Newsletter - April 2009

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
April 2009

April meeting: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Downtown Airport/GSL Air & Space Museum table at the Healthy Kids Day
Cahokia YMCA
509 Camp Jackson Rd
Cahokia, IL
10:00 am – meeting

Between 10 am and noon we will also man a table that will have information about the Downtown Airport and the museum and will hand out information about the Ninety-Nines to interested girls/women. There will be food for sale at the event if any members wish to eat lunch on site.

The Cahokia YMCA is on the former Parks College Campus. Camp Jackson Rd is IL-157. To get to the YMCA from the north or from West County, take the IL-3 south exit off I-64 (US-40) and turn left at IL-157. The YMCA is on the left about 0.4 miles from the IL-3/IL-157 intersection. IL-157 is divided and it may not be possible to turn directly into the YMCA parking lot. If that is the case continue to Donald St. and make a U-turn. 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 to IL-157 and turn right.

Activities and Calendar of Events:

April 25: FAAST Safety Seminar on Pilot Hazardous Attitude begins at 9 am in the Corporate Meeting Room (west side of building), HDA Corporate Office, 944 Anglum Rd., Hazelwood MO 63042. The FAA identifier for WINGS credit is CE0324842.

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

Member News:
Congratulations to Nelda Lee for reaching the anniversary milestone of 40 years with McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing. Nelda is a graduate of Auburn University and the first female aeronautical engineer hired by McDonnell-Douglas Corp. here in St. Louis. I have attached Boeing’s announcement with the Newsletter.