I met a lady from Salem a few weeks ago that was flying her 170. A really nice plane if you can get past the big red lips painted on the spinner.

Small Tail Caddy wrote:I met a lady from Salem a few weeks ago that was flying her 170. A really nice plane if you can get past the big red lips painted on the spinner.

I met her one day at Grants Pass... it's a very nice '56 170B if I recall.

1SeventyZ wrote:I'm friends with a girl on Facebook named Melissa Pemberton, who is a competition aerobatic pilot and flies an Edge 540. She's only 25 or something, how awesome is that!??

That you're friends with a girl on facebook? That's awesome zane! You're living the computer nerd dream.

GroundLooper wrote:

1SeventyZ wrote:I'm friends with a girl on Facebook named Melissa Pemberton, who is a competition aerobatic pilot and flies an Edge 540. She's only 25 or something, how awesome is that!??

That you're friends with a girl on facebook? That's awesome zane! You're living the computer nerd dream.

Hahahaha shut up! I've talked to 2 or 3 girls.

I meant, how awesome is that to be a 25 year old comp acro pilot?!

[quote="1SeventyZ]I meant, how awesome is that to be a 25 year old comp acro pilot?![/quote]

That is pretty awesome. Of course anyone under 40 is a mere kid as far as I'm concerned.

Diana, nice hammerhead at around 00:05:15! Aren't you supposed to do those in a narrow canyon or something?

I wish I were 25 or something like that...maybe if I could start my flying career all over again at say "20", things would be different.
So I will just plod along with one foot in the grave and dream of how things might have coulda' been.
Glad you Taildragger lovin' Ladies are on the site...let's hear more from ya.
HC

Fisherman wrote:Diana, nice hammerhead at around 00:05:15!

Thanks! Actually, I was doing a 1/2 Cuban followed by a Split S, but my passenger couldn't tell the difference. Sometimes passengers are just happy that they didn't throw up. It was the perfect day to fly that day, and I'm glad the clouds were high enough to give aerobatic rides.

Fisherman wrote:Aren't you supposed to do those in a narrow canyon or something?

Yeah, I was trying to find Coyote Ugly's narrow canyon but couldn't find it, so I had to play over the corn fields instead.

hicountry wrote:
Glad you Taildragger lovin' Ladies are on the site...let's hear more from ya.
HC

That's nice to hear! Thanks!

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I didn't want to dishonor the ladies with too much puke talk, so I split it:

http://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4915

"I didn't want to dishonor the ladies with too much puke talk, so I split it:"

Ladies love a gentleman.

ASW wrote:Justine, what model Stinson? Where are you based?

A 108-1. I put some pictures of it in my photo album. Not quite mine yet (the seller has a security deposit from me). Based in NY/Long Island (KHWV).

Somewhat associated.

Before retiring from the airline I flew with a flight attendant whose father was a P-47 fighter pilot during WW-2 and retired as the number one captain for old National Airlines(merged with Pan American.) Anyhow...that isn't the real story. Margaret's mom was a WASP during WW-2 and also flew P-47s ferrying them around the nation for the military.

Her mother and father were still living and the only known MARRIED couple.... both of whom flew P-47s during the war. How cool is that? Amelia wasn't the only avitrix of the early years. Most WASPs could have flown rings around her. And yes ....many of those WW-2 airplanes were TAILDRAGGERS. Big ole tailtraggers like the B-17, C-47 and C-46.

Another interesting note about women aviators, although not a taildragger tale. When the B-29(Like Enola Gay) was first being built, it was so large and complex that Army Air Corp pilots were afraid of it. They thought it was just too big to fly. The USAAF trained a crew of women(WASPS) to fly the airplane. Then they sent the gals around the Air Bases to show off their skills and demonstrate the airplane to the male pilots. Well....you can imagine the reaction that created.

Then typical of the "use um and toss them away" attidude....after the ladies successful demonstration tour....the USAAF grounded the female B-29 crew and wouldn't let them fly it any more.

Welcome aboard ladies. I've shared cockpits with many of your sisters. They have done you proud.

Bob

Bob, Now that was a good story.

Latest video from Judy, LadiesLoveTaildraggers.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfwwNNwFlsw&feature=player_embedded

ASW.

The best sailplane instructor around these parts is Cindy Brickner at California City. Cindy is keeping alive the tradition of teaching the old forgotten skills to sailplane pilots. Off field landings, cross country soaring, sailplane aerobatics, and more. I once saw her training glider tow pilots by doing touch and go landing patterns with the glider still on tow, in a desert crosswind. She was flying the glider, and giving instruction over the radio to a pilot flying a 182 on the other end of a 200 foot rope. Pretty damn impressive.

ASW, We sold the 206. I let my instrument expire. Just wasn't interested in that type of flying. I need to update my picture (if I can remember how). My husband put that plane into a lake (he's fine)...was very low...carb icing, we think. My dad sold it to a couple of guys from Alaska who came down and duct taped it and flew it outta there. I bought a 180 supercub.

Make that 6. I fly a Piper J5 in North Alabama. I have seen the Lady Taildragger site and plan on posting a pic when I get a good one. What would be great about that site is if we had a forum to chat in like this one.

When I was a primary student, the best instructor I had was a young woman named, Crystal Jacobs. She was a super instructor and was also a Maule owner. Her husband apparently didn't fly at all. Unfortunately she, like many instructors, was mainly building time so she could move on commercially.

Cubchick, that's a good trade, in my opinion. I'd trade a 206 for a 180 SC any day. Too bad your husband had to go swimming to do it, but I'm glad he's okay. BTW, I never liked instrument flying either - I like seeing where I'm going.

Deedus, I was just thinking about mentioning that to Judy, having a forum. The website is pretty new, so it's a good time to help it grow. It was slow starting at first, but then it started growing pretty quickly. I'm surprised (and pleased) at how many lady taildragger pilots there are.

ASW.