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Aviation @ Olive Branch Cemetery Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/23/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Simple Two Stage Multi

Start at the Posted Coordinates

 

Elizabeth “Libby” Pettit Mesick

July 24, 1923 – September 13, 2006

 

Libby was a retired owner of several businesses in Portsmouth.

As an aircraft pilot, she was a lifetime member of the

Silver Wings Fraternity & The Ninety-Nines



 

The Ninety-Nines

International, Organization of Women Pilots

 The organization was founded November 2, 1929,

at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, Long Island, New York. 

All 117 women pilots at the time were invited to assemble.

 

In 1931, Amelia Earhart was elected the first President.

The group selected the name “Ninety-Nines”

to represent the 99 charter members.

Membership was immediately opened to other

women as they became licensed pilots.



 

Silver Wings Fraternity

Members are eligible to wear the symbolic

Silver Wings Design label pin.

Once you reach the 25 year mark since your first solo

you are eligible to wear a lapel pin with a star on the top

signifying this aviation milestone.

 

 

Find X for the cords to the cache.

 

N 36 49.589   W 076 22.4X2

 

Nearby, Find Clarence the US Marine who served in Korea

X=  The last number in the year of his birth

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jbbqra pebff grgurerq nobhg 6 srrg vafvqr gerr yvar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)