CAE announced today at the 2018 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) the qualification of its first CAE 7000XR Series Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) to FAA Part 60 Change 2 requirements, covering Extended Envelope and Adverse Weather Training. This follows an industry collaboration held earlier this year at CAE...
CAE is expanding its pilot training capacity in the Americas through the development of three new full-flight simulators (FFSs) – one Airbus A320 FFS for CAE Montreal, one A320 FFS for CAE Mexico, and one Bombardier Q400 FFS for CAE Vancouver - the company announced at the 2018 World...
CAE launched the 600XR Series flight training device (FTD), its latest addition to the XR Series training equipment suite, at the 2018 World Aviation Training Summitt (WATS). The 600XR Series is CAE’s latest generation of FTDs that provides the highest training fidelity in the fixed-based training market. It also sets...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has entered an agreement with OSM Aviation Academy (OSMAA) at the 2018 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) to build and install an MPS B737-800W flight training device (FTD) at OSMAA’s training Center in Vasteras, Sweden. MPS will also move the center’s current MPS B737 FNPT-II/MCC...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) was contracted to deliver a B737 MAX FTD for a new training center in the UK. MPS closely works with Boeing and Rockwell Collins on the development of its simulators and designed them so that current MPS B737 NG simulators can be field upgraded to a...
The Beechcraft 1900D (B1900D) simulator developed by SIMCOM AVIATION TRAINING EUROPE has been certified to FTD2 and FNPT II MCC level by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). The certification is the result of a project designed to support European and African operators with the latest wide-angle and high-definition...
BAA Training has established BAA Training Vietnam, which is to operate a training centre of four full flight simulators (FFSs) and become a full Ab Initio flight school by 2023 in response to the growing training needs of the region. Construction of the training centre is already underway, with...
On 16 April, 12 students began studying at the newly established airBalticTraining Pilot Academy. The group will become airBaltic pilots upon completion of a full-time programme in approximately two years’ time. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic, commented, “It is a historic day, not only for the students...
On 24 April, the Royal Aeronautical Society hosts ‘Human Performance of Pilots – the Next 40 Years’ in partnership with the International Pilot Training Association (IPTA). The full conference programme can be viewed here. It is over 40 years since the birth of Human Performance (HP) and during that...
Aerospace Executive Karen Hillyard has joined AeroGuard Flight Training Center (AeroGuard) to lead its international business development initiatives. Hillyard comes to the company having held senior business development and marketing roles for companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Panasonic Avionics and L3 Technologies. She holds a BA in Psychology from...