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The world's largest pilot shop, training and equipping pilots for over 60 years. We love flying, so that's what we tweet about.

Batavia, Ohio
Joined February 2009
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Sporty's Pilot Shop
1 year
The type of landing that makes our maintenance team very happy #FlySportys
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7 months
Guess that aircraft! #usaf #museum
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1 year
Which one are you taking? Retweet for Piper, Like for Cessna
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6 years
People in Ohio sure are nice to pilots.
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4 years
Ready to upgrade...
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1 year
RIP Jimmy Buffet, the only musician (that we know of!) to put Sporty’s in a song lyric:
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@Sportys
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3 years
Welcome to Fly July - a month long celebration of flying, with product specials, webinars, contests... and of course Oshkosh! Details:
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3 years
Landing on a grass runway should be on every pilot's bucket list.
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1 year
Our 182 is back from paint 🔥
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2 years
You gotta love vintage Cessnas.
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8 months
What’s the oldest aircraft you’ve ever flown in? Here’s a 1956 Cessna 172 to start things off!
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2 years
Have you ever landed on a grass runway?
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3 years
Any traffic in the area, please advise... #OSH21
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3 years
VFR on top.
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@Sportys
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3 years
Who has one of these on their wall (or has in the past)? 👋
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@Sportys
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1 year
If you’re going to fly somewhere for dinner, where are you going? This spot is a gem. ➡️ KEYE 😎
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3 years
Sunrise from Sporty’s 1963 Aztec. 😎
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3 years
Best seat in the house: the left one.
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@Sportys
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11 years
A sight from another era: http://t.co/muZGbYa185
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3 years
Who loves vintage airplanes? 🙋‍♂️
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@Sportys
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4 years
What airplane did you fly your first solo in?
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@Sportys
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4 years
Do portable ADS-B receivers work in jets? Well, the Blue Angels think so:
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4 years
60 year edition! How it started. How it’s going.
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5 years
Pro tip: you don’t get an instrument rating so you can fly in clouds; you get one so you can find the sun on a cloudy day.
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@Sportys
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7 years
Does flying run in your family? Like if you’re a first generation pilot. Retweet if you’re a second generation pilot.
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2 years
X-Plane 12 is here! The most realistic flight simulator has new scenery, new features, and of course new airplanes. Here's a run-down on the airplanes included with the new version:
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1 year
What was your first experience in “actual” IFR conditions like? #FlySportys
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3 years
Recognize this runway? See you in 10 days! #osh21
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@Sportys
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7 years
"Missed approach NA."
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6 years
👏 if you consider Dick Collins to be one of your unofficial flight instructors.
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4 years
Old dog. New tricks. Our Aztec looks good for 57, don’t you think?
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@Sportys
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8 years
What most pilots think when they hear "beach vacation."
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1 year
Name the airplane. #FlightDeckMonday
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1 year
Here’s some B-25 takeoff action to start your week 💯
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4 years
Prop contrails during a spin. 😱
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6 years
Yes! "When someone asks, “What’d ya spend becoming a pilot?” I shrug. I dunno, a lot, too much, not enough. Doesn’t matter. It’s like asking what it cost to raise my daughter. Same answers with similar results. It doesn’t make fiscal sense, but, man, it’s worth it." via @AVweb
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Sporty's Pilot Shop
11 months
Sunsets are always prettier up in the air 🌅
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@Sportys
Sporty's Pilot Shop
2 years
KEYE ➡️ I69 over downtown Cincinnati. We’ve enjoyed this beautiful December VFR weather the past few days
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3 years
Hear us out… What if we had a STOL fly-in right on lake in Chicago. Maybe that strip of land there by the aquarium???
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6 years
It’s a Pilatus, but it’s a jet. 🤯
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@Sportys
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7 years
You’ve heard of the glass panel. Is this a wood panel? 🤔
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2 years
Just another day at the office.
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Do non-pilots know what they’re missing?
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10 years
That sort of redefines "above minimums." http://t.co/Gt5hTwKo8j
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7 years
There are two types of pilots in this world...
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@Sportys
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8 years
If you need us, we’ll be at the lake house this weekend...
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@Sportys
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3 years
In Ohio we have something better than the $100 hamburger: the $100 slice of pie!
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6 years
Grass strip. ✔️ Red barn for hangar. ✔️ Current status. 😍
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8 years
The glory days - when a four seat taildragger could be called a “Businessliner.”
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Look at this beautiful Cessna 150 that just parked on the ramp at Sporty’s. 😍
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2 years
Low wing or high wing? We’re interested in everyone’s preference. Tell us why.. 3-2-1 GO 😎 #FlySportys #SportysPilotTraining
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It looked like a good opportunity to show off the new strut stickers 🤷🏽‍♂️
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3 years
Another IFR flight (I follow rivers).
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@Sportys
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5 years
The first aviation radio with built-in headset jacks! Meet the all-new PJ2 COM Radio, made for pilots and only $199:
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@Sportys
Sporty's Pilot Shop
4 years
Our highly accurate (and unscientific) studies would indicate an effective method to self-quarantine is in the left seat.
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@Sportys
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7 years
Airport life is a great life!
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8 years
Don't ever say, "I'm only a Cessna 172 pilot." You're a pilot! That makes you different from 99.9% of the world.
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@Sportys
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4 years
Check out this beautiful Cessna 150 that was at Sporty’s avionics shop this week. Retro!
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3 years
How much fun would you have in this airplane?
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7 years
Good reminder about why checklist discipline matters: "this one small oversight could have led to disastrous results"
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7 years
Those TFRs don’t touch. So you’re sayin there’s a chance...
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8 years
Students and Instructors be like...
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POV C172 start-up #TakeoffTuesday
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2 years
So you’re saying it’s VFR???
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4 years
Amphibs have all the fun.
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"I can fly it - I've got a glider rating." "Yeah, but the aero tow is really expensive."
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Is there a better sound? #Citation #FlySportys
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5 years
Cessna 172. Cessna 150. Cirrus SR22. Which one would you fly if you had the choice?
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Sporty's Pilot Shop
4 years
59 years ago today, a young flight instructor took the leap and founded a business called Sporty’s. Thanks Hal.
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"She told me that I could buy a boat"
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7 years
I was told to hold the nosewheel off as long as possible.
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7 years
Morning flights in the spring - this is why you earned a pilot certificate.
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2 years
The only way you can find the sun in Ohio is if you have an Instrument Rating #SportysIFRMonth
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3 years
Above the bumpy clouds and below the icy ones. 👍
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4 years
Want to have a good day? 1. Get up early. 2. Go flying.
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8 years
“Traffic was backed up today on I-40 due to a large, black bird.”
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3 years
Annoy a pilot in four words or less.
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4 years
Our favorite airplane? The one we’re flying right now.
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5 years
Remember when pilots got lost? Now the only way to get lost is in the avionics menus.
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4 years
Here’s one way to tell the world you love flying:
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8 years
One of the most beautiful airplanes ever made, and further proof that getting there really is half the fun.
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4 years
Modern art if you ask us.
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VFR flying is great but this is hard to beat #FlySportys #SportysPilotTraining
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7 years
No doubt about it - we love grass strips. How about you?
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2 years
Who loves putting their instrument rating to work? #ifr #aviation #flighttraining #flying
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7 years
So is that three landings? Instant currency!
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8 years
He was a legend, but not for the reason most people think. Bob Hoover will be remembered for his smile and his spirit. He was a gentleman.
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Well that’s... unique. #SNF19
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What airplane cockpit is this? Be specific.
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8 years
Just remember: no matter how special you feel in an airplane, there’s always someone bigger, faster or better looking.
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4 years
When you fly a partial pane ILS to minimums on one engine, at night, grease the landing in a blistering crosswind... and make the mid-field turnoff.
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From pond to pin! Rahm skips to a hole-in-one on No. 16 at #themasters
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4 years
World’s most accurate wind indicator.
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9 years
When my flight instructor suggested we do some soft field landings, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
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4 years
This is a really good tip: “Interview your flight instructor.”
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Old meets new.
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Who else loves flying the Cutlass? #FlightDeckMonday
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5 years
Would you fly through that gap?
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What you say: "I have a seaplane rating." What they think:
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Doesn’t it look inviting?
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3 years
Blue skies and tailwheels - that makes for a great day.
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