On her first plane trip for the Bristol Bay Native Association in Dillingham, SW Alaska, they crashed, which then made her want to learn to fly herself. She then took up with Bob Wagstaff that was flying a Cessna 185 on amphibs. I saw both of them with it at Gimli Manitoba around 1985. After a lot of aerobatic water under the bridge, she flew three years with Cal Fire on the OV-10 Bronco (damn, my bucket list plane), don't know if she made it to their Grumman S-2.

In the offseason she heads to Kenya to train their Kenya Wildlife Service pilots on bush flying the Super Cub (and Huskys). I wonder why they didn't invite CC instead?

She also plead no contest to drunken driving, resisting a police officer. A related charge of refusing to submit to a breathalyzer and blood alcohol tests was dropped as part of the plea bargin. Her driver's license was suspended for eight months.

This occurred when she was arrested at the airport during Air Adventure 2008. I would probably not want that on my resume either.

I don't know her personally, but I know people who do. She's a hell of a pilot and, from what I hear, a hell of a good person. How many rock star airshow performers would have the humility to go be low man on the totem pole by starting a new gig with CalFire?

http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today ... -27258964/

I'd be honored to learn from someone of her ability.

As for the DUI (she was apparently cutting across the closed airport at night, going from the EAA banquet back to her hotel), I've never had one but Lord knows I've made enough other mistakes in my life that I try not to throw too many rocks at others while sitting in my own glass house.

DItto what Ranchpilot posted. I have personally met her and she is as down to earth as anyone else. Very nice and personable lady, and not meaning to be too sexist, she was quite the 'hottie' the first time I met her about 20+ years ago. Also, no one is perfect and I would bet a major percentage of the posters on here have at one time or another had one too many to drink and then proceeded to drive. We were just lucky and didn't get caught. I know I did my share of it in my younger much wilder youth. Some of us learn and some of us don't.
I would love to get training from her and even if a tiny bit of her skills rubbed off on me I would be a much better pilot. She is one of the best!

It's early for me here. Two questions what is CC ? Also what does the one about the eaa no contest plea about having a dui to do with the really cool article on Patty W.? I would love to fly with her, just think of the knowledge you could learn.

She looks like a good'un. I have flown with many instructors, over the last fifty years. Nearly all have been competent pilots. My most critical evaluation has been of their ability to teach and willingness to teach what makes good, sanctioned by authority or not, aeronautical sense. Like John Boyd, I would rather work with those who want to do, teach in this case, rather than to be.

I think he is refering to CC Poppycock....er Pocock. A thread started a few weeks ago about his 'Bush Air" training.

WWhunter wrote:DItto what Ranchpilot posted. I have personally met her and she is as down to earth as anyone else. Very nice and personable lady, and not meaning to be too sexist, she was quite the 'hottie' the first time I met her about 20+ years ago. Also, no one is perfect and I would bet a major percentage of the posters on here have at one time or another had one too many to drink and then proceeded to drive. We were just lucky and didn't get caught. I know I did my share of it in my younger much wilder youth. Some of us learn and some of us don't.
I would love to get training from her and even if a tiny bit of her skills rubbed off on me I would be a much better pilot. She is one of the best!

+1. CC= Cub Crafters.

Brent

He means CC Pocock if I read this correctly. CubCrafters would be the company that makes great airplanes and supports BCP.

Easy on the tabloid stuff. Most of us have done worse and enjoy being obscure enough that few could hold it against us. Patty seems like a great aviation role model.

cowpilot wrote:

WWhunter wrote:DItto what Ranchpilot posted. I have personally met her and she is as down to earth as anyone else. Very nice and personable lady, and not meaning to be too sexist, she was quite the 'hottie' the first time I met her about 20+ years ago. Also, no one is perfect and I would bet a major percentage of the posters on here have at one time or another had one too many to drink and then proceeded to drive. We were just lucky and didn't get caught. I know I did my share of it in my younger much wilder youth. Some of us learn and some of us don't.
I would love to get training from her and even if a tiny bit of her skills rubbed off on me I would be a much better pilot. She is one of the best!

+1. CC= Cub Crafters.

Brent

Brent where have you been!!! I haven't seen a post from you in a while!

WWhunter wrote:DItto what Ranchpilot posted. I have personally met her and she is as down to earth as anyone else. Very nice and personable lady, and not meaning to be too sexist, she was quite the 'hottie' the first time I met her about 20+ years ago. Also, no one is perfect and I would bet a major percentage of the posters on here have at one time or another had one too many to drink and then proceeded to drive. We were just lucky and didn't get caught. I know I did my share of it in my younger much wilder youth. Some of us learn and some of us don't.
I would love to get training from her and even if a tiny bit of her skills rubbed off on me I would be a much better pilot. She is one of the best!

I met her the year she had her DUI, a day or two before that happened. Still a hottie , and extraordinarily humble and pleasant, for such a fabulous pilot and public person. What struck me immediately was how small and relatively un-athletic appearing she was in person. When I shook her hand, it seemed so small, and I have small hands.

Cary

piperpainter wrote:

cowpilot wrote:

WWhunter wrote:DItto what Ranchpilot posted. I have personally met her and she is as down to earth as anyone else. Very nice and personable lady, and not meaning to be too sexist, she was quite the 'hottie' the first time I met her about 20+ years ago. Also, no one is perfect and I would bet a major percentage of the posters on here have at one time or another had one too many to drink and then proceeded to drive. We were just lucky and didn't get caught. I know I did my share of it in my younger much wilder youth. Some of us learn and some of us don't.
I would love to get training from her and even if a tiny bit of her skills rubbed off on me I would be a much better pilot. She is one of the best!

+1. CC= Cub Crafters.

Brent

Brent where have you been!!! I haven't seen a post from you in a while!

Hey Bryan! How's it going. I've been out of the loop for a while farming. Just finished nine weeks of corn harvest. Belated congratulations, by the way.

CC Pocock? Oops, my mistake, never even crossed my mind.

Brent

Patty certainly was in it for the long haul. I remember reading about her many times in Air Progress magazine in the seventies. That seems eons ago now.