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PPL Training Courses: Sporty’s, MzeroA Top

The Sporty's Learn To Fly course covers Private, Recreational and Sport Pilot certificates. It uses a modular format, with each of the six main sections focusing on a different phase of training. The main sections are further divided into short video lessons ranging from one to 30 minutes. Most lessons have an associated review quiz that can be retaken as desired. Students can click on the "Explanation" link in the quizzes to jump directly to the part of the video that addresses each question.

Learning to fly can be a little like trying to drink out of a firehose, especially for students with no previous exposure to aviation. With all of that new information, terminology and technique to take on- board, the logical starting point is a good virtual ground school.

Thankfully the online course options are getting better all the time, while providing a potentially cheaper and more time-flexible resource for new pilots. For this article we took a look at eight of the top options for online private pilot ground schools.