Helping Pilot Training Take Flight

Traditional ground school means hours in a classroom after work, following someone else’s schedule, learning from static materials that haven’t evolved in decades. Sporty’s Academy knew their renowned content deserved better—a platform that met pilots where they actually learn: during lunch breaks, on commutes, between flight lessons.

We built a comprehensive learning platform working closely with Sporty’s team. Over 30 aviation courses work seamlessly—HD video with in-flight footage makes complex maneuvers intuitively clear, interactive practice tests provide instant feedback, and students can ask certified flight instructors questions directly in the app. No waiting days for responses—just answers when you need them.

For less than a single hour of flight time, student pilots arrive at the cockpit confident and prepared. Their training progresses faster because fundamentals are solid, and the real success shows up at 3,000 feet—when a well-trained pilot executes a perfect crosswind landing because their ground training made it feel like second nature.

Aviation knowledge doesn’t stand still—new regulations appear, procedures evolve, technology advances, and staying current isn’t optional for pilots who take safety seriously. But between flights, work, and family, who has time for lengthy courses or weekend seminars? Traditional training formats don’t fit modern life’s rhythm. Sporty’s recognized pilots needed a way to stay current that worked with their schedules.

We designed Takeoff around micro-learning moments in daily life. A five-minute video during breakfast. A podcast episode on the commute. A quick quiz between meetings. Content segmented by skill level means student pilots get foundational knowledge while seasoned aviators dive into advanced topics. Everything optimized to make staying current effortless so pilots focus their energy on flying safely.

Pilots now maintain currency without formal training schedules, staying sharp through bite-sized learning that fits seamlessly into busy lives.

Every pilot knows the E6B flight computer—that circular slide rule that’s been essential since World War II, calculating everything from fuel consumption to wind correction. Mechanical E6Bs work, technically. But they’re difficult to manipulate under pressure, easy to misread when numbers are tiny, and genuinely hard to use accurately when you’re making real-time decisions in turbulence at 8,000 feet. Sporty’s saw an opportunity to honor this classic, essential tool while making it actually practical for modern cockpits where precision matters and fumbling with a physical calculator isn’t an option.

We launched the Sporty’s E6B app in 2010, and it quickly became pilots’ definitive flight calculator. Twenty-two essential aviation functions, eighteen common conversions, built-in calculator, and clock/timer tracking Zulu and local time—all instantly accessible with digital precision you can trust when making critical decisions. Today, it remains the market’s top E6B app because it solved a genuine problem elegantly: fast, accurate, and completely reliable when calculations matter most.