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Rod Machado. The man who has taught so many to fly.
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Rod is a professional speaker who travels across the United States and Europe delighting his listeners with upbeat and lively presentations. He speaks on both aviation and non-aviation topics, including risk assessment, IFR charts, aviation weather, in-flight emergencies, and safety awareness.
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Defeated by Da Feet - Learn More from Rod Machado

How important is rudder and aileron coordination with respect to learning to land? It's very very important. One of the main reasons student pilots have difficulty learning to land is that their rudder and aileron coordination skills are not as good as they need to be when beginning landing practice. Let me show some compelling evidence to support this idea based on a 1940s CAA study.
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Secrets of the Pressure Gradient Force - Rod Machado - Learn More from Rod Machado

Without a doubt, one of the most important concepts a pilot needs to understand to make sense of air movement aloft is the "Pressure Gradient Force." This concept is so essential to comprehend that, if you grasp it, you can readily make sense of how the high altitude and low level jet streams form as well as how air masses move at higher altitudes. This is one of those fundamental concepts that's worth studying carefully. Here's a new learning block that Rod just added to his "Understanding Weather eLearning Course" found on his website at: https://rodmachado.com/products/understanding-weather
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Secrets of Instruments Approaches and Departures - Learn More from Rod Machado

Rod Machado's NEW 8-hour interactive eLearning course titled, Secrets of Instrument Approaches and Departures is now available! If you're an active IFR pilot or preparing for an IPC or even your ATP or IFR rating, then this course is for you. Why? Because the IFR pilot's weakest link is approach and departure knowledge as it relates to instrument charts. View course details at: www.RodMachado.com
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Avoiding Flight into IMC - Learn More from Rod Machado

A different perspective in helping students avoid flight into IMC. A good lesson all pilots!
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Mountain Wave Dangers - Strategies for Safety - Learn More from Rod Machado

The dangers associated with flying into mountain wave phenomena. In the video below, Rod Machado details the safest and most survivable methods when approaching mountains.

Understanding Weather, An Interactive eLearning Program.

Rod Machado's interactive eLearning course on Understanding Weather is precisely the course you need to help you make sense of the basic weather concepts you either missed or never quite understood in ground school. Presented in Rod's highly popular Laugh & Learn training style, this 5.5 hour course will have you feeling a lot more comfortable about the environment in which you fly.

If you're learning to fly or thinking about learning to fly, then let Rod help you make the experience more efficient and more enjoyable. You'll need a few things to begin learning about aviation.

1. Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook. This book prepares you for the basic knowledge (such as rules, procedures, aerodynamics, airspace, etc.) that you need to pass your sixty-question Private Pilot Knowledge Exam (also available in MP3 audiobook form). Also purchase Rods Private Pilot Workbook as a programmed guide to learning with this book.

2. Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane Handbook. This book teaches you how to fly the typical (also available in MP3 audiobook form).

3. If you'd like the best deal on all the training materials you'll need for private pilot training, then consider Rod Machado's Complete Digital Private Pilot Collection. And download the FREE Flight Training Syllabus, too.

Crosswind Confidence - Learn More from Rod Machado

A quick video on crosswind confidence discussed before starting a presentation at AOPA's expo in San Jose. Rod's Flight Training Courses are narrated and accompanied by interesting graphics, animations, videos and educational interactions.
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Aerodynamic Flutter - Learn More from Rod Machado

Avoiding Dangerous Divergent Aerodynamic Flutter. Rod's Flight Training Courses are narrated and accompanied by interesting graphics, animations, videos and educational interactions.
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