Sporty's Pilot Shop

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This week on the channel +188K views this week

Sporty's puts an AI examiner on checkride practice duty

Three new uploads pair oral-exam preparation with handheld radios and an inside look at aircraft insurance.

Channel: Sporty's Pilot Shop · Story of November 9, 2026

This week on the channel +198K views this week

Cessna practice meets Mission Control thinking at Sporty's Pilot Shop

Paul Dye discusses homebuilt aircraft, while FlyShirley guides a simulated instrument approach into Cincinnati.

Channel: Sporty's Pilot Shop · Story of October 10, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Beyond the Buttons: Mastering Your Modern Autopilot

Video published

October 22, 2026

Video views so far

8,999

Video views, pace per day

108

Views on its first day

2,093

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

YouTube: The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Aviation Radios—Choosing the Right Handheld	November 5, 2026	39:52	1,005	61	618	9	2
Inside the aviation insurance market, with Doug Tibbs - Pil…	November 3, 2026	43:00	883	27	522	3	1
Prepare for Your Checkride Oral Exam with Sporty's ChatDPE	November 2, 2026	1:05 short	926	10	702	5	0
New Product Checklist for Pilots — November 2026	October 30, 2026	3:57	8,706	101	3,500	60	1
A Backpack Built for Starlink Mini and Pilots	October 23, 2026	0:48 short	2,223	20	1,168	14	2
Beyond the Buttons: Mastering Your Modern Autopilot	October 22, 2026	57:47	8,999	108	2,093	161	0
Bringing aviation to high school, with Kailee Calder - Pilo…	October 20, 2026	36:15	1,237	0	591	9	0
Video Tip: Visual Descent Point—IFR Focus	October 15, 2026	1:46 short	4,400	11	1,033	55	0
What's New in ForeFlight - 2026 Update (Webinar)	October 14, 2026	55:35	8,670	26	1,812	68	9
Split-View Touch-and-Go in a Cessna 172	October 9, 2026	0:32 short	16,880	12	-	461	5
From Mission Control to Homebuilt Airplanes, with Paul Dye …	October 6, 2026	44:40	1,575	3	-	13	0
AI Co-Pilot in X-Plane 12? | FlyShirley & Sporty's IFR Simu…	October 5, 2026	11:34	2,554	4	-	24	2
New Product Checklist | October 2026	October 5, 2026	0:32 short	1,276	6	-	20	0
New Product Checklist for Pilots — October 2026	October 2, 2026	2:55 short	6,708	5	-	45	3
Thrustmaster Sky Yoke for Flight Simulator Review | Sporty'…	October 1, 2026	5:08	16,905	87	-	155	21

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

13.3 in the category: 22.6

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 1.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

1,218 views

short vs long

6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 5,402
average views per long video: 5,614

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset- what makes Lightspeed the choice…	November 22, 2024	3:23	434,912
Honeycomb Alpha Flight Simulator Yoke - Hands-on Review for…	February 12, 2021	3:42	383,388
Flight simulator yokes for pilots - how to stay current whi…	March 24, 2020	6:33	372,043
VFR Communications Training Course from Sporty's Pilot Shop	September 27, 2010	5:25	328,742
Bose A30 Aviation Headset - test flight in Cirrus, Aztec, C…	March 28, 2023	14:33	279,952

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
B-29 nose gear extension from the wheel well | B-29 “Doc”	May 29, 2024	0:21	31,474,890
Cirrus SR22 POV landing at Sporty's airport #cirrus #sr22 #…	August 25, 2023	0:35	6,506,928
Citation takeoff POV - runway 22 at Sporty's #cessna #citat…	August 9, 2023	1:00	6,315,000
Cessna 182 landing at Sporty's - evening approach	July 10, 2023	0:30	5,170,655
Slow motion startup of Cessna 172. That starter pinion gear…	August 5, 2025	0:24	4,792,329