| Article: | Return flight The first woman in Gage County to get her pilot's license returned to Beatrice on Saturday with a group of friends who also enjoy flying.
The women are members of a Wichita, Kan.-based chapter of the Ninety-Nines.
“Our organization was named after the original 99 women pilots who organized the group in 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.,” said Kay Alley of the Kansas Ninety-Nines. “Amelia Earhart was our first president.”
The women's pilot group has grown from the original 99 to about 7,500 members with chapters throughout the world.
Among the 18 members of the Kansas group to visit Beatrice Saturday afternoon was Marguerite Lawrence. |