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About the 99s. |
The Ninety-Nines, Inc. is an international organization of licensed women pilots
from 35 countries - we currently have over 5,500 members throughout the world.
We are a non-profit, charitable membership corporation holding 501(c)(3) U.S. tax
status. Our International Headquarters is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Although there are other female pilot organizations in various states and nations,
virtually all women of achievement in aviation have been or are members of The
Ninety-Nines.
The organization came into being November 2, 1929, at Curtiss Field, Valley
Stream, Long Island, New York. All 117 American female pilots had been invited to
assemble for mutual support and the advancement of aviation. Louise Thaden was
elected secretary and worked tirelessly to keep the group together as we struggled
to organize and grow until 1931, when Amelia Earhart was elected as first
president and the group was named for the 99 charter members.
Today Ninety-Nines are professional pilots for airlines, industry and government;
we are pilots who teach and pilots who fly for pleasure; we are pilots who are
technicians and mechanics. But first and foremost, we are women who love to fly!
Our headquarters is located in a two story building complex on six acres at the Will
Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This is also the site of our 99s
Museum of Women Pilots which is home to our large archival records, video oral
histories, personal artifacts, collections and memorabilia, and biographical files on
thousands of women pilots from around the world.
Adapted from http://www.ninety-nines.org/99s.html
from 35 countries - we currently have over 5,500 members throughout the world.
We are a non-profit, charitable membership corporation holding 501(c)(3) U.S. tax
status. Our International Headquarters is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Although there are other female pilot organizations in various states and nations,
virtually all women of achievement in aviation have been or are members of The
Ninety-Nines.
The organization came into being November 2, 1929, at Curtiss Field, Valley
Stream, Long Island, New York. All 117 American female pilots had been invited to
assemble for mutual support and the advancement of aviation. Louise Thaden was
elected secretary and worked tirelessly to keep the group together as we struggled
to organize and grow until 1931, when Amelia Earhart was elected as first
president and the group was named for the 99 charter members.
Today Ninety-Nines are professional pilots for airlines, industry and government;
we are pilots who teach and pilots who fly for pleasure; we are pilots who are
technicians and mechanics. But first and foremost, we are women who love to fly!
Our headquarters is located in a two story building complex on six acres at the Will
Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This is also the site of our 99s
Museum of Women Pilots which is home to our large archival records, video oral
histories, personal artifacts, collections and memorabilia, and biographical files on
thousands of women pilots from around the world.
Adapted from http://www.ninety-nines.org/99s.html
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