Ray Johnson forwarded a new video he produced about lady taildragger pilot Laura Stants and I couldn't resist adding in a few extra shots of Laura flying her favorite T-6. Laura's based at Glenndale Airport, 8I3, Indiana home to the Happy Champ I used to own....
Brainstorming session this Saturday for the 2013 Lady Taildraggers Fly-in! A few of us are meeting at the Savannah-Hardin County Airport, KSNH, at 10:00 Saturday and you're welcome to join us. Airport manager Montille Warren and I will be there and if you haven't had the...
Sarah Rovner is based at KDWH, David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, Houston, Texas. [caption id="attachment_22031" align="aligncenter" width="318"] Sarah Rovner[/caption] Flying is my passion. I mostly fly Cessnas and I fly a lot with Civil Air Patrol. I enjoy doing charity flights with Angel Flight. I recently obtained my...
Hope you got your fair share of flying in this weekend, just like me. Boyd and I decided to go "prepared" for the fly-in de jour, Bob's Barnstorming Bean Bust fly-in at Willis Field. We dug around the house, looked in all the nooks and...
De Havilland manufacturerd a lot of aircraft since it all began in 1920 but the best known, most respected aircraft they produced was the Beaver. If you don't agree, this entertaining little video should convince you "the best one was the Beaver DHC-2"! ...
It's no secret that I'm flying around wearing an insulin pump tickled as I can be just to be flying! I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 32, after getting my pilot's license at 20 and having owned 3 different aircraft. Nobody could have...
Olson Fenwick is based at D28, Tanglefoot Seaplane Base, Cavanaugh Bay, Idaho. From my first introductory flight in 1988 I was hooked! I still have my first plane we bought that year, a Lake Renegade. [caption id="attachment_21967" align="aligncenter" width="425"] My Lake Renegade[/caption] My husband soon bought me a beautiful...
Lane Davis is based at (KPDK) DeKalb Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia and sent in this wonderful pilot update! 2 Years ago, learning to fly in a 1946 JR Piper Cub, with my dad as my instructor It's funny to think back to when I first signed up...
Was Blanche Stuart Scott America's first aviatrix or should that honor go to Bessica Faith Raiche, the woman "officially" credited with achieving the first flight by a woman in America? You decide. Blanche Stuart Scott was born in 1885 and became an early enthusiast of the automobile....
