Women of aviation week: women warbirders?

[DH82EH]

John Penney's daughter Heather races at Reno.

She is also renowned for what was to be a potential suicide mission during "911"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ather.html

Andy Scott

[Woodsy Airfield]

Warbird Skyventures of Gallatin TN featured T-6 rides with pilot Gina Moore... At least as of a few years ago...

[Randy Wilson]

The March/April 2014 issue of Aviation for Women; The official publication of Women in Aviation, International, has CAF Col Debbie Travis King on the cover and an article about her flying the B-29. I have a pdf of the cover and article, if that is of interest.

Randy

[Robbie Stuart]

As previously mentioned, Connie Bowlin. I have had the pleasure of knowing Connie, & her husband Ed for many years. Very nice, & talented lady.
http://www.gaaviationhalloffame.com/Hal ... l?&avid=21
http://www.warbirds-eaa.org/news/122008 ... 0Fame.html
At the last air show that my father, a former 363rd Fighter Group WWII Fighter Pilot attended, before he passed away, Ed flying the P-51 "Old Boy" as was named while owned by Steve Collins, Connie narrating the routine, & myself as Crew Chief, Connie announced to the air show crowd that "Ed's performance today is dedicated to 1st LT Charles F. Stuart JR, a former 111 Combat Mission P-51 Fighter Pilot with the 381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group, 9th AAF, World War Two that is in attendance with us today sitting in the VIP Hangar". She went on to say that I was the Crew Chief on the aircraft etc...
Well I teared up, so did my mom, so did Steve, & dang if my dad didn't tear up (which he never did). Ed put on a superb flying display that day in the Mustang, as he always did, & we all were very honored for the Bowlin's dedication to my dad.
On a side note: My dad used to always say that "if you are real Mustang Pilot, then you can slow-roll it on take-off". Well nobody but Ed, Connie, & myself knew that I had asked Ed to do that, & when he did, dad & I had the biggest grins, & the owner of the airplane, Steve Collins bout crapped himself, good thing me & him were & still are good friends!

Kathryn (KT) Budde-Jones, I met KT several years ago when we did a big birthday celebration event here at Epps Aviation for General Paul Tibbets, & my boss Pat Epps.
http://www.thecrier.net/news/local_news ... f57fe.html
As coordinated by KT, I had the honor of assisting the General at times during the course of activities (man that's another story for another day!) during the event.
http://www.aero-news.net/Subscribe.cfm? ... 1573d7df0a
Its my understanding that after being with Ford Island’s Pacific Aviation Museum—Pearl Harbor,
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-avi ... 53/?no-ist
that KT is back in Florida, with Stallion 51 in Kissimmee.
http://www.stallion51.com/news-media.shtml
Very nice lady with one heck of a background!

Regards
Robbie

[K5DH]

I'll add another one: Caroline Collings. She was the pilot when I took my first ride on Witchcraft a few years ago.

[Stoney]

Julie Clark, T-28 and T-34, and she has flown a T-6.

[JDK]

Thanks folks, that's great. A quick *bump* to see who else might appear!

Last edited by JDK on Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[warbird51]

There was a lady, Joyce Haven who owned and operated a P-51D in the late 50"s and it was based at Concord, Calif. Buchannan Field. Joyce and her Husband Milan had an FBO there. My Dad took care of the Mustang while Joyce owned it. It was later sold and it became Chuck Lyford's racing Mustang as Race 8, the "Bardahl Special" Fast forward to the early 90's. The aircraft came back to Reno as "Section Eight" I got to crew her for 2 years when she was raced by the late John Crocker. So, I had the privilege of working on a P-51 in the 90's that my Dad worked on in the 50's.

[Mike]

Anna Walker has Hurricane and Seafire time

[Robbie Stuart]

There was a lady, Joyce Haven who owned and operated a P-51D in the late 50"s and it was based at Concord, Calif. Buchannan Field. Joyce and her Husband Milan had an FBO there. My Dad took care of the Mustang while Joyce owned it. It was later sold and it became Chuck Lyford's racing Mustang as Race 8, the "Bardahl Special" Fast forward to the early 90's. The aircraft came back to Reno as "Section Eight" I got to crew her for 2 years when she was raced by the late John Crocker. So, I had the privilege of working on a P-51 in the 90's that my Dad worked on in the 50's.

IIRC "Section Eight" was owned by Bruce Ellis. It was painted in the colors of a Mustang from the 381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group, 9th AAF WWII with the yellow nose and the aircraft identification "B-3E" which is the markings of my fathers Mustang in WWII.
My father contacted Bruce back years ago, & Bruce sent dad a nice photo of the aircraft. The "nose art" & kill markings are not accurate for the "paint scheme", as the aircraft dad flew, but dad thought it was very cool that there was an airplane riding around out there that looked like his old "B-3E Stinky".
Last I heard the airplane was sold several years ago, went through John Lane's shop, is painted different, not sure where it is now.
These old Mustangs carry some great history with them!
Just think, how many were ferried to AAF base's by the brave women flyers of that WWII era!

Robbie

[alang]

Hannah Reitsch - German test pilot, Flew ME-163 Komet and manned V-1 buzz bomb

[JDK]

Hannah Reitsch - German test pilot, Flew ME-163 Komet and manned V-1 buzz bomb

Hanna was a fascinating character, but not in our topic.

Just a reminder from the original post, this thread is to capture women warbird pilots, not pioneers or operational civil or military pilots - that's whole another question!

Regards,

[eagle21]

How about our very own Karen Adams Brinkley and her LBA (Little Black Airplane)-otherwise known as the Cessna O-2.

JMC

[Fleet16b]

How about one of our Geneseo folks, WASP Dawn Seymour?!

Dont forget Naomi Wadsworth

[Silverplate]

Jan Churchill, pilot of Mid-Atlantic Air Museum R4D and her own Cessna 02, aviation author and great all around lady.