Pass All 3 Pilot Tests—GUARANTEED!
No other course can promise what ours does—you will pass your written test, oral exam and flight test, plus you'll be prepared for real world flying after you get your license. If you don't pass all three tests, we'll give you your money back.
Written Test—All Sporty’s courses include interactive written test preparation software on CDROM, so you can study for the written test before you start flight training or as you take lessons. This easy-to-use program allows you to create customized study sessions, take randomly generated practice tests and test your knowledge with our exclusive flash card function. Plus, each DVD includes interactive review quizzes to check your progress as you watch the video.
Oral Exam—You don’t have to fear the oral exam with Sporty’s courses. Our state-of-the-art 3D graphics and animations make complicated subjects like aerodynamics and weather easy to understand, so you’ll have the confidence to answer all of your examiner’s questions. And each program includes detailed explanations and real world examples of everything you need to know. Plus, our integrated Training Course Outline promotes a building-block approach to learning, so you’ll thoroughly understand each concept, instead of just memorizing test questions.
Flight Test—Incredible in-flight footage, filmed in broadcast quality, shows you every maneuver from the pilot’s perspective, from steep turns and stalls to landings and emergencies. In fact, over 75% of our course is shot in and around airplanes. You’ll know exactly what to expect in the airplane, and you’ll be able to explain every procedure to the examiner. Plus, our Practical Test Standards Study Guide cross-references every required task to the DVD programs, making pre-checkride review easy. We’ll even give you a preview of the checkride on the final DVD program.
Only Sporty's Offers These Exclusive Features:
Our exclusive PTS Study Guide cross-references every required task from the Practical Test Standards to our course. No other course can do this because no other course is this complete. You will be thoroughly prepared for everything on your checkride.
The integrated Training Course Outline offers an FAA-approved training syllabus, including all flight and ground lessons. It includes specific lesson objectives, completion standards, required study materials and room for lesson critique and notes.
Special Air Facts™ segments with Flying magazine editor Richard L. Collins take you beyond the tests to teach you real-world flying tips and techniques. You won't find Collins' expertise in any other flight training course.
Sporty's is committed to having the most up to date courses available. We are continually updating our courses with the latest FAA guidelines, and new segments are frequently added to highlight new technologies. You can buy our course with confidence—it will include the latest information.
Our courses are an exceptional value. Prices start at just $99—you could easily pay much more for a much less complete course. Best of all, with Sporty's there is nothing extra to buy—just add flight instructor.
Why DVD?
The tremendous capacity of Sporty's dual-layer DVDs allows the entire 14-hour Private course to fit on only 6 discs, yet they still offer twice the sharpness of VHS, and over 4 times the resolution of CD-ROM video courses. All of the "competitors" use single-layer discs in their DVD courses. The Interactive DVD format allows the viewer to go back and forth from the instructional material to the test questions, and to easily move among the various study segments on either TV set-top players or DVD-video-equipped computers. Test questions can be attempted as many times as necessary, and the student will know instantly whether the correct test answer was selected. A brief explanation of why the choice is correct or incorrect is also included. Run Time: 14 hours, 13 minutes.
Outside the United States? - Sporty's DVDs have all DVD regions enabled and play on almost all DVD players (NTSC or PAL); consult your owner's manual for more information. Closed Captioning not functional on PAL DVD players.
Attention International Students!
Sporty's educational video courses have printed subtitles or captions (sometimes called under-titles). These captions are very useful for students whose first language is not English, as many students more effectively assimilate new material when it's presented in both verbal and written form. Sporty's interactive DVD courses are the only courses to offer this feature.
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One Year Guarantee
Our one-year guarantee has not changed since we introduced our first product in 1962. If for any reason you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, let us know—we will make it right. If you would like a refund or exchange, please return the product on a timely basis in the same condition in which it was received.
Price Guarantee
Sporty's guarantees competitive pricing on everything we sell. If you find a competitor offering an identical item at a lower advertised price, just mail or fax us the ad, and Sporty's will match that price.
Standard Express Shipping
We offer the fastest shipping in the business, so you won't have to wait for your important charts or a last-minute gift. Since we stock almost everything we sell, we offer same day shipping: in-stock orders placed by 5pm Eastern (weekdays), will be shipped that same day, often within minutes of ordering.
Plus, all orders arrive in just 2 business days with standard shipping.
Overnight shipping is also available on most items.
Return Policy
For over 40 years, in addition to same day shipping, Sporty's has offered same day returns and same day exchanges. Each day, we process all returns and exchanges before new orders go out. We know of no other company who does this!
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February 5, 2010 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Good format. Easy to follow and watch videos
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No Written FAA exam question/answer with explanations book. Available online--sort of--but loads very slowly without the ability to stop where you are working and come back later.
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January 24, 2010 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Easy to sit through and just watch
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When I got to the section on charts there were questions asked that I didn't recall seeing described in the video. I found additional material in the book. Might be worth mentioning the book from time to time in the video if the material is not described in the video.
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This is a good preparation for taking lessons. I may review it more than once before I sign up for classes and then hopefully I can breeze the class.
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January 22, 2010 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Very good quality
Seems comprehensive
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Should have more review questions
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I like it
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January 9, 2010 Would You Recommend This Product:
Yes.
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Has a lot of good information, easy to use, nicely packaged in 3 ring binder, Its nice having review questions during video, its nice that it can be viewed when ever I want a refresher.
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Didn't seem to have as much as I expected.
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I feel it was still worth buying. As costs go up, unless more is added it would probably change my mind.
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January 4, 2010 Would You Recommend This Product:
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December 20, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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December 15, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Easy to use & understand. Very easy to learn the basics with the video presentation. I would recommend to anyone who is starting their training. I start flying next week & feel like I have a good understanding of what to expect.
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December 7, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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December 1, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
No.
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Good overall content.
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Presentation is EXTREMELY boring!
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November 28, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
Yes.
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Comprehensive videos with questions to review the material learned. Easy to use.
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None
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It has been an excellent resource to use along with my ground instruction. The actual footage helps understand the concepts and manuevers.
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November 24, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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having been out of flying for 8 years, I bought this product as a refresher and to catch up on anything that had changed, I would recommend it to anyone, it is a great product. also i cant afford an airplaine so i would love to win that skycatcher if at all possible. thanks
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November 20, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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November 18, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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This is a complete package deal and is worth more than what i paid for it. If you want material to always be able to look at again and learn on your own then you can.t miss buying this program.
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The only draw back is if you dont buy it
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October 15, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
Yes.
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Well produced, everything clearly explained except disk 4
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I can easily recommend this product.
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October 12, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Very informative. Easy to understand.
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None found.
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September 30, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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The information given was very good and useful.
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The weather chapters were too fast and confusing. Even after 3 tries, the information was not conveyued. I am convinced it could be simplified, it sounded like the presenter wanted to convey that he really knew the weather, and cared less about the student.
The logistic of producing the course for a computer had some flaws. The picture jumped up and down, making it hard to do the tests. In this day and age, this is inexcusable.
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A chapter review of pertinent facts would have been helpful. More questions are needed. The PST booklet is too skimpy. I have better courses in the past. It seems this one was taken 20 years ago with few operational updates. The content was good however.
I don't know if I would recommend the product, it would depend on the tolerance factor of the recipient.
I had been off flying for 10 years and wanted the course for knowledge update. For similar reasons I would buy it again.
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September 28, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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It could use menu updates so that it would navigate more similarly to other DVD's.
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September 13, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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September 12, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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easy to watch and listen to.
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September 8, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
Yes.