AV geeks and STOL freaks, welcome to the 2024 National STOL season! -Ryan Dembroski, probably Death, taxes, and mud at Swamp STOL..some things in life are inevitable. After a long off season, our pilots, staff, and volunteers were thrilled to reunite and kick off the 2024 season at Swamp STOL. Returning for the 4th year to Jennings, LA, this was …
Last Saturday, National STOL and BurstixTV on Twitch teamed up for the inaugural National eSTOL competition in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. This trial run, with select pilots participating by invitation only, mimicked an IRL (“in real life”) National STOL competition, complete with broadcast, live announcers, a virtual airboss, and scoring of three competition runs. The competition took place at Johnson’s …
As the sun sets on a summer of incredible STOL action, Music City STOL in Gallatin, TN, provided an unforgettable weekend in country music’s hometown. The 7th and penultimate event of the 2023 season, Music City is poised to become a cornerstone of the National STOL circuit. Local hosts Chad and Luciana Hall of BOLD Aviation rallied the community of …
National STOL’s 6th event of the season, Rocky Mountain STOL, set sky high records in beautiful Pinedale, WY, this past weekend! After a strong showing with its inaugural 2022 event, 2023 was bigger and better than ever. With 32 registered competitors and an estimated crowd of 850, Rocky Mountain STOL more than doubled in size from year one to year …
Perfectly located just 54 miles south of Oshkosh, National STOL’s fifth event of the summer, Sodbusters STOL, took place this past weekend in Hartford, WI. While rains threatened late in the day on Saturday, 29 competitors took to the skies in warm and dry conditions. For many, Sodbusters was just the start to a week of celebrating aviation here in …
National STOL wrapped up yet another first-year event this past weekend in Isle, MN. SKOL STOL was a smashing success and was met with rave reviews by pilots and spectators alike. Isle Airport Association President and event host Tony Brumm organized a full weekend of events, starting with a fishing excursion on Thursday evening. Friday’s National STOL practice session was …
What a weekend in Wayne, NE! For the first time, STOL fans were treated to an opportunity to experience both of the top two national STOL competitions in one place, National STOL and STOL Drag. Many pilots participated in both events during a jam-packed weekend of flying. While the weather looked questionable in the days leading up to the event, …
Where Swamp STOL was cold and wet, Outlaw STOL was HOT and dry. With temperatures reaching almost 100 degrees and an asphalt runway, conditions could not have been more different for National STOL’s second competition of the year, located just a few miles from the US/Mexico border at Somerton Airport. National STOL was thrilled to debut its newly built out …
The first event of the National STOL 2023 series is in the books, and what an event it was! While the weather provided a number of logistical challenges and regretfully prevented some pilots and spectators from making it out to Swamp STOL, those that were in attendance braved the wind, rain, and mud with positive attitudes and were rewarded with …