Sixty years of flight training innovation
- By John Zimmerman
- Mar 5, 2021
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Sporty's history—serving pilots worldwide since 1961
- By John Zimmerman
- Mar 1, 2021
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Sporty's 60 year celebration
- By John Zimmerman
- Mar 1, 2021
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This year marks a milestone in the history of Sporty's: we're celebrating 60 years of serving pilots worldwide. Sporty's wouldn't be here without the incredible support of our customers over the past 60 years, so we invite you to join the celebration. Each week we'll be sharing special savings, new product introductions, and customer contests.
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Five overlooked features in Sporty's Learn to Fly Course
- By John Zimmerman
- Feb 23, 2021
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New FAA chart cycle starts this month
- By John Zimmerman
- Feb 9, 2021
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Starting February 25, 2021, chart subscribers (and pilots everywhere) will notice an important change to the effective dates of charts. The FAA is shortening the update cycle for VFR charts to match the dates on IFR charts. This means that, whereas sectional charts used to be updated every six months, now all FAA charts will be updated every 56 days.
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iPad gifts for pilots—what's hot right now
- By John Zimmerman
- Nov 2, 2020
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First impressions of the Garmin D2 Air smartwatch for pilots
- By John Zimmerman
- Sep 30, 2020
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Free wallpaper downloads
- By John Zimmerman
- Jun 18, 2020
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Want to add a little aviation twist to your next Zoom call or iPhone homescreen? Check out our collection of free wallpapers. Click on an image below for full size.
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Hands-on with the new Garmin aera 760 GPS
- By John Zimmerman
- Apr 30, 2020
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It’s been four years since Garmin launched the aera 660, and some pilots have been wondering whether the avionics giant would ever develop another portable aviation GPS. Their electronic flight bag app, Garmin Pilot, has won thousands of fans over the years and their wireless weather receivers, like the GDL 52, are found in everything from 172s to Citations. Are those products the only option now? This week Garmin answered with an emphatic “no,” by introducing the impressive aera 760. We’ve been using it for a few weeks now and we like what we’ve seen.
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Sporty’s offers FREE online Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC) to support CFIs
- By John Zimmerman
- Apr 14, 2020
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Many lives have been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic and the aviation community has been hit particularly hard. Flight and ground instructors are without students and may be facing an additional hardship when it comes to renewing their flight instructor certificates. That’s why Sporty’s is pleased to offer its online eFIRC FREE as a convenient, effective, online renewal option.
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