EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — While many people know about Young Eagles flights, many don’t know about the next step for those Young Eagles: Free access to Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course.
Now, Sporty’s Learn to Fly course has been redesigned to make it much faster and easier to use, while being entirely mobile-friendly. The course now has easier-to-access menus on different screen sizes, and videos automatically stream at the highest quality, officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association note.
“These additional updates to the Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course build on the positive experiences of over 80,000 students who have already registered for the course,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programming. “With these updates we hope to continue to provide even more opportunities for Young Eagles.”
The Sporty’s Learn to Fly course is now more versatile with the recent upgrade to the knowledge test prep tools, so that pilots can build their own study sessions and track their performances by category. The updated course also goes beyond airplane flight training and now includes a detailed lesson guide for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The updated technology and software was developed by flight instructors at Sporty’s Academy and includes tips for getting started, simulator training flights, complete with objectives and scenarios, tasks to accomplish, and performance goals to further enhance simulator flying experience.
More information on the Young Eagles program and Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course is available EAA.org.