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Tailwinds began as a catalog operation in 1986 on the kitchen table of one of our founders, Marion Jayne. Marion was my mother, personal CFI, and pilot extraordinaire! She was the 12th woman in the United States to earn her ATP rating, and was honored as one of the top 100 aviators of the century at Kitty Hawk in 2003. We began Tailwinds because we wanted to offer products that represented the love of aviation and the celebration of flight. Weâ??ve had tremendous growth since we published our first catalog, but our founding principles remain the same. Our goal is to provide a pleasant shopping experience featuring only quality products and top-notch customer service.

Imbued with the love of flying, Marion and Nancy wanted to market products to fellow aviators and enthusiasts who really loved flying. They didn't want to produce another "me too" catalog with the same-old tired aviation merchandise but insisted on unique, quality products that were hard to find in stores or catalogs. Together they took much care in establishing standards for quality products and "bend over backwards" customer service which are now the Tailwinds tradition. The first Tailwinds Catalog was just 16 pages long and was sent to a few aviation enthusiasts. Circulation soon went to over 1 million pilots and aviation enthusiasts! Our beautiful catalogs, under Jim Palozola's creative direction, won awards and some are even collectors items. Later the company acquired and published the Flight Computing Catalog.

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