September 22, 2001
14 Cars, 28 Members
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| Fourteen FCC Corvettes and 28 members met at the Ocoee Denny's for the trip to Fishtales Restaurant in Haines City to hold a Celebration for Betty Skelton Frankman. Betty was recently inducted into the Corvette Hall of Fame. For more information on Betty see information and web sites below the map. |
| As always the cars looked great and the members proved they can consume mass quantities of food. For the first time FCC member's got the chance to wear the club colors with the distribution of the new T-Shirts. The big bright logo on the back looks great. You can order yours by clicking on the store. |
| Betty signed a prop hanging over an archway in Fishtales. The inscription reads "Good Luck and God Speed - Betty Skelton - 9/22/2001 - Little Stinker." |
| Bill Williamson of Glass Toys MC'd the reception. FCC President Greg Carter presented Betty, "The First Lady of Firsts" with the first FCC t-shirt. Fishtales is owned by Alan and Sharon Johnson. Alan is president of Glass Toys and thanked everyone for their support and participation. |
| From Fishtale's we cruised to Lakeland's Silver Moon Drive-In. The Silver Moon is one of the last existing Drive Ins in the country. The management was kind enough to reserve covered space for us and of course the cars looked great. |
| FCC Secretary Connie Carter shows off the new club t-shirt. |
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Betty Skelton Frankman
Betty first soloed an airplane at age 12. By age 19, she was an expert on aerobatics. Her Pitts Biplane, the Little Stinker, is in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Betty was the first woman to drive a jet car over 300 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats, to establish transcontinental auto records in the U.S. and South America, and to break records driving a Corvette on Daytona Beach. In 1959, she was the first woman to undergo the same tests as the seven original astronauts before the first U. S. space flight in 1961. She belongs to the International Aerobatics, NASCAR International Motorsports, Florida Women's, Tampa Sports, and Women's International Pioneer Aviation Halls of Fame. For more on Betty, click the links below. Racer Chicks Corvette Magazine Women Fliers MicroNet Women In Aviation Women In Aviation 2 NASM - Stinker NASM - Pitts |
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