I got to zip over to Hagerstown, Indiana in the S7 late this afternoon for the yearly gathering of antique & vintage aircraft. Yep, I know it's strange having a flyin on a Tuesday, but this is the 4th year they met on the Tuesday...
This is an amazing photo documentation sent in by Amal Ajmi. She's based in Fairbanks, Alaska and flew her PA-11 Piper Cub Special along side her friend, Kalin Kellie who was flying her Aeronca Champ around Alaska. [caption id="attachment_12721" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Kalin and her Champ"][/caption] ...
Thanks to Gail Schipper for putting together this beautiful little video of the Woman Wise Airmanship Fly-in at Smiley Creek. Gail included some great aerial shots of many of the back-country Idaho strips and highlights of all the fun. Enjoy!! ...
Hey, news from Tennessee! Who'd have guessed you could put Alaskan Bush Wheels on a 65 hp Taylorcraft in Tennessee! Very cool Shannon & Chuck. Congratulations and happy grass landings! I Like! [caption id="attachment_12668" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Alaskan Airstreak Bushwheels"][/caption] And I notice the chalks in the picture...
If you're heading to Oshkosh this year, let's meet for lunch! Let's plan to meet at the Hilton Garden Inn's rooftop restaurant which is on the northwest corner of the airport in the North 40. The bus will take you right to it. Â Tuesday, July...
This was sent in by our very own, and totally cool, Vanessa Jump Nelson for your viewing & reading pleasure. Vanessa says, "I just have to share!" [caption id="attachment_12606" align="aligncenter" width="338"] Vanessa with her friend Linda M and her beautiful Cub "Tumbleweed".[/caption] Independence in the truest sense of the...
Yeehaa! That's mountain slang for "Flying's a blast in Idaho!!" The symposium is over and Anne Wright and I are back in Boise getting ready to meet up with fellow pilot Deborah Abingdon of Roswell, NM for dinner. Â We've been scrambling to do it all...
[caption id="attachment_12544" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Christina getting ready for our morning flight"][/caption] When Christina Chapman asked me to join her for an early morning canyon flight to the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and land at the Flying B Ranch I couldn't say "yes" fast enough....
It's 8:00 pm at Smiley Creek Airport & Lodge just south of the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho, and I'm wondering how this day could have possibly been any better. Â The day is winding down, the sun is getting low on the horizon, there are no...
The Women's Airworthy Symposium has begun at Smiley Creek, Idaho and I am amazed by the sheer beauty of Idaho. [caption id="attachment_12501" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Smiley Creek Lodge & Sawtooth Mountains"][/caption] I feel so lucky to be here, to be sitting outside at a picnic table at 6:00...
