AIR NEWS FEBRUARY Chicago Area Chapter Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots.

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1 AIR NEWS FEBRUARY 2016 Chicago Area Chapter Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots. CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER 99s Special Presentation at 11:00 a.m. Followed by Chapter Meeting February 21, 2016 Illinois Aviation Museum Bolingbrook, Illinois F L Y OR D RIVE T O T HI S E VENT HOW TO BUILD A RUNWAY Joe DePaulo, manager of Clow International Airport, will discuss the airport's journey to build their new runway, which re-opened for business in December of Clow International Airport (1C5) ELEVATION: 675 CTAF: TPA: º 41 N 088º 07 W Driving Directions: From Chicago, take I -55 west, exit W eber Road north and drive 2 miles to Clow International Boulevard (at Veterans Parkway). Turn west into the airport. The Illinois Aviation Museum is located in Hangar One. Leslie Prellwitz is the hostess for this meeting and her committee is: Adams, Allinson, Anderson, Ballard, Bartizal, Beering, B i r c h, B o n o m o, B o u s s y, Brinker, Brutlag and Burton. Please contact Leslie to see how you can help.

2 WHO S WHO Chair Ellen O Hara 369 Forest Trail Drive Oak Brook, IL H C ohara99@mac.com Vice Chair Leslie Prellwitz 1823 Lake Shore Drive Romeoville, IL cell: lwprellwitz@comcast.net Secretary Jill Feldman W Clover Ln. Libertyville, IL cell: jill@windline.net Treasurer Madeleine Monaco 46 S Stonington Dr Palatine IL Cell: mjm@sbcglobal.net Air News Editorial Assistant Mary Ann Pintor Deadline for submission is the 25th day of each month Cynthia Madsen, Editor 441 Elm Street Frankfort IL Home: csmadsen2002@yahoo.com Air News is published monthly (except in December) by the Chicago Area Chapter of the Ninety -Nines, Inc. and is available to non-members for $20 per year. Members must pay chapter dues to receive Air News (send chapter dues to the Treasurer). Suggested donation for business card-size advertisement: $5 per edition or $50 per year. Chapter members may place 6 free personal advertisements per year. Please send all subscription or ad requests, photos, articles, and information for publication by or U.S. Mail to the editor listed above. K E E P E M F LY I N G E l l e n o h a r a, c h a i r m a n Congratulations on the successful Aviation Expo 2016 to the whole team of 99 attendees and especially to Madeleine Monaco as chair, Leslie Prellwitz as registrar, Carol Para, member and IDOT contact, and Deanna Close and Jill Mann presenting Flying Companions. Also, having someone jump in to peddle raffle tickets in between flying in and out of town is much appreciated--thanks new member Natalie Berman! The thanks of several attending pilots were also received with gratitude for undertaking this event. It's a good feeling to be able to say that our chapter did it for all in aviation! Our next meeting promises to be a great educational program about the new runway at Clow Airport and we look forward to seeing other aviation enthusiasts there. Our meetings continue to be interesting learning and teaching events and we can always invite others to attend them with us. Coming up in May will be our Aviation Day with its opportunities to share our love of aviation with our area youth, especially as it pertains to their STEM learning in science, technology, engineering and math--spread the word! Also, for your own interest, remember our 99s Network at 99snetwork@astro.lyris.net At a fall plan meeting we discussed having our meetings begin about an hour later or so with the thought that it gives members an easier chance to arrive on time. Our next meetings demonstrate that and work well in conjunction with other groups or speakers who are available. We might also attract 99s from surrounding chapters. It is always sad to hear about our 99s who have gone to New Horizons. Louise Rogene Kokesh became a 99 on February 27, 1959, and would have celebrated her 57th anniversary this month. Louise and hubby Ray always participated in some way with the chapter's activities and I communicated with her in Florida by until recently. Memories are deep. If we don't have a plan meeting for February, I'll have a conference call to discuss upcoming meetings and other items on our schedule. Please contact me if you are thinking of attending April 16 NCS Section Meeting in Kansas City or July 6 International Conference in Ottawa, Canada. Who knows what plans can develop when we see others going! Keep'em flying! Ellen Opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and shall not be construed to represent the policies or opinions of the Ninety-Nines, Inc. Air News February 2016 Page 2

3 Aviation Expo 2016 The Chicago Area Chapter 99s ran another successful IFR/VFR Safety Seminar on Saturday January 30 th. This is an event that we have been hosting, or co-hosting since the late 70s. In recent years the co -sponsors have been the FAA-DuPage FSDO, the FAASTeam and the Illinois Dept. of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics. It has evolved to the point where between 150 and 450 of our local area pilots have attended and come to expect excellence year after year. You may be aware that the State of Illinois has been having a budget lockdown. This year, without a great deal of advance notice, our Chapter was told there would be no funding assistance, whereas in previous years the hotel expenses were covered by the Division of Aeronautics. We decided as a Chapter to step in, provide the funding and continue the tradition. Our Expo had IFR speakers on charts, procedures and ARTCC operations; VFR speakers on Class B airspace, crosswind landings, aviation weather, loss of control and flight reviews; Flying Companion on how airplanes fly, charts, helping your pilot and planning a trip. The Expo part of our event allows local and regional aviation vendors and organizations to present themselves in their best light to the many pilots present. This years vendors were: Aviation Universe, Avidyne, Inc, Chicago Flying Advisor, Chicagoland Glider Council, Civil Air Patrol, DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, Foresters Financial, Fox Flying Club, FSX Flight School, Hilton Software/WingX Pro7, International Flying Club, Naperville Flying Club, Pipistrel USA / Soar Free LLC, Poplar Grove Airmotive, Recreational Aircraft Foundation, Rochelle Avionics, Savant Capital and Stick and Rudder LLC. We had good weather and the vendors were set to go when pilots and companions started flooding our space in the morning. The first session was a joint event, beginning at 8:45, introducing the sponsors, explaining the Wings credits and getting the day going. Our 99s were given a standing ovation by the audience when told that in they had funded the event in full. Top left: Deb Meznarsic, Mary Lou Erikson and Rita Adams working the registration table; Top center: Elaine Tao, Madeleine Monaco, Rita Adams and Donna Klein at registration; Top right: Elaine Tao and Mary Linstromberg with the Chicago Area Chapter 99s display board; Left: Flying Companion teachers Jill Mann and Deanna Close. For more photos, see page 6 and check out the chapter website at: Air News February 2016 Page 3

4 GET IN SHAPE If you do not have a chapter name badge in the shape of your state, now is the time to order one. Send a check in the amount of $16 made payable to the Chicago Area Chapter 99s and mail to Rita Adams, 484 Banyan Tree Lane, Buffalo Grove, IL or contact Rita by at: rvadams99@gmail.com PAULA PILOT Badge above is in the shape of Illinois. Please indicate your state and whether you want a pin or magnet backing. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE WITH MAGNETIC BACKING! Allow three weeks for delivery. dkaras.metagenics.com WELCOME TO ALL THE N EW MEMBERS WHO J O I N ED OUR CHAPTER I N THE LAST YEAR: NATALIE BERMAN KRISTINA BOUZIOS IDA BRUTLAG KAITLYN CARLSON LARISA KANO DIANE KETZEBACK ASHLEY KOENIG LINDY RUCKS CRISTINA SALGADO ALEXANDRA WHITE KARYN WOJCIK Chicago s Aviation Emporium 13 West Main #6 Bensenville IL Fly Now Alert: Student Pilots who are interested in applying for the AEMSF Fly Now scholarship should be informed that the deadline for membership in The Ninety-Nines is February 15 th. The deadline for the application for the scholarship is March 15 th. Details are on the website under Scholarships. I am in Arizona. If you are applying call me as soon as possible: Sharon Schorsch Air News February 2016 Page 4

5 2016 Calendar of Events and Places to Fly (NOTE: 99s ACTIVITIES ARE IN BOLDFACE TYPE) February Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Clow Intl. Airport, Bolingbrook IL March 4-5, s International Board meeting, Oklahoma City OK March Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Chicago Executive Airport, Wheeling IL April 5-10, Sun n Fun, Lakeland FL April 15-17, North Central Section meeting, Kansas City MO April Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Bult Field, Monee IL May Girl Scout Aviation Day, DuPage IL Airport June Cavalcade of Planes, Clow Intl. Airport, Bolingbrook IL June Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Dacy Airport, Harvard IL July s International Conference, Ottawa, Canada August Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Poplar Grove IL Airport September Chicago Area Chapter meeting, location TBD For information on flying events in your area: October Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Waukegan IL Airport November Chicago Area Chapter meeting, Wheaton IL December Chicago Area Chapter Holiday Party July 5-9, s International Conference, San Antonio, Texas s International Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania s International Conference, host North Central Section FLORIDA TRIP January 2016 I FLY FOR PIE by Diane Cozzi, with Roger Kelly and One-One-Honey Wahoo! Got out of Chicago just before the single-digit temperatures hit in January. Roger left about a week before I did and flew our Cessna 172 One-One-Honey down to Florida; I flew down commercial and met him in Orlando at Walt Disney World where we stayed a few days at the Grand Floridian. There are always new things at Disney: among them, the updated Star Wars Awakens experience at Disney s Hollywood Studios to reflect the latest movie; many new entertainment, shopping and dining additions at Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney); and my favorite ride this time, The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at the Magic Kingdom, where you race through a diamond mine on a roller coaster all full of Disney magic! In addition, anything from the movie Frozen was hugely popular, with little Elsa and Anna princesses running around everywhere. And of course we went to old favorites at Disney s Epcot and Animal Kingdom as well. Then it was my turn to fly! We picked up One-One-Honey at Signature, the FBO at Kissimmee Airport (ISM), and flew to Everglades City. It s located on Florida s southwest gulf coast amidst about 10,000 islands and surrounded by the Everglades National Park. [Good thing we hadn t come a week earlier because the Everglades Airport (X01) was under water from recent torrential rains unusual for this time of year.] But when we were there the sun was shining brightly and the temperature was a pleasant 70 degrees certainly warmer than Chicago. Everglades City is not a big place and it s only about a mile or so walk into town or you can rent bikes at the airport for $4 a day. However, we had overnight bags to tote, so the airport manager took pity on us and drove us to our hotel in his pick -up truck. He also whispered if we still wanted to ride bikes we could get them from the hotel for free J. We stayed only one night at the Everglades City Motel (I think there are only 3 motels in town) Roger took advantage of the free bike, but our real reason for coming was to go to the City Seafood Restaurant a super casual outdoor place on the dock with outstanding fresh seafood the crab claws are our favorite and range in size from big to huge YUM! (Continued on page 7) Air News February 2016 Page 5

6 PHOTO GALLERY Chicago Aviation Expo 2016 Saturday, January 30th Holiday Inn, Itasca IL VFR Seminar IFR Seminar Natalie Berman selling 50/50 raffle tickets Leslie Prellwitz and Madeleine Monaco, Vendor Chair and Event Chair, respectively. Flying Companion Seminar Air News February 2016 Page 6 The Editor would like to thank Mary A n n P i n t o r fo r h e r i n v a l u a b l e c o n t i n ui n g a s s i st a n c e i n d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t he h a r d c o p y v e r s i o n o f A i r News.

7 (Continued from page 5) Diane Cozzi, Roger Kelly, Bob and Gail Rezabek with One-One-Honey at Fort Myers Airport The next day it was still my turn to fly! It was a relatively short flight to Ft. Myers Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) and we parked at PrivateSky, the FBO on the field. Our reason for coming to Ft. Myers was to visit Gail Rezabek and her husband, Bob, who recently bought a new house there. Gail and I joined the Ninety-Nines at about the same time and bought One-One-Honey together back in 1976 ( OMG that s 40 years ago!) Roger s my partner now, but Gail and I have been great friends all that time. We asked the line-guy to take a picture of the four of us by the airplane, and immediately posted it on Facebook. Yes, a nostalgic moment. We stayed a couple nights with Gail and Bob (and their cat, Nutmeg) who were the most gracious hosts. We were wined and dined and went sightseeing too. Their home is beautiful and includes a screened in pool de rigueur for the lovely area they live in. Unfortunately the weather was rather cool and rainy so we didn t get a chance to go swimming or kayaking. On second thought, maybe that was a good thing as there is a resident alligator (named Al of course) that hangs out in the lake behind Gail s house. On the last day of our visit, the rain had stopped but it was very windy. Nevertheless, Bob and Roger went on a long bike ride ( Gail and I had more sense) and got a tougher workout than they bargained for. They insisted it was fun. We departed later that afternoon -- me to the commercial terminal then home, and Roger to the FBO to fly around Florida for another week. But the wind didn t let up it was 25 gusting to 35, and between 70 to 90 degrees to the runway. Even the airlines were doing go-arounds. Sitting on the jet at the Dumbo at the Magic Kingdom cuz he flies gate I could feel the wind buffeting the plane. I made it home without further ado, but Roger had to wait until evening before the winds died down enough for him to take off. Good thing Gail packed him a couple sandwiches. And yes, the pie or I should say pies (plural) well, let s just say by the time we left Gail and Bob, I had stopped counting all the key lime and pecan pie Roger ate. I read recently that Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer I totally agree, and wanted to end with that thought and pass it on to you. NOTAM... HQ Toll-Free Number: The new toll-free number for Ninety-Nines Headquarters is You ll note that the last 7 numbers remain the same. The only difference is that 844 replaces the 800 that was in the previous number. The Membership Application has been updated to reflect this February 18 February 23 February 24 March 5 SAFETY SEMINARS DuPage Pilots Assn. meeting and safety seminar 7:00-9:00 pm Main terminal building KDPA Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Electronic Flightbags, LaPorte IN Aero Club, 6:00 pm Dealing with Inflight Icing and Other Winter Hazards, Crowne Plaza Northbrook, IL 7:00-9:00 pm AOPA s Rusty Pilot Program, Elkhart IN Municipal Hangar 28, Indiana Flight Center 9:00am-12:00pm Air News February 2016 Page 7

8 AIR AIR NEWS NEWS Cynthia Madsen, Editor 441 Elm Street Frankfort IL Address Service Requested IN THIS ISSUE: Item Page February Chapter Meeting... 1 Who s Who From the Chair Aviation Expo Advertisers February 21 Meeting Welcome New Members... 4 Fly Now Award I Fly For Pie Photo Gallery Thank You Notam Safety Seminars Chicago Area Chapter Ninety-Nines, Inc. International Organization of Women Pilots 20% off & Free Shipping Dr. Debbie Karas, APN-BC, RN drdebbiekaras@gmail.com dkaras.metagenics.com Practitioner code to order: DKARAS Click here for details: dkaras.metagenics.com Point, click and buy. People do it for books, groceries, plane tickets, even vehicles. But DON T do it for Rx drugs or supplements you do not know! Both the FDA and MAYO CLINIC have warned the public to NOT BUY pills and supplements from online stores that cannot verify their authenticity. Metagenics is a superior pharmaceutical grade for nutritional supplements. You can rest assured that their supplements are safe, properly stored and shipped directly from Metagenics to your door, and use no expired or counterfeit ingredients. Get 20% off your first order and 10% all reoccurring order AND always free shipping when you click on dkaras.metagenics.com and the practitioner code to order is DKARAS to purchase from my personal Metagenics direct store. Any questions, send an to drdebbiekaras@gmail.com or call or text to Here to help so we can continue to enjoy the Blue Skies.