Boldmethod

Want to improve your piloting skills? Then the Boldmethod app is for you. With over 50 hours of videos and online training courses, you'll walk away with the knowledge that makes you a better pilot.

Access your Boldmethod training courses in one app, watch the latest training videos, and test your knowledge with quizzes.

What's new? The Feed and Challenges tabs are the place to start learning or to brush up on your aviation knowledge. When you're ready to take the next step, sign up for courses to truly master your pilot knowledge.

MASTERING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS
Do you have a perfect landing every time? Neither do we.

This video course helps you master your takeoffs and landings. Whether you're trying to stop floating past your landing point or trying to smooth out your touchdown, you'll learn how to fix any of your takeoff and landing problems with this simple-to-use online course.

The course breaks down takeoffs and landings into sections:

Normal Takeoffs
Traffic Patterns
Normal Landings
Crosswind Takeoffs and Landings
Short Field Takeoffs and Landings
Soft Field Takeoffs and Landings
Non-Standard Takeoffs and Landings
Night Takeoffs and Landings


NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM
Our airspace course covers everything you need to know about the National Airspace System, including Class A-G airspace, Special Use Airspace, and Other Airspace. It's an excellent way to prepare for your private pilot checkride and keep your flying skills sharp.

The course breaks down airspace into sections:
Class A airspace
Class B airspace
Class C airspace
Class D airspace
Class E airspace
Class G airspace
Special use airspace
Other airspace


AVIATION WEATHER REPORTS AND FORECASTS
Our weather course covers everything you need to know about aviation weather, including METARs, TAFs, Pilot Reports, Graphical Forecasts For Aviation, Winds Aloft Forecasts, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs. It's an excellent way to prepare for your private pilot checkride and keep your flying skills sharp.

The course breaks down aviation weather into sections:
METARs
TAFs
PIREPs
Graphical Forecasts For Aviation
Winds Aloft Forecasts
AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs


VFR CHARTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Our charts course covers everything you need to know about VFR charts and publications, including sectional charts, terminal area charts, the Digital Chart Supplement, and NOTAMs.

The course breaks down publications into sections:
Sectional Charts
Terminal Area Charts
Digital Chart Supplement
NOTAMs

MOUNTAIN WEATHER
Do you want to feel more comfortable flying around the high country? Boldmethod's Mountain Weather course helps make that happen.

You'll learn how to evaluate mountain weather during your planning and while you're in flight. You'll also learn how terrain generates updrafts, downdrafts, turbulence, and storms, and changes the direction of the wind throughout the day.

The course breaks down weather into sections:
Mountain Waves
Strong Surface Winds
Updrafts, Downdrafts, And Turbulence
Convergence Zones
Coastal Mountain Wind Systems
The North American Monsoon
Daily (Diurnal) Winds In Valleys
Mountain Thunderstorms