Episode 3 of Season 2 of Beyond the Sticks takes us to Sarasota, Florida, to meet Brady Oakland, a 15-year-old sponsored RC pilot who's already flying turbine jets, chasing 3D on a gas Slick, and working toward his private pilot's licence in full-scale aviation.
We talk about:
🔸Getting into the hobby at 9 through full-scale flight lessons, before RC
🔸His first event — Florida Jets 2023 — and discovering Real Flight simulator (nearly 2,000 hours logged)
🔸Getting his first turbine (an L-39) and his current favourite, the Extreme Flight Vantage
🔸How sponsorship actually happens — and why "fly for fun, not for sponsorship" is the real advice
🔸Making the jump into gas-powered 3D on an Extreme Flight Slick 120cc
🔸His US event calendar — Snaposaurus, Superjet South, Jets Over Dan, Jets Over Miami, and his favourite: Jets and Warbirds Over Puerto Rico
🔸Going for his private pilot's licence and a possible career as a commercial or corporate pilot
Catch up on the rest of Season 2:
Season 2 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbCw2HkRPHsFZQ19WpmmdVLLhgkZnZ3ss
Links:
Brady's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brady.okerlund.2025
Western Park Show (mentioned): https://www.airshowinternational.co.uk
Lighter Side of RC (Jonathan, mentioned): https://www.thelightersideofrc.com
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