Three helicopter pilots have graduated with the UK's only operator-supported BSc (Hons) Professional Aviation Pilot Practice (Helicopter) degree, delivered in partnership between Helicentre Aviation Ltd. and Middlesex University London. Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor at Middlesex University London said: "I'm very proud of our helicopter pilots whose graduation marks a...
German National Airworthiness Agency LBA has qualified the H145 full flight simulator (FFS) at ADAC HEMS Academy in Bonn Hangelar with its latest Avionics Standard Helionix® Step 2. This includes the Synthetic Vision System (SVS) as well as the Helicopter Terrain Awareness Warning System (HTAWS). Reiser's FFS meets EASA,...
EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy is to purchase two Bell 429 aircraft from Bell Helicopter. Based at Al Ain International Airport, EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy utilizes their fleet of entirely Bell aircraft to provide flight training to a variety of international students. The Bell 429 will be utilized...
Helicentre Aviation Academy has opened its 2019 UK EASA Professional Helicopter Pilot Scholarship Programme and is now accepting applications for the Commercial Pilot's Licence and Flight Instructor Certificate. The Programme, now in its seventh year, was created to meet the company's growing demand for suitably qualified helicopter pilots for...
RUAG Aviation flight test pilots applied their significant knowledge and experience in helicopter Maintenance Check Flights (MCF) to train fellow Swiss pilots and other interested parties in the first-ever training of its kind in Switzerland. The theory-based courses are offered by RUAG to prepare flight crews and technical personnel...
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat is the latest helicopter type to enter service with the UK Army, Royal Marines and Royal Navy. MS&T’s Dim Jones visited Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton to take a look.
UK Midlands-based ATO Helicentre Aviation Academy has launched a new two-day EASA Helicopter Flight Instructor refresher seminar, the first of which is due to take place on 23rd and 24th May 2018. The Academy was granted CAA approval to deliver FI(H) refresher seminars in 2011, but with the implementation...
Reiser Simulation and Training’s H145 full-flight simulator (FFS), which features a visual display system designed by project: syntropy, has been certified as a Level D training device by EASA. It achieved Level D certification in Germany during January 2018 and is in service with the ADAC HEMS Academy. project: syntropy...
one-G simulation is now offering more features as part of its Torrance 44 Augmented Training Platform (ATP) including Search And Rescue (SAR), Heads Up Display (HUD), Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), tunnel-in-the-sky and longline and night vision goggle emulations. CEO of one-G simulation, Xylon Saltzman, stated, “The Torrance 44 ATP...