The Aviator's Guide: Novice to Pilot
Welcome future aviators! Are you living in the United States and ready to research, begin or continue the stupendous adventure that is becoming a pilot? Then you are in the right place. While this is a career-pilot centric podcast, I am here to help you achieve all of your aviation goals, whether you’re 16 or 45, looking for a flight school or starting CFII, or if you want only your private pilot license to fly GA (aka general aviation) in your own aircraft. As a pilot, there is a plethora to learn and many outlets you may use along the way, so allow me to put as much of it in one place that I can. The beginning episodes are focused on the topic of how to get started and getting through flight school, so if you are looking for other information than that, head to some later episodes. If there is any topic you would specifically like covered, send me an email to youraviatorsguide@gmail.com. You can, also, listen to these episodes using any platform where you listen to your podcasts, and you can find the video versions of these podcasts by clicking this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCea-ZadSYN2QJMKTkwHv0HQ Listen to this podcast on any platform! https://linktr.ee/TheAviatorsGuide Logbooks: Jeppesen logbook (Amazon Affiliate Link): https://amzn.to/3SXGF3Q Gleim logbook (Amazon Affiliate Link): https://amzn.to/3YPAoLp The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of any company, institution or corporation. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only.
Episodes
Join Hollie Bellino on The Aviator’s Guide as she sits down with Rear Admiral James Gib Godwin III — a U.S. Navy veteran with 33 years of service, missions in Vietnam and Desert Storm, and thousands of hours in two of the Navy’s most legendary aircraft: the A-7 Corsair and the F/A-18 Hornet.
Admiral Godwin shares his incredible journey from fleet pilot and Landing Signal Officer (LSO) to F-18 design contributor and instructor, and n...
Thinking about becoming a professional pilot — or already on the path and wondering what’s next? In this 2025 update, we break down the latest changes in pilot hiring, what regional and major airlines are looking for, and the real-world options outside of airline flying that you might not have considered.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- ✍️ The newest pathway and cadet programs in 2025
- ✅ Current hiring requirements (TT, ATP mins, fl...
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino reviews some important things you need to be aware of before you decide to jump into the industry of aviation for your career. It’s better to be prepared, and this short episode will help you do just that in getting mentally prepared for your pilot journey!
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino has a worldly conversation with Muharrem Mane, the CEO and Co-Founder of the Plane English ARSim application for iPhone and Android. The main goal of this app is to help pilots learn how to speak correctly on the radios.
If you’re a new pilot or will be starting your pilot journey soon, this is a great episode for you to help you prep for your flight training, including some first hand exp...
In this episode, learn from Hollie Bellino about all the questions you need to be asking flight schools before you decide which one to complete your pilot training! This is a particularly helpful episode for you aspiring pilots out there who would like extra guidance to pick the right flight school for you.
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Private Pilot Certificate with Part 61 & 141 Differences: https://youtu.be/_CTAJbz1OdU?si=O6S-GGJl-ApuQhLg
In this penultimate episode of the flight hour minis series, Hollie Bellino covers 3 more ways you can build your flight time to help you reach your career goals faster. Hollie, also, does a quick recap on all the other methods that have been mentioned in this mini series. Find out what you need to do!
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino takes a dive into the history of aviation accidents and depicts how air travel has progressed throughout the years.
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In this special guest episode, Hollie Bellino introduces her husband, Joe Bellino, who is a Warrant Officer and trained Blackhawk and Lakota helicopter pilot for the Army National Guard. Joe shares the steps he took to get where he is to help any future army aviators traverse the path to get their wings.
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In this episode of The Aviator’s Guide, Hollie Bellino continues her mini series “Ways to Build Flight Hours” to help you all figure out what to do after you finish your flight training. Featured here will be tour piloting, ferry flying, banner towing and charter flying. Listen to see if any of these fit what you want to do!
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In this first ever ground lesson of The Aviator’s Guide, Hollie Bellino covers some pertinent topics when it comes to night flying! Be sure you don’t miss this one, especially if you have a checkride coming up for your Private Pilot Certificate.
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino covers how to fill out your flight training lessons the right way and teaches you important and even fun facts you will want to know in regards to FARs!
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino continues the mini series: Ways to Build Flight Hours to assist all of you pilots planning your post flight school adventures! There are a plethora of ways to build your flight hours for the career you want after you finish flight training, and that’s what this mini series is all about. Whether you need to build 1000 or 1500 hours, let’s find out what you would like to do.
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino covers all of the FAA requirements to get your instrument rating including the required ground and flight time depending on Part 141 or Part 61 flight schools. She, also, reviews how to stay current as an instrument pilot and throws out some awesome tips to prepare you for your instrument checkride!
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino continues the mini series: Ways to Build Flight Hours, featuring volunteering, contract flying and aerial surveying. These are 3 more options in addition to the options already discusses in earlier episodes: CFI, pipeline flying and skydiving. Every pilot has to build flight hours. Start planning how you want to build yours!
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In this episode, Hollie Bellino and Adam Levine (military fighter pilot and DPE) talk about how to prep for your checkride, common mistakes that are made, the checkride appeals process and what happens if you fail a checkride. Listen in to get first hand checkride knowledge from this experienced DPE!
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In this unique episode, Hollie Bellino and Adam Levine, DPE, discuss how Adam became a DPE and his military background. Adam trained as a pilot for the marines and actually attended the prestigious Top Gun training program. He has professionally flown aircraft from the T-2C Buckeye to the F-35.
This episode is part 1 of 2! Part 2 will encompass details relating to the PPL checkride and ways to be prepared for the checkride whether y...
Spoiler Alert! In this episode, Hollie Bellino covers a brief overview of what's to come in next week's DPE Episode. Get excited for it!
In this mini series episode on Ways to Build Flight Hours, Hollie Bellino discusses two more options other than being a CFI, flying pipelines and flying adrenaline junkies! Listen in to see if you think either of these would work for your goals.
Don’t forget to tune in next week for Hollie’s special DPE guest, Mr. Adam Levine!
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Have you thought about what you’re going to do after flight school to build your 1000, 1250 or 1500 flight hours? This episode is the start of a mini series where Hollie is going to cover jobs you can do to gain flight experience!
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In this episode Hollie Bellino goes into detail on everything that must be completed to get your wings including the correct order of finishing the tasks & the differences between part 141 & part 61 flight school requirements.
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