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Webinar Video: Tools and Resources to Help Your Flight School Thrive

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Join Sporty’s Flight School Sales Manager Brady Kannady for an in-depth look at Sporty's Flight School Advantage and how your school can benefit from the program.
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Video tip: How to determine the wind direction for takeoff and landing

When departing or approaching an airport, it's important that you choose a runway that allows you to takeoff or land into the wind. This week's tip looks at some common wind direction indicators found on the ground at many airports, along with how to use the radio to tune into automated weather reporting systems.
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See and Be Seen: Test Your Pilot Traffic Awareness Skills

All pilots must maintain vigilance to see and avoid other aircraft. In a see-and-be-seen environment you should continuously scan all areas visible from the cockpit. But do you know the best method to accomplish this? What about at night? Take this quiz and test your ability to spot a potential traffic conflict and avoid a dangerous collision.
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How to preflight a Cessna 172 airplane

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The airplane preflight inspection is performed before each flight to ensure that all the required paperwork is on board, that the airplane systems are working properly and that the correct amount of fuel and oil are in the tanks. It's your chance to really look the airplane over inside and out to assure yourself that it's ready to fly, because once you're airborne, you just can't pull over in case something goes wrong.
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The ABCs of Emergencies

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While complete engine failures are not common, the stakes are high which is why pilots train extensively for such occurrences and why they get evaluated as part of a checkride. If faced with an engine failure, or training for your next engine failure with your instructor, act quick and decisively by remembering what you learned in kindergarten – your ABCs.
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Sharpen Your Flying Skills: Airmanship 2.0 Podcast Continues

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If you haven’t started listening to PilotWorkshops’ Airmanship 2.0 podcast series yet, now is a great time to catch up. With only four episodes remaining, this 16-part series is nearing its conclusion—but the lessons shared by some of aviation’s most experienced instructors are worth adding to your listening list.
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Video Tip of the Week

Video tip: How to determine the wind direction for takeoff and landing

How to preflight a Cessna 172 airplane

Video Tip: How to Avoid Turbulence and Find a Smoother Ride

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See and Be Seen: Test Your Pilot Traffic Awareness Skills

Quiz: Airspace classifications and rules

Quiz: Flight Planning with Sporty’s E6B

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The ABCs of Emergencies

Sharpen Your Flying Skills: Airmanship 2.0 Podcast Continues

VFR Challenge: Flight Following Failure

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Webinar Video: Airplane Engine Operations

Webinar Video: Aviation Law 101 for Pilots

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