Wayman Aviation Academy has earned accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), certifying that Wayman Aviation Academy is following the best practices of the U.S. Department of Education. The Academy has operated for over 32 years and is the largest professional flight school in South...
By December 2019, Resource Group will have trained in excess of 700 aviation maintenance apprentices – significantly contributing to government targets of achieving 3 million apprenticeships by 2020 and addressing the well-documented critical skills shortage in the aviation sector. On 17 September 2019, Resource Group will host its annual...
Several days ago I was reviewing a manuscript on the history of simulation, replete with interesting images from the very early years of the 1900s to the 1970s and some of the early ‘full flight simulators’ used by a few airlines.
Spanish simulator firm Entrol has designed, manufactured and installed a K MAX FTD Level 5 simulator for Kaman Aerospace. The K MAX FTD will allow pilots to practice normal and emergency procedures. Entol installed the simulator at Kaman's helicopter customer service facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Kaman resumed production of...
Turkish-based SkyArt has signed a contract with Middle East Airlines to manufacture an A321neo ACF OWE door trainer. Made in accordance with Airbus Data Package, all operating functions of the trainer are equivalent to those on an aircraft. Over wing exit functions are accessible from inside and outside. This...
Six Girls in Aviation Day events in September will kick off the Girls in Aviation Day worldwide outreach, planned for October 5, 2019. The Women in Aviation International (WAI) Utah State University Chapter will hold its event on September 14, and expects 150 participants, while the WAI Gone with...
Alpha Aviation Group, a Philippines aviation training solutions school, have purchased an ALSIM AL172 flight simulator. The AL172 is an exact replica of the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk NAVIII. Equipped with the ALSIM High Definition Visual System (HDVS), it features Garmin G1000 NXI avionics. The AL172, due to the...
CAE have completed the lineup for its inaugural 2019 Women in Flight scholarship program. Cindy Yoke Cheng Wong, 32, from Kuala Lumpur won the AirAsia cadet pilot program, while 24-year-old Alicia Hunt from California came out top from the American Airlines Cadet Academy. The two will receive a full...
CAE are to expand its teaching facilities in Asia by opening new training centres in Bangkok, Thailand and Gurugram, India. "These new training centres will provide local training solutions to meet the growing needs of our customers in Asia,” said Nick Leontidis, CAE’s Group President, Civil Aviation Training Solutions.
Dutch aviation group Avion have agreed a deal to use SIMORG’s end-to-end software solution in all its training centres. The SIMORG software integrates and manages all of the processes of flight-training and simulator centers. "We believe that SIMORG will not only allow us to strengthen our high standards of...