Sadly, we headed back home Thursday afternoon thanks to a flu "bug" that tried to ruin my otherwise very fun visit. The famous "Green Apples" retractable Mustang II I'm hanging in there and thought I'd add a few observations on what I saw at Sun 'N...
It was another windy start on Wednesday and it never really let up, gusting to 28 mph from 070. Â It sure put a damper on arriving Champs, Chiefs, Luscombes ...
It was a great opening day at Sun 'N Fun, Lakeland, Florida, although I'm sure the strong winds presented some problems for lighter aircraft. Â Since we landed at Kissimmee yesterday and drove over today, I didn't check the official weather today but can tell you...
1st Ever Lady Taildraggers Fly-in Friday, Sat. & Sun. August 13, 14 & 15, 2010 Rain Date following weekend Moraine Airpark (I73), Dayton, Ohio Ladies Love Taildraggers' Judy Birchler and Susan Theodorelos, Waco owner and lady taildragger, are happy to announce the first ever Lady Taildraggers fly-in! Â Mark your...
Actually, these cute little girls aren't our "1st Solo - Best Friends" (Janice & Andrea) but I get the feeling they sure could have been! Best friends and 16 years old when they each soloed several years ago, Janice Griggs and Andrea Hattan-Stang of Goddard,...
Final Approach, Alaska Style! This picture was sent by Alaskan Tern tailwheel pilot, Vickie Domke, with this note, "Here's a pix of our grass strip". One look at this picture and I had to send her a note back, "Vickie - you've got to be kidding...
While airport hopping yesterday, Boyd and I struck up a conversation with a really nice guy flying a Cessna 180. Â He said he's been flying over 50 years, many of them in the 180, and in all that time had never been involved in any...
The Happy Little Champ was chomping at the bit to get up and do some sunny, blue sky, late afternoon flying today so we gave in and took her for a spin. Â Well, not the spin part - at least not today. Â You just never...
The following article was written by Elaine Huf Blakesburg 2009 For the past several years, my husband Tom and I head out to Blakesburg, Iowa for their annual Antique Airplane Fly-in over Labor Day weekend, always flying his 1944 twin Cessna T-50 Bobcat...
By Judy Birchler, host of LadiesLoveTaildraggers.com The airport I learned to fly at years ago may very well be the best fly-in destination around for taildraggers of all assortments. Â It's grass, the pilots hanging out there have been there for years, most of them actually...
