Newsletter - February 2009

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
February 2009

February meeting: Saturday, February 21, 2009
Lunch at Sawmill BBQ Restaurant at 12 noon
4060 Mississippi Ave.
Cahokia, MO 62202
Tour of new control tower at St. Louis Downtown Airport
1:30 pm, with meeting immediately to follow the tour

We will be meeting (and eating) at the restaurant and will go over to the control tower together. If you do not plan to eat with us, please call Jean Murry (314-469-3541) and let her know that you plan to attend the tour. She will make arrangements to meet us either at the restaurant or at the airport.

Mississippi Avenue is IL Rte 3 in Cahokia. The Sawmill BBQ is by the mobile home park at the intersection of IL-3 and IL-157. To get to the restaurant from the north or from West County, take the IL-3 south exit off I-64 (US-40). The restaurant is about 3 miles south of the interchange. If you are coming from I-255 or across the Jefferson Barracks Bridge, take the IL-3/Great River Rd exit (exit 10) and go north about 3 miles.

Activities and Calendar of Events:

February 28: 2009 Ultralight/Light Plane Safety Seminar starts at 9 am at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, 2520 Main Street, Springfield IL 62702. There will be four seminars plus vendor exhibits. Wings credit is available for this event.

March 27-29: North Central Spring Meeting “Wings over Milwaukee” at the Best Western Hotel, 5105 S Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207. Deadline for hotel reservations at the Ninety-Nines rate ($79/night for 1-4 people in a room) is February 29, 2009. Additional information is in the Waypoint. Information and registration forms will also be available at our Chapter meeting on February 21.

May 17-23: National NIFA Air Meet at Parks College. The ground event tests will be given all day on Monday, May 18. About 10 Ninety-Nines are needed to help out. The event will take place at the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis. If you can help out, please contact Jody McCarrell ( jmccarrell@windstream.net ).

June 23-26: Air Race Classic. The 2359 nm route begins in Denver CO and ends in Atlantic IA with stops in Liberal KS, Sweetwater TX, Lufkin TX, Russellville AR, Granada MS, Sparta TN, Jacksonville IL, and Racine WI. Entries close April 15. For additional information contact the Air Race Classic Inc. at 239-633-0077 or e-mail info@airraceclassic.org

July 22-26: The 99s International Conference at the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile Hotel. Our chapter has volunteered to oversee the Hospitality Suite so we would like to have a large contingent of chapter members attending the meeting. The schedule and other information about the meeting are on pp 8-13 of the January/February issue of the 99 News.

Sometime this spring or fall we will be painting a compass rose at Greenville IL airport (KGRE). The folks at the airport have the paint and have offered to feed us! This time it is for real – so if you are interested in helping organize this event, please contact Libby Yunger at 314-725-0428 or girlpilot@sbcglobal.net


Ninety-Nines Awards:

The North Central Section gives out three awards. Submissions to NCS must be postmarked no later than March 13, 2009, or can be submitted by e-mail by the end of the day on March 16, 2009. Additional information will be available at the Chapter meeting on February 21 or can be obtained by contacting Marcia Nellans and Deborah Kirschner at director@ncs99s.org .

The Spinning Prop Award recognizes the NCS member who logs the most general aviation hours in the 1-year period between March 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009. All hours for which the pilot did not receive any compensation are eligible. Safety pilot and student pilot time are eligible but simulator time is not eligible. Each chapter may submit one applicant for this award. To apply, submit your name, the date you joined the 99s and the total number of qualifying hours to Jan Pocock (224 New Ballwin Rd. Ballwin, MO 63021) or Libby Yunger (girlpilot@sbcglobal.net) . If you have the most hours in the Chapter you will be asked to submit hard copies of your logbook for the applicable period.

The NCS 49½ Award recognizes a support member of Ninety-Nines. All “significant others” (that could be a husband, partner, sister, mother, father, etc.) are eligible and can include activities that occurred from the date the member joined the Ninety-Nines to now. The member should compose a letter of recommendation – remember this is a service award not a flying award – and send it to the NCS directors at director@ncs99s.org or send a hard copy to Deborah Kirschner at 4006 E. Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

The NCS Governor’s Service Award honors a Ninety-Nine who has provided continuous service to the organization. All Ninety-Nines are eligible except current International and Section Officers and Board members. This award takes the member’s entire history of contributions to the organization into consideration. Each Chapter may submit one nomination. To nominate a section member, the Chapter Chair will compose and submit a letter or recommendation. If you feel that one of our members should receive this award, please make your suggestions to Sally Siebe (sally.siebe@sbcglobal.net) or to Jean Murry (33 Oakland Hills Dr., Chesterfield. MO 63017).

Member News:

Congratulations to Nelda Lee for being named an Outstanding Woman in Aviation by the Women with Wings Chapter of Women in Aviation. She was presented the award at the 4th Annual Awards Banquet at the Midwest Aviation Conference in January.

911 service has come to Ironton MO and consequently Martha Norman now has a new mailing address: 160 Cedar Lane, Ironton MO 63650.