Taildragger cockpits vary tremendously in size and panel configuration. Before GPSs I don't remember panel space ever being a problem; the only "space" issue was figuring out how to get your body in and out of some of them. Once buckled in, if you could...
Following up my post "Fuel Starvation Happens", here's a perfect example. Bill Dickey posted this video on Facebook in response to my post. It's a Cessna Caravan dropping jumpers, runs out of fuel and makes a dead stick landing. Amazing to catch this on video....
Fuel starvation. Don't you just hate it when this happens?!! [caption id="attachment_22781" align="aligncenter" width="425"] When you screw up, the last thing you want is a crowd! This Orange County pilot landed on I-15, San Diego, last summer and reported "The fuel must have been less than...
Did you know we've got an active LadiesLoveTaildraggers Facebook group that's just waiting for you to visit? If you're not on Facebook, maybe it's time to succumb. Here's a peek at the highlights of recent days. [caption id="attachment_22749" align="aligncenter" width="425"] From CFI Laura K. Stants instructing in the...
This has nothing to do with LLT but it's just plain Interesting .. and Beautiful too! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks Kristie Kirsch for forwarding. Astronauts voted on the top photographs taken by Hubble, in its 16-year journey so far. Remarking...
True or False:  The path to receiving a pilot's license for most women is consistent, unfaltering and almost always successful. False, of course! 11% of the student pilot population is women and only 6% of them will receive their PPL. Statistics show that women student pilots are less likely...
Thanks Bill Tracy for bringing this to our attention. Â The RAF wants your suggestions! Do not miss this opportunity. As a GA pilot you have witnessed many changes; the demise of airfields, the intrusion of airspace restrictions, the threat of user fees and increased government...
News from Robin Hadfield in Utopia, Ontario! You remember Robin don't you? The gorgeous white & orange Fairchild 24. I have no idea how I've missed this but Robin tells me her brother-in-law is an astronaut! Aviation runs deep in this accomplished family.  And BTW, I...
Are you fed up with all the Christmas shopping, traffic and nonsense already? Me too! This guy truly has the answer to keeping it all in perspective. (Sometimes you just have to take the advice of a man!) "I had no problem with traffic on Black Friday....
I'm finding out fast they do things right in Texas, including inviting the Northerners over for Thanksgiving - Texas taildragger style. [caption id="attachment_22534" align="aligncenter" width="425"] The Alamo is a pretty awesome site to see. If visiting it doesn't make you proud to be an American, then...
