First Solo today!  Brian Snyder has earned the privilege to fly solo in the Cessna 172.  He started his training as a Sport Pilot student and is now transitioning to the C172 to work on his Private Pilot license.  Brian had 12.5 hours in the C172 prior to solo.  Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8Mt_pkJ2U
	You May Be Legal, But Are You Right?  A short article on combining the FAR's with Common Sense and creating your personal minimums.
	20 Below Zero and 20 new Flight Students in Ground School  Flight schools are filling their ground schools with new students thanks in part to the new Sport Pilot regulations.
	Chris Bunting worked hard in July with instructors Chris Milo, Tyra Cerny, and Paul Van Brunt in preparation for his Private Pilot Practical Exam.   On August 3, 2009 ~ with just over 51 total flight hours, he joined the privileged ranks and became a licensed Private Pilot after passing his exam with Barb Mack, DPE.  Following this, he packed up his belongings and moved to Rwanda to teach for year.
	Rachel Johnson flew her first solo in N380SP, our Cessna 172 on Saturday July 11, 2009.  She and instructor 'Capt' Paul Van Brunt have been working hard on perfecting those landings.  Saturday had a good gusty crosswind to challenge her skills.  Next up is flight planning a cross country flight.
	Air Force Sgt Eric Miller is home on leave and working on earning his initial Sport Pilot license.  Sgt Miller has been studying his course text books all winter and passed his Sport Pilot Knowledge test.  He is now flying twice per day and working hard toward his goal of getting his pilot license this summer.  Read more here.  2009.07.07
	Dr. Manny Block, PhD shared a few of his aviation stories and training tips with the LSA North, Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training spring ground school class at AirLake.  Pilots in attendance were both student pilots and licensed pilots who had heard him speak before and wanted to learn more from his lifetime of aviation experiences.  Dr. Block wrote his dissertation An Analysis of Factors Involved in Teaching Pilots to Land and is an industry expert in teaching student pilots.  2009.04.28
	Licensed pilots and current students of LSA North ~ Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training had the opportunity to tour the Saint Paul, Holman Field control tower on April 3, 2009.  The perspective from above was quite enlightening vs. the usual view from ground level of the airport taxi ways and runways.  The controllers emphasized the value of getting a squawk code and using flight following coming to, and leaving, the Class D airspace.  The controllers suggested asking for progressive taxi instructions when lost or in unfamiliar areas, and to let them know that you are a Student Pilot on call up. They welcomed the students and asked that they come back and practice landings at KSTP anytime.
	Fourteen student pilots and instructors from LSA North, Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training toured the Minneapolis - Farmington Air Traffic Control facility on 09FEB09.  They were given a weather brief and saw how the weather in one part of the country can affect flights on the other side.  They were given the opportunity to each sit with a controller working a different sector of the country.
	Follow along with US Navy veteran Ken Hendrickson as he learns to fly with LSA North, Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training.  Ken was wounded in Iraq in 2006 and is on the road to recovery.  Able Flight has awarded him a full flight training scholarship to help him achieve his goal of becoming a licensed pilot.  Click to view his blog.  02FEB09
	LSA North and Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training congratulate our first licensed Sport Pilot, Phillip "Jim" Pearsall for 2009.  Jim passed his practical exam January 26, 2009 flying out of AirLake in a Flight Design CT.  Jim is an aviation enthusiast who enjoys learning about the theory of flight, and is meticulous in applying what he learns,  He enjoys visiting air shows to see and test fly various aircraft designs.  We are very proud to have had him as a student in our flight school.
	LSA North and Stick-n-Rudder Flight Training are featured in the February 2009 issue of AOPA Flight Training Magazine with their students who have received Able Flight scholarships.  Read the article here.
	LSA North will participate in the Lakeville High School Career Jamboree on November 3, 2008.  The event will be held at the Lakeville South High School.  More information on starting a career in aviation can be found at this link (click here).
	Flying a Flight Design CTsw, Gary Haynes successfully completed his FAA Practical Exam on November 1, 2008 and is now a licensed Sport Pilot.  Congratulations Gary!
	LSA North is in the news, October 10, 2008.  Check out the article and video from the Lakeville Sun Current newspaper profiling two of our students, Paul Brown and Ken Hendrickson (photo) with Scott Johnson, CFI.
	LSA North had three Flight Design CT light sport aircraft on display Saturday, October 11 2008 from 11:00 -- 4:00 at the Crystal airport KMIC.  The LSA Expo was sponsored by Club Cherokee and your local LSA flight schools and distributors.  Pilots were excited to see six different Light Sport Aircraft on display, side by side for comparison.  On display were GOBOSH, Technam, Jabiru, Flight Design, Evektor, and Remos aircraft.
	Paul Brown has successfully completed his FAA Practical Exam and is now a licensed Sport Pilot.  Paul completed his check-ride and oral examination on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at the Air-Lake airport (KLVN) in Lakeville MN with Designated Examiner Barbara Mack.  Flying a Flight Design CTsw, and with just over 30 hours of dual and solo flight time he successfully demonstrated his knowledge of the regulations, aviation flight planning processes, and navigation abilities, along with aeronautical decision making abilities.  Paul was a recipient of an Able Flight flight training scholarship and showed what the right attitude, goal setting, and perseverance can accomplish.  He trained with the professional flight instructors of LSA North over the summer of 2008, and he is now off working on his next goal of getting his Tail Wheel endorsement in Oklahoma.   Able Flight's mission is to offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge themselves through flight training, and by doing so, to gain greater self-confidence and self-reliance.  More information at  http://www.ableflight.org/
	Jim Pearsall completed his first solo in a Flight Design CTsw on August 27, 2008.  Jim has been flying out of KLVN with LSA North flight instructors Scott Johnson, Dan Boerner, and Paul Van Brunt. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReM9at3bjps On a warm, windy, late summer evening, with the crickets chirping in the background Jim completed three smooth landings.
	LSA North Student Sport Pilot, Paul Brown (photo) of Lakeville MN has earned a flight training scholarship from Able Flight.  Able Flight's mission is to offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge themselves through flight training, and by doing so, to gain greater self-confidence and self-reliance.  More information at  http://www.ableflight.org/  August 20, 2008
	June 19, 2008  LSA North inc., announces another Student Pilot has successfully soloed in a Flight Design CTsw LSA.  Gary Haynes, has been working with the certificated flight and advanced ground instructors at LSA North, and after 17 hours of dual instruction he (and his instructors) felt that he was ready to solo.  On a (the first) hot, sunny, summer afternoon with high density altitudes and little wind to keep cool with, he completed three soft, straight, and exemplary landings at AirLake (KLVN).  Gary hopes to complete his training in time for this years' EAA AirVenture at Osh Kosh WI.
	LSA North has another licensed Sport Pilot!  Kris Halvorson, age 17, successfully completed his FAA Practical exam with Designated Examiner Barbara Mack on June 18, 2008 at the AirLake KLVN airport in a Flight Design CT sw light sport airplane.  Kris has been training with flight instructors Scott Johnson, Tyra Cerny, Dan Boerner, and Paul Van Brunt.  He completed his Sport Pilot training in just over 29 hours of flight time.  His next goal is to complete his Private Pilot training requirements this summer.  Kris is a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol Saint Paul MN Squadron where he will share his aviation knowledge and continue his flight training.  Kris is an honor student and student athlete at Washburn H.S. in Minneapolis.  He has funded his flight training by working nights and weekends at LifeTime Fitness, and washing the occasional airplane for LSA North.  Upon graduation from High School next spring, he plans to join the US Navy and become an officer and aviator.   Kris has proven what hard work, dedication, and following a dream can accomplish.  We are very proud of him.   More information at http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1157-full.html#198254
	Aircraft Resource Center (ARC) is holding a summer cookout at the AirLake airport (KLVN) every Friday from 11:30 ~ 1:30 all summer.  Come and join the fun!  Fly, walk, or drive to AirLake.  Burgers are on the grill and airplanes are on the ramp.  You never know who, or what, will be here from vintage war birds to the newest technology in jets or light sport aircraft.  Airplane rides and Discovery Flights are available.  Email ScottJ@LSANorth.com for more information.
	Sport Pilot Ground School starts June 3, 2008 out of the KLVN airport.  More information can found at this link.  This course will prepare you to take, understand, and pass the FAA Knowledge Test.  Advanced pilots will also benefit from this refresher course in flight planning, safety, and regulations.  This will also serve as your BFR ground instruction if you continue with LSA North, inc. for the flight portion.
	May 25, 2008 -- LSA North Inc and the environmentally friendly, the Green CT.  The Flight Design CT is environmentally friendly, safe, fun, and affordable to operate.  The Sport Pilot license is making it possible for many people to become, or resume being, a license pilot.  Learn why the CT is the most "green" aircraft operating today.
	April 3, 2008 -- LSA North Inc flew students from the Saint Paul Connections "Sky Pilot"  (# 16) program on Discovery Flights during Spring Break.  Students who have completed the Private Pilot Ground School offered by ISD 625 are each provided a Discovery Flight.  The initial flights for this year's class were flown by Scott Johnson, CFI, AGI out of the Wings Aviation Services facility at Holman Field (KSTP) Saint Paul MN.  LSA North, inc is the distributor of the Flight Design CT for the upper Midwest and has the premium Sport Pilot training program in Minnesota.  Photo of pilot, and first students here.  A Sport Pilot license is the first step in a long line of aviation training milestones.  All flight training as a Sport Pilot will count toward future pilot ratings, i.e.  a Private Pilot, and is a cost effective way to get started in aviation for pleasure or as a future career.
	February 6, 2008 -- LSA North Inc solos second flight student in 2008!  Student pilot Timothy Theobald of Burnsville MN.       Click for details.
	January 23, 2008 -- LSA North Inc will have a Flight Design CT on display indoors at the Rochester Sports & Vacation Show
	January 6, 2008 -- 17 Year-old Student Solos in 17 hours   Light Sport Aircraft North, Inc Announces First Student Solo of 2008
	December 1, 2007 -- New Model - Flight Design CT LS for 2008    Flight Design USA announces new model CT LS for 2008
	Press Release: Latest Aircraft Technology at Airlake Airport

Click the above link for video of the new Flight Design CT available at Airlake from LSA North, Inc.