Training for Life

Be the pilot you always wanted to be.

Expert knowledge and continuous learning from your first dream of flight through a lifetime of flying.

Flight training today

The pieces don't connect

Knowledge comes from third-party courses disconnected from flight training. Simulators sit unused. And too much learning happens in the most expensive classroom there is: the airplane, making training schedules weather dependent. Students pay for it in time and money, and many never finish. There is room for improvement.

70–80%of student pilots drop out before earning a private pilot certificate, according to AOPA research.

A better way

A single platform for everyone

We're building one flight training platform for all stakeholders: flight operations for schools, universities and independent instructors, a Learn-Do-Fly optimal learning framework that supports pilots and students from discovery through a lifetime of proficient flying, and risk management to put weather and NOTAMs in context with scheduling.

Pilots and students

You have the controls

Your aviation journey is personal. Every milestone, flight and training session lives in one record you own: a story, not just a logbook.

Compound your learning
Eliminate regression
Make proficiency normal and necessary

For pilots →

Schools and universities

Know your customer

Manage scheduling, your entire fleet, billing, customers and student progress with our flight operations system.

Lower the cost of your systems
Improve student retention
Generate custom reports in real time

For schools →

Flight instructors

Reduce the friction

See what each student practiced and where they struggled. Your lesson plans are drafted from real data, ready for your review.

Know your student
Manage your time
Teach beyond the cockpit

For instructors →

How it works

Knowledge that knows you

Our Knowledge Library is the intelligence layer beneath the entire platform. It holds vetted aviation knowledge alongside your own records: every lesson, flight and debrief. You own your records. We keep them safe, and your instructor and school see only what you share. Ask it anything and the answer starts from where you are, whether you're a pilot exploring backcountry flying, an instructor preparing a student's next lesson or a school checking its syllabus against the ACS. AI shapes how each lesson reaches you, never what it teaches. Every answer is built on the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard and drawn from vetted, attributed knowledge, not internet consensus.

Foundational and vetted knowledge

Every answer draws on the Learn-Do-Fly Standard, FAA handbooks and decades of master-instructor work, plus your school's own syllabus and aircraft manuals. Sources are cited, so you can check them.

Read the Standard →

Your records, in your hands

Every lesson, flight and debrief builds one history, from your first flight on. Share what you choose, and take it with you wherever you train.

In the AI you already use

Ask in Claude or ChatGPT through the Community Aviation connector, or on the web. The same vetted answers, wherever you ask.

Pilot Instructor

I'm 32 hours into my private in an SR20, and stalls make me nervous.

Your stall lesson, built for you

Principle 8: Stalled FlightACS: Slow flight and stalls

Learn Why a wing can stall at any airspeed. About 20 minutes, at home.
Do Power-off stalls in the sim, eyes outside.
Fly Stalls with your instructor, focused on the first cue.

First, a question: what do takeoff, approach and landing have in common that makes a stall more likely?

From the Knowledge Library: The Nine Principles of Light Airplane Flying; FAA Airplane Flying Handbook

Enhance lesson 8 for Maya. She's late on the flare.

Lesson 8, enhanced for Maya

Your syllabus: Lesson 8ACS: Normal approach and landing

Learn A targeted review of the round-out: sight picture, energy and pitch.
Do Flare drills in the school's simulator before the flight.
Fly Several full-stop landings focused on the flare.

Ready for your review and sign-off. Your syllabus stays the what; this adds the how.

From your syllabus and the Knowledge Library

For pilots

Be among the first to learn with the Knowledge Library in Claude or ChatGPT.

Get early access →

For schools and instructors

Share your syllabus. We'll audit it free, with an ACS coverage check, and then on a 15-minute follow-up call we'll show you one of your lessons enhanced with the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.

See it on your syllabus →

Flight training should work for you

Dear aviator,

Most people who start flight training never finish. AOPA research puts it at 70 to 80 percent. For many who do, the learning slows after the checkride. That's a loss for everyone: the student, the instructor and the school.

For years we've championed a better way: a return to first principles, based on an optimal learning framework. Acquire the knowledge. Build skills in a safe environment. Then embed the procedures in the airplane. We delivered it by hand, through clinics, courses and webinars, one pilot at a time.

This is the moment. New technology lets us bring that method to every pilot. The method hasn't changed. How we deliver it has. You have the controls: you set the goal and build your own record. Your flight training provider can deliver personalized training to you based on your story, not just your logbook.

Whether you're dreaming of flying, learning now, staying sharp, teaching or running a flight school, there's a place for you here.

Welcome to our community.

Billy and Rich

Better learning. Safer flying. A stronger aviation community.

Pilots, be first to learn with the Knowledge Library. Schools and instructors, see it on your own syllabus.

Get early access →Book a 15-minute call →

For pilots

Become the aviator you want to be

“I fly all the time, even when I’m not flying.”
Doug Stewart, Master Instructor

Your journey. Your pace. Your goals.

The checkride is just a milestone. Proficiency training is normal and necessary.

The Knowledge Library

Learn from decades of master-instructor work, the Nine Principles and authoritative FAA sources, all organized around Learn-Do-Fly.

Learning built around you

Build on what you already know. Focus on what you need to understand and practice next, rather than repeating material you've already mastered.

Deep practice

Acquire the knowledge, then build the skills through visualization and simulation. Arrive at the airplane prepared to embed the procedures.

Continuous progress

Every flight and training session builds on what came before. Your learning record grows with you, preserving your progress as you work with different instructors and flight training providers.

Connect with your instructor

They can see what you practiced and where you struggled, so every lesson builds on the last one instead of from scratch.

Train remotely

Connect one-to-one with master instructors and subject matter experts, wherever you are.

Meet the experts →

Your pilot record

You own your record

Your training history belongs to you. Wherever you are.

PortableChange schools or instructors without starting over. Minimize regression.
LifelongFrom your first lesson through every rating and every flight review.
ShareYou choose what your flight training provider can see.
CompoundingEvery flight and training encounter builds on your previous sessions.

Get started today

Preflight: a yellow trainer flying over a gridded landscape with flight data readouts

Preflight: See it. Understand it. Practice it.

Explore flight maneuvers through guided visualization before taking the controls.

Try it →

Claude ChatGPT Gemini

Aviation briefings. Plain English.

Explore live weather, NOTAMs and airport information in Claude today, with ChatGPT and Gemini next.

Set up MCP →

An instructor shows a pilot an airplane's attitude with his hand, beside a high-wing airplane

The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard

A free, open general aviation training framework by Rich Stowell, Master CFI-Emeritus.

Learn more →

It's your journey

We're just here to support you.

Get early access →

For flight schools and universities

Know your students. Help them succeed.

Everyone learns differently. Understand your students' progress, recognize developing competencies, and identify learning gaps early. Give your instructors the insight to provide the right support at the right time.

What we offer flight training providers

One integrated platform for your entire operation, large or small, from the schedule and the fleet to every student's progress against your syllabus and the ACS. Same data, different views, so you, your staff and your instructors each get the reports they need.

Instant progress reports

No more CSV exports or paper folders. Every student against the ACS, your syllabus and TCO, on your schedule.

Adaptive scheduling

Overlay weather, NOTAMs, maintenance and readiness on your schedules and resource availability.

Flight Operations

Scheduling, dispatch, billing, maintenance and records with AI built in, for significantly less than you pay today.

See how it works →

Better prepared students

Debriefs, flight data, grades and your syllabus feed each student's next lesson, and our learning platform delivers personalized learning.

Syllabus enhancement

Your syllabus stays the roadmap. We audit it for gaps and duplicates and add the Learn-Do-Fly overlay from our Knowledge Library.

Read the Standard →

Sample reports

Get the whole picture, in real time

From any size cohort to one student's next lesson and your entire fleet, the reports your team needs are ready when you are, and customizable.

Every student, every lesson, on one line. See at a glance who is moving toward first solo and who has stalled.

Intro flightBasic maneuversGround referenceEmergenciesAirport opsSolo reviewStageFirst solo

Ava Chen
Marcus Reid
Sofia Alvarez
Jordan Blake
Priya Nair
Liam Ortiz
Emma Larsen
Noah Kim

SIM 1.1SIM 1.2SIM 1.3FL01DSIM 2.1FL02DFL03DFL04DSIM 5.1FL05DSIM 6.1FL06DSIM 7.1FL07DSIM 8.1FL08DFL09DFL10DCKFL11DFL11S

Flight lesson on fileSimulator lesson on fileNot yet on file

Click any lesson to open its record

Marcus Reid, FL03D: Ground Operations and Basic Maneuvers II

Cirrus SR20 · Dual 1.1 hrs · Overall: Pass

“Good job. Keep working on the sight picture, and rehearse the radio calls on the ground.”

Illustrative examples based on demo data. Names and tail numbers are fictional.

Adaptive scheduling

See next week's problems today

Weather, NOTAMs, aircraft and student readiness, checked against every lesson on next week’s schedule, so problems surface days ahead. Your scheduler stays in charge.

Next week, Nov 9–15

Houston · Updated Sunday 19:30 from the latest forecasts, NOTAMs and maintenance plan

4 events flagged

Mon 9Tue 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15

WeatherVFRIFR AMFog 400 ftVFRMVFRCeilings 2,500VFRVFRGusts 25 ktVFR

NOTAMsRWY 15/33 closed 13–17

N52CAC172Alex T. 09:00Maya R. 08:00Alex T. 14:00Priya S. 10:00Maya R. 14:00Alex T. 09:00

N734CAC172Priya S. 10:00Dev P. 12:00Jordan K. 09:00Sara J. 15:00Ben L. 10:00Lee M. 08:00

N58CAPA-28Jordan K. 09:00Lee M. 13:00Sara J. 10:00Nina O. 11:00Chris W. 10:00

N18CAC172Dev P. 08:00Chris W. 14:00Dev P. 12:00100-hr insp.

At riskAircraft conflictProtected

Flagged for next week

Tue · Maya R., Lesson 13Move

Fog at 400 ft until 11:00, below this lesson's 1,500 ft minimum.

Risk

Cost to move

Thu · Dev P., Lesson 6Move

N18CA reaches its 100-hour inspection Thursday morning.

Risk

Cost to move

Sat · Alex T., first soloMove

Gusts to 25 kt, above the solo crosswind limit.

Risk

Cost to move

Wed · Lee M., Stage checkProtect

VFR all day. Moving it would push his checkride past the program deadline.

Risk

Cost to move

See how it works in Flight Operations →

Illustrative mockup. Names, aircraft, locations, weather and numbers are examples.

From WHAT to HOW

The report says Ava's flare is late. Let's help her with that.

Learn

Ava's instructor sees the systemic issue and assigns a targeted review on the round-out (sight picture, energy and pitch), tied to your syllabus.

Do

The instructor creates a scaffolding exercise for the flare. Ava drills in the school's ATD or at home, and her instructor sees the results she shares.

Fly

Ava's next flight includes several landings focused on the flare, where her targeted review and deep practice in the sim come together in the airplane.

Your syllabus, your instructors, your sign-off. We provide the scaffolding.

Building aviators

See how it would work for you. Book a 15-minute intro call →

For flight instructors

Instructor in command

Know your students. Manage your time. Teach beyond the cockpit. Reduce the friction.

Lesson planning

Your next lesson, already drafted

After every flight or training session, our platform collects the debrief, flight data and grades, and drafts the student's next lesson around what they need most to meet your completion standards.

Captured. The debrief is recorded and summarized, with flight data added where it's available.
Drafted. A Learn-Do-Fly plan built for this student, tied to your syllabus.
Released by you. Edit anything. Nothing reaches the student until you approve it.

Draft · waiting for your review

Lesson 14 · Steep turns and slow flight

Maya R. · N52CA · Thu 14:00

Built from: Lesson 13 debrief, flight data, grades, school syllabus

Focus Radio calls were marked “needs practice” on Lesson 13. Add a short chair-fly of the departure calls before engine start.

LearnLoad factor in a 45° bank and why back pressure increases
DoSim: steep turns both directions, holding altitude within 100 ft
FlySteep turns, then slow flight with clearing turns

EditRelease to student

Illustrative mockup. Names, aircraft and times are examples.

Tools for the way you teach

Lesson plans from real data

Drafted from debriefs, flight data, grades, your syllabus and our Knowledge Library. You review, edit and release every one.

Debriefs captured

Recorded, transcribed and summarized into the student's record, so nothing said after the flight gets lost.

Flight review

Walk back through the flight with your student and compare it with what you briefed, using flight data where it's available.

Sim sessions with a purpose

Build a structured session for the school's ATD or a home sim, so practice between lessons counts.

Kneeboard and iPad ready

Lesson plans formatted to print for the kneeboard or read on an iPad in the cockpit.

See what students share

Their progress, practice and questions, through each pilot's shared profile. The student stays in control of their record.

See it on your syllabus

Share your syllabus. We'll audit it free, with an ACS coverage check, and then on a 15-minute follow-up call we'll show you one of your lessons enhanced with the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.

See it on your syllabus →

About us

Fifteen years in the making

What we've always wanted to do for pilots, technology now lets us do for every one of them.

Our story

What we proved by hand, we can now deliver at scale

It started in 2011, when Rich Stowell moderated the curricula panel at SAFE's Pilot Training Reform Symposium. The question on the table: why does flight training look the way it did decades ago? A year later, Rich and Billy helped deliver the Pilot Proficiency Project at EAA AirVenture, where 716 pilots learned on the ground and practiced in a simulator before they flew.

Billy began leading proficiency programs in 2014 and founded Community Aviation in 2015. We built simulator scenarios for EAA's Pilot Proficiency Center, then led its training program, growing it from one volunteer instructor to 78. When AirVenture was canceled in 2020, we took the training online. Along the way we built a network of hundreds of accomplished instructors and a community of 5,500 pilots.

The method worked. What we couldn't do was reach every pilot, every day, with an expert who knew their history. By hand, it was one instructor, one pilot, one event at a time.

Technology changed that. An expert-built Knowledge Library, a record that stays with the pilot, and AI that works alongside instructors now let us deliver what we always wanted: training that builds on everything a pilot has learned, for a lifetime of flying.

2011SAFE Pilot Training Reform Symposium
2012Pilot Proficiency Project at AirVenture, 716 pilots
2014Proficiency programs begin
2015Community Aviation founded
2020Proficiency training delivered remotely
2021Learn to Turn, with Avemco and Hartzell
2022The Nine Principles of Light Airplane Flying published
2024Experiment in Optimal Learning, 166 participants
2026Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard formalized

Team

Pilots, instructors and builders, with roots in general aviation and technology.

Billy Winburn in

Founder & CEO

Instrument-rated private pilot with about 1,200 hours. Start-up builder with deep relationships across general aviation. Has led proficiency programs since 2014, including the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center at AirVenture, which he grew from one volunteer instructor to 78.

Rich Stowell in

Co-founder & Chief Learning Officer

8× Master CFI-Aerobatics, 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year, 2014 FAASTeam Rep of the Year, SAFE Charter and Life Member. Author of the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard. Flying since 1982, full-time instructor since 1987, specializing in spin, emergency maneuver, and aerobatic training. 10,200 hours flown, 9,100 hours of instruction given, 34,700 spins, 25,700 landings.

Tim Delhaes in

Co-founder & Head of Product Development and Technology

Serial tech entrepreneur and operator in SaaS and crypto, and a programmer since the Commodore 64. Leads system architecture and engineering, and runs product development day to day.

Martijn van Hoek

Sales

Entrepreneurial background in technology, media, and growth strategy, having built and scaled companies internationally. Focuses on partnerships, positioning, and turning innovative ideas into sustainable aviation businesses.

Jason Archer

Curriculum, Master CFI (part-time)

Director of the Glastonbury Planetarium and Chief Flight Instructor for Berkshire Aviation. Over 5,000 flight hours and nearly 4,000 hours of dual instruction given, across more than 30 aircraft models. Holds CFI-I, MEI, G, SES, AGI, and IGI certificates.

Also on the team: Leonardo, Joe, Egor and Gilberto.

Supported by

Avemco sponsors our work and offers pilots up to 10% off their premiums for completing our training.

Blackstar Flight Simulation builds flight training devices designed as a complete training ecosystem.

Built by fellow pilots

Want to fly with us? Get early access →

Apps

Built for pilots, instructors and schools on the go

Flight Operations, Preflight and Briefings, from your first lesson to running a school.

Riverside Flight Academy

Part 141 · KRVS

IntegrationsConnect and manage Flight Operations›
Fleet ManagementAircraft & downtime›
Booking SettingsBooking types & configuration›
BillingManage seats & payment›
AI Engine RoomOrganization library for instructor AI assistants›

StaffInstructorsStudents

MRMaya RodriguezStudent at Riverside Flight Academy
ATAlex TurnerStudent at Riverside Flight Academy
PSPriya ShahStudent at Riverside Flight Academy
DPDev PatelStudent at Riverside Flight Academy

LearnAIChatBookSchoolProfile

Every feature runs on the same learning platform: our Knowledge Library and the Learn-Do-Fly framework, from your first lesson through every rating.

Platform

Flight Operations

One platform to run your entire school.

See Flight Operations → In development

Smart scheduling

Weather risk spotted a day early, one change set, one approval.

See it in Flight Operations → Prototype

Preflight

Voice-guided, visual walkthroughs of every maneuver before you touch the controls.

Open Preflight → Experimental

Briefings (MCP)

Get weather and NOTAMs inside Claude, with ChatGPT and Gemini next.

Set up MCP →

One platform, the features you need

Get early access →

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Log

See what's cooking

Everything we ship, publish, and learn, in order. This is what moving looks like.

Logbook

Newest first.

Follow the build

Want updates as we ship? Get early access →

← Apps

Release · Oct 14

Preflight v0.3

Voice and caption instructions for steep turns and stalls.

What shipped

Steep turns and power-off stalls now play with spoken callouts and synced captions, so students hear the flow at the same pace they'd fly it.

Why

Students in our design-partner schools rewatched the silent version but still froze on the sequence in the airplane. Hearing the cadence closes that gap.

What we learned

Short, instructor-style callouts beat full sentences. Captions matter most for students reviewing on a phone without sound.

Try it

Available now as an early prototype.

Open Preflight →

One maneuver at a time

See all our tools. Open Apps →

← Apps

Prototype · Preflight

If you can see it, you can fly it

Voice-guided and visual. Fly through the entire maneuver before you ever touch real controls.

A picture in your head first

The old way

As a pilot, you learn most maneuvers the same way: read the manual, watch the video, then burn air time.

What we're testing

Something that creates a picture in your head first. Voice-guided and visual, you fly through the entire maneuver before you ever touch real controls.

What it isn't

This prototype doesn't replace the aircraft or the instructor. It simply lets you step into an airplane or sim better prepared.

The question we're asking

Can the latest tech bring a hundred years of flight intelligence to pilots, and make them proficient faster?

We're testing it one maneuver, one feature, one idea at a time.

Open Preflight →

See what changed in the latest release

Release notes: Preflight v0.3 →

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Experimental · MCP

Briefings in plain English

Live aviation weather, NOTAMs and airport data inside your AI assistant. Ask about your airport in plain English. No decoding required.

Ask like you'd ask a briefer

The Community Aviation MCP connects your assistant to live METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs and airport data. You ask a plain question and get a plain answer, with the raw data still one click away.

Claude ChatGPT Gemini

Version 1 works with Claude. ChatGPT and Gemini are next.

What's the status at KJYO?

It's a rough morning at Leesburg. Current conditions are solidly LIFR. You're dealing with fog and a 400 ft ceiling, and the KIAD TAF shows things getting worse before better: visibilities could drop to near zero with light rain through mid-morning, then a gradual lift through the afternoon. There's a 30% chance of embedded thunderstorms between 1900–2200Z. The crane NOTAM has an impact on the departure minimums for Rwy 17 as well as the circling approach minimums.

Example answer

MCP v1: five tools

An early, intentionally limited release. You ask in plain English; the assistant calls the tool it needs and answers from the data.

METARs

Current conditions sourced from aviationweather.gov.

TAFs

Terminal forecasts, with proxy-station fallback when the requested airport does not issue its own.

Short-term forecast

The NWS Area Forecast Discussion for the region.

Active NOTAMs

Current notices sourced from the FAA.

Airport reference data

Frequencies, runways, fuel availability, FBO contacts, and services from the FAA archive.

What v1 does not do

A briefing tool, not a decision maker. You are pilot in command.

No procedure data

No approach plates or procedure numbers. The fabrication risk is real, and we won't expose it until we can ground it against verified sources.

No route reasoning

v1 reports on airports; it does not reason about the airspace between them.

Light personalization

It knows your home airport. It does not know your last flight, review or currency.

What's next

More weather layers (PIREPs, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, winds aloft), then route reasoning and integration with the Community Aviation Knowledge Library.

Set it up in a few minutes

Step-by-step for Claude. Set up MCP →

Briefings are a planning aid

Always get an official briefing before you fly. Want to test it first? Get early access →

The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard

For all who came here to fly

A free, open general aviation training framework by Rich Stowell, Master CFI-Emeritus, stewarded by Community Aviation. Edition 2.0 is coming soon.

Principles-based. Learning sciences-driven. Pilot-centric.

Coming soon

We're putting the finishing touches on v2.0 of the Standard. Leave your email and we'll let you know the moment it's ready.

About the Standard

A framework, not a curriculum

The Standard formalizes decades of practice, aligning with the Wright brothers' 1910 training model and ICAO's upset prevention and recovery framework. It forms the foundation beneath existing syllabi, instructors and schools. It's pilot-centered, measurable and free to adopt with no license. Formal certification is voluntary, and the Community Aviation platform is optional.

Flight schools

A shared framework, vocabulary and portable student records, so progress survives instructor changes.

Instructors

A repeatable lesson structure that still leaves room for your own judgment and voice.

Pilots

Training worthy of what you're preparing to do, and the vocabulary to recognize good instruction and ask for better.

Three building blocks

What every lesson is built from

01

The Nine Principles

A concise set of first principles from which all knowledge, maneuvers and tasks derive.

MindsetMotionMechanics

02

Learn-Do-Fly

A three-phase optimal learning sequence. It separates understanding from skill rehearsal, then brings them together in the airplane.

Learn
Do
Fly

03

The RUAC progression

Four levels of learning, with Correlation as the goal of training design, especially where safety-critical skills are involved.

Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation

The foundation

The Nine Principles

It's your Mindset. You control the Motion. You manage the Mechanics.

Mindset

train intentionally · assess realistically · command effectively

P1Pursue Optimal Learning Train with intention within the Learn-Do-Fly framework.
P2Manage the Risk Identify and mitigate hazards, starting with the PAVE preflight checklist.
P3Fly the Airplane Maintain control of the airplane above all else.

Motion

sense accurately · maneuver geometrically · plan accordingly

P4Roll, Yaw & Pitch Control the airplane precisely about all three axes.
P5Lines & Circles Visualize the geometry of every maneuver.
P6Time & Distance Know how long and how far, on every flight.

Mechanics

act knowingly · operate confidently · manage skillfully

P7Action-Reaction Connect every control input to its aerodynamic effect.
P8Stalled Flight Recognize, prevent, recover, and learn from stalled flight.
P9Energy Management Coordinate pitch, power, and configuration for the desired outcome.

What's in the document

Six parts

01
The Principles
The Nine Principles of Light Airplane Flying.
02
The Framework
Learn-Do-Fly, the RUAC progression and the learning sciences behind them.
03
The Vocabulary
The language of the Standard, presented as Word Walls.
04
The Calls to Action
How pilots, instructors, schools and organizations can adopt it over the next 12 to 24 months.
05
The Stewardship
Community Aviation's role, and an invitation to contribute.
06
The Back Matter
Appendices, including the mapping to the ACS, a glossary and a bibliography.

Editions and addenda

Versioned so anyone can cite and verify the edition they use. Edition 1.0 was published June 2, 2026. Addendum 1 numbered it and added a versioning and revision policy, and Edition 2.0 will absorb it. The Principles, the Learn-Do-Fly framework and the RUAC progression change only on evidence; other content is reviewed annually with outcomes published. Any pilot, instructor or training provider can challenge a statement, including anonymously, and every change is logged.

About the author

Rich Stowell

A full-time flight instructor since 1987 and creator of the Emergency Maneuver Training (EMT) Program. In 2001 Rich became the country's first Master CFI-Aerobatics. He is the 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year and a Charter and Life Member of SAFE.

87%of participants in our 2024 Experiment in Optimal Learning at AirVenture were satisfied with the approach, 48% extremely so, versus 11% extremely satisfied with conventional training.

The Knowledge Library

The foundation of the Knowledge Library

The Standard is the foundation of the Knowledge Library behind our learning platform. Every lesson the platform builds is grounded in it, alongside decades of master-instructor work and authoritative FAA sources.

Foundation

The Standard itself: the Nine Principles, Word Walls, the RUAC scale and the building blocks every lesson is made from.

Source works

Books, articles and papers by master instructors, transcribed, reviewed and cited.

Authoritative sources

FAA handbooks and the Airman Certification Standards, so what you learn traces back to its source.

For schools and instructors

See it on your syllabus

Share your syllabus. We'll audit it free, with an ACS coverage check, and then on a 15-minute follow-up call we'll show you one of your lessons enhanced with the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.

Book a 15-minute call →

Free to adopt. Get certified.

The full Standard is coming soon.

ScheduleN52CA · Reserved · Maya R. · Sun 09:00

MaintenanceN18CA · Annual due Dec 2

WeatherSat · Gusts 25 kt · above solo limit

BillingInvoice #1048 · Priya S. · $412 · sent

ComplianceCFI J. Kim · flight review due in 21 days

ScheduleN58CA · Checkride · Alex T. · Nov 14 · swapped from N18CA

MaintenanceN4416T · Down · squawk open · work order #212

NOTAMRWY 15/33 closed Thu 13–17

BillingPayment received · Ben L. · $286

TrainingLee M. · stage check ready

ScheduleN734CA · Out with Dev P. · back 11:30

MaintenanceN4467C · 4.2 hr to 100-hour

Fuel42 gal 100LL · N52CA

ScheduleN3390C · Reserved · Sara J. · Tue 15:00

WeatherSun · VFR · winds 6 kt

WeatherSat · Gusts 25 kt · above solo limit

ScheduleCheckride · Alex T. · Nov 14

BillingInvoice #1048 · Priya S. · $412

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Flight Operations

Your entire business in one place

One holistic platform for scheduling, dispatch, fleet, maintenance, billing and pilot records, with AI assistance built in, for significantly less than you pay today.

A single platform with no silos

Billing, maintenance and scheduling are linked together with instructor activity, student records, weather and NOTAMs, so everyone works from the same picture.

Lower cost

Significantly less than you pay today, with more features and less hassle. Stop clicking and just ask.

Improve student retention

Our CRM nurtures every customer, from the discovery flight through the checkride and beyond. See who’s active and who’s gone quiet.

Just ask

Ask in plain English, on the web or in Claude or ChatGPT, and get answers from your own data.

See it all on the schedule

Weather, NOTAMs, maintenance and student readiness overlaid on your schedule and resource availability.

Maintenance without surprises

Hobbs and tach tracking, 100-hour and inspection reminders, squawks and work orders. Aircraft auto-blocked when due.

No overscheduling

Conflict detection and real-time availability keep aircraft and instructors from being double-booked.

Know your fleet

See which airplanes are down most often, which cost the most over time and which fly the most.

Billing and compliance

Automatic invoices, payments and QuickBooks connection, plus certificate, medical and currency alerts before anything lapses.

Understand student progress

Access pilot flight track logs, sim sessions, grades and debriefs in one record through each pilot's shared profile.

Just ask

Ask your operation anything

Flight Operations works on the web, in Claude and in ChatGPT. Ask a question in plain English and get the answer from your own school's records, with no reports to run.

Which airplanes are due for a 100-hour inspection this month?

Two. N52CA (C172) is 4.2 hours from its 100-hour, about two days of flying at its current pace. N58CA (PA-28) comes due on the 21st. Both will be blocked on the schedule when they reach it.

Which students haven't flown in two weeks?

Three: Priya S. (last flight Oct 18), Ben L. (Oct 20) and Nina O. (Oct 21). Priya and Ben have nothing booked yet.

Which airplane cost us the most this year?

N734CA. $18,400 in maintenance, including two unscheduled squawks, and 19 days down, the most in the fleet. N52CA flew the most, at 412 hours.

Illustrative mockup. Names, aircraft and times are examples.

Adaptive scheduling

A day with adaptive scheduling

Weather, NOTAMs, aircraft and student readiness, checked against every lesson before it becomes a problem. Your scheduler stays in charge.

Tomorrow, Tue Nov 10

Houston · Updated 19:30 from the latest forecast and maintenance schedule

3 events at risk

081012141618

WeatherIFRFog, 400 ftMVFRVFR
NOTAMsNOTAMRWY 15/33 closed
N52CAC172Maya R.L13Alex T.L22
N734CAC172Priya S.L4
N58CAPA-28Jordan K.IR L9Lee M.Stage check
N18CAC172Dev P.L6100-hr inspection

At riskAircraft conflictProtected

Flagged tonight

Maya R., Lesson 13Move

Ceiling 400 ft at 08:00, below this lesson's 1,500 ft minimum.

Risk

Cost to move

Dev P., Lesson 6Move

N18CA reaches its 100-hour inspection at 12:30.

Risk

Cost to move

Lee M., Stage checkProtect

VFR by 13:00. Moving it would push his checkride past the program deadline.

Risk

Cost to move

SchedulerThe evening before, the forecast drops. Every event is scored for the risk it won't fly, and for the cost of moving it.

Change set for Tue Nov 10

Proposed by Steward at 19:31. Nothing moves until you approve.

Waiting for review

Event	Before	After	Why
Maya R.Lesson 13	~~08:00, N52CA, Sam K.~~	14:00, N52CA, Sam K.	Ceiling 400 ft, below the 1,500 ft lesson minimum. Lessons 14 to 17 keep their order.
Dev P.Lesson 6	~~12:00, N18CA, Ana B.~~	12:00, N734CA, Ana B.	N18CA blocked for its 100-hour inspection. Same type, same time, same instructor.

Checks

Instructor hours within the 8-hour limit
Aircraft type and maintenance clear
Forecast VFR at the new times
Within student availability and preferences

Will be notified

Maya R., studentWhatsApp
Sam K., instructorApp
Dev P., studentSMS
Ana B., instructorApp
DispatchEmail

RejectEdit

SchedulerSteward proposes one change set. Dana sees what moves, why, and who is affected, then approves, edits or rejects it.

1 of 4

Illustrative mockups. Names, aircraft, locations, weather and numbers are examples.

Stay in touch from anywhere

Ask, don't tell. Establish student and instructor availability and preferences upfront, so the plan starts from real constraints.
Flexibility. Every change is checked against booked and planned lessons and flagged to the scheduler right away.
One update and all's good. Approved changes reach student, instructor and dispatch by preferred app, SMS, email or WhatsApp.
Tracks confirmation. Silence gets a follow-up. Unacknowledged changes are flagged, not assumed.

Preferences screen: the assistant explains why it asks, a weekly availability grid, training preferences and preferred contact channel

Built so you stay in control

Nothing moves without approval

Each change set shows what moves, why, and who is affected. Approve all, edit or reject.

Your rules, enforced

Instructor qualifications and duty limits, aircraft type and maintenance due dates, weather minimums by stage and by student.

Safety authority stays with people

Risk management stays with the instructor and dispatch. The system plans around their calls.

A full audit trail

Every proposal, approval and message is logged: who changed what, and why.

Everyone works from the same picture

One progress board for all locations (ahead, on track, behind, repeating, stalled) and standard reports with one definition of each metric.

See how it can work for you

Book a 15-minute intro call →

← Apps

Experimental · X-Plane

Turn X-Plane into training

Ask for a session in plain English. It loads in your sim in seconds. Fly it, then see how you did against a real standard.

Download the plugin ↓ Setup in 4 steps

Practice with a plan, not just a sim

Most home sim time is free flight: no plan, no standard, no one checking the work. The plugin connects X-Plane to your AI assistant, so every session starts from what you want to train and ends with feedback.

Describe the setup the way you'd brief it. The assistant builds the session, sends it to X-Plane, and you accept it in the sim.

Works with Claude today.

Set me up for steep turns over Salzburg. 3,000 feet, clear skies, midday.

Done. Your session is waiting in X-Plane: airborne near LOWS at 3,000 ft, CAVOK, 12:00 local. Fly a 360 left and a 360 right at 45° of bank. I'll score both turns when you finish.

Example conversation

See it in action

A steep-turn session, set up in Claude and flown in X-Plane.

Ask. Fly. Review.

AskTell your assistant what you want to practice, where, and in what conditions.
FlyThe session loads in X-Plane. Accept it and fly, on your own schedule.
ReviewGet scores and a recording of the flight. Share them with your instructor.

What a session can set

Everything you'd want to control before the first control input.

Start position

In the air at a set altitude and heading, lined up on a runway, a few miles out on final, or parked at an airport.

Weather

Real-world weather, one of eight presets from VFR to thunderstorms, or your own: wind and gusts, visibility, up to three cloud layers, temperature, altimeter, rain, turbulence and runway condition.

Time of day

Now, sunset, night, or an exact local or UTC date and time.

The brief

Each session arrives with what to fly and how it will be judged. You accept or decline it in the sim.

Feedback against a standard

Scored automatically. Steep turns are graded on bank, altitude, airspeed and rollout heading. More maneuvers are on the way.
Every flight recorded. Patterns, approaches, stalls or cross-countries: track, altitude, speed, bank and heading, twice a second.
Results where you work. Ask your assistant how it went, what slipped and what to fly next.

Steep turns · 360 leftWithin standard

Parameter	Tolerance	You
Bank	45° ±5°	43–48°
Altitude	±100 ft	−60 / +40 ft
Airspeed	±10 kt	−6 kt
Rollout heading	±10°	12° past

Example result. Tolerances from the Private Pilot ACS.

Sessions to try

Say it like this, or in your own words.

Steep turns

“Steep turns at 3,000 feet over my home airport, clear skies.”

Gusty final

“Put me 5 miles out on final, wind 20 gusting 28, 40 degrees off the runway.”

Low visibility

“Lined up on the runway, 2 miles visibility, broken at 800, light rain.”

Night arrival

“Ten miles out from an unfamiliar airport at sunset, real weather.”

For instructors and schools

Training doesn't have to stop when the student leaves the airport.

Assign a session

Send the exact setup you want flown before the next lesson.

See the work

Read scores and recordings before the student shows up, and start the lesson where they actually are.

Your syllabus at home

Turn lessons from your syllabus into sessions students fly on their own computers.

Set up in 4 steps

You need X-Plane 12.4 or later, the free XPPython3 plugin, and a Community Aviation account.

Download the plugin ↓

Full guide: Setup X-Plane →

Install XPPython3If you don't have it yet, install it into X-Plane 12.
Add the pluginCopy its PythonPlugins files into X-Plane 12/Resources/plugins/PythonPlugins.
Sign inIn X-Plane, open Plugins > Loops > Sign in, and use your Community Aviation account.
Connect ClaudeAdd the connector in Claude and ask for your first session. Step by step →

What it doesn't do yet

An early release. We'd rather tell you now.

One scored maneuver

Steep turns are scored today. Other maneuvers can be flown and recorded, not scored.

Your aircraft, your choice

The plugin doesn't change the aircraft. Load the one you want before you start.

Static weather

Weather is set at the start and holds. No failures, fuel and weight, traffic or ATC yet.

No live coaching

Feedback comes after the flight, not during it. Starting a new session reloads the flight.

A sim session is practice. A plan makes it training.

See the framework behind it. The Learn-Do-Fly Standard →

← X-Plane

Work in progress. The connector URL for Claude is still to be confirmed.

Setup X-Plane

Install the plugin, sign in from X-Plane, connect Claude, then ask for your first session. About 10 minutes.

What you need

X-Plane 12.4 or newer, on Mac, Windows or Linux.
XPPython3, free: xppython3.readthedocs.io.
A Community Aviation account: app.communityaviation.com.
Claude (Desktop or web, Pro plan or higher).

1. Install XPPython3

Skip this if you already have it. Download XPPython3 and unzip it into X-Plane 12/Resources/plugins/.

2. Install the plugin

Download the plugin. loops-xplane-plugin.zip (v0.11.0) and unzip it.
Copy the files. Copy everything inside its PythonPlugins folder into X-Plane 12/Resources/plugins/PythonPlugins/. Replace older files when asked.
Load it. Start X-Plane. If it's already running, choose Plugins > XPPython3 > Reload scripts.

3. Sign in from X-Plane

In X-Plane, choose Plugins > Loops > Sign in. Your browser opens; sign in with your Community Aviation account. Use the same account in Claude in the next step.

4. Connect Claude

MCP server URLTo be confirmed

Add a custom connector. In Claude, open Settings, Customize, Connectors. Click + and select Add custom connector.
Enter the name and URL. Name it "Community Aviation X-Plane", paste the URL above, then click Add.
Connect and sign in. Click the connector, then Connect. Sign in with the same Community Aviation account and click Allow.
Start a new chat. The connector is now active.

5. Fly your first session

Load the Cessna 172 in X-Plane.
Ask Claude: "Is my simulator connected?"
Ask: "Send me a steep turns lesson." Accept it in X-Plane, fly a 45° turn left and right, then press Stop.
Ask: "How did I do?"

In the X-Plane menu

Plugins > Loops > Sign in: connect X-Plane to your account.
Start session recording / Stop session recording: record any flight yourself, no lesson needed.
Show debugger window: see what the plugin is doing if something doesn't work.

More to ask

"Put me on a 3-mile final with wind 300 at 15 gusting 25 and a broken layer at 2,500 ft."
"Night VFR at my home airport, real weather, starting on the active runway."
"Record my pattern work with clear weather, then tell me how stable my downwind altitude was."
"How did my last session go? Show bank and altitude for each turn."

Practice in a simulator doesn't replace instruction in the aircraft. Menu names in X-Plane and Claude can change, so steps may differ slightly.

Glider ground school

Learn. Do. Soar.

15 modules from your first lesson to test day. Fly every one in a simulator, at your club or at home.

How it works

One module. Three ways to train it.

Every module has a Learn, a Do and a Fly part. Start anywhere, repeat any step. Your progress follows you.

01 Learn

Know what good looks like.

Short briefings and visuals, before you touch the controls.

Phone, tablet, laptop

02 Do

Fly it in a sim.

We load the glider, field, weather and start position. You get scored and debriefed.

X-Plane, MSFS or Condor 3 at home, or a club sim

03 Fly

Take it to the glider.

Fly with an instructor who already sees your sim record. Less relearning, more flying.

Soaring clubs and schools

For clubs and schools

Own your ground school.

Soar runs on your gliders, your field and your launch method, under your club's name. Students arrive at the flight line having already flown the lesson in the sim, and your instructors see where each one is before they strap in.

Fewer wasted launches. Students practice in the sim, not on the tow.
More from your instructors. Their time goes to flying, not repeating the briefing.
Your club, your record. Members, progress and sign-offs stay with you.

Soar for clubs and schools →

More reasons to join

Fly anywhere

At home, in a club sim, in the glider. Same module, same standard.

15 modules, 51 hours

Every module maps to the FAA glider standard.

A debrief after every flight

Replay, score, and what to fix next.

Your instructor sees your record

No re-explaining last week.

Why Soar

Sim time that counts.

Most ground school is a video and a quiz. Here every flight has a purpose, a standard and a debrief, and your record goes with you to your instructor.

Compare	A typical ground school	Soar
Where	A screen	Home, club sim, glider
Practice	Quiz questions	Scored sim flights
Feedback	A grade	Replay and debrief
Weather	A diagram	Fly it in the sim
Instructor	None	Sees your record before each lesson
Next step	Pass a test	Fly solo

Your instructor sees what you fly.

Your club's instructors follow your progress and sign you off.

For instructors →For clubs →

Frequently asked questions

What is Soar?

A glider ground school you fly. Fifteen modules, each with a briefing, a sim flight and a real flight with your instructor.

What is Learn, Do, Fly?

Learn is the briefing. Do is the sim exercise. Fly is the real glider with an instructor. Use one, two or all three, in any order.

What sim do I need?

X-Plane, MSFS or Condor 3 at home, or the sim at your club. A joystick helps but is optional.

Does a home sim feel like a real glider?

For launch procedure, thermalling, the pattern, radio and decisions, mostly yes. Stick and rudder feel is different and your instructor will tell you where.

Does sim time count as flight time?

Soar logs sim sessions separately from glider hours. Your instructor decides what goes in your logbook.

Do I need a club?

To fly a real glider, yes: a club or school and a certified instructor.

How much does it cost?

The first module is free. Early access is free during the preview.

Can the AI guide get things wrong?

It stays on flying, shows its sources, and sends anything it's unsure about to a person.

I'm under 18.

That's most of our students. A parent or guardian approves your account.

Ready to soar?

← Soar

For gliding clubs and schools

Own your ground school.

A glider ground school on your gliders, your field and your launch method, under your own name. With your syllabus, if you want it.

What we replace

Glider ground school has barely changed.

A handbook, a stack of videos, a question bank and a test endorsement. The same lessons in the same order for every student, about a glider they won't fly, at a field they'll never see. We're not putting your name on that. We're replacing it.

The same course for everyone

A system that teaches each student differently

A question bank that drills recall

Practice aimed at what they actually got wrong

Reading between flying days

Sim sessions matched to the next flight

A generic glider at a generic field

Your gliders, your field, your launch, your weather

A platform that never meets them

Your instructors, in the loop from day one

How it works

It learns the student, then teaches accordingly.

An adaptive learning system, not a course with your logo on the cover. It reshapes itself twice: around every student, and around your club.

It adapts to the student

Every answer, sim flight and lesson changes what comes next. A student who keeps missing airspace gets more airspace, taught a different way, until it holds. A student who has it moves on.

It adapts to your club

Your glider flight manuals, your field and airspace, aerotow or winch, your local soaring weather, your sim and your syllabus.

The sim is where it's practiced

Every module carries a sim flight: launch, the pattern, thermalling, radio, and the emergencies too risky to practice for real, like a rope break at 200 feet.

Your instructors stay in the loop

They see where each student is before the flight, not after. They teach inside the system, and the ground instruction is theirs to give and log.

Ground truth

Every answer is attributable to a source.

Lessons are built on the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard by Master CFI Rich Stowell and on FAA glider references. When the system doesn't know, it says so and hands the student to a person. An AI that's confidently wrong about flying is a hazard, not a feature.

Why it should be yours

What changes when the ground school is yours.

The search ends at your field

When someone nearby wants to learn to soar, their first move is a search. Run your own ground school and it ends at your club, with every sign-up a lead for a trial flight.

Students show up ready

They already know your glider, your field and your pattern. Launches go to training, not orientation. Fewer wasted tows, earlier solo, more members who finish.

Instructor time goes further

Instructors are a club's scarcest resource. The briefing happens before the flight, so their time on the field goes to flying with students.

Young pilots stay

Students can solo at 14. A course they can keep flying at home between club days keeps them engaged through the winter and through school terms.

Two sides of the same system

What your club gets. What your student gets.

What your club gets

A system, not a course. One platform that reshapes itself around every student and your club.
Your syllabus or ours. Start from the 15 Soar modules, or load your own.
Your name on it. Your brand and your domain. No national logo at sign-up.
Your members, your data. You keep enrollment, the instructor relationship and the record.
Progress you can see. Where every student is, before the flight.
Loggable ground instruction. Given and signed by your own instructors.
Sign-ups built in. Trial flight requests and new students land with you.
Local launch support. We help you get the word out: local search, your airport community, your channels.

What your student gets

A course that fits them. It moves at their pace and keeps working on what hasn't stuck.
The glider they'll actually fly. Your flight manual, not a generic one.
The field they'll fly from. Your runway, your pattern, your airspace.
Weather they'll actually see. Your local soaring conditions, not textbook examples.
Sim time that counts. At home or on the club sim, built into every module.
An instructor who knows where they are. Nothing to repeat at the start of each flight.
Ground and flight that line up. What they studied this week is what they fly on Saturday.
A path past the checkride. Cross-country, badges and the next rating, with the same club.

Configured to you

It could only have come from your club.

A student finishing on your system hasn't just learned to fly a glider. They've learned to fly your glider, off your field, on your launch, in the conditions you actually get. That's also why the club down the road can't copy it.

Pick your baseThe 15 Soar modules, or your own syllabus loaded as is.
Load your clubFlight manuals, field, airspace, launch method, weather, sim.
Go liveYour name, your domain, your instructors, sign-ups wired in.
Launch locallyWe help you make it the front door for trial flights.

Partnership

Four ways in, depending on how far you want to go.

Network partner
Regional and national organizations

We launch across your member clubs together, aligned to your training program.

Co-development partner
Deepest customization

All your incoming students start on your system. We build it, and your local launch, together.

Your syllabus
Your program, your name

We turn your club's own syllabus into your branded system.

Standard modules
Fastest to launch

The 15 Soar modules under your club's name. No customization, live fastest.

Pricing for each option is shared on a call.

The first cohort

A small group of design partners. Then we scale.

We're selecting a few clubs and schools to launch with, measure the lift in solos and completions, and shape the system before it goes wide. Design partners get the deepest customization and direct access to the team.

What we need from you

New students coming in, a willingness to start them on your own system, and one person at your club who'll work with us during the build.

What you get

Your own adaptive glider ground school, ownership of the student and the record, loggable ground instruction, launch support and a measured result.

Apply to the cohort

Own your ground school.

Tell us about your club or school. If there's a fit, we'll show you what your system would look like, built on your gliders and your field.

The Year to Solo

An experimental Learn-Do-Fly program. Two teens, 12 months, one first solo.

From sim to solo in a year.

Two teen, train toward a first solo using home sims, a personalized ground school and real flying with partner soaring clubs and schools. The target is to solo on 25th of October 2027 in Canada.

PreparationBuild theory and core skills on the integrated home sims before any flying.
ImmersionTake first flights with an instructor, using the sim to complement each one.
ContinuityRepeat regularly between flights to keep skills fresh and prevent regression.
ProficiencyTrain intensively with targeted practice to prepare for first solo flight.

Built on the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard

Learn it. Do it in the sim. Then fly it.

Every lesson follows the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard by Master CFI Rich Stowell. Learn is the briefing, so they know what good looks like. Do is the sim session, where they practice until it sticks. Fly is the lesson in your glider with your instructor, starting where the sim left off. Nothing is taught on the ground that they won't need in the glider.

Read the Standard →

The Partnership

Value for Partner Clubs and Schools

A first-hand look at sim-first training. Your instructor sees what it changes from the back seat.
A comparison you can use. How they track against your other teens on motivation, progress, dropout.
Documented training. Filmed and written up for your own social media, with written consent.
A story worth telling. A possible magazine feature on a new way to approach glider training.

What we are looking for

An engaging instructor. Someone who loves teaching teens and is open to working from our lessons.
Spare capacity. They're homeschooled and can fly any weekday, on short notice, to fill gaps.
A curious club or owner. Willing to commit one instructor to the project for the first phase.
A pre-solo stage check. Signed off by your instructor at the end of the first phase, before solo.

The Year to Solo

An experimental Learn-Do-Fly program. Two teens, 12 months, one first solo.

From sim to solo in a year.

Two teen, train toward a first solo using home sims, a personalized ground school and real flying with partner flight schools. The target is to solo on 25th of October 2027 in Canada.

PreparationBuild theory and core skills on the integrated home sims before any flying.
ImmersionTake first flights with an instructor, using the sim to complement each one.
ContinuityRepeat regularly between flights to keep skills fresh and prevent regression.
ProficiencyTrain intensively with targeted practice to prepare for first solo flight.

Built on the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard

Learn it. Do it in the sim. Then fly it.

Every lesson follows the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard by Master CFI Rich Stowell. Learn is the briefing, so they know what good looks like. Do is the sim session, where they practice until it sticks. Fly is the lesson in your airplane with your CFI, starting where the sim left off. Nothing is taught on the ground that they won't need in the airplane.

Read the Standard →

The Partnership

Value for Partner Schools

A first-hand look at sim-first training. Your CFI sees what it changes from the right seat.
A comparison you can use. How they track against your other teens on motivation, progress, dropout.
Documented training. Filmed and written up for your own social media, with written consent.
A story worth telling. A possible magazine feature on a new way to approach flight training.

What we are looking for

An engaging CFI. Someone who loves teaching teens and is open to working from our lesson plans.
Spare capacity. They're homeschooled and can fly any weekday, on short notice, to fill gaps.
A curious owner. Willing to commit one instructor to the project for the whole first phase.
A pre-solo stage check. Signed off by your CFI at the end of the first phase, before the solo.

Thrustmaster Academy · Powered by Community Aviation

As real as it gets.

Use Thrustmaster to learn to fly. For real. Every simmer gets a real path to becoming a pilot, and a way to measure up against the real standard.

The Academy

Pick your controller. Pick your aircraft.

Every Thrustmaster controller has a course that teaches you to use it, flown in the right aircraft. Then keep going with the aircraft you want to fly, from a Cessna 172 to an Airbus A320.

My controller

Learn your controller

Fly your aircraft

How a module works

One lesson. Three ways to train it.

Start anywhere, repeat any step, mix them however your week looks. Your progress follows you.

01 Learn

Know what good looks like

Short briefings, visuals and the ACS standard, before you touch the controls.

Phone, tablet, laptop

02 Do

Fly it with your gear

We load the aircraft, airport, weather and start position. You fly it on your Thrustmaster controls, then get scored and debriefed.

X-Plane 12 or MSFS at home, or a school sim

03 Fly

Take it to the airplane

Fly with a CFI who already sees your sim record. Less relearning, more flying.

Partner schools and instructors

New from Thrustmaster

New

TCA Sky Yoke

An all-in-one yoke with built-in throttle, trim and rudder controls. For PS5 and PC, and ready for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

7 axes16-bit, Hall effect
24 buttonsHat switch, mini-stick, triggers
180°Rotation, 3.5 in pitch travel
Dual ControlTwo yokes, one aircraft

Dual Control lets an instructor and a student share one aircraft. The same idea as an Academy Fly lesson, from your desk.

View TCA Sky Yoke

More Thrustmaster flight sim gear

TCA Yoke Pack Boeing EditionOfficial Boeing replica yoke and throttle quadrant, inspired by the 787.PC and Xbox

TCA Captain Pack X Airbus EditionReplica Airbus sidestick and throttle quadrant. Ambidextrous.PC and Xbox

T.Flight HOTAS 5 Microsoft Flight Simulator EditionA stick and throttle to start flying with, in the official MSFS edition.PC

HOTAS Warthog MKII BaseA redesigned Warthog base with anti-stiction ball bearings and modern electronics.PC

Private Pilot License

From your desk to a pilot certificate.

The complete PPL syllabus, built by master CFIs and scored against the FAA Airman Certification Standards. Fly each module on your Thrustmaster gear, then take it to a real airplane and a real instructor.

Real instructors

Take your flying to the next level with a CFI.

Community Aviation connects you with real flight instructors who can see your sim flights before you meet. No starting over, no guessing where you stand.

Share your sim recordYour flight paths, scores and debriefs go to the instructor you choose.
Book a CFIGet a video review of your sim flights, or a lesson in a real airplane.
Move to a partner schoolKeep your record and continue toward your certificate.

Find an instructor →

Steep turns · Module 9 · Cessna 172Example

Measure	ACS standard	Your flight
Altitude	±100 ft	±62 ft
Airspeed	±10 kts	±6 kts
Bank	45° ±5°	Left 51°

CFI note. Roll out about 5 degrees early on the left turn. Fly Slow Flight next.

More reasons to join

A course for your controller

Yoke, sidestick or HOTAS, each has a course that teaches it in the right aircraft.

Hundreds of lessons

Maneuvers, full PPL and IFR courses, airliner transitions and real-world scenarios.

Built by master CFIs

Every lesson follows the FAA ACS and is designed by instructors who train instructors.

Real instructors and schools

Book a CFI to review your flights, or move into a partner school when you are ready.

Why the Academy

Good hardware, taught properly.

Most people buy a yoke or stick and learn it from forum threads. Here every flight has a purpose, a standard and a debrief, and your record goes with you to your instructor and school.

Compare	Forum tips and videos	Thrustmaster Academy
Setup	Trial and error	Guided calibration and tuning
Standard	No measure of progress	ACS tolerances, scored debrief
Content	Scattered clips	Full PPL, IFR and airliner courses
Structure	Watch and hope	Learn, Do, Fly at your pace
Next step	None	Partner schools and instructors

Teach with the Academy.

Assign lessons, see every student's flights and publish your own courses to the catalog.

For instructors →For schools →

Frequently asked questions

What is Thrustmaster Academy?

A collection of flight training courses from Thrustmaster, delivered by Community Aviation. You learn on any device, practice in a sim with your own controller, and fly the real airplane with a CFI. Everything is built and reviewed by master CFIs.

Which controller do I need?

Any of the four: TCA Sky Yoke, Boeing Yoke Pack, Airbus Sidestick or T.Flight HOTAS. Use the filter to see the courses that fit what you own. Courses also run on other controllers.

What is Learn, Do, Fly?

Each lesson has a briefing (Learn), a sim exercise (Do) and a real-aircraft lesson (Fly). Use one, two or all three, in any order.

How much does it cost?

Thrustmaster owners get lifetime free access to the Academy, plus 3 months of premium features free. Eligible gear and conditions will be announced. Everyone else gets the first 5 lessons free.

What sim do I need?

X-Plane 12 or MSFS. Partner schools also run lessons on their own simulators.

Does sim time count toward my license?

Home sim time is not loggable, but it shortens the real hours you need. Sessions on approved school devices can be logged.

Can I work with a real instructor?

Yes. Book a CFI to review your flights, or join a partner school for the Fly part.

Early access

Fly with the first release

Tell us who you are and where you fly. We'll reach out as each tool opens up.

Pilots are first to learn with the Knowledge Library. Schools and instructors get a conversation about flight operations, scheduling and lesson planning.

← Briefings

Work in progress. The skill file download and ChatGPT and Gemini steps are still to come.

Set up MCP

Add the Community Aviation MCP to Claude as a custom connector, sign in, then ask about any airport in plain English.

MCP server URLhttps://mcp.communityaviation.ai/mcp

Claude (Desktop or web, Pro plan or higher)

Open Settings and go to Connectors. In Claude, open Settings, choose Customize, then Connectors. Click the + button and select Add custom connector.
Enter the name and URL. Type "Community Aviation MCP" as the name, paste the server URL above, then click Add.
Click Connect. Community Aviation MCP appears in your Connectors list under Not connected. Click it, then click Connect.
Sign in and authorize. Log in to your Community Aviation account, or create one at app.communityaviation.com, and set your home airport. Click Allow to authorize the connection.
You're connected. You'll see a Connected confirmation. Return to Claude; the connector is now active.
Enable it in a chat. Start a new chat. You can manage tool permissions anytime under Settings, Customize, Connectors, Community Aviation MCP.
Install the aviation skill (optional). In Settings, Customize, Skills, click + and upload the skill file airport-status-v2-1.md download coming soon. Claude will then use it automatically for weather and airport status questions.

Try asking: "What's the current METAR for KIAD?"

ChatGPT and Gemini

Coming next. Version 1 is a custom connector for Claude while our submission to the Anthropic Connectors Directory is under review.

Briefings are a planning aid. Always get an official weather briefing before you fly. Menu names in Claude can change, so steps may differ slightly. See Anthropic's guide to custom connectors using remote MCP.

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026

At Community Aviation, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (communityaviation.com) or use our services.

1. Information we collect

Information you provide directly: When you fill out forms on our site (such as signing up to be notified about the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard or requesting early access), we collect the personal information you provide, such as your name, email address, and organization details.

Automated usage data: We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with our website. This automatically collects non-personally identifiable information such as your device type, browser type, pages visited, and general geographic location (city/country level).

Nearby weather: To show conditions at the airport nearest you in the site header, our hosting provider passes us your approximate location (city level), based on your internet connection. We use it only to pick that airport and don't store it or link it to you. You can choose a different airport, which is remembered only in your browser, or choose to share your device's location; if you do, we use it once to find the nearest airport and don't store it.

2. How we use your information

Deliver the content, products, or services you request (for example, emailing you when something you signed up for is ready).
Communicate with you regarding your inquiries, applications, or updates to our services.
Analyze website traffic and user behavior to improve our website design, content, and user experience.

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Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies, primarily through Google Analytics, to collect usage data. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

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We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:

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5. Data security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

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7. Changes to this policy

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Experts

Train remotely

A curated network of master instructors and subject matter experts offering remote, one-to-one instruction. Book a session directly, no middleman, no waiting list.

Remote instruction experts

Book directly with the expert. Sessions run over video, using your own simulator, EFB or avionics.

Kevin the Expert

ATC Communications & Flight Simulation · Dallas, TX

A recognized expert in ATC communications, PilotEdge and home flight simulation setup, helping pilots and simmers get the most out of their training environment.

ATC communicationsPilotEdgeX-PlaneMSFS

View profile & book →

Larry Jarkey

Remote Instruction & Instrument Flying · Frederick, MD

Flight instructor since 1987, airline veteran and FAA Safety Team Lead Representative, specializing in remote instruction, instrument flying and Garmin avionics.

CFI · CFII · MEIATPGarmin avionicsFAASTeam Lead Rep

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More experts on the way

Our network is by invitation, and we're adding master instructors and specialists. Get early access to hear when they join.

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Kevin the Expert

ATC Communications & Flight Simulation · Dallas, TX · CSI

ATC communicationsPilotEdgeFlight simulationX-Plane 12MSFS 2024

Sessions & events

One-to-One

Flight Simulator Support

Get One-to-One help with an expert and maximize your flight simulator experience. Whether you're just thinking of getting a sim, are in the middle of a build or just want to fine tune and enhance your set up, this is a good place to start.

$3930-minute Orientation & Discovery

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One-to-One

PilotEdge Live ATC Setup

For pilots and aviation enthusiasts who are seeking live ATC communications in their flight simulation experience.

$3930 minutes

Book this session →

One-to-One

ATC Comms Coaching Intro

Hone your radio skills without the cost of flight time. Train from home with one-to-one coaching using live air traffic controllers with or without a flight simulator. Get a taste of how a comms coaching program can help.

Free30-minute Introduction

Book this session →

One-to-One

ATC Communications - 30 mins

Thirty minutes to work on your radio skills without the costly price of flight time. A good follow up to your introductory session. Make these sessions a regular thing and totally eliminate your mic fright. Keep up the training from home.

$4930-minute Session

Book this session →

One-to-One

ATC Communications - 50 mins

Fifty minutes to work on your radio skills without the costly price of flight time. A good follow up to your introductory session. Make these sessions a regular thing and totally eliminate your mic fright. Keep up the training from home.

$7450-minute Session

Book this session →

One-to-One

MSFS 2024 Orientation

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has hit the market! Should you buy it? Well, it depends.

Free30-minute Orientation & Discovery

Book this session →

About Kevin

Kevin has been around aviation all his life, but his passion took off in 2006 when he began using computer flight simulators. With those, he taught himself many of the basics of flying, which led him to the online flight simulator community.

Kevin joined the Community Aviation Expert network for his deep knowledge of ATC communications, PilotEdge live ATC, and home flight simulation hardware and software. With a bachelor's degree in Air Traffic Management, he specializes in air traffic control communications coaching, ATC procedures and technology. He also helps pilots and simmers get the most out of their home training environment, from first-time setup to advanced configuration of X-Plane 12, MSFS 2024 and PilotEdge.

Whether you're building your first home simulator, trying to get live ATC working, or want to sharpen your radio skills, Kevin is the person to call.

Start with a free intro

The ATC Comms Coaching Intro is 30 minutes, at no charge. Kevin assesses where you are and puts together a plan that fits your goals.

Book the free intro →

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Larry Jarkey

Remote Instruction & Instrument Flying · Frederick, MD · CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP

CFI · CFII · MEIAirline Transport PilotRemote instructionInstrument flyingGarmin avionicsFAASTeam Lead RepSAFEEAA

Sessions & events

One-to-One

Remote Training Orientation

Join the rapidly growing community of pilots who are training remotely, from their home flight simulator, with professional flight instructors.

$3945-Min Orientation

Book this session →

About Larry

Larry has been providing flight instruction since 1987. He has flown for USAir/Allegheny Airlines and Majestic Air Service, and as a corporate pilot, bringing real-world airline and commercial experience into his instruction.

He is an FAA Safety Team Lead Representative, coordinator for the EAA Frederick Chapter 524 IMC Club, and a member of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE). He holds CFI, CFII and MEI certificates alongside an Airline Transport Pilot certificate.

Larry specializes in remote instruction, helping pilots train and stay proficient from anywhere using their home flight simulator. He is a recognized expert in instrument flying, Garmin avionics and the Garmin Pilot EFB.

How remote instruction works

Sessions take place over Zoom. You share your screen so Larry can see your simulator, EFB or avionics display in real time. Sessions are billed at $69/hour in 15-minute increments, so you only pay for the time you use. Booking runs through Calendly, with payment at the time of booking.

Start with the Remote Training Orientation

45 minutes with Larry to understand your goals, assess your setup and build a training plan.

Book the orientation →

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Events · Pathfinders forum

AI is entering flight instruction

Whether you already use it to design lessons, are curious but unsure where to start, or think it's a bad idea, join the Pathfinders forum series with Master CFI Rich Stowell.

An open discussion with Rich Stowell

Open discussion with Master CFI-Emeritus Rich Stowell, 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year.
Real AI applications in one-on-one instruction, with a hands-on guide to trying it yourself.
A room of peers and pioneers to talk it through with: what other instructors already do, your questions, and your concerns.

The first workshop closed registration on July 28, 2026.

Pending. Next workshop date and the registration form are coming soon. Until then, email info@communityaviation.com to be notified.

In partnership with

Avemco Insurance Company is a proud supporter and sponsor of Community Aviation, committed to advancing aviation safety and promoting continuous pilot training and education.

Blackstar Flight Simulation builds flight training devices for general aviation, designed to work as a complete flight training ecosystem rather than a standalone simulator.

Train the trainers

Want to bring Pathfinders to your school? Book a call →

The Future of Flight Training

One hundred years of stick and rudder know-how, delivered by the latest sim and AI. A one-day workshop at your school, in your airplanes, with your instructors.

Book a one-day workshop →

Proven skills. Frontier tools.

What we teach

Stick and rudder. Coordination, energy, stalled flight. The skills pilots have relied on since 1903, written down by Master CFI Rich Stowell in the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.

How we teach it

Simulation and AI built for flight training. Lesson plans built for your school, sim sessions that score each attempt, debriefs built from real flight data, and progress tracking for every student.

Brief. Sim. Fly.

Every workshop follows the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard. The lesson stays the same. Only the number of students, instructors and flights changes. We choose the lesson with your school.

LearnStudents and instructors are briefed together in Community Aviation, so everyone gets the same lesson and knows what good looks like.
DoStudents rehearse in your sim, plus guided visualization, until control inputs are automatic and attention is free for decisions.
FlyStudent and instructor fly the lesson in your airplane. The flight is recorded and debriefed.

No demo. Real work.

The tools your staff, instructors and students use during the workshop, and keep using after it.

Enhanced lesson plans

Comprehensive, instructor-validated lesson plans built for your school and airport, and connected to your syllabus. Students can ask questions, create audio summaries and learn the content at their own pace, in the way that works for them.

Example screen: an enhanced lesson plan with objectives, local airport notes, an audio summary and a question chat

Deep sim integrations

Every lesson can become a sim scenario, flown on your school's sim or at home in MSFS or X-Plane. Results and training data flow back into the system, where instructors analyze them and use them to design the next lesson.

Example screen: a sim scenario with ground track and results scored against the standard

Outcome tracking

Instructors, staff and students upload videos, photos, flight telemetry, preflight briefings and debriefs, logbooks and notes. The system processes everything automatically and stores it safely and compliantly, ready for instructor and student analysis.

Example screen: uploaded flight outcomes, each processed and linked to the lesson

Personalized training

As outcome data from flights and sim sessions compounds, students get better guidance from the system, and instructors design better lesson plans in minutes.

Example screen: a student's competencies, guidance and a drafted next lesson plan

Comprehensive analysis

School staff and chief flight instructors get full visibility into student outcomes, progress and competencies. Compare progress across cohorts or school wide, see who is ahead and who needs help, make resource decisions and understand the methods each instructor uses.

Example screen: a school overview with cohort progress, instructor comparison and students to watch

What you keep.

Trained students

Understanding, rehearsal and a flown lesson, with stronger stick and rudder skills to show for it.

Calibrated instructors

One lesson and one vocabulary, compared across pairs, so your team teaches it the same way.

Results, debriefed

A results debrief at the end of the day, then a follow-up summary of flights, debriefs and records.

Video for your marketing

We film the day. You get footage to use on your website and social channels.

You bring the airplanes. We bring the workshop.

You provide

Aircraft. The training airplanes your students already fly.
Instructors. Your CFIs fly with your students, under your procedures.
Students. From one up to a small group. Observers are welcome.
A room. Somewhere to brief and debrief, plus your sim if you have one.

We bring

The lesson and the briefing. Built on the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.
The platform. Community Aviation, set up for your students and instructors.
Data capture. Briefing, flight track and debrief recorded.
Filming. We film the day, with consent collected first.
A workshop lead. Rich Stowell for the December Virginia dates. After that, a certified Community Aviation instructor.

Sized to your school.

One day
Most schools start here

Learn, Do and Fly in one day, from one student and one instructor up to a small group briefed together.

Parallel pairs
Instructor calibration

Three students and three instructors take the same briefing and fly the same lesson. The workshop lead compares the pairs in the debrief.

Extended
Up to three days

Up to five students, multiple instructors and three flights each, so the lesson sticks across a cohort.

Rich Stowell

Author of the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard and creator of the Emergency Maneuver Training program. Full-time spin, emergency maneuver and aerobatic instructor since 1987. The country's first Master CFI-Aerobatic, 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year and 2014 National FAASTeam Representative of the Year.

35,000+spins in more than 240 types of single-engine airplanes. Clinics in 22 US states and five other countries.

“Relax. The airplane knows what to do.”

Hear Rich on stick and rudder skills for modern pilots in a podcast interview. Listen to the episode →

Learn-Do-Fly is free for everyone.

Any school, instructor or student can adopt the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard at no cost. The Community Aviation platform adds the tools that improve retention, efficiency and personalization. The workshop lets you see both.

The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard →

Retention

Practice between flights, so what students learn doesn't fade before the next lesson.

Efficiency

Lesson plans and progress reports drafted from real training data, so instructor time goes to teaching.

Personalization

Lessons that adapt to each student and to your airplanes, airport and syllabus.

Questions?

What if the weather doesn't cooperate?

Learn and Do always run, on the ground and in the sim, and more people can join them. Fly happens when the weather allows, the same day or a day you choose.

Do students need aerobatic or tailwheel experience?

No. The workshop uses the airplanes you already fly.

Who flies the airplane?

Your instructors fly with students under your procedures. The workshop lead briefs, observes and leads the debrief.

Can non-pilots or partners attend?

Yes. Learn and Do are open to observers. A ground-only version works for insurers, sponsors and staff. Other locations can join by screen.

What do we need on site?

A briefing room, a sim if you have one, airplanes and instructors, and a few hours of everyone's attention.

What does it cost?

It depends on the format and the number of students and flights. We share pricing on a call.

What happens to the video and data?

You get video for your own marketing and a summary of records. Consent is collected first.

Do we need the platform to keep using Learn-Do-Fly?

No. The Standard is free. Platform add-ons are optional.

Who leads the workshop?

December Virginia dates: Rich Stowell. Later dates: a certified Community Aviation instructor.

Book a one-day workshop.

Book a short call and we will come back with dates and a plan for your fleet. First dates are being set now, starting in Virginia in December.

Book a one-day workshop →

The Future of Flight Training

One hundred years of stick and rudder know-how, delivered by the latest sim and AI. A one-day workshop at your school, in your airplanes, with your instructors.

Book a one-day workshop →

Proven skills. Frontier tools.

What we teach

Stick and rudder. Coordination, energy, stalled flight. The skills pilots have relied on since 1903, written down by Master CFI Rich Stowell in the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.

How we teach it

Simulation and AI built for flight training. Lesson plans built for your school, sim sessions that score each attempt, debriefs built from real flight data, and progress tracking for every student.

Brief. Sim. Fly.

Every workshop follows the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard. The lesson stays the same. Only the number of students, instructors and flights changes. Built on Learn to Turn, Rich Stowell's free stick and rudder program.

LearnStudents and instructors are briefed together in Community Aviation, so everyone gets the same lesson and knows what good looks like.
DoStudents rehearse in your sim, plus guided visualization, until control inputs are automatic and attention is free for decisions.
FlyStudent and instructor fly the lesson in your airplane. The flight is recorded and debriefed.

Train your instructors once. They teach every student.

The workshop trains your instructors in the lesson, the cues and the exercises, so every student after them gets the same teaching. Instructors are qualified before they teach it on their own.

No demo. Real work.

The tools your staff, instructors and students use during the workshop, and keep using after it.

Enhanced lesson plans

Comprehensive, instructor-validated lesson plans built for your school and airport, and connected to your syllabus. Students can ask questions, create audio summaries and learn the content at their own pace, in the way that works for them.

Deep sim integrations

Every lesson can become a sim scenario, flown on your school's sim or at home in MSFS or X-Plane. Results and training data flow back into the system, where instructors analyze them and use them to design the next lesson.

Outcome tracking

Instructors, staff and students upload videos, photos, flight telemetry, preflight briefings and debriefs, logbooks and notes. The system processes everything automatically and stores it safely and compliantly, ready for instructor and student analysis.

Personalized training

As outcome data from flights and sim sessions compounds, students get better guidance from the system, and instructors design better lesson plans in minutes.

Comprehensive analysis

School staff and chief flight instructors get full visibility into student outcomes, progress and competencies. Compare progress across cohorts or school wide, see who is ahead and who needs help, make resource decisions and understand the methods each instructor uses.

What you keep.

Trained students

Understanding, rehearsal and a flown lesson, with stronger stick and rudder skills to show for it.

Calibrated instructors

One lesson and one vocabulary, compared across pairs, so your team teaches it the same way.

Results, debriefed

A results debrief at the end of the day, then a follow-up summary of flights, debriefs and records.

Video for your marketing

We film the day. You get footage to use on your website and social channels.

You bring the airplanes. We bring the workshop.

You provide

Aircraft. The training airplanes your students already fly.
Instructors. Your CFIs fly with your students, under your procedures.
Students. From one up to a small group. Observers are welcome.
A room. Somewhere to brief and debrief, plus your sim if you have one.

We bring

The lesson and the briefing. Built on the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard.
The platform. Community Aviation, set up for your students and instructors.
Data capture. Briefing, flight track and debrief recorded.
Filming. We film the day, with consent collected first.
A workshop lead. Rich Stowell for the December Virginia dates. After that, a certified Community Aviation instructor.

Sized to your school.

One day
Most schools start here

Learn, Do and Fly in one day, from one student and one instructor up to a small group briefed together.

Parallel pairs
Instructor calibration

Three students and three instructors take the same briefing and fly the same lesson. The workshop lead compares the pairs in the debrief.

Extended
Up to three days

Up to five students, multiple instructors and three flights each, so the lesson sticks across a cohort.

Rich Stowell

Author of Learn to Turn, The Nine Principles of Light Airplane Flying and the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard. Master Flight Instructor (Emeritus) and full-time instructor since 1987. The country's first Master CFI-Aerobatic, 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year and 2014 National FAASTeam Representative of the Year.

87%of 166 pilots in our 2024 Experiment in Optimal Learning at AirVenture were satisfied with the Learn-Do-Fly approach.

“Turns do not happen to the pilot. They happen because of the pilot.”

From Learn to Turn, Rich Stowell's free program, released in 2021. Get the free program →

Learn-Do-Fly is free for everyone.

Any school, instructor or student can adopt the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard at no cost. The Community Aviation platform adds the tools that improve retention, efficiency and personalization. The workshop lets you see both.

The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard →

Retention

Practice between flights, so what students learn doesn't fade before the next lesson.

Efficiency

Lesson plans and progress reports drafted from real training data, so instructor time goes to teaching.

Personalization

Lessons that adapt to each student and to your airplanes, airport and syllabus.

Questions?

What if the weather doesn't cooperate?

Learn and Do always run, on the ground and in the sim, and more people can join them. Fly happens when the weather allows, the same day or a day you choose.

Do students need aerobatic or tailwheel experience?

No. The workshop uses the airplanes you already fly.

Is there spin training?

No. Spin training is a separate program that needs a qualified spin instructor. Learn to Turn is about turns and stick and rudder skill.

Who flies the airplane?

Your instructors fly with students under your procedures. The workshop lead briefs, observes and leads the debrief.

Can non-pilots or partners attend?

Yes. Learn and Do are open to observers. A ground-only version works for insurers, sponsors and staff. Other locations can join by screen.

What do we need on site?

A briefing room, a sim if you have one, airplanes and instructors, and a few hours of everyone's attention.

What does it cost?

It depends on the format and the number of students and flights. We share pricing on a call.

What happens to the video and data?

You get video for your own marketing and a summary of records. Consent is collected first.

Do we need the platform to keep using Learn-Do-Fly?

No. The Standard is free. Platform add-ons are optional.

Who leads the workshop?

December Virginia dates: Rich Stowell. Later dates: a certified Community Aviation instructor.

Book a one-day workshop.

Book a short call and we will come back with dates and a plan for your fleet. First dates are being set now, starting in Virginia in December.

Book a one-day workshop →

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Terms of Use

Draft · October 30, 2026

These terms govern your use of the Community Aviation website. Our apps and services have their own agreements.

1. Acceptance

By using communityaviation.com (the "Site"), operated by Community Aviation, LLC ("we", "us"), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

2. Use of the Site

You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. You agree not to interfere with the Site's operation, attempt unauthorized access, scrape it at a volume that burdens our systems, or use it to send spam or harmful code.

3. Not flight instruction or a weather briefing

Content on the Site, including the Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard, articles, videos and tool demonstrations, is for general education and information. It does not replace instruction from a certificated flight instructor, an official weather briefing, the aircraft's operating handbook, or applicable regulations. The pilot in command is solely responsible for the safe operation of the aircraft.

4. Intellectual property

The Site and its content are owned by Community Aviation or its licensors and protected by intellectual property laws. Learn-Do-Fly is a trademark of Community Aviation LLC. The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard is free to adopt under the terms stated in the Standard itself; other content may not be copied or redistributed without permission, except as the law allows.

5. Third-party links and services

The Site links to third-party sites and services, such as booking tools and expert calendars. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content, terms or privacy practices. Sessions booked with independent experts are agreements between you and that expert.

6. Submissions

If you send us information through forms or email, you confirm it is accurate and that you may share it. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.

7. Disclaimers

The Site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Prototype and experimental tools may change or stop working without notice.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Community Aviation is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for loss of data or profits, arising from your use of the Site.

9. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. The date at the top shows the latest version. Continued use of the Site means you accept the updated Terms.

10. Governing law and contact

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law rules. Questions: info@communityaviation.com.

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Accessibility statement

Last reviewed October 30, 2026

Community Aviation wants everyone who learns, teaches or runs a school to be able to use our website and products, including people who use assistive technology.

Our goal

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA across this website and our applications. We treat accessibility as ongoing work, not a one-time project.

What we do today

Pages use semantic headings, landmarks and lists so screen readers can navigate them.
Every interactive element can be reached and used with a keyboard, with a visible focus outline.
Meaningful images carry text alternatives; decorative images and video are hidden from screen readers.
Animations and parallax effects are turned off when your device asks for reduced motion.
Text sizes and colors are chosen for readable contrast, and pages work when zoomed to 200%.

Known limitations

We know some parts are not yet where we want them:

Some interactive diagrams and product demos may not describe every change to screen reader users.
The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard PDF has not yet been fully tagged for accessibility.
Some text over photographs may fall below the contrast we aim for at certain screen sizes.
Prototype tools such as Preflight are early versions and have not yet had a full accessibility review.

What we're working on

An independent accessibility audit of the website and our core applications.
An accessible version of the Training Standard document.
Captions and transcripts for any video with spoken content before it is published.
Accessibility checks as part of every release.

Feedback and help

If you run into a barrier, or need information in a different format, tell us. We will respond within five business days and work with you on a solution. Contact: info@communityaviation.com.

Scope

This statement covers www.communityaviation.com. Third-party sites and services we link to have their own accessibility policies. This statement describes our current efforts and intentions; it does not create contractual obligations.

The pieces don't connect

A single platform for everyone

You have the controls

Know your customer

Reduce the friction

Knowledge that knows you

Foundational and vetted knowledge

Your records, in your hands

In the AI you already use

Flight training should work for you

Better learning. Safer flying. A stronger aviation community.

Your journey. Your pace. Your goals.

The Knowledge Library

Learning built around you

Deep practice

Continuous progress

Connect with your instructor

Train remotely

You own your record

Get started today

Preflight: See it. Understand it. Practice it.

Aviation briefings. Plain English.

The Learn-Do-Fly Training Standard

It's your journey

What we offer flight training providers

Instant progress reports

Adaptive scheduling

Flight Operations

Better prepared students

Syllabus enhancement

Get the whole picture, in real time

Flare and round out

Checklist flow

Crosswind correction

See next week's problems today

Learn

Do

Fly

Building aviators

Your next lesson, already drafted

Tools for the way you teach

Lesson plans from real data

Debriefs captured

Flight review

Sim sessions with a purpose

Kneeboard and iPad ready

See what students share

See it on your syllabus

What we proved by hand, we can now deliver at scale

Team

Billy Winburn in

Rich Stowell in

Tim Delhaes in

Martijn van Hoek

Jason Archer

Built by fellow pilots

Flight Operations

Smart scheduling

Preflight

Briefings (MCP)

One platform, the features you need

Logbook

Follow the build

What shipped

What shipped

Why

What we learned

Next

Try it

One maneuver at a time

A picture in your head first

The old way

What we're testing

What it isn't

See what changed in the latest release

Ask like you'd ask a briefer

MCP v1: five tools

METARs

TAFs

Short-term forecast