The 2017 LadiesLoveTaildraggers Fly-in! C77, Poplar Grove Airport, Illinois Friday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 10 Early arrivals Thursday, Sept. 7 [caption id="attachment_41759" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Poplar Grove pilots Kelly, Lorraine, Nora & Tina --- and Nora's Fabulous Funk![/caption] JOIN US FOR A WEEKEND OF FUN & FLYING AT POPLAR GROVE...
Submitted by Carol Walker Glider towing employment, KAFF, USAF Academy Airfield, Colorado Springs, Colorado. We are looking for experienced tailwheel pilots to tow gliders utilizing PA-18-180's. Must have commercial rating and minimum 100 hrs tailwheel. Excellent wages and benefits. Some glider towing experience required. Must be available to work...
Welcome to LadiesLoveTaildraggers. Â This is the first in a series of articles I'll be writing about earning a Private Pilot Certificate. Up next: 'Getting a Private Pilot Certificate in a Taildragger' I am NOT the expert on becoming a pilot, but I am a pilot. I achieved...
BasicMed Excitement I've been talking to pilots for years about the pipe-dream known as Third Class Medical Reform - the long touted savior to pilots young and old, the perfectly fit and the less than perfect. I've read many an article and kept up with the...
Texan taildragger pilot, Amy Haass, is selling her bird! Amy is based at  66XS, Baylie Airport, Westminster, Texas. Contact information below. A woman has owned this baby for the last 30 years! 15 for me and 15 + for the gal I bought it from! I'd LOVE...
[caption id="attachment_41704" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Pilot and Light Sport aircraft builder Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski. Photo: Nextshark.com[/caption] Is Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, age 23, the next Einstein? That's what Harvard University and physicists around the world are saying about this young woman, who at 14, built a Zenith CH...
It's been a long time in the making. SIX tailwheel scholarships, all made possible by you. You know who you are so thank you from me, and thank you from these very happy ladies! Scholarship #1 Billy Werth/IndyJet's Tailwheel Endorsement & Unusual Attitude Training Scholarship [caption id="attachment_41666" align="aligncenter" width="570"]...
I sympathize with everyone who's flirted with the idea of flying to Florida these last few days. The sun has been shining at Sun 'n Fun, Lakeland, Florida, all week teasing GA pilots who've been waiting on the weather to clear to our north. There's...
No, this sleek and sexy beauty isn't a taildragger, but her story needs to be told. [caption id="attachment_41610" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Lockheed Constellation, Columbine II in the 1950s, PoplarMechanics.com[/caption] I wonder how many know the surprising story of how the call sign 'Air Force One' came to be?...
I'm going out on a limb with this post. I will certainly get some push-back from a few ladies telling me women pilots are down trodden, undervalued, demeaned, and insert your own words here "___________". I've been forwarded examples that prove their point, but I...
