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Sporty’s Upgrades Its Learn To Fly Course

Interactive program includes a virtual practice mock check ride with a computer-generated designated pilot examiner.

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Key Takeaways:

  • Sporty's Pilot Shop has released the 2025 version of its "Learn To Fly" course, designed to create safe, competent pilots through immersive video lessons, 3D flight simulation, and scenario-based training.
  • The course emphasizes practical flight skills, decision-making, and situational awareness, moving beyond basic test preparation to ready students for knowledge tests, check rides, and real-world flying.
  • Key new features include AI-powered tools like "ChatDPE" for virtual mock check rides and "ChatFAR" for explaining regulations, along with the addition of Spanish subtitles.
  • Upon completion, the course provides an instructor endorsement required for the FAA knowledge test and offers lifetime access to its content across all devices.
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Sporty’s Pilot Shop has released the latest version of its Learn To Fly courses for pilots seeking to add to their aviation knowledge or brush up before a check ride or flight review.

The pilot outfitter’s Learn To Fly course 2025 is an immersive experience that uses video lessons and integrated real-world flight simulation to prepare students for knowledge tests, check rides, or attain the skills they will use in the sky, said Bret Koebee, Sporty’s senior vice president.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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