Rod Talks About In-Flight Emergencies

One of the better reason to attend the better aviation events around the nation is the opportunity to enjoy the wit and wisdom of some of aviation's true experts... but no one plays as well to an aviation crowd as aviation humorist, flight instructor and safety advocate, Rod Machado.

Rod is a professional speaker who travels across the United States and Europe delighting his listeners with upbeat and lively presentations. Machado truly loves mixing it up with the audience. His unusual talent for simplifying the difficult and adding humor to make the lessons stick has made him a popular lecturer both in and out of aviation. Rod’s presentations include topics as diverse as Risk Assessment, Defensive Flying and Handling In-flight Emergencies. His non-aviation topics include: Safety Awareness programs, Humor as a Communication Tool and The Lost Art of Thinking.

Flying since 1970 and instructing since 1973, Rod has over 8,000 hours of flight time earned the hard way—one CFI hour at a time. Since 1977 he has taught hundreds of flight instructor revalidation clinics and safety seminars and he was named the 1991 Western Region Flight Instructor of the Year. Rod holds all fixed-wing (powered) flight instructor ratings as well as an airline transport pilot license. He also owns an A36 Bonanza.

He is AOPA’s National CFI spokesman and a National Accident Prevention Counselor appointed by the FAA in Washington DC. But most of all, he is a passionate and positive spokesman for aviators everywhere and an excellent proponent for all things aviation.

We caught up with Rod at the 2008 AOPA Fly-In, last June where he gave an extensive preparation dedicated to a stirring discussion on in-flight emergencies.

The seminar notes opined that, "With a little caution, good judgment, and reasonable equipment, you can expect to fly safely for most of your piloting days. Once in a great while, you may run into a rare in-flight emergency. This is when knowing exactly what to do to solve the problem is most important. Rod will provide you with ideas for successfully avoiding and coping with some of the most serious airborne problems. To fly confidently means to be knowledgeable about potential problems and knowing their solutions."

Join Rod Machado and Aero-TV In A Discussion About In-Flight Emergencies (Part 1)

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