Flyco Group has recently announced that they have further expanded their presence in Azerbaijan with a newly signed service agreement with Silk Way West Airlines. Flyco will be providing Silk Way West with their new 747-400 F types courses as well as a general subjects library covering pilots, cabin crew...
Quantum3D, Inc. has been selected by Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH to provide image generator systems and synthetic visual databases for a Norwegian application of Reiser's next-generation civil full flight simulator (FFS) for 4t class helicopters. The simulator will be operated by the Norwegian Competence Centre Helicopter (NCCH), and will...
CAE announced at the 2017 World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS) a series of commercial aviation training solutions contracts and agreements with airlines worldwide, including Scandinavian Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Korean Air and new Chinese customer Donghai Airlines. These agreements, valued at more than C$375 million, form part of...
The Boeing 737-800 FTD (fixed training device) at the FSC Amsterdam facility has been certified level FTD-1 by the Dutch CAA. By adding the B737-800 FTD FSC has expanded their capacity, giving customers more service and flexibility. FSC Training is able to offer the complete EASA qualified B737 type rating...
Pratt & Whitney is applying the same level of innovation it used in designing its Pure Power® Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine to develop virtual reality customer training tools to advance learning for airline mechanics. Pratt & Whitney Customer Training in East Hartfort, Connecticut, in conjuntion with the United Technologies Research...
Alsim has announced the sale of an Alsim AL42 flight simulator to Svensk Pilotutbildning SPU, a flight school based in Göteborg, Sweden. Svensk Pilotutbildning was the Diamond Aircraft launch customer in Scandinavia in 2003. It is operating DA40s for VFR training and DA42s for IFR training. When upgrading the simulator...
Skyblue Aero Services, a UK-based ATO has selected Avsoft for its ATR aircraft systems training as part of their ATR Type courses, including the ATR 72-500 and ATR 72-600 coming on line later in 2017. Avsoft's Type courses have been successfully implemented with first courses completed, fitting perfectly with Skyblue's...
AeroStar Training Services has partnered with Eagle Flight Centre in Michigan to offer ATP-CTP training for students. This new partnership will enable students to attend ground school in Michigan taught by AeroStar's A320 Examiner, Captain David Santo. Students will then complete the simulator portion of their training in Florida. Successful...
Ray Flower has been appointed Head of Technical College of KLM UK Engineering Limited as of 1st March. Ray Flower started his career in 1979 and has carried out many aviation training roles within the industry over the last 30 years. Ray's latest roles include Head of Aviation at Kingston...
Frasca International Inc. has received an order from the Ethiopian Airlines Flight Training Academy, the training division of the Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group, for a FRASCA 172 Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer (FNPT II). The 172 FNPT II will be configured as a diesel model and will include Frasca's TruVision™ Global...