Here's an update from Cessna 195 owner Jan Johnson, based at KSQL, San Carlos Airport, San Carlos, California. Jan affectionately named N4026A, her beautiful 1952 CESSNA 195A, "Elsie". Dreamed of flying since I was a kid. Mom planted the aviation seed in my head back then. Her first husband was...
The ladies are out there everyday, everywhere, doing what they love and proving ladies really do love taildraggers! Aune Price (Illinois) Pilot Profile Amy Gesch (works for Wipaire Inc.) [caption id="attachment_25695" align="aligncenter" width="570"] With Miss Some Kind of Wonderful at Blakesburg[/caption] Cathy Page (Arizona) Pilot Profile [caption id="attachment_25696" align="aligncenter" width="570"] With Vicky Clarke...
I'm blessed. I've had two great flying days in a row! Winter's still hanging on here in Indy with a snowstorm brewing but yesterday the sun was shining, there was a crisp horizon line and we topped out at 49 degrees. I had an invitation...
Oh happy day, I flew and it's not even the weekend yet! Tomorrow I'll get a lot more time aloft but I'm just happy I was able to get airborne for a couple hours on a Friday. Love these longer days already. First stop...
Have you heard about the new animated aviation film "PLANES" in the works at Walt Disney Studios? I've seen the trailer and this is going to be one fabulous movie! Disney wisely appears to be going to great lengths to promote their new film to the general...
Bücker Jungmann owners and pilots, Gail & Doedo Schipper from Longmont, Colorado are on a flying adventure in the planning for months. They are in New Zealand flying a Cessna 172 on a charted Air Safari tour. Gail is blogging about it daily so please follow her at...
Laura Decker is based at KCIC, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, California. [caption id="attachment_25512" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Me after a flight in a 1941 Navy N3N, what a cool piece of history![/caption] I'm 22 and will be graduating from California State University, Chico in May 2013. I started flying the week...
Many thanks to Natalie McHaffie from Ontario, Canada for sending this gem of aviatrix history. "Flight training could only be had in Canada through the military until 1927. Eileen was a member of the first class in the first civilian flight school. The text is from a...
Valerie Phillips is currently based at LAS, United Kingdom. I was put in touch with this site by Louise O'Grady. Â I haven't an amazing long distance flight like Lou's in a powered aircraft add to my profile, but I have done 500+km in a glider. This...
Hey everybody, I need your feedback! Do you think our next LadiesLoveTaildraggers Fly-in needs an official "fly-in tshirt"? Something fun - something colorful - something with a taildragger? If so, there's a Response Form for you to fill out after the pictures. My source only supplies color "white"...
