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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchFlying 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.
Recent episodes include "Light and Simple: Sport Flying (AFH Ch. 17)" (18 August 2026, 27 minutes), "Jet Speed: A Different Way to Think (AFH Ch. 16)" (18 August 2026, 31 minutes), and "Spinning Up: Into the Turboprop (AFH Ch. 15)" (18 August 2026, 27 minutes).
Flying By The Book publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for Flying By The Book is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Flying By The Book requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Flying By The Book's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Flying By The Book are Airports & Aviation Services and Trade & Technical Schools.
Flying By The Book is a general podcast with 25 episodes published.
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Episode #17
<p>Light sport is aviation with the weight — and some of the barriers — stripped out. Chapter 17: what makes an airplane a light-sport airplane, what sport pilot privileges do and don't include, and the flying qualities...
Episode #16
<p>Jets aren't just faster — they think differently. Chapter 16: spool-up lag and why jet power demands anticipation, swept-wing behavior near the stall, high-altitude aerodynamics and the narrowing margin between too...
Episode #15
<p>The turboprop is where piston habits meet turbine reality. Chapter 15: how a gas turbine actually makes power, free-turbine versus fixed-shaft designs, torque and ITT limits, beta range and reverse thrust, and what...
Episode #14
<p>Tailwheel airplanes aren't harder to fly — they're just brutally honest. Chapter 14: why the aft CG makes a taildragger want to swap ends, ground loops and how they start, three-point versus wheel landings, and the...
Episode #13
<p>A small multiengine airplane flies almost exactly like a single — right up until one engine quits, and then it becomes a completely different animal. In this episode Maya and Rico take on Chapter 13 of the FAA...
Episode #12
<p>Your first complex airplane hands you three new levers and a whole new failure mode. Chapter 12: how retractable gear systems work and how pilots still land gear-up anyway, the constant-speed propeller and what...
Episode #11
<p>Performance maneuvers exist to make your hands smarter. Chapter 10: steep turns and the overbanking tendency, the steep spiral, the chandelle's climbing 180, and the lazy eight — the maneuver that punishes anyone who...
Episode #10
<p>Every flight ends the same way, and Chapter 9 is the biggest chapter in the book for a reason. Maya and Rico work through the whole arrival: what a stabilized approach actually means, the roundout and flare that...
Episode #7
<p>The takeoff is short, dense, and completely unforgiving of autopilot-brain. Chapter 6 walks the whole sequence — lineup, the roll, rotation, lift-off, and the first five hundred feet — plus the crosswind technique...
Episode #6
<p>Loss of control in flight is general aviation's biggest killer — and it is preventable. Chapter 5: what an airplane upset actually is, why the startle response is the first thing to manage, angle-of-attack awareness...
Episode #8
<p>Ground reference maneuvers are where the wind stops being a number and becomes something you fly against. Chapter 7: drift and crab, the rectangular course, S-turns across a road, and turns around a point — the...
Episode #9
<p>The traffic pattern is aviation's town square: everyone passes through, and the rules exist so nobody trades paint. Chapter 8 covers the standard pattern and its legs, entries done right, towered versus non-towered...
Episode #5
<p>Every airplane is an energy machine: altitude and airspeed are the two currencies you spend, save, and trade every second you fly. Maya and Rico open AFH Chapter 4 — how energy height works, why pitch and power are...
Episode #3
<p>Everybody wants Chapter Three — the flying part. Nobody makes a movie about the walk-around. But the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook opens Chapter 2 with a hard number: the NTSB has attributed roughly 85 percent of...
Episode #4
<p>This is the one. The four fundamentals — straight-and-level, turns, climbs, and descents — are the foundation of literally everything else in flying. A takeoff is a ground roll, a little straight-and-level, and a...
Episode #1
<p>Welcome to Flying by the Book — the show that takes the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook one chapter at a time and actually makes it stick. In this first episode, Maya (a CFII) and Rico (a charter captain) open Chapter...
Flying By The Book
<p>Welcome to Flying by the Book — the show where hosts Maya (a flight instructor) and Rico (a charter pilot) take the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook one chapter at a time and actually make it stick. All eighteen...
Episode #2
<p>Night flying is the most beautiful flying there is — and the most unforgiving of sloppy preparation. Maya and Rico take on Chapter 11 of the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook: the three definitions of night (and why the...
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