Rio Colorado 99s

05/19/13

 

   

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Welcome to the Rio Colorado 99s website!

 The Rio Colorado Chapter of the Ninety-Nines aviation club is part of an international group of female aviators rooted in the history of, and with traces back to, Amelia Earhart. We are a chapter of The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots. As a licensed woman pilot (current or not) you are invited to become a part of our legacy as the first and only international organization of women pilots. The Ninety-Nines are a positive force in the aviation community and we invite you to partake in all that we can offer. Please take a few moments to look around and get to know us

Our monthly meeting is usually held the second Saturday of the month.

Upcoming Events:

Thursday night May 23 at 6pm

Lake Havasu airport (KHII) is planning an open house for November 16, and we've been invited to help with the planning.

This year Lake Havasu was named the Arizona Airport of the Year! What a great opportunity to showcase the airport

to the public. Our chairman, Alison, will be attending-contact her if you have any ideas or suggestions for what our chapter

can do to help.

April Monthly Meeting - Saturday the 6th:

This month, we are volunteering at the "Legends Over the Colorado" airshow at the Bullhead Laughlin airport. What a

great way to have our meeting and enjoy the airshow! If you are one of the volunteers, be sure you have filled out and

turned in your waivers. Contact Alison if you have any questions.

For more info about the Bullhead Laughlin Airport "Legends Over the Colorado" airshow on April 6th. Click Here

Upcoming in May, our Spring Section Meeting in Bakersfield CA on May 2-5, 2013. Click here

Next February, 2014, we will be hosting the Safecon NIFA event here in Lake Havasu! Stay tuned for more info...

Recent Events:

In March, we participated in the Women of Aviation event to fly women/girls on their first airplane flight.

Tookie took reporter Cat Smith up on her first flight and she wrote an article about us in the Mohave Daily News

Our February monthly meeting was held at Allyn's house in Sun Valley on Friday, Feb 8th at 6pm. We had a potluck,

and an excellent turn out of members and prospective members! Thanks to Allyn for hosting a great meeting.

 

January's mtg: It was great to have so many of the Fullerton 99s meet up with us at the Havasu Balloon Festival-

a good time was had by all.

Thanks to Frances and Shannon for hosting our lunch at the ACS Sim Center booth.

Yes, we were right next to the beer garden-made for good traffic coming by the ACS Sim Center and our Three of a Kind Race team booth. Frances and Shannon were "Zebra's" also during the event, helping to launch the balloons and doing crowd control at the evening Balloon Glow.

                        

  June 18-21 Air Race Classic:

From June 14-18, 2013, fifty planes with 100 pilots will arrive in Pasco to participate in the all-women’s air race, known as the Air Race Classic. The racers will be coming from all across the United States.

As of September 2012 we already have two teams from the Rio Colorado chapter planning to race in the 37th annual Air Race Classic. Veteran racer Tookie Hensley will be flying with co-pilot Pam Bird in Tookie's Cessna 172. And Three of a Kind race team with Shannon Hicks-Hankins, Pam Rudolph and Frances Irwin will take to the skies in Frances' Cessna 182. We are looking forward to having some serious fun this year!

 

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Rio Colorado 99s offer Scholarships

The Ninety-Nines is the international organization of women pilots that promotes advancement of aviation through educations, scholarships and mutual support while honoring our unique history and sharing our passion for flight. Our local chapter offers scholarships from $1000-$3000 to qualified applicants. Deadline for application is November 15th of each year. Scholarships are awarded at our annual Poker Run, the last weekend of January.  Scholarships are for the purpose of obtaining Certificates or Ratings only.

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Archives January 2013 Desert Center camping, Comanche Flyer Magazine Article

Archives September 2012 upcoming Events for the year, AZ Aviation Journal with Steve Johnson

Archives 2012 ARC page  The Air Race Classic Starts in Lake Havasu

Archives January 2012 Poker run

Archives August 2010 Ninety-Nines International Conference in Kona, Hawaii, Mr Poggi's helicopter flies, Scholarships

Archives June 2010  "Desert to Ridges, Beaches and Bridges" the Rio Colorado Air Derby, Ricki's solo, Tucson 99s visit, Scholarships for Roxanne and Melissa

Archives February 2010  Pancake breakfast, Kristi solo, Dianne checkride, Frances solo

Archives May 2009 Reno Air Races, Pancake Breakfast, London Bridge Days parade with trophy!

Archives July 2009  Don, Shannon and Pam honored at the International Forest of Friendship, Big Bear Fly-out, Painting the compass rose at HII

Archives August 2009 Palms to Pines Air Race

Archives Dec 2009 London Bridge Days Parade, going to "Amelia" Christmas party, Scholarships to Roxanne and Melissa

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