Nicole Brill is based at KRTS, Reno/Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada. I used to own the Aerobatic Company and Flight School, Inc. until divorced but I continue to fly the school’s Decathlon and other aircraft so I can work on my instrument. After my instrument, my main goal... Read More »
Ladies, mark your calendars for this upcoming EAA webinar presented by Patty Wagstaff. Thank you to the EAA for providing so many great webinars touching all aspects of flying, building, maintaining and operations. THIS will be a good one! Aerobatics – Getting S... Read More »
Karen Kalishek is based at KGRB, Austin Straubel International Airport, Green Bay, Wisconsin. I began flying at the mid-century mark, got bitten by the aviation bug and have become increasingly passionate about flying over the past 8 years. Only a few weeks into lessons I di... Read More »
Early arrivals start Thursday, May 29 and most will fly home Sunday, June 1. Details & Registration Form 2014 LLT Fly-in. This year pre-registration is required! Call Gaston’s Resort to get a cabin while they last.
Our host will be lady taildragger pilot Julie Jetzer at Long Island Airport, NC26, June 20-21-22, 2014. Details and registration at LLT North Carolina Summer Fly-in. Pre-registration required. Please come and meet your fellow female aviators for a fun taildraggin’ ladies weekend!
Register hereThis blog isn’t about ratings, hours in the logbook or owning an award winning airplane. It is about flying taildraggers just for the fun of it, introducing more women to aviation and encouraging women (and men) to join the wonderful world of conventional aircraft! The only requirement is having recorded time flying a tailwheel aircraft. We love student pilots too!
Are you a female nose-wheel pilot who would like to earn a tailwheel endorsement? Here’s your chance to win not only a free endorsement with Brian Lansburgh at Sisters Airport in Oregon but paid expenses to get you to Oregon and back home again! Applications are now being accepted for the LadiesLoveTaildraggers Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarship.Thanks to the generosity of Brian Lansburgh and Tailwheelers Journal as well as cash donations by many others, one qualified female applicant will receive her tailwheel endorsement in 2014. Online ... Read More »
2014 Ladies Love Taildraggers Fly-in Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 30 – June 1, 2014 Early Arrivals Thursday, May 29 Gaston’s White River Resort, 3M0, Lakeview, Arkansas 3200′, 6/24 Turf Runway A fly-in destination doesn’t get much better than Gaston’s Resort in the beautiful hill country of north-central Arkansas. Gaston’s is a spectacular resort on a long grass strip with cottages within feet of the runway. For campers, Gaston’s is making a rare exception and allowing our group to camp-out under the w... Read More »
Lucia Galgano is based at KCMA, Camarillo Airport, Camarillo, California. Even though I own a Bonanza, my favorite airplane is a Citabria. Nothing like the visibility of the high wing tandem Citabria. Currently, I am a new CFI who is transitioning to the back seat — what a challenge! Lucia Galgano Ventura, CA Read More »
Taildragger, I hate your guts, I have license, ratings and such, But to make you go straight is driving me nuts. With hours of teaching And the controls in my clutch, It takes a little rudder – no less, A little too much. You see, I learned to fly in a tricycle gear, With one up front and two back here. She was sleek and clean and easy to steer; But this miserable thing with wires and struts, Takes a little bit of rudder, easy, That’s too much. It demands your attention on take-off roll, Or it’ll head toward the boonies as you pour on the coal.... Read More »
Wendy Hinchcliffe is based at Spanhoe Airport, Spanhoe, England. I learned to fly straight after leaving school in the 1970s in a Cessna Aerobat. After getting my licence I joined a group flying a Chipmunk which I had seen flying and fallen in love with. Also met my husband there!! Bought a Piper PA20 Pacer with a friend and we had a lot of fun going to fly-ins and events. Stopped flying to start a family but got bitten by the bug again when I had a flight to celebrate my 50th birthday Re-validated my licence and have since flown a Super Cub an... Read More »
Lindsay Petre is based at KDXR, Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury, Connecticut. I’m a private pilot/aviation enthusiast who started flying late(ish) in life and wish I had done it sooner! I own a c-152 but once I got my private ticket I went on to get a seaplane rating and am currently doing a tailwheel endorsement in a J-3. Both of these have been so much fun! In the spring I intend to start aerobatics in a Pitts S-2. Right now we CT flyers are just miserable with the endless snowstorms…. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate Lindsay Petr... Read More »
My Adventure Story Indianapolis to Silicon Valley flying our “new” taildragger, a 1946 Cessna 140 Why would anyone buy an aeroplane from their home State and miss out on fun like this? We have just bought a 1946 Cessna 140 and this is the story of how we flew Hamachi from frozen Indianapolis to San Carlos, California armed with only a couple of spanners, one of both types of screwdriver and a roll of duct tape…………. I wish but we simply could not help ourselves and throw in a couple of additional items that we thought might come in h... Read More »
