Real life is about reacting quickly, creatively and professionally to the challenges at hand, especially when they could not have been envisioned. Having training data within a training management system is crucial when you need to react with critical real-time data to facilitate rapid decision making. Alongside their trusted...
Leonardo has announced that the DAAA (Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness), the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Certification Authority, has issued the "Initial Certification" for its new M-345 training aircraft. This important achievement for the M-345 programme is the result of intense activities with two hundred dedicated flights logged...
Billund Air Center (BAC) has developed a way to efficiently use its ALSIM ALX by adopting pre-simulation training. BAC designed its own ALSIM Training Procedure with Aviation eLearning’s V360E. Jørn Askholm, BAC’s Head of Training, explained the idea behind it: “We have invested a considerable amount in our new...
BAA Training has relaunched the practical flight training portion of its programmes using Cessna 172S aircraft at S.Dariaus and S.Gir?no aerodrome in Kaunas, Lithuania.
In response to COVID-19, 2FLY Group is offering a limited number of scholarships to aspiring pilots who enrol within the next few months on either an FAA Career Pilot Program of an EASA Pro-Pilot Airline Programme. Having witnessed similar crises before where the aviation industry bounces back and resumes...
NATO has tapped into its pool of defence scientists – the largest such network in the world - to support the COVID-19 emergency response. The NATO Chief Scientist, Dr Bryan Wells, has launched the “NATO Chief Scientist Challenge”, calling for solutions in virus detection, improved situational awareness, decontamination, resilience...
Canadian pilot school, International Pilot Academy, has become another academy in the country to launch FlightLogger’s flight school management and operations platform. Under normal circumstances, FlightLogger flies out from its base in Aarhus, Denmark to carry out the setup and training during a tightly packed two-day session. This time,...
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) completed training with the Finnish Navy over two days at the end of April. The Finnish Navy's Coastal Fleet held the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise in the Archipelago Sea, with participants from the Finnish Navy’s 4th Mine Countermeasures Squadron and SNMCMG1. The...
One positive element about the current situation is having a bit more time to do documentation. The global simulator manufacturer ALSIM is taking advantage of this unique time of lockdowns and restricted travel to work on many new projects related to their flight training devices and support. They recently...
Christophe Salomon has been appointed Executive Vice President, Thales, Land and Air Systems, and he will also be part of the Thales Executive Committee. Salomon succeeds Alex Cresswell, who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Thales in the UK. Christophe, a graduate engineer of the Ecole...