Jennifer Peña is based at 3TE8, C Fulcher Ranch Airport, Terlingua/Alpine, Texas. [caption id="attachment_18386" align="aligncenter" width="425"] A rare opportunity, I am flying with my instructor in his open cockpit Pietenpol[/caption] I'm a 45 year old schoolmarm in Terlingua, Texas. I have always had a fascination with flying and knew that...
Beth Ellis is based at 2B6, Hollister Field Airport, Wilmington, Ohio. I am a student pilot--so very close to getting my PPL! I started flying in a J3 Cub but transitioned to a C150 to work on my private. My husband got me started by buying a gift...
Janet Piper is based at Sumner County Regional Airport, Gallatin, Tennessee. [caption id="attachment_17199" align="aligncenter" width="425"] NC33453 on final at M54 (Lebanon, TN)[/caption] I am a pilot in training.  Working on my license in my 1967 Cessna 150, but looking forward to my taildragger endorsement so I can fly...
Angela Leedy is based at 12N, Aeroflex-Andover Airport, Andover, New Jersey. [caption id="attachment_16888" align="aligncenter" width="318"] Pre-solo in a J3[/caption] I am currently a student pilot learning to fly in a Piper J3. I Â fly with one of the best Tailwheel instructors in the country, Mr. Damian DelGaizo...
Emilie Phillips is based at Brookline Airport, Brookline, New Hampshire. [caption id="attachment_16372" align="aligncenter" width="343"] Emilie Phillips[/caption] I am a student pilot learning to fly in a Cherokee and a Cub. I have my taildragger sign off, and so far the most fun airplane I have flown is my...
Meredith Tcherniavsky is based at Fallston Airport, W42, Fallston, Maryland. [caption id="attachment_16246" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Me with our airplane - N1938C Purchase[/caption] My husband and I just bought a 1938 J-3 Cub. We're both flight instructors, but now I'm the student as he teaches me how to fly the Cub!...
You may have heard that when I was putting the "All I Want For Christmas" Lady Taildraggers video together I was drooling over a 1940 Porterfield myself. Â I haven't given up on it yet but it didn't make it for Christmas 2011. That's OK though,...
Pat Ohlsson is based at 7FL6, Spruce Creek Airport, Dayton, Florida. [caption id="attachment_16120" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Pat &  N30937, her newly purchased 1940 J-3 Cub[/caption] I started flying in 1974 at Islip Airport, Long Island, New York. Since that time I have had a great time flying and over the...
Barbara Kirmsse us based at KRIR, Flabob Airport, Riverside, California. [caption id="attachment_15645" align="aligncenter" width="425"] My Friend The Champ[/caption] I am Barbara Kirmsse, 67 years young, live in Alta Loma, CA and learning to fly a tail dragger.  Having never flown before it is a huge challenge to say...
Jo Bachman-Alcorn sent some beautiful pictures of her and husband Steve's "adventures in a J3 from Indiana to Florida". Besides being a taildragger pilot, Jo has flown the Women's Air Race since 2006 and is currently a director for the Air Race Classic. [caption id="attachment_15372" align="aligncenter"...
