PRESS RELEASES

Plain or Fancy: Sporty’s Has the iPad Kneeboard for You

With iPads a regular feature of many cockpits, Sporty’s offers a selection of kneeboards for efficient use of all iPad models. Many of these designs are updated based on pilot feedback, with smaller sizes and more flexible organization options.

Pilot Sunglasses Made for Flying

Sporty’s offers the new Pilot Wings Sunglasses, featuring non-polarized lenses designed to enhance the environment around you while in flight. Made by Eagle Eyes®, the lens technology that goes into these sunglasses has been used by NASA’s space program for its superior benefits to vision quality and eye health.

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Sporty’s Brings Iridium GO!™ to General Aviation

Now pilots can stay connected to their mobile devices no matter where they are with Iridium GO!TM, the world’s first truly global mobile satellite hotspot. Iridium GO! provides service when devices are out of range of cellular networks.

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Bring Your Learning to Fly Questions with You to AirVenture

It’s easy for non-pilots to be intimidated hanging out with their certificated buddies. At EAA AirVenture, with pilots who have flown everything with wings and logged thousands of hours, asking a basic question about learning to fly can be difficult. Sporty’s CFIs are making themselves available daily starting at 11:00 a.m. during AirVenture for “office hours” at the Sporty’s Tent to answer any question about learning to fly, choosing a flight school and making that first step toward becoming a licensed pilot.

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AirVenture Gets Bigger; So Does Sporty’s

Sporty’s will provide a shopping experience for showgoers who enter Sporty’s big tent. Even larger than last year, Sporty’s will show pilots what’s new and what they need now in a 16,000-square foot display.

Sporty’s Airspace Review Now an Online Course

Sporty’s Airspace Review has been updated and is now delivered as an online course which includes more than 30 minutes of all-new HD video with 3-D graphics and animations.

It’s Another RV-12 for Sporty’s 2015 Sweepstakes

Sporty’s Sweepstakes airplane for 2015 is an all-new Van’s RV-12. The popularity of this aircraft in the 2014 Sweepstakes made it a natural choice for a second year.

Flight Gear Navigator Bag

Technology has changed the way we fly, and flight bags need to change too. Gone are the days of carrying heavy chart binders; these have been replaced by iPads, ANR headsets and plenty of charging cords. The all-new Flight Gear collection is designed with these needs in mind, offering just the right amount of storage space in a series of streamlined, modern flight bags.