• To promote world fellowship through flight
• To provide networking and scholarship opportunities for women and aviation education
• To preserve the unique history of women in aviation

Be Proud!

By Margo McCutcheon, East Canada, Governor

Now that my first year as your Governor in East Canada Section Ninety Nines is nearly completed, I can easily say that this Section does a grand job of fulfilling our mission statement. When you come to our annual spring meeting in Ottawa, in June, you will listen to the reports of the chapter chairs and committee heads. It will be obvious that your women friends, in the 99s, have accomplished an enormous amount of work across the country.

It makes me feel very proud to be associated with distinguished women promoting fellowship within their own chapters as they work together. They set up a variety of programs and events with skill and precision and the aviation community is the beneficiary. They raise funds to provide scholarships, they donate rides for first flights, they eagerly teach the young about airplanes, they help students to understand the theory of flight and at the same time, spread the word of women in aviation at other non aviation community events. On every occasion these industrious women wear a Big Smile. They love to fly and want others to enjoy the privilege of flying.

Not only do our fellow  99s create and sponsor flying events to involve the community in charitable causes, they also work in museums across the country, volunteering their special talents to preserve their unique history among all aviators. 

This is grass roots stuff we can be proud of. There are no tax deductions here, so we know you are volunteering for the “Fun of It” and the fellowship, which follows. Take a bow, ladies, pat yourself on the back.

CALLING ALL 99s!

Get ready to start your engines for another fun adventure!

The First Canadian Chapter is planning our 5^th Annual Gold Cup Air Rally and we hope you will join us. The dates are June 12^th to 15^th 2005. The plan is to depart from the Rockcliffe Airport (CYRO) (identifier) in Ottawa following the East Canada Section meeting. As this is a joint meeting with North Central Section (USA) we hope some of our American friends will join us.

We plan to fly north east from Ottawa into Quebec and northern Ontario (weather permitting) and finish in Sault Ste Marie. (CYAM)

The Sault is a vibrant little city with a great float plane museum, and is the home of Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut. It offers many outdoor activities, and the Agawa Canyon to the north. After the rally you may want to go to beautiful Macinac Island (less than 30 minutes away). Macinac has a nice little airport, complete with horse drawn taxis.

 Of course there will be many challenges along the route as usual. The awards banquet will be Wednesday evening.

 Dust off your survival gear as some of the territory we will be flying over is quite remote.

 This year’s entry fee is $90.00. per person. We hope 99s from other chapter will join us as well, it is always a lot of fun. See the enclosed application forms, one for each participant and one for each airplane.

Included in this letter is an application form for the meeting in Ottawa June 10 – 12, 2005 also some information for the hotel and airports.

Important Dates

2005

May 14 – 15       Maple Leaf Chapter FLY-IN to Columbus Ohio

May 28              First Canadian Chapter POKER RUN – terminus Oshawa (CYOO)

May 29               (rain date)

June 3                Hangar Gala with SNOWBIRDS at Leamington (CLM2)

June 4                Leamington Air Show -  Maple Leaf Chapter

 June 10-12         EAST CANADA SECTION and NORTH CENTRAL SECTION JOINT MEETINGS in OTTAWA, CANADA (CYOW) international or (CYRO)

 June 12 – 15      GOLD CUP AIR RALLY starts from Ottawa Rockcliffe Airport (CYRO)

 June 16 – 19      FOREST Of FRIENDSHIP, Atchison, Kansas

 June 24 – 26      AVIATION EXPO at Oshawa (CYOO)

 Aug 6                  Maple Leaf Chapter SPOT  LANDING CONTEST & BBQ

Aug 7                  (rain date) for spot landing contest

 Aug 21-26           INTERNATIONAL 99s CONFERENCE, Christchurch, New Zealand

 Nov 5                 Maple Leaf Annual Meeting

 2006

July 5 – 9            INTERNATIONAL 99s ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Washington, D.C.

2005 OFFICERS EAST CANADA SECTION 

Governor                         Margo McCutcheon

Vice Governor                 Anne Starret

Secretary                         Jocelyn Lecluse

Treasurer                         Jill Dermott

Membership                    Jane Tilley

Scrapbook                       Anna Pangrazzi

Skywatch                         Dee Birchmore

Website                            Dorothy Berthelet

Apt                                  Pat Crocker

AE Scholarship                Katherine Nazarian

Air Education                  Pat Crocker

Nomination                     Marilyn Dickson

Immediate Past Gov.      Dorothy Berthelet

CAIA                                  Heather Sifton

Governor East Canada Section

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