Pro 99s Take Flight!
Recognizing the aviation achievements of our Pro 99s members
by providing pertinent details to Careers@Ninety-Nines.org
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Aileen Watkins | Ambassador Chapter | Achieved B747-400 type rating |
| Amy Chu | Long Island Chapter | Achieved her Commercial certificate |
| Bethany Miller | Mid-Atlantic Section | Hired by AirTran Airways |
| Bethe Stenning | Manitoba Chapter | Awarded the Women in Corporate Aviation / Aventis Scholarship selection |
| Jan Wilson | Memphis Chapter | Hired by Pinnacle Airlines |
| Mitchi Klapach | Southeast Section | Hired by Pinnacle Airlines |
| Sareana Pinson Kelly | Colorado Chapter | Achieved her Multi-Engine Instructor rating with an AE Scholarship |
| AUGUST | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Amber Roe | Monterey Bay Chapter | Achieved her Citation jet type rating with an AE Scholarship |
| Deb Price | Colorado Chapter | Achieved Commercial Multi-Engine rating from her AE Scholarship |
| Laura Forsyth Pomerleau | Santa Rosa Chapter | Hired by JetBlue |
| Leja Noe | Northwest Section | Hired by Mesa Airlines |
| Marina Saettone | Phoenix Chapter | Hired by ChevronTexaco to fly the B206L3 in Gulf of Mexico offshore oil rig operations |
| Sandra Rutledge | Ambassador Chapter | Achieved her Bachelor of Science in Aviation |
| Susan Hughes | Colorado Chapter | Achieved her Multi-Engine Instructor rating with an AE Scholarship |
| JULY | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Amber Roe | Monterey Bay Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Citation Type Rating |
| Elaine McLaughlin | Lake Erie Chapter | Winner of a 99s Future Woman Pilot Award towards completion of her Private Pilot Certificate |
| Janelle Baron | Pikes Peak Chapter | Winner of a 99s Future Woman Pilot Award towards completion of her Private Pilot Certificate |
| Janyn Michaud | Aloha Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Flight Instructor Rating |
| Kathryn Salm | Tucson Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Airline Transport Pilot License |
| Kristen Mansel | Mount Diablo Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Boeing 737 Type Rating |
| Marcelaine Wininger Lewis | Michigan Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Multi Engine Rating |
| Mary Mercedes Ratliff | Antelope Valley Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Commercial License |
| Nancy Ann Ginesi | Sacramento Valley Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Instrument Rating |
| Patricia Manos | Washington DC Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Commercial License |
| Patty Wagstaff | Alaska Chapter | Named to National Aviation Hall of Fame |
| Peggy Loeffler | Connecticut Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Flight Instructor Rating |
| Penny Levin | Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Flight Instructor Rating |
| Sandra Rutledge | Ambassador Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Instructor Class IV Rating |
| Sareana Kelly | Colorado Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Multi-Engine Instructor Rating |
| Sue Hughes | Colorado Chapter | Winner of a 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship for her Multi-Engine Instructor Rating |
| Tara Zellner | Keystone Chapter | Winner of a 99s Future Woman Pilot Award towards completion of her Private Pilot Certificate |
| JUNE | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Aileen Watkins | Ambassador Chapter | Hired as B747-400 International First Officer with Atlas Air |
| Christine Polema | Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter | Landed a job flying for traffic watch with WHAS |
| Erin Lamp | Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter | Achieved her Commercial-Instrument certificate |
| Kristina Sheppard | San Diego Mission Bay Chapter | Hired by Skyway Airlines to fly the Dornier 328 |
| Liz Bornwasser | Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter | Earned her Commercial-Instrument only a few months after completing her Private |
| Sandra Hawkins | Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter | Winner of her chapter's Louise Sacchi scholarship award to get flight training and return to her flying career |
| Stefanie Gates | Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter | Completed her CFII at Purdue University |
| MAY | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Betty Huck | Greater Cincinnati Chapter | Passed her CFI checkride on the 10th anniversary of getting her Private |
| Kathryn Salm | Tucson Chapter | Hired by Skyway Airlines flying the Beech 1900 |
| Lyndsay Asmussen | Utah Chapter | Completed her AGI and is now aGold Seal Flight Instructor |
| Marina Saettone | Phoenix Chapter | Achieved her ATP-helicopter certificate |
| Traci Leider | Reno Area Chapter | Hired by Scenic Airlines to fly the Twin Otter in Grand Canyon tours |
| APRIL | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Connie Troyer | Northeast Kansas Chapter | Hired by Skyway Airlines flying the Beech 1900 |
| Evelyn Tinkl | Ambassador Chapter | Hired by JetBlue to fly the Airbus A320 |
| Jan Steiner | Minnesota Chapter | Earned her Master Flight Instructor designation |
| Jennifer Mann | San Diego Mission Bay Chapter | Achieved her Commercial, Instrument, and Multi-Engine ratings |
| Katie Writer | Reno High Sierra Chapter | Over the past year, completed her Instrument, Commercial, CFI, Commercial Seaplane, and CFII ratings |
| Nancy Rohr | Delaware Chapter | Earned type rating and FAA/JAA pilot examiner designation on the BBD-700 Bombardier Global Express |
| MARCH | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Anne-Marie LeBlanc | Las Vegas Valley Chapter | Winner of the "Keep 'Em Flying" Scholarship, co-founded and funded by Evelyne Tinkl of the Ambassador Chapter |
| Angelee Conroy | Ventura County Chapter | Completed her Commercial Pilot certificate |
| Anuprita Magar | India Section | Landed a job flying for Deccan Airways |
| Annemarie Potter | Reno High Sierra Chapter | Winner of the Elisha Hall Bizzaro Memorial award |
| Aruna Dukhande | India Section | Hired to fly helicopters by Pawan Hans |
| Bethe Stenning | Manitoba Chapter | Winner of the Cornelia Fort Memorial Scholarship |
| Donna Miller | Ambassador Chapter | Hired by Pace Airlines to fly the B737 |
| Captain Erin McCoy | Ambassador Chapter | Landed a new job as Learjet Captain for a charter company |
| Esther Topham | Texas Dogwood Chapter | Achieved her Flight Instructor, CFI-Instrument, and CFI-ME ratings |
| Jennifer Mann | San Diego Mission Bay Chapter | Completed her Commercial Pilot and Instrument and Multi-Engine ratings |
| Captain Julie Clark | Jackson Gold Dust Chapter | Release of the new book "Nothing Stood in her Way, Captain Julie Clark" by Ann Lewis Cooper, a biography about Julie and her flying |
| Katie Writer | Reno High Sierra Chapter | Achieved her CFI license |
| Laura Conover | Old Dominion Chapter | Won an Amelia Earhart Society award |
| Mandi Bellamy | Intercollegiate Internet Chapter | Winner of a Women in Aviation Achievement award |
| Mary Build | Katahdin Wings Chapter | Achieved her Master Instructor Gold Seal designation and became an FAA Designated Examiner |
| Nancy Rohr | Delaware Chapter | Achieved her type rating on the BBD-700 Bombardier Global Express in her job as instructor and FAA / JAA pilot designated examiner for Flight Safety International |
| Pamela Vela | Houston Chapter | Winner of an EMB-145 jet type rating from Continental ExpressJet and Flight Safety |
| Penny Levin | Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter | Won a Women in Aviation Achievement award and achieved her Commercial Pilot certificate |
| Captain Rosella Bjornson | Alberta Chapter | Named to the 2004 Women in Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame |
| Sonal Gopujkar | India Section | New pilot trainee for Indian Airlines, on the Airbus A320 |
| Susanne Kelly | Embry-Riddle Prescott Chapter | Completed her Flight Instructor license and Multi-Engine Instructor rating, and began flight instructing in Oklahoma City |
| Terri Hull | All-Ohio Chapter | Won a Continental Airlines flight training award for the B73 |
| Torea Rodriguez | Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Finished her Instrument rating |
| Tralee Chuisano | Southwest Section | Winner of a Business Management award from Delta Airlines |
| Wei-En Tan | Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Winner of the WASP Memorial from Women Military Aviators |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Andrea Bertin | Florida Gulf Stream Chapter | Hired by Pinnacle Airlines |
| Dierdre Forbes | Columbia Cascade Chapter | Completed her Instrument Flight Instructor rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Donna Miller | Ambassador Chapter | Completed her B737 type rating with an ISA Scholarship |
| Jill Baker | San Diego Mission Bay Chapter | Completed her Multi-Engine Flight Instructor rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Captain Karen Kahn | Santa Barbara Chapter | Released the third edition of her book "Flight Guide for Success: Tips and Tactics for the Aspiring Airline Pilot" |
| Michele Finn | Monterey Chapter | A G-IV pilot for NOAA, named Chief of Maintenance Division for NOAA, the first woman named to this position, and the highest management position achieved by a woman at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center |
| JANUARY 2004 | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Amy Chu | Long Island Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Angie Tanton | Member-at-large | Flies the Twin Otter in the Republic of Maldives and succeeded in changing local government aviation regulations to allow women to fly while pregnant - and then she flew pregnant and is now a flying mom |
| Carole Levine | Long Island Chapter | Achieved her Commercial Pilot certificate with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Catherine Dietrich | Montreal Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Cindy Rucker | Kitty Hawk Chapter | Hired by JetBlue to fly the A320 |
| Connie Tobias | Southeast Section | Flew the Wright Flyer original replica |
| Donna Plotz | North Jersey Chapter | Between December 1 and January 6, achieved her Commercial Pilot, CFI, ASES and CFII licenses, and then, through the Pro 99s Network, promptly landed a flight instructor job with Aero Safety Training in New Jersey. |
| Helen Aaron | Southest Section | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Juliette Ritzman | Old Dominion Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Kathryn Salm | Tucson Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Kathy Walker | Mid-Columbia Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Laura Conover | Old Dominion Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Linda Mae Draper | Reno Area Chapter | Achieved her Citation type rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Traci Leider | Reno Area Chapter | Selected for The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative |
| Wenyu Fu | Aloha Chapter | Completed her B737 type rating with an ISA Scholarship |
| 2003 | ||
| Pro 99 | 99s Chapter | Achievement |
| Ann Wood-Kelly | Eastern New England Chapter | Won a Marjorie Stinson Award for Achievement from the National Aeronautic Association |
| Ava Sumpter | Tulsa Chapter | Hired by Tyson Foods to fly their corporate jet |
| Betsy Jordan Donovan | Ambassador Chapter | Landed a new jet charter job and got type rated on the Beechjet |
| Beverly Sinclair | Colorado Chapter | Hired by Frontier Airlines to fly the Airbus A320 |
| Captain Brenda Curtis | Ambassador Chapter | Upgraded to B737 captain with Southwest Airlines |
| Courtney Hamel | Ambassador Chapter | Won an ISA Scholarship for her B737 type rating |
| Captain Emily Howell Warner | Colorado Chapter | Release of the new book "Weaving the Winds, Emily Howell Warner" by Ann Lewis Cooper, about Emily's flying careers. |
| Florene Miller Watson | Top of Texas Chapter | A WAFS and WASP pilot, she had a Texas airport named for her |
| Frances Rohror Sargent | Florida Goldcoast Chapter | A WASP, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Wings Over Miami Museum |
| Joan Mace | Florida Suncoast Chapter | Named a 2003 Elder Statesman of Aviation by the National Aeronautical Association |
| Captain Julie Clark | Jackson Gold Dust Chapter | Retired from Northwest Airlines after 27 years |
| Captain Karen Kahn | Santa Barbara Chapter | Earned Master CFI designation |
| Katie Writer | Reno High Sierra Chapter | Achieved her Commercial Pilot license |
| Kelli King | Pikes Peak Chapter | Achieved her Multi-Engine rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Linda Langrill | Michigan Chapter | Earned Master CFI designation |
| Linda Scully | North Jersey Chapter | Renewed her Master CFI designation |
| Martha Hull | Finger Lakes Chapter | Completed her Instrument rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Martha King | San Diego Mission Bay | Named one of 100 distinguished aviation heroes by the First Flight Centennial Commission |
| Mary Feik | Mid-Atlantic Section | Won a Marjorie Stinson Award for Achievement from the National Aeronautic Association |
| Maryann Turney | Arizona Sundance Chapter | Won a Lauren Award from the University Aviation Association |
| Nancy Ahlers | North Jersey Chapter | Named manager of Sky Blue Aviation Academy |
| Patty Wagstaff | Alaska Chapter | Named one of 100 distinguished aviation heroes by the First Flight Centennial Commission |
| Renee Whitton | Reno High Sierra Chapter | Achieved her Instrument Flight Instructor rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
| Susan Hill | Mount Shasta Chapter | Achieved her Multi-Engine Instructor rating with an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship |
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