The Ninety Nines is an international organization of licensed
women pilots from 35 countries - they currently have over 5,500
members throughout the world. International Headquarters is located
in Oklahoma City, OK.
A phenomenon commonly known in paragliding and hang gliding
where pilots experience significant lift due to a thermal under the
base of cumulus clouds, especially towering cumulus and
cumulonimbus.
"There are a lot of people who choose to believe in
Santa Claus at a surprisingly advanced age. There's a great chance
that people will learn from this and there will never be such an
awful program again. That's the only up side."
Source: Teal Group aerospace analyst Richard
Aboulafia, referring to the collapse of Eclipse Aviation.