Oh baby, I think we're onto something here! I'm lovin' your self-blogging and our February theme, "My Love Story". Hey, it's February, the month of LOVE, and what better topic than Love Stories involving aviation? This wonderful post is from student pilot Kayla Fairchild based at...
Lisa Leng is based at C77, Poplar Grove Airport, Poplar Grove, Illinois. [caption id="attachment_36341" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Jack Brown's Seaplanes[/caption] I am currently flying a J3 Cub. I have also flown a Champ. I got my seaplane rating in a J3 Cub at Jack Browns in Florida. My...
Martha Eney is based at MD50, Chesapeake Ranch Airport, Lusby, Maryland. I soloed in 1982 in the J3 Cub that I now own. It has been flying since 1997, after a 3 year restoration. I bought it in 1985 as an insurance salvage after someone else rented...
I typed four words in YouTube, just 4 words, and some little treasures popped up. The words? "Long Island Aviation Club". Thank you to David Schlick who discovered this first video and prompted my search. I got a kick out of the 1940's lighthearted commentary...
Nicki Ervin is based at C77, Poplar Grove Airport, Poplar Grove, Illinois. Currently, I am a flight instructor trying to accumulate flight hours in the hopes of becoming an airline pilot. I just recently received my tailwheel endorsement in a Cessna 140 and Piper Cub and...
Donna Perkins is based at 9M8 Sheridan Municipal Airport, Sheridan, Arkansas. Aircraft:Â 1946 Piper J3 Cub &Â 1940 Waco UPF7 (newly acquired) [caption id="attachment_34924" align="aligncenter" width="570"] "The Cub is my baby"[/caption] I just bought a UPF7. I'm planning on giving rides to kids and having them sign the aircraft when...
Lara Gaerte is based at KGWB, De Kalb County Airport, Auburn, Indiana. [caption id="attachment_34160" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Lara Gaerte, J3 Cub[/caption] I've been a taildragger pilot (and a CFI) for nearly 20 years. I kept current in rented/borrowed aircraft for much of that time, although the tailwheel rentals in our...
Terri Cole is based at KATA, Hall-Miller Municipal Airport, Atlanta, Texas. I married into an aviation family 7 years ago, began flight instruction and now have my commercial, multi, and of course my tailwheel endorsement. I've logged just over 900 hours and 170 of that is taildragger. My...
Hot off the AVWeb press is lady taildragger pilot Elaine Kauh and co-presenter Paul Bertorelli comparing two great old taildraggers, the Aeronca Champ and the classic Piper J-3 Cub. It's chocked full of nice flying video and commentary on the differences in how they fly....
Michelle Carter is based at KSZP, Santa Paula Airport, Santa Paula, California. My name is Michelle Carter, 22, and I received my Private Pilots license two summers ago at Santa Barbara Airport. Now you can find me at Santa Paula Airport flying a Piper J-3 Cub...
