Stop Dreaming - Start Flying
This page is archived from May 2024 when we celebrated Learn To Fly Month.
Learn to Fly Month at Sporty’s is a four-week celebration of learning to fly designed to inspire and help new pilots achieve their aviation goals.
Free Takeoffs and Landings Course!
Polish your skills on the two most exhilarating aspects of flying—takeoffs and landings. This online course goes in-depth to explore the different types of takeoffs and landings and the factors that affect their outcome. Includes over an hour of HD video, interactive review quizzes, an animated maneuvers guide, and reference documents.
This course is available in the award-winning Pilot Training App.
Learn To Fly FAQs
We're adding a new frequently asked question about learning to fly every day throughout the month of May. Check back often for new content!
FAQs include topics like
- The basics
- Getting Started
- FAA Test Prep
Here are some examples you can learn more about.
- Why should I learn how to fly an airplane?
- How to learn to fly a plane?
- How much does it cost to lear to fly a small plane?
- How hard is it to learn to fly a plane?
- How old do you have to be to learn how to fly a plane?
Webinars
Flight Simulators 101 - Leveraging a Home Simulator for Flight Training
Read our article from Student Pilot News on Training at home with a flight simulator to get you started. Read More >>
If you missed the live webinar, you can watch the recording here.
How to Pass the Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Exam in Less Time
If you missed the live webinar, you can watch the recording here.
Articles, Quizzes, and Videos
Learn to Fly Month is celebrated across Sporty’s Media Network, including the popular Flight Training Central, Air Facts, iPad Pilot News, and Sporty’s PIREPS blog. Each will include articles, videos, and quizzes on learning to fly topics.
Getting Started Learning to Fly
- 5 flight training myths : Flight Training Central
- Sporty's offering free ebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training : Flight Training Central
- Five Ways to Save Money During Training : Flight Training Central
- How to get started learning to fly : Flight Training Central
- Learning to fly after 55 : Air Facts Journal
- Why Learn To Fly?
- Who Can Learn To Fly?
- What's the Right Pilot Certificate?
Learn to Fly Tips
- Home Simulator Flying and Flight Training : Flight Training Central
- How I hit my flight training budget within $50 : Flight Training Central
- Flight Training Frustrations : Flight Training Central
- Advice for Student Pilots - Top 10 List : Flight Training Central
- 6 professional development tips for aspiring pilots : Flight Training Central
- My first solo flight : Flight Training Central
- AOPA Flight Training Advantage offers a unique, modern approach to flight training : Flight Training Central
- High Wing or Low Wing - Which Trainer Should I Choose? : Flight Training Central
- What should you consider before beginning your flight training : Flight Training Central
Learn to Fly Videos
- Video tip: how to land an airplane : Flight Training Central
- The Road to PIC YouTube Series from Baron Pilot : Flight Training Central
- Video tip: Techniques for better takeoffs : Flight Training Central
- Flying with Flight Simulator - Flight Maneuver Spotlight : Flight Training Central
- Video Tip: Starting the airplane engine : Flight Training Central
- Ground reference maneuvers with Spencer Suderman (episode 2) : Flight Training Central
- Your first flight lesson - a video preview : Flight Training Central
- Video: choosing a flight school : Flight Training Central
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The four fundamentals of flight with Spencer Suderman (episode 1) : Flight Training Central
Learn to Fly Quizzes
- Quiz: Flying The Traffic Pattern : Flight Training Central
- Quiz: Basic Aircraft Aerodynamics - Student Pilot News
Learn to Fly Interactive Exercises
- Airport Signs and Markings (Interactive Scenario) : Flight Training Central
- Flying the Airport Traffic Pattern (Interactive Scenario) - Student Pilot News
Beyond the Certificate
- Tough flight instructors are worth it... most of the time : Flight Training Central
- How to become a professional pilot : Flight Training Central
- Why learning to fly can be good for your mental health : Air Facts Journal
- Pilot Workshops VFR Communication Scenario: Request taxi to a runway at a towered (Class D) airport : Flight Training Central
- Pilot's Guide to BasicMed : Flight Training Central
- Pilot's guide to special use airspace : Flight Training Central
- FAA publishes updated Airman Certification Standards – Here’s What You Should Know : Flight Training Central
Private Pilot Training Tips, with Spencer Suderman
What should you expect on your first flight lesson? Sporty’s has once again partnered with airshow pilot and flight instructor Spencer Suderman, this time for a new video series to answer questions like that. Each video addresses common flight training questions, including the basics of airplane control and how to make better landings. Suderman shares practical tips throughout, including during an actual lesson with a flight student.
