Four U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) cadets from Battle Ground High School received scholarships to earn private pilot licenses. Nathanial Davis, Jarrett Huntington, Brooke Kirby, and Wyatt Moody are among only 200 AFJROTC cadets nationwide selected to receive scholarships from the Flight Academy Scholarship Program, a collaborative initiative...
Three Purdue University alumni will soon help more members of the U.S. Air Force advance critical communication skills to keep them safe in the cockpit. PlaneEnglish, a simulator created by the three Purdue alumni, has received a $1 million SBIR Phase II award, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force...
Cobham Aviation Services have recruited Ruby Blagrove, the group’s first female cadet pilot. The 19-year-old from McLaren Vale, South Australia, joins the Cobham Cadet Pilot Program run in partnership with Flight Training Adelaide. There were over 400 applicants for the program. Cobham also chose three other applicants for the...
Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) have unveiled its line-up of EASA Advanced Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) courses that meet and exceed EASA Part-FCL.745.A requirements. The company said its approved UPRT programs mitigate the risk of Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I), aviation’s prime fatal threat to safety, through the...
Colossal Motion, a division of the StratStep Group, has launched a bespoke career advice service to help smaller training providers and ATO’s. The Career Advisor Service takes a proven model used by the large global Flight Schools and allows smaller training organisations to deliver the same service at an...
The next generation of pilots will learn to fly at the Qantas Group’s new Pilot Academy in Toowoomba, Australia, which officially opened in January 2020. The Pilot Academy will have the capacity to train up to 250 pilots each year to build a long-term talent pipeline for Qantas, Jetstar...
BAA Training is expanding in Spain. Being a global aviation training provider, BAA Training chose the location and started the establishment of a training center near Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport. Image credit: BAA Training By establishing BAA Training Spain, the company is to open a 5300-square-meter modern training...
Image credit: CPaT Global CPaT Global has been selected by Envoy Air Inc. to provide tailored E-learning solutions for its pilot training needs, including distance learning, interactive classroom diagrams and learning management systems. Envoy will utilize CPaT’s E-learning solutions to provide classroom and mobile training for its Embraer EMB-175,...
Dutch-based FSC Aviation Training has upgraded most of its simulators to meet UPRT regulations. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) implemented mandatory Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) from December 20th. With bases in Amsterdam and Mönchengladbach, Germany, FSC has a fleet of over 15 FFS (plus two FTD’s). They...
FlightLogger has expanded its presence in Belgium with Ostend Air College signing up to use its digitization service. Ostend Air College was the first recognized training center for airline pilots in Belgium and now has over 20 years of experience. They provide ab initio pilots to over 40 companies...