Rod Machado
Rod Machado is a pilot and author of aviation flight training materials. He is ATP rated, and a member of the Aviation Speakers Bureau.
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[edit] Biography
Rod Machado was born in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1953. He began flying at 16 after selling his motorcycle, and did his first solo flight at 17. He subsequently became a flight instructor, and earned all the ratings up to ATP, including private pilot certificate, instrument rating, and commercial pilot certificate, as well as several type ratings.[1] Rod owns a Cessna 210P.
Rod is also devoted to taking care of his body and mind by being an eager runner as well as holding black belts in both the disciplines of Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido as also having trained over a decade in the Brazilian based Gracie Jujitsu.
[edit] Bibliography
His books include:
- Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook (ISBN 978-0-9631229-9-5) (2nd edition released 2008) (also available on audiobook and MP3)
- Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual (ISBN 978-0-9712015-0-7) (2003)
[edit] In popular media
Rod Machado is the instructor that teaches the player how to fly an airplane in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight and Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
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[edit] External links
He has Videos on Flight Simulators
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