January 2012 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines
Newsletter
January 2012

MACTS Super Safety Seminar and Ninety Nines meeting
Saturday, 21 January at the Maryland Hts Centre, 2344 McKelvey Rd.
Super Safety Seminar Schedule (9 am to 3 pm):
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Welcome and Introductions: Fred Harms and Mr. Tyrone Gilliard, Gloria Bahn
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Business Aspects of Flight Instruction, Peggy Chabrian
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Flight Safety, Gregg Maryniak
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Break/Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. NextGen, Central Region FAA Administrators Panel
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Safety Trends in General Aviation, Jeff Edwards

Ninety Nines Meeting: 3 pm at the Ninety Nines table at the MACTS
We will be raffling two goody baskets and a bottle of Champagne. If you have items for the goody baskets, it’s not too late. Please get them to Jean Murry by Thursday, 19 January. Her phone number is 314-469-5341.

To get to the Maryland Hts Center take I-270 to the Dorsett Rd exit, Turn west at the bottom of the exit ramp onto Dorsett Rd. Turn right (north) onto McKelvey Hills Dr. (this is the first street on the right west of I-270). Continue straight, about 0.7 miles, and the Maryland Hts Centre will be on the right.

Please plan to attend this meeting. We will need to decide whether or not our Chapter has the resources to host the Air Race Classic start in 2014. This would entail raising $10,000 for the Air Race Classic organization in addition to planning and funding all the needs of the racers as well as the activities associated with the start of the Air Race Classic as outlined in the revised Air Race Classic Start Committee syllabus that is included as an attachment to this Newsletter. If we decide not to host the Air Race Classic in 2014, the next opportunity is not until 2017.

Other Aviation Activities:
For those wishing to attend other MACTS activities, On Saturday from 6:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. there will be an Awards Banquet and silent auction with Keynote Speaker Rhonda Hamm-Neibreugge, Director, Lambert Airport

The Sunday MACTS Schedule is as follows:
10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Risk Management/Risk Intervention Strategies, Steve Hofmann
11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Pilot Proficiency Wings Program, John Teipen FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) (June Tonsing)
12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch – Free Pizza Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Learn to Fly – Adult & Youth Programs, Featuring: Craig O’mara, Program Director. Guest: Dave Desmond, Chief Test Pilot, Military Tactical Flight Operations for The Boeing Company

Member News:
Susan Van Matre has nominated Delia Greer and Jean Murry for the 2012 Ninety Nines Award of Achievement for Humanitarian Efforts for their work with the Wings of Hope. A copy of the documentation submitted by Susan is attached. Certainly Delia and Jean are very dedicated workers and deserving of this award. We wish them good luck and hope they are selected for this honor.

Sue Mathias reports: "I'll be the speaker for the Saint Charles' Zontas this Wednesday, January 18. Sort of a milestone for me ... last time was 33 years ago when I reviewed "The Girl In Brown" about Amelia Earhart."

Vivian Waters’ new address is 226 Davidson Dr., St. Peters MO 63376 and her cell phone is 314-603-5612.

We received the following note from Teresa Camp:
Greetings 99s,

Bill and I just wanted to let you know that I have accepted a new assignment with Pratt & Whitney as the Program Manager for the Adaptive Fan Rig, which is an advanced engine development. It means we will be moving to Hartford, CT, and it will happen pretty quickly. Diana is back in Texas and will continue her studies, but she is very supportive of the change. My plans are to start on 30 January. Bill will be coordinating all the move details over the next few months, so we both have our work cut out for us!

Bill, Diana and I all want to thank you for your support over the years. We treasure all the friendships and admire all your accomplishments! This was a tough decision and I’ve lost several nights sleep as I wrestled with the full impact of this decision. Of course it means I have to give up my vision of personally bringing the ARC 2014 to St. Louis, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen without me. That would be something you all will have to decide. Just give it some thought.

While it will be tough to leave St. Louis, we hope to stay in touch. Of course, we would welcome a visit whenever you’re in the area.

My Boeing e-mail and phone will be discontinued at the end of this month, so please use my new personal e-mail account, teresaacamp@hotmail.com.
Best wishes and clear skies!

Aviation News:
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 .

There is also a calendar of events on the Spirit Pilot Shop web site that is good if you’re looking for a fly-in FAA seminar:
http://www.spiritpilotshop.com/Home.php