He took flying lessons at the Travis Air Force Base flight club, where one of his instructors was Dick Rutan.

In later years, Loudenslager's base of operation was at Thompson's Station, Tennessee, approximately 25 miles (40 km) from Nashville.

Loudenslager had two children, Kelly and Carolyn, from his marriage to former flight attendant Susan, from whom he was divorced.

On June 28, 1997, a car crossed the center line and collided head-on with his motorcycle on U.S. Route 31 near his home in Tennessee.

[12] The International Council of Air Shows Foundation maintains a scholarship in his name, which is given in rotation to an enlisted member of the US Navy Blue Angels, the US Air Force Thunderbirds or the Canadian Forces Snowbirds to be used toward the cost of flight training.