The Ninety-Nines, Inc.
International Organization of Women Pilots
Finger Lakes Chapter
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Finger Lakes 99s will be hosting the New York New Jersey 99s Section Meeting on April 26, 2025 at the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, NY. The National Soaring Museum is co-located with the Harris Hill Soaring Club.
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Prior to the business meeting, we will be treated to a guided tour of the National Soaring Museum at 10:30AM. A catered lunch will be provided at 12 Noon. The business meeting will immediately follow from 1PM-4PM. Harris Hill Soaring Club is also extending a warm welcome to take a ride in a glider, to view Chemung County from the air. Glider rides will be available for those interested, weather dependent, at the rate of $140.
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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!
