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