March 2011 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines
Newsletter
March 2011

March meeting: Saturday, 19 March 2011
11 am – Lunch at Red Lobster Restaurant in the Chesterfield Valley (exit I-64 at Boone’s Crossing)
12:30 pm – Meeting at the Wings of Hope Hangar

Please bring photographs and scrapbooks of chapter activities to share at the meeting.

NOTE that the GIRL SCOUT AVIATION PROGRAM previously scheduled for March has been CANCELLED. As of the end of February only four Girl Scouts has registered for this program.

Future Events:
Our April meeting will be held at the St. Louis Air & Space Museum in hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport on Saturday, 16 April. We will plan to meet at the Museum at 11 am. Several projects have been discussed on which our group could work, from developing an exhibit for the Museum highlighting the achievements or local women in aviation, to cleaning and polishing Nikki Caplan’s 1941 Meyers OTW biplane.

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. The early bird registration period ends on April 1. Until then the registration cost for all events is $299. Lodging at the Oklahoma City Marriott costs $130/night for a standard double room.

Chapter News:
Congratulations Nelda! This Newsletter includes the Boeing News Now story about Nelda Lee receiving the 2010 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Trophy at the Women In Aviation Conference in Reno last month. We also have pictures of Nelda performing with the WAI jazz band. Way to go, Nelda!

Vivian Waters is having another very busy Spring. Her photographs will be at several Art St. Louis off-site displays and at two gallery shows. She will have pieces at the St. Lois Development Corp, 1015 Locust St., 12th Floor, from 11 February until 8 April, at Fleishman-Hillard, 200 N. Broadway, from 15 April to 10 June, and at the World Trade Center, 121 S. Meramec Ave., Suite 1111, from 24 June to 19 August. See http://www.artstlouis.org/offsiteartists.html for more information. The Gallery shows are at the Poor Souls Gallery, 2701 14th St. in Old North St. Louis (http://www.meetup.com/Poor-Souls-Society/) from 11 March to 26 May and at the Third Degree Glass Factory, 5200 Delmar Blvd., from 14 April to 17 May (http://www.thirddegreeglassfactory.com/Gallery/tabid/59/Default.aspx)

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 http://www.glickmansion.com/. Tickets for the drawing are $5 each or 6 for $25. Checks should be made payable to AEBM. If you would like to purchase tickets please contact Nelda Lee at 636-391-6882 or nelda.k.lee@boeing.com Nelda’s mailing address is 418 Mayfair Drive, Ballwin, MO 63011.

St. Louis Aviation Calendar
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.

WAI Jazz Band


Nelda Lee and the Stinson Trophy

February 2011 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines
Newsletter
February 2011

February meeting: Pot Luck Luncheon and planning session for the March Girl Scout Aviation Event
noon-2 pm Saturday, 12 February 2011
Wings of Hope Hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport
(KSUS)

Please bring your favorite wintertime goodies for everyone to share at our pot luck luncheon. Following lunch, we will plan the aviation event for the Girl Scouts that is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, 19 March, at the Wings of Hope hangar. The event would begin with a brief welcome and outline of the morning’s events, after which the girls would break up into 3-4 smaller groups and rotate through 3-4 learning stations. Some suggested stations include:

• Investigation of the cockpit and flight surfaces of an actual aircraft – discuss flight instruments and how the flight controls change the configuration of the aircraft to allow it to ascend, descend, and turn.
• Flying the flight simulators
• Walkie talkies for radio communications
• Navigation – sectional charts
• MATS and the role of a flight nurse
• Careers in aviation
• Tour of the control tower

Please bring your ideas and what you would like to do at the event. If you will be unable to attend the meeting on Saturday but wish to help at the event, please contact me at girlpilot@sbcglobal.net or 314-725-0428.

Note that when I originally committed our Chapter to sponsor this event for the Girl Scouts I was told to expect an enrollment of 20-40 girls. However, as of last week, no Scouts had registered. This may be due to poor communication by the Girl Scout Council. When I polled our members over the weekend, most of the responses I received indicated a desire to move forward with planning the Girl Scout aviation event as originally scheduled in March. I will send additional syllabus information to the Girl Scout Council following our meeting on Saturday and ask that it be distributed to the troop leaders. Further I have told the Council that if fewer than 12 girls are registered by 26 February, we will cancel the event.

Chapter News:
Web Master Needed: The Chapter needs a volunteer to oversee our web site. This post requires no more than 1-2 hrs per month. You would be responsible for adding announcements, minutes and newsletters to the web site and deleting old information from the site. Please contact Jean Murry or Susan Van Matre if you are interested in helping out the Chapter.

Congratulations Nelda! The National Aeronautics Association announced that Chapter member Nelda Lee has been selected to receive the Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Award for her outstanding contributions to aviation as a role model and pioneer female aerospace test engineer. I have attached a revised announcement of the award that summarizes Nelda’s many activities and achievements in aviation. Nelda will be presented the Stinson Trophy at the International Women in Aviation Conference in Reno, NV on 26 February. Please join me in congratulating Nelda on this well-deserved honor.

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 http://www.glickmansion.com/. Tickets for the drawing are $5 each or 6 for $25. Checks should be made payable to AEBM. If you would like to purchase tickets please contact Nelda Lee at 636-391-6882 or nelda.k.lee@boeing.com Nelda’s mailing 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. The early bird registration period ends on April 1. Until then the registration cost for all events is $299. Lodging at the Oklahoma City Marriott costs $130/night for a standard double room.

St. Louis Aviation Calendar
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 .

Janurary 2011 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines

Newsletter

January 2011

December meeting: Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show (MACTS)
9 am-2 pm
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Approximately 2 pm – Chapter meeting

Maryland Heights Centre
2344 McKelvey Rd
Maryland Hts., MO 63043

The MACTS combines the Super Safety Seminar and the Flight Instructor Revalidation Clinic and is sponsored jointly by the FAA and the Greater St. Louis Flight Instructors Association. This year we will have an informational table and will be raffling goodie basket(s) as a fund raiser. There are programs for the general aviation community on both Saturday, 15 January and Sunday, 16 January. However, we will only be manning our table on Saturday.

Speaker Schedule for the Saturday Super Safety Seminar:
0900 a.m. - Aircraft Operational Limitations - Jeff Edwards CFI, DPE, President AvSafe
1000 a.m. - Safety Trends in General Aviation - FAA/DPE Panel Representative from St. Louis FSDO and local DPE's
1100 a.m. - State of the Industry – Rod Hightower, President of the Experimental Aircraft Association0
100 p.m. - Risk Management / Risk Intervention Strategies - Erik Lindberg, pilot and grandson of Charles LindbergFor additional information see http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=36044
This site also provides a map to the Maryland Heights Centre.

Chapter News:

Web Master Needed: The Chapter needs a volunteer to oversee our web site. This position requires no more than 1-2 hrs per month. You would be responsible for adding announcements, minutes and newsletters to the web site and deleting old information from the site. Please contact Jean Murry or Susan Van Matre if you are interested in helping out the Chapter.

New Address for Vivian Waters: Vivian’s new address is 4908 Greenberg Dr., St Peters, MO 63304. Her cell phone number stays the same: 314 603 5612.

Future Chapter Events:

February Hangar Party and Planning for the Girl Scout Event: Our February meeting will be a pot luck hangar party with a purpose at the Wings of Hope hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport from noon to 2 pm. The purpose of the hangar party will be to plan our Girl Scout event in March. Please plan to attend and bring your friends who are interested in helping us in March.

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.

Other Aviation:-Related Events:
Sunday, 9 January 2011: Patrice Mullins will be the featured speaker at 11 am at the University of Missouri Extension Center, 260 Brown Rd., St. Peters, MO 63376. Her topic is “Begin with the Destination in Mind”, which is featured in her recently published book The Seven Points of Impact. A flyer with ordering information for the book is included with this Newsletter.

Saturday, 15 January 2011: Zonta Amelia Earhart Luncheon at 11 am at the Doubletree Hotel, 16625 Swingley Ridge Rd. in Chesterfield. The cost is $28. Patrice Mullins will be one of the speakers at this event and selections from Wings of Their Own, a documentary of women in aviation from Kitty Hawk to Cape Canaveral, will be shown. A flyer for this event is also attached to this Newsletter.

St. Louis Aviation Calendar
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 .

December 2010 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines
Newsletter
December, 2010

December meeting: Holiday Luncheon
11 am Saturday, 11 December 2010
The Mother-in-Law House Restaurant
500 S Main St.
St. Charles MO 63301

The restaurant is located in Old Town St. Charles on the east (river) side of Main Street at Tompkins Street. Guests can be dropped off directly in front of the restaurant. There is street parking and a large city parking lot behind along S. Riverside Dr. 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.

Do not forget to bring non-perishable food and household items for the Circle of Concern food pantry. We will also be collecting small goodies for our wine and cheese raffle basket at the MACTS in January.

Please let Susan Van Matre know if you are planning to attend the luncheon at 618-604-0001 or slvanmatre@gmail.com

Chapter News:

Web Master Needed: The Chapter needs a volunteer to oversee our web site. This position requires no more than 1-2 hrs per month. You would be responsible for adding announcements, minutes and newsletters to the web site and deleting old information from the site. Please contact Jean Murry or Susan Van Matre if you are interested in helping out the Chapter.

In November we had a very informative tour of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport with the new director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge. We took a bus tour of the entire perimeter of the airport, including a run down the new runway. We also got to inspect the van that is used to determine runway stopping distance, which becomes reduced from rubber accumulation during multiple aircraft touch-downs. Rhonda answered our questions on a broad range of topics including the plans for the old McDonnell/Boeing site, potential new freight hubs, the impact of air carrier mergers on commercial operations, how landing fees are calculated and assessed, to name a few. We had no meeting in November, therefore, there are no November minutes.


Future Chapter Events:

Midwest Conference and Trade Show (MACTS) and Flight Instructors Revalidation Clinic will be held on Saturday-Sunday, 15-16 January 2011. The Super Safety Seminar is on Saturday morning, 15 January and the awards banquet will be that evening. Additional seminars that are open to the public are planned for Sunday as well. There is an excellent line-up of speakers including Rod Hightower, the new President/CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Erik Lindberg, flight instructor and grandson of Charles Lindberg, and Ralph Hood, commercial pilot and aviation humorist. We will again have a booth on Saturday at this event and will be raffling off goodie baskets.

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.

Ninety Nines News:

I received the following information from Minetta Gardiner, editor of Waypoint:

First, we must apologize for not getting out the last issue of Waypoint. Rae Goodman has had some computer difficulties, and the issue is “locked” in her computer until she gets it back from repairs. So until I get an update from her, I cannot advise the membership when that issue will be shared with you. I am very sorry for this problem. In the meantime, I will be working on the next issue. And I will ensure that there is a back-up copy of the issue besides on my laptop only. So the January issue will be forthcoming.

It is Waypoint time again, and we are looking forward to receiving all the flying news that’s fit to print. The next issue of Waypoint will be released January 10th.

Send in your news and stories. Chapters should submit their materials by December 10th. Send your submissions to waypoint@ncs99s.org. Please put WAYPOINT in the subject line to help me sort out submissions from all of my other emails.

Please feel free to share this note (and attachments) with your chapter members, and we look forward to hearing about everybody’s activities. We are looking for news stories. We welcome stories about flying experiences that folks would like to share with others across the Section. It’s always great to hear about the achievements of our members and to learn about new members joining the 99s.

SPECIAL REQUEST: Does anybody have information and/or pictures of past NCS Governors and/or Charter 99s Members from NCS? As you may have noticed in the July issue, we did a new section to highlight our past Governors, and are looking to start another new section to highlight our charter members. Do we have any historians out there? I would really like to post a photo of our charter members in the upper right of the newsletter masthead on the front page. Please let us know.

Member News:

We will miss Nelda Lee at our Christmas lunch. She will be in Alabama for her nephew’s graduation from Auburn University. She’s quite excited to have another Auburn grad in the family!

Vivian Waters has 12 photographs hanging during the month of December at the Metro Office in downtown St. Louis at 707 N. 1st Street.

Support our entrepreneurial members! If you need to get healthy in the new year or you know someone who could use a little health boost here are a couple of suggestions:
Sue Mathias (312-721-5203 or suemathias@charter.net ) is a Mannatech distributor. You can get more information on the Mannatech product line from Sue or visit their web site at http://us.mannatech.com/the-real-difference.html
Vivian Water (314-603-5612 or vian@mindspring.com) is a distributor of Xango mangosteen products. You can get more information from Vivian or visit the Xango web site at http://www.xango.com

Future Aviation Events:

St. Louis Aviation Calendar

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

November 2010 - Newsletter

Greater St. Louis Ninety-NinesNewsletter

November, 2010

October meeting: Tour of Lambert St. Louis International Airport - 10 am
Saturday, 13 November 2010
11:30 am - Lunch at the Missouri VineyardsRestaurant located at the airport
Approx. 1 pm - Meeting of the Girl Scout Event planning committee

We have arranged a private tour of Lambert Airport with the new director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge. Rhonda will share her journey in the aviation industry, discuss plans for Lambert, and give us a glimpse of operations "behind the scenes." Portions of the tour will be on a 26 seat bus.

10 am - meet at the office of tour guide, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Airport Director.

* Park in Garage #1 - adjacent to main terminal (Terminal 1)
* Get parking ticket
* Enter through baggage claim area and go up ramp
* Keep straight and continue past entrances to Concourse A and USO
* The shoe shine area will be on left and then you'll see glass front entrance to administration
offices and Airport Director's Office
* Rhonda will give us free-parking passes
* When leaving parking garage turn in both parking ticket and free-parking pass

If you need directions on 13 November, call Susan Van Matre at 618-604-0001

Future Chapter Events:
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. At the luncheon we will be collecting non-perishable food and household items for the Circle of Concern food pantry. We will also be collecting small goodies for our raffle basket at the MACTS in January.

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. If you would like to work on this event, please plan to stay after lunch on Saturday 13 November for a brief planning meeting.

Midwest Conference and Trade Show (MACTS) and Flight Instructors Revalidation Clinic will be held on Saturday-Sunday, 15-16 January 2011. The Super Safety Seminar is on Saturday morning, 15 January and the awards banquet will be that evening. Speakers include Erik Lindberg, commercial pilot and flight instructor, Rod Hightower, President/CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association, and Ralph Hood, Commercial Pilot and Aviation Humorist. We will again have a booth on Saturday at this event and will be raffling off goodie baskets.

Future Aviation Events:
AIRCRAFT MUST RE-REGISTER - If Issued Registration Before October 1, 2010. The Re-Registration and Renewal of Aircraft Registration rule went into effect on October 1, 2010. Aircraft registrations issued on or after this date will expire after three years when they may be renewed. Aircraft registered before October 1, 2010, are required to re-register during the next three years according to the schedule provided in 14 CFR Part 47.40. Reminder notices will be sent using the address of record, make sure your address is up to date. The first group of aircraft to be re-registered will be aircraft that have a current registration issue date during the month of March, from all years. Application for re-registration of these aircraft should be made between November 1, 2010, and January 31, 2011. Making an early application will ensure the new certificate of registration can be delivered before the old certificate expires on March 31, 2011. Questions may be directed toll free to 866-762-9434. More information about these and other changes can be found at http://registry.faa.gov/aircraft.asp. St. Louis Aviation Calendar

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 .

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 .