The pilot platform
Your next step in aviation, made clear.
Choose the result you want. You get one clear next action and the tool that delivers it.
What do you need today?
Choose the result you want. We recommend one place to start.
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Learning to fly starts with three practical steps.
Three things decide whether flying is realistic for you: the medical, the student certificate paperwork, and a school you can actually get to. Each one is free to work through here.
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First Steps Guide
Explains what learning to fly involves, in plain language, before you spend anything.
Read the free First Steps Guide- Search schools near me
Shows real FAA-listed pilot schools near you so the first phone call is an easy one.
- See course status
Shows what structured ground training will cover when it is finished — no purchase, no date.
What you can use today.
Free things are free with no account. Paid things are one-time lifetime purchases, and checkout stays closed until the exact file is approved for release.
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- First Steps Guide
Read it right now. Free, no account, no purchase.
Free
- Aircraft Transition Planner
Builds an AFM/POH comparison, instructor questions and a debrief plan for the change you are making. Free.
Free
- Visual Briefings
Original diagrams with primary sources, free to read.
Free
- Airline Pilot Roadmap
Every stage from medical to airline training, sourced to the FAA and eCFR. Free.
Free
- School Finder
528 FAA Part 141 pilot schools from the official FAA directory, searchable now. Inclusion is not an endorsement.
Free
Not on sale yet
Free previews are readable where they exist. The full paid version cannot be bought today.
- Study Guides
Quick-Review Guides are being rebuilt. Not currently available for purchase.
$7.99 per guide · $29.99 for all six
- Checkride Prep
Choose your certificate or rating and see the ACS-mapped preparation workflow and matching sample. There is no question bank and no readiness score.
Free preview available
- ATC Lab
Twelve radio scenarios run end to end today, free, with simulated controllers. Pro voice work is not configured and is not for sale.
Free preview available
- Quick Reference Library
Twelve source-mapped cards are published and free. Eighty-four more are in technical review.
Free preview available
- Instructor Directory
The directory works, but no verified instructor listing is published yet.
Opening soon
In development
In development. No price, no purchase and no promised date.
- Courses
Course outlines are published. No course is finished, purchasable or dated.
In development
Your next step, organized.
An account keeps your courses, preparation, and reference material in one place.