FlightReady Academy vs LocalLores

The #1 ground school for FAA Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Flight Instructor. Free access to Basic Test Prep. Upgrade to Premium Test Prep or the complete Ground School course via in-app purchase (free trial available). Free basic test prep includes: ▸ Basic question bank with hundreds of practice questions and explanations ▸ Practice sessions from missed questions, or review missed questions. ▸ Simulated FAA exams administered under the same rules and time constraints as the actual exam. Unlike other test prep apps, our exams present the correct proportion of questions from each knowledge area per the ACS. Upgrading to Ground School unlocks a complete ground school course that takes 15-35 hours to complete depending on the course. The course includes: ▸ An instructor endorsement after completing the course so that you can take the FAA exam. ▸ Hundreds of additional questions to ensure thorough preparation for the knowledge test ▸ View definitions of key terms and acronyms in lessons and answer explanations. ▸ Detailed explanations and references for all questions, many with high resolution images ▸ SmartExam zeroes in on your weak areas to ensure thorough preparation for the FAA exam. ▸ Sync your data and course progress across on all of your iOS devices ▸ View statistics and progress. Proficiency is tracked using an algorithm that assigns a mastery level to each question. Stop wasting time answering questions you've already mastered. ▸ Share reports via iMessage, AirDrop, e-mail, and more After you complete a course you can review all completed lessons and access all lesson questions. Unlike other ground school providers, we do not limit your access to one year, and all future updates are free. Ground School courses are available for: Private Pilot Instrument Rating Commercial Pilot Flight Instructor Airplane Flight Instructor Instrument Add-On ================================ Non-US citizens who can read, write, speak, and understand English may obtain a US pilot certificate per FAR 61.65, 61.103, and 61.123.

Every place has a story. The creek where kids went strawberry picking. The foundation stones of a mill nobody remembers. The corner where the old hotel burned down in '58. These stories live in the people who were there — and when they go, the stories usually go with them. Local Lore is a community map for the history that never made it into a book. DISCOVER WHAT HAPPENED HERE Open the map and see the stories pinned around you. Switch between street and satellite view, tap any pin to read the full account, and browse a distance-sorted list of everything nearby. Found something you want to visit? Tap Directions and go stand in the place it happened. SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW Drop a pin, tell the story. Add up to four photographs — old family pictures, a shot of what's there now, a scan of a newspaper clipping. Cite a source if you have one. RECORD IT IN YOUR OWN VOICE Some stories shouldn't be typed. Local Lore lets you attach an audio recording to any Lore, so a grandparent's telling can be preserved exactly as they told it — the pauses, the accent, the laugh. Anyone who finds that pin can hear it. SHARE WITHIN A GROUP Some history belongs to a smaller circle. Create a Lore Group for your family, your historical society, your class, or your neighborhood — and share stories visible only to its members. Perfect for a family's private map of the old homestead, or a research group gathering sites before they're ready to publish. A COMMUNITY WORTH TRUSTING Every submission is reviewed by a moderator before it goes public. Readers can upvote the stories that ring true. The result is a map you can actually rely on, not a wall of noise. KEEP SOMETHING TO YOURSELF Not every story is ready to publish. Mark a Lore as hidden and it stays off the public map — visible only to you — until you decide otherwise. WHAT YOU CAN DO Explore a map of local history, near you or anywhere Read stories with photos, sources, and audio Search by place name or address See how far each Lore is from where you're standing Get walking or driving directions to any story Contribute your own — text, up to four images, and a voice recording Create Lore Groups and share stories with just those members Vote on the stories you find Keep drafts and private notes hidden from the public map BEFORE YOU START Local Lore is about places, not people. We ask contributors not to use their real names — the app will generate an anonymous username for you if you'd like. Please don't pin stories to private homes, and think carefully before publishing a location you wouldn't want publicly known. History is a collaborative act. Add what you know.