FlightSafety International’s Simulation Innovation Lab in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is unveiling a new glass-and-graphics technology which can serve as a “training canvas.” The first product to use the proprietary “looking glass” is an FAA Part 60 Level 4/5 flight training device (FTD) branded as MissionFit. The concept can also be...
Central Washington University (CWU) has awarded Seattle based one-G simulation with a contract for five Foundation Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATD) and a Piper Archer device that is currently in development at one-G headquarters. The contract includes a mix of both G1000 and GTN-650 based devices, allowing CWU to train...
MINT Software Systems, the leading manufacturer of training management solutions for the aviation industry, today announces the release of its latest version of its user-friendly system extension “myMINT app.” The myMINT app is the mobile connection to the MINT Training and Resource Management System. The app automatically synchronizes the MINT...
Simnest introduced its Simnest Multifunction Control Unit (SMCU) that helps transform clients’ simulators into one-button start-stop training devices. With the SMCU there is no need for long checklists on start-up according to Simnest. The SMCU includes a touch screen panel with password protection and lets cadets start the simulator in...
Britannica Knowledge Systems is unveiling at next week's European Airline Training Symposium (EATS), a new approach that facilitates access to the Fox training management platform for every airline, flight school and training provider. Designed to manage training for pilots, cabin crew, maintenance and ground crew, Fox's packages provide all the...
ALSIM sold an AL172 simulator to Paragon Flight Training in Fort Myers, Florida. The AL172 is an exact replica of the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk NAVIII. It features real Garmin G1000 NXI avionics and is equipped with the Alsim High Definition Visual System (HDVS). The HDVS lets the AL172...
airBaltic Pilot Academy in Riga, Latvia received the Diamond Aircraft DSIM flight training simulator it ordered earlier this year. The device supplements the training aircraft used by the academy. In February, airBalticTraining ordered three single-engine DA40 NGs and one twin-engine DA42-VI from Diamond Aircraft for its newly established Pilot...
Virtual Aviation, a flight simulation training provider, named Anthony Petteford as Executive Director. Petteford also joins the company as an investor shareholder. Petteford has over 21 years of direct senior leadership experience in global aviation pilot training, having served as Managing Director of Oxford Aviation Academy and as Vice...
The Wings Alliance, a non-profit association of Flight Training Schools, launched the Whitetail Cadet Program that gives individuals with little or no flying experience an opportunity to complete their European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) training through an alliance of Flight Training Schools in Spain, Sweden and the U.K. The 16-month...
Alsim sold an AL250 simulator to Aviation Pilot Training, a flight school in Cape Town, South Africa. The device will be delivered in the first quarter of 2019. The AL250 features modern technology advancements and is EASA-FNPT II (Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer) certified. It addresses initial phase training needs for...