Follow along as student pilot Jason (the Flying New Guy) gets his Private Certificate. Every week, CFIs Greg and Tom will do a mock checkride with him based on a specific topic.If you're a student pilot who wants to prepare for the checkride, or you've already passed and want to stay current - this podcast is for you!
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Booking probability
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Signup to Generate a PitchFollow along as student pilot Jason (the Flying New Guy) gets his Private Certificate. Every week, CFIs Greg and Tom will do a mock checkride with him based on a specific topic. If you're a student pilot who wants to prepare for the checkride, or you've already passed and want to stay current - this podcast is for you!
Flying New Guy is hosted by Pilot Institute. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Nobody Warned Me Stalls Would Feel Like This" (20 September 2026, 51 minutes), "My CFI Is More Worried About My Radio Than My Flying" (2 September 2026, 22 minutes), and "He Trained Only in a Simulator. Then We Gave Him a Real Airplane" (13 August 2026, 28 minutes).
Flying New Guy publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for Flying New Guy is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Flying New Guy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Flying New Guy's contact route on record: public web form.
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Pilot Institute hosts Flying New Guy, an education podcast with 22 episodes published.
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Jason is seven hours into his Private Pilot training, and this is the debrief from the flights where it got real. Slow flight, power off and power on stalls, a turning stall, and steep turns. Tom covers what to fix and...
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Jason has five hours of flight time. In this video, CFI Tom grades his taxiing, radio calls, and his first shot at all three ground reference maneuvers. Free private pilot study sheet download...
Jason spent months training in a flight simulator. Today, he flies a real airplane for the first time. CFI Tom takes Jason through his entire first lesson in the Diamond DA40: taxiing with differential braking, the...
Jason completed an entire private pilot maneuver curriculum in a full-motion VR simulator before ever setting foot in an airplane. In this episode, he shares what worked, what surprised him, and whether sim-first...
Download the free VOR app used in this video: https://bit.ly/free-vor-app-0712 In this episode, Jason takes on his first full VFR cross-country plan, Prescott to Winslow in the Diamond, and Greg puts him through the...
Welcome to part two of our episode covering navigation! Today, Greg and Jason will discuss VORs, GPS, HSI vs. CDI, filing flight plans, and much more! Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube...
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Today, we're going to dive into navigation, including everything you need to know, including time zones, winds, ground navigation, VFR regulations, magnetic deviation/variation, and much more! Prefer video? Watch this...
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For the past few months, Jason’s been working hard toward his private pilot certificate. And he just reached his first big milestone - the FAA written test. To talk about what it was like - and how he got ready for the...
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Check out Private Pilot Made Easy: https://bit.ly/private-pilot-made-easy-0557 On today’s episode, we’ll break down VFR weather minimums, show you how to identify each class of airspace on your sectional, and decode the...
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Download the FREE checkride study sheet here 👉 https://bit.ly/free-private-pilot-study-sheet-0399 Today, we’re going to be talking about something that every pilot deals with on every single flight: airport operations.
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Join student pilot Jason and CFI Greg as they tackle how to decode weather reports. If you prefer to see the weather reports Jason and Greg are talking about, watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n-OO3jfBWvc
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Weather is a big topic of conversation for pilots, but some don’t take their knowledge of it seriously enough. In this episode, Greg and student pilot Jason tackle one of the largest contributors to aviation accidents...
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As pilots, we make critical decisions every day. Without a proper way to make those decisions, we might as well flip a coin. In this video, we'll cover the Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) frameworks you can use to...
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Student pilot Jason is in the hot seat again! Knowing how your body works is vital to becoming a pilot. In this episode, we explore life-saving knowledge about aeromedical factors. Prefer video? Watch this episode on...
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In this mock checkride oral, you will learn the most important regulations you need to memorize. Think you can answer Greg's questions? Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OeQy9iZrmHc
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In this mock checkride oral, you will learn how CG works, why it's important, and much more. Think you can answer Greg's questions? Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NCHsgj8EP68
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In this mock checkride oral, you will learn how induced drag works, what ground effect is, why flaps exist, and much more. Think you can answer Greg's questions? Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube...
These are the questions DPEs love to ask. In this episode we'll explore instruments, covering everything from types of airspeed to altimeter errors. Think you can answer Greg's questions? Prefer video? Watch this...
In this episode we'll dive into the veins of an aircraft: its electrical system. Think you can answer Greg's questions? Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BW7DhcU4HMA?si=OuzWTjWgAoCMy42K
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In this episode we'll explore aircraft systems, starting with the heart of an airplane: its engine. Can you answer Greg's questions? Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube...
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