Monday, April 16, 2012

We're racer #5

We're number 5! The numbers were drawn today at Women in Aviation. Our fellow Eastern PA 99s teams are: Mary Wunder and Elaine Huf - 15; Barbara Zeigler and Ethel Bailey - 25. Not sure about the significance of all those multiples of 5, but I think its a good omen for our Chapter! Our friend Camelia Smith is 2; Minnetta Gardinier has 6; last year's baby bird Nicole Lordemann has 8; Carolyn van Newkirk has 20; Charissa Dyer-Kendler has 30. All 55 spots are taken. It's going to be soooo cool to see all our friends again!

Originally posted March 9, 2012 by Alison

Our trip to Florida

Early in February Linda and I took our first long flight of the year, down to St Petersburg Fl to see Barbara (last year's team mate) and Russell. The plane performed well, except for a vacuum pump failure in night IMC (!!!) on the way down; and a popped alternator circuit breaker on the way back. Oh boy. One of these days we'll have worked all the bugs out... But it was a lovely trip, and we got in a lot of flying time and a little sun too!

Originally posted March 9, 2012 by Alison