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PPL Ground School + AI practice

Build the knowledge behind every flight.

Prepare for your Private Pilot written exam with 11 visual chapters, knowledge checks, and online course exams. Ask the AI Study Coach to explain a difficult concept, revisit your weak areas, and pick up where you left off. Study on your schedule, wherever you train.

  • $249 once · no auto-renewal
  • 12 months to study
  • Built by a real flight school
Pitot-static system classroom diagram used in the Airplane Systems lessonAsk about this visual without changing pages
The lesson stays in front of you.

Listen, pause, ask for another explanation, and continue exactly where you stopped.

Your complete Private Pilot study course

Learn. Ask. Practice. Keep progressing.

Work through the material at your own pace, get help with the concepts that slow you down, and use quizzes to see what needs another look before exam day.

  • All 11 visual chapters, from airplane systems to human factors
  • Chapter quizzes, unit exams, and the course final
  • Saved lessons and assessment results in your student account
  • 2 hours of AI voice study support included
  • Use it alongside training at Splendid Aviation or your own flight school

Want to see how it teaches? Try the complete first chapter free. No card required.

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Private Pilot Ground School$249 / 12 months

One payment. No automatic renewal.

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WRITTEN PRACTICEFive exams. Five different sets.

Practice with 60 questions per exam, a two-hour timer, saved attempts, and explanations. Each set uses different questions.

Open practice written exams →
INSTRUCTOR CLASSROOMBrief the lesson on screen.

Open Classroom in your staff portal to present all 11 Private Pilot chapters, with slide navigation and private instructor notes.

Open staff classroom →
COURSE ASSESSMENTSKeep your course progress moving.

Continue unit exams and the comprehensive course final in the Assessment Center.

Open Assessment Center →
01Learn it visually

PowerPoint diagrams, pictures, and concept maps support the instruction.

02Talk while you learn

A natural-voice AI Study Coach listens and answers inside the current lesson screen.

03Prove understanding

Knowledge checks, a final quiz, and printable results reveal weak areas.

Complete online assessment center

All unit exams and the final are online.

Retail Ground School customers and program students can pause and resume, receive FAA-aligned answer reviews, reopen prior attempts, and print or save each result without leaving the Study Center.

25 + 25 + 25 + 60 questionsOpen Assessment Center →

Learn → Prepare → Fly → Review

Prepare for the actual flight lesson.

Prepare before each assigned flight with the objective, briefing topics, aircraft-specific questions, and completion target in one place. This online sequence supports Splendid Aviation's current Part 61 training; your instructor controls lesson assignment, solo authorization, endorsements, and completion.

26 flight lessons · 3 stagesOpen Flight Preparation →

Complete visual curriculum

All 11 chapters

Chapter 1 is the public sample. Chapters 2–11 and scored exams require either 12-month retail access or an active Splendid Aviation program enrollment.

Chapter 1 · Complete free sample · no card required

Airplane Systems

Move at your own pace while the AI instructor explains each classroom visual. Talk with the AI CFI without leaving the lesson, complete the knowledge checks, and print your final quiz results.

6 modules18 lesson screens20 quiz questions
Start or Continue Chapter 1 →
  1. 01Airframe, Controls & POH
  2. 02Engine & Induction
  3. 03Fuel, Oil & Propellers
  4. 04Pitot-Static Instruments
  5. 05Gyros, Electrical & Glass Panels
  6. 06Compass Errors & Failures
Chapter 2 · Retail or program access · FAA-aligned course

Aerodynamic Principles

Learn from the strongest diagrams in the original Splendid Aviation classroom deck, rebuilt with current FAA-aligned explanations. Talk naturally with the AI CFI on any screen, practice scenarios, move at your own pace, and print your final assessment.

7 modules24 lesson screens20 quiz questions
Start or Continue Chapter 2 →
  1. 01Forces & How Lift Works
  2. 02Controls & Three Axes
  3. 03Airfoils, AOA & Stalls
  4. 04Load Factor & Spins
  5. 05Stability & Center of Gravity
  6. 06Wake Turbulence
  7. 07Turning Tendencies, Ground Effect & Drag
Chapter 3

Rules & Regulations

Certificates, privileges, documents, endorsements, currency, PIC duties, fuel rules, operating altitudes, maintenance, and Airworthiness Directives.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 3Open
Chapter 4

Airport Operations

Airport layout, runway-incursion prevention, lighting and beacons, VASI/PAPI interpretation, traffic patterns, and wind indicators.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 4Open
Chapter 5

Airspace & Charts

Coordinates and chart symbols; Class E, D, C, and B; special-use airspace; and current Mode C and ADS-B planning.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 5Open
Chapter 6

Meteorology

Atmospheric energy, winds, moisture, stability, thunderstorms, microbursts, structural icing, and fog.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 6Open
Chapter 7

Interpreting Weather Data

Briefing strategy, METAR, TAF, PIREP, winds and temperatures aloft, GFA, prog charts, G-AIRMETs, and SIGMETs.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 7Open
Chapter 8

Airplane Performance

POH data, density altitude, takeoff and landing performance, crosswind components, weight, arm, moment, and CG envelopes.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 8Open
Chapter 9

Navigation

VOR facilities and radials, CDI/TO-FROM interpretation, intercepts, airways, cross-fixes, GPS/WAAS, integrity, and route risk.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 9Open
Chapter 10

Communications

Traffic advisories, position reports, light gun signals, call signs and phonetics, ATIS, tower/ground/CTAF, Flight Service, transponder, ADS-B, and emergencies.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 10Open
Chapter 11

Human Factors & Risk Management

ADM models, PAVE/IMSAFE/5P, hazardous attitudes, stress and workload, hypoxia, carbon monoxide, hyperventilation, vision, and spatial disorientation.

4 modules8 lesson screens8 quiz questions
Open Chapter 11Open

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Pilot Checkride Practice Pack

Practice explaining Private Pilot or Instrument topics, answering Mock Oral questions, and making Radio Calls with one access code. This pack does not include ground-school course access. The coach sounds conversational, but it remains a study aid and does not replace an authorized instructor.

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Training aid—not an instructor or FAA approval.

The AI Study Coach is not a certificated flight instructor, FAA-approved simulator, endorsement, graduation certificate, or substitute for current FAA references, the assigned aircraft's approved information, or instruction from an authorized instructor.