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  • Sporty’s and flyGIRL launch 2023 scholarship

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  • Getting started with IFR training – tips for ensuring success

  • Adding an instrument rating provides safety and value

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Keeping One Step Ahead of ATC when flying IFR

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February 6, 2023
Gone are the days of making an educated guess on a route, only to have ATC respond with a full route clearance with intersections and airways. It now takes only a moment in ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot or FltPlan.com to enter a departure and destination airport and then see recently issued clearances to other aircraft flying the same route.
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Sporty’s and flyGIRL launch 2023 scholarship

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February 5, 2023
Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 scholarship program sponsored by Sporty's and flyGIRL. The award is intended to give existing student pilots that boost toward first solo or that initial pilot certificate.
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February is IFR month at Sporty’s

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February 4, 2023
Throughout the month of February, Sporty’s will be celebrating IFR Month, a four-week focus on the challenges and rewards of instrument flying. In addition to special savings on pilot gear, Sporty’s will also offer a new YouTube video series.
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Quiz: Regulations for Instrument Flight Rules

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February 3, 2023
Instrument flying requires you to know a lot of rules, from clearance limits to airspace requirements. Can you answer all these regulations questions and stay legal in the IFR system?
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Getting started with IFR training – tips for ensuring success

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February 2, 2023
Earning an instrument rating is a rewarding experience that will give you confidence and make your pilot’s license more powerful. Here's how to get off to a fast start on your training.
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Adding an instrument rating provides safety and value

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February 1, 2023
As only a Private pilot, there are some limitations placed on your travel. The main restriction is something that all pilots are all too familiar with - weather. You are required to remain clear of those white puffy groups of water vapor in the sky, which in many cases, can be an inconvenient limitation.
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Video Tip of the Week

IFR Flight Plans: What really matters to ATC (video tip)

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Video Tip: Aerodynamics of a Wing Stall

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How to use ForeFlight to plan a cross-country flight around airspace (video tip)

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Quizzes

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Quiz: Regulations for Instrument Flight Rules

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Quiz: Airspace classifications and rules

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Quiz: Cold Weather Operations

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Articles

Keeping One Step Ahead of ATC when flying IFR

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Sporty’s and flyGIRL launch 2023 scholarship

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February is IFR month at Sporty’s

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Webinar Videos

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Webinar video: 20 questions to test your aviation knowledge

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Webinar video: advanced flight simulator tips

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Webinar video: a pilot’s guide to headsets

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Getting Started Tips

Why learn to fly?

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How to become a pilot – a learn to fly checklist

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How do I choose a flight school?

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Getting Started Videos

Video: why learn to fly?

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Video: how do you learn to fly?

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Video: your first flight lesson

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Pilot Gear

Free training tools available in Sporty’s Pilot Training app

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SharePlay

Sporty’s launches suite of free flight instructor tools

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What’s new in Sporty’s 2023 Pilot Training Courses

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Resources

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Sporty’s Academy

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Learn to Fly Course

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