Whether you are flying or driving to AirVenture this year, Sportys has made your planning easier than ever before with a free app for the event. The official EAA AirVenture 2011 Fly-In App is available for both Apple devices (iPhones, iPads, iPod Touch) and Android devices (phones and tablets), and includes maps, guides to schedules [...]

Sun n Fun 2011 was a big stop on Sporty’s Pilot Shop’s 50th Anniversary tour. To celebrate, the company announced a new, no-cost service for aircraft owners called Sporty’s Plane Manager. The cloud-based program makes it simple for partnership-owned aircraft to be managed online. The program includes a scheduler, maintenance calendar and an area to [...]

An iPad in the cockpit can be even more functional for pilots with Sportys iPad kneeboard and iPad flight desk. The compact, bifold iPad kneeboard holds your iPad securely on the left side and has an adjustable stand to set the right viewing angle for your screen. A right side organizer section includes mesh pockets [...]

This just in from Sporty’s President and COO, Michael Wolf: Last year, we issued a Trends Report for 2009, highlighting shifts and developments in general aviation products based on our own research, marketing and sales experience. Now, with 2010 almost in the rear-view mirror, we want to share with you some trends we saw for [...]

Whether you want to post a video to YouTube or Facebook, or simply share a flight with friends, Sporty’s cockpit video system is all you need. This compact, all-in-one system is so easy to use that it may become standard gear in your airplane. This video system is also useful for flight instructors and their [...]

Anyone pursuing instrument training will log plenty of hood time, usually with frosted IFR training glasses. But doing this while wearing reading glasses can be uncomfortable and inconvenient. Now there is a simple and inexpensive solution with these Instant IFR Training Glasses paired with Stick On Reading Lenses.

Sportys offers the first flight training video courses made specifically for mobile devices. Available as an add-on option to Sportys Online Flight Training Courses, the new Mobile Video Courses are offered for the Recreational, Private and Instrument Rating. The new courses are optimized for mobile devices including the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones. Training progress [...]

The all-new SP-400 sets a new standard, with features previously reserved for panel avionics. Sportys Vice President John Zimmerman says that now, for roughly the price of a tank of gas, pilots can have the peace of mind of a totally portable nav/com with ILS. New features of the SP-400 include full ILS display (localizer [...]