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AOPA has opened its 2021 Flight Training Experience Survey to any student or pilot who has received instruction in the past year. The survey measures flight instructor and flight school performance on four key factors affecting flight training—educational quality, customer focus, community, and information sharing. How does your flight instructor or flight school measure up? […]
It’s always the responsibility of the pilot to see and avoid other air traffic and effective collision avoidance is an active process. Sporty’s CFI, Trent Grothaus, discusses the importance of employing sound collision avoidance techniques.
Join Bret Koebbe and Eric Radtke from Sporty’s course development team as they demo the new features in Sporty’s 2021 Learn to Fly Course. This live presentation shows all the new features in Sporty’s award-winning pilot training course and offers tips on how to use it to save time and money during your flight training. […]
Sporty’s courses are the ideal pilot training companion – everything you need to prepare for your written test and earn your certificate or rating, with ground school, test prep, and real-world training all in one easy-to-use system. New content, flexible app options, and smart study tools all combine to offer an unmatched training experience in […]
Traffic pattern entries, especially at non-towered airports, can be confusing and even chaotic without a proper plan. Sporty’s CFI, Charlie Dietz, discusses strategies to help execute a safe and appropriate traffic pattern entry.
There were several updates released in the past week related to drone operations for Remote Pilots, including loosened restrictions for flight at night and over people, and details on the upcoming Remote ID requirement. Here’s a breakdown of what you need to know and how it affects current drone operators.
One of the many pre-flight tasks pilots perform on their aircraft involves fuel, and it’s not just confirming you have enough fuel for your flight and the required reserve. Specifically, pilots need to inspect the fuel to make sure it’s the right type and that it is free from contaminants which is where fuel testers […]
The FAA has released a new Advisory Circular (AC) titled Pilot’s Guide to a Preflight Briefing to provide guidance in developing a thoughtful plan for conducting preflight self-briefings including planning, weather interpretation, and risk identification/mitigation skills. In the AC the FAA acknowledges that preferences for obtaining information have evolved and encourages pilots to utilize online […]
As a newly minted student pilot, you’ll naturally rely on your flight instructor to lead the process of becoming a pilot. You’ll entrust this individual with not only teaching the physical skill involved with flying an aircraft, but also the knowledge and process from which you can make safe, sound aeronautical decisions. While you likely […]
Pilots are often too reluctant to execute go-arounds and because they aren’t practiced regularly, pilots frequently make mistakes in performing the maneuvers. Hear more from Sporty’s CFI, Dakota Baker, in this latest installment of CFI Tips.
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