Free and open
Video lessons, quizzes and trainers built at North Aero in Salinas. Free for every pilot, with no signup. We add new ones as we build them.
Read the chart the way you will use it in the airplane.
26 short videos on the FAA San Francisco Sectional, centered on Salinas: airports, airspace, obstacles, NAVAIDs and a trip from Salinas to Hollister. Each one has a transcript.
Watch the lessons → Live
53 questions on real chart pictures, in 7 sections. The last one is a trip you plan from Salinas to King City. Every miss links to the lesson that teaches it.
Take the quiz →
26 short videos on how to read an FAA airport diagram, starting with Salinas: runways, taxiways, holds, signs, frequencies and taxi routes from the North Aero ramp. Each one has a transcript.
Watch the lessons → Live
30 questions on real FAA airport diagrams from seven California airports that the videos do not use, in 6 sections. Every miss links to the lesson that teaches it.
Take the quiz →Video lessons on reading the surface prognostic chart. A quiz follows.
Decode real reports and know the rules that go with them.
The ground school, lesson plans and checklists our students train with.
Our private pilot ground school, online and free, with no account and no email. New modules publish as they are released.
Open the ground school → LiveThe private pilot, CFI, tailwheel and cross-country lesson plans, published online.
Browse the lesson plans → LiveAircraft checklists, study guides, homework sheets and planning tools.
Browse downloads →A discovery flight is actual flight training with a certified flight instructor at the Salinas Airport. Your hands on the controls, with the chart on your knee.
