You must be a female RV pilot if?..

[Louise Hose]

I?ve had wonderful support in our community, but I do think my experiences as a woman RV owner/pilot has varied some from the male experience. Each of the following observations has happened to me?..some of them several times!

Trish, Roberta, Katie, Daphne, Mercedes, and the other women RV owner-pilots out there?..do you recognize any of these experiences?

You must be a female RV pilot if?..

1. Few pilots, including yourself, had any confidence that you would gain competence in a tailwheel RV when you transitioned.
2. You feel the support of a cadre of well-known RV pilots (and their spouses) who are actively cheering for you to succeed in your RV transition despite barely knowing you.
3. The pilots at the local airport who ignored you when you had a certified airplane become your buddies and want a ride with you now.
4. You become the person the local pilots now call when they desperately need a ride across the state to pick up a small part?.now!
5. You?d like a VAF tee shirt, but you can?t quite stomach putting ?nose art? on your back in public.
6. After announcing your approach to an uncontrolled airport, someone asked on the radio, ?What kind of RV is that?? You reply an RV6, then the questioner tries to gently correct you with, ?Oh, an RV6A. They?re nice planes.?
7. When the same thing happens but the response (with a tinge of surprise in the voice) is ?A 6, huh? How do you like that tailwheel???and you feel a secret pride.
8. You look for a fly-in to attend, but get turned off by the focus on ?Hooter Girls? as the main attraction.
9. While washing your RV, a transient pilot drops by and comments on how lucky your husband is to have a wife that washes his plane for him.
10. You discover the perfect man that you want to spend the rest of your life with at a fly-in campout in the middle of nowhere!

[gstone]

Just in case there are some that have not realized number ten..... Keep us posted on the Flyins!!! We'll try to attend!!

greg

[rv7boy]

Hi Louise,

I haven't met you yet, and I've only met the guy in No. 10 once (about 3 months before you met him). I can't help but think that you two are just right for each other. I just wish I could get my RV finished before that special flyin (where an RV6 and an RV8 start living in the same hangar!) that must be on the horizon out there somewhere. But at the rate I'm going, please don't wait on me!!!

Anyway, I look forward to meeting you.

I have a feeling Paul is tied up with Mission Control with the planned return of STS-120 today.

This RV family that is enabled by such things as Doug's VAF forums is really amazing.

Best Wishes,

Don

[Louise Hose]

I haven't met you yet, and I've only met the guy in No. 10 once (about 3 months before you met him). I can't help but think that you two are just right for each other. I just wish I could get my RV finished before that special flyin (where an RV6 and an RV8 start living in the same hangar!) that must be on the horizon out there somewhere. But at the rate I'm going, please don't wait on me!!!

We certainly think so! But, we are tied to different parts of the country for now, so there's some time to get that riveting done!

I have a feeling Paul is tied up with Mission Control with the planned return of STS-120 today.

I'm sure he is. I don't expect to hear from him until the Discovery crew is safely on the ground.

This RV family that is enabled by such things as Doug's VAF forums is really amazing.

Amen,

[aparchment]

Cute Louise:

FWIW, as far as your list goes, #8 - I would far rather attend a fly-in that focused on an interesting travel destination (great dive site, particularly scenic, interesting sights or museums, aviation or space related) than a Hooters expo.

#3 - That's not a phenomena limited to female RV pilots!

#5 - I was equally disappointed that the shirt looks like a Hawaiian Tropic ad rather than something aviation related. Maybe Doug will make them more aviation focused next time around.

#6 - Don't worry, I will take up the slack for you on the male side by disappointing those who think real men should fly taildraggers.

All the best, and I hope to meet you and Paul and some of the other great folks on here at an interesting aviation event sometime soon.

Antony

[robertahegy]

OH YEAH!!!!

Roberta

[Skyflyer]

Re: Item #1 For anyone in the market for top notch tailwheel instruction, go see Joy or Melanie at Texas Taildragers. They are located at Houston Southwest airport (AXH). Joy is one of those lifelong instructors who teaches for the love of it and will make you very comfortable in a tailwheel aircraft.

Chuck

[briand]

I don't know about all that other stuff, whatever. I just want to know when and where I can find this Hooters Fly-in.

[SportAvServ]

Would like to know where that Hooter flyin is also, all the ones I go to only have the Wood Pecker boys. Ah Yes, flyins, great place to pick up men.

[tomwebster]

Dana Overall has a flyin in KY every spring.
He serves Hooter's wings. I have not made
it yet, but I think Hooter girls serve the wings.
He is on this forum.
Tom