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Title:
New England Safety Team - Stick Rudder and Tailwheel - Your Next Flying Adventure
Topic:
Unlocking Tailwheel Flying with a Tailwheel Professional - What Every Pilot Should Know
Date and Time:
Tuesday, July 21, 2026, starting at 19:00 Eastern Daylight Time (16:00 PDT; 17:00 MDT; 18:00 CDT; 13:00 HST; 15:00 AKDT; 16:00 Arizona; 23:00 GMT)
Speaker(s):
Mark Donovan, Melanie Folcik Barillaro
Brief Description:

Mark Donovan is our guest speaker for this event, bringing loads of experience to our screens to discuss tailwheel transition key training tips and student experiences from first hand situations. Learn about how to go about selecting the proper CFI, aircraft and what unique things you should be alert about during pre-flights. Mark will share his experience of flying his PA18-150 Super Cub.

Join us for an engaging conversation based on a real life scenarios from Mark himself. If you're thinking about expanding your endorsements, then this is a session that is not to be missed! Learn about the importance of the being vigilant in and out of the flight deck and the strong importance of learning impeccable stick and rudder skills. There will be live Q&A with our panelists and guest speaker. Tune in to join this unique discussion.

Select Number:
EA61145263
Webinar Information

This is a Webinar offering. In order to register, you must click this Zoom registration link or paste it in your browser: https://faavideo.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_nW2JKG5HTYuT37KwC-veOA


Seating:
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Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
FAASTeam
Contact Information:
Melanie Folcik Barillaro
Phone: (202) 746-6139
melanie.a.folcik.barillaro@faa.gov
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):

Mark is an FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor and Assistant Chief Flight Instructor at Laconia Flight Academy in Laconia, NH.

He is a CFI/CFII and holds commercial pilot certificates for ASEL, ASES, and AMEL, and has over 2,700 flight hours and over 2,000 hours of given flight instruction.

Mark has been flying his own Piper PA18-150 Super Cub since 2018 and showcases many of his flights in it on his Falcon Imagery YouTube channel. (See https://www.youtube.com/falconimagery) 

He is also a member of the New Hampshire Wing Civil Air Patrol, where he is a Mission Pilot and Instructor/Check-pilot Examiner.

Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 2
FAASTeam Project Information:
National Project:
Safety Promotion Outreach for Pilots
Additional Event Documents:
bullet  EA61145263F.pdf