Diana LeSueur from Arizona is our second Tailwheel Endorsement scholarship winner. Here is a portion from Diana's application, answering the question "What made you want to learn to fly?" Twelve years ago, I was selected to develop an aviation themed program to introduce 5th grade students to...
What made you want to learn to fly? That was the first question we asked Elizabeth Heizler, and each of the ladies who applied for our "Ladies Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarship". We are sharing Elizabeth's response to that question and think you'll agree from her answer,...
The LadiesLoveTaildraggers Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarship committee is excited to announce our winners! A panel of five LLT members including Katie Mullins, Val Thal-Slocum, Kelly Jeffries, Donna Guerin and Lynn Gardner were the team with the very difficult task of reviewing each of the applications and...
I've recently watched an amazing transformation happen to one of our lady taildragger pilots. Anne Wright, the original "Nervous Nellie" when it came to flying the Supercub she's owned for over 10 years was afraid to fly. She has flown very rarely the last couple...
Here's some FANTASTIC video footage from our LLT Gaston's Fly-in! Dennis Long flew his Aeroprakt A20 to our fly-in, with a video camera mounted on the wing, and captured some amazing shots from the weekend. If you couldn't make the flyin, no worries. You're...
It was great meeting everyone who attended the first Ladies Only NC26 LLT Fly-in. We all owe a VERY special thank you to Julie Jetzer for hosting us at her beautiful home and hangar at Long Island Airport, North Carolina. Julie was an awesome hostess,...
We did it all today! [caption id="attachment_30786" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Breakfast behind - time to get those taildraggers out of Julie's hangar.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_30785" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Kathy and the Carbon Cub was last in so first out this morning.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_30787" align="aligncenter" width="570"] 9:00 a.m. departure, flight of 6...
So far we're having a blast at our flyin. It was a fantastic day going up the mountain to Blowing Rock, NC. There were lots of shops to explore and a fantastic alfresco lunch overlooking the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. [caption id="attachment_30772" align="aligncenter" width="361"] Kathy Davis...
As planned, ladies are arriving today at NC26, Long Island Airport, for our first ever Ladies Only flyin. Julie Jetzer is hosting us at her lovely residential flyin community situated on the shore of Lake Norman just north of Charlotte. [caption id="attachment_30766" align="aligncenter" width="570"] 9:00 a.m....
Whoopee! We made it to North Carolina! It was a 6:45 a.m. departure from Indianapolis heading out southbound just shy of the thunderstorms to our north. But I have to say, the further Anne and I flew away from Indy the better we felt and...
