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Since 2005, PilotWorkshops has been providing online training courses and “pilot-friendly” manuals for general aviation pilots. Our team of award-winning instructors help pilots at all levels reach a higher standard of safety and excellence.
Over 200,000 pilots use our training to stay sharp and fly safely.
Free Pilot Tips & Training
Real World VFR
Follows a pilot through a series of flying adventures to learn the skills needed to explore new and more challenging flights.
VFR Mastery
VFR Mastery is a continuing series of online, scenario-based workshops that tests your knowledge and hones your decision-making skills.
IFR Mastery
IFR Mastery is a fun and effective way to build IFR skills for the instrument pilot. This scenario-based training really gets you thinking with new scenarios every month. A great way to keep your head in the game.
Online Pilot Proficiency Programs
Real World VFR
Follows a pilot through a series of flying adventures to learn the skills needed to explore new and more challenging flights.
Private Pilot: The Missing Lessons
Features valuable lessons that are often overlooked, glossed over or not fully explained during Private Pilot training.
Airmanship Series
These skill-building workshops will make you a better pilot. Covers night flying, emergencies, non-towered airports, and more.
Real World IFR
Video program follows an instrument pilot through a series of challenging briefings and IFR flights. Includes IFR Refresher Ground School.
IFR Proficiency Series
Tips and tactics used to improve instrument skills. Raise your instrument flying to a higher standard with this program.
IFR: The Missing Lessons
The IFR Missing Lessons program contains the best lessons that are often overlooked, glossed over or forgotten during IFR training.
Advanced IFR
Follows instructor Ryan Koch through a series of IFR flights and teaches pro techniques and procedures that make instrument flying easier (and safer).
IFR Weather Briefings
A simplified video guide to weather tools and planning. Teaches the power-briefing skills every IFR pilot should have in 17 highly focused lessons.
Mastering the Skew-T Diagram
Start using this powerful planning tool to predict cloud tops, icing levels, turbulence and convective weather with greater precision and accuracy.
Getting Started With Simulation
A video training series that walks you through the process of using a sim to sharpen your skills. Learn to make your sim a useful training and proficiency tool.
Pilot-Friendly Manuals
IFR Communications
This pilot-friendly manual provides scripts of the most common, most useful, and most critical IFR radio communications. Includes 82 videos demonstrating proper IFR radio calls.
VFR Communications Manual
A Pilot-Friendly Manual organized in a task-oriented format that shows you exactly what to say and when to say it. Includes 53 videos that demonstrate VFR radio communication in action.
Flying Companion Manual
This Pilot-Friendly, step-by-step, full color manual details 50 useful tasks a non-pilot can complete for you before, during and after a flight to reduce your workload and improve safety.
Pilot Exercise Program
This Pilot-Friendly Manual contains 15 in-flight exercises carefully designed to improve the flying skills of any pilot while creating a fun, “scoreable” challenge.
Garmin GPS Manuals
Our pilot-friendly manuals provide a task-oriented format that focuses on procedures, not “buttonology”. Available for G1000, GTN 650, GTN 750, GNS 430, GNS 530.
Airplane Engines - A Pilot-Friendly Manual
Learn how to get the most performance, dependability and longevity from your engine.