Applications Now Being Accepted For 2017 Ladieslovetaildraggers Scholarships

The Ladieslovetaildraggers organization says it’s time to apply for their 2017 Ladies Love Taildraggers’ scholarships. This year, they are reported to have five Scholarships available!

Are you a lady nosewheel pilot who would love to fly a taildragger? Ladieslovetaildraggers is offering three awesome Tailwheel Endorsement Scholarships. Or, perhaps you’re a lady taildragger pilot who would like to sharpen your tailwheel skills? Two fantastic scholarships are being offered with top-notch instructors who will help you hone your flying skills. Travel expenses are included in these scholarships! Apply for the ‘Stick & Rudder Master Class Scholarship’ or the ‘STOL Short Field Take Off & Landing Class Scholarship’.

Online applications are due by midnight February 28, 2017 and the winners will be announced no later than April 15, 2017. Winning applicants must complete flight instruction by September 30, 2017. Here’s a list of the scholarship and their providers:

Scholarship #1 Tailwheel Endorsement. Here’s your chance to fly with Brian Lansburgh at Tailwheel Town, Sisters Airport, OR. Brian’s precision airmanship flight training methods have made him a leader in the world of tailwheel flying. Brian credits his success to flying skills honed during fourteen years as a comedy stunt pilot in the air show business. This scholarship includes travel expenses and is valued at $1,995.

Scholarship #2 Tailwheel Endorsement. This Scholarship provides up to $1,000 in Tailwheel training from a CFI of the winner’s choice. Funds cover cost of aircraft rental, fuel and instruction. Travel expenses not included. Value $1,000.

Scholarship #3 Stick & Rudder Master Class. If you’re a LadiesLoveTaildraggers member or a female tailwheel pilot, this is your chance to hone your flying skills with the best-of-the-best, Brian Lansburgh at Sisters Airport in Oregon. Win this fun flying class and become the proficient pilot you know you can be. Also includes expenses to and from Oregon! Value $1,995.

Scholarship #4 STOL/Short Take Off & Landing Class. Instruction and aircraft provided by Charles Lewis at South Oaks Aerodrome, Winterville, NC. This STOL Workshop will teach you how to get in and out of some very short fields in eastern North Carolina. There are 60 plus challenging “strips” within an hour of South Oaks Aerodrome, and some are nothing more than dirt paths on farms, hay fields or sod farms. Includes paid expenses to and from NC. Value up to $2,400.

Scholarship #5 Tailwheel Endorsement and Unusual Attitude Training. Get the best of both worlds! Tailwheel Endorsement Training and Unusual Attitudes Training by Billy Werth of Billy Werth Airshows and Grayout Aerosports, LLC, an Indianapolis flight school that specializes in Aerobatic and Emergency Maneuver training. IndyJet Center has donated the use of their Super Decathlon for this Scholarship’s tailwheel training. Travel expenses not included. Value up to $1,500.

FMI: Ladieslovetaildraggers scholarship application