Nosy about an airport you're thinking of visiting? Have I got a link for you! We all have a favorite website to quickly grab information about airports we're thinking of visiting. AirNav.com "the pilot's window into a world of aviation information: Airports, Navaids, Fixes, Aviation Fuel, etc."...
Raise your hand if you know a woman successfully retraced Amelia Earhart's 1937 attempted flight-around-the-world a mere 30 years after Amelia's fateful flight. Why did I not know this?!? The year was 1967. A competent, young woman pilot with commercial, instrument and multi-engine ratings departed...
This little story from Ronald OConner is too good not to share and seems kinda timely given his cool pumpkin paint scheme. If you like great flying stories that involve confident, self-assured, strong willed women pilots, you're going to love this one. Copied from my...
When you go to a fly-in, I hope you take the time to get to know some of the people you are surrounded by. I admit I don't always slow down enough at fly-ins to truly get to know most of the people I strike...
Here's your chance to design a brand new tshirt for LadiesLoveTaildraggers! If you have an idea or a graphic image you think would be perfect for our next LLT tshirt, let's see it. If there's a font you think would be ideal, send me a...
What would YOU give to have this gorgeous 1941 Waco UPF-7 residing happily in your hangar? Me - I don't have enough bucks to even dream of making it happen but I have been very happy to get periodic progress updates on the restoration of...
My favorite airport manager, Montill Warren from Savannah, Tennessee sent us all a special fly-in invitation. Put October 4 on your calendar if you're in the area. We KNOW Montill can throw one heck of a fly-in. She hosted 2 fantastic LLT fly-ins and I'm...
Saturday at Blakesburg the sun came out! Try as hard as it might though, the inches of rain that fell the last couple of days are gonna take more than one semi-sunny day to dry up this soggy airport. The field remained closed most of...
Antique Airfield/Blakesburg, Iowa - the crown jewel of the Antique Aviation Association's (AAA) fly-ins. Their motto "Keep the antiques flying" is that's exactly what's happening right now at Blakesburg. If you're in awe of gorgeous antique aircraft, or rare and downright quirky old birds, you...
Well crap, I thought I'd escaped the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that's spreading like wildfire across the internet - at least till Bruce Bohannon sent me this nifty little video today. It cracked me up and puts a whole new dose of fun in the...
