Member Achievements
The New Jersey 99s is all about support.
Congratulations to our members for their recent aviation achievements!
Annareka Akovity (left) and Meenal Paul (right), longtime and involved chapter members, flying an ERJ 145XR.
Check out two Ninety-Nines in the flight deck at United Express!
Olesia has recently passed her Commercial Checkride and will be using her scholarship funds for her CFI certification. She lives in Brooklyn NY and travels to Airfleet in Caldwell for her flight training. Along with her flight training she is also pursuing an MBA program at Vaughn College for Management in Aviation. She was highly recommended by her flight instructor who described her as having a true passion for aviation - her strong work ethic and commitment to safety will ensure her future success with her flying goals. Her ultimate goal is to fly for a major airline - and we are excited to help her achieve her goal.
Congratulations Olesia!
The Winner of the 2024 NJ Chapter
Scholarship is Olesia Kovach!
Webmaster
and recipient of our 2023 Chapter Scholarship
Sarah Crosby is a now Private Pilot!
Pictured with DPE Robert Miranda II at 1N7 on 8/5/24. Way.To.Go.Sarah!!
Member Sara Komor gets her Multiengine Rating!
On 2/27 she passed her checkride out of KCDW flying with DPE Greg Hill. Congratulations Sara!
Our Chapter is very excited to announce that Sarah Crosby is our 2023 NJ99s Chapter Scholarship recipient! Sarah has been a very active member of our Chapter, not only has she volunteered to be our webmaster but most recently went above and beyond helping with our yearly Flyout Challenge fundraiser. Sarah is a career middle school teacher but has taken on extra jobs to help pay for her flight training. She is a waitress, works at Solberg on the ramp and helps with Fight School coordination. Sarah has been able to combine her love of flying with her love for teaching. She implemented aviation as part of the curriculum at her school and has started an aviation club. Sarah plans on finishing her private pilot license by the end of December and will use the Scholarship to continue training for her instrument rating. Her ultimate goal is to become a Certified Flight Instructor - combining her love of teaching with her passion for flying!!
Pictured: Chapter Board Member, Barbara Sobczyk (L), presenting Scholarship to Sarah Crosby (R)
12/23
Emily Mailhot, just passed her 747 PIC Type Rating to become Atlas Air’s youngest female 747 FO! Emily was our Chapter’s 2017 Dodie Riach Memorial Scholarship awardee.
“Winning the Dodie Riach Scholarship truly changed my life. From that scholarship forward, I was fortunate enough to win multiple scholarships to continue flight training. Without those scholarships I never would have been able to get to where I am today, thank you so much to the 99's! Ladies, take advantage of these scholarships and work hard to achieve your goals!”
Congratulations Emily!
9/23
Squeaking in some flying during her busy summer, our Webmaster caught her first solo. Congratulations Sarah!
Blairstown Airport. 8/23
A huge congratulations to member Meenal Paul on achieving her commercial multi-engine rating!
She trained out of Caldwell Airport and passed her check ride July 2023.
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Meenal Paul
March 2023
Congratulations! Meenal applied to, and was accepted into, the 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative Program , an 18-24 month structured leadership and mentoring program. We are look forward to supporting your “Flight Plan!”
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Joanna Lee
March 2023
Recipient of the Fran Bera Scholarship, awarded by the San Diego 99s Chapter to a student pilot 99s member to be used towards her initial pilot certificate. This is a significant award, provided in honor of the record-breaking aviatrix. We are pleased to congratulate you Joanna!
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2022 Air Race Classic
Extremely proud of the two teams from our Chapter who participated in the
45th ARC, the epicenter of women’s air racing.
51 Teams - 115 Women - 2, 549 miles - 4 days
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Candie Oldham + Susan Westervelt
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Team Missile Minions
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Rear seat
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Amy Myzie + Loraine Denby
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Team Blue Footed Booby
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Blue footed booby top seat, Lorraine right seat
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Kim Barwick recently passed her ATP-Airplane and Falcon 2000LX EASy II type rating checkride
She now holds ATP certification in both Airplanes and Helicopters.
Kim flies the Sikorsky S76D and the Falcon 2000LX.
#hereyougo
Congratulations
to
Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative Graduate
Annareka Akovity
The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative aims to accelerate the advancement of women in all pilot professions, facilitate mentoring, and enhance leadership roles within aviation. The Initiative provides highly motivated 99s with tools to develop their pilot careers and leadership skills through guided activities and formal mentoring partnerships with women professional pilots.
Through her path in the PPLI, Annareka devised and constructed a unique and creative Spring flyout for our chapter, in the midst of pandemic, when usual fundraising methods were a challenge. The “Spring Flyout Challenge” recruited aviators to join a self-guided flyout with the challenge to journey to 10 participating airports in 5 states in the span of one month. Her vision included a creative point system which required date-stamped and geotagged verification: This was an interactive element which became an engaging learning experience for both our Spring Flyout Challenge team and the participants. Event participants ranged from Maryland to Massachusetts and has been one of our most widely-attended and successful fundraisers.
Meenal Paul is now a CFI + CFII!
— October 2022 (that is two CFI check rides in one month! #geterdone)
— Air Fleet at CDW has just hired a new Flight Instructor. Woot … Congratulations Meenal! Your October rocked.
Annareka passes her CFII checkride.
— April 2022
Allison passes her private pilot checkride.
— September 2021
Annareka passes her multi-engine
commercial add-on checkride.
— September 2021