Why the workbooks exist
My own training exposed the gap between recognizing a multiple-choice answer and explaining a safe decision to an instructor or examiner. The workbook series is designed for repetition, written reasoning, scenario practice, and the follow-up question: “Why?”
Professional background
I have led a small automotive-services business as general manager since 2017, with responsibility for a team, forecasting, and the operating P&L. Before that I worked in dealership sales, finance, and account development. That background informs the operator discipline behind the products. It is not aircraft-sales, turbine, or flight-instruction experience, and I do not present it as such.
Flight Funded
Flight Funded is the public receipt: current flight hours, workbook units, royalties, and what those dollars could fund in the cockpit. Paper gains, speculative results, and unshipped projects do not count as revenue.
Preserved August 2026 month-end proof: 157 full-catalog books, 149 aviation units, $1,282.32 USD + €71.47 EUR + A$9.49 in dashboard-estimated aviation royalties, with 27 August aviation units, 1,187 KENP, and zero refunds in the verified month-end snapshot. Royalty figures are estimates, not settled payouts or Amazon Ads attribution.
Tools I build
I built and maintain Pilot AI Tools, a directory for comparing aviation apps, AI study tools and radio trainers. It brings together platform details, pricing sources and dated review notes so pilots have a clearer starting point when choosing tools for their training.
Some listed study tools compete with my aviation workbooks, and I disclose that relationship. I explain the comparison approach and the questions to ask before choosing a tool in why I built Pilot AI Tools.
Contact
Product questions and corrections: nick@nickrae.net. For public professional context, use LinkedIn.