RSi Visual Systems named Tai Duong as the company’s new president, succeeding Jeff Everett. Duong joined RSi in 2005 and played an instrumental role in the innovation and growth of the database and engineering initiatives. He most recently served as RSi’s Managing Director, leading the company‘s global project strategy and...
The SimJet Group opened a Flight Simulator and Recruitment Centre at Brisbane Airport with the installation of a Multi Pilot Simulations’ (MPS) Boeing 737-800 FTD1. The company joined the Australian Pilot Training Alliance (APTA) to offer advanced flight training capability and recruitment pathways into airlines under Part 142. Courses...
TAG Farnborough Airport awarded its TAG Flying Scholarship 2018 that provides training towards a Private Pilot’s License (PPL) to 17-year-old Réshé Harrison. The scholarship is part of the airport’s Aviation to Education program that informs and educates local schools and colleges about aviation. Sponsored by the Honourable Company of Air...
CAE expanded its business aviation-training footprint in North America with the installation of its first CAE-built Bombardier Challenger 604 full-flight simulator (FFS) at its CAE Dallas training center in Dallas, Texas. The FFS was delivered to the training center early this fall and is now ready for training. Bombardier Challenger...
FlightSafety International announces that it will offer training for the Pilatus PC-24 aircraft at its Learning Centers in Paris, France, in addition to its current offering in Dallas, Texas. The Design and manufacture of the new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator for the PC-24 aircraft that will be equipped with the...
CAE’s newly released 2018 CAE Airline and Business Jet Pilot Demand Outlook shows the business-jet pilot population will reach 65,000 by 2028, an increase of 18 percent, with a turnover rate of almost 100 percent. More specifically, 10,000 new business jet pilots will be required to sustain growth and 40,000 new...
FlightSafety International expanded and enhanced its training for Gulfstream aircraft by becoming the first, it says, to provide Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) to Touchdown and Rollout training for the Gulfstream G500 and other Gulfstream aircraft equipped with the Rockwell Collins HUD II and Kollsman (Elbit) EVS-II and EVS-SP.
Pegasus Airlines commissioned Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, to build an Airbus A321NX Over Wing Exit Trainer to help the airline’s cabin crew become proficient in all normal, abnormal and emergency situations with the aircraft’s door. Spatial manufactured the custom-built trainer to replicate all the functionalities of...
Norwegian Competence Center Helicopter (NCCH), working with Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH (RST) and Norwegian Air Ambulance AS (NLA - Norsk Luftambulanse), opened its new Next-Generation Training Center in Stavanger, Norway that includes an Airbus H145 Level D Full-Flight Simulator to provide training for NLA pilots and crew members. Establishing...
FlightSafety International is adding new simulators and course offerings at its Teterboro Learning Center in New Jersey. The company is building a new Dassault Falcon 2000LXS and Falcon 900LX interchangeable simulator it will install at the Teterboro Learning Center, and will also install an interchangeable King Air 350 simulator...