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Aviation training mobile app

A mobile app built by a flight instructor that helps student pilots with training tools, study aids or in-flight utilities.

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The idea, in plain language

A mobile app built by a flight instructor to help student pilots with training, study or in-flight utility tools, sold to aviation students and independent instructors. Revenue comes from app sales or in-app purchases, with the episode quoting about $30,000 earned. Starting required the founder to learn smartphone development from scratch and identify a gap in flight-instruction tools, with no large capital outlay mentioned.

Where the sources agree

  • Built by a flight instructor who saw a gap in aviation training tools
  • The founder had no prior app-building experience and learned on the job
  • The product is sold to student pilots and other instructors as a niche utility

What each source says

side-hustle-school#429 - Flight Instructor’s App Takes Flight, Earns $30,000

Urs Camenish, a first-time app builder and flight instructor, generated about $30,000 from an aviation training app by serving student pilots.

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