Hilo Aviation
Hilo Aviation, a Mesa, Arizona, start-up founded in 2022, builds AI software for pilot training, from adaptive study to flight planning.
With fewer than ten staff and undisclosed seed funding, it sells the Hilo AI Platform, which tailors content and assessment to each student, Hilo Connect for instructor feedback, FlyLingo for knowledge-test preparation and AI-assisted flight planning. No flight-school customers are named.
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Products & Solutions
4 productsHilo AI Platform
An adaptive AI learning platform that personalises training content and assessment based on individual pilot learner performance, supporting ab-initio and recurrent pilot training programmes across flight schools, ATOs and regional airlines.
Flight schools carry significant administrative overhead managing scheduling, compliance records, aircraft maintenance logs, and student progress tracking across disconnected systems. Finance providers funding student training lack visibility into how borrowers are performing, increasing portfolio risk. The Hilo AI Platform consolidates these workflows into a single system, reducing administrative burden for flight school operators and giving lenders structured, real-time data on student attendance and milestone completion.
- Scheduling, centralised flight scheduling that coordinates aircraft, instructor, and student availability in a single interface
- Student milestone tracking, monitors progress against syllabus checkpoints and flags students at risk of falling behind
- Maintenance management, tracks aircraft airworthiness status and service intervals to keep the fleet inspection-ready
- Lender disbursement data, provides structured performance and attendance data to support finance provider reporting obligations
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- Predictive analytics on student progress, surfaces early indicators of student attrition or training delays before they escalate
Hilo Connect
A structured communication and mentorship platform enabling collaborative learning and progress tracking between pilot students and instructors throughout the training lifecycle.
Flight instructors currently rely on memory and handwritten notes to assess student performance during debrief, introducing subjectivity and losing granular data within minutes of landing. Without objective, quantitative flight data, instructors cannot accurately track progression trends across multiple sorties or provide evidence-based feedback. Hilo Connect records in-cockpit GPS telemetry, bank angle, altitude, and airspeed for every flight, giving instructors a structured, data-driven debrief tool and a longitudinal record of each student's progression.
- In-cockpit GPS telemetry, records precise flight path data for every training sortie
- Bank angle capture, logs lateral control inputs throughout the flight for post-sortie review
- Altitude tracking, records continuous altitude profile enabling analysis of climb, cruise, and descent technique
- Airspeed capture, monitors indicated airspeed across all phases of flight to support energy management assessment
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- Post-flight analysis, structured debrief workflow presenting telemetry data alongside instructor annotations
FlyLingo
An AI-powered language proficiency assessment tool targeting the ICAO language proficiency requirements, helping to remove the language bottleneck in international pilot recruitment and qualification.
Student pilots preparing for FAA written knowledge tests face dense, dry study material that traditional textbooks and question-bank apps deliver in a passive, disengaging format. Low engagement leads to superficial memorisation and higher re-sit rates. FlyLingo applies gamification and AI-powered adaptive questioning to make FAA exam preparation interactive and targeted, helping students retain knowledge more effectively and reach test-ready status faster.
- Gamified FAA knowledge exam prep, converts study material into interactive challenges and progress rewards to sustain engagement
- AI-powered question generation, dynamically creates practice questions calibrated to the learner's current knowledge level
- Adaptive feedback, provides instant, explanation-rich responses to incorrect answers to reinforce understanding rather than rote memorisation
- Topic-level performance tracking, identifies specific FAA knowledge areas where the student is weak and prioritises revision accordingly
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- Progress milestones, structured checkpoints that guide students from initial study through exam readiness
Hilo Flight Planning
An AI-assisted flight planning tool that integrates routing optimisation and weather analysis to support training flight preparation for student and instructor pilots.
Pilots in training spend disproportionate time on manual pre-flight planning using tools designed for commercial operations rather than training contexts. This overhead reduces time available for skill development and creates friction in the student experience. Hilo Flight Planning provides integrated route optimisation and performance evaluation tools tied directly to each student's training record, simplifying preparation and reinforcing sound aeronautical decision-making habits from early in the programme.
- Route optimisation, generates training routes aligned with syllabus objectives and local airspace constraints
- Performance evaluation, assesses planned route against aircraft performance data to validate feasibility before departure
- Training record integration, links each planned flight to the student's curriculum milestones within the Hilo AI Platform
- Streamlined pre-flight workflow, reduces planning time with an interface designed for student pilots rather than commercial dispatchers
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The global pilot shortage, estimated at 80,000 pilots needed by 2032 (Boeing Pilot Outlook), is driving demand for scalable, technology-enabled training solutions.
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Hilo Aviation targets flight schools, ATOs and regional airlines looking to increase training throughput and reduce time-to-qualification without proportionally increasing instructor headcount.
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