At the NATO Modeling & Simulation Group (NMSG) meeting in Vienna, Austria, the Chairman of the NMSG, Agatino Mursia from Leonardo, presented the NMSG Meritorious Service Award to Walter Ullrich. The prize was awarded “in recognition of his many years of outstanding reporting on Modelling & Simulation for Military...
Spanish simulator manufacturer, Simloc, has integrated the ATC flight communications simulation system, SERA, to its FSTDs. SERA (Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC) is a software that improves pilot training by adding realistic communications with air traffic control towers (ATC) to flight simulator operations. In this way the instructor is...
Thales has completed a full hardware and software upgrade of the visual system of the flight simulator for the E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft deployed by the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. The contract was awarded in 2018 by France's military aircraft maintenance service (Service Industriel de l’Aéronautique...
Qatar Airways have signed up flight data animation company CEFA Aviation to better analyze its flights. The safety department of the airline will recreate flights quickly and easily thanks to the CEFA FAS software based on the data from the flight recorders. The purpose is to better understand selected...
NATO's community met at the new NCI Academy to attend the fourth Education and Training (E&T) Conference last month. Over 185 people from 26 countries attended the conference, which was held at the Academy's new facilities in Oeiras, Portugal. The Oct 29-30 conference brought together participants from various NATO...
Vietnamese carrier Vietjet has placed a firm order for 15 A321XLR and will convert five A321neo aircraft from its existing backlog. The announcement was made during a visit to Airbus headquarters in Toulouse by Vietjet President & CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, hosted by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. During...
Aviomar Flight Academy has signed a partnership agreement with Padpilot to deploy its training materials within its integrated training courses, including Ryanair's ab-inito mentored pilot programme. Aviomar's academy features a fleet of 18 aircraft, three simulators, and 42 instructors. As part of it’s recent investment plan, the academy has...
International Flight Training Center (IFTC) have agreed a deal with Jeppesen’s Boeing Learning System (BLS) to help pilots with EASA ATPL in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish company, a subsidiary of Gozen Holding, provides services to more than 80 airline businesses. Boeing’s Jeppesen will assist the pilots with ICAO License...
Flight Simulator Trader (FST) have bought a Flight Safety ATR42/72-500 FFS from HOP!-Training, France, for one of its South American clients. FST are acting as general contractor on behalf of HOP!-Training as former operator of the device and the new owner. FST sourced the Full Flight Simulator, evaluated, upgraded and...
All student pilots and flight instructors at Leading Edge Aviation will wear A20 Aviation Headsets after the Oxford-based academy agreed a partnership with Bose. The headset is among the lightest of all active noise cancelling headsets, allowing student pilots and their instructors to conduct training flights without distraction or...