Mike Kloch Aviation Consulting

04/04/2026

Pilots, do stalls raise your stress levels? For some, it's actually a fear of stalls. This often leads to poor, or inefficient recoveries. Pilots also do things such as adding 10 knots to their approach speed due to a fear of stalling (not good). Incomplete or poor instruction is one of the causes of stall apprehensions. Some instructors have this fear of stalls also. Unacceptable!

If you want some tips on stalls and better recoveries from someone who has done many THOUSANDS of stalls, check out the free paper, '11 Tips For Better Airplane Stall Recoveries' by Master CFI-Aerobatic Mike "Cuckoo" Kloch.

Go to the page:
https://www.specializedaeroworks.com/stalls

03/18/2026

Mike Kloch, of Specialized Aero Works, has been named the 2026 Certified Flight Instructor of the Year by the General Aviation Awards! Mike is UPRTN’s Vice President. This certainly qualifies as “Pursuing Excellence in 2026!”
Congrats Cuckoo, well done!
www.generalaviationawards.com

02/14/2026

It's 8 days until the Northwest Aviation Conference. SAW will have a booth, as usual. CEO Mike Kloch will be speaking on Saturday at 10:30 on the Immense Value of Upset Recovery Training, and on Sunday at 1 about Flight Testing Homebuilt Airplanes. We hope to see you there!

12/30/2025

New Episode Up on The Aviation Rant! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aviation-rant/id1784609266?i=1000742793795

11/27/2025

11/23/2025

Mike Kloch and Darren Pleasance (CEO of AOPA) had a great flight in SAW's Super Decathlon this morning, getting some acro and landings in. Darren is an excellent tailwheel and aerobatics pilot.

Mike and Darren talked about some safety initiatives for the Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Network - UPRN, which Mike is the Vice-President of. We hope to possibly collaborate with AOPA by creating measures and incentives that will enhance GA safety. Looking forward to a productive 2026!

11/23/2025

10/28/2025

Here are 7 maneuvers performed in the Super Decathlon. Some are normal advanced maneuvers and some are non-standard maneuvers. See if you can describe each m...

10/26/2025

Podcast Episode · The Aviation Rant · 10/26/2025 · 1h 9m

10/25/2025

Check out the TV segment Dan & I on.

O'Brien and Mike Kloch were on a Segment of The American dream TV show with host Rachel Strong. We discuss SAW and Mike takes Rachel for an aerobatic ride. This was Rachel's first small airplane ride, and she loved it!

Check out the segment here: https://youtu.be/2XOoFLBRjNs

10/09/2025