What’s the Most Useful Training Course You’ve Taken?

There’s always a course that stands out in a pilot’s career. What’s the one that’s made the biggest impact on your flying ability?

UPRT was the game-changer for me — one morning in a Citabria practicing ‘unload, roll, power’ felt like a Ctrl+Alt+Del for my startle response. Book a half-day with a solid UPRT instructor and repeat it yearly; if aerobatics isn’t your thing, a focused weather decision course is a close second. Have you found sim-based UPRT as sticky as in-aircraft?

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