Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
September 2008
September meeting: Saturday, September 20, 2008, at the Scott AFB Airshow:
Airpower over the Midwest.
1:00 pm – meet in the large hangar by the Civil Air Patrol exhibit.
They’re supposed to have a CAP Cessna 172P in their booth area,
which should make it relatively obvious. This is our annual meeting and
Chapter birthday party
Information about the airshow is available at http://www.scottairshow.com/index.html
Airshow hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Both the Shiloh (take exit 19 off I-64) and the Belleville (IL Rte 161 between Belleville and Mascoutah) gates to the AFB will open at 9 am, or you can take Metrolink to the Shiloh-Scott station and there will be shuttle buses to the base. The show is free to the public and parking is also free. There is a pretty long list of prohibited items:
No backpacks (backpacks specifically made for cameras are okay, but will be searched)
No coolers
No knives
No weapons
No contraband
No helium balloons
No pets
No tents, awnings or beach umbrellas
No cooking equipment
No bikes, roller blades, scooters or skateboards
However, you can bring folding chairs to watch the airshow.
OTHER EVENTS:
Several other aviation-related events are also occurring on September 20:
1) Hangar Dance at the CAF hangar at St Charles County Airport (Smartt Field): The doors open at 6 pm and the band, Sentimental Journey, plays music for dancing beginning at 7 pm. Tickets are $18 at the door ($15 in advance). They also have prizes for best WWII costume and a silent auction. For more information see: http://www.cafmo.org/dance.html
2) The Great Forest Park Balloon Race is on Central Field (by the Jewel Box) in Forest Park. Balloon Glow is Friday night, September 19, from 7:00-8:30 pm. The race festivities are Saturday from about noon until 6 pm but opening ceremonies are at 3:30 pm and the Energizer Hot “Hare” Balloon is scheduled to ascend at 4:30 pm with the other balloons scheduled to launch after 4:45 pm. The rain date for the race is Sunday.
NORTH CENTRAL SECTION NEWS
The Waypoint and information about NC Section events and meetings are available on the NC Section web site: http://www.ncs99s.org/ To get into the members only section, the Username is NCS and the Password is member 99.
Congratulations to the following NCS members who were elected to International offices:
Donna Moore was elected Vice President and Joan Kerwin was reelected to the position of Director. Congratulations to both.
The Chicago Area Chapter of the Ninety-nines is sponsoring a Poker Run on Saturday, October 4. The Airports are Lake in the Hills (3CK), Poplar Grove (C77), Morris Municipal (C09), and Lansing Municipal (KIGQ). You can start at any airport but you must complete the circuit by 2 pm central time at Shannon’s Landing Irish Pub & Eatery at Lansing Municipal Airport. Entry fee is $15.00. For more information contact Leslie Prellwitz at 630-698-5040 or e-mail her at chi99event@comcast.net
AVIATION NEWS:
After February 1, 2009, distress signals emitted by 121.5 Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) will no longer be monitored by the International Cospas-Sarsat Agency. The satellites will process only signals from 406 MHz ELT transmitters. 121.5 may still be monitored by overflying aircraft and will be monitored by ground stations, such as the CAP. However, this may be of limited value in sparsely populated areas. Therefore the FAA recommends that aircraft owners retrofit their aircraft with 406 MHz ELTs or carry a handheld 406 MHz personal locator beacon. For additional information about this change see: www.sarsat.noaa.gov
MEMBER NEWS
We received the attached picture from Kim Atkins in Italy. Looks like she’s enjoying life in Aviano – though the way most Italians drive I’d be very careful on a motorcycle. Her daughter Samantha was visiting Prague when she wrote. Her address is now: PSC 103 Box 1301, APO, AE 09603-0014 and her e-mail address is still firefighter106ofd@yahoo.com
For those of you who want to keep up with the comings and goings of Sally Siebe as she pursues her Instrument rating, she has a web site at http://seesallyfly.blogspot.com/ I learned instruments without GPS or DME – never had to fly a DME arc!
MINUTES OF THE JULY MEETING
The Meeting was July 20, 2008, at Creve Coeur Airport.
Members present at lunch and the meeting: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Jan Pocock, and Vivian Waters.
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman, Jean Murry, at 12:30 pm.
Delia Greer and Kayleen Amerson will be responsible for transferring the library displays in August.
The September meeting will be at the Scott Airshow. The time and date will be determined. This will be our annual meeting and Chapter birthday celebration.
There was no financial report and the June minutes were distributed with the Newsletter.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Gussie Freese, Acting Secretary
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Newsletter - July 2008
Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
July 2008
July meeting: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Lunch at noon at Creve Coeur Airport
Meeting at 1:30 pm
Each Sunday Creve Coeur owner, Al Stix, prepares a barbecue lunch with a choice of meat, salads, and dessert. Price for the lunch is $6, so it’s really a great deal (but remember that although there may be two or three different meats offered, each person can select only one meat!) The meeting will follow at 1:30 pm in the FBO meeting room.
To get to Creve Coeur Airport from the North, South or East, take your favorite route to I-270. Get off I-270 at the Page Avenue extension (Rte 364 West). Exit Rte. 364 at Maryland Hts. Expressway (you can only go north). The entrance to the airport is about 1 mile on the left. To get to the Airport from St. Charles, take I-70 east to Earth City Expressway South. This will become Maryland Hts Expressway. The entrance to the airport is about 3 mi from I-70 on the right. Of course, for those of you with airplanes, you can always fly in (1H0).
There will be no Chapter meeting and no Newsletter in August.
Other Upcoming Events
EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, will be held from July 28 through August 3. Jean Murry will be working in the Ninety-Nine’s tent for one day. This is a great opportunity to tell women pilots about the benefits of membership and the scholarships available to flight and academic students. Other members planning to attend AirVenture are encouraged to stop by the Ninety-Nine’s tent.
Another opportunity at AirVenture is KidVenture, the Young Eagles Flight Education (YEFE) program. It will be open from 9 am to 3:30 pm daily, except Sunday when it closes at 2 pm. There will be programs for folks of all ages from toddler to adult! They are looking for volunteers to man the 10 YEFE learning stations: Registration, Regulations, Weather, Navigation, Human Factors, ATC, Aircraft Design, Pre-Flight, Flight Training and Post Flight. KidVenture is called a destination for fun through education that focuses on Science – Technology – Engineering – Math (STEM). If you are interested in helping, contact John Teipen at john@teipen.com or call him at
314-863-5941. For additional information about KidVenture, see http://www.airventure.org/2008/events/kidventure.html
or page 27 in the current FAA Aviation News Magazine: http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news .
An idea for a future local event: The EAA Museum is completing two YEFE traveling kits. We might work with either the local EAA or the St. Louis Science Museum aviation program to bring these training materials to St. Louis.
July 2008
July meeting: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Lunch at noon at Creve Coeur Airport
Meeting at 1:30 pm
Each Sunday Creve Coeur owner, Al Stix, prepares a barbecue lunch with a choice of meat, salads, and dessert. Price for the lunch is $6, so it’s really a great deal (but remember that although there may be two or three different meats offered, each person can select only one meat!) The meeting will follow at 1:30 pm in the FBO meeting room.
To get to Creve Coeur Airport from the North, South or East, take your favorite route to I-270. Get off I-270 at the Page Avenue extension (Rte 364 West). Exit Rte. 364 at Maryland Hts. Expressway (you can only go north). The entrance to the airport is about 1 mile on the left. To get to the Airport from St. Charles, take I-70 east to Earth City Expressway South. This will become Maryland Hts Expressway. The entrance to the airport is about 3 mi from I-70 on the right. Of course, for those of you with airplanes, you can always fly in (1H0).
There will be no Chapter meeting and no Newsletter in August.
Other Upcoming Events
EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, will be held from July 28 through August 3. Jean Murry will be working in the Ninety-Nine’s tent for one day. This is a great opportunity to tell women pilots about the benefits of membership and the scholarships available to flight and academic students. Other members planning to attend AirVenture are encouraged to stop by the Ninety-Nine’s tent.
Another opportunity at AirVenture is KidVenture, the Young Eagles Flight Education (YEFE) program. It will be open from 9 am to 3:30 pm daily, except Sunday when it closes at 2 pm. There will be programs for folks of all ages from toddler to adult! They are looking for volunteers to man the 10 YEFE learning stations: Registration, Regulations, Weather, Navigation, Human Factors, ATC, Aircraft Design, Pre-Flight, Flight Training and Post Flight. KidVenture is called a destination for fun through education that focuses on Science – Technology – Engineering – Math (STEM). If you are interested in helping, contact John Teipen at john@teipen.com or call him at
314-863-5941. For additional information about KidVenture, see http://www.airventure.org/2008/events/kidventure.html
or page 27 in the current FAA Aviation News Magazine: http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news .
An idea for a future local event: The EAA Museum is completing two YEFE traveling kits. We might work with either the local EAA or the St. Louis Science Museum aviation program to bring these training materials to St. Louis.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Minutes May 17, 2008 Meeting
Minutes of The Greater St. Louis 99’s
17 May 2008
Members present: Mary Kinnaw, Gussie Freese, Anne Mongiovi, Delia Greer, Ruby Rudoli, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Jean Murry, Ruth Bohnert, Vivian Waters, and Martha Norman
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Sally Siebe at about 1:30 PM after our Installation Luncheon at Oliver’s on St. Louis Downtown Airport.
There was no special installation ceremony. All elected officers, since they were the same as last year, were asked to continue the duties as they did last term. All agreed.
The minutes were accepted as sent on in the newsletter.
The treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.
Old Business and Committee Reports:
NIFA: The NIFA National SAFECON to be held in May 2009. Host school will be St. Louis University – Parks College and the official airport will be St. Louis Downtown, Cahokia Illinois.
Library Display: The Library Display is on schedule. Gussie will be contacting libraries.
The date of Greenville Compass Rose painting has not been set at this time. Everything is ready at the Greenville Airport. Martha reported that both compass roses at St. Louis Downtown are in use and they are glad that they were there.
Our June meeting: June 21, 2008 at Vivian Water’s at the Club House at 12:00 noon.
Fred Harms is retiring from the FAA. There will be a “Roast” for him. Don’t know the time or place.
Spring Section Meeting Report: There were 96 members present at the meeting from 14 Chapters. The International Convention will be in Chicago in July 2009. Jan volunteered the Greater St. Louis Chapter to be coordinator for the Hospitality Room. There will be a special program on Girl Scouts.
Waypoint: Check your e-mail address in the International Directory and correct it if necessary. Waypoint will be e-mailed using that address.
Motion was made by Gussie that Vivian should determine how to vote for the Chapter at the International Convention this year concerning the International By-Laws that will be decided on. Motion seconded by Jan. Motion carried. Vivian will be a/the Chapter Delegate to the International Convention in Anchorage Alaska this year.
St. Charles Airport: Donations are requested for the office at the St. Charles Airport due to the fire there and the loss of facilities and furnishings.
Immediate Section Meetings: The Fall Section Meeting will be October 10-12, 2008 in Columbus, OH. The Spring Section meeting will be in Milwaukee.
Martha moved that the meeting be adjourned at 2:48 PM. Delia seconded. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by
Martha Norman for Libby Yunger
17 May 2008
Members present: Mary Kinnaw, Gussie Freese, Anne Mongiovi, Delia Greer, Ruby Rudoli, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Jean Murry, Ruth Bohnert, Vivian Waters, and Martha Norman
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Sally Siebe at about 1:30 PM after our Installation Luncheon at Oliver’s on St. Louis Downtown Airport.
There was no special installation ceremony. All elected officers, since they were the same as last year, were asked to continue the duties as they did last term. All agreed.
The minutes were accepted as sent on in the newsletter.
The treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.
Old Business and Committee Reports:
NIFA: The NIFA National SAFECON to be held in May 2009. Host school will be St. Louis University – Parks College and the official airport will be St. Louis Downtown, Cahokia Illinois.
Library Display: The Library Display is on schedule. Gussie will be contacting libraries.
The date of Greenville Compass Rose painting has not been set at this time. Everything is ready at the Greenville Airport. Martha reported that both compass roses at St. Louis Downtown are in use and they are glad that they were there.
Our June meeting: June 21, 2008 at Vivian Water’s at the Club House at 12:00 noon.
Fred Harms is retiring from the FAA. There will be a “Roast” for him. Don’t know the time or place.
Spring Section Meeting Report: There were 96 members present at the meeting from 14 Chapters. The International Convention will be in Chicago in July 2009. Jan volunteered the Greater St. Louis Chapter to be coordinator for the Hospitality Room. There will be a special program on Girl Scouts.
Waypoint: Check your e-mail address in the International Directory and correct it if necessary. Waypoint will be e-mailed using that address.
Motion was made by Gussie that Vivian should determine how to vote for the Chapter at the International Convention this year concerning the International By-Laws that will be decided on. Motion seconded by Jan. Motion carried. Vivian will be a/the Chapter Delegate to the International Convention in Anchorage Alaska this year.
St. Charles Airport: Donations are requested for the office at the St. Charles Airport due to the fire there and the loss of facilities and furnishings.
Immediate Section Meetings: The Fall Section Meeting will be October 10-12, 2008 in Columbus, OH. The Spring Section meeting will be in Milwaukee.
Martha moved that the meeting be adjourned at 2:48 PM. Delia seconded. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by
Martha Norman for Libby Yunger
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Newsletter - April 2008
St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
April 2008
March meeting: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tour of the Missouri State Police hangar and their fleet of aircraft at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). Meet at the Spirit of St. Louis Main Terminal at 9:45 am. Someone from the State Police will meet us there and escort us to the hangar.
There will be a meeting following the tour, and we will have lunch together at a restaurant in the Chesterfield Valley after the meeting.
Items Under Consideration:
1) Space is the theme of this year’s Learning for Life Adventure Days (day camp) for children in grades K-6. The organizers have asked the Ninety-Nines to participate. Sally Siebe will have more information at the meeting on Saturday.
2) Our Installation luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 12:30 pm, in the banquet room at Oliver’s Restaurant at St. Louis Downtown Airport. We will order from the menu.
Waypoint: The second issue of Waypoint is on the North Central Section web
site in the Members Only section. To access the Waypoint go to
www.ncs99s.org and click on the Members Only box. In the access
box enter NCS in the username space and member99! in the password box. T
he Waypoint is hiding under Publications and Forms. Air Marking: I have been very busy as work this year and have not had time
to plan and schedule the air marking at Greenville Airport. I know the folks
there really want to have it done and would welcome anyone who could take
over coordinating this project.
April 2008
March meeting: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tour of the Missouri State Police hangar and their fleet of aircraft at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). Meet at the Spirit of St. Louis Main Terminal at 9:45 am. Someone from the State Police will meet us there and escort us to the hangar.
There will be a meeting following the tour, and we will have lunch together at a restaurant in the Chesterfield Valley after the meeting.
Items Under Consideration:
1) Space is the theme of this year’s Learning for Life Adventure Days (day camp) for children in grades K-6. The organizers have asked the Ninety-Nines to participate. Sally Siebe will have more information at the meeting on Saturday.
2) Our Installation luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 12:30 pm, in the banquet room at Oliver’s Restaurant at St. Louis Downtown Airport. We will order from the menu.
Waypoint: The second issue of Waypoint is on the North Central Section web
site in the Members Only section. To access the Waypoint go to
www.ncs99s.org and click on the Members Only box. In the access
box enter NCS in the username space and member99! in the password box. T
he Waypoint is hiding under Publications and Forms. Air Marking: I have been very busy as work this year and have not had time
to plan and schedule the air marking at Greenville Airport. I know the folks
there really want to have it done and would welcome anyone who could take
over coordinating this project.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Minutes April 19, 2008 Meeting
Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the St. Louis County Police (Metro Air Support) Hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport
Present at the tour: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Patrice Mullins, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger.
Present at the meeting and lunch: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger
Our tour of the St. Louis County Police Hangar and aircraft was led by member Patrice Mullins, a 27 year veteran of the St. Louis County Police. She is currently a Senior Pilot and has amassed more than 6.000 hours flying helicopters. Her police work has yielded some very exciting experiences and we enjoyed hangar flying with her during and following the tour.
Our meeting was held in the conference room at Jet Corp where we were joined by Christine Malcomson-Young, a member of the San Gabriel Chapter and Lear Jet captain with FlexJet. She was sitting stand-by at the airport and seemed as thrilled to have something to do as we were to have her at our meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 11:35 am by Chairman Sally Siebe. The minutes were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report, which was accepted, and gave an unofficial account of the money available in the Del Scharr Scholarship fund. We have had inquiries but no qualified candidates for the scholarship this year.
Libby Yunger and Martha Norman will audit the books in June.
The Installation Luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at 12:30 pm at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal at St. Louis Downtown Airport. Martha Norman will send formal invitations to all members. Since all current officers and directors have agreed to remain in office next year, no ballots will be sent to the membership. Chapter dues of $15 will be due in May. Libby Yunger will send a list of the names and addresses of the current chapter members to Martha and to membership chairman, Jean Murry.
Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April. Vivian Waters is attending the International Convention in Alaska.
The second issue of the Waypoint is available on the NC Section website. Hard copies should arrive by snail mail before the end of April.
Gussie Freese will attempt to get more information on the Learning for Life Space Camp scheduled for May 5-9. We will man a booth at the camp if feasible.
Member news:
Sally Siebe has a blog on the web to share her experiences and progress while working on her instrument rating at http://seesallyfly.blogspot.com.
Vivian Waters will exhibit some of her photos at an art show in St. Charles at 222 N. Main St. The show hours are 5-10 pm on Friday, April 25, 11 am to 8 pm on Saturday, April 26, and from 12-5 pm on Sunday, April 27.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted,Libby YungerSecretary
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the St. Louis County Police (Metro Air Support) Hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport
Present at the tour: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Patrice Mullins, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger.
Present at the meeting and lunch: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger
Our tour of the St. Louis County Police Hangar and aircraft was led by member Patrice Mullins, a 27 year veteran of the St. Louis County Police. She is currently a Senior Pilot and has amassed more than 6.000 hours flying helicopters. Her police work has yielded some very exciting experiences and we enjoyed hangar flying with her during and following the tour.
Our meeting was held in the conference room at Jet Corp where we were joined by Christine Malcomson-Young, a member of the San Gabriel Chapter and Lear Jet captain with FlexJet. She was sitting stand-by at the airport and seemed as thrilled to have something to do as we were to have her at our meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 11:35 am by Chairman Sally Siebe. The minutes were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report, which was accepted, and gave an unofficial account of the money available in the Del Scharr Scholarship fund. We have had inquiries but no qualified candidates for the scholarship this year.
Libby Yunger and Martha Norman will audit the books in June.
The Installation Luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at 12:30 pm at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal at St. Louis Downtown Airport. Martha Norman will send formal invitations to all members. Since all current officers and directors have agreed to remain in office next year, no ballots will be sent to the membership. Chapter dues of $15 will be due in May. Libby Yunger will send a list of the names and addresses of the current chapter members to Martha and to membership chairman, Jean Murry.
Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April. Vivian Waters is attending the International Convention in Alaska.
The second issue of the Waypoint is available on the NC Section website. Hard copies should arrive by snail mail before the end of April.
Gussie Freese will attempt to get more information on the Learning for Life Space Camp scheduled for May 5-9. We will man a booth at the camp if feasible.
Member news:
Sally Siebe has a blog on the web to share her experiences and progress while working on her instrument rating at http://seesallyfly.blogspot.com.
Vivian Waters will exhibit some of her photos at an art show in St. Charles at 222 N. Main St. The show hours are 5-10 pm on Friday, April 25, 11 am to 8 pm on Saturday, April 26, and from 12-5 pm on Sunday, April 27.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted,Libby YungerSecretary
Monday, March 31, 2008
Newsletter - March 2008
Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
March 2008
March meeting: Saturday, March 15, 2008, St. Louis Downtown Airport
11:30 am – meet for Lunch at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal
(north ramp)
1:00 pm – meeting and program at the Greater St. Louis Air & Space
Museum, Hangar #2
As you come from the north, hangar #2 is the first of the original brick
hangars on the west ramp just south of the Parks College facility
Our speaker will be Rose Church, RN. Rose was a McDonnell-Douglas employee and the head flight nurse for the Mercury and Gemini programs. She knew all of the original astronauts and has many great stories both about the testing and training for the space program and about the astronauts themselves. This should be an excellent program so I hope all of you who are in the area can attend.
If you’re looking for the minutes of the January meeting, they were accidentally deleted from my computer and will be distributed at the meeting on Saturday. I will send copies of the January and March minutes with the April Newsletter.
Just a head-up so everyone puts this on her calendar. Our April meeting will be on Saturday, April 19, at the Missouri State Police hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). We will tour tour the hangar in the morning (I think about 10 am) followed by our meeting and a group lunch. Details will be in the April Newsletter.
Ninety-Nines Scholarship Opportunities:
Ellen Herring, NCS Amelia Earhart Scholarship Chairman, reminds us it’s time for the 2008 AE Maule and New Pilot Award applications. The deadline to send the applications to NCS is April 1, 2008. That means you have just 4 weeks get applications in to Ellen in Arizona . All information should be sent to:
Ellen Herring
1181 W Mountain Nugget Dr.
Green Valley, AZ 85614
Phone: 520-393-3517
e-mail: herring@mc.net
The Maule Award is available to any 99 who does not have tailwheel time and would like a rating in order to spread her enthusiasm to the aviation community. The New Pilot Awards are available to FWPs who have soloed, have passed the written (if required), have a current medical (if required), and have a financial need.
North Central Section Awards:
Nominations close March 15th for the Governor’s Service Award and the Spinning Prop Award. Information for submitting nominations are on pp 21-22 of the January issue of Waypoints. By now everyone who does not receive their copy electronically should have received a mailed copy. The nominations should be submitted to the NCS directors, Deb Kirschner or Karen Ness.
Library Exhibit
Sally Siebe has written a brief article and attached an album of photos of our traveling library display on the web. You can get to the photos at the following link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7b1f13lp.361mhcd5&x=0&y=e56xq8
If anyone has additional photos send them to Sally and they can be added to the album.
We received a note from Kayleen Amerson stating that the folks at the library in Mascoutah, IL, loved our exhibit and said it got more attention than anything they'd had up in a long time.
Launch of the USNS Amelia Earhart
The US Navy is launching the USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) at 9:00 pm Sunday, April 6th, in San Diego at the General Dynamics facility, 2798 East Harbor Drive, San Diego. Gates will open at 8:00 to the general public. All are invited to attend. A block of rooms is being held at the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley for $139/night for 99s and their guests. To book directly, call 800-682-6099 and ask for Hilton San Diego Mission Valley. Give the name “Amelia” for the special room rate. Alternatively, log onto www.sandiegomissionvalley.hilton.com, and make your reservation on line. Enter AME into the group code box to receive your discounted rate. Deadline for getting the special room rate is Saturday, March 15. Ground transportation from the Hilton to the launch and back will be provided. Contact Susan Larson (505-989-9795 or sjlarson99@msn.com ) with any further questions
Air Marking:
Our chapter is still planning to paint the compass rose at Greenville Airport this spring. Ann Mongiovi volunteered to help organizing this project at the January meeting, but we still need a couple more volunteers to gather materials and plan the work. If you would like to serve on the air marking committee, please contact Libby at girlpilot@sbcglolbal.net or 314-725-0428.
Member News:
We received the following note from Kim Atkins:
“I am not sure if you heard but I have moved to Aviano, Italy. The job offer was short notice and one that I could not turn down. Lots of responsibility and stress but that is where I thrive.
One other big thing is that I got married on 15 Jan 08. The only way that my (now husband) could get orders to Italy was for us to be married and we decided that our relationship was too wonderful to miss the chance to spend out lives together. Sounds like drama but it's not as we will be very happy once we are finally together. My 16 year old, Samantha will join me in May then Jason and his 13 year old son will move here in June.”
March 2008
March meeting: Saturday, March 15, 2008, St. Louis Downtown Airport
11:30 am – meet for Lunch at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal
(north ramp)
1:00 pm – meeting and program at the Greater St. Louis Air & Space
Museum, Hangar #2
As you come from the north, hangar #2 is the first of the original brick
hangars on the west ramp just south of the Parks College facility
Our speaker will be Rose Church, RN. Rose was a McDonnell-Douglas employee and the head flight nurse for the Mercury and Gemini programs. She knew all of the original astronauts and has many great stories both about the testing and training for the space program and about the astronauts themselves. This should be an excellent program so I hope all of you who are in the area can attend.
If you’re looking for the minutes of the January meeting, they were accidentally deleted from my computer and will be distributed at the meeting on Saturday. I will send copies of the January and March minutes with the April Newsletter.
Just a head-up so everyone puts this on her calendar. Our April meeting will be on Saturday, April 19, at the Missouri State Police hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). We will tour tour the hangar in the morning (I think about 10 am) followed by our meeting and a group lunch. Details will be in the April Newsletter.
Ninety-Nines Scholarship Opportunities:
Ellen Herring, NCS Amelia Earhart Scholarship Chairman, reminds us it’s time for the 2008 AE Maule and New Pilot Award applications. The deadline to send the applications to NCS is April 1, 2008. That means you have just 4 weeks get applications in to Ellen in Arizona . All information should be sent to:
Ellen Herring
1181 W Mountain Nugget Dr.
Green Valley, AZ 85614
Phone: 520-393-3517
e-mail: herring@mc.net
The Maule Award is available to any 99 who does not have tailwheel time and would like a rating in order to spread her enthusiasm to the aviation community. The New Pilot Awards are available to FWPs who have soloed, have passed the written (if required), have a current medical (if required), and have a financial need.
North Central Section Awards:
Nominations close March 15th for the Governor’s Service Award and the Spinning Prop Award. Information for submitting nominations are on pp 21-22 of the January issue of Waypoints. By now everyone who does not receive their copy electronically should have received a mailed copy. The nominations should be submitted to the NCS directors, Deb Kirschner or Karen Ness.
Library Exhibit
Sally Siebe has written a brief article and attached an album of photos of our traveling library display on the web. You can get to the photos at the following link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7b1f13lp.361mhcd5&x=0&y=e56xq8
If anyone has additional photos send them to Sally and they can be added to the album.
We received a note from Kayleen Amerson stating that the folks at the library in Mascoutah, IL, loved our exhibit and said it got more attention than anything they'd had up in a long time.
Launch of the USNS Amelia Earhart
The US Navy is launching the USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) at 9:00 pm Sunday, April 6th, in San Diego at the General Dynamics facility, 2798 East Harbor Drive, San Diego. Gates will open at 8:00 to the general public. All are invited to attend. A block of rooms is being held at the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley for $139/night for 99s and their guests. To book directly, call 800-682-6099 and ask for Hilton San Diego Mission Valley. Give the name “Amelia” for the special room rate. Alternatively, log onto www.sandiegomissionvalley.hilton.com, and make your reservation on line. Enter AME into the group code box to receive your discounted rate. Deadline for getting the special room rate is Saturday, March 15. Ground transportation from the Hilton to the launch and back will be provided. Contact Susan Larson (505-989-9795 or sjlarson99@msn.com ) with any further questions
Air Marking:
Our chapter is still planning to paint the compass rose at Greenville Airport this spring. Ann Mongiovi volunteered to help organizing this project at the January meeting, but we still need a couple more volunteers to gather materials and plan the work. If you would like to serve on the air marking committee, please contact Libby at girlpilot@sbcglolbal.net or 314-725-0428.
Member News:
We received the following note from Kim Atkins:
“I am not sure if you heard but I have moved to Aviano, Italy. The job offer was short notice and one that I could not turn down. Lots of responsibility and stress but that is where I thrive.
One other big thing is that I got married on 15 Jan 08. The only way that my (now husband) could get orders to Italy was for us to be married and we decided that our relationship was too wonderful to miss the chance to spend out lives together. Sounds like drama but it's not as we will be very happy once we are finally together. My 16 year old, Samantha will join me in May then Jason and his 13 year old son will move here in June.”
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Minutes March 15, 2008 Meeting
Greater St. Louis Nintey Nines
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Greater St Louis Air & Space Museum, St. Louis Downtown Airport
Present at lunch at Olivers and the meeting: Gussie Freese, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Libby Yunger.
Our scheduled speaker, Ruth Church, RN, was unable to attend due to illness. Our chairman, Sally Siebe was unable to attend due to a broken rib from a fall. A card was signed and sent to her. Prior to the meeting the members and their guests had lunch at Oliver’s restaurant in the Downtown Airport terminal and had a tour of the Museum and hangar lead by Museum volunteer, Jack Ambercrombie.
The meeting was called to order at 1:25 pm by vice-chairman, Jean Murry. Libby Yunger read the minutes and they were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report and it was accepted. Martha announced that our net income from the raffle at the MACTS was $169.
Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April.
Martha Norman announced that the NIFA National Competition will be May 4-10 at Middle Tennessee University in Murphreysboro, TN. Martha has already volunteered to judge and additional judges are needed. Anyone interested in judging should contact her.
The Midwest Fly-In at St. Louis Downtown Airport will be on May 24. The Museum does not plan to have speakers this year; however it will be hosting a Girl Scouts aviation badge program in conjunction with the fly-in and open house. Since Delia, Jan, and Jean will be involved with the Girl Scout program, we decided not to have a Ninety-Nines booth at the fly-in.
Our meeting will be at the State Police hangar at Spirit Airport on April 19. We will have a tour of the hangar at 10 am followed by a meeting and lunch. Libby Yunger will make arrangements for our Installation Luncheon on Saturday, May 17 or Sunday, May 18. Jean will ask Vivian Waters about hosting a swim party and pot luck at the Chapter One club house in June or July.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Libby Yunger
Secretary
Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Greater St Louis Air & Space Museum, St. Louis Downtown Airport
Present at lunch at Olivers and the meeting: Gussie Freese, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Libby Yunger.
Our scheduled speaker, Ruth Church, RN, was unable to attend due to illness. Our chairman, Sally Siebe was unable to attend due to a broken rib from a fall. A card was signed and sent to her. Prior to the meeting the members and their guests had lunch at Oliver’s restaurant in the Downtown Airport terminal and had a tour of the Museum and hangar lead by Museum volunteer, Jack Ambercrombie.
The meeting was called to order at 1:25 pm by vice-chairman, Jean Murry. Libby Yunger read the minutes and they were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report and it was accepted. Martha announced that our net income from the raffle at the MACTS was $169.
Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April.
Martha Norman announced that the NIFA National Competition will be May 4-10 at Middle Tennessee University in Murphreysboro, TN. Martha has already volunteered to judge and additional judges are needed. Anyone interested in judging should contact her.
The Midwest Fly-In at St. Louis Downtown Airport will be on May 24. The Museum does not plan to have speakers this year; however it will be hosting a Girl Scouts aviation badge program in conjunction with the fly-in and open house. Since Delia, Jan, and Jean will be involved with the Girl Scout program, we decided not to have a Ninety-Nines booth at the fly-in.
Our meeting will be at the State Police hangar at Spirit Airport on April 19. We will have a tour of the hangar at 10 am followed by a meeting and lunch. Libby Yunger will make arrangements for our Installation Luncheon on Saturday, May 17 or Sunday, May 18. Jean will ask Vivian Waters about hosting a swim party and pot luck at the Chapter One club house in June or July.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Libby Yunger
Secretary
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