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4. When speaking with someone who has never heard of the 99s, what do you convey are the core benefits of membership?
Experience: Some mistakenly think this is a social organiza- tion for older women pilots but it is so much more! Get to know the players, and you’ll find that 99s are experienced pilots of all ages and areas of aviation from jet airliners, helicopters, space shuttles, business jets, tail-draggers, air racing, soar-
ing, aerobatics, ballooning – you name it, and there’s a 99 doing it. Networking: The 99s consists of thousands of women pilots worldwide. We are eager to share our knowledge and experience with fellow members.
Education: The Ninety-Nines sponsor many large and small educational programs, from local chapter initiatives to public aviation safety meetings and conferences.
Friendship: Want to make friends in your new flying vocation or avocation? Meet women who share your interests. Scholarships: From chapter awards and new pilot awards to the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarships for advanced pilot training and aviation education, the 99s can help achieve goals in aviation. Understanding: Many of us have been through the same trials
and tribulations when learning to fly or achieving advanced ratings. We have figured out ways around the obstacles and can help fellow members with good ideas to move forward. Recognition: Your victories and achievements, large and small, will get the recognition they deserve from your peer group. Encouragement: This natural part of women sharing with women is particularly useful since we fly in what is still mostly a man’s world. Find your female role models and mentors in the 99s.
Career Tips: Pilot-specific information, realistic solutions, mentoring, and career networking are just a few of the tangible rewards.
Acceptance: Being a 99s member guarantees your acceptance, regardless of your experience level. Chapters exist worldwide, and you’ll find the welcome mat is always out, wherever you may land.
5. Can you describe one of your most memorable mo- ments (or events) since joining the organization?
Traveling to 99s meetings around the world and getting to know our members create my most memorable experiences. I have met members who are astronauts and spent months on the International Space Station. I have met a world aerobatic champion. I h•ave met a pilot who flew solo around the world in a single-engine piston plane. I have even met members of WASP who flew P51s in the 1940s. Moreover, I have got- ten to know many women like me, where flying is their passion in life. T&T
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