I just got some very sad news about the death of a pilot I posted in April, I believe the only male pilot we’ve ever posted on Ladies Love Taildraggers. I featured it because his excitement, passion and enthusiasm for flying taildraggers was so genuine and contagious I thought we could all be inspired. Thank you to Shannon Gallagher, Chuck Avon and John Curry for forwarding the links. Our th... Read More »
Helen Brennan is based at OH15 , Minerva Airport, Minerva, Ohio. I have been flying since 1993, progressing through the customary 152′s, 172′s and Cherokees. Back in those days (has it really been 18 years already?), ground schools were always full of student pilots and the flight school planes were booked weeks in advance. That led to the first airplane purchase, a Piper Cherokee, w... Read More »
I met Carolyn Ellis on Facebook and we struck up a conversation. Carolyn is from Frankfort, Indiana and owned a Cessna 150 but has a heart for taildraggers! Me in the pilot’s seat getting ready to fly with my instructor Nick Engels in the Taylorcraft. Sad to say Nick died in a house fire a couple of years ago. He was a really good instructor and just a good guy. We had a lot of fun togeth... Read More »
Ann Elsbach is based at Murray Field Airport (EKA) Eureka, California and Palo Alto Airport (PAO) Palo Alto, California. I’m so happy to find you all! I started flying in 1973 in a 1943 L-2 Taylorcraft. I bought my first airplane in 1974 in Elizabethtown, KY and flew it home to CA with a little under 100 hours in my logbook. With another 100 hours I would have realized what a crazy thing it ... Read More »
Carrie Eve Hoagland is based at Bayfield County Airport (Y77), Iron River, Wisconsin. I have owned the Tcraft since 1979 and I bought the Pitts last summer. The Pitts belonged to my daughter at one time and we raced it to a 4th Place at Reno in ’06. Unfortunately she was killed in ’08 racing a Cassut so I will fly it in honor of her. I have also enclosed a picture of my 18 month old gr... Read More »
Sent in by Shannon Gallagher….probably because she flies a Taylorcraft and knows I LOVE my Aeronca! Thanks, Shannon. 4 Taylorcrafts protecting an Aeronca Read More »
Congratulations to Shannon Gallagher of Hohenwald, TN, 0M3 Baker Field, who’s learning to fly in a 1940 Taylorcraft, BC65. The big news – she just soloed!! We’re proud of you, Shannon!! “Just got back from the airport a bit ago and it went great. The guys took about 200 pics. My three landings for the solo were just nice as they could be and everything went off without ... Read More »
“Betsy” the 65 hp Taylorcraft Some great news from student pilot Shannon Gallagher who is learning to fly in this little yellow Taylorcraft – she just passed her written exam and couldn’t be more excited about it! That little task is out of the way! Shannon flies this 65 hp Taylorcraft out of Baker Field (O3M) and wanted us to know how she’s doing. “Just thoug... Read More »
My name is Shannon Gallagher and I live in Hohenwald, TN at 0M3 Baker Field. I have been taking lessons for 7 months now and learning to fly in a 1940 Taylorcraft, BC65. I really enjoy it and hopefully, as soon as the weather gets better, will finish my flight training. This is something I’ve wanted to do all my life but was unable to till recently. I have never flown anything else but a... Read More »
Terri owns & flies her 1946 Taylorcraft BC12D1 and is based in Ohio. “I fell in love with taildraggers after taking an intro course to aerobatics in a C150 Aerobat. Since then I have flown in several aerobatic contests in borrowed airplanes such as a Pitts S2B, Christen Eagle and a Decathalon. ” “One of my favorites is a little homebuilt SE5 (French WWI) replica. It only ha... Read More »
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