FlightSafety International has launched a new Integrated Growth and Achievement Preparation program for students entering the FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida. “Our new Integrated Growth and Achievement Preparation Program is designed to be taken by FlightSafety Academy students just prior to the start of their formal pilot training,”...
Waves, which is due to launch its technology-led, on demand air taxi service between the Channel Islands this month, has said it will introduce its own training academy early next year to offer islanders the opportunity to become commercial pilots. Matt Bisson, Chief Operating Officer at WAVES, explained, "As...
Titan Airways and Virtual Aviation (VA) have come together to launch a bonded Cadet First Officer recruitment programme to provide opportunities for low-hours cadet pilots. The programme is open to pilots who hold a CPL ME/IR, including those who have not yet completed an MCC+JOC. Candidates who pass the...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has dispatched its two largest aircraft — C-17A Globemaster III transport and KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport — to the United States for Exercise Mobility Guardian 17. Held in Washington State from 30 July to 12 August 2017, Mobility Guardian 17 is conducted by the...
FlightSafety International has promoted Tom Montgomery (right) and Mark Gris (left) to Assistant Manager at it's Savannah, Georgia Learning Center and Toronto, Ontario Learning Center respectively. Montgomery joined FlightSafety at the Savannah Center as an instructor for Gulfstream GIV aircraft. Since then he has held a number of positions...
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of five companies awarded a position on a five-year, $250 million contract to provide aviation training services in support of Security Assistance programs for the U.S. Army’s Security Assistance Training Management Organization (SATMO). The SATMO program is a component of the U.S. Security Cooperation Enterprise that...
Rockwell Collins is to provide the French Air Force FOMEDEC training program with Visual Display Systems (VDS) for its Pilatus PC-21 simulators. Under a subcontract awarded by CAE, Rockwell Collins will develop two Spectraview Visual Display Systems in Salt Lake City, Utah, support CAE with integrating the systems at the...
Sundog Software has released version 5 of its SilverLining Sky 3D Cloud and Weather Software Development Kit (SDK) for simulation and game developers to enable more immersive flight training in dangerous weather conditions. "SilverLining 5 includes a new library of hand-modeled cumulonimbus thunderheads and towering cumulus clouds," explains Frank Kane,...
Air BP has awarded the third annual Sterling Pilot Scholarship to Robert Norris, a 17-year-old Hertfordshire student. Valued at around £10,000, the scholarship aims to assist aspiring UK pilots with little or no experience of flying to achieve a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL) and is organised by Air BP...
On 15 July 2017, Canada's Pacific Sky Aviation Inc. introduced Skysoft's SimUnity365 training center management software to simplify operations and provide customers with a positive training experience. The addition of SimUnity365 follows the installation of the world’s first Twin Otter Level D simulator on wheels with seaplane training capability...