Ninety-Nines
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler (Review)...about her, and the Earhart Papers that are housed in the Schlesinger Library, Butler then found and interviewed an original member of the Ninety-Nines (the 1930s women's flying organization to which Earhart, and Butler's own mother, belonged)... In this article: Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler, Gore Vidal, Ninety-Nines, National Aeronautic Association, Purdue University, MIT, Harvard, and Fred Noonan |
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette | November 13, 2009
Screen gems
...s Air Derby, also known as the Powder Puff Derby, in 1929 - the two founded an international organization for female pilots called the Ninety-Nines in1930 thata s still in existence. There isna t a movie dedicated to Thaden, but you can see...
In this article: Twilight, DVD, Summit Entertainment, Amelia Earhart, Philadelphia, Arkansas, and All rights reserved
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washingtonpost.com | November 09, 2009
The Daily Goodbye
The internist died of a stroke last week. Any Amelia Earhart fans might want to take a look at Ida Mae Hampton's obit. She was one of the Ninety-Nines, which Earhart led, and during World War II, Mrs. Wassell piloted courier flights for the...
In this article: World War II, Amelia Earhart, Episcopal Church, Bird of prey, and Nobel Prize
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The Huffington Post | November 09, 2009
Brad Balfour: Actor Hilary Swank Becomes a High Flying Aviator in Amelia
...garnering awards talk even while still flying into theaters. Luckily, a cadre of journalists and women aviators (members of the Ninety Nines, a female pilots' group founded 80 years ago by Earhart) got to speak and hear both Swank and Nair...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Mira Nair, Oscar, Los Angeles, Cadre, World War 2, and Fort Hood
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boston.com - Latest Connecticut news | November 08, 2009
Cheshire has history with women's aviation
...meetings between Earhart and Tier in town, but agreed that it could have happened. Earhart and Tier were both charter members of the Ninety-Nines, a group of the first women pilots formed in 1927. Oxford said Earhart probably would have...
In this article: Nancy Hopkins Tier, Amelia Earhart, Cheshire, Tiers, and Washington, D.C
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Wales Online | November 06, 2009
Film: The real Aviator
...set a number of women's records. She published books, became aviation editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and was elected president of the Ninety Nines, a new women's aviation club which she helped to form, in autumn 1932. Ever media-savvy, she...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Atlantic, Mary Lovell, Wales, New York Sun, and Cosmopolitan magazine
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Wichita Eagle | November 03, 2009
Gala will honor role of women in flying
...of the Kansas Governor's Aviation Award. The second award will go to the Kansas Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, an association of female pilots. The Ninety-Nines is celebrating the 80th anniversary since it was founded in Long Island, N.Y.,...
In this article: McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas Aviation Museum, Kc-135, and Amelia Earhart
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Wichita Eagle | October 30, 2009
Ninety-Nines to celebrate 80th anniversary with local reception
The Kansas Chapter of The Ninety-Nines is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the international organization of women pilots. The local chapter is hosting a reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2 at Hangar...
In this article: E-mail and Amelia Earhart
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 23, 2009
'Beyond stardom'
...States. There are bronze statues and dolls in her likeness, and an Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in her native Kansas run by the Ninety-Nines, an all-women pilots group she co-founded. A pair of aluminum-framed goggles she wore during...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Gore Vidal, Mira Nair, Amelia, Hilary Swank, TV Movie, and Howland Island
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National Post | October 20, 2009
Hilary Swank: Airborne to play Amelia
...lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, played by Cherry Jones. In flirting with danger, she proved fearless. She was instrumental in organizing The Ninety-Nines, the first women pilot's organization. Much in the way celebrities do today, she launched...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Mira Nair, Pacific, and H1N1
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Kansas City Star | October 14, 2009
New interest in Amelia Earhart takes off
...in New York. That s when Swank and the film s director, Mira Nair, are to present the items to Susan Larson, president of The Ninety-Nines, a nonprofit organization of female pilots that owns the Atchison museum. </p><p>The gifts...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Atchison, Kansas, Academy Award, Fred Noonan, and George Putnam
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The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, was founded on November 2, 1929 at Curtiss Field, Long Island, New York for the mutual support and advancement of women pilots. All 117 women pilots licensed at the time were invited and the group is named for the 99 licensed women pilots who attended the meeting or expressed an interest in joining the group. Charter members include Amelia Earhart, Fay Gillis Wells, Ila Loetscher, Phyllis Fleet, Candis Hall, Louise Thaden, Ruth Nichols, and Mildred Stinaff. The first president elected in 1931 was Amelia Earhart. Other famous members include Elsie MacGill, Bobbi Trout, Pancho Barnes, Patty Wagstaff, Jeana Yeager, Sheila Scott, Eileen Collins, Shirley Zillig, Bonnie Gann, and Linda Godwin.
The organization currently has 6,000 members in thirty countries. Their mission is to promote world fellowship through flight; to provide networking and scholarship opportunities for women and aviation education in the community; and to preserve the unique history of women in aviation. The Ninety-Nines, Inc is a non-profit 501(c)3 organisation.
The Ninety-Nines mentor aspiring women pilots via their Future Woman Pilot program and professional pilots via their Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative. The Ninety-Nines Amelia Earhart Memorial Flight Scholarship program assisting in funding flight training for both recreational and career track female pilots. In addition to the AE Scholarship program, many individual chapters of the Ninety-Nines give their own flight scholarships to benefit local aviatrixes.
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