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Robert N. Rossier’s “Stick and Rudder” column featured in EAA Sport Aviation, sharing tips and expert advice on pilot safety and proficiency.
  • An Uphill (and Downhill) Struggle

    An Uphill (and Downhill) Struggle

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For a newly minted private pilot, the approach to Runway… Read more

  • Bad Choices

    Bad Choices

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every now and then we read an accident report that… Read more

  • Target Practice

    Target Practice

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. A long time ago, a friend of mine commented that… Read more

  • A New Set of Factors

    A New Set of Factors

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. We don’t have to fly long to learn that not… Read more

  • A Cloud of Confusion

    A Cloud of Confusion

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It was years ago when a group of us instructors… Read more

  • Low and Slow

    Low and Slow

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Last fall, my wife and I had an opportunity to… Read more

  • Fading Into Darkness

    Fading Into Darkness

    In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the impacts aging can have on vision and how that affects you as a pilot. Read more

  • One Last Look

    One Last Look

    In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the importance of scanning for traffic in the pattern prior to lining up for takeoff. Read more

  • A Banner Day

    A Banner Day

    In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses traffic pattern safety and a lesson he recently relearned. Read more

  • A Winter Chill

    A Winter Chill

    In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses hypothermia and the effects it can have on pilots. Read more