May 2011 OK18 – We made it!!
I''m way behind! I had this almost ready to go yesterday but ran out of time to post it so here goes - better late than never, right?! Well, it weren't easy but we made it to OK18 ! We were ready to go before 7:00...
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May 2011 Sweet line ups!
I love to see taildraggers having fun with their buddies. Sometimes they're lined up nice and tidy & shining in the sunlight and sometimes they're a random scattering of whoever happened to show up. Â Either way, when the right person snaps the perfect picture, I...
May 2011 Lynn Gardner’s Just Plane Fun Fly-in
Thanks to Lynn Gardner for sending in a few pictures from her fly-in weekend in NC! I had to fly a Nose dragger for the 2nd Annual Just Plane Fun Day, Fly-in, in Brasstown, NC, but had a great time anyway. We had a descent turnout...
May 2011 Trying our best to get to OK18!
Great thing tonight - Bill & Yvette Tracy snuck in from the Cleveland area to Indy - between weather! We're all heading to OK18 tomorrow so happy they made it this far. [caption id="attachment_11521" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Bill & Yvette taxiing in at MQJ"][/caption] The weather Friday morning...
May 2011 Ace woman flyer of the world
Aviator Amelia Earhart talks about her flights and aviation in the 1930s. Dubbed "Ace woman flyer of the world" this is actual video of Amelia telling some of her experiences as a flyer and film clips from those events. ...
May 2011 Lisa Martin’s Mexican Mountain Utah Back-country trip
Lisa Martin sent these beautiful pictures of her back-country Super Cub flight to Mexican Mountain, Utah. Looks like a gorgeous flight and an adventurous weekend! (slow click twice to see full size images). [caption id="attachment_11422" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Rugged country north of Rock Springs, WY"][/caption] "Delta's" been "christened"...
May 2011 Flying, flying, flying
With TWO really nice flying days in a row there was no way I wasn't going to take total advantage of it! Yesterday I did a solo, central Indiana circuit landing at several airports I don't get to very often and just playing around in...
May 2011 More Cub art by Shannon Gallagher to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project
Shannon recently completed a second Super Cub painting which will benefit the Wounded Warriors project! A big "thank you" to George Campbell from Alaska for is purchase. (You may recognize George from the Supercub site - a.k.a. AKtango58). Â George commissioned Shannon to paint N1896A, his...
May 2011 Julia’s Takeoff and Landings at H49
Take a look at this video sent by Diana Votaw. Diana's daughter, Julia Doerner, is flying Diana's Sport Cub at H49, Sackman Field Airport, Columbia, IL. If you haven't been up flying the skies since the grass turned green, you're going to envy these beautiful touch and...
May 2011 Happy 2nd Anniverary LadiesLoveTaildraggers.com!!
It's been 2 short years but we've come a long way ladies! Two years ago today I posted the very first lady pilot to LadiesLoveTaildraggers.com - ME - and the only other woman taildragger pilot I knew at that time, Kathy Norris from Liberty, Indiana....