October 2010 - Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting of the Greater St. Louis Ninety Nines
Saturday, 16 October 2010

Present: Ruth Bohnert (tour and meeting only), Gussie Freese (lunch only), Delia Greer, Mary Kinnaw, Sherry Lemaster (tour and meeting only), Sue Mathias, Jean Murry, Jan Pocock (lunch only), Susan Van Matre, Vivian Waters (lunch only), and Libby Yunger.

The meeting followed lunch at the Wine Country Garden Restaurant in Defiance and a tour of the St. Louis TRACON in Weldon Sprints.

The meeting was called to order at 3:15 pm by our Chairman, Jean Murry.

We had no meeting in September so there were no minutes. There was no treasurer’s report

Old Business:
Libby Yunger updated the group on the Girl Scout event that is scheduled for Saturday, 19 March 2011 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Wings of Hope. Member Sabrina Zwego is a faculty member at SIU-Carbonhdale and a certified ground instructor. She will be able to provide four flight simulators for the event, as well as the help of the WAI chapter at SIU-Carbondale. Jean Murry said the Wings of Hope hangar will be available for the event. Delia Greer will have the MATS plane open and will talk about the role of the flight nurse in transporting medical patients. We will have a short planning meeting for the Girl Scout event following the Lambert tour and luncheon on 13 November. The Holiday Luncheon will be on Saturday, 11 December at the Mother-in-Law House restaurant on Old Capitol in historic downtown St. Charles. Members are asked to bring non-perishable food and other items to donate to the Circle of Concern. We will also collect additional items for our raffle basket for the MACTS at that time.

There was no New Business.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 pm.

October 2010 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines
Newsletter
October, 2010

October meeting: Lunch at Wine Country Gardens and tour of the St. Louis TRACON
Saturday, 16 October 2010
11:30- am to 1:30 pm – Lunch and wine tasting at Wine Country Gardens
2:00 pm – Tour of St. Louis TRACON
3:00 pm (approx.) – meeting will follow the tour

If you did not sign up for the TRACON tour by 30 September, you will not be able to attend. Please remember to bring an official picture ID that is required by the FAA to enter the TRACON. Wine Country Gardens is located on at 2711 S. Highway 94 in Defiance. If you are coming from the north on I-270 take the Page Avenue Extension into St. Charles. That merges with Hwy 94 west (toward Weldon Springs). If you are coming from the south or east take I-64 to the Hwy 94 exit and turn left (southwest) at the light at the bottom of the exit ramp. Follow Hwy 94 west past the Weldon Springs Conservation area. Wine Country Gardens is on the right just before you get to the city of Defiance. If you are not going to lunch, meet the lunch group at the TRACON at 1:45 pm. The St. Louis TRACON is in the Missouri Research Park in St. Charles. Take I-64 west and exit at Hwy 94. Turn left at the bottom of the exit ramp, cross over I-64 and turn left at Research Park Drive. The building is on the left but back from the road and easy to miss, so watch the signage. Its address is 14 Research Park Dr.

Notes from September
There was no meeting in September. Only five members (Jean Murry, Susan Van Matre, Gussie Freese, Delia Greer, and Jan Pocock) attended the tour of St. Louis University and the Parks College Campus on 11 September. However, those who went were very enthusiastic about the event. Tour guide, Susan Bloomfield, was knowledgeable and entertaining. Everyone could ride in the golf cart so walking was not a problem. It was suggested that we schedule another Parks College tour at a future date when more members will be available to attend.

Future Chapter Events:
November meeting: Our tour of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is scheduled for Saturday, 13 November, with Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Airport Director. We will meet at Rhonda's office at 10 am for a behind the scenes tour of the airfield, baggage hangar, and underground operations. We'll be in a passenger van for a portion of the tour and must limit the group to 28 members and guests. At 11:30 am, following the tour, Rhonda will be our lunch guest at the Missouri Vineyard restaurant on the field. Parking will be free, with details to follow as the date draws nearer. We need a confirmed headcount by 2 November, anyone wanting to attend contact Susan Van Matre at slvanmatre@gmail.com.

Holiday/Christmas Luncheon:
Our Holiday/Christmas luncheon will be held on Saturday, 11 December at the Mother-in-Law House Restaurant on Main Street, St. Charles. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Main Street is always alive with carolers, musicians, carriage rides and Dickensian pageantry. There are many unique shops, making it a great place to look for unusual Christmas gifts.

Girl Scout Event:
Our chapter will be hosting a program for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri on Saturday, 19 March from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Wings of Hope. There will between 20-40 girls in grades 6-12 (ages 11-18). Please reserve this date for the Girl Scout program, since we will need everyone’s commitment to do this properly. I sent the following program description to Michelle Johnson, Girl Scout Program Manager: The syllabus would include the principles of flight (the concepts of lift, gravity, thrust, and drag), how an aircraft becomes and remains airborne. We would show the girls how aircraft controls change the configuration of the aircraft and allow the aircraft to take off and land. We could also discuss a little about navigation - when you're in the air above the clouds, how do you know where you are. We could also discuss a little about communication - who a pilots needs to speak with prior to departure, during departure, en route, and prior to and during landing. The girls would get to see airplanes and their controls and instrumentation but they would not actually get into the aircraft (we could arrange stools so that the girls can see into the cockpit fairly readily and safely).

Member News:
Teresa Camp, Sue Mathias, and Susan Van Matre attended Monika Petrillo’s film Flyabout at Boeing on 24 September and the pre-show dinner with Monika at Pi Pizzeria. Sue’s friend, Marcia Maroe Connaghan (who is a long-time pilot-wannabe) was so impressed by Monika and her journey that she wrote a review for the St. Louis Small Business Examiner. Monika said it was the first time she had ever been interviewed as a "businesswoman". The link for the article is: http://www.examiner.com/small-business-in-st-louis/mighy-ity-films-owner-promotes-film-with-social-media-aviation-festivals

Several of our members vacationed in September or early October. Jean Murry toured Egypt with her sister. Libby Yunger and Bob Kraemer were at the Reno Air Races helping out with George André’s Zipper Air Racing Team. George and Zipper II placed 6th in the Biplane Gold Race. Delia Greer went to Albuquerque for the International Balloon Fiesta.
Vivian Waters’ photographs from her recent Arizona trip continue on exhibit at the Art Saint Louis Gallery Show, Room with a View. The exhibit goes through October 21. The show is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at 555 Washington Ave., Suite 150, in downtown St. Louis. Additional information can be found at: www.artstlouis.org/upcoming.html

Our West Coast friend, Amy Laws, visited St. Louis in September for a grandchild’s wedding. While here she had lunch with several of her Ninety Nines friends on 7 September. A photo of Amy is appended to this Newsletter.

Future Aviation Events:
There is an excellent, well-maintained web-based St. Louis Aviation calendar listing events scheduled in the Greater St. Louis area. This site also has links to the websites of the GSL Ninety Nines and other local aviation organizations. The site URL is http://stlaviationcalendar.com/default.aspx .