FlightPath International, Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology (HIET), and Orient Flights Aviation Academy have entered into an agreement to jointly offer aviation training services in India. With HIET and Orient Flights’ maintenance engineer and pilot ab initio courses, FlightPath adds the type training element from its over 40 Transport...
FlightPath International and Modest Tree have entered into a long-term Agreement to jointly introduce Virtual Reality (VR) simulation technology for maintenance training courses. FlightPath will offer Computer-Based Training (CBT) and/or Web-Based Training (WBT), as well as integrated maintenance training courseware. Combining complementary skills and expertise, FlightPath and Modest Tree will...
Robert W. Moorman examines how the increased use of composites on commercial airliners has sparked a corresponding need for highly trained aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs).
The United Nations (UN) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has launched the Aviation Innovation Competitions and is looking for ideas, concepts, and prototypes from the next generation of aviation innovators. The three competitions, managed by ICAO and supported by Transport Canada, commemorate the agency’s 75th anniversary this year. Participants...
Sponsored Content As commercial aviation witnesses a boom across the world, more and more women are passionately striving to become a part of the industry. Women in airspace have transitioned from being employed as flight attendants to premier cockpit controllers. Compared with other countries in the Middle East and...
Claudio Marturano, a former chief engineer for Bombardier Q400, has launched Nubis Aviation Training to ensure pilots, maintenance crew and ground staff are properly trained in a flexible, cost-effective way. Nubis’s training model is based on online and distance learning that is carried out continuously to meet European Union...
Resource Group started the year with an inspection of its EASA Part-147 technical training business by the U.K.’s Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) with a successful outcome. A key quote form the report stated: “Directors have a very clear and long-term strategy to provide high-quality engineering apprenticeships to...
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary, KLM UK Engineering has signed a line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer. KLM UK Engineering will commence this line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer at Glasgow on their Embraer fleet from April 2019.
RSi’s Epic-View Visual Display System for Rheinmetall Defence’s Embraer KC-390 Flight Simulator has successfully completed acceptance testing at RSi’s headquarters facility in Coppell, Texas. The Epic-View Visual Display System features a 220-by-60-degree field of view provided by an 11-foot radius collimated optical display system. Seven Norxe P1 IR projectors...
On March 13, 2019, the aviation maintenance industry honored U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) for addressing the chronic shortage of technicians threatening to undermine the growth and vitality of America’s aerospace sector. Last year, Graves and Lipinski were lead sponsors of H.R. 5701, which created...