What an exciting day! Jessica brings me to a 99s meeting for the 99th birthday of 99s member Edith Smith. And I see all my female pilots of this year. There is Nora who brought me on some flights (also Young Eagles) in California, and Eve with whom I made a trip to Las Vegas…
View MoreJessica Cox took me back with her 26R (“two-six-Romeo”) to Tucson. That was a really long trip, but another really inspiring experience. Jessica is just an amazing person. She is always in a good mood and has always fun to learn something new, one challenge after the other – I love it! And her motto…
View MoreFinally, after almost 4,000 km and visiting eight (or nine if you count our trip to Pennsylvania) states, we arrive at the KFFA – The First Flight Airport in Kelly Devil Hills in North Carolina. The airport itself is famous for being the site of hundreds of pre-flight gliding experiments carried out by the Wright brothers….
View MoreToday we flew from Dayton, Ohio, to Frederick in Maryland. The flight was again nice and sunny, and all the girls were so excited with me to land soon, because we wanted to get to the Gettyburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. As soon as we landed, we rented a car and off we drove…
View MoreDayton, Ohio, is the birth city of the aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. Here ist is where they worked on their vision of aviation. First they had a bicycle shop which we were keen to visit. Here they repaired and sold bicycle, but soon also manufactured their own brand, the Wright Cycle Company. Here…
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