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Have A Merry Christmas!

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The Sugarloaf 99s Wishes A Merry Christmas To All and To All a Good Flight! Don't Forget To Track Santa via Norad's Website:  www.noradsanta.org

Airport Hangar Party - January 9th - Hosted by the 99s

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Sugarloaf 99s Featured in Article in Sass Magazine

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Check out this great article featuring some familiar faces at the Frederick Airport and members of the  Sugarloaf 99s !  See pages 17 & 18:  http://issuu.com/sassmagazinefrederick/docs/sass_wint15-16_web

Happy Thanksgiving From the Sugarloaf 99s

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Safe Travels To and From Your Holiday Destinations

Meet Joy - Amelia Earhart Scholarship Foundation FLY NOW Award Winner

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Follow Joy on her journey to receive her private pilots license with the help of an AEMSF Fly Now Award  Joy and Lin in front of "Baby Awesome" Joy and I met at a Fly In at Essex Skypark (W48) in the spring of 2015. Of course I went for the kill and told her all about the 99s and how she needed to join to get the support of other women pilots.  A few months later Joy was a student member of our chapter and we started talking about her challenges with finishing her certificate and how a scholarship could help with some of the financial burden as well as get her a mentor assigned.  By early September Joy had a fantastic application submitted to the AEMSF with, surprise surprise, me listed as her mentor. By mid-October she was told she was a recipient of an award!!! Since her award notification, Joy has been very busy getting "Project Joy" in place: Joy became a charter member of a new flying club at her new home base, Essex Skypark. She now has access t...

Visitation Academy Day At Frederick Municipal Airport

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The young ladies of Visitation Academy recently visited with the Sugarloaf Chapter at Frederick Municipal Airport on Sunday, September 27,2015 Watch this cool video that captured the fun we had learning about flying and then getting to fly!

CANCELLATION OF 99S SECTION MEETING

The board of the Mid-Atlantic Section has made a decision to cancel the Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting for this weekend in Fredericksburg, Va.due to unstable weather. It was not an easy decision because a lot of good people have done a lot of work to make this section meeting successful.   However, the board felt that it was better to cancel this meeting and be sure everyone driving from various areas were safe rather then going forward and perhaps be sorry. We will miss seeing all of you and we thank you for your support and understanding. With appreciation, Linda R. Cain, Governor Mid-Atlantic Section