Flying By The Book
Flying by the Book takes the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook one chapter at a time — and makes it stick. Maya and Rico are AI-generated hosts. Episodes are produced from official FAA public-domain source material. Education and entertainment only — not flight instruction; always consult your CFI and the current FAR/AIM.
Flying By The Book
Latest Episodes
Trust the Panel: Building the Scan (IFH Ch. 6)
Last episode was the hardware; this one is the skill. Attitude instrument flying is controlling where the airplane points using the panel instead of the window — and it comes down to two habits: a disciplined cross-check and correct inter...
The Six-Pack and the Glass (IFH Ch. 5)
Every instrument on the panel is answering a question about pressure, a spinning mass, or a magnet — and the moment you can't see outside, those answers are all you have. Maya and Rico open the Instrument Flying Handbook's hardware chapte...
Why Instruments? Flying When You Can't See (IFH Intro)
We open a brand-new book. After a full season on the private certificate, Maya and Rico crack the FAA's Instrument Flying Handbook and start at the beginning — not with an approach or a hold, but with the why. Why instrument flyi...
Checkride Day: Standards, Nerves, and the DPE (Private ACS)
Flying by the Book takes the FAA's pilot handbooks and standards one piece at a time and actually makes it stick. In this episode, Maya (a CFII) and Rico (a charter captain) close out the private pilot checkride arc with the practical test itse...
The Oral, Part 2: Weather, Your Body, and Good Decisions (Private ACS)
Flying by the Book takes the FAA's pilot handbooks and standards one piece at a time and actually makes it stick. In this episode, Maya (a CFII) and Rico (a charter captain) continue the private pilot oral with Part 2 — weather, your own body, ...