Built for Private Pilot + Instrument Rating

The FAA test is changing.
Your study method should too.

Static question banks train you to recognize answers you've already seen. TARMAC uses AI-generated practice questions and scenarios to train you for the ones you haven't.

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2
Exams — Instrument unlocks after Private
New
Questions every session
$175
Cost of one FAA retake

The old way

Built around memorization.

Traditional written-test prep teaches you to recognize a fixed question, remember the answer, and repeat it until test day.

But if the wording changes, the numbers change, or the scenario changes — recognition isn't enough. That's the problem TARMAC is built to solve.

How TARMAC trains you

Train the concept.
Not the question.

Everything built around one goal — being ready for a question you've never seen.

AI-Generated Practice

Every session pulls from the same verified FAA knowledge but generates new wording, numbers, and scenarios — not a fixed bank you can memorize your way through.

New Questions, Every Session

Come back tomorrow and the concept is the same — the question isn't. That's the difference between recognizing an answer and actually knowing the material.

Understand Why

Get one wrong and the AI breaks down the concept, the trap, and the source — not just which letter was correct.

Remember What You Learn

Spaced repetition brings weak concepts back before you forget them, and lets the ones you've mastered fade from rotation.

Simulate the Test

Full-length, timed exam simulations with fresh questions every attempt — so you walk in on test day having already handled the pressure.

The Test Runway

A structured arc from diagnostic to test-ready: build the foundation, apply it under pressure, then prove you can handle questions you've never seen.

Same concept. Different question.

Try it right now

Answer a real FAA-style question. See exactly how the AI explains it. No signup.

Direct recall

What is the minimum flight visibility for VFR flight in Class G airspace below 1,200 ft AGL during the day?

Scenario application

You depart a non-towered airport at dusk in Class G airspace, 800 ft AGL, with 2 SM visibility. Are you legal to continue VFR?

Comparison

Airspace A is Class G below 1,200 ft AGL. Airspace B is Class E starting at 700 ft AGL. Which requires greater visibility at 500 ft AGL, and why?

All three test the same regulation — 14 CFR 91.155 — from a different angle. None of them reward memorizing the first one.

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What is the minimum flight visibility required for VFR flight in Class G airspace below 1,200 ft AGL during the day?

Pick an answer above

Why this works

Train the way
you'll be tested.

Built on retrieval practice, spaced review, and variable practice — not passive reading.

Retrieval, not rereading

You don't learn by rereading a question. TARMAC makes you pull the answer from memory every time, then explains the concept, the trap, and the source when you miss it.

Spaced, not crammed

Concepts you're shaky on come back on a schedule instead of all at once. The ones you've locked in fade out of rotation automatically.

Full timed simulations

Simulate the real FAA test with a fresh question set every attempt — timer, full coverage, no repeats to memorize.

Pricing

Private and Instrument. One membership.

One membership, no tiers. Private Pilot and Instrument Rating prep are both included from day one.

TARMAC Written
$29.99/mo

7 days free — no charge until trial ends

  • Private Pilot and Instrument Rating written prep — both included, switch anytime
  • AI-generated practice questions and scenarios — not a fixed bank
  • Novel-question mode trains you on unfamiliar variations, not repeats
  • Adaptive difficulty that adjusts to what you actually know
  • AI tutor explains the why behind every answer
  • Spaced repetition brings weak concepts back until they stick
  • The Test Runway — a full arc from diagnostic to test-ready
  • Full-length timed exam simulations
  • 7-day free trial — cancel before you're charged
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