Slipstream May 2020

Chairman’s Message

By Susan Steeb

Still Sheltering-In-Home……Aviation style!


You would think this would be a light month for aviation with the entire country still being on shelter-in-home restrictions. But it is not that easy to slow down a 99. I have been so impressed with many of our chapter staying busy and taking advantage of what IS available.
 
Susan and Lynn are taking advantage of virtual ground school classes offered by some innovative instructors out of Camarillo. We have Anne, Oliva and Sneha all moving forward with working at Travis Air Force Base. Jill is making face masks with aviation themes. Jolie is continuing to study for her commercial rating, while Tiphani soloed the chipmunk she helped rebuild. I flew out to the poppies and Victorville. It would be great to see what everyone else is up to. Please make sure to share on the Facebook page and Yahoo group.
 
There are creative aviators working on things like Take-offs for Take-out to help our airport restaurant in this time. All of the major airlines are going through huge impacts yet recently there have been some great YouTube videos celebrating female aviators.
Hope you are all safe and healthy, enjoying the outdoors and continuing your aviation dreams!

We will plan to host our May SLO99s meeting on Zoom again.  

The Zoom link, meeting ID and password were sent out today (Sunday May 3rd) to the SLO99s Yahoo Group mailing list and are not repeated here for security reasons.
This Zoom meeting will include voting on new officers for the next 12 months.
 
If you have the occasion to get in the air or continue your aviation story, take pictures and share with the group. We have four ways to do that.
 

 Updates to Future Activities 


This is a list of changes to our event calendar. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, all dates below are tentative. Please keep looking for updates on cancellations and postponements and check before taking off. 

→ see also at the bottom of this newsletter for a full list of dates & schedules
Date
Event
May 5
ONLINE
SocialFlight.com: “An Evening with Legendary Women” with local member Jolie Lucas
Registration page for this event: http://www.socialflight.com/event-details.php?eventId=312119
May 6
ONLINE
Monthly General Meeting
WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE ON ZOOM  💻  (https://zoom.us/)
The session link to use and the time was announced via email on the Yahoo Group mailing list on May 3rd.
(meeting takes place on the first Wednesday of each month)
May 15-17 (fly)
June 19-21 (fly)
NEW DATE
Antelope Valley 99s in Kern Valley (L05) - Sarah Weiss 
Camping, white water rafting, movie under the stars.
$99 for all activities. See the flyer at the bottom for more info!
Tickets and info:
June 12-13 (fly)
Visiting Tish in Grass Valley
July 8-12 (fly)
CANCELED
International 99s Conference - Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA
July 20-26 (fly)
CANCELED
Oshkosh Air Venture EAA Fly-in. https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
August (fly)
OPEN - Any ideas for fly-out destinations?
May 8-9
August 21-22
Oceano Airport Appreciation Day (L52): Salute to Veterans