Giving a Flight Lesson in Cessna 172 

Dakota is a wonderful calm teacher! Great job!!

Dakota. You do an outstanding job instructing. Being a pilot along with my pilot wife for the past 40 plus years we both enjoyed your teaching skills. One thing every pilot remembers forever is their first flight at the controls and their first solo. So she will always remember you and today’s flight. Great job Dakota!!

As someone working on their CFI, I found Dakota's teaching style a great lesson for myself. Positive, calm and informative without being too much at once.

12:10 absolutely love how Dakota teaches "control the plane, don't let it control you" here. 15:50 horizon/instrument discovery. Love how she verbalizes things. Actually love the whole thing. So relaxing and positive.

Very good job by Dakota. The calmness and communication is exceptional for an instructor. Good job

Dakota is a very confident instructor. Students should absorb lots of great instruction. A+

She is a good instructor.

Dakota seems like an awesome teacher!

That's what we need, Dakota! You demonstrating and leading the dialogue! Much more of this, please😁

Well done Amanda, it all gradually comes back to you. It really helps having a great instructor like Dakota there to keep things light and professional. It’s always fun flying with Dakota. 💋👍

That GoPro was hanging on for dear life! Also, what a smooth landing!

This instructor is great.

Dakota is doing a great job with Flying Doodles.

Dakota is awesome, calm and reassuring the whole time ! excellent!

I Haven't been Flying since the '90s. brought back a lot of fond memories. Thanks Dakota.

great video of both Dakoa as a great calm instructor and Amanda as the student. great personalities. Dakota is more suited for flying than sailing!

Dekota this was so nice flying with you and Amanda. I don't know much about flying, but you were sweet in the way teaching Amanda. Bobby would be proud. Cheers Cape Town 💯❤🇿🇦🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Glad to see you back. You have the perfect personality for instructing. I look forward to more content like this...hugs...143❤

I like it when you go into teacher mode. It reminds me of going flying as a kid in a tail dragger and with my friend as he was getting his pilots license.

Dakota sounds a lot like my instructor (Katherine) in BG Ky. Very relaxed, smooth and informative voice. Funny too. When they started taxing and she was explaining about steering with brakes, using the top of the pedals with light pressure, she sounded exactly like my Katherine. Great video

It’s amazing to see how each instructor has a different way of teaching. Some cover the little details and some assume you know the little details. Having an instructor explain how the top and bottom of the pedals work would have been good for my first lesson.

Well done ladies, great episode. We need to see more of you Dakota.

Dakota, you seem like an excellent instructor. Really great demeanor. Well done Amanda!

8:42 - "And that's all I want you to be responsible for at this point". HAA!! Funny - she thinks - "Say What?" You're a great, instructor. Fun and informative! This is fun to watch.

Dakota, you are a very good instructor. Of course I knew that before I saw you in action. Good job Amanda!

Dakota ❤ Great aviator and instructor! A person of substance. Thank you :)

Amanda really is something 🤩

Wonderful to Amanda and Dakota together again great video would love to know when this video was filmed, putting the dates on videos, Sailing, Flying and Glamping would be great. Take care all 😍😍😍

Total respect for Dakota. Well done.

You have the patience of JOB! Great pilot Dakota.

I DID MY TRAINING IN A 172 IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM IN 1972. LOVE THAT AIR CRAFT!!

Love it, go Dakota!

Loved every minute of this video....great job Dakota...

Great job, congratulations!

Anyone else while watching her do the steep turns praying she hit the wake? :) Like come on...come on...hit it...doooo it!

Awesome video and an even more awesome instructor! Great job, Dakota and Amanda!!

This is a very nice refresher for me. My dad had a 172. We flew it until he decided to rebuild it. He had his A/P ticket and added STOL tips. When he passed, a fresh 180 Lycoming was in the box, ready to install. But he had a great time flying it and rebuilding it. I know he's still flying. Thanks for the ride.

Taking lessons from Dakota has got to be a blast, yet serious at the same time. Great teacher.

the girls. So cool Damn Dakota you're a great instructor

Love this video. Possibly the best Flying Doodles episode yet. Great seeing the girls.togeher and Dakota killing as an instructor ❤❤

Amazing instruction! All girls were incredible! Been flying for 40 years, and never had such a chill and fun instructor!❤

Excellent job.. Dakota is an excellent instructor very calm knowledgeable and has a great way of getting over her instructions

Excellent instruction Dakota. Makes me want to start flying again.

Girls gone flying.

Dakota is an excellent flight instructor and Amanda once again nailed it . This was a very good video and it was nice to see both student and instructor having fun as well as teaching.

Such a wonderful teacher.

Love your Foghorn Leghorn on the tail!!! - 70 yr old married gent here in Northern California wine country. Took flying lessons in my 20s on a Taylor craft tail dragger.Great to see gals flying!! Awesome stuff!!

Very well done!

Totally Awesome!!! That calm instructor voice is great to hear.

Three cuties! Lovely!

Great video Dakota!!!

Dakota, it was good to see you ! I hope to see you on the boat again.

You do a great job as an instructor. In control, calm, cool , collected, and teaching at the same time.

Thank you Dakota , Awesome .

Great video Dakota!!! Very fun to see al you girl together, Ashley is a keeper!

She is a heck of instructor!

Stellar job Dakota! You have an excellent Pilot-side 😎 manner. This is a cool addition to the channel. Having footage of students learning to fly. If I needed a Pilots License, It would be an honor having you an an Instructor. You are an Amazing asset to The Sailing Doodles Team! Thanks for all you do Dakota!

I am moving to this channel Dakota. You are a fantastic captain of the sky ! Amanda is a bit timid and Bobby takes the lead so she is perfect on that show. Dakota, you come alive when you're in the skies. Try to get a Piaggio P180 Avanti to fly. I'd love to see that.

Nice looking airplane, you can tell its been well taken care of.

Great looking 172 with a updated panel and avionics

Dakota has more nerve then I would of had letting Amanda do the take off.

Great teacher Dakota

Just a little correction to your run up procedure. Make sure when you check carb heat, you leave it pulled out until you return to idle. To make sure it stays running at idle with cab heat on. Which is the condition you would have on final, and you have the runway made and you pull it to idle with carb heat you want to make sure the engine does not quit. Great video, Good Instructions !

Awesome job Dakota !!

Well done Dakota.

Dakota is amazing. Amanda is great too.

Love this, great job Dakota - Since you also have sailing experience, it would be interesting to hear you discuss how a stalled wing in the plane and angle of attack are the same thing as trimming a sail so it isn't luffing. A lot of people have an epiphany when they make the connection!

Great episode! Love to see Dakota taking the controls. She is so darn professional. Very impressive! Thanks!

Doodles - you are a great, relaxed teacher!

That was cool Dakota.😃

3 words... THAT WAS BRILLIANT.

Dakota you are a great pilot go girl power!!

Chicks flying a plane. Very 🔥🔥🔥.

Dakota you're a fabulous teacher!

👍✅👏 the girls without the Bobby, 🏝 or👙🤣Tks Dakota!

Awesome video Dakota!!

You have confidence nailed down.

Sooo miss you on the boat with bobby .. but nice to keep up to date with you with these vidoes , hope to see you back on the boat someday maybe when you take a vacation 👍

Great episode. Dakota you are amazing!

I really enjoyed this Dakota 🙂

Far more substance than sailing doodles! Keep them coming!

Great video girls, Dakota what a great teacher. Cool calm and collected.. thank you for a great ride.

Dakota is an awesome teacher. I would love to take classes for sure. Not thinking Amanda had much flight time?

I always love it when you fly as opposed to just being a passenger. Thank you

Flying is the DEFINITION OF MULTITASKING!!!!

Awesome video. Reminds me of my flight time and the fun I had with my instructor. Thank you!

Camera Girl in the back is like ......."I'm gonna die"......lol

Great lesson, brings old memories learning and soloing back in 1963! An old dirt runway then!! Wonderful seeing you girls together again!! Your SO in your element Dakota!!

It's great to see you with your spirits up, Dakota.

Dakota great job !

About 45 years ago, my dad took me up in N2750L out of Schuyler NE., I was seven. Great video!

I really liked this video. I always learn a few things about flying, but this was all about flying and not just the plane. THANKS! You're a good instructor, and make me want to drive up to Dallas and take some lessons.

love your interaction and commentary!!

Teacher - an interesting thing to explain to your student would be that when you say "Runway 13 left - the number 13 actually has to do precisely with a direction of the compass!! That tells you the orientation of the runway. Nobody ever seems to describe that !! Very important!! Just sayin! Just subbed!

Thanks for a awesome episode 🙌

Dakota was born to fly. You're awesome!

One of the best episodes...Dakota, you are a superb instuctor, congrats!!!...good to see you two together....I'll be waiting for the next lesson!!!!...great job girls!!!!

Dakota great video. Amanda well done on your flying. You had a great teacher. Dakota when does my class start?Looking forward to more video's

Dakota is an awesome lady..great video

I love it! Dakota, if I was in a position to take lessons, I would love to have you as an instructor.