Article from FAA News "They Told Her She Couldn't, but She Did" The complete article can also be read at https://spark.adobe.com/page/UyvSQr6tbz9tP/   This is too real and too fantastic not to share and many thanks to my friend Nita Sweeney for forwarding. It's about Gloria LaRoche, the third woman to become a...
Allison Leeward is based at KCRG, Jacksonville Executive Airport at Craig, Jacksonville, Florida. I own a little C120 that I love to pop around Florida! Can’t wait to see y’all at SNF! Ratings: Tailwheel and High Performance Aircraft flown: DHC2, Stearman, Piper Cub, Super Cub, Piper Pacer TW 22/20, Kodiak, C3,...
Thank you to the AAA/APM for the following big news about our very own LLT member, Ann Pellegreno. Ann is well known to LadiesLoveTaildraggers and members of the AAA, as well as being a fixture at the AAA/APM Invitational Fly-In at Blakesburg, Iowa, over Labor Day...
Jess DeVan is based at KBDN, Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, Oregon. [caption id="attachment_51151" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Jess DeVan & CFI, Brian Lansburgh[/caption] Just recently got my tailwheel endorsement. I don't have my own plane, and it's difficult to find one for rent, but I've been lucky enough to find an instructor...
Frequent Flyers of the airline sort may think they've seen America but the fact is, nobody really sees America from aloft until they've experienced it from the cockpit of a low flying, small plane - preferably a taildragger. A jet can certainly get you to...
Katherine Tryon is based at KCRG, Jacksonville Executive Airport, Jacksonville, Florida. I've had a heart for aviation for longer than I understood. My favorite memories from my childhood were when I would lay outside looking up at the airplanes. And before I met my fiance I...
The Dirt Runway Article by Brian Lansburgh There are some of you who have never put an airplane onto a dirt or grass strip. You would be amazed at how many rated pilots have NEVER landed on dirt or grass. Trust me, I get this all the...
Nano Farabaugh is based at KEKM, Elkhart Municipal Airport, Elkhart, Indiana. My father was a WWII pilot, airline pilot and FBO owner. My first flight at the controls was in a Cessna when I was 17. In 1967 a dear friend of my father's landed in our...
Christy Anderson is based at KORK, North Little Rock Municipal Airport, North Little Rock, Arkansas. I am 50ish. I solo'd at 24, earned PPL at 25. When I told my mom that I was learning to fly she said "if you want to fly why don't you...
Anne Moore is based at KFRR, Front Royal-Warren County Airport, Front Royal, Virginia. Like Judy Birchler, I am a Type I diabetic diagnosed 47 years ago when I was 25, after the birth of my first child. I have been on the pump for 22 years. I am...
