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Anne Wright is based at KARB, Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, Ann Arbor, Michigan. [caption id="attachment_46012" align="aligncenter" width="570"] On a tour with the Michigan Stearman Club[/caption] I had been a member of a flying club with some beautiful, well-kept Archers, and enjoyed flying them. Until I met a J3 Cub at...

Jonathan Apfelbaum is based at KEIK, Erie Municipal Airport, Erie, Colorado. This is Jonathan's Love Story. [caption id="attachment_45974" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum[/caption] How I met Julia is my "favorite story." I'd moved back to Colorado a few months before, was working in the emergency department one evening and...

Lady Taildragger pilot Mary Latimer is based at F05, Wilbarger County Airport, Vernon, Texas. This is Mary's love story. [caption id="attachment_45962" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Lawrence and our student, Kimberly Jackson up front. I’m in back with Kim’s daughter, Sierra!![/caption] It was early spring of 1970. I went with my...

Bill Finney is based at KMIE, Delaware County Regional Airport, Muncie, Indiana. Question: "Are you a lady taildragger pilot?" Answer: "Heck no, I'm a man!" [caption id="attachment_45938" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Bill & Debby Finney[/caption] After Debby and I went on our first date, when she got back to her dorm,...