Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS), a developer and manufacturer of fixed-base simulators, received EASA Level 1 Flight Training Device (FTD-1) certification for its 737 MAX simulator from the Dutch Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) after its testing in the MPS factory in the Netherlands. The fixed-base simulator is a replica of the...
Cloud Global Group acquired a second Diamond DA42 Twinstar aircraft for its subsidiary company, ACS Flight Training. The £1-million investment will double the Twinstar fleet used for commercial flight training at Perth Airport in Scotland. The DA42 features an environmentally friendly diesel engine and a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit with...
Sponsored Content The Royal Aeronautical Society’s annual International Flight Crew Training Conference, which takes place in London from 25-26 September, is focused on addressing the changes occurring in training programmes as they move from task-and-hour-based to output-and-competency-based training. The conference will reflect on the Competency Based Training & Assessment (CBTA)...
Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, won a contract to build and install a Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) and a Cabin Service Trainer (CST) for Aircalin’s cabin crew training program at its training facility in New Caledonia, France. The hybrid A320 / A330 CEET will train the...
Reiser Simulation and Training (RST) received EASA Level D Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) qualification for the H145 it installed at Norwegian Competence Centre Helicopter (NCCH) in Stavanger, Norway last month. RST developed the FFS that includes a full NVIS-compatible replicated H145 helicopter cockpit and simulated Helionix® Step 2 avionics suite. The...
Virgin Atlantic airlines – as part of a collaboration with IT provider SITA, is introducing an Augmented Reality (AR) app for the airline’s cabin crew to familiarize themselves with a new aircraft. Using an iOS app, cabin crew can use augmented reality to walkthrough and acquaint themselves with the layout...
Rockwell Collins is providing Coptersafety, a supplier of commercial rotary wing training, with three turnkey integrated Level D helicopter, dome-based complete visual systems including multiple EP-8100® image generators; 4K ultra-high resolution; liquid-crystal-over silicon (LCoS) laser-illuminated projectors; a 240 degree by 80 degree motion-compatible dome display; night-vision goggle capability; and additional...
CAA International (CAAi), the training division of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), launched a two-day training course on risk-based oversight and surveillance. Risk-Based Oversight, or Performance-Based Regulation as it is commonly known in the UK, is an oversight system that compliments compliance-based auditing. It lets regulators identify and...
AeroStar Training Services received lease financing from Simulator Equipment Financing (SEF) to install a Boeing B737 NG full-flight simulator (FFS) at AeroStar’s Kissimmee Training Center. This is the second FFS leased through SEF financing this year; the first was an A320 that received FAA level D certification on March 15,...
Entrol's A18 simulator was certified as FNPT II MCC at the Heli Protection Europe (HPE) training center in Rieti RI, Italy. Entrol says this is the first FNPT II MCC simulator based on a Piaggio Avanti II (often used for transport, FLIR, SAR and military purposes) that is installed...