Lady Taildragger pilot Mary Latimer is based at F05, Wilbarger County Airport, Vernon, Texas. This is Mary's love story. [caption id="attachment_45962" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Lawrence and our student, Kimberly Jackson up front. I’m in back with Kim’s daughter, Sierra!![/caption] It was early spring of 1970. I went with my...
Bill Finney is based at KMIE, Delaware County Regional Airport, Muncie, Indiana. Question: "Are you a lady taildragger pilot?" Answer: "Heck no, I'm a man!" [caption id="attachment_45938" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Bill & Debby Finney[/caption] After Debby and I went on our first date, when she got back to her dorm,...
Lady Taildragger pilot Juliet Lindrooth is based at KDYL, Doylestown Airport, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. [caption id="attachment_45928" align="aligncenter" width="427"] Juliet and Steve Lindrooth, us on our way to Tel Aviv in 2016.[/caption] I was fairly new to my job at American Airlines and so I had not yet officially moved across the country...
Lady Taildragger pilot Dee Ann Ediger is based at OK16, Fairmont Field Airport, Fairmont, Oklahoma. The first date with my husband Ken was on his KZ900 motorcycle, travelling to a rural oil well site on dirt roads, and stopping at the airport to watch airplanes. He wanted...
Lady Taildragger pilot Kristen Brown is based at KUAO, Aurora State Airport, Aurora, Oregon. This is Kristen's Love Story - with a very sweet ending. [caption id="attachment_45901" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Kristen's '47 Luscombe 8A[/caption] I have loved aviation since I was a little kid. Not the easiest thing when...
Lady Taildragger pilot Tenea Kear is based at YADG, Aldinga Airport, Aldinga, South Australia. This is Tenea's Love Story. Thirteen years ago, 8-year-old me stumbled into our local, little, dusty, country airfield, where unbeknown to me I was to meet the two loves of my life. This great...
[caption id="attachment_45840" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Image by Andrea Stang[/caption] With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I'm sponsoring a 'LOVE STORY' Contest and giggling outloud just thinking about it! I'm a sucker for love stories and lucky for you, there's a prize involved! :) Love comes in unexpected ways but,...
After years of corresponding with lady taildragger pilots, I am hereby anointing myself the world's foremost authority on ingeniously cool Female Aviation Email Addresses. Since the inception of LadiesLoveTaildraggers I've been clicking away on my laptop smacking the @ key surely a zillion times. I've...
It's a Boeing 737 and I am NOT flying it! It is a retired and firmly planted 737 based at KARG, Walnut Ridge Airport, now living life as the Parachute Inn Restaurant. If you're passing through northeast Arkansas, do yourself a favor and stop at...
 via GIPHY Very cool news about one of my favorite lady taildragger pilots, Julie Thomas. With just one more hour required, she's counting the days to a brand new type rating in a DC-3! [caption id="attachment_45445" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo courtesy Howard Thomas[/caption] Julie received training in this Douglas...
