The Ninety-Nines, Inc.
International Organization of Women Pilots
Finger Lakes Chapter
UPCOMING EVENTS
Finger Lakes 99s Scholarship
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The deadline for the 2026 Finger Lakes 99s Scholarship is April 14, 2026. A link to the application can be found here.
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New York New Jersey Spring Section Meeting
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The Central New York 99s will be hosting the New York New Jersey 99s Section Meeting on April 25, 2026 in Rome, NY.
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If interested in attending, the NY NJ Section Meeting, please visit Spring Section Meeting to register.
Honor Flight by Women Pilots for Lillian Lorraine Yonally, WWII WASP
On Tuesday, September 15th between 1 and 3 pm, women pilots from the New York-New Jersey Section of the Ninety- Nines will be conducting an Honor Flight for Lillian Lorraine Yonally (age 98), who was a Women’s Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during WWII and a former member of the Ninety-Nines. The Honor Flight was requested by Jack Yonally, Lillian’s son. The flight will take place over the nursing home where Lillian is a resident and will then continue over the city of Albany. Eight women pilots and their various aircraft will be participating.
From 1942 to 1944 the WASPs, an elite group of 1102 women pilots, flew every type of aircraft in the Army Air Corp’s arsenal (including bombers), ferrying aircraft from factories to military bases, towing gunnery targets, flight testing newly overhauled planes, and a variety of other flying missions in the U.S.
For more information about the Honor Flight, contact Mary Mattocks (Willy), Chairperson
of the Ninety-Nines of Western New York at either mmattock@daemen.edu or 716-435-6132.
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More information about the WASPs.
Article about Lillian Yonally
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Congratulations to Sandra!
Sandra Tomas Roig Ryder, Finger Lakes 99s member and Women Soaring Pilots Association scholarship winner, passed her Commercial glider checkride!
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Congratulations, Sandra!
Congratulations to Stuti!
Stuti Shah, Finger Lakes 99s member, recently passed both her Private Pilot and Instrument Rating checkrides.
"As I near my commercial checkride now, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank my CFI, Sean Holly, CFII, Christian Salazar, and DPE, Martha Anne Pickard at Rochester Air Center, whose training and feedback, respectively, have been instrumental in shaping me into the pilot I am today."
Congratulations Stuti!
Congratulations to Sharon!
Sharon Reithel, Finger Lakes 99s member and EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship winner, passed her Private Pilot checkride!
Congratulations, Sharon!
