2022 Updates Now Offering TV Apps, Audio Courses, Test Prep, and CFI Cloud Coordination

Sporty's Pilot Shop has released their newest version of their flight training ground school courses, updated and enhanced for a more widespread training regimen. Improved test preparation software helps students ace the written tests for their ratings, while improved CFI integration helps keep track of milestones and objectives. The Sporty's online library now contains over 20 aviation courses, compatible with phones, tablets, and TV's. Made to give structure and quality to home-study ground school, the courses are designed to take the student past the point of their written test with a complete education for the rating, not just the required minimum.

The Flight Instructor Believed They Might Have Struck Birds...

On October 1, 2021, about 0740 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-181 airplane, N2868H, and a Robinson R22 helicopter, N412TL, were involved in a midair collision near Chandler, Arizona. The airplane sustained minor damage and the helicopter was destroyed. The flight instructor and student pilot of N2868H, were not injured. The flight instructor and student pilot of N412TL, were fatally injured. Both aircraft were operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flights. Both aircraft were in parallel traffic patterns at Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD), and a review of recorded communications revealed that both aircraft were in contact with air traffic control