KLM UK Engineering has signed a long-term partnership with Vision Concept Aviation Training Institute (VCATI) for the provision of EASA Part 147 exams supported by KLM UK Engineering’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) software. Under the agreement, KLM UK Engineering will support VCATI’s Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Advanced...
Ahead of the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) event taking place at WATS in Orlando this year, Savannah Folan, Financial Aid Administrator at L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS), walks us through the ways in which the company can help students finance their studies. Widening access to...
Building upon one-G Access, its pay-per-use flight simulator programme, one-G simulation has now set up the one-G Youth Access program with the donation of an FAA approved flight training device to East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a career and college prep school. The donated device is an FAA-approved...
The International Flight Training Center of Turkey (IFTC) has chosen to upgrade its five Level D full flight simulators (FFS) with Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System, which is powered by the aXion image generator. The upgrades will take place during the summer of 2018. Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System has now...
UFA, Inc. (UFA) has been selected by Leidos Innovations Corporation to deliver its ATTower tower simulator to support testing, training, prototyping, and development of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system. TFDM is the FAA programme to modernise air traffic control tower equipment at 89...
Pictured (left to right): Ian Bell, CAE's Vice President and General Manager, Middle East/Asia-Pacific; and Dr. Dhafir Awadh Al Shanfari, Chief Executive Officer of the Omani Authority for Partnership for Development CAE has signed a service level agreement (SLA) with the Omani Authority for Partnership for Development (OAPFD) to...
The new Epic Prime ‘Visuals as a Service’ programme from RSi Visuals allows customers to pay a monthly fee for full use of a Level D Epic Visual System, providing all the benefits of ownership without the risks or responsibilities. Under Epic Prime, RSi says it will provide delivery,...
Alsim has sold an ALX simulator to Dundee, Scotland-based flight school Tayside Aviation, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Jim Watt, Tayside Aviation’s Managing Director, explained, “We decided to choose Alsim’s ALX as we have been a customer of Alsim for over ten years and we know...
Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). Topics discussed on the course include the definition of Controlled Flight Into Terrain and its contributing factors, mitigation, TAWS (including both GPWS and...
Last week, with the help of SECA sponsor Pan Am, we dove into the benefits of choosing a Flight Academy to achieve a flying career. This week Jill Meridith, Director of Enrollment Marketing at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, helps us look a little closer at choosing the University route. Choosing...