The art of flying,
taught properly.
Career aviators teaching tailwheel, aerobatics, and the full range of FAA ratings — from your discovery flight to your ATP — from a quiet Texas airfield north of Houston.
6R3 conditions, right now
Pulled from the Cleveland AWOS — readable at a glance before you drive out.
From zero to hero in the flying world.
Private Pilot
Your first license. From discovery flight to checkride in our Cessna 172M.
Instrument · Commercial · CFI
Continue the ladder all the way to instructor and ATP-track ratings.
Tailwheel & Aerobatics
Real stick-and-rudder. Tailwheel endorsements and Super Decathlon aerobatics.
Spin Endorsement (CFI)
$550 flat-rate spin training and endorsement for CFI candidates.
Discovery Flight
$135 — take the controls yourself. The best gift for the future pilot.
Ground School & Test Prep
Private, IFR, A&P/IA written test preparation by working professionals.
Upside down on purpose.
Our Super Decathlon makes Texas Stick and Rudder one of the few schools in the Houston area equipped for proper aerobatic instruction. Rolls. Spins. Hammerheads. Cuban 8s. The kind of flying that makes you a better pilot in every cockpit.
You learn from the people who do it for a living.
An active Air Traffic Controller at Houston Center. A retired Southwest Airlines senior captain. A type-rated jet aviator and A&P/IA. Every hour you fly with us is taught by someone whose career is aviation.
Meet the team
Tools we built for our students.
Most flight schools give you a brochure. We give you a platform. Live AWOS, weight & balance, an interactive 6R3 airspace map, a radio-comms simulator authored by an actual ATC controller, A&P knowledge prep, and a student portal that closes the loop on your training.
