Bonnie Ritchey (California)

Apr 2019 Bonnie Ritchey (California)

Bonnie Ritchey is based at E45, Pine Mountain Lake Airport, Groveland, California. 

I’ve been flying 10 years, starting in a Citabria 7ECA. Right after I got my PPL I bought a Pitts S2A and love every minute of flying that plane!

I now live at E45, a beautiful airpark with an active aviation community near Yosemite National Park.

Ratings: PPL, Instrument Rated

Aircraft flown: 7ECA, 7KCAB, 7GCBC, 8KCAB, Pitts S2C, S2B & S2A, Extra 300, V35B, C172, C170, C182

Dream Taildragger: Waco UPF-7. I tracked down the one my grandfather trained in and would love to be able to buy it one day.

Thoughts on taildragging: All the really fun planes are taildraggers!