Ground Schools

Major Pilot Study Courses

  • Sporty’s (Sporty’s Pilot Shop): Offers a comprehensive, high-production-value online ground school with a highly structured, integrated curriculum designed to be used throughout the entire flight training process.

  • King Schools: Provides interactive video-based ground school courses featuring the recognizable “King” husband-and-wife team, known for their engaging teaching style and pass guarantee.

  • Gleim: Known for its rigorous, question-bank-focused methodology and detailed “red books,” Gleim offers an online ground school that uses a sophisticated system to ensure mastery of all required knowledge.

  • Pilot Institute: A newer, high-growth provider focused on modern video lessons, mobile accessibility, and offers a strong, distinctive guarantee to pass the FAA test (often including a cash reward if you fail).

  • Gold Seal: Offers an interactive, multi-media-rich ground school created by Master CFI Russ Still, emphasizing 3D animations, interactive quizzes, and instructor monitoring to make learning engaging.

  • ASA (Aviation Supplies & Academics): Primarily a publisher of official FAA textbooks, test prep books, and the FAR/AIM, ASA also offers an online ground school that integrates its time-tested text and prepware materials.

  • mZeroA: Offers an extensive subscription-based video library created by Master CFI Jason Schappert, focusing on providing practical, confidence-building checkride preparation for a wide range of pilot certificates and ratings.

  • WiFiCFI: Offers a comprehensive, subscription-based mobile platform focused on high-quality checkride preparation materials, offering guides for oral exams, maneuever explanations, and ground school content for various pilot certificates.

  • Sheppard Air: Specializes in test preparation for advanced certificates using a memorization and strategy-focused method to quickly achieve a passing score on the difficult FAA knowledge exams. Note: To sign up for Sheppard Air you must call.

  • PartTimePilot: Offers written lessons, video lessons, audio lessons, quizzes, flash cards, practice tests, test prep books, offline companion app, AI chats, AI simulators and more in their ground school to help prepare students for successful flight training.