MAINTENANCE AgustaWestland's Training Academy in Malaysia is to receive an AW139 maintenance training simulator later this year. This will enable practical elements of AW139 airframe and avionics courses to be undertaken in Malaysia by customers in the region. The full aircraft maintenance trainer simulator enables students to undertake maintenance and...

TRAINING CENTRE Helinet Aviation has been named an Authorized Training Center by AgustaWestland for the manufacturer's AW109E and S models. The certification recognizes Helinet's 28 years of experience training pilots across a broad range of helicopters including the company's recent expansion of its AW109 E and S fleet of six...

TRAINING CENTRE Hong Kong Airlines has signed an agreement for sub-lease with the Airport Authority Hong Kong to develop a flight training centre on a plot of land of 0.6 hectare located at the southeast edge of the Hong Kong International Airport. The flight training centre will be located at...

FLIGHT SIMULATORS Frasca International, Inc. is to provide a CAAC Level 5 TruFlite™ R44/S300 convertible flight training device (FTD) to Xilin Fengteng GA Corporation, Guanghang, Sichuan Province, China. The FTD will primarily be used for training in emergency situations. The R44 FTD is will accurately replicate the R44 aircraft, including...

HELICOPTER Frasca International, Inc. has developed and introduced three new simulation technologies to enhance the training capabilities of their flight simulators. The new technologies are SimTracker™, SimAssist™ and TruCue™. SimTracker is Frasca’s new cloud-based utility that helps customers manage their flight simulators and meet their regulatory quality-management needs. SimAssist is...

PILOT TRAINING Bristol Groundschool is donating a free commercial pilot's course to the Air League. The award covers training towards the European Airline Transport Pilot Licence Theoretical Knowledge exams with Bristol Groundschool and is open to any member of the Air League aged between 20 and 35 who already holds...

COMPANY NEWS HighWater Innovations has announced the introduction of a larger version of their PlaneGard PED Fire Containment Case. The PlaneGard PG350 has been designed to handle laptops with screens up to 17" diagonal. While sales of the company's standard case, the PG250 are growing, it became apparent in late 2014...

CABIN CREW TRAINING SIM-TECH Manufacturing LLC has delivered three A319/321 door trainers to American Airlines. The trainers include the A321 L-1 door, A319 OWE and A321 L-2 door units. Final acceptance was completed in January. UL inspection was completed on January 13, 2015 and FAA acceptance and RFT on January...

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES FlightSafety International has announced that Kyle Davis has been appointed Executive Director, Marketing for the company's business and commercial aviation training activities. Kyle's responsibilities include working with FlightSafety's team of Product Directors to develop new programs, services and solutions that meet the current and future needs of...

COMPANY NEWS FlightSafety International has announced that it is the first FAR Part 142 training provider to be recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration for meeting its Safety Management System requirements. To achieve this recognition, FlightSafety demonstrated it meets the FAA Flight Standards SMS requirements and the framework established by...