What taildragger do the ladies fly?

Dec 2012 What taildragger do the ladies fly?

The numbers are in!

It’s been nearly TWO years since we’ve done an official count of  taildraggers the ladies fly and own. It’s an elusive number to nail down since we’re always buying and selling, renting and borrowing. Things are always a changing and I may not always know the latest so take this with a grain of salt. That said, here they are. The taildraggers & the ladies representing their favorites, starting with number 10….…

#10  Cessna 170

2.6% of the ladies fly Cessna 170s: Laura Mayer & her C170

#9  Pitts

2.8% of the women fly a Pitts: Natalie McHaffie & her Pitts Special

#8 Decathalon

3% of the gals fly Decathlons: Susan Upchurch & her Super Decathlon

#7  Cessna 180

3.9% of the ladies fly Cessna 180s: Celia Vanderpool & her Cessna 180, “He always gets a kiss after arrival”.

#6  Stearman

4% of the gals fly Stearmans: Olson Fenwick & her 450 Stearman

#5 Aeronca Champ

6% of the ladies fly Champs: Kalin Kellie & her ’46 Champ

#4  Cessna 120/140

7% of the women fly Cessna 120s/140s: Jennifer Treese borrowing her friends Cessna 140

#3  Citabria

8% of the gals fly Citabrias: Diane Sokolowski & her Citabria

#2  Piper J3 Cub

9% of the ladies fly J3 Cubs: Pat Ohlsson with her Cub

And the #ONE Taildragger the ladies love to fly is

The #1 taildragger is the PA-18 Supercub!!

10% of the women fly Supercubs: Joy Smith & her Supercub!! 🙂

So these are our Top 10 – today – but things could always change tomorrow. There are 74 taildraggers represented on LadiesLoveTaildraggers. Look around the website and you’ll also find Funks, Fleets, Falconar F11-3s, &  Fairchilds not to mention the rest of the aviation alphabet!