Research library
Everything we checked.
The 49 sources behind the brief, grouped by idea, each with a line on what it told us. Market notes are current as of October 2026.
A few facts in the venture pages come from general aviation knowledge rather than a single source here, such as the FAA naming loss of control as a leading cause of fatal accidents, and the WINGS program. We can add direct references for any of them.
8 sources
The radio trainer
Why we set the radio trainer aside: the field filled up fast in 2026.
- General Aviation News · Aug 2026New app helps student pilots beat mic fright
One of several AI radio-practice apps launched or expanded this year.
Visit New app helps student pilots beat mic fright (opens in a new tab) ↗ - AFM.aero · Feb 2026Republic Airways' LIFT Academy embeds PlaneEnglish in pilot training
An airline-backed academy has built a radio trainer into its curriculum.
Visit Republic Airways' LIFT Academy embeds PlaneEnglish in pilot training (opens in a new tab) ↗ - HalldalePlaneEnglish to highlight features that increase training realism
The established player keeps adding realism, raising the bar for newcomers.
Visit PlaneEnglish to highlight features that increase training realism (opens in a new tab) ↗ - LearnATCHow LearnATC is changing aviation training
Another dedicated ATC learning product already in the market.
Visit How LearnATC is changing aviation training (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Product HuntATCpal: practise ATC radio calls out loud
A new AI controller that scores spoken radio calls by scenario.
Visit ATCpal: practise ATC radio calls out loud (opens in a new tab) ↗ - App StoreWilco: ATC Radio Trainer
A recent solo-developer app for phraseology practice.
Visit Wilco: ATC Radio Trainer (opens in a new tab) ↗ - App StoreAviate AI: master ATC radio communication
AI radio simulation plus AI summaries of real flights.
Visit Aviate AI: master ATC radio communication (opens in a new tab) ↗ - RealSimGearLearn to talk to ATC with SayIntentions.AI
AI controllers have also arrived inside home flight simulators.
Visit Learn to talk to ATC with SayIntentions.AI (opens in a new tab) ↗
6 sources
Mental performance
The case for performance training: pilots avoid anything that looks like a health record.
- Fox BusinessAviation and mental health: is real change on the horizon?
Source of the 2022 study figure: 56% of pilots said they had avoided care in some way.
Visit Aviation and mental health: is real change on the horizon? (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Insurance Journal (Reuters) · Dec 2025Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying
Reuters interviews with three dozen pilots and experts on why pilots stay silent.
Visit Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying (opens in a new tab) ↗ - CTV NewsAirline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying
The same Reuters reporting, carried in Canada.
Visit Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Rethinking65Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying
A further pickup of the Reuters investigation.
Visit Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying (opens in a new tab) ↗ - AIN OnlineA look back at 2024: mental health progress in aviation
Industry and regulatory moves toward support, and how far there is to go.
Visit A look back at 2024: mental health progress in aviation (opens in a new tab) ↗ - DP TribuneAviation and mental health
Wider coverage of the same theme.
Visit Aviation and mental health (opens in a new tab) ↗
8 sources
Chair-flying and aerobatics
OpenAero owns sequence design. Rehearsal, the step after it, is open.
- CIVA NewsSequence design software
OpenAero is the free standard for designing competition sequences.
Visit Sequence design software (opens in a new tab) ↗ - IACOpenAero updated with IAC 2020 sequences
OpenAero is maintained alongside the US competition sequences.
Visit OpenAero updated with IAC 2020 sequences (opens in a new tab) ↗ - IACIntroduction to Aresti
How aerobatic figures are written down, which any rehearsal tool must read.
Visit Introduction to Aresti (opens in a new tab) ↗ - WikipediaAresti Catalog
Background on the catalogue that defines every competition figure.
Visit Aresti Catalog (opens in a new tab) ↗ - FAICIVA ICTC committee report, 2025 (PDF)
The international committee's current view of contest software.
Visit CIVA ICTC committee report, 2025 (PDF) (opens in a new tab) ↗ - CIVAACRO technical data sheet (PDF)
The contest-results side of the software landscape.
Visit ACRO technical data sheet (PDF) (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Biplane ForumAdventures with OpenAero
How pilots actually use OpenAero, in their own words.
Visit Adventures with OpenAero (opens in a new tab) ↗ - GitHubOpenAero project issues
OpenAero is open source; its licence sets the terms for any reuse.
Visit OpenAero project issues (opens in a new tab) ↗
7 sources
The CFI pocket office
Big platforms serve schools. Independent instructors juggle small apps.
- Flight Schedule ProFlight school software
The established platform, built around schools, fleets and front desks.
Visit Flight school software (opens in a new tab) ↗ - FlightLoggerTop 7 ways flight schools reduce scheduling conflicts
How the school-focused platforms frame the problem.
Visit Top 7 ways flight schools reduce scheduling conflicts (opens in a new tab) ↗ - App StoreInstructeeze: CFI flight training tool
A newer independent-CFI app with few users so far.
Visit Instructeeze: CFI flight training tool (opens in a new tab) ↗ - App ranking dataRight Rudder
Another small instructor app in the same space.
Visit Right Rudder (opens in a new tab) ↗ - App ranking dataAviatorFlow
Pitched at CFI paperwork; ranks outside the top 30 in its category.
Visit AviatorFlow (opens in a new tab) ↗ - App StoreCFI Pilot Checklists
Endorsement and requirement checklists for instructors.
Visit CFI Pilot Checklists (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Vertical Reference forumSchedulePoint discussion
Instructors comparing scheduling tools in their own words.
Visit SchedulePoint discussion (opens in a new tab) ↗
7 sources
The aircraft sale studio
Marketplaces feel dated, and sellers are told presentation sells aircraft.
- AppGoblinTrade-A-Plane app data
The iOS app rates 1.85 stars and hasn't been updated since 2018.
Visit Trade-A-Plane app data (opens in a new tab) ↗ - AppFollowTrade-A-Plane on the App Store
A second view of the same app listing.
Visit Trade-A-Plane on the App Store (opens in a new tab) ↗ - GlobalAir.comSell your aircraft: listing tiers
How listing sites package photos, specs and video for sellers.
Visit Sell your aircraft: listing tiers (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Plane Sales AustraliaHow to create a standout listing
Marketplaces themselves tell sellers that presentation matters.
Visit How to create a standout listing (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Aviation Trader · Aug 2026Buying and selling aircraft in Oceania
A current marketplace and how it presents itself.
Visit Buying and selling aircraft in Oceania (opens in a new tab) ↗ - AFORSAdvertising guidelines
What a UK listing site requires of sellers before listing.
Visit Advertising guidelines (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Classic Aircraft SalesSelling your aircraft
How a specialist dealer approaches presentation.
Visit Selling your aircraft (opens in a new tab) ↗
4 sources
The name and domain
Others already use similar names, so a trademark check comes before deeper investment.
- CAPATouch Inflight Solutions: supplier profile
An established aviation supplier with a similar name.
Visit Touch Inflight Solutions: supplier profile (opens in a new tab) ↗ - ProspeoIn Flight Solutions Group
A Lisbon-based company using a close variant of the name.
Visit In Flight Solutions Group (opens in a new tab) ↗ - NBAA ConnectCorporate Inflight Services
Another business-aviation company in the same naming territory.
Visit Corporate Inflight Services (opens in a new tab) ↗ - USPTO · still to checkTrademark search
Our recommended next step: search "Inflight Solutions" in the training and software classes.
Visit Trademark search (opens in a new tab) ↗
9 sources
Design references
The luxury aviation and hospitality sites we studied for tone, contrast and type.
- Gulfstreamgulfstream.com
Softened grey text on white and very light display type.
Visit gulfstream.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - VistaJetvistajet.com
A serif display face over full-bleed photography.
Visit vistajet.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - NetJetsnetjets.com
Restrained palette with a light italic display face.
Visit netjets.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Flexjetflexjet.com
Thin display capitals and a warm, muted ground.
Visit flexjet.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Bombardierbusinessaircraft.bombardier.com
A warm cream ground with hairline rules.
Visit businessaircraft.bombardier.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Dassault Aviationdassaultfalcon.com
Images framed with generous space.
Visit dassaultfalcon.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Amanaman.com
A warm ivory ground and a classical serif.
Visit aman.com (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Google FontsLibre Caslon Display, Sora and IBM Plex Mono
The three typefaces now used across the site.
Visit Libre Caslon Display, Sora and IBM Plex Mono (opens in a new tab) ↗ - PexelsPhotography and video licence
Free for commercial use with no attribution required; the source of our real photographs and footage.
Visit Photography and video licence (opens in a new tab) ↗