Up, Up, and Away

Janie and Woody continue local flying to Urbana and Neil Armstrong.

Paula R. flew two cohorts from work to Portsmouth for dinner recently.

Amy’s daughter Ellen is back from Kent State for the summer and was itching to fly! So Ellen flew to Urbana and set the plane up for landing and she and Amy had a great lunch and flew home in late June.

Jann flew again to St. Louis’s downtown airport for a week of babysitting her granddaughter and celebrating her first birthday. Jann also took her husband George, daughter, and daughter’s friend to Toronto for a wedding. She had all her paperwork together and successfully went through “international” customs!

Dana took control of Juan Haygood’s Cheetah during the BPA visit to Bolton Field on June 14, flying to and from the Marysville airport where the airplane was refueled. She saw The 99s compass rose from the sky and reports it looked great!

Joanne has been recuperating from a total knee replacement on June 5 and is anxious to get back in the Mooney. She did fly to Urbana/Grimes in May and commercially to San Antonio in May. And much prefers general aviation!

Marjorie flew commercial to Seattle (SEA-TAC), then drove two hours north and west to Orcas Island for education. During her free time, she enjoyed a whale watching tour, seeing orca whales, bald eagles, and otters.

Lori flew commercial to Minot, ND, over Father’s Day weekend in June and drove four hours west to Lewis and Clark country along the Missouri River in northeastern Montana to visit a friend who was a former bush pilot in Alaska and Africa. Along with visiting the Fort Peck dam and viewing a number of dinosaur bones, she joined the Montana Antique Airplane Association for a steak fry Saturday night and pancake breakfast Sunday morning at the Fort Peck Airport. The trip culminated in a beautiful hour-long morning flight in a Champ over the dam, reservoir, and Missouri River, with farmland north of it and badlands to the south—quite a stirring sight.

Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Jann Bowne.

Attendance: Marjorie Anderson, Joanne Austin-Sproat, Dana Rogers, Myra Jamison, Paula Hook, Jann Bowne, Mary Biller, Constance Copeland, Amy Yersevich, Paula Rumbaugh, Janie McIntire, Charma Huddy, Joan Mace, Gail Dean, Ann Egan, Norma Bethel, Marilynn Miller Guests: Jim Prater, Glenn Sproat, Ray Copeland, Hal Noltimier.

Minutes of Previous Meeting: Janie McIntire made a correction to the minutes under old business and noted that the Delaware EAA pancake breakfast was scheduled for August 23, not August 16. She moved to accept the meeting minutes as amended, and Marjorie Anderson seconded the motion. All were in favor.

Treasurer’s Report:   Charma Huddy gave the treasurer’s report.

Committee Chairs: Jann announced that Connie Copeland has agreed to serve as membership chair, and Amy Yersavich will take over the scrapbook. We still need someone to take over publicity, e.g., send in notice of our chapter activities to NCS for the “Waypoint” and to International for The 99 News.

Report of Standing Committees: 

• Airmarking:
  Jim Prater reported for Jo-Ann that everything was set for painting the compass rose at the Delaware Airport on July 19; he noted that it was only a touch up repainting job.
• Scholarship:
  Lori Robishaw reported that she would be convening the Scholarship Committee before the next chapter meeting to discuss Carol Countiss’s new scholarship proposal.

Old Business:  

• Charma handed out our new name badges. She reported that there had been a change of managers at City BBQ and that was why our request had not received a response. She will try again in the fall.
• Those planning on going to the Casa September 19-21 are to let Jo-Ann know no later than August 1.
• Delaware Fly-In – August 16-17
  • Janie McIntire passed around a sign-up sheet. Members were asked to work two three-hour shifts, either from 9-noon or noon-3.
  • She noted that the local EAA chapter will host a Young Eagles fly-in on Saturday, August 16, and encouraged members to participate in that activity as well.
  • Marjorie Anderson said she would provide a 10x10 canopy tent and will look in her house for our sign and display materials.
  • Jann will order 99s brochures from International.
  • The group discussed holding either a 50/50 raffle or an airplane ride raffle. Charma can bring tickets and Janie will ask a friend if he would provide a ride in his Stearman. We will sell one ticket for $1 or six tickets for $5, with proceeds to benefit the scholarship fund.
  • The chapter will sell bottles of water at the fly-in; everyone is asked to donate at least one case. We will need coolers and ice. Those who can’t attend the fly-in are asked to still donate a case of water and bring it to the next meeting.
  • We will sell our aprons and mugs with proceeds to benefit the scholarship fund.

New Business:

• Lori and Paula H. will be our chapter’s official delegates at the International Conference in Anchorage from August 6-9.
• The chapter read and voted on all proposed amendments to the International 99s Bylaws and Standing Rules. All proposals were approved as presented.

Announcements:

• Norma Bethel, who joined us briefly tonight, is unable to drive at night. She lives in Gahanna and would like to attend meetings if someone could pick her up and take her home.
• The “Waypoint” newsletter published by the North Central Section is available online and can be easily accessed at www.ncs99s.org by clicking on “Members Only,” and as your username, use “NCS” and for the password use “member99!” You can also access the section meeting registration form and other information on section meetings.
• The North Central Section is raffling off rides in the Flying Fortress to be drawn at Oshkosh.
• We need to show kids that women can be pilots! If you’re able to fly or be part of the ground crew, please come help out. Future EAA9 Young Eagles events are:
  • August 9 – Bolton Field at Columbus State Community College
  • September 13 – OSU Don Scott Field
  • October 4 – OSU Don Scott Field with Youth Aviation Adventure
• Congrats to Mary Biller for her mentions in both the EAA9 and OSU Airport newsletters for the excellent banner towing presentation she was a part of with Craig Sinclair for the EAA9 event on June 6.

Adjournment:  Meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Lori Robishaw, Secretary

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