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The 2011 AEMSF Award Fact Sheet is now available - click here.

Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarships for licensed pilot members to advance in training and education in aviation and aerospace, including scholarships to complete additional pilot certificates and ratings, jet type ratings, college degrees, and technical training.

Research Scholar Grants to add to the world's knowledge of women in aviation and aerospace.

New Pilot Awards of up to $1500 towards completion of the recreational pilot, sport pilot, or private pilot certificate.

Visit the Scholarships page on The Ninety-Nines web site for 2011 application forms.

2010 Amelia Earhart Scholarship Winners

July 2010

The North Central Section continues to enjoy great success as winners of Amelia Earhart Scholarships.  We have FOUR winners among the 2010 AE Scholarship awardees.

Our 2010 Amelia Earhart Scholarship winners from the North Central Section are:

Name Chapter Scholarship is for:
Peg Ballou All-Ohio CFI - Airplane
Kjersti Boe Minnesota Academic
Jessica Miller Minnesota Instrument - Airpane
Kandace Rawling Wisconsin Instrument - Helicopter

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Janice Welsh, AEMSF Committee Chair
North Central Section, Ninety-Nines

Click here to see the AE Scholarship History

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Our winners (Info from 99 News, Jul/Aug/Sep 2010)

Peg Ballou, All-Ohio Chapter
Peg Ballou earned her PPL in the 1970s, flew 100 hours and then took a 30-year hiatus for marriage, raising and homeschooling six children, and building two businesses with her 49½ Sam. After a trip into the Venezuelan Amazon ignited their daughter’s interest in flying, they soared back into aviation. Peg recertified by September 2007, and then earned her instrument rating in 2009. Now commercially rated, Peg is starting her CFI training, combining a gift for teaching with her love of flying. "When you fly, you move people. When you teach people to fly, you move generations."
Kjersti Boe, Minnesota Chapter

I am an outdoor adventure seeker, so being a pilot is good for my well-being. My family notices if I haven’t been flying for a while because I start to become irritable. Education is also important to me which is why I am working towards my Master’s degree in Aeronautical Science with Embry-Riddle. My real passion is traveling internationally and learning new things. I hope to move back to Norway with my Norwegian husband and become active in the aviation community there. I am very grateful to The 99s and truly value the comradeship which is unmatched by other organizations.

Jessica Miller, Minnesota Chapter

I started flying at 15 in an Aeronca Champ with an Aviation Explorer Post based in Hutchinson, Minnesota and soloed on my 16th birthday. I am very excited to work on my instrument rating; it will put me one step closer to teaching others how to fly. I’m overly enthusiastic about extending my passion for aviation to other young people! I have had my pilot’s license for two years and in those two years I flew to all 136 airports in Minnesota, finished 7th of 32 teams in the Air Race Classic and volunteered at numerous youth aviation days. I am Vice-Chair of the Minnesota Chapter and have met many wonderful women through this organization. Thank you to everyone who has ever donated to the AEMSF to help make my instrument rating possible!

Kandace Rawling, Wisconsin Chapter

Being a pilot isn’t about what I do; it is about who I am. I love aviation from ultralights to air-liners! If I weren’t a pilot I don’t know what I’d do. I’ve done other things of course but, when I’m in the air I feel as if that is where I was meant to be. I’m currently a Sport Pilot CFI and have recently obtained my Instrument - Airplane and Commercial ASEL ratings. I’m working on being a dual-rated CFI, Helicopter and Airplane. I love teaching people to fly! With the help of The 99’s scholarship, I’ll be able to achieve my goals much sooner!

 

 

Last updated: 01/23/2010