
Feb 2011 Faith D (Florida)
Faith is based at (2J9) Quincy Municipal Airport, Quincy, Florida.
I’ve been addicted to flying since my teens, but it wasn’t until my early 20s that I saved enough money to finally earn my license. Â I bought an old Skyhawk and while I always enjoyed it, I was sure that I was missing something – I just couldn’t put my finger on what.
It wasn’t until I took a spin training course that it finally dawned on me! Â I quickly followed the spin training with a tailwheel endorsement in a Luscombe 8A, followed by 10 hours of basic aerobatic training in a Pitts. After a few years of moving around the country, I’ve recently settled down enough to fly regularly again. I’m now the proud owner of a Super Decathlon and am beginning aerobatic training in earnest.
Faith D
Posted at 10:30h, 23 NovemberI don’t know her personally as I’ve only been around a short while, but my flying friends know her & she could be easily coaxed out to the airport on a nice flying day. She attends our yearly fly-in, too: it is the weekend after Mother’s Day every year. You should plan to come! If you want to hop over for a visit any weekend, drop me a line: cessnaaviatrix AT yahoo DOT com
Lynn Gardner
Posted at 22:37h, 21 NovemberFaith,
Do you know Geri Mock? I heard she lives in Quincy and would be honored to meet her. You are just a short hope from my place in Fort White, FL. We should get together some time.
Posted at 18:45h, 24 February
LOL Susan! July – and I almost have him talked into an airport wedding so we can fly away after the reception. :o)
-Faith
Susan
Posted at 18:04h, 24 FebruaryOoo… Faith… Marry that boy quick! 🙂 LOLOL Beautiful plane!
Faith
Posted at 17:36h, 24 FebruaryLOL I just noticed that the caption says “Faith and her Super Decathalon” but there’s a passenger there, too. That’s my non-pilot fiance, who had no knowledge of general aviation before we met. He now enjoys a trip out to the airport almost as much as I do!
Faith
Posted at 17:32h, 24 FebruaryHi Jill,
I’m only 63 miles from Dothan – a short flight! When will you be visiting? Feel free to drop me an email: faithd AT gmail DOT com. It would be great to meet!
-Faith
jill sprockett
Posted at 16:15h, 18 Februaryhi faith how far are you from dothan alabama? may be visitng there andn would love to meet you. jill sprockett
Faith D
Posted at 22:32h, 10 FebruaryThanks, ladies! It’s been great to find a group of women who dream and breathe planes like I do!
@Ann, I loved the Luscombe but unfortunately spent less than 4 hours in it. Once I had my endorsement, we parted ways so I never got to fly any acro in it. I hope to have the chance to own one of those beautiful creatures in the future, but at the moment I am loving every moment in my Super Decathlon!
Ann Elsbach
Posted at 13:03h, 09 FebruaryYo Faith! Beautiful ship! A Decathlon is a piece of cake next to a Luscombe…goes faster though.
I took my commercial (1975) in a Luscombe 8A. It had a coffee grinder radio which took you to the VOR in something of a circle route ;-). Later, when I got my CFI, we used to train guys who wanted to fly the Pitts in our Luscombe. I liked the 8A the best of all the Luscombes because the stick was lighter and so the controls were a little less unbalanced: very, very sensitive rudders, very light elevator, not too heavy stick. That was my only squawk against the Luscombe. Great trainer though…and we did do limited akro in it (utility category). It did tend to go over the top on spin entry, however. Did yours?
Blue Skies! Ann
Jeanne MacPherson
Posted at 12:46h, 09 FebruaryNice Decathlon!