Ninety-Nines receive $1 million bequest

The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots has received a $1 million bequest from the son of one of the founding members of the group. The $1 million bequest from Frederic Messenger (Bill) Wallingford, Jr., the son of Josephine Wood Wallingford, will be placed in an investment fund to provide for educational outreach programs, aviation awareness programs, and support programs at the organization’s two museums: The 99s Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma City, and the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, Kansas, according to 99s officials.

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