The Six Pack Trainer
Six Pack Trainer is a browser-based tool from Flight Club that sharpens the first skill every student pilot needs: the instrument scan. Study the six primary flight instruments, then see how quickly and accurately you can read them back. With Spot-the-Match, Read-the-Panel and single-instrument Drill modes, a tap-to-learn primer for each gauge, and difficulty that grows with you, it turns instrument recognition into a fast, genuinely addictive game.
1. Pick your challenge.
Choose an exercise (Spot the Match, Read the Panel, or Instrument Drill) and a difficulty (Beginner, Advanced, or Adaptive).
2. Read the six-pack.
Study the instrument panel that appears and take in every needle.
3. Make the call.
Pick the panel or description that matches. You score a point for each instrument you read correctly, with a cross-check breakdown after every round.
Fly the perfect circuit, one heading at a time.
New free training tool from Flight Club! Struggling to nail your circuit headings? Our Circuit Heading Trainer walks you through every leg so you can practise working out the exact heading to fly. Switch on "With wind" mode to factor in wind correction and watch the aircraft crab into wind, just like the real thing. Perfect for student pilots learning the pattern.
1. Set it up
Enter the runway in use, choose a left- or right-hand circuit, and pick Nil wind or With wind (then dial in wind direction and speed)
2. Fly the circuit
At each turn, swipe or tap the arrows to select the heading you'd fly for the next leg, then press Check
3. Learn as you go
Get instant feedback and try again until it's right; the aircraft then flies the leg (crabbing into wind) and you continue around the pattern.
1 in 60 rule trainer
The 1 in 60 Rule Trainer is a free, interactive web app that turns one of aviation's handiest mental-maths shortcuts into hands-on practice. Each round drops you into a fresh scenario, off track between two airfields, and challenges you to work out your track error, correction angle, and the heading correction back to your destination. Enter your answer and the app grades it instantly, then redraws the diagram with the angles and corrected track so you can see how the numbers become a turn. With randomised problems, a whole-numbers mode for beginners and an equation mode for tougher figures, plus a running score, it's a quick way for student pilots to drill their nav maths until it's second nature.
If you need a refresher on the 1 in 60 rule, watch this video.
1. Read the scenario.
You're abeam the lake and off track. Note your total distance, distance flown, and how far off track you are.
2. Work it out.
Use the 1 in 60 rule to find your track error and correction angle, then enter the total heading correction and turn direction.
3. Check your answer.
Hit Check to see if you're on track, with the angles drawn on the diagram and the full solution. Tap New scenario and repeat.
Welcome to the ATC readback trainer
Reading back ATC instructions is one of the trickiest skills for student pilots — the calls come fast, and there's a lot to remember. The Readback Trainer lets you practise until it's second nature. It plays a realistic, randomly generated ATC transmission in standard Australian phraseology; you press push-to-talk and read it back through your mic, and the app instantly checks every element — runway, heading, altitude, QNH, squawk, frequency — showing you exactly what you nailed and what you missed. Choose your transmission type and difficulty, and drill taxi clearances, IFR departures, radar vectors, and frequency changes as much as you like. It runs free in your browser, no sign-up required. Stuck on a call? Tap to peek. Prefer to type? There's a fallback for that too.
1. Listen
Tap Receive transmission to hear a randomly generated ATC clearance in standard phraseology.
2. Read it back
Hold Push to talk (or the spacebar) and repeat the instruction, just as you would on the radio.
3. Check your score
Release, and the app marks every item correct or missed, then shows exactly what ATC said.
Try CHAIRFLY
Chairfly is a memory trainer that helps student pilots learn their checklists and procedures by heart. Snap a photo or upload a PDF of any checklist, and it pins to an on-screen kneeboard ready to study. Start a timed run, read it through on repeat, and with each pass a little more of the text blurs away, so you're recalling more from memory every time, until you can run the whole thing cold. Stuck on a line? A quick "peek" reveals it for three seconds. Whether it's your pre-start flow, run-ups, or emergency drills, Chairfly turns rote repetition into confident recall, right from your chair.
1. Load your checklist
Snap a photo of a checklist or upload a PDF, and it pins to your on-screen kneeboard. Chairfly automatically recognizes the text so it knows exactly where each word sits.
2. Read it on repeat
Press the spacebar (or tap the button on mobile) to start a 5-minute run, then read every line from top to bottom. The goal is simple repetition — keep cycling through the full checklist out loud or in your head.
3. Hide each pass
Each time you press space or tap, a few more words blur out, so you recall a bit more from memory on every pass until the page is blank. If you get stuck, hit Peek (or the P key) to reveal everything for 3 seconds, then keep going until you can fly the whole checklist cold.
Reciprocal heading trainer app
Reciprocal Trainer turns one of aviation's quickest mental skills into instant recall. A heading appears, the clock starts, and you tap in the reverse course — exactly 180° opposite — racing your own time. Every answer is scored on speed and accuracy, so the numbers you'll need in the circuit or under the hood become second nature. Free, runs in any phone browser, nothing to install.
For more tips on this topic see this flight-club video.
The Magnetic Compass Errors Trainer
The Magnetic Compass Errors Trainer is an interactive drill for student pilots learning how a wet compass misbehaves when you change speed or turn. Work through two modules — acceleration errors and turning errors — across both hemispheres, predict what the compass will do, then watch a realistic compass card react in real time. Each answer comes with a plain-language explanation and the mnemonic that backs it (ANDS/SAND for acceleration, UNOS/ONUS for turning), so the rules actually stick.
1. Pick your topic.
Choose Acceleration errors or Turning errors at the top, and tap the Hemisphere button to drill the Northern hemisphere, the Southern hemisphere, or leave it on Auto for a random mix.
2. Read the scenario
You'll get a heading and a manoeuvre (accelerating, decelerating, or rolling out of a turn). Choose what the compass will indicate from the options below.
3. Watch and learn.
The compass animates the error so you can see it happen, and you get instant feedback with the reasoning and mnemonic. Hit Next scenario to keep training and build your streak.
Know all the V-speeds
Think you know your V-speeds? The V-Speed Checkride is a quick, interactive quiz built to go with our episode "All the V SPEEDS you need to know." It throws you twelve real-world scenarios — engine failure on takeoff, an obstacle off the runway, turbulence ahead — and asks you to call the right speed from three options. Every answer comes with a plain-English explanation, and your score drives a working airspeed indicator that climbs into the green as you get them right. Miss a few? The end-of-test report links you straight back to the exact moment in the video to brush up. Perfect for student pilots prepping for exams or anyone keeping their numbers sharp.
Step 1
Read the scenario and pick the V-speed you think fits from the three options.
Step 2
Get instant feedback on every call, with the reasoning and a link to that point in the video.
Step 3
Check your debrief at the end. Tap any speed to jump back to the video and revise the ones you missed.
XWC - your crosswind copilot
XWC is a free, no-fuss crosswind calculator built for student pilots. Set your runway and the wind, and it instantly shows you the crosswind and headwind components — then flip to Test Yourself mode to sharpen the mental maths you'll actually use in the circuit. Mobile-first, no sign-up, ready whenever you are.
1. Set your runway.
Tap + / – to match the runway in use.
2. Dial in the wind.
Drag the windsock (or use the steppers) to set the wind direction off the nose, then enter the wind speed — and a gust, if there is some.
3. Read your result.
The crosswind and headwind components appear instantly in knots, along with which side the crosswind is from.
CTAF procedures trainer
Nail your radio calls before you key the mic. This free, interactive trainer walks you through the standard arrival and departure broadcasts at non-towered (CTAF) aerodromes. The calls every student pilot is expected to know. It spins up a fresh scenario every time — different runway, wind, circuit direction and join or departure type — so you learn the procedure, not a script. Follow each leg on a live circuit diagram with every call broken down by element, then switch to quiz mode and get an instant debrief on how your CTAF knowledge is tracking. No sign-up, nothing to install — it runs right in your browser.
1. Choose your phase.
Tap Inbound or Outbound, then New scenario for a fresh aerodrome, runway, wind and circuit to practise.
2. Walk it through.
Step through each leg on the diagram and read the recommended call, colour-coded by element — location, callsign, position, intention and runway.
3. Test yourself.
Switch to Quiz, pick the correct call at each point, and review your end-of-quiz debrief to see exactly what to brush up on.