{"id":15227,"date":"2020-04-15T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15227"},"modified":"2020-04-15T22:16:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:16:41","slug":"pipistrel-to-provide-temporary-free-online-training-due-to-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/pipistrel-to-provide-temporary-free-online-training-due-to-coronavirus\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Pipistrel to Provide Temporary Free Online Training Due to Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The team at Pipistrel understands that ongoing aviation\neducation and safety relies on continuous training and learning. Even when most\ncountries are on extended lockdown there are still opportunities to further\nyour knowledge base and gain additional skills as a pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pipistrel-Trainer-San-Bernandido.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15228\" width=\"304\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pipistrel-Trainer-San-Bernandido.jpg 834w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pipistrel-Trainer-San-Bernandido-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel has some fantastic resources available online\nwhich include many courses that not only feature Pipistrel aircraft but will\nalso guide you through understanding Rotax engines and other equipment which is\nused in the Pipistrel fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally these online courses are supplied at a cost.&nbsp; Individual courses are \u20ac147.30 for 14-days\naccess or \u20ac247.30 for a permanent subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel has decided to provide FREE, open access to all\ntraining courses during the current period of world-wide enforced isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world is a different place today than it was last month,\nand the month before that. Pipistrel is operating at around 85% production in\nboth Slovenia and Italy and we are very fortunate to have a young team in\nengineering and production, who so far have managed to dodge illness created\nfrom Covid-19. Some parts of the world, however, are not as fortunate and remain\non full lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Pipistrel Academy Computer Based Training Courses are\navailable free-of-charge to anybody, for the next three months. Courses can be\naccessed from anywhere in the world, with your computer, laptop, tablet or\nmobile phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel hopes this opportunity will also motivate\nnon-flying pilots as well as student pilots and flight instructors to stay\nconnected to their passion and learn more every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anybody, whether a student pilot, pilot, flight instructor\nor aviation enthusiast, flying clubs, flight schools, even high school students\ncan apply and join the online course, free-of-charge for a period of 3 months,\nending June 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses which are available, completely free of charge, from\ntoday include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel ALPHA Electro, the only certified electric\ntraining aircraft in serial production anywhere in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel ALPHA Trainer aircraft in UL\/LSA\/BCAR\nconfigurations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel Virus SW and SWiS in UL\/LSA configurations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel Virus SW 121 model, EASA certified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To register and begin learning about Pipistrel aircraft and\nflying in general please register for your online course at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pipistrel-online.com\/\">https:\/\/www.pipistrel-online.com\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click \u201cCreate new account,\u201d follow the registration\ninstructions and select the online course you are interested in by using the\nEnrollment key: FlyPipistrel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team at Pipistrel understands that ongoing aviation education and safety relies on continuous training and learning. Even when most countries are on extended lockdown there are still opportunities to further your knowledge base and gain additional skills as a pilot. Pipistrel has some fantastic resources available online which include many courses that not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15229,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227\/revisions\/15229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}