Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. (Pinnacle) is now offering the UH-60 Virtual Maintenance Trainer (UH-60 VMT) on GSA Advantage!, the online shopping and ordering system available to federal, state, and local government entities.

FlightSafety International now offers maintenance technician training at a new Learning Center located at the Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia.

A survey from a recent Aviation Technician Education Council (AETC) webinar suggests a decline in new Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) enrollments but also shows increases in innovation as schools transition to distance learning as a result of COVID-19.

The Bell Training Academy will offer virtual pilot and maintenance training for global customers who may be unable to travel to Bell’s global training facilities.

AVT Simulation is launching a virtual simulation class, AVT 101: Simulation Overview, from 7-10 July. The four-day course begins with an introduction to simulation and progresses to more complex concepts of simulation.

Twenty-two engineering students from universities in the United Arab Emirates began a virtual engineering internship developed by CAE and the Tawazun Economic Council.

Women in Aviation International’s Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) will go on in 2020 – despite the global pandemic – and it will be bigger and more far-reaching than ever, it says.

It is difficult to overstate the impact the present COVID-19 crisis has and will have on the whole aviation sector. Airline travel came to a near standstill, nearly 18,000 planes are parked or in long-term storage, and manufacturers are drastically reducing their new aircraft production rates.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association started a new initiative called the Flight Training Experience Project in place of the AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards.