Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines
Newsletter
June 2011
Newsletter
June 2011
June meeting: Noon on Sunday, 19 June 2011 - lunch
1:30 (approximate) - meeting
Creve Coeur Airport
Creve Coeur airport has a barbecue every Sunday. The cost is $6 and includes the choice of one of two hot meats and a variety of hot and cold side dishes. The meeting will follow lunch.
If you are coming by auto, Creve Coeur Airport has become much easier to find. Take I-64 or
I-70 to I-270. If you’re coming from I-70 go south on I-270 and if you’re coming from I-64, go north on I-270. Go west on the Page Avenue Extension (M0-364). Exit at Maryland Hts. Expressway (second exit). Go right at the bottom of the ramp. Turn left at the second stoplight (the first light is River Valley Dr. the second light is Creve Coeur Mill Rd); the road ends in the airport.
Chapter News:
Fifteen members and guests attended the Installation Luncheon. The room as a little cozy, but that made for easy conversation during lunch. The food at Cardwell’s was excellent. Perhaps we’ll go there again sometime – hint, hint!
At the Installation luncheon, Ruth Bohnert asked when we were going to do another compass rose. I had previously talked with some of the Directors of the GSL Air & Space Museum about putting a rose on the ramp by the Museum. Since the airport would need to do prep work such as surveying the site and, if possible, purchasing the paint the project would need to be authorized by Bob McDaniel, the airport director, prior to making any plans. This summer we will also need to wash and polish Nikki Calpan’s Meyers OTW that the Museum owns. However, these projects will need to be placed on hold until we know more about the integrity of Hangar 2 that houses the Museum. Two weeks ago, the parapet on the SW corner of Hangar 2 fell and a large crack developed in the adjacent wall. The architects have said that the building can continue to be occupied but people should stay out of the building during heavy rain or high winds. A determination of the fate of the building should be forthcoming in the next few months.
Ninety Nines News:
The Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum is having a drawing on 16 July 2011 for two (2) nights lodging for two (2) people at the historic Glick Mansion (Tuck U Inn B&B) in Atchison KS. For more information about the B&B see www.glickmansion.com. Tickets for the drawing are $5 each or 6 for $25 and are available from Nelda Lee. Checks should be made payable to AEBM. If you would like to purchase raffle tickets, Nelda’s address is 418 Mayfair Drive, Ballwin, MO 63011.
14-16 July 2011 are the dates for this year’s Ninety Nines International Annual Meeting and Conference in Oklahoma City. The registration form is now available online. Go to https://tpires.com/99s/index.htm to register. More information is available in the Jan/Feb/Mar issue of the 99 News. Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock will be representing our Chapter at the convention.
Member News:
Nelda Lee invites us to attend one of the U City Summer Band concerts that will be held on Tuesday evenings beginning at 6:30 pm by The Market Pub on Delmar Ave in the U City Loop between Kingsland Ave. and Leland Ave. The concert selections are:
June 14 - Another Op'nin..........That's Entertainment, Canterbury Chorale, Overture for Winds, Twentiana, Marching Along Waterman, Air for Band, Prelude for Band, Music Man
June 21 - Featuring the Woodwinds............Tocatarantella, Persuasions, Trestle Bend, Clarinet Candy, Delmar Garden March, Saxophonia, The Girl with the Flaxon Hair, Flight of the Flutes, Big Band Signatures
June 28 - Anniversary of the Civil War............An American Fanfare, American Civil War Fantasy, Americans We, Kentucky 1800, Washington Grays March, Celebration of Spirituals, With Malice Towards None, Armed Forces Salute, Stars & Stripes (I may be out of town and miss this one but please go if this time works for you.)
July 12 - Trombone and the Low Brass Section.........Them Basses, Tuba Tiger Rag, Rhosymedre, Travelogue, Holiday for Trombones, Postcard from the Heartlands, Deep Purple, Lassus Trombones, Z's Blues
July 19 - Featuring Percussion & French Horns..........Klaxon March, Lustspiel Overture, Serenade for a Picket Fence, The People, Flying, Sandpaper Ballet, The 4 Horsemen, Sing Sing Sing, Broadway's Classic
July 26 - Lorenzo Trujillo and the Trumpet Section...........Semper Fidelis, Nottingham Celebration, Jazz A Ma Tazz, Virgin De La Macarena, Buglers Holiday, Eagle Squadron March, Trumpeters Lullaby, Napoli, Z's Blues
Aviation Events:
St. Charles Flying Service is hosting it’s annual Open House and Airport Day on Saturday, 18 June from 10 am to 4 pm at Hangar 6 on the North Ramp at St. Charles County Airport aka Smartt Field (KSET). They will have a pot luck barbecue, spot landing and bomb drop competitions. The CAF will sell tickets for a noon flight around the area in the B-25. Jim Tecu will be there selling and signing copies of his new book (historical fiction), Voices of the Wright Brothers. There will be fly-in fuel discounts and fuel and airplane rental discounts for pilots taking part in the competitions. For information on Airport Day 2011, please contact SCFS at 636-946-6066, dave@stcharlesflyingservice.com or at the SCFS web site http://www.stcharlesflyingservice.com . Competition registration begins at 10am. For competition pre-registration, please contact Nick Loftus at nick-loftus@hotmail.com.
