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There are only a handful of female pilot instructors in the U.S. Navy and one of them is stationed right here at our very own Naval Air Facility in El Centro.
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Awesome! You can do it! I started out in a J3 Cub. Within two years of getting my Private, I had soloed my T-6 and currently give rides in it. Good luck to you!
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Congrats!! T-6s are the best!!
Wow!!! Someday i hope to have a radial taildragger 😊
I've got 45 minutes of dual in an SNJ in my log. Most fun I've ever had flying.
Have fun! It’s big and noisy, but remember, as my Harvard Instructor told me, ‘it’s just an aeroplane’!
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Citabria would be hard to beat for your goals. If you just want a fun economical taildragger for your self to enjoy then look into the Cessna 120/140’s.
A citabria can do both...great tailwheel trainer and aerobatic certified. Just be cautious with the wooden spar if your planning any acro beyond basic spin training. Some have been changed to metal spars but they cost more.
Super Decathlon or Citabria.
Super Cub
Citabria is pretty standard for tail wheel and spin training
I had owned a Cessna 140 and that's an awesome plane for both plus more economical!
Citabria 7KCAB!
+1 for Citabria. Bought mine (7KCAB) as a student pilot 16 years ago and still fly it today!
Careful on the lease back. Insurance will be a bear!!!! To keep my insurance down on my champ no pilot with less than 500 tailwheel can fly it. The insurance is still about 700 a year. Citabria or decathalon are 2 great ones. Depends on if you want to carry more people, build time or have a little bit of fun and carry one passenger
If you want your airplane taken care of like you’d take care of it, you’ll likely not be pleased with a leaseback. Get some experience and be a good instructor in a good airplane, that you take care of and know how it was flown prior to you jumping in it.
Bang for the buck would be a 7EC 90HP Champ. Had one for several years and used it for tailwheel endorsement training and a spin course as well as for CFI spin endorsement training and skiplane training. Have a Super Decathlon now which is perfect but more expensive. Left-Base doht kom
Citabria, and if you pull the power way back, it has decent range.
What Deanna said. They’re fun and easy to fly, and you get a decent useful load for the front pax.
💕 Hi Anne Scheer Wright , I miss you and hope to see you flying your awesome bird again. If you choose not, I hope you remember I have first right on your Supercub. We can share it 50)50 or I'll buy it 100%. I'm in love with it and hope you remember me and our fun flying together!
Hi Anne. Coming to FL anytime soon?
HIYA Anne! Good to HEAR from you gurlie!
Gliders will make flying fun. I still teach glider flying
Hey Anne Scheer Wright Thanks for checking in!
Great you're getting back into gliders! 😃
Hi Anne👋
Anne, your going to love gliders. Enjoy!
Good for you! Poor Super Cub! If you by need a sitter I’m in Montana... happy to fly it for you!!!!😂😂😂
Hi Anne!! I always enjoyed chatting with you at LLT events snd OSH. 🙂 It’s a pleasure to know you and I hope our paths cross again soon!!
I was a pilot/biologist for FWS, msg me if you want to know more about the profession.
I was until I lost my medical.
Retired...
Talk to Lisa Allen
Mary Verry
All my buddies said I didn't have a brain to do that work... haven't done it for awhile but I may remember something useful (PBY-5A, Grumman S2F, Douglas A-26, Firecat and CL-215) ~ pick away! 🙂
That school is in WA and I have long wanted to try it out but I am not super agile. My short, fat self has enough trouble climbing through planes sitting on the ground. 😉 Looks like a blast though!
Wow!
I had a trip booked to do that last summer but had to cancel due to the pandemic. I hope to reschedule for this sumner!
So cool! I've always wondered how people learn to do this, didn't know there was a class 😅 I'm not brave enough for this personally but this is badass!
Kayla Jane Fairchild
Whew, I also skydive and have gone out a balloon and a helicopter, too, and I still can’t bring myself to stomach wing walking! You are a strong, strong woman! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was asked to do that in my early 20s... ummmmm.... no, not for me. 😝😂
That’s so badass!!!!
My legs are going numb just looking at this😅. Great job!
Yeah, that’s a big ‘ol nope from me..
I’m in!
The Masons are a pretty cool.aviation family. I wish I would have logged all my wing walks thus far .ive been at it for 17 years so that's a lot of wing walks! Glad you got to experience it 🙌
I've always wanted to do that! What an awesome experience!
Always wanted to do that! Good for you.
I've NEVER wanted ti
To do this But admire you for the adventure
So amazing looking but I’m a chicken
I held my breath the hold time eat hi g that video! Amazing and whew!
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I was there. Came in as part of the flight of 4. Sorry to miss you
Sorry I missed you also. Nice little fly in
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Great photo
What are the squiggly things above the pilot's head?
Now here is a real lady that shattered the glass ceiling on her own merits and skills
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Captain Linda Pauwels on Beyond Haiku: Pilots Write Poetry, and her upcoming project Women Pilots Write Poetry. She’s requesting submissions!
Captain Linda Pauwels is calling on women pilots from the four corners of the world to submit poetry for her second book ***Beyond Haiku: Women Pilots Write Poetry***.
The themes in this book will be 1) On Strength and Endurance, 2) On Radiance and Beauty, 3) On Love of Flying, and 4) On Finding Balance. Vignettes on Blood Ties will feature poetry from mothers, daughters, and sisters who fly. And of course, a good dose of wry pilot humor is always welcome!
Like the first book, ***Beyond Haiku: Pilots Write Poetry***, this will be a shared creative effort, with all illustrations by children of pilots. Proceeds from the book will go to fund scholarships for young women who dream of a professional career as a pilot.
Please submit a maximum of three original, unpublished haiku or short poems before March 31, 2021. Send them to pilots.haiku@gmail.com in an attached Word document. Include your name, city and country, and current flying assignment.
Proceeds will go to support scholarships for women pursuing flying careers.
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This video does a beautiful job of displaying the fun we have in our tailwheel airplanes, while always keeping safety at the forefront.
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Wow, five years since an instructor ready to sign me off to fly their Tiger Moth in New Zealand. (My first tailskid flight). Bummer, it was time to come home!
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Now that’s kewl!!!
So awesome!
You solod it??!
Say whaaaaat?!!!
Congratulations. And way to go
Nice!!!Flying a piece of history is always cool!!!
Wow! That is awesome Judy!! Congrats!
I flew a tiger moth in England. I know the feeling! It is a great airplane!!
Tiger moth is a cool airplane
Seriously??? Well, not surprised, nope not💖
Such a fun time!❤️
I love flying the tiger! I flew one in NZ at Wanaka on the South Island.
Congratulations!
Brilliant 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✈️
Well you can see the bucket it list smile! Bravo, Live life
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I was fortunate enough to buy my first taildragger, a Champ, with partners in the summer of 2019. A couple weeks ago, some friends and I formed a company and bought a T-6! Its pretty cold in Ohio, but it was totally worth bundling up to go flying today. Now to learn how to fly it...thank goodness my husband is a CFI! ... See MoreSee Less
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Wow! A Champ to a T-6... what a change!
You are so Blessed!! 😎🌴
Awesome! You can do it! I started out in a J3 Cub. Within two years of getting my Private, I had soloed my T-6 and currently give rides in it. Good luck to you!
Kayla Jane Fairchild
Congrats!! T-6s are the best!!
Wow!!! Someday i hope to have a radial taildragger 😊
I've got 45 minutes of dual in an SNJ in my log. Most fun I've ever had flying.
Have fun! It’s big and noisy, but remember, as my Harvard Instructor told me, ‘it’s just an aeroplane’!
ENJOY!!! Congrats! 😀
Congratulations. It is a big fat cub! Have fun!
I sent you a PM! 🙂 just a heads up!
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EP64: Dayle Fontaine: She Risked it All to Become a Commercial Helicopter Pilot
Dayle grew up on a small island and always wanted to fly helicopters. Twenty-Five years and a lot of obstacles later she finally risked everything to follow her dream and earn her commercial helicopter license. Interesting fact: Dayle is the newest member of the only 120 female commercial helicopter pilots in Canada and hopes that others will follow their dreams as well!
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Loved watching you..thank you for sharing.. missing my flying at the moment as we are in lockdown
Just putting some feelers out... Since you ladies are the very best resource ☺️
I'm getting my instructor ratings & it's been a dream of mine to 1. Get my own plane, and 2. Become really proficient with taildraggers. I was mulling over maybe getting one & leasing it back to my school for endorsements & spin training (or just doing it myself). This wouldn't probably happen for a couple years unless i come across something really special.
Is there an aircraft out there that would be good for this sort of thing? I'm not looking for an Extra or anything crazy, but if there's a good, sturdy little bugger out there that's spin-certified, I'd be really interested in it! I'm just not very familiar with what's out there.
Feel free to tell me this is a ridiculous idea. I'm just brainstorming & dreaming a little 🤣 any and all suggestions are welcome. Thank you!!!
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Citabria would be hard to beat for your goals. If you just want a fun economical taildragger for your self to enjoy then look into the Cessna 120/140’s.
A citabria can do both...great tailwheel trainer and aerobatic certified. Just be cautious with the wooden spar if your planning any acro beyond basic spin training. Some have been changed to metal spars but they cost more.
Super Decathlon or Citabria.
Super Cub
Citabria is pretty standard for tail wheel and spin training
I had owned a Cessna 140 and that's an awesome plane for both plus more economical!
Citabria 7KCAB!
+1 for Citabria. Bought mine (7KCAB) as a student pilot 16 years ago and still fly it today!
Careful on the lease back. Insurance will be a bear!!!! To keep my insurance down on my champ no pilot with less than 500 tailwheel can fly it. The insurance is still about 700 a year. Citabria or decathalon are 2 great ones. Depends on if you want to carry more people, build time or have a little bit of fun and carry one passenger
If you want your airplane taken care of like you’d take care of it, you’ll likely not be pleased with a leaseback. Get some experience and be a good instructor in a good airplane, that you take care of and know how it was flown prior to you jumping in it.
Bang for the buck would be a 7EC 90HP Champ. Had one for several years and used it for tailwheel endorsement training and a spin course as well as for CFI spin endorsement training and skiplane training. Have a Super Decathlon now which is perfect but more expensive. Left-Base doht kom
Citabria, and if you pull the power way back, it has decent range.
What Deanna said. They’re fun and easy to fly, and you get a decent useful load for the front pax.
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It's been a long, long time, but I'm just popping in to say hi. I haven't flown my Supercub since Aug 2017, but I've been flying as AirCrew for the USCG Auxiliary, so at least I'm UP. I recently joined a local glider club, so hopefully that will get me going again. I'm at KARB, so call me if you're in the area! ... See MoreSee Less
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Hi Anne!
💕 Hi Anne Scheer Wright , I miss you and hope to see you flying your awesome bird again. If you choose not, I hope you remember I have first right on your Supercub. We can share it 50)50 or I'll buy it 100%. I'm in love with it and hope you remember me and our fun flying together!
Hi Anne. Coming to FL anytime soon?
HIYA Anne! Good to HEAR from you gurlie!
Gliders will make flying fun. I still teach glider flying
Hey Anne Scheer Wright Thanks for checking in!
Great you're getting back into gliders! 😃
Hi Anne👋
Anne, your going to love gliders. Enjoy!
Good for you! Poor Super Cub! If you by need a sitter I’m in Montana... happy to fly it for you!!!!😂😂😂
Hi Anne!! I always enjoyed chatting with you at LLT events snd OSH. 🙂 It’s a pleasure to know you and I hope our paths cross again soon!!
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Here is 5th Test flight of "Patches" mini-max tonight. It may seem boring to some as you may see in these videos being you see the same scenery but what's going on is I am flying a specific profile geographically over the airport in which of the engine fails , then il be in gliding distance from a available runway to set her down. So far the engine is running satisfactory & within temperature limits. With in the dead of winter,the cold and the blustery windy weather at times, and the limited schedule of time constraints of being available and when there is descent enough weather, then I can come out here to do test flights. Keep in mind these are "Shakedown" flights.. I did major repair on the fwd section of the nose/firewall, and installed an unproven powerplant with no history of hrs ran,,plus repair work to the airframe in which this bird has been apart and mothballed in back under tarp for the past 3 years. The airplane as a whole has to prove itself before it leaves the airport boundaries, I have probably about just under 2 hours flight time on this engine and airframe rebuild. It may take numerous flights of reliability before I head out cross country. When you roll your airplane back into the very hanger you got it out from without a scratch and a little less fuel in the tanks, then you have done your job right. So far so good. " Life of a Test Pilot"😎 ... See MoreSee Less
5th Test flight of "Patches" Mini-Max aeroplane.
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I’ll try and help
Yes
Lisa Allen also does this
Yes, send me a message.
I was a pilot/biologist for FWS, msg me if you want to know more about the profession.
I was until I lost my medical.
Retired...
Talk to Lisa Allen
Mary Verry
All my buddies said I didn't have a brain to do that work... haven't done it for awhile but I may remember something useful (PBY-5A, Grumman S2F, Douglas A-26, Firecat and CL-215) ~ pick away! 🙂
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This is probably my favorite video of me flying my beloved "Patches" mini-max!. My current bird that I fly now.😎 ... See MoreSee Less
"Patches" 2nd test flight.
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Those test flights are nerve wracking
Christy Nicole McCormick i love your youtube channel!!
✈️❤️😎 thanks Henry
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Hello, everyone.
I want to take a second to express my gratitude. My family and I have simply been overwhelmed by the love, support, and sheer kindness shown to my brother. Thanks to your generosity, he has received an estimated 200-300 cards, and around 100 packages. At present moment, Matt and my parents are still trying to open everything. Matt was certainly surprised! I have never seen such happiness and excitement on his face. Matt may have had a crappy 2020, but thanks to the kindness of so many strangers, 2021 was just made for him.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who took the time out of their day to send Matt a little something. We can’t begin to tell you how much it means to all of us. Thank you. ❤️
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This just warms my heart!!
So happy my husband and I participated!! Love seeing that excitement! 🎂🎁❤️
Hope he had a great birthday and may the next one be even more blessed!
Happyhappy
AWWWW! Hope his birthday continues to bless him through the year! Love seeing his happy face!
What a blessing
It was fun finding a card to send - thank you for including all of us!! 😃🎂🎂
Awesome for you to allow us to be a part of his special day.
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Congratulations!
Yeay..cheers to you
Congratulations
Congratulations
Congratulations
Congratulations
Yay! Another lady Cub pilot!!
Good for you!
Congratulations!!
Woo-hoo!
Congratulations
Yaaayyyyyy
Awesome!!!! Congratulations!!!!
Congrats, Michelle!
Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations!
Alright!!
Congratulations !
Awesome! Congratulations.
Love to see more taildragger pilots!!!
And you are flying in winter weather. I find it easier, but hate the short days
Congratulations🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations 👍🏆
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I didn't pilot this one but I got to climb on top and between the wings! So much fun!
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That school is in WA and I have long wanted to try it out but I am not super agile. My short, fat self has enough trouble climbing through planes sitting on the ground. 😉 Looks like a blast though!
Wow!
I had a trip booked to do that last summer but had to cancel due to the pandemic. I hope to reschedule for this sumner!
So cool! I've always wondered how people learn to do this, didn't know there was a class 😅 I'm not brave enough for this personally but this is badass!
Kayla Jane Fairchild
Whew, I also skydive and have gone out a balloon and a helicopter, too, and I still can’t bring myself to stomach wing walking! You are a strong, strong woman! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was asked to do that in my early 20s... ummmmm.... no, not for me. 😝😂
That’s so badass!!!!
My legs are going numb just looking at this😅. Great job!
Yeah, that’s a big ‘ol nope from me..
I’m in!
The Masons are a pretty cool.aviation family. I wish I would have logged all my wing walks thus far .ive been at it for 17 years so that's a lot of wing walks! Glad you got to experience it 🙌
I've always wanted to do that! What an awesome experience!
Always wanted to do that! Good for you.
I've NEVER wanted ti
To do this But admire you for the adventure
So amazing looking but I’m a chicken
I held my breath the hold time eat hi g that video! Amazing and whew!
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