New York, Jan. 5.
The Ninety-Seven Club is off to a flying start!
The only organization in the world of: licensed women pilots, according to Louise Thaden, charter member and winner of the women's air derby, is ready to function.
The women who fly have banded together under a name representing the number of charter members. the economic difficulty is greats There is practically no way a woman can learn aviation except by ying for every hour of instruc tion she gots. Men can find various. openings in airports through which they can earn their tuition."
Phe Ninety-seven Club held tte organization meeting recently at the home of Opal Logan Kunz, 187 Riv-reside Drive. Virtually every woman pilot of any prominence charter member, From every section of the country they come. They intend to encour age flying among women, to create opportunities for women in commer~ cial aviation and to promote good fellowship among all licensed pilots.
"We also," asserted Miss Thaden, "plan ¢o act as a clearing house for positions for women in the flying field, When we learn of an able lot who is looking for a job, we hope to be able to bring her in contact with an organization which needs her services.
"One of out first official acts will be to communicate with Hiram Bingham, president of the Ameri+ can Aeronautical Association, requestion the appointment of a woman aviator on the Naional Air Race Committee for 1930.
"Equality of men and women has been extended to almost every other commereal field. We shall endeavor to bing it to aviation,
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