Not long ago I posted about a personal hero of mine, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to successfully complete a solo flight around the world. The year was 1964, a mere 49 years ago when she circumnavigated the globe in her Cessna 180. I...
Here's you chance to help LadiesLoveTaildraggers establish a "Ladies Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarship". Funds for this very exciting scholarship are being collected by LadiesLoveTaildraggers and will be delivered to the EAA who will assist in executing.  EAA's participation is invaluable as they guide us through the process,...
It broke my heart to learn Jane Wicker and her pilot, Charlie Schwenker, were both tragically killed today while performing at the Dayton Airshow. Something terribly wrong happened with the airplane is my assumption, after watching video of the accident. Jane was an accomplished pilot,...
Ladies, we still need round engine aircraft owners at Oshkosh in a few weeks. Are you a RADIAL engine enthusiast? Are you female? Are you flying a ROUND engine aircraft to AirVenture this year? LadiesLoveTaildraggers has once again been invited to show our stuff as part of Ray...
Does it get any better than this?! Martha Richards solos in 1989 but does not continue and get her private pilot license. Martha Richards' husband is a pilot, owns a Cessna 195 and invites Martha to fly to the 2013 Lady Taildraggers Fly-in with him. Martha rarely...
Oh where, oh where will the 2014 Lady Taildraggers Fly-in be?!!! It'll soon be time to decide where to hold our next LLT fly-in and we'd sure love to know what everyone thinks. We had a wonderful time in Savannah, TN a few weeks ago...
Personally, I think everybody that attended the 2013 Lady Taildragger's Fly-in was a big winner. :) There were lady taildragger and lady nosewheel pilots, men pilots, families and friends who came to Savannah, TN for 3 days of fun. In the midst of thunderstorms, strong...
Great news everybody, 16 year old Madeline Norcross from Missouri soloed this week! Madeline's passionate about flying and has been waiting for the "Big 16" to get here so she can solo. Thanks to a very happy dad for sending us the good news and...
Hot off the press from New Zealand, Olivia Henwood writes, "Once again you are heading into summer (in the US) and many flying adventures and down south we are trying to fly as much as we can before winter hits! Here is a quick update...
Jeff & Patty Plantz tell me they nearly have the 40 hours of test flight time flown off their amphib home-built. They planned on attending our Lady Taildraggers fly-in last weekend but weren't able to fly the time off fast enough. N577PJ with an IO-360 (180...
