A short time ago, I was featured in a short blurb in Aviation for Women magazine publicizing my custom drawings of airplanes. One of the responses I received from this mention was an email asking if I’d be willing to contribute somehow to help out a new WAI chapter. Named Spirit of Columbus after Geraldine […]
Category: The Pilot’s Life
Pioneers of Aviation History: The WASP Museum in Sweetwater, Texas
During a cross-country road trip last month, I stopped in Sweetwater, Texas, where the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) trained at Avenger Field during WWII. The surrounding landscape is dominated by forests of huge windmills stretching to the horizon, with farms and small towns dwarfed below. In places there were so many, it was a […]
Wings Club recognizes Patty Wagstaff with Outstanding Aviator Award
Tell me something I don’t know, right? Patty Wagstaff is a role model in so many ways, for women, for pilots, for anyone who wants to pursue big goals. Here’s an excerpt from the story in General Aviation News: Wagstaff’s accomplishments broke barriers and opened doors for other women to follow, club officials noted. In […]
Small Airports Like Sedona’s Mesa-Top Gem Need Our Support
What can compare to landing your plane on top of a mesa, with gorgeous red rock formations all around you? Sedona, Arizona’s airport is known as “America’s Most Scenic Airport” for a good reason: it’s downright beautiful there. While I have a special place in my heart for the vistas of the Minden-Tahoe airport where […]
Happy Veterans Day, Grandpa
As pilots in America, we enjoy a freedom to fly that is unique in the world. I am very grateful to be so fortunate and I know every pilot feels the same way when he or she takes flight in our beautiful country. But freedoms like these and others are not free; our country’s brace […]