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The Rectangular Course: Your Foundation for Better Traffic Patterns

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Ride along with Sporty's flight instructors to learn how to fly the rectangular course ground reference maneuver.
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Quiz: Airplane Weight and Balance

Calculating an airplane's weight and balance is mandatory before every flight. An airplane's performance, handling, and structural characteristics depend on weight and balance, and operating an overloaded or out-of-balance aircraft creates serious safety risks.
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FAA Testing Update: Embedded Graphics and CFI Added Rating Rules

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The FAA’s September 2026 update brings key changes for flight training: brand-new high-res chart graphics are coming to the Instrument Rating exam, and stricter prerequisite rules now apply to CFI Added Rating tests. Here is what student pilots, candidates, and flight instructors need to know.
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Flight Training Scholarships: EAA and AOPA Applications Are Open

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If you're working toward your pilot certificate, an additional rating, or an aviation career, scholarships can help make flight training more affordable. And right now is a good time to apply. Both the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) have scholarship applications open for their upcoming award cycles.
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Video Tip: How to Avoid Wake Turbulence From Large Airplanes

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A hazardous phenomenon that all pilots learn to avoid when operating at airports is wake turbulence. This invisible turbulence is caused by a pair of counterrotating vortices behind an airplane's wingtips, generated whenever a wing develops lift.
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Webinar Video: First Look at Garmin’s New AXIS Flight Displays

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Join Garmin Aviation for a practical introduction to AXIS. Luke will walk through the system’s new features, explain the different AXIS models and variants, and take a closer look at why understanding the FMS is important for pilots.
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The Rectangular Course: Your Foundation for Better Traffic Patterns

Video Tip: How to Avoid Wake Turbulence From Large Airplanes

Video Tip: How to Master Steep Turns

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FAA Testing Update: Embedded Graphics and CFI Added Rating Rules

Flight Training Scholarships: EAA and AOPA Applications Are Open

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Webinar Video: First Look at Garmin’s New AXIS Flight Displays

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