Climb Aeronautics, an aviation-focused educational software company, has launched its training management system (TMS) for use by flight schools, colleges, universities, and independent flight instructors and the learner pilots they serve.
Founded by instructors Dr. Susan Tholen and Robert Montgomery, Climb seeks to change the way students move through an aviation training curriculum by delivering an adaptive TMS that supports their individual aviation journey, according to company officials.
The TMS tracks student progress on each task prior to assigning or unlocking follow-on tasks for completion, officials explained.
Climb’s first course, the Commercial Multi-Engine Add-On Rating, has debuted on Climb.aero.
“There is a huge difference between learning and training,” says Montgomery. “Learning involves straight lines, hard and fast rules, and teaching to the test. Training is a messy journey of discovery where mistakes are important, repetition builds performance, and opinions may vary. The goal of Climb is to bring the messiness back into flight training while retaining the rigor and record keeping we need to ensure quality.”
“As a CFI I found it incredibly frustrating to have a lesson that didn’t make sense for the student, and then if I provided training on things that were a better fit for helping them along, I couldn’t record that fact easily in a syllabus due to arbitrary constraints,” Tholen adds. “I wanted a system that tracked how well the student had done on which maneuvers and give me tools to see that in a way that helped me select the best items to do next. That’s the paradigm we used to build the Climb TMS.”
Climb has partnered with Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) for its first offering, a Commercial Multi-Engine Add-On Rating, in which the Climb platform utilizes ASA’s expert content.
Free to flight schools, all of Climb’s and the course provider’s revenue comes through the fee charged to the student for using the course, company officials explained.
Pricing on the Multi-Engine course is $125, and it’s available now on the Climb.aero website.
Climb also has a Private Pilot Airplane Course and an Instrument Airplane Course in development, with release dates set for the first quarter of 2026, company officials noted. Future courses include one targeted to students in aviation high school programs, officials added.
For more information: Climb.aero
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