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		<title>Pilot Demons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the day of my first flying lesson, a tiny voice spoke to me in a  Sicilian-like accent. It pleaded, “Rodney, donta goh, donta goh. I cook  you pasta, I cook you pizza. Just donta goh flying today,” I&#8217;ll never  forget that voice—it came from my grandmother, standing in the kitchen.
I  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=143</link>
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		<title>Reluctant Moms and Dads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suppose I told you I could get your child to enthusiastically study geography, math, physics, chemistry, and psychology. After you had my head examined, would you be interested? Oh, and as a bonus I can get him or her to hang out with highly motivated, well educated older people who are good role models because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=115</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Worried About My Flying Fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Rod:
I imagine that in the course of your time as a pilot, you&#8217;ve flown long enough to personally know someone who has died in a plane crash?
Several years back, a fellow CFI died in an airplane crash along with his student. The part that is most vivid in my mind is that my instructor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=98</link>
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		<title>Student on Drugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a question asked by a fellow pilot a while back that, I don&#8217;t believe, made it into my Since You Asked column in AOPA Flight Training magazine. Some questions and answers are a bit more fun than educational and aren&#8217;t quite ready for prime time.
A fellow pilot named Rick asked the following question: As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=94</link>
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		<title>Fuelish Thoughts on Doubt Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doubt should be the motivator that compels pilots to carefully consider the ratio of risk to reward during flight...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=75</link>
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		<title>Remos &#8211; The Little Big Airplane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its handling qualities are superb, with the flight controls requiring only a very light touch to make the airplane do the pilot’s bidding....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=67</link>
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		<title>Sport Pilot Flight Training Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5% of the flight training provided by a sport pilot instructor to sport pilot applicants is identical to that provided by certified flight instructors to private pilot applicants.]]></description>
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