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Learning while laughing

Podcast guest Rod Machado brings the funny

Laughter isn’t only the best medicine, it’s also a great way to learn. And no one does it better than Rod Machado, the prolific speaker and instructor who can take complex concepts and break them down into easy to understand techniques through humor.

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Machado’s unusual teaching style comes from a combination of his education in psychology and martial arts, and he expertly uses these disciplines to teach students about everything from aircraft control to airspace.

For this episode of Flight Time, an occasional series where we revisit Hangar Talk interviews for the Flight Training audience, we talk to Machado about how he got his start, what he loves about teaching, and of course, Kung Fu.

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