Please proceed with caution. The story you are about to read, paired with 20 striking photos, will surely send you Googling "Alaska skiplane flying". Thank you to LadiesLoveTaildraggers' member Vanessa Jump Nelson for submitting a sensational story! Vanessa is based at Stark’s Twin Oaks (7S3) in Hillsboro,...
Great news! LadiesLoveTaildraggers made two female, nose-wheel pilots very happy today. We awarded two additional Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarships which brings the 2016 scholarships awarded in 2016 to a fantastic 4. The scholarships were a combined donation from Tailwheels Etc. and LadiesLoveTaildraggers. Two tailwheel endorsements were very...
Self proclaimed LadiesLoveTaildraggers poet laureate Kelly Jeffries out-did herself this year at the LLT flyin. Kelly has a long history of surprising our group with entertaining and oh-so-insightful poems at our fly-ins and this year may be the best yet. Kelly writes her own poems...
Texas, we love you! Â The 2016 LadiesLoveTaildraggers Texas fly-in is history now. Those who fought their way by air or automobile to KSLR have some great memories and, no doubt, many new flying friends. With the help of airport manager, Joey Baker, we had a...
'Awesome on steroids' is the word on today's LadiesLoveTaildraggers Texas fly-in! An upbeat comment like that usually doesn't jive with 500 foot a.m. ceilings or the fact that we had to nix our fly-out poker run, but the crappy flying weather turned out to be...
[caption id="attachment_38136" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Trust me, it's hard to beat a day like today! The weather didn't exactly cooperate early in the day but by early afternoon things started to improve. It was impossible not to get excited when Donna Miller swept into the pattern...
The LadiesLoveTaildraggers Texas Fly-in has been a long time in the making and officially kicks-off tomorrow (Friday). The weather hasn't exactly been our friend but it has allowed seven planes to sneak in as early arrivals; my Rans S7, a Supercub, a Stearman, a Maule,...
[caption id="attachment_38040" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Bill and Yvette Tracy and their Supercub 2nd aircraft to arrive at our flyin![/caption] [caption id="attachment_38046" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Darin Hart welcomed us to his Legend Cub factory. Can't wait for all of us to get a personal tour.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38045" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Joey...
[caption id="attachment_37999" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Fueled up, preflight done, posed with our bird departing Newport, AR this morning.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38017" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Departing M19, Newport, AR. Climbed on top of a thin layer and headed s.w.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38022" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Rapids over the Arkansas River in view; anyone...
We're on our way to the LadiesLoveTaildraggers TX Fly-in! Kate and I were planning to leave on Tuesday but decided the weather was too great to sit around thinking about flying. We decided to get going! Got a late start departing Indianapolis KMQJ but had...
