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Sporty’s has released the next volume in its suite of flight training applications, the Instrument Rating Course for 2021. The course can be accessed through the Sporty’s hub, just like previously released courseware in the system. The Instrument Rating Course—like the Learn to Fly course that debuted last fall—offers comprehensive video-based training, a knowledge test […]

Sporty’s Bret Koebbe—also a contributor to Flying’s Pilot’s Discretion column—first showed us the company’s Learn to Fly course on its new courseware hub in October 2019 at Redbird Migration. With more than 30 courses now collected into one place, the hub demonstrated Sporty’s desire to make training accessible and easy to use for its customers. […]

Aerobatic flight captures the imaginations of many pilots. Though it isn’t for everyone—and it should be approached with diligence and care—the latest training course from Sporty’s features aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff as she continues her quest to lay a great foundation for pilots who wish to understand these compelling maneuvers—and learn to execute them safely […]

Though EAA’s AirVenture won’t be happening this year, Sporty’s Pilot Shop, the well-known retailer and supporter of all things aviation, will increase its support for the EAA Aviation Foundation through a special matching grant program during the days the show would normally have occurred. Sporty’s said in a news release that it will match up […]

Flight instructors are required to renew their certificate every two years. CFIs with a specific number of successful checkride recommendations during the previous two years can however, renew based alone on that record—but that may not be possible in the current environment. Recently, the bottom has fallen out from underneath flight schools because of the […]

Young Eagles is one of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) most visible programs, and from its launch in 1992, the volunteer pilots who dedicate their time and aircraft to this highly successful program have flown 2,202,308 Young Eagles ages 8 to 17 as of March 9, 2020. After this first introductory flight has been completed, […]

Sporty’s Pilot Shop has joined up with legend Patty Wagstaff on a new Intro to Aerobatics course to guide pilots into the world of aerobatics. Full of crisp HD video and sharp graphics, the program takes you through an introduction and history of aerobatics, through basic and advanced maneuvers, and the elements of an aerobatic […]

Do you have a truly engaging story to tell about how flying changed your life? If you also happen to be no older than 24, Sporty’s has the chance of a lifetime for you to share that story with the world through the recently announced the second annual Richard Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots […]

Sporty’s Pilot Shop has released the 2020 version of its Learn to Fly course, which joins its recently re-designed suite of training materials for all certificate levels. If students complete the course successfully, they’re guaranteed to pass not only the “written” test (the knowledge exam), but also the check ride (practical exam) as well. This […]

What if you could design the handheld radio you would want to have ready in your flight bag, able to grab right when you needed it? For years, the team at Sporty’s Pilot Shop has sought to make that “just right” portable com radio—and now they have the requisite pieces together to debut the new […]