Aviation Australia and Hawker Pacific have signed an agreement to formalise their previous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a specialised training program in Cairns. The program is intended to provide advanced practical expertise to Aviation Maintenance Engineering (AME) students graduating from the Aviation Australia's International Training Diploma program. The agreement...
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has teamed with Antipodean Aviation of Australia to offer survival training in emergency water landings for both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The course covers pre-flight planning and emergency water landing techniques, as well as escape from a submerged aircraft cabin and sea survival techniques, including life preserver...
Frasca International Inc. is actively manufacturing and delivering helicopter full flight simulators (FFSs) and flight training devices (FTDs) to customers worldwide. The company has seen a continual increase in helicopter business over the last decade and continues to receive orders for flight training equipment for both civil and military training...
Mubadala Aerospace has signed an AED 4.9 million agreement with UAE University (UAEU) to train the next generation of Emirati technicians to work at Strata's aircraft composite production facility. The new initiative, with key modules delivered by professional trainers from Lockheed Martin, builds on the success of existing programs, which...
Boeing has announced that it is to consolidate its flight training capabilities in North America. Chris Long reports. The Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook is essential reading for those in the global civil aviation training industry. The detailed breakdown of demand and regional trends helps major players to formulate plans...
Many players in the aviation training industry are adapting rapidly to the challenges of responding to the increasing demands of training the new entrants to commercial aviation. Chris Long reports. The apparently unending growth in demand means that, as the numbers ramp up, development of innovative, effective and efficient ways...
Dr. C. Hall “Skip” Jones discusses how a properly conceived and designed distance learning program can be an asset to any aviation training organization. You are responsible for an aviation training operation that provides both academic and simulator training. The current training scenario at your facility probably looks something like...
Chris Long provides an update on Turkish Airlines training and simulation capabilities. In recent years the rapid expansion of the airlines in the Gulf and Asia has been promoted largely through the media coverage of the big-number aircraft orders from those regions. The commercial centre of gravity of aviation is...
Group editor Marty Kauchak highlights developments in the training programs designed to prepare federal air marshals and flight attendants to maintain a secure flight cabin environment. The flight cabin remains a dynamic, challenging security environment. The lack of civility in our society has migrated onto commercial aircraft, where incidents of...
What’s a solution to more congested airspace and pilot information overload? How about simulation in the cockpit? Rick Adams reports. Simulation for commercial aviation seems to be coming full circle. The original objective of modeling and simulation was to replicate the real world as faithfully as possible to provide a...