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of The Tailwheeler\u2019s Journal<\/a>.\u00a0 He was previously Sunriver Soaring\u2019s manager and pilot and ran the Sunriver Airport for a while.<\/p>\nBrian was raised in the film business with a screenwriter mother and a director father.\u00a0 His experience in both aviation and film production have served him well, not only with an Academy Award Nomination for his film, \u201cDawn Flight\u201d, but most recently with video projects that serve the Tailwheeler\u2019s Journal as well as a small group of clients.<\/p>\n
Before coming to central Oregon, Brian was a pilot for L3 Wescam, a job that kept him flying camera planes all over the US and Canada.\u00a0 His duties for Wescam ranged from providing aerial coverage of Monday Night Football to serving as a surrogate Predator UAV during war games at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada.\u00a0 He honed his flying skill during fourteen years as a comedy stunt pilot in the air show business. \u00a0It was comedy flying which launched him into precision airmanship flight instruction.\u00a0 Local pilots would often ask for some help after seeing him fly his comedy routine.\u00a0 Eventually those sessions became formalized into what are now the Tailwheel Endorsement course and the Stick and Rudder Master Class.<\/p>\n
The flight instruction at Tailwheel town works because of how Brian teaches the maneuvers.\u00a0 Maneuvers like Slaloms and Landing in a Turn require that the pilot really control the airplane when it\u2019s both flying and touching the ground.\u00a0 Most pilots are just going for a ride during the landing experience.\u00a0 Tailwheel Town pilots are placing the aircraft exactly where they want it and are maintaining precise control during this phase of flight.\u00a0 At altitude, maneuvers like Alternating Sideslips, Sky Doodles and Dead Stick flight help the pilot advance far beyond simple coordination of the airplane.\u00a0 And, very importantly, Brian\u2019s philosophy that a flight instructor must teach and<\/b> protect frees pilots to practice these unusual, challenging and fun maneuvers without once placing themselves in jeopardy. Besides flight instruction, Brian currently produces flying videos and writes an article every week for The Tailwheeler\u2019s Journal.<\/p>\nAircraft<\/b><\/h4>\n
<\/p>\n We have a Cessna 140 in the “Squirrelwerks” which will be available at some date in the future.<\/p>\n After years of offering a six-hour course for either a Tailwheel Endorsement or a Master Class, we have changed our offering.\u00a0 From now on, we will offer a ten-hour course which will include advanced training, including a spin endorsement for those planning on becoming a CFI.\u00a0 As the course as presently offered, ground instruction is free of charge.\u00a0 The applicant and the instructor will determine which maneuvers will be featured in the course. The price per hour has not changed.\u00a0 The advanced training course will not only offer enough time for someone to become proficient with some of the maneuvers, including the Landing in a Turn and Multiples, but also other maneuvers.\u00a0 As usual, anything that causes the course to be interrupted or stopped, such as mechanical issues or health issues will be deemed a justification for a refund of the un-used portion of the total fee.\u00a0 Tailwheel Productions will accept either cash or check but does not accept credit cards for tuition.<\/p>\n We charge $75\/hour in customer aircraft.\u00a0 We don\u2019t charge for ground instruction. \u00a0Payment must be made in advance, but we refund the unused portion in the event of cancellation of the remainder of the course for any reason. \u00a0We do not accept credit cards, so bring a check or cash.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n Prices are subject to change with fuel cost fluctuations. \u00a0We do reserve the right to refuse any applicant for any reason. \u00a0Don’t hesitate to ask, however.<\/p>\n Although there are a lot of great books on flying, we recommend that everyone be familiar with \u201cStick and Rudder\u201d by Wolfgang Langewiesche and, of course, \u201cBrian\u2019s Flying Book\u201d by Brian Lansburgh.\u00a0 Brian is a believer in Langewiesche\u2019s method of comparing an airplane to a horse.\u00a0 He teaches that every airplane has specific gaits and familiarizes the student with the power and pitch that put the airplane in that gait. We will send a series of articles to each flier upon signing up for a course.<\/p>\n Many of our California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho students simply drive to Sisters, which sits on Highway 20 just 18 miles northwest of Bend, Oregon.\u00a0 International fliers and those from more distant parts of the U.S. find it convenient to fly into Redmond (KRDM), rent a car and drive the short distance to Sisters.<\/p>\n There is plenty of lodging in Sisters.\u00a0 We\u2019re currently recommending the Best Western Ponderosa Lodge<\/a> (541) 549-1234.\u00a0 It\u2019s at 505 U.S. 20, Sisters, OR 97759.\u00a0 If you tell them that you are meeting with Benny and Julie Benson\u2019s Energyneering Solutions at the Sisters Airport, they will give you a discount.\u00a0 There are great places to dine in Sisters.\u00a0 We may also have the chance to lunch during your course.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Berts-pic-of-140-A-A.jpeg\")
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Tweakin\u2019 up your skills<\/b><\/h4>\n
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A lot of fliers come to us simply to polish up their flying skills.\u00a0 It\u2019s not limited to tailwheel flying, either.\u00a0 Sometimes the course is to satisfy the Biennial Flight Review, which can be included.\u00a0 More often, it is simply to learn some of the more advanced maneuvers taught at Tailwheel Town or to prepare a pilot for a particular type of flying which he\u2019ll be pursuing.\u00a0 We even fly with folks in their own tricycle gear airplanes.\u00a0 There\u2019s no reason we can\u2019t perform a lot of our advanced maneuvers in a tricycle gear airplane.\u00a0 Some of our greatest successes come from our flights in trikes!<\/p>\nCosts<\/b><\/h4>\n
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The name, \u201cTailwheel Town\u201d, was arrived at after our first move.\u00a0 It stood to reason that wherever we taught our courses would become Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 We are currently located in Sisters, Oregon, but will soon be relocating to Idaho!\u00a0 It\u2019s a great airport.\u00a0 It is a privately owned airport which is open to the public.\u00a0 It has several hangar homes on either side of the runway.\u00a0 Benny and Julie Benson purchased the airport a short time ago and have wasted no time in making huge improvements.\u00a0 It now has a newly built and wider runway, fuel and tiedowns as well as free loaner bicycles and a loaner car.\u00a0 For more information about airport facilities, call 541 719 0602.\u00a0 You can also check it out online at www.sistersairport.com<\/a><\/p>\nGetting here<\/b><\/h4>\n
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