Austrian aerobatic pilot Elisa Maria Bretterebner is fantastically exhilarated about flying and it's bound to be contagious. Elisa lives and breathes gliders, Super Cubs, Super Decathlons, Extra 300's and I'm guessing anything else she can get her hands on. Elisa says, "My soul is in the...
[caption id="attachment_50026" align="alignleft" width="300"] Brittany Reinbolt from Searcy, Arkansas, our 2016 LadiesLoveTaildraggers Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarship winner.[/caption] That's right. With your help, we can write the perfect Ladies Love Taildraggers Scholarship Application. GoFundMe donations have passed the 80% mark, and although we need to raise at least...
One thing I ask of all LadiesLoveTaildraggers' scholarship winners is to write a short article about their experience. It's great feedback for me and it's a thank you to everyone who donates to our scholarship program. It's also validation of the positive effects of additional...
[caption id="attachment_49954" align="alignleft" width="300"] Me and my star spangled Decathlon![/caption] Right now at IND, winds gusting to 45 and a good time for me and my Decathlon to be firmly planted on the ground. Oh, call me a weenie but I know when to call it...
[caption id="attachment_49919" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lynn Gardner[/caption] In follow up, I'm posting this synopsis of back-country pilot Lynn Gardner's personal survival plan for an off-field/hostile environment emergency landing. Lynn was the guest speaker at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX during the LLT Haunted Flying Tour and gave a...
Many thanks to Theresa Berthelsdorf for donating her leather flight jacket to the LadiesLoveTaildraggers Scholarship Fund. Theresa wants her “pleasantly worn†jacket to go to a good cause and messaged me asking if I was interested. You bet I'm interested! With our Scholarship Fund chipping...
Touring Taildraggers by Martha Horvitz A Supercub's experience flying the LLT Haunted Flying Tour - round trip San Diego, California! [caption id="attachment_49818" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Martha Horvitz[/caption] The only unusual weather San Diego has, that makes any difference to pilots, is low clouds and fog with its lousy visibility. This...
The Haunted Flying Tour may be said and done but I'm still enjoying it through photos and comments sent by a few of the pilots who flew along with us. Hope you enjoy their slide-shows and memories as much as I did! [caption id="attachment_49686" align="alignleft" width="300"]...
One of the things that fell through the cracks before I headed out on the Haunted Flying Tour was stopping delivery of my mail. I thought about logging onto USPS a couple times before departing but something more important always popped up. So a week...
Oh boy, I sure didn't see a new thong in my future! Haha, if you've been to a LadiesLoveTaildraggers fly-in in the last 5 years (or is it 6, maybe 7 years now?), and you hung around till the last day, you know I always...
