Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training, LLC

12/14/2020

Happiness is a choice. Good financial planning, like flight planning, is a practiced skill. Student pilots to Commercial should find this podcast valuable.

The financial pathway of a major airline pilot is remarkably similar to that of a doctor. A lot of people don't realize they make doctor-like incomes and actually have a lot of doctor-like financial challenges. You make little to no income for a decade, then pretty good income for as long as you can...

08/03/2017

Sure beats the circles and Mickey Mouse ears I do with my students.

Right now, The Boeing Company is drawing a 787 across the USA with a Boeing 787. Check it out at https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE4

06/30/2015

Rule # 1 when displaying your aircraft at an airshow: Disconnect the battery. # 2 If you are not there, lock the doors so the 6-year olds cannot get in and start flipping switches. https://youtu.be/uqNTdYRYzlI

The other user gave me his video

06/22/2015

"Fly Boring"
Interesting article about using your own aircraft for business.
Fly boring is also a good tip!

http://airfactsjournal.com/2015/06/10-tips-prospective-businessmen-businesswomen-pilots/?utm_source=MarketingEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=A15063D&utm_content=AFArticle&_bta_tid=3.Nfw.BUk3Xg.C9tS.AXkjgQ..AfyZeQ.b..l.A2Tp.n.VYWOAA.VYWmhQ.71Hb6g&_bta_c=j4gm7ey8cu05scif8frejb1acpiyt

If you are serious about moving you and your loved ones around by air, here are 10 things I have learned that I never read anywhere else. It is more rewarding and more fun than I ever imagined. It’s a lot of other things, too, nearly all of them good.

06/24/2013

Cadet Samuel Buckmaster and Cadet Bishop Miller both soloed today a the CAP National Flight Academy in Fremont NE. This was a very intensive two weeks of training, covering ground and flight training toward their private pilot certificate. Each of these cadets, like the others at the encampment, worked very hard this week and took a major step toward earning their pilot wings! I am proud to have the priviledge of being their initial flight instructor.

06/19/2013

Rain, Lightning, Time Demands, and Peer Pressure.
Just prior to this video it was raining harder, but starting to let up. If you were a flight instructor with two students aboard, who each had less than five hours of blue sky time, what would you do? What if several other flight instructors elected to do the opposite of your decision (Go or No Go) -- would that change your decision? Why or why not? https://contour.com/stories/go-no-go

Go-No-Go by ScottJohnson

06/18/2013

I am spending two weeks in scenic Nebraska teaching with the Civil Air Patrol at our National Flight Academy. We have 24 students, 9 instructors and airplanes running daily. The skys are blue, mostly, with a lot of smiling teens. What could be better?
http://contour.com/stories/blevins-1

Blevins-1 by ScottJohnson

03/21/2013

Many of our pilot friends have asked about the aviation videos on our web site. We can help you to create your own! We now offer Contour HD action cameras for sale at our store site. These cameras also work great on bikes, snowmobiles, skiiing, fishing trips, hunting adventures and more. Please check it out:
http://sticknrudder.com/contour.html

12/31/2012

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12/30/2012

Trying out the new camera and hving some fun on a cold winter Sunday. Paul is showing me how smooth he can be on the controls in a power on stall. Very little drop off at the end. Very little wing and nose bobble. Watch the airspeed numbers.

Power on stall from cruise flight. Video starts at the end of a figure 8 and transitions to the stall. Very smooth, cold, winter air. Pitch up high ... climb until airspeed declines... nose drops. Keep pressure on the right rudder...level the wings... and resume flying like nothing happened. Pa...