That's right. The generation that reached adulthood around the turn of the 21st century, Generation Y, born between 1980 and the end of 1994, are blasting through the glass ceiling of aviation and setting new and long awaited norms for female pilots. Lady tailwheel and trike pilots behold,...
Stephanie Belser contacted me this morning with the news she is selling her Stinson 108-2. Stephanie writes, "Last year I developed a medically-disqualifying condition. I had to give up flying. My Stinson is for sale, so if anyone in the Midwest is interested in a...
Kristena Cook is based at KLOU, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. I have two daughters, 14 and 9. They're excited I'm a pilot. I have been flying almost two years and also a full-time student at Eastern Kentucky University and will have my Bachelor's degree in May....
I could be tempted to do more open-cockpit flying in the future, and I’d like to fly a Stampe. The Waco and the Beechcraft Staggerwing are also on my wish-list to fly, along with the Twin Beech 18, the Lockheed Electra, and the Douglas DC-3....
Thank you to both Ann Pellegreno and to Chris Williamson of the Chasing Earhart Project for making the following available. Ann Pellegreno and the 1937 Lockheed 10 Electra she flew around the world. Photo 1967 Annual Labor Day Fly-in of the Antique Airplane Association. From...
Caroline Dougherty is based at 8N1, Grimes Airport, Bethel, Pennsylvania. [caption id="attachment_50664" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Eagle Cockpit, New Garden[/caption] My entire life has been surrounded by aviation. My dad is a pilot and I grew up on a grass strip with my bedroom window overlooking the runway. I...
