Marin County 99s

Margy Boyle sent us a few of her more artistic photos from the air to share:

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Gretchen Kah sent us the following amazing photos while flying tandem in 206 amphibious float plane and 185 bush plane:

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Maddy Schwarz, our Tam High grad who joined our group 3 years ago, now has her PP, Instrument and CFI from Southern Utah University. Per her mom, Maddy is two in her class and dispatching right now. “She has really come out of her shell. I love hearing her on the radio” says Deb Schwarz.

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Cindy Pickett is flying high, but in canyons in Moab, Utah. You are truly our adventure diva, Cindy!!

On November 20, our energetic group of Marin 99s met for the last time for 2021. A good time was had by all as we enjoyed great brunch dishes brought by everyone and shared our recent flight activities. We are wishing Barbara O’Grady a speedy recovery from her broken foot. Our next meeting has been scheduled for January 16, 2022. Happy Holidays, everyone!!!

On October 16 we had Petaluma Girl Scout Troop 10052, 4th Grade Juniors, learning aviation basics to earn their Girl Scout Aviation Badges. Big thanks to Barbara O’Grady for teaching the class, Rick Beach for setting up the audio, Rebecca Oppendiasano, new flight instructor at Gnoss to share her flight training experience with the girls, and Dianna Wilusz and Sue Samir helping with set up. Hopefully we planted a few aviation seeds in their little brains. The girls were very engaged and asked great questions! Was lots of fun showing off our airport to the group, especially when our Red Tails vintage aircraft took off for formation flying.

In attendance was Barbara, Rita, Dianna, Lisa, Margy, Sue S. and Sue R. We covered various topics, such as Barbara’s Power Point to promote our Gnoss Field, Marielle’s painting of the compass rose at Angwin and our upcoming Girl Scout Aviation Badge Classes scheduled for October 16 and October 23. Pat Scanlon gave us a First Class tour of his new Cirrus Vision Jet. WOW!!!

Next meeting scheduled for November 21. See you all then. Cheers!!