Newsletter - January 2009

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
January 2009

January meeting: Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm
2009 Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show
Maryland Heights Community Center
2344 McKelvey Rd, Maryland Hts, MO

Our chapter will again have a table at the MACTS and a goodie basket or two to raffle off as a fund raiser. Our meeting will be held at our table as soon as the crowd from the Super Safety Seminar abates.

To get to the Maryland Heights Center, take I-270 to the Dorsett exit (exit 17). Go west approximately ½ mile then turn right on McKelvey Hill Dr. The road jogs right at Ameling and then left back onto McKelvey. The Maryland Heights Center is on the right (east) side of the street next to the Aquaport.

Schedule of events for the MACTS:
Super Safety Seminar:
9:00 am Runway Safety Action Team
10:00 am FAA Central Region Listening Session
11:00 am FAASTeam – Getting Involved in the Future of Aviation
12:00 am Cathe’ Fish: Technology for 21st Century Aviators
Aviation Trade Show: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Aviation Awards Banquet: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cathe’ Fish: Wild, Wacky, and Outrageous Pilot Whoppers
Awards presented by the Women in Aviation, GSL Flight Instructors, and FAA
Buffet dinner for $25/person and cash bar

We hope many of our members will attend the Super Safety Seminar and other events.

Ninety-Nines Events

The Ninety-Nine’s Museum is planning a Fall Foliage cruise along the northeast coast in 2009. The 7-day cruise starts in New York City on October 3rd and travels north to Boston MA and Portland ME along the New England coast then on to the Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia Canada before returning to New York. The Museum will receive $70/person for every cabin booked on this tour through Bentley Hedges Travel. Contact Bonnie Hedges at Bonnie1@bhtravel.com or call 800-467-7402 for details. The museum’s web site is http://www.museumofwomenpilots.com/ .

The Air Race Classic will be held from June 23-26, 2009. Entries open January 2, 2009 and close on April 15, 2009. The race is 2359 nautical miles beginning in Denver CO (KAPA) with stops in Liberal KS (KLBL), Sweetwater TX (KSWW), Lufkin TX (KLFK), Russellville AR (KRUE), Grenada MS (KGNF), Sparta TN (KSRB), Jacksonville IL (KIJX), Racine WI (KRAC), and ending in Atlantic IA (KAIO). The race team comprises two licensed and current women pilots. Passengers may be women pilots with or without a medical or women student pilots. Aircraft are limited to stock or modified stock airplanes certified in the normal or utility category with normally aspirated engines of not less than 145 hp nor more than 570 hp rated for continuous maximum operation at full takeoff power. The race registration kit is $30 and can be obtained from Air Race Classic, Inc, 21530 Pearl Street, Alva, FL 33920. e-mail: info@airraceclassic.org phone: 239-633-0077 and fax: 863-674-0130. Chapter member Teresa Camp participated in the Air Race Classic in 2008 and would probably love to share her experiences with anyone interested in participating this year.
Eight members and two guests attended our Christmas luncheon at the Blue Owl in Kimmswick on December 20, 2008. Present were Mary Kinnaw and her husband Jack, Amy Laws, Nelda Lee, Sue Mathias, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger and Bob Kraemer. No business was discussed and we probably all ate too much but the conversation was lively and it was really great to catch up with some folks we haven’t seen in awhile. Since there was no meeting in December there will be no minutes!