Current Events
Honor Flight by Women Pilots for Lillian Lorraine Yonally, WWII WASP
On Tuesday, September 15th between 1 and 3 pm, women pilots from the New York-New Jersey Section of the Ninety- Nines will be conducting an Honor Flight for Lillian Lorraine Yonally (age 98), who was a Women’s Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during WWII and a former member of the Ninety-Nines. The Honor Flight was requested by Jack Yonally, Lillian’s son. The flight will take place over the nursing home where Lillian is a resident and will then continue over the city of Albany. Eight women pilots and their various aircraft will be participating.
From 1942 to 1944 the WASPs, an elite group of 1102 women pilots, flew every type of aircraft in the Army Air Corp’s arsenal (including bombers), ferrying aircraft from factories to military bases, towing gunnery targets, flight testing newly overhauled planes, and a variety of other flying missions in the U.S.
For more information about the Honor Flight, contact Mary Mattocks (Willy), Chairperson
of the Ninety-Nines of Western New York at either or 716-435-6132.
Fall 2020 Section Meeting
Hosted by the Section Board
October 10, 2020
online meeting; zoom information will be sent to Section Members
contact Shannon Osborne for more information
Poker Run - New Jersey Chapter
Saturday, October 17th
See flyer for details
Save the date for events in 2021
2021 NY-NJ Section 99s Scholarship
The NY-NJ Section 99s, Inc. NY-NJ Section Scholarship is awarded to a female pilot or female student pilot who has been a member of the section for at least one year, in recognition of her earnest desire to further her aviation achievements. The amount of the award varies from year to year.
The 2021 application will be posted here.
Spring 2021 Section Meeting
Hosted by the
Greater New York Chapter
April 24, 2021
KHPN Westchester County (tentative)