Become a Pilot Day - Smithsonian Display

I may be grounded, but I can still talk a good flying day.

Four years ago, I was part of a team from the Capitol club showing off hang gliding at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Annex for Women in Aviation Day. On June 19th, I returned to the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles with Dan Tuckw for a different kind of event, Become a Pilot Day.

We were in a gaggle of over 50 pilots, including military, public service, experimental, sailplane, balloon, even a gyrocopter.



Dan an I spent the day in 90 degree-plus sun, extolling the pleasure of taking part in the least expensive way to fly. We talked all day, gave out dozens of flyers, and even met an old early 70's pilot who asked if we had ever flown a Standard (he had).