Mar09  2009 Spring Fling
Great folks, great food, great conversations, great fun was on the menu for this year's Penn-Jersey 99s Spring Fling held 14 March at Sagra Cooking in Easton, PA. Our hosts, Robyn and Jim, entertained us and spoiled us with a delicious appetizer of Salmon Chowder, and a main course of Blarney Stone Meatloaf Colcannon and Stoudt Gravy. This was followed by Corned Beef and Cabbage with a crispy Boxty Blini and some Roasted Asparagus. mmm mmm mmm; tasty tasty. To ensure the PJ99s didn't get anything on themselves, aprons with our logo were provided. To all those who traveled near and far and were able to make it, thank you for a great evening! Also a request - Would you please forward any pics you may have to 99sjude@gmail.com. For all those unable to make it, we missed you, and have aprons for you. Contact 99sjude to make arrangements for receiving them. TO DOWNLOAD/VIEW pictures from the evening, please click here 

Dec08  Penn-Jersey 99s Own
Exciting news!!! Congratulations to Penn-Jersey's own Judith Galyada. She is a recipient of the 2008 Dodie and David Riach Memorial Scholarship. The North Jersey Chapter of the Ninety-Nines awards the Dodie and David Riach Memorial Scholarship to pilots or student pilots who are pursuing flight training in New Jersey. In 2008, each scholarship was valued at $2,150, and is to be used for flight training. The awards are presented at the Chapter's annual holiday dinner in December. The following is an excerpt taken from the NJ99s scholarships webpage. *** Judith is a student at Mercer County Community College, working towards a degree in "Aviation Flight Technology". She began her flight lessons in September 2007 and earned her Privot Pilot's License in February 2008. Currently Judith is working on her Commercial License and Instrument Rating. She will be aiming towards her CFI where she will be able to pass on to others the joy of flying. Her ultimate goal is to become a Corporate Pilot. Judith's GPS is 3.93 which has earned her membership in the Honor Society and in the international Aviation Fraternity (Alpha Eta Rho). In addition to her studies and flight training, Judith is Captain of the Mercer Country Community College Flight Team and a member of the College Flight Club. Judith is also a certified Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor. She volunteers her time in the Civil Air Patrol and is a member of the Penn Jersey Chapter of the 99s. *** Judith, what an impressive resume you have!!! Congratulations!!! Please Click to access the NJ99s webpage  

Education: Penelope Pilot Project
Penelope Pilot encourages girls to take to the sky By Sarah Brown Aisles of toys and books are dedicated to transporting young girls to a land of fairy tales and princesses, but one organization is launching a character this spring that encourages them to aim for the sky. The Penelope Pilot Project, part of the organization Girls With Wings, is designed to capture the imagination of girls with the character Penelope Pilot, a commercial airline pilot. The project will feature a series of books about Penelope and her friends, along with the characters dolls. Instead of encouraging our girls to wait for their knights in shining armor, how about encouraging them to explore the night in their shiny airplaner reads the Ohio-based businesss Web site. Girls With Wings, a public awareness and e-commerce project, organizes events and activities to introduce girls to aviation-related careers. Its Web site bears the slogan, Girls need flight plans, not fairy tales! and sells a range of products centered on the theme, Yes, Girls Can Fly! The Penelope program is sponsored by Flight Plan Magazine, a publication for women in aviation that is also launching this spring. The first issue will feature a character form of Penelope, a thin foam image that girls can take to airshows and other aviation-related events. They can upload pictures of themselves with the character to www.PenelopePilotProject.org. Penelope will make her first cross-country journey in April, when she rides along with ultralight pilot Arty Trost in Trosts 1984 Maxair Drifter from Oregon to Lakeland, Fla., for Sun n Fun. Lynda Meeks, the founder of Girls With Wings, said she has written a picture book about Penelope that she expects to be out before the EAA AirVenture convention in late July. Girls With Wings will have a booth at the Wisconsin airshow. Meeks, a private airline pilot, said she started the company about five years ago after she looked for a baby gift for a friend of hers also a pilot who was expecting a girl. She could find no aviation-themed products for girls, so she started embroidering airplanes on items herself. I thought it was a bigger issue that we werent celebrating women in aviation as we should, she said. She made it her mission to use women in aviation to educate and inspire young girls. Susan Pruitt, editor of Flight Plan Magazine, contacted Meeks about the Penelope Pilot Project after her daughter found the Girls With Wings Web site. Meeks said the launch of the magazine and the Penelope project are coinciding nicely, and Pruitt has taken the lead on developing a doll. Meeks hopes to develop nine characters in the project, encompassing all aspects of aviation. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.  

January 2010
Happy New Year PJ99s!!!

01.30.2010
Meet the Author [Lincoln Park, NJ] Aero Safety Training, Ltd.s
Come out and meet our beloved Jack Elliott. Jack will be on the premises of Aero Safety in Lincoln Park, Saturday 30 January. For more info please dial 973.872.6213 or please refer to Aero Safet's website found here:  

2010
AVIATION RELATED EVENTS AVIATION RELATED EVENTS DOCUMENT
This calendar is a service of New Jersey Aviaiton Education Council (NJAEC). The information is not guaranteed. It is wise to confirm dates as some events are canceled without notice. For more details on NJAA and a web version of the calendar of aviation related events, click.