Profiles of Canadian 99s

This webpage will gradually include features on some of the 99s within the two Canadian Sections.  These write-ups are taken from COPA publications, news articles, etc.

Pioneer Pilots:  Author Shirley Allen

• deblicquy

• Edith Denny

• Phyllis Penney-Gaul (1st woman pilot in Newfoundland)

• Elsie MacGill

• Felicity McKendry

• Vi Milstead

• Marion Orr

• Daphne Paterson

• Dorothy Rungeling

• Eileen Vollick (first Canadian woman pilot)

First Canadian women pilots by province:

• Eileen Vollick (March 13, 1928, PPL# 77)): Ontario

• Eileen Magill (Oct. 24, 1928, PPL# 142) Manitoba

• Gertrude de la Vergne (Dec. 4, 1928, PPL# 157) Alberta

• Daphne Paterson (Aug. 15, 1929, PPL# 327), New Brunswick

• Nellie Carson (Oct. 12, 1929, PPL # 384), Saskatchewan

• Jeanne Genier Gilbert (Nov. 10, 1929, PPL # 479)

• Peggy (Ethel) Standring (1931), NS

• Louise Jenkins (Mar. 8, 1932, PPL # 973), PEI

• PQ: Elspeth Russell (Part of Air Transport Auxiliary in England)

• Gertrude Dugal (Mar 11, 1947 PPL # 5666), 1st francophone Que.

• Phyllis Penney-Gaul (1947), Newfoundland

Other Canadian woman "Firsts" in accomplishments: (Partial list)

• First trained on ski plane: Eileen Vollick

• First to parachute into water: Eileen Vollick

• First commercial pilot: Daphne Paterson

• First APL: Daphne Paterson (1938)

• First Director of a flying club: Eileen Magill (1929)

• First demonstration pilot: Marjorie Chauvin Herity (Alberta)

• First military jet pilots: Deanna Brasseur & Jane 

• First Transport Canada inspector: Lorna deBlicquy

• First female pilot hired by Canadian airlines: Rosella Bjornson (1973), then becoming Canadian's first female captain in 1990 (Boeing 737). Inducted into Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.

• First women to own and operate a flying Club (Marion Orr)

• First woman licenced to fly a Helicopter (Marion Orr)

East Canada Section Executive:

•  Margo McCutcheon (Governor)

•  Anne Starret (Vice-Governor)

•  Jill Dermott (Treasurer)

•  Jocelyn Lecluse (Secretary)
   

• List of East Canada Section Governors 

International 99s Committees:

• Sue Ehrlander (99s Endowment Fund)

• Joy Parker Blackwood (AE Scholarship Trustee)

• Dorothy Berthelet (Awards Committee; Info Security committee)

Other Profiles:

• Shirley Allen (99s Historian)

• Margaret Carson (co-founder of COPA)

• Marilyn Dickson (Past Governor, East Canada Section)

• Adele Fogle & Daphne Schiff - Air Solidarité famine-relief missions

• Adele Fogle, Daphne Schiff, Margaret Ringenberg and Margo McCutcheon ("Around the World" air race article contains profiles of each of these women)

• Felicity McKendry (Air racer; CFI, RFC; DFTE)

• Akky Mansikka (Dragonboats, aviation photography, compass roses)

• Vi Milstead (Canada's first woman bush pilot)

• Isabel Peppler (publisher "From the Ground Up")

• Wendy Percival (Norwich Gazette article)

• Suzanne Pettigrew (Air Canada)

• Rolie Pierce (charter member of Flying Seven)

• Melanie Rader - Soaring with the Ravenn

• Shirley Render (Winner - 2001 INAC Roll of Honour)

• Erna Scriven (Atlantic Chapter Chairman & founding member, GSA winner)

• Nicole Wall (Air Ontario)

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Dorothy Berthelet (Webmaster; Past East Canada Section Governor/Director)

Dorothy received her Private Licence in 1989.  She immediately joined the Eastern Ontario Chapter where she has served on the executive for 15 years (Chairman 10 years). She also served on East Canada Section Executive for 8 years, including 2 years as Governor (2002-2004).  Dorothy has served on the board of CASARA Ottawa and the Ottawa Flying Club.  In recognition of her service, Dorothy was awarded the Ottawa Flying Club's President Trophy (presented annually to the member who contributes the most) and an honourary life membership.  Dorothy has a Cessna 182 which she and Bob have flown to the Caribbean as well as above the Arctic Circle.  She is a Certified Management Accountant working for the Federal Government as a manager. Dorothy has been a member of the 1996, 1999 and 2000 Canadian Precision Flight Teams, and also serves as their Secretary/Director.  COPA awarded Dorothy their prestiguous Award of Merit for "dedication to the greater enjoyment of aviation for all".

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Sue Kime

Sue started flying in 1991 and obtained her Private Licence in 1992, at which time she joined the Ninety-Nines.  In 1996, she changed careers from advertising to become a full-time Flight Instructor.  The same year, she was a team pilot with the Canadian Precision Flight Team at the world competition in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sue chaired the Maple Leaf Chapter of the 99s during 1997-1998.  In the past year, Sue, along with fellow Ninety-Nine Marilyn Dickson, participated in the Air Race Classic from El Paso, Texas to Willoughby, Ohio.  Today, Sue is a Class I Instructor and Chief Flight Instructor with the St. Thomas Flight Center.

Sue served 4 years as Section Treasurer (2000 - 2004)

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Marilyn Dickson (East Canada Section Past-Governor)

Several years ago, Marilyn attended a few Ninety-Nines meetings with a friend who thought she would enjoy the programs.  She enjoyed the meetings but found out that she had to learn to fly to join the organization.  Her friend Jean found her a woman instructor and Marilyn began taking lessons.  A few days before taking her flight test, she and Jean bought a C-150 with which they had some wonderful adventures.   Their new "company plane" is a Cherokee 140 which Marilyn and Sue Kime flew in the Air Race Classic in 1999.  In 1989, Marilyn earned her Commercial licence and has logged many hours as a Skywatch pilot.  After completing her Ph.D. in Education in 1998, she finished her flight instructor's rating.  Marilyn is now teaching flying at Aviation International in Guelph, working for Adele Fogle, her first flying instructor. Marilyn served 2 years as Governor.  She has also been one of the key organizers of the Gold Cup Air Rallies.

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