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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
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.
VFR Mastery
VFR Mastery is a continuing series of online, scenario-based workshops that tests your knowledge and hones your decision-making skills.
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
These are the valuable lessons that are neglected, glossed over, or completely missed 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.
Instrument Rating Accelerator
Video program follows a pilot through the entire instrument rating, from the first training flight through the checkride (and everything in-between).
IFR: The Missing Lessons
These are the valuable lessons that are often neglected, glossed over, or completely missed 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.
Garmin GTN: Next Level
Video course demonstrates advanced techniques, best practices, power tips, and gotchas for the Garmin GTN 750 and 650 (includes Xi).
Getting Started With Simulation
Video training series that walks you through the process of using a sim to sharpen your skills. Make your sim a 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
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.
Airplane Engines
Learn how to get the most performance, dependability and longevity from your engine.
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.
Flying Companion
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.