Our next meeting will be November 12 at Wright Flyers, Classroom #2 beginning at 10:00 AM. I'm sure the location will make for some "happy campers". Cheryl Casillas will be presenting the program, "Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings" - and will have a fun little quiz - we can probably use the review! Please try to attend. We generally go to lunch afterwards - and it's generally Olive Garden, but weÕll decide then.Senator Hillary Clinton and others are pushing legislation to increase regulations for GA. Also, H.R. 3465 and H.R. 3397 would impose federal security rules on every GA airport, pilot, aircraft and hangar, and impose fines up to $100,000 for airspace violations.
The new control tower at Scholes International Airport in Galveston is expected to be operational mid-October.
The Texas Aviation History Museum, a 100,000 square foot facility, will be built in the Austin area and house artifacts, memorabilia and aircraft that are part of the history of aviation in Texas.
The September and October issues of the 99s "Headquarters Dispatch" are attached. Reference is made to the 2006 Conference in D.C. (July 5-9), but I recently checked the website and no other information was available.
Nancy is on the SCS Nominating Committee and has successfully persuaded Jo Agee-Housler to run for Director.
Have no clue how long this little book has been in my files, but I decided to read it! And that prompted the following: Interestingly, many pilots crash before takeoff . . . . shortcuts and quickie preflights . You know him. The fellow who skips weight and balance, density altitude and takeoff distance calculations, weather forecast, winds, destination airport information, and . . . check lists. Are you afraid to fly with him?
A couple of favorite proverbs: "The two most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above him and the runway behind him" and "I'd rather be down here wishing I were up there than up there wishing I were down here". And our always favorite: "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots".
November 5 - 6, Randolph AFB Airshow.
Chapter Meeting November 12, 10 AM, Wright Flyers.
Christmas party December 10, Marty Goppert's - will be our December gathering.
January - Zonta's Amelia Earhart dinner.
April 29-30 - Gulf Coast Wings Weekend.
May 12-14 - EAA Southwest Regional Fly-In, Hondo Airport, Hondo, TX.
May 19-21 - Section Meeting, Wichita, Kansas.
June - Awards Banquet.
July 5-9 - 99s International Conference, Washington, D.C.
July 25-31 - EAA - Oshkosh, WI.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To Betty Sue Basham (November 19), Judy Smith (20th)
NOVEMBER 99s ANNIVERSARIES: Faye Makarsky (16 years), Marcia Weser (15), Marsha Copeland (9), Patty Taylor (3) and Shannon Vinson (1)
Please, PLEASE, PLEASE!! Send me your bio!!
- Gloria
KNOW YOUR MEMBERS Laura Jane Richter
Laura has held all Chapter offices except Secretary (Chapter Chairman twice), as well as Air Age Education and Telephone Chairman, By-laws Committee, Scholarship Committee and the list goes on. On the Section level, she has served as Public Relations Chairman and Nominating Committee Chairman.
As a teacher, Laura presented an aviation program for Career Week, took students to Flight Service Stations, Weather Bureau, control tower and radar facilities and developed a school program on aviation, "Orientation to Occupation". She co-sponsored the Aviation Club at John Marshall High School and, among other go-see programs, they visited the Confederate Air Force. She has also addressed National Business WomenÕs groups on air age education and attended the National Congress on Aerospace Education and innumerable 99 Section Meetings and International Conferences. Laura was a candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Program.
Laura started to fly in 1969 in St. Louis County, Missouri and still holds a current 3rd class medical. She has flown a Cherokee 140, Cessna 150 and an Apache.
Of her six children, only Air Force loadmaster, Scott, holds a private pilot license.
Laura tells of having a forced landing in a corn field (without damage to person or plane) that led to an A.D. on that aircraft - she also relates that one aircraft at an FBO always acted up when anyone except her flew it.
Laura has been awarded the Chapter Chairman's Pilot of the Year nine times Š more than anyone else. She even asked to be eliminated from the "race" - but fair is fair and she deserves it!! Not only does she attend all meetings, etc., she participates in all aviation activities sponsored by the 99s.
She is now retired from teaching, but stays busy - the 99s, of course, but she also is president of her neighborhood Homeowners Association. Other credits - Laura was also a Realtor and Certified Real Estate Appraiser, and retired from those also.
A little personal tidbit - - Laura retuned to school and earned her Master's Degree when she was single with six children!
You know what they say - "If you need something done, ask a busy person".
Barbara Jean Heistand Moore
Barbara took her first flying lesson on January 14, 1972 and earned her Private Pilot's License on May 27, 1972. She received all her instruction at Woodbridge Airport, Virginia. She and Jack bought their first plane, Cessna 150, 6600G, in April 1976. In January 1977, they bought their Skyhawk 7632G, which was based in New Braunfels, Texas.
Barbara joined the 99s in 1977, and has been a very active member, holding offices and participating in the Chapter's aviation activities, including air markings and USPFT, etc. Jack was initiated as a 49 1/2 and was awarded "The 49 1/2 of the Year" seven times.
She was born in Marion County, Illinois to Herschel and Ruth Jenkins Hiestand and has three sisters and one brother. She married Jack D. Moore in Salem, Illinois and moved to St. Louis, where their son, Alan, was born. The next 4 1/2 years were spent in Germany, Belgium and France. Two moves, Bellevue, Washington and Alexandria, Virginia preceded their current residence in Comal County, Texas where they built their beautiful new home for retirement. She and Jack have hosted many Chapter parties there.
Barbara's hobbies, other than flying, are genealogy, coin collecting, driving and maintaining their 1930 Model A Ford classic, traveling, tending occasionally their granddaughter and full time their two Boston Terrier dogs.