Barbara Yeninas
Florida Suncoast Chapter Barbara Moohan Yeninas passed away on November 8, 2023, at the age of 79. As the hostess […]
New Horizons Scholarship
The SE Section New Horizons Scholarship honors our Ninety-Nines who have passed to new horizons, and at the same time, inspires the scholarship recipients as they achieve new milestones and move to new horizons in their flying achievements.
CELESTIAL FLIGHT POEM
She is not dead, But only flying higher,
Higher than she’s flown before
And earthly limitations will hinder her no more
There is no service ceiling or any fuel range
And there is no anoxia, or need for engine change
Thank God that now her flight can be to heights her eyes had scanned
Where she can race with comets and buzz the rainbow’s span
For she is Universal, like courage, love and hope,
And all free, sweet emotions of vast and Godly scope.
And understand a pilot’s Fate is not the thing she fears,
But rather sadness left behind, your heartbreak and your tears.
So all you loved ones, dry your eyes, yes, it is wrong that you should grieve,
For she would love your courage more,
and she would want you to believe she is not dead.
You should have known that she is only flying higher,
higher than she’s ever flown.
To apply for the New Horizons Scholarship download the New Horizon Scholarship Application and follow the directions on the application.
Other Ninety-Nines Scholarships can be found on the Ninety-Nines International Scholarship Registry.
The SE Section Ninety-Nines members memorialize our friends, our colleagues, our mentors, and our sister pilots. Each aviatrix has contributed to promoting aviation and inspiring others in her own unique manner. The following women will all truly be missed.
New Horizon Honorees
Rita Ellen Spindler
Florida Heartland Chapter Rita Ellen Spindler passed on July 20th, 2023. A beloved wife to Richard G. Spindler (Deceased) and […]
Judy Wayman
Tennessee Chapter Judy Lynn Wayman Robinson, age 77 of Knoxville, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, […]
Barbara Sierchio
Florida Suncoast Chapter Barbara Latture Sierchio of St. Petersburg, Florida, passed away on May 15, 2022. She was born in […]
Janice Massee
Georgia Flying Belles Chapter Janice Tuggle Massee, age 84 of Clayton, Georgia passed away on February 15, 2022. Janice was […]
Bertha Podwys
Florida Suncoast Chapter Bertha U. Siegl-Podwys was just sixteen days short of her 99th birthday when she passed away peacefully […]
Delores (Dee) Morris
Alabama Chapter Delores Eckman Morris passed away on July 28, 2021. She was born Delores (Dee) Laverne Eckman on August […]
Kathy Velazco
Georgia Flying Belles Chapter Dr. Antenor “Andy” Velazco, MD., 73, and Dr. Kathleen “Kathy” Hartney-Velazco, MD., M.M.SC., 65, died June […]
Patricia Besselman
NOLA Chapter Patricia “Pat” Arrington Besselman, age 77, passed away peacefully in her home on April 12th, 2021. She battled […]
Bernice ‘Bee’ Haydu
Treasure Coast Chapter Bernice “Bee” S. Falk Haydu (December 15, 1920 – January 30, 2021) was an American aviator who […]
Janet Green
Mississippi Chapter Janet Ferson Green passed away comfortably and peacefully in her home on October 24, 2020. Professionally, and privately […]
Coralie Stamp
Paradise Coast Chapter Coralie Ann Stamp, 84, of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away at the Bayfront Hospital in Port Charlotte […]
Marian Baltzer
NOLA Chapter Marian Agnes Baltzer, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana passed away peacefully at home on April 10, 2020, at the […]
Alexis Montague-Fortune
Florida Spaceport Chapter Alexis Montague-Fortune went on to new horizons on March 14, 2020. Alexis was born in the small […]
Lee Orr
NOLA Chapter Lee Orr, age 87 passed to new horizons on Januar 11, 2020 after a long career of 50 […]
Harriett Hall
Alabama Chapter Harriett Alma Monroe Hall, age 81 of Hoover, Alabama passed away on March 20, 2019. Harriett graduated with […]
Anne Roethke
Paradise Coast Chapter Anne E. Roethke, MD, age 92, passed away October 20, 2017, in Ft. Myers, FL. After practicing […]
Julienne Dearth
Florida Spaceport Chapter Julianne ‘Julie’ Dearth, 90, of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away on May 19, 2017. Julie was born […]
Ruth Fleisher
Florida Goldcoast Chapter Ruth Fleisher, a Ninety-Nine since 1942 and a Life member, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, […]
Bonnie Gann / Archie Gann
Florida Spaceport Chapter Bonnie Gann started flying in 1973 while her husband Laird was stationed in Key West. She had […]
Dottie Westby
FL Gulf Stream Chapter Dottie was a champion swimmer and equestrian. She started flying at age 40 and embarked on […]
Nancy Wright
Florida Suncoast Chapter The FL Suncoast Chapter has lost one of our most valued members, Nancy Wright, who flew to […]
Marilyn Scribner
Florida Suncoast Chapter Marilyn Scribner a member of the Florida Suncoast Chapter passed this past winter of 2015. She was […]
Ruth Jenkins
Florida Goldcoast Chapter Ruth JenkinsRuth Jenkins, an active member of the FL Goldcoast 99s Chapter passed away. She usually attended […]
Barbara Harris Para
Carolinas Chapter Barbara Harris Para passed away on June 2, 2015, after an airplane accident in her Beechcraft A–36 Bonanza. […]
Viola Vickie Goodbee
NOLA Chapter Viola “Vickie” Pecoraro Goodbee, the longtime member of the New Orleans Chapter, filed her final flight plan onto […]
Cheryl Cichocki
Florida Gulf Stream Chapter The Southeast Section is saddened to report the loss of a former Southeast Section Governor, Cheryl […]
Joyce Revelle
Florida Spaceport Chapter Joyce S. Revelle flew to new horizons on November 8, 2018, just a few days short of […]
