ofd@yahoo.com

For those of you who want to keep up with the comings and goings of Sally Siebe as she pursues her Instrument rating, she has a web site at http://seesallyfly.blogspot.com/ I learned instruments without GPS or DME – never had to fly a DME arc!

MINUTES OF THE JULY MEETING

The Meeting was July 20, 2008, at Creve Coeur Airport.
Members present at lunch and the meeting: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Jan Pocock, and Vivian Waters.

The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman, Jean Murry, at 12:30 pm.

Delia Greer and Kayleen Amerson will be responsible for transferring the library displays in August.

The September meeting will be at the Scott Airshow. The time and date will be determined. This will be our annual meeting and Chapter birthday celebration.

There was no financial report and the June minutes were distributed with the Newsletter.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Gussie Freese, Acting Secretary

Newsletter - July 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
July 2008


July meeting: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Lunch at noon at Creve Coeur Airport
Meeting at 1:30 pm

Each Sunday Creve Coeur owner, Al Stix, prepares a barbecue lunch with a choice of meat, salads, and dessert. Price for the lunch is $6, so it’s really a great deal (but remember that although there may be two or three different meats offered, each person can select only one meat!) The meeting will follow at 1:30 pm in the FBO meeting room.

To get to Creve Coeur Airport from the North, South or East, take your favorite route to I-270. Get off I-270 at the Page Avenue extension (Rte 364 West). Exit Rte. 364 at Maryland Hts. Expressway (you can only go north). The entrance to the airport is about 1 mile on the left. To get to the Airport from St. Charles, take I-70 east to Earth City Expressway South. This will become Maryland Hts Expressway. The entrance to the airport is about 3 mi from I-70 on the right. Of course, for those of you with airplanes, you can always fly in (1H0).

There will be no Chapter meeting and no Newsletter in August.

Other Upcoming Events

EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, will be held from July 28 through August 3. Jean Murry will be working in the Ninety-Nine’s tent for one day. This is a great opportunity to tell women pilots about the benefits of membership and the scholarships available to flight and academic students. Other members planning to attend AirVenture are encouraged to stop by the Ninety-Nine’s tent.

Another opportunity at AirVenture is KidVenture, the Young Eagles Flight Education (YEFE) program. It will be open from 9 am to 3:30 pm daily, except Sunday when it closes at 2 pm. There will be programs for folks of all ages from toddler to adult! They are looking for volunteers to man the 10 YEFE learning stations: Registration, Regulations, Weather, Navigation, Human Factors, ATC, Aircraft Design, Pre-Flight, Flight Training and Post Flight. KidVenture is called a destination for fun through education that focuses on Science – Technology – Engineering – Math (STEM). If you are interested in helping, contact John Teipen at john@teipen.com or call him at
314-863-5941. For additional information about KidVenture, see http://www.airventure.org/2008/events/kidventure.html
or page 27 in the current FAA Aviation News Magazine: http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news .

An idea for a future local event: The EAA Museum is completing two YEFE traveling kits. We might work with either the local EAA or the St. Louis Science Museum aviation program to bring these training materials to St. Louis.

Minutes May 17, 2008 Meeting

Minutes of The Greater St. Louis 99’s
17 May 2008

Members present: Mary Kinnaw, Gussie Freese, Anne Mongiovi, Delia Greer, Ruby Rudoli, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Jean Murry, Ruth Bohnert, Vivian Waters, and Martha Norman

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Sally Siebe at about 1:30 PM after our Installation Luncheon at Oliver’s on St. Louis Downtown Airport.

There was no special installation ceremony. All elected officers, since they were the same as last year, were asked to continue the duties as they did last term. All agreed.

The minutes were accepted as sent on in the newsletter.

The treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.

Old Business and Committee Reports:

NIFA: The NIFA National SAFECON to be held in May 2009. Host school will be St. Louis University – Parks College and the official airport will be St. Louis Downtown, Cahokia Illinois.

Library Display: The Library Display is on schedule. Gussie will be contacting libraries.

The date of Greenville Compass Rose painting has not been set at this time. Everything is ready at the Greenville Airport. Martha reported that both compass roses at St. Louis Downtown are in use and they are glad that they were there.

Our June meeting: June 21, 2008 at Vivian Water’s at the Club House at 12:00 noon.

Fred Harms is retiring from the FAA. There will be a “Roast” for him. Don’t know the time or place.

Spring Section Meeting Report: There were 96 members present at the meeting from 14 Chapters. The International Convention will be in Chicago in July 2009. Jan volunteered the Greater St. Louis Chapter to be coordinator for the Hospitality Room. There will be a special program on Girl Scouts.

Waypoint: Check your e-mail address in the International Directory and correct it if necessary. Waypoint will be e-mailed using that address.

Motion was made by Gussie that Vivian should determine how to vote for the Chapter at the International Convention this year concerning the International By-Laws that will be decided on. Motion seconded by Jan. Motion carried. Vivian will be a/the Chapter Delegate to the International Convention in Anchorage Alaska this year.

St. Charles Airport: Donations are requested for the office at the St. Charles Airport due to the fire there and the loss of facilities and furnishings.

Immediate Section Meetings: The Fall Section Meeting will be October 10-12, 2008 in Columbus, OH. The Spring Section meeting will be in Milwaukee.

Martha moved that the meeting be adjourned at 2:48 PM. Delia seconded. Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted by

Martha Norman for Libby Yunger

Newsletter - April 2008

St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
April 2008


March meeting: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tour of the Missouri State Police hangar and their fleet of aircraft at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). Meet at the Spirit of St. Louis Main Terminal at 9:45 am. Someone from the State Police will meet us there and escort us to the hangar.

There will be a meeting following the tour, and we will have lunch together at a restaurant in the Chesterfield Valley after the meeting.

Items Under Consideration:
1) Space is the theme of this year’s Learning for Life Adventure Days (day camp) for children in grades K-6. The organizers have asked the Ninety-Nines to participate. Sally Siebe will have more information at the meeting on Saturday.
2) Our Installation luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 12:30 pm, in the banquet room at Oliver’s Restaurant at St. Louis Downtown Airport. We will order from the menu.

Waypoint: The second issue of Waypoint is on the North Central Section web
site in the Members Only section. To access the Waypoint go to
www.ncs99s.org and click on the Members Only box. In the access
box enter NCS in the username space and member99! in the password box. T
he Waypoint is hiding under Publications and Forms. Air Marking: I have been very busy as work this year and have not had time
to plan and schedule the air marking at Greenville Airport. I know the folks
there really want to have it done and would welcome anyone who could take
over coordinating this project.

Minutes April 19, 2008 Meeting

Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the St. Louis County Police (Metro Air Support) Hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport


Present at the tour: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Patrice Mullins, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger.

Present at the meeting and lunch: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger

Our tour of the St. Louis County Police Hangar and aircraft was led by member Patrice Mullins, a 27 year veteran of the St. Louis County Police. She is currently a Senior Pilot and has amassed more than 6.000 hours flying helicopters. Her police work has yielded some very exciting experiences and we enjoyed hangar flying with her during and following the tour.

Our meeting was held in the conference room at Jet Corp where we were joined by Christine Malcomson-Young, a member of the San Gabriel Chapter and Lear Jet captain with FlexJet. She was sitting stand-by at the airport and seemed as thrilled to have something to do as we were to have her at our meeting.

The meeting was called to order at 11:35 am by Chairman Sally Siebe. The minutes were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report, which was accepted, and gave an unofficial account of the money available in the Del Scharr Scholarship fund. We have had inquiries but no qualified candidates for the scholarship this year.

Libby Yunger and Martha Norman will audit the books in June.

The Installation Luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at 12:30 pm at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal at St. Louis Downtown Airport. Martha Norman will send formal invitations to all members. Since all current officers and directors have agreed to remain in office next year, no ballots will be sent to the membership. Chapter dues of $15 will be due in May. Libby Yunger will send a list of the names and addresses of the current chapter members to Martha and to membership chairman, Jean Murry.
Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April. Vivian Waters is attending the International Convention in Alaska.
The second issue of the Waypoint is available on the NC Section website. Hard copies should arrive by snail mail before the end of April.
Gussie Freese will attempt to get more information on the Learning for Life Space Camp scheduled for May 5-9. We will man a booth at the camp if feasible.

Member news:
Sally Siebe has a blog on the web to share her experiences and progress while working on her instrument rating at http://seesallyfly.blogspot.com.
Vivian Waters will exhibit some of her photos at an art show in St. Charles at 222 N. Main St. The show hours are 5-10 pm on Friday, April 25, 11 am to 8 pm on Saturday, April 26, and from 12-5 pm on Sunday, April 27.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 pm.

Respectfully submitted,Libby YungerSecretary

Newsletter - March 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
March 2008


March meeting: Saturday, March 15, 2008, St. Louis Downtown Airport
11:30 am – meet for Lunch at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal
(north ramp)
1:00 pm – meeting and program at the Greater St. Louis Air & Space
Museum, Hangar #2

As you come from the north, hangar #2 is the first of the original brick
hangars on the west ramp just south of the Parks College facility

Our speaker will be Rose Church, RN. Rose was a McDonnell-Douglas employee and the head flight nurse for the Mercury and Gemini programs. She knew all of the original astronauts and has many great stories both about the testing and training for the space program and about the astronauts themselves. This should be an excellent program so I hope all of you who are in the area can attend.

If you’re looking for the minutes of the January meeting, they were accidentally deleted from my computer and will be distributed at the meeting on Saturday. I will send copies of the January and March minutes with the April Newsletter.

Just a head-up so everyone puts this on her calendar. Our April meeting will be on Saturday, April 19, at the Missouri State Police hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). We will tour tour the hangar in the morning (I think about 10 am) followed by our meeting and a group lunch. Details will be in the April Newsletter.

Ninety-Nines Scholarship Opportunities:
Ellen Herring, NCS Amelia Earhart Scholarship Chairman, reminds us it’s time for the 2008 AE Maule and New Pilot Award applications. The deadline to send the applications to NCS is April 1, 2008. That means you have just 4 weeks get applications in to Ellen in Arizona . All information should be sent to:
Ellen Herring
1181 W Mountain Nugget Dr.
Green Valley, AZ 85614
Phone: 520-393-3517
e-mail: herring@mc.net

The Maule Award is available to any 99 who does not have tailwheel time and would like a rating in order to spread her enthusiasm to the aviation community. The New Pilot Awards are available to FWPs who have soloed, have passed the written (if required), have a current medical (if required), and have a financial need.

North Central Section Awards:
Nominations close March 15th for the Governor’s Service Award and the Spinning Prop Award. Information for submitting nominations are on pp 21-22 of the January issue of Waypoints. By now everyone who does not receive their copy electronically should have received a mailed copy. The nominations should be submitted to the NCS directors, Deb Kirschner or Karen Ness.

Library Exhibit
Sally Siebe has written a brief article and attached an album of photos of our traveling library display on the web. You can get to the photos at the following link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7b1f13lp.361mhcd5&x=0&y=e56xq8
If anyone has additional photos send them to Sally and they can be added to the album.
We received a note from Kayleen Amerson stating that the folks at the library in Mascoutah, IL, loved our exhibit and said it got more attention than anything they'd had up in a long time.

Launch of the USNS Amelia Earhart
The US Navy is launching the USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) at 9:00 pm Sunday, April 6th, in San Diego at the General Dynamics facility, 2798 East Harbor Drive, San Diego. Gates will open at 8:00 to the general public. All are invited to attend. A block of rooms is being held at the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley for $139/night for 99s and their guests. To book directly, call 800-682-6099 and ask for Hilton San Diego Mission Valley. Give the name “Amelia” for the special room rate. Alternatively, log onto www.sandiegomissionvalley.hilton.com, and make your reservation on line. Enter AME into the group code box to receive your discounted rate. Deadline for getting the special room rate is Saturday, March 15. Ground transportation from the Hilton to the launch and back will be provided. Contact Susan Larson (505-989-9795 or sjlarson99@msn.com ) with any further questions

Air Marking:
Our chapter is still planning to paint the compass rose at Greenville Airport this spring. Ann Mongiovi volunteered to help organizing this project at the January meeting, but we still need a couple more volunteers to gather materials and plan the work. If you would like to serve on the air marking committee, please contact Libby at girlpilot@sbcglolbal.net or 314-725-0428.

Member News:
We received the following note from Kim Atkins:
“I am not sure if you heard but I have moved to Aviano, Italy. The job offer was short notice and one that I could not turn down. Lots of responsibility and stress but that is where I thrive.

One other big thing is that I got married on 15 Jan 08. The only way that my (now husband) could get orders to Italy was for us to be married and we decided that our relationship was too wonderful to miss the chance to spend out lives together. Sounds like drama but it's not as we will be very happy once we are finally together. My 16 year old, Samantha will join me in May then Jason and his 13 year old son will move here in June.”

Minutes March 15, 2008 Meeting

Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Greater St Louis Air & Space Museum, St. Louis Downtown Airport

Present at lunch at Olivers and the meeting: Gussie Freese, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Libby Yunger.

Our scheduled speaker, Ruth Church, RN, was unable to attend due to illness. Our chairman, Sally Siebe was unable to attend due to a broken rib from a fall. A card was signed and sent to her. Prior to the meeting the members and their guests had lunch at Oliver’s restaurant in the Downtown Airport terminal and had a tour of the Museum and hangar lead by Museum volunteer, Jack Ambercrombie.

The meeting was called to order at 1:25 pm by vice-chairman, Jean Murry. Libby Yunger read the minutes and they were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report and it was accepted. Martha announced that our net income from the raffle at the MACTS was $169.

Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April.

Martha Norman announced that the NIFA National Competition will be May 4-10 at Middle Tennessee University in Murphreysboro, TN. Martha has already volunteered to judge and additional judges are needed. Anyone interested in judging should contact her.

The Midwest Fly-In at St. Louis Downtown Airport will be on May 24. The Museum does not plan to have speakers this year; however it will be hosting a Girl Scouts aviation badge program in conjunction with the fly-in and open house. Since Delia, Jan, and Jean will be involved with the Girl Scout program, we decided not to have a Ninety-Nines booth at the fly-in.

Our meeting will be at the State Police hangar at Spirit Airport on April 19. We will have a tour of the hangar at 10 am followed by a meeting and lunch. Libby Yunger will make arrangements for our Installation Luncheon on Saturday, May 17 or Sunday, May 18. Jean will ask Vivian Waters about hosting a swim party and pot luck at the Chapter One club house in June or July.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Libby Yunger
Secretary

Newletter - January 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
January 2008


January meeting: Saturday, January 19, at 2:00 pm
Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show (MACTS)
Ninety-Nines booth at the Trade Show
Busch Student Center, St. Louis University
20 N Grand Avenue
St. Louis MO 63103

Park in the SLU garage on the southwest corner of Grand and Laclede.

The MACTS will be scheduled differently this year than in the past two years. The Super Safety Seminar has been reinstated and will be held from 8 am to 12 noon on Saturday, January 19, at the Busch Student Center. The Trade Show will be held from noon to 5 pm following the Super Safety Seminar – they will not be running concurrently. Booth traffic should slow down by 2 pm and allow us to hold a meeting in the booth area.

We will again be selling luggage tags and auctioning off a goodie basket. Jean Murry has asked that each of us bring a goodie (bottle of wine, crackers, cookies, candy, room temp cheese or sausage, etc) for the basket. She will provide the basket and the wrapping materials.

The MACTS schedule is attached. Additional information and a campus map are available at www.macts.org.


Ninety-Nines Awards: The January 15th deadline is rapidly approaching for submitting nominations. Chapters, individual members, or groups of members can submit nominations and the nominees can be living or deceased, and from any country. The contribution may have occurred at any time, past or present, and may be a single action or series of events. For additional information contact: Corbi Bulluck, International Awards Chairman, 919-387-6664, mcbulluck@aol.com. The Award of Achievement is given to a 99 (or a group within the 99s, such as a chapter, section, Trust, etc.) in recognition of contributions made to The 99s or to aviation in general (such as aviation history, education, science, exploration, etc.). The other two awards are presented to non-99s. The first one, the George Palmer Putman Award, is given in recognition of support of The 99s. The other award, the Award of Merit, is given to recognize a contribution(s) made to aviation in general. Each of these awards may be presented to an individual or an organization. Individual winners may be male or female.

Each nomination should be a one-page letter and should include the name, address, and phone number of the nominee (or the nominee’s next of kin, if the nominee is deceased). Three additional pages of substantiating material (resume, newspaper articles, letters of endorsement, etc.) may be attached.

WAYPOINTS: The January issue of Waypoints has been distributed electronically to everyone with an e-mail address and should have been sent to everyone without e-mail. Congratulations to editor Sally Siebe for producing a very professional-looking magazine and to the contributors for their well-written articles.

Air Marking: Our chapter is planning to paint the compass rose at Greenville Airport in April or May. Libby Yunger has the Air Marking Manual from the Mid Atlantic Section and will also contact the chapters in the North Central section that are experienced Air Markers. Volunteers are needed to gather materials and oversee the project. If you would like to serve on the air marking committee, please contact Libby at girlpilot@sbcglolbal.net or 314-725-0428. .

Minutes January 19, 2008 Meeting

Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, January 19, 2008
at the Busch Student Center, SLU, Ninety-Nines booth at the MACTS

Present at the meeting: Teresa Camp, Gussie Freese, Delia Greer, Ann Mongiovi, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Libby Yunger.

The meeting was called to order at 2 pm by chairman, Sally Siebe. Libby Yunger read the minutes and they were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report and it was accepted.

We raffled two baskets of goodies at the MACTS and earned approximately $160 for the chapter. Jan Pocock moved that we put the money from the raffle into the Del Scharr Scholarship fund, Gussie Freese seconded the motion. The motion was approved.

Sally announced that the deadline for submission of articles for the April Waypoint is the end of March. The type of stories she is looking for expand on the chapter quarterly reports. Suggestions for stories include a story with pictures of our library display, Martha might write on NIFA, Teresa might right on the Air Race Classic or on getting a seaplane rating, Jean might write on the exhibit at the MO History Museum, Vivian might write on ballooning or her photography, Anne might write on soaring, and Libby might write on flying the T-6. Deadline for the July issue is the end of June. Submissions should be made to Sally Siebe.

The new North Central section website is www.ncs99s.org. Members will need to enter a user name and password to enter the members’ only section. The Waypoint and registration forms for NC Section events will be available on this website.

The library exhibit is at the Mid-County Library in Clayton in January. Kayleen Amerson is taking the exhibit to Mascoutah IL in February. We need to make an inventory of everything that is in the library exhibit. We also need to decide whether we are going to keep the exhibit going beyond December 2008.

Libby Yunger is looking for a committee to oversee organizing everything for painting a compass rose at Greenville Airport this Spring. Ann Mongiovi and Martha Norman offered to help, though Martha would be unable to attend planning meetings.

Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock were named to the Nominating Committee. Jean proposed that we keep the same slate of officers for next year. Delia seconded the proposal and it was approved.

The deadline for nominations for the Forest of Friendship is April 15. This year’s theme is security and solice in flight.

The Scott Airshow will feature the Thunderbirds this year. We can put up an information table at Scott to attract new members, but we cannot sell anything. No decision was made concerning whether we would participate.

Jan Pocock reported that Kim Atkins accepted an assignment in Italy beginning the end of January and would be there for at least a year.

Jean Murry will try to arrange a February meeting at the State Police Hangar at Spirit Airport. The March meeting will be in conjunction with a Girl Scout badge program at the GSL Air & Space Museum.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Libby Yunger
Secretary