[caption id="attachment_43048" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gayla Maas & her RV-6[/caption] Our Guest Blogger, Gayla Maas, took her first flying lessons in a Cessna 120 with Edna Gardner Whyte, as a teenager. Gayla owned a Cessna 140A while still a student pilot, (insurance was easier to get back then,...
Greased landings, that's my goal. Surely with enough practice, enough trips around the patch, enough touch & go's, a greased landing every time is possible. I should be able to plant my bird exactly where I want it, with just the right amount of energy...
What do you do when you've had an airplane for sale on Barnstormers for a long time and it doesn't sell? You trade it! In Indiana, when you trade airplanes of equal value, there's no sales tax. Find the right person, the right airplane, and...
The planning committee for our September LadiesLoveTaildraggers Poplar Grove Illinois Fly-in met bright and early this morning. Six ladies at C77, along with me remotely in Indy, charged through Kelly Jeffries' action packed agenda. We're hyped and getting ready for the best-yet LLT fly-in. Just...
2017, the 50th Anniversary of Ann Pellegreno's historic Earhart Trail World-Flight, is bringing renewed attention to Ann and her successful flight. In commemoration, EAA Sport Aviation Magazine's June issue features an excellent article by Jim Busha, "Around the World in 30 Minutes - The 50th Anniversary of Flying...
Lady Taildragger Pilots Rock! Not everyone has the skill or motivation to build their own aircraft, let alone fly it when it's a taildragger. Livia from Tullahoma, Tennessee is the exception. She flew her newly completed Rans Design S-20 on its maiden test flight June...
[caption id="attachment_42791" align="alignleft" width="225"] Kathryn Brenner[/caption] Sometimes the stars align and childhood dreams really do come true. Occasionally someone who deserves a break actually gets that chance of a lifetime. I met 17 year old, high school senior Kathryn Brenner yesterday, as planned and right on...
Cubs 2 Oshkosh kicks off in Hartford, WI July 21-23 celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Piper J-3 Cub Ladies Love Taildraggers' member Jessica Voruda is one of the organizers for the 2nd Cubs 2 Oshkosh event kicking off in Hartford, Wisconsin (KHXF) immediately before AirVenture...
Lady taildragger pilots are the coolest, most adventurous, downright awesome pilots on the planet. This is the first weekend of June 2017, weeks before summer officially kicks off, and our ladies are out there doing their thing. Here's a tiny sample of the FUN that...
Fundraisers are common but rarely do they involve aviation -- and never as spectacularly as this one. Well done, lady taildragger pilot Nic Orchard! Nic is currently at 75% of her fundraising goal. My challenge involves WWI sites involved in the defence of the country ...
