This is probably one of the best learning videos I've seen on youtube after watching thousands of them. What a great interaction between an honest pilot with his license to learn and an instructor who is both practical and proficient.

Please keep having videos like this! It's nice to see uncut real life flying experiences.

They have so much good equipment and aids in planes today. When I started my flight instruction in Sept of 1974 in a 150, all we had for aids was a VOR and our two eyes unless you were in a 172 that had a transponder. That was it. I sure wish we had the GPS back then. This is great video with very good instructor.

Love how a fight review turned into a training session. That's what I call efficiency. Hope I get such a good FI, once I start flying.

Your FI is very good, I can tell just by watching the first 5 minutes of the video. keep this one ;) sincerely a fellow pilot

Outstanding video. Learned quite a lot. Keep these things coming. It's always great to have an instructor that knows his business well.

Excellent job flying, I'm sure you learned more than you thought you could in such a short period of time in the air. Good Job.

Great video of a flight review! Really enjoyed the interaction between you and the instructor.It's also good to see the way a flight review can be customized to the pilot's experience level.

I think I've watched this video at least 5 times since it was first published, and I learn something new each time! These are the types of videos that really make me want to become a pilot.

Not sure how old he is but wow, one hell of an instructor! Absolute quality all around.

Off the chain informative. I appreciate content like this so much. While you were learning we were learning by you taking us with you. Thanks a bunch for that! Keep up the good work!

Great video. I got really invested in this flight and loved how well you handled your introduction to IFR. The instructor was great which helped you stay focussed and learn - gentle but on point ("look at the bank angle you put in" while messing with the radio). Kudos to both of you from Australia.

Excellent video. Learned a lot. Thank you for the great reminders. Been stuck on the ground for 4 months and will fly with an instructor in a few days to practice before renting a plane again.

This was amazing to watch. I learned a ton honestly. Really great instructor. And you were great with the radios and even better with the flying. It was cool to see a bit of CRM at times, and I was also able to spot a few moments of task saturation...which were also well handled. Thank you for posting this video.

Possibly the best plane video ive seen on KZfaq. So much learning. More please!

What an excellent instructor. I love how you constantly quiz your student. All the "what ifs".

Great vid!!!, especially for those who's as far along in his or her flight training as he is! enjoyed the flight along with you guys! Keep em coming, thanks!

Love the discussion at 18-20min about VFR into IMC and being able to tune an approach; I'm working on my CFI and its a debate I've had with several instructors. I see significant value in doing an "Intro to emergency-IFR for the soon-to-be VFR pilot" lesson that covers the basics of GPS, LOC/ILS approaches before or immediately after a PPL Checkride. I understand the idea of not wanting to overload your student and I wouldnt expect any student to memorize/learn it until they are going for their Instrument rating, but having a basic understanding or even just basic knowledge of the approach plate (MSA, frequencies, etc) without practice could save their lives. There are so many things I've learned latter in my piloting career (and it's not like I have thousand's of hours) that I wish I had known during my primary flight training... I include basic approach knowledge with flying a stall for an extended time especially through turns and a traffic pattern and doing significant-upset/spin training as things that the PPL syllabus and the instructors seem to eschew in favor of "immediate recovery" or "awareness" yet I've found knowing the quick basics of an instrument approach, the edge of my plane's slow flight performance, that a stall is not necessarily a "bad" thing and that I could get myself out of an unintentional (or intentional for fun) spin to have been incredible boosts to my awareness and avoidance of those situations. I suppose there is an argument that the boost might give a newly minted pilot a false bravado to take a risk they arent ready for I understand why instructors avoid them; they can be risky to begin with and even more so with a student pilot at the controls but I think the instructors do their students a disservice. I flew with an instructor just recently for a rental checkout and she was so nervous because I could and would take the plane to the edge of the performance envelope and back... She absolutely hated my approach speeds and didn't seem to understand where the 65 kts book speed was derived from. It was like she thought we'd stall and fall out of the sky at any second... Of course she was probably a newly minted CFI and didn't have many more hours than I do; she certainly didnt have the variety of experience. I've also argued the proper response to a DPE telling you your "ipad just died now what" is to tune 121.5 (or whoever you may already be talking with) and declare an emergency (at least when you are unable to continue with your flight plan). The regs only require you to carry one set of charts, they permit an EFB as adequate and while paper might not have a battery life but it is prone to its own failures (tears, spills/stains, flying out the window, under the seat, etc.) and at night a paper chart is just as unreadable without a flashlight as your now dead iPad.

Easily my favorite video. As you said, there is so much information here, there's no substitute for just seeing it all. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much for this excellent video. I got more out of watching this than I did my own BFR. I like your instructor - and his constant quizzing of you while flying. Thanks for taking the time to produce and share - something we can all learn from......

this is a great video. I would love to see more long and informative videos like this. thank you so much

Probably my favorite of all your videos

Such a cool video. Best I've seen in a long time. Itching to get into my aim to have a go. Thanks a million.

There are BRFs and then there are BFRs! I recently had mine too, and I must admit, yours is one of the most thorough flight reviews I've seen. It's always nice to be pushed just outside your comfort zone to keep you sharp. Great job and very informative. As your CFI quizzed you, I found myself answering right alongside you. Thanks for posting and keep up the great work!

My friend from start to finish, as always, I enjoyed every moment. Well done! Even when the mind is getting saturated you continued to fly, navigate and communicate. You have become my favorite aviation channel hands down! Thank you for taking us flying with you!

very good training video, i really like this CFII shoutout to him.

What a great instructor. I wish i had one like him. He knew I was going for my Commercial PL but he only wanted me to learn the basic for Private Pilot. In the end I found someone that was supper cool and helped me alot. Kudos to you flight trainer.

Great video!! I'm glad you guys clarified with tower on traffic. I was getting the heebee jeebees with the confusion.

I have just found your channel and this is one of my favourite videos ever. (You can probably tell from my spelling that I'm from the UK ) keep up the good work. I find this type of video enjoyable and informative.

Loved the video! Typical flight instruction and good pace and energy. Good to see you struggle a bit and push the enveloppe. Very nice video!

Great video, learning so much. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video, thanks for sharing!

I don’t fly, but this is just the greatest. Watching these videos is totally entertaining. I am in all of your knowledge and of all pilots. Keep on doing what you’re doing because these are fun!

Great review, you kept everything moving along nicely.

Great video. Just passed My IFR Written and have about 3 weeks before the checkride. This is a very helpful and informative video for anyone about to jump into Instrument flying.

Fantastic video. What a great instructor. Your confidence in your responses were the key to why he had you doing more under the hood I think. It would be interesting to see what you want to improve on from this and make a series of videos from that. Thanks for sharing your experience today.

I've been watching your videos for a while, and I am really impressed! In fact, I am starting my PPL training tomorrow, and these videos are making me very excited to start! Thanks very much for the great content!

Excellent! Put me right back in my training days. You were both very Professional

WOW!!!! That was sooooo full of great info!!!! Absolutely loved it!!! Good to see you comfortable enough to show the public that you don't know everything! I just keep getting more and more impressed with your character. Good on ya!!!! I'll probably watch this a couple more times to pick up what I didn't get the first time.

Another great video- loved it - keep them coming !

Excellent video and full of really useful information. Well done for the uncut version.

Really enjoyed this video! I like this non-cut footage, its super educational and informative!!

Love this episode! Learned a lot. More like this please

Wow, this video brought back memories of my flight training in a C172 with the stalls, engine out and other various maneuvers. You guys were a great team up there. Solid instruction while you clearly demonstrated your knowledge and flying skills. Fun watch !

Thank you for sharing this. It was very helpful.

This was an awesome video. It was great to see and hear all of this, keep 'em coming!

What a great video, if I was ever to learn how to fly, I would seek either of you out, Intellectual, calm , logical decision making . Impressive when student states he had practiced verbally, the different oral commands, and jargon. Great team of guys .

Very good BFR. LIke the CFI said he knew you had passed the BFR in the first 30 minutes. But he continued to test and teach you new and very useful information. By being in a very stressful situation you became a sponge and suck in the information he was giving you. You might not remember everything but if ever you found yourself needing to do this again you would not be so stressed. Very good CFI and very good BFR.

Love this video and it's length. Really shows all the steps without the possibility of missing things due to cuts.

Man I miss your vids. This is still one of my favorites.

Dude, I love this video, I’ve watched it multiple times.

Thank you for sharing. I feel like I got shorted on my last flight review. I wasn't challenged AT ALL. I need a new CFI. We just did a few take offs and landings, and navigated to one airport and back, and that was it. I have been under the hood before, and I seem to do very well like you did here. My previous instructor would have me put the hood on before departure, and lower it down as we climb out. I did nearly my whole flight review under the hood, navigating to 3 airports over a Michigan great lake, and an ILS approach at the end. He retired, and I miss being challenged... Thanks again for sharing.

I'm coming up on 1 year of no flying after retirement from airlines, I'm learning on this video. I've not flowing VFR for 20 years at least. Scary lol. Good Job. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats on what looked like an amazing flight. Well done!

Outstanding, very well done! I really enjoy the videos! Thanks for posting!

Hi Nick. I am a low hour student who tends to watch way too many youtube flying videos. This is, by far, the best vid I have seen. Thank you.

I really enjoy your videos! I am currently saving for my PPL in the DFW metroplex area and your videos are making the wait much more bearable. :)

Thanks for sharing this video, I’m sure I will get pages of notes from this.

Wow! That instructor is the best. I haven't begun any flight training yet but I can tell you would be well off with that guy. Excellent at explaining things while keeping it interesting.

This was an excellent check ride! In 9 days I get my ppl flight exam, and I really appreciate this video! Thanks!

Excellent video, really really good. Bit of everything - checkride info, instrument flying info, slightly less common ATC comms. Great stuff! :D

Excellent job to you both!!!

Up next on FSF: Nick and Instructor roast a random KZfaq comment.

It was cool to see you go to New Bedford! I have been at KEWB for a while getting all my ratings, hope you enjoyed my home airport.

Great video! It gave me a general insight into what a BFR may include. I can say instrument training can get intense with approaches and challenging with coms. Keep learning and practicing those approaches and you'll get your instrument rating without a problem.

Great Video i just completed my BFR on 6/30/18 and my instructor did the very same thing. i ended up shooting 2 vor approaches and a loc back course fun stuff

I really love these kinds of uncut videos. A friend of mine is getting his private pilots license right now and It has got me thinking about getting my own in the future. I feel like I learn a lot when things are explained as they are happening.

Nice IFR training, good instructor, thanks for sharing.

I wish my current CFI was this informative and engaging... Nice video! I like the ventral camera position, it's cool.

As beginner pilot it's nice to have videos like that to guess in direction I need to learn and to perfect it. Instructor is awesome, lots of on spot info why he is doing this way but not the other. Thanks for your efforts.

Great great video! The IFR ticket is a little bit of work, but very rewarding, and, fun too. Best of luck. Very impressed with this instructor, I need help with a BFR/IPC & inital CFI at KPTK in Michigan lol Take care Scott

Great video and seems to be great instructor. Working on my IFR and preparing for written. These videos are great for visual learners like myself. ..keep up the great work and great landing

New sub here. I like the longer videos I am currently working at a aircraft maintenance shop and am wanting to get into flying at a much later date. Watching your videos are nice to try to get a grasp of everything is want to know. Plus either way there still vary interesting videos none the less. Keep up the great work.

Loved this style, please keep them coming!

Great video, thanks for uploading!

Favorite video of yours so far.

You are a very good pilot. Get that IFR.

I thoroughly enjoyed this longer format video, I wouldn't mind seeing more of these. I'm not a real world pilot, just a flight simulator guy, but even I learned something out of this about recovering from stalls. Between yourself, FlightChops and Josh Flowers, I enjoy flight videos a lot due to the professionals showing us their stuff.

Wow, thanks for that. I almost feel I should send you or your CFI a check. Great video.

I was listening to this in the background, but had to actually watch it. Very good.

Sorry it's late today, guys. KZfaq overhauled everything, and it's still got some bugs. Skip to 6:05 for my favorite moment!

My BFR is due this month. Our club has a T-34 that I'm getting qualed in. CFI said he would knock out both at the same time. SWEET! Thanks for the video.

Thanks for this great video again. Full of useful informations and all. I'm in PPL training right now and really eager to learn as much as possible from experienced pilots.

This is great, I am preparing for my practical soon. I just finished my last required training last night with my CFI, the 1.5 hour night cross county. Unfortunately my flight school is shutting down, and I lost the Warrior I have 40+ hours in. But my instructor is getting me familiar with the Piper Arrow (=Complex) that is privately owned and leased through the flight school. So sounds like I am getting my complex endorsement, Now, instead of later. Last night was the first flight in it, and it went really well. Even though I have grown up around and worked on planes all my life, I was humbled by how much I didn't know or just didn't naturally take to like I thought. But seeing how my instructor has helped me develop my piloting skills, it wasn't as intimidating the fact that I had to mix a new plane and skills going into my practical. You do have to have some confidence in yourself as a pilot to progress, but not so much you become cocky, which equals unsafe in my opinion. I hope I continue to keep it balanced, and my CFI has done a good job keeping me motivated, while putting me in my place, when I needed it, at the same time. On a side note, sometimes ignorance can have a positive affect. Last night my home Airport had become a FEMA hub for refueling medial transport planes for the Hurricane Harvey, unbeknownst to me. Lesson learned, check your home Airport for NOTAMs too, however there weren't any for this. So we managed the traffic in our local pattern just like always do, but had I know there was that much activity I would of probably been more nervous. Handled it cool and calm, just like any day at the airport. It wasn't until we taxied around we noticed just how much activity was going on.

One of the best videos I've seen from Friendly Skies! Great job! I learned a lot!

one of the best YT videos I have seen,,, thanks!

Wow, thank you so much for this. Haven't even started flight school for my PPL yet, but I feel like this will be incredibly useful.

Great video... Learned alot just from watching this. Keep up the great work Nick!

As I have my BFR coming up this fall, this video was VERY helpful. Very thorough and complete. Great information. Thank you for posting!

this is exactly what I was looking for in your channel

Awesome job Nick. That was interesting information. Hope we get to see some instrument work also.

This was a great ... Really enjoyed it !!

That was so informative and I absolutely loved watching it. Thank you so very much.

Going to be completing my private in the next month or so. Nice to see something like what a check ride would be like.

nice! just had my BFR in June.. did a handful of 'unusual attitude" recoveries under the hood.. and mostly forgot everything about VORs' heh signed off for another 2 years.

Very good video. Your instructor is excellent.

Fantastic video! Loads of great information presented.

Great video! Great instructor. Good work!

Thanks for sharing! Having experimented with IFR conditions on my x-plane sim....it's quite the challenge...and or course, I didn't know all the correct procedures...just flying by the seat of my pants. Blessings to you and yours!

Great Flight once again