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FREE FAA-STYLE PRACTICE · SPORT & PRIVATE PILOT

Self-Taught Pilot

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Explore eight hands-on games, simulations, and interactive tools.

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A fresh look when you share Self-Taught Pilot New share preview

Our new branded preview showcases flight simulations, interactive lessons, and practice games when you share a link.

Explore Self-Taught Pilot → · Release 568
Three new engine-failure landing challenges Engine-out landings

Repeatable engine failures, clear warnings, progressively shorter runways, paid solution hints, and notifications for each start and level win.

Try the landing challenges → · Release 567
Know immediately when your equipment match is correct Clear answer feedback

Made ATOMATOFLAMES answer feedback unmistakable with a persistent green Correct or red Incorrect banner, large check/X, points, matching selected-answer colors, and a single gentle pulse that respects reduced-motion preferences.

Play ATOMATOFLAMES → · Release 566
Keep building through all four triangle levels Triangle progression

Fixed Airspace Triangle Builder progression: Continue sits directly below the completed picture, is brought into view and focused, advances through all four freshly unlocked levels, and returning players reopen at their latest unlocked level.

Build the airspace triangle → · Release 565
Phone-friendly ATOMATOFLAMES and activity previews Game improvements

ATOMATOFLAMES now fits compact phone play with six randomized choices, stronger conditional colors, check/X feedback, illustrated green/red reviews, and server-graded performance plus participation credit. The Games landing page now has linked visual teasers for every activity, including VOR.

Explore training games → · Release 564
Clearer ATOMATOFLAMES results Equipment feedback

Correct letters show checks and missed letters show Xs. Paid lesson cards use green or red borders and explicit outcome labels. Find ATOMATOFLAMES by name in Games.

Play ATOMATOFLAMES → · Release 563
Four interactive tools graduate from Beta Four tools graduate

Both airport explorers, Flight Forces, and the Landing Simulator no longer carry Beta badges.

Explore the interactives → · Release 562
Engine activity begins when the engine runs Engine start alerts

Engine Cutaways now records a meaningful start when either engine finishes starting, rather than when its page opens.

Start a cutaway engine → · Release 561
Put the airspace picture together A real picture puzzle

Drag the actual colored and labeled pieces of the memory aid until they snap together. All four levels keep the real picture pieces; only the assembly guide fades.

Assemble the triangle → · Release 560
Airspace Triangle Builder is marked Beta Airspace Builder · Beta

The game page, both Games and Study menu links, and its Games-hub card now identify the triangle puzzle as Beta.

Build the airspace triangle → · Release 559
Match every ATOMATOFLAMES letter Equipment Match · Beta

Thirteen randomized matches, picture hints, and free scoring. An optional $2 illustrated lesson reviews your exact answers and explains which equipment applies to the aircraft and flight. Paid reviews are privately linked from your profile.

Play Equipment Match → · Release 558
The Airspace Triangle Builder has two clear homes Airspace tool is easier to find

The four-level airspace memory-aid puzzle now appears higher in the Games menu and also under Study, so it is no longer buried near the bottom of one long dropdown.

Build the airspace triangle → · Release 557
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