Pam Palmieri
Pam's dreams of flying began when she was a toddler. Her first flying activity was when
she went parasailing in the late 70s in Acapulco, Mexico and she then moved on to skydiving and flying parachutes
in 1985 in Lakewood, NJ. She was on the first civilian parachute team hired to jump into the Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, California in 1990. She started formal pilot training in 2003 in Los Angeles, California and will be
competing in her second Air Race Classic. She is a member of Women in Aviation, the 99's International
Organization of Women Pilots, AOPA and EAA. Pam is flying to promote Girls With Wings, find out more at
www.girlswithwings.com. Pam is the current Chapter Chair for the Michigan Chapter of the 99s.
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Rebecca Duggan
The second oldest of five children, Rebecca was born in a small hospital in Warren,
Michigan. She has a bachelors in business management and works in strategic planning for the Department of
Defense. She's also a certified personal fitness trainer. Rebecca obtained her private pilots license in 1999 and says
that it was the best thing she ever did for herself. Flying released her adventurous spirit and opened the door to a
new and exciting world. She has over 300 hours in single engine aircraft and is now working on her instrument
rating. She enjoys traveling and has been to more than 15 different countries with plans to travel to many more
when she retires. Rebecca is the current Vice Chair for the Michigan Chapter of the 99s.
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Rosemary Sieracki
Though I've been interested in flying and airplanes for as long as I remember, I
didn't learn to fly until 1995, when I was 55 years old. For several years before I actually started taking lessons, I
would watch planes taking off and landing through our kitchen window. The closest I had ever come to flying was
watching Luke Skywalker in Star Wars countless times with our son. No one in my family is a pilot and, in fact, I
didn't even know anyone who flew small airplanes. Then one day, in the dead of winter, I drove up to the airport
near our home, walked in and asked how I could go about learning to fly. I signed up for ground school and in two
years earned my pilot's license. And now I'm going to fly in the Air Race Classic, which has fascinated me since I took
my first lesson. Rosemary is the current Treasurer for the Michigan Chapter of the 99s.
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