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Ladies Love Taildraggers, especially their own 💁🏼‍♀️😘

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Can’t wait for these winds to go away so I can have some sun n fun in Reno!

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Happy Birthday to my Crew Chief! You may not exactly be the wind beneath my wings, but you keep my wings attached and that`s really important too. 😆 Thanks for all your hard work. 🙏❤
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Ask any pilot how they started flying and you will hear a love story 💛✈️🧸👩🏽‍✈️
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I finally did it! I PASSED! I’m pretty sure this instrument rating is one of the most challenging yet rewarding accomplishments I have attained thus far in my life. I wasn’t sure the marginal weather was going to allow me to complete this today, but we patiently waited it out and finally was able to make it happen and I’m so glad we could! I couldn’t have done it without God, my Love/family/friends all rooting me on (sorry for neglecting you), my very patient CFI (thank you Aaron), a great examiner (Jim), my flight school’s encouragement (Dave/Francisco/Sonia/Nate/Grace/Gabe/Baron/Nguyen), and mock checkrides and confidence boosters (Russ). Started at 8am with paperwork and ground exam followed by constantly checking for weather for improvements and then finally a long 1.8 flight time with .4 in actual IFR conditions to complete the first approach, bumps, and nonstop radio chatter. Took 6 attempts to contact the approach controller, he was so busy. Finally left with certificate in hand at 4pm (solid 8 hour day). A special thank you to The Ninety-Nines and the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund and Trustees for their generous financial contribution to my future and other women pilots theninetyninesinc



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Sometimes my airplane is happier racing without a shirt on, sometimes I’m happier wrenching without a shirt on 🤷🏻‍♀️ #shirtsareforsuckers

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Can you even call yourself a STOL pilot if you don’t have a photo of you pulling a mean leaner standing on a fat tire? 🤣

Thanks to Tom Wilson from kitplanes_magazine for dubbing me the “poster queen” of STOL Drag, and snapping this pic. Go check out his article about #stoldrag at the #renoairraces2021, link in my bio!

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Finished on the podium next to two incredible STOL pilots, eddie.sanches taking the gold, austinclemens132 taking silver, and this hooligan taking bronze in the Silver class of the STOL Drag races at the renoairraces 2021!

I had so much help to get here, I absolutely could not have done it alone. Big thanks to stolhunter for the Jason Busat STOL Drag race school, engine tuning at all hours of the night and all of the help getting our engine ready to fly to Reno. Wish you could have been here to celebrate with us and give the Gold class a run for their money! Insanely huge thanks also to projectkitfox and sloneyfly for the help with brakes, Bryan Dacus and kpalmair for the hangar, tools, and expertise, landongoudreau and Tony McWilliam for the paint and fibreglass work, and all of my new best bud STOL drag racers who were insanely supportive and like family for our time here at Reno! Of course, I couldn’t have done it without my rock and biggest supporter, crew chief, and best friend, out.foxd who has been by my side and built me a badass race airplane! Next up, highsierraflyin!

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Slight change in flight plans ✈️🥃




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Wishing a very Happy Birthday to one of our own. We hope your day is plane awesome! ✈️ wolf_by_weekend ...

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We ended the event about an hour and a half early yesterday in a mad dash to get all of the aircraft back in the hangar before an encroaching summer storm. The wind changed *dramatically* after I took this picture, and the Stearman`s parking orientation became a precarious one. We eventually found the owner and helped him turn it into the wind, but had been hesitant to do so without him present. Those of you who own vintage/tube and fabric aircraft, I`d like to hear your thoughts. You good with strangers handling your aircraft to help keep it from damage? What precautions are you looking for them to take? Ain`t no wrong answers, just looking to take a temperature. ...

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