The ladies are out there everyday, everywhere, doing what they love and proving ladies really do love taildraggers! Aune Price (Illinois) Pilot Profile Amy Gesch (works for Wipaire Inc.) Cathy Page (Arizona) Pilot Profile Jan Johnson (California) Pilot Profile Casey Erickson (California) Pilot Profile Diana Votaw (Missouri) Votaw Aviation Pam Fowler (North Carolina) Pilot Profile Read More »
I Googled lady taildragger pilot Evelyn Greene today hoping to catch a glimpse of her beautiful PT-17 Stearman and did I ever find a treasure trove of gorgeous shots! Evelyn is based on the island of Oahu, is an A&P I/A and teaches aviation maintenance at Honolulu Community College’s aeronautical maintenance school. The complete photo essay is by Max Haynes with flying by Alan Miller fro... Read More »
Pam Fowler is based at 7NC3, Kenly Airport, Kenly, North Carolina. The photo above was taken at the November 10, 2012 Stag Air Park region-wide fly-in attended by 70 planes.Pam and her friend Deb flew her 1941 Stearman to Stag’s and won this year’s fall fly-in trophy. “Hi, I was born and raised in North Carolina. I was introduced to aviation by my dad as a child, but only starte... Read More »
Melanie Marcols is based at KSMQ, Somerset Airport, Somerville, NJ. Hi Ladies, I started flying tailwheel aircraft back in 2006 with Damian DelGaizo at Andover Flight School in Andover, N.J. I have flown his Top Cub, J-3 (on skis too) and his Stearman (aerobatic flying). I am flying this Tuesday in his new slotted winged Super Cub. I am looking forward to it. I am also working on my glider add on ... Read More »
Olson Fenwick is based at D28, Tanglefoot Seaplane Base, Cavanaugh Bay, Idaho. From my first introductory flight in 1988 I was hooked! I still have my first plane we bought that year, a Lake Renegade. My husband soon bought me a beautiful 450 Stearman for flying aerobatics. * Today, I enjoy flying the Back Country of Idaho. I am very proud to be both a lady seaplane and taildragger pilot. * We hav... Read More »
Thursday was LadiesLoveTaildraggers Day in “Vintage” at AirVenture and what a cool thing it was! During AirVenture, Ray Johnson hosts the daily program “Vintage In Review” in the Vintage Red Barn area and invited us to select 3 women taildragger pilots to display and speak about themselves and their aircraft. Ray and I got the ball rolling with a short introduction about LadiesLoveTail... Read More »
Rowena Mason is based at Santa Paula Airport (KSZP), Santa Paula, California. Rowena just keeps checking them off her “must fly” list! Fun news from Olmsted Aviation, Santa Paula, California, March 12, 2012. “Congratulations to Rowena Mason on her successful completion of our S1 Checkout, which concluded with her first solo in her own S1-S this afternoon!” From http://olmst... Read More »
Diane Sokolowski is based at KCEK, Crete Municipal Airport, Crete, Nebraska. My Dad always had a passion for flying for as long as I can remember. My earliest years were spent at RC model airplane contests as my Dad and brother Larry would compete at pattern plane meets. Dad always had a dream to get his pilot’s license but with seven kids to feed, it remained a dream at least until my four olde... Read More »
Ping Zhao is based at KSQL, San Carlos Airport, San Carlos, California. Steve (my husband) and I bought our Piper Clipper 2 years ago and I started to learn to fly in it. This raised more than a few eyebrows as it apparently was not the simplest route to my license. Thankfully Len von Clemm, Dave Gray, and Jim Grant, all of Aerodynamic Aviation, took the challenge and the rest is history. Before ... Read More »
Ginger Davidson lives at 64I, Lee Bottom Airport, Hanover, Indiana. Although not one person in my family flies, I acquired a sense of adventure from my parents since we had traveled as a family to every state except Hawaii (via car) by the time I had graduated from High School. That’s just one of the stories that I tell when asked why I learned to fly. The others involve rebellion and are probably... Read More »
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