This WILL make you a better pilot – Stick destroys flying with yoke
Single Best Way to Improve Stick & Rudder Fundamentals

This is an other episode from the multipart series covering this mission – playlist here

In this episode of Flight Chops, we’re continuing our cross-part-of-Canada IFR mission returning Blake’s newly purchased PA-32 to its homebase. We stop in Winnipeg and meetup with Luke at Harv’s Air so Blake can experience his first tail wheel and aerobatics lesson. I’ve found tailwheel training to be incredibly helpful in improving my stick and rudder fundamentals, and it has enhanced overall flying skills in general.

Check out HARV’S AIR and schedule your own #Aerobatic training: https://www.harvsair.com
And here’s his new video teaching the Slow Roll: https://youtu.be/RgXlFo_aBlU

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The WEIRDEST feeling flight maneuver I’ve ever learned!

I thought I was fairly prepared to handle an accelerated spin – yet upon doing it the first time I froze for a few seconds before I began the correct recovery… Every pilot should seriously consider some form of upset recovery training; even if they don’t want to go insane like I did covering so much more with Luke

Huge thanks to Harv’s Air for making this happen!  

They are one of the very few flight schools in North America that offer basic and advanced aerobatic training to all levels of pilots! 

Check them out at http://www.harvsair.com/

There are already several episodes from this series available! Including one flying there in the TBM 850! To keep up with where we are at in the series, search “Pitts S2b” and “TBM” here on the site.

Special thanks to Gill, who killed it as my cinematographer in Winnipeg!

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There are several raw / uncut supporter exclusives from this shoot available – here is the most recent.

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Class E Airspace is everywhere, but do you completely understand how to fly in it?

Huge thanks to Jim for hosting my family and sharing some awesome P.E.I. Aviation with us!  

If you wanna learn more about RC – please visit Great Hobbies!

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Some private images from this trip:

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Additional context about the whole Class E control zone thing:

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If you enjoyed this episode, check out these related episodes:

Private Pilot vs. RC Pilot Showdown – Who Can Fly the Other’s Craft? Flight VLOG

My 1st Solo!… AGAIN! – best + WORST landings back to back – Super Cub – Tail Wheel Flying

Almost Barfed – 1st Lesson Flying Inverted – Pitts S2B – Flight VLOG

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An amazing lesson in a fully aerobatic plane.
Watch in HD and you can read the panel!

We’re flying a Bellanca Citabria
Model: 7KCAB

NOTE: This was a great lesson, but it was EDITED down from over an hour to under 20 minutes; Thus, there are some missing details and possible lost context – PLEASE do not look at this as instruction but rather the start to a conversation that you can have with your instructor.

Clarification regarding the prop strike:
When I said “it wasn’t major” I meant it wasn’t a crash or something that involved airframe damage; it happened while taxiing… The crazy thing is, this particular prop strike was almost avoided – the engine was shut down by the time it happened, and it was actually on the “kick back” when it struck… so the trailing edge of the prop was where the damage happened. But still, they took it seriously and went through the full inspection process which is great.

I mention Bob Hoover a couple times in this video. If you haven’t read is book “Forever Flying” I’d highly recommend you check it out. It’s my favorite flying book.
And if you haven’t seen him fly – search YouTube and you’ll find many videos of Bob’s incredible energy management demonstration.

This is an other “epic” long one as I tend to try to aim for ~5 minute videos – but it is a good one, I put a lot of time into editing it to keep it engaging, yet thorough; so please stick it out for the full ~17 minutes.

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