Janice Doyle is based at EGHA, Compton Abbas Airport, Dorset, UK. My husband and I own a deHavilland Chipmunk which is hangared at Compton Abbas in Dorset. We have owned her since 2005 and bought her from White Waltham. She is 65 years old and was built at...
Shannon Moon is based at NC26, Long Island Airport, Long Island, North Carolina. I fly taildraggers because I fell in love with Seareys after taking a flight in one. I was looking for an amphibious taildragger for fun on land and water, and so I could fly rather...
Lisa Preuit is based at PAWS, Wasilla Airport, Wasilla, Alaska. I am an ATP rated pilot who left her career just as it was taking off in order to raise my two kids. My youngest just started college and,at the age of 51, I want back into aviation!! After...
Jennifer Beck is based at YGYM, Gympie Airport, Queensland, Australia. [caption id="attachment_36864" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Thatcher CX4[/caption] I first learnt to fly at the age of seventeen in Wollongong N.S.W. Australia, in a Australian designed Victa Airtourer. Actually, in March 2016, I will be celebrating fifty years since my first...
Gail R. Jones is based at KENW, Kenosha Regional Airport, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Currently I am a Captain with American Airlines, flying 737-800's. In 1996, I married into an airplane family. My father-in-law (retired United pilot) owns a Piper Cub that I fly. I am also a tow pilot at Hinckley...
Kaitlin Mroz is based at KGKY, Arlington Municipal Airport, Arlington, Texas. [caption id="attachment_36841" align="aligncenter" width="540"] Kaitlin Mroz[/caption] I live and breathe aviation. I've done everything from loading aircraft, working an airline's ticket counter, dispatching, aircraft routing, flight following, flight instructing, and flying jumpers. [caption id="attachment_36842" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Cessna 120 "Dimples[/caption] I...
Candice Wilson is based at KNUW, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field), Oak Harbor, Washington. I grew up living behind the Swift Museum at MMI in Athens, TN. My grandfather founded the organization and then passed his GC-1B Swift on to me last year. I'm currently a...
Cynthia Daigle is based at KSFM, Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, Sanford, Maine. [caption id="attachment_36726" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Cynthis Daigle & Instructor Sue Tholen[/caption] I started flying taildraggers to gain confidence. I have flown many types of planes but I fell in LOVE on the first flight in the Citabria. My instructor...
Wendy Beye is based at KRPX, Roundup Airport, Roundup, Montana. [caption id="attachment_36665" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Aeronca Sedan[/caption] I learned to fly a Piper PA-12 in 1985, bought a 1948 Aeronca Sedan (that's a 4-seater 150hp taildragger) in 1987, and went on to accumulate over 2,600 hours as a grey hair-inducing, backseat...
Diane Bassham is based at KBNW, Boone Municipal Airport, Boone, Iowa. [caption id="attachment_36635" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Diane Bassham[/caption] I got my tailwheel endorsement in a rented Champ 14 years ago, and put it to use towing gliders with a Supercub for the local glider club. There I met my husband,...
