The Korean civil authority has officially certified the entrol H19/AW109 Flight Training Device (FTD) Level 5 simulator purchased by Helikorea. This FTD has been the first entrol simulator to be installed in South Korea in the city of Daejeon. It features a cylindrical visual system, a vibration system and...
Based on customer demand, Avsoft has created a CRJ-200 Package Freighter (PF) Aircraft Systems Course for pilots. This course features 25 modules with highly-detailed technical illustrations and covers all the major aircraft systems, including all the components, operations, controls, and indications involved with each system. Each module concludes with...
With new scholarships being posted weekly, WAI is ready to accept applications for dozens of scholarships. Currently, there are 85 scholarships offered for flight training, scholastic study, maintenance training, and a variety of scholarships for individuals in all stages of life. Internships are also being offered. Additional scholarships will...
Skyborne Airline Academy is launching Airline Simulator Assessment Preparation sessions in its Boeing 737 MAX FTD (flight training device) simulator to maximise cadets’ employment prospects. The preparation sessions will take place at Skyborne’s Gloucestershire Airport facility and give recent graduates the opportunity to optimise their preparations for the recruitment...
FlightSafety International has promoted Suren Meras to executive director of operations for the company’s global network of business and commercial aviation Learning Centers. Meras’ responsibilities include pilot, maintenance, cabin safety, dispatch and instructor training as well as customer support, courseware development and simulator operations. Meras joined FlightSafety in 2007...
Baltic Ground Services (BGS) Group, part of Avia Solutions Group, plans to offer virtual reality (VR) -based aircraft ground handling
training as an additional service in the market.
Aviomar Flight Academy announced that an agreement has been signed with Intesa Sanpaolo to provide future pilots with honour loans for attending professional flight training courses. The honour loan “per Merito” will allow deserving aspiring pilots to access a unique loan, which requires no personal or guardian guarantee and...
Q4 has recently received an order from Quantum 3D for five DirectVue dome display systems. The Q4 DirectVue line is a direct display dome solution that complements Q4’s visual display capabilities. The 6-foot radius display was designed, and is ideally suited, for small classrooms and standard office ceiling-height training...
A primer on the visual, motion, audible and haptic cues necessary for immersive environments by David Hambling.
The Link “Blue Box”, the first effective flight trainer, was created in the late 1920s when aircraft had been flying for more than 20 years. This is a strong hint that an effective simulacrum may be harder to build than the real thing.
Our senses, sharpened by millions of years of evolution, cannot be fooled easily, making it difficult to give a realistic impression of flying high while still rooted firmly to the ground. Effective simulation requires visual, motion and audible cues, all fully integrated. Even minor flaws may result in simulator sickness, rendering the simulation useless. Other errors risk mis-training and making the simulation worse than useless. Standards for simulation are therefore necessarily high.
Ryanair announced a major new training partnership with VA Airline Training to deliver a Ryanair Airline Pilot Standards (APS MCC) programme in Cambridge. The partnership will ensure Ryanair continues to attract highly trained professional pilots to support its continued growth across Europe. This new EASA approved enhanced MCC programme...