Cory Robin: Flying Cowboy

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Avination, welcome to episode 41 of the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am talking with Cory Robin. In this episode, Cory and I talk about..

When Cory knew he wanted to be a pilot.

How old cory was when he got his first job.

What he spent his first paycheck on.

How his passion for aviation has only grown over the years.

How flight training is about prioritization

How he only made $3.10 an hour.

Why it is important to go at pilot training at a pace you are comfortable with.

What Cory struggled with in his training.

Why Cory loves back country flying so much.

How being a tailwheel pilot can make you a better pilot in the long run.

Why tail wheel pilots aren’t necessarily super pilots.

Why Cory got into back country flying.

How flying cowboys cam about.

Why there is more to aviation than just flying for the airlines.

How the flying cowboys are looking to inspire pilots across the board.

How the flying cowboys choose the airstrips they land at.

Cory tells some epic back country stories.

What Cory loves about fly in’s.

We talk about the worlds largest back country fly in.

What are some of the worst back country airplanes.

How someone was competing in a STOL competition in a CIRRUS.

How Cory and I can’t wait until a woman pilot wins the STOL competition.

How the Back country pilots choose a new airport

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0:00.0	Episode 41 of the Pilot the Pilot Podcast takes off now.
0:05.0	What is going on, A.V Nation and welcome back to the Pilot
0:12.0	Podcast. Today I am talking with Corey and welcome back to the pilot the pilot podcast.
0:12.8	Today I am talking with Corey Robin.
0:15.8	Now that name might sound familiar and if it doesn't you're probably living under a rock for
0:19.4	the last couple of months because the flying cowboys have exploded since January.
0:24.4	They are taking the internet by storm, taking YouTube by storm,
0:27.6	and just making everyone, including myself, want to quit their day job,
0:31.2	quit the podcast, joking, and buy a carbon cup, buy a souped-up
0:36.2	will go and name it Draco and put a turban engine in it and go compete and still competitions,
0:40.6	go land on mountain tops and go do the crazy and fun stuff that they are doing.
0:45.0	In all seriousness they are brutally spreading the joy of aviation.
0:49.4	They're showing the fun things of aviation, how aviation can be awesome and how much fun you can have doing
0:55.2	it and that you don't have to be an airline pilot to have fun. You don't have to be an airline pilot
0:59.9	to have a fulfilling career. Go ahead and buy a carbon cup, buy a fulfilling career.
1:02.6	Go ahead and buy a carbon cub, buy a J3 cub,
1:05.3	and go have fun, go fly.
1:07.0	Now the backcountry flying happens a lot over in the west coast.
1:10.0	I grew up in the east coast
1:11.0	and there wasn't much backcountry flying to be had, but you can still
1:14.4	make fun of it and you can still go to cool places.
1:17.0	Some of the things Corey and I talk about in today's episode are how old Corey was when he found
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