FlightSafety International has received Level D qualification from the United States Federal Aviation Administration for two Cessna Caravan aircraft simulators located at its Wichita East Learning Center in Kansas. The simulators are equipped with Garmin G1000 and Garmin G600 avionics. Qualification by other authorities will be accomplished in accordance with...
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta has announced the agency has selected the University of Oklahoma and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University teams to lead the new Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance (COE TTHP). The COE will conduct research and development on technical training for...
TRU Simulation + Training, Inc. has announced that customers of its ProFlight pilot training program for King Air 350 now have the option to train at home through its FAA-approved distance learning option for BE-300 recurrent training. TRU's East Coast ProFlight Pilot Training center was the first to offer instruction...
L-3 Communications' Commercial Training Solutions (L-3 CTS) business has been awarded a contract by All Nippon Airways (ANA) to build and deliver an Airbus A320 full flight simulator (FFS). Based on L-3's RealitySeven™ simulation solution, the device will be installed at ANA's flight training facility in Tokyo, Japan, and ready...
Horizon Air has signed a contract for multiple Aerosim training technology solutions for the existing Q400 fleet and the newly added Embraer 175 fleet. The deliverables include Aerosim's E175 ad Q400 ETHOS Systems Knowledge, Procedures Lessons, Flight Management System Trainers (FMST) and Virtual Flight Decks (VFD). Also included is a...
entrol has launched a new vibration system, designed to improve pilot training and increase the realism of the simulation. The system consists for four electromagnetic actuators located below the cockpit. These actuators generate vibrations which are transmitted throughout the whole cockpit, and vary according to the different flight conditions. Pilots...
ELITE Simulation Solutions has entered into a formal distribution and partnership agreement with Aeroservicio S.A. in Chile. Aeroservicio will act as a distributor of ELITE's entire product line of aviation training devices in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Wayne Keyes, ELITE's director of Business Development in the...
Ethiopian Airlines' new aviation academy has been fitted out with a range of EDM's cabin crew training simulators. The $100m state-of-the-art Aviation Academy was officially opened at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa earlier this year. Widely regarded as Africa's finest airline training facility, the Academy will enable 4000 aviation...
Pelesys has signed a long term service agreement with Tigerair Australia, to provide its Training Management and Deployment System, for use within Flight Operations, and across the organisation. The solution is a Software as a Service (SaaS) Training Management and Deployment System, including aircraft type and special operations courseware titles.
Saudi Arabian Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its latest technology, the EP-8100 image generator with laser illuminated VS2500 projectors, for the airline's new Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner full flight simulators. Under the terms of the agreement, Rockwell Collins will also provide VS2500 laser projector upgrades to...