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Jill Long
 Jill
“Raggz” Long has been flying since she was 16. She is perhaps the
most passionate aviatrix of the day. Her love of flying is tangible and
obvious from the moment you see her “become one” with her aircraft.
Her aviation passion is infectious and an inspiration anyone who has had
the opportunity to glimpse her world. She has lived by the motto, ‘Never
take “no” for an answer' and “Follow your dreams” and it has
served her well.
Raggz has flown everything from the A-10
Thunderbolt aka the “Warthog” or “Tank Killer" to the
venerable Taylorcraft. She has more than 3000 hours of flight time and
has slipped the surly bonds of earth from such austere locations as
Afghanistan to the more welcoming climes of Puerto Rico...but her
favorite piece of sky remains over the good old USA.
She first fell in love with "those
flippy things" (aka Aerobatics) when she took to the skies with her
life-long mentor and friend Ralph Riddell in his RV-4. The passion for
“anti-gravitational” endeavors hasn't stopped. Her current love is,
of course, the nimble Pitts S2B.
Born in Michigan and raised in Oregon,
Jill has called many places home; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Boise,
Idaho; Portland, Oregon; the United Kingdom; South Korea; Tucson,
Arizona; and Columbia, SC... she, and husband Chuck, are currently
hanging their chocks in Wichita Falls.
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The
Pitts is the classic air show aircraft capable of unlimited
aerobatics. The Ragged Edge is a Pitts S2B, two-seat, bi-plane of
conventional design; fuselage is tubular framework with a combination
of sheet aluminum panels and fabric covering, padded out with wooden
stringers to give it the famous Pitts profile.
