Discord is a free app where CPA members talk with each other: fly-ins and trips, mountain flying and safety, airport news and training. This guide takes you there one step at a time. It takes about five minutes.
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Discord started with video gamers, but today clubs, schools and pilot groups use it too. CPA's space is only about flying.
Step 2 of 6
Easiest: on a computer, in your web browser. Nothing to install. When you press the Join button in step 4, choose Continue in browser if Discord offers to open an app.
On a phone or tablet: open the App Store (iPhone, iPad) or Google Play (Android), search for Discord, and install the one made by Discord Inc. Its icon is a white game controller face on a blue-purple square.
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Open the app, or go to discord.com in your browser, and choose Register (sometimes shown as "Sign up"). Discord asks for:
Then open the email from Discord and press Verify Email.
No email from Discord after a few minutes? Look in your spam or junk folder.
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Make sure you're signed in to Discord, then press:
Discord shows Colorado Pilot's Association. Press Accept Invite (or Join). Discord may ask one or two quick questions about what you're interested in. Pick what fits; you can change it later.
The button opens in a new tab. If it says the invite is invalid, wait a minute and press it again: the site fetches a fresh one.
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On the left, under Start Here, press #welcome. Type in the box at the bottom and press Enter (on a phone, the send arrow). Tell people:
A CPA host replies, usually within a day.
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Under Pilot Groups on the left, each group holds its own topics. Open a topic to read it and reply at the bottom.
To start your own topic, open a group and press New Post. When the website adds a fly-in or an airport story, a topic for it appears in the matching group, so that's a good place to look first.
Stuck at any step? Send CPA a note through the Contact page, or press the FEEDBACK tab on the side of any page and describe what you see.