June Newsletter

Husky Flight Instructor Ryan Tierney：
“We are very excited to be offering tailwheel and backcountry flight training in the Aviat Husky A1C. There are an endless number of different learning opportunities and experiences that this incredibly versatile aircraft can offer. Whether you’re looking for some tailwheel training to improve your stick and rudder skills or looking to take the airplane into unimproved strips in the backcountry for a fishing or camping trip, this plane can do it all!

When training in the Husky, we will be focusing on several skills that you typically may not utilize for your everyday flying. In our tailwheel training program, you will learn the proper techniques for three-point, wheel, short field, and crosswind landings on both paved and grass surfaces. By mastering these different types of landings, you will have a much better grasp on crucial hand-flying concepts such as coordination, adverse yaw, and preventing side-loaded landings. Not only will this ensure your ability to land a tailwheel aircraft safely, but these skills will transfer to flying any aircraft!

However, there is a lot more to flying this airplane than just the pilot’s ability to use the stick and rudder. In our backcountry program, we will work on your ability to read the environment and improve your situational and perceptive awareness. How do you know which direction to land when the field you are flying into doesn’t have a METAR or even an ASOS? How do you fly the approach into a field where the terrain prevents a normal traffic pattern? What is the proper way to cross over a mountain ridge at high-density altitudes? We are looking to challenge and improve your critical thinking abilities while assessing and mitigating the risks that you don’t typically see in your normal flying.

The Aviat Husky opens us up to a whole different world of aviation. We are very excited for all the new opportunities this aircraft can provide!”