Stick & Rudder Redux

Mastering the “art” of flying. Being proficient in maneuvering an airplane takes a thoughtful approach with the ultimate goal of mastery through continuous improvement and training. In this session, we will explore the winners mindset and how it relates to your everyday flying.

How to become a stick and rudder pilot? We’ll step back and take a deep dive into the maneuvers, aerodynamic concepts and skills needed in straight and level flight, during turns, while climbing and descending and being coordinated vs. being un-coordinated. This breakout session will help you see flight with a beginner’s mind.

The basics are the components and foundation for all of flight. Through a scenario-based discussion we'll look at how and where stick and rudder skills apply in an operational environment. 

Your friend just purchased a house out in Woods Hole, MA and has invited you and your family for a visit over the long Memorial Day weekend. You’re based at KBED about 62 miles to the North. A nice but typical spring day of variable winds with the occasional gust is on deck for your flight out. Your plan is to meet him at Falmouth Airpark (5B6). Your flying doesn’t end just yet. You’ll depart Falmouth for a sight seeing flight with your friend for a photo mission of the new home and if you are lucky some whale spotting just off the coast. You’ll return to Falmouth for a weekend of family fun. Don’t let the apparent simplicity of this flight make you complacent. Stick and rudder skills are needed even on the most simplest of missions.