I'm very excited to invite all the lady taildraggers to a very special fly-in that's so much more than any fly-in you've ever been to! The planning for this event has been in the works for many months. Now, it's finally time to register for...
This was sent in by Vanessa Jump Nelson. Please take a look and consider casting your vote for the aviation charity of your choice. The top five finalist organizations as determined by online votes from the aviation community will each receive a foundation grant for no less than...
Gwen White sent these truly amazing pictures from Alaska and they blew me away! No sign of winter letting up in AK, by the way it looks here. I know it's cold up there but not a bad trade off to be able to see the...
Very interesting comments about how tie-downs held up at Sun 'n Fun; from the Pietenpol List. Most tie downs failed where the plane was in the direct path of the tornado. We had a mixture of dog screws, aluminum plates with angled anchors, and the angle iron ones...
Many thanks to Anne Wright (with the cool Super Cub) for providing an amazing, first hand account of what it was like to be at Sun 'n Fun last week. Things have finally settled down at home, laundry done, grocery shopping done, and picked up Piper...
This just sent in by one of our own lady taildraggers from New Zealand, Neroli Henwood! Enjoy. Hi, just a few photos and update about what's been happening with our family down in this part of the world. [caption id="attachment_10340" align="aligncenter" width="283" caption="Can you tell by my...
Lisa Martin from Worland, Wyoming has been a busy gal lately. Check out the new gear she's got on her Super Cub! "This is what I've been working on the past couple days...
Debra Ross lives in California & owns a Cessna 180.  She sent me the following note  - If you're interested, send me an email (judy.birchler@gmail.com) and I'll connect the two of you! "This looks like a great group and I love taildraggers. I have a C-180...
Vanessa Jump Nelson (J-3 Cub pilot from Oregon) had her very own Oshkosh adventure last week, ironically during the week of Sun 'n Fun in Florida. No, she wasn't confused! Her professional life brought her to Wisconsin and even though she was two hours away...
Vanessa Jump Nelson sent this "Rainbow from Oregon" picture, taken from her Cub yesterday. [caption id="attachment_10251" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Rainbow from Oregon"][/caption] "I went flying yesterday and today. At one point during the flight today I asked my instructor to take the stick for a moment, whipped...
