VA Airline Training (VA) will award 24 bursaries to celebrate 24 months of EASA MCC Airline Pilot Standards (APS MCC) training in Europe. The 24 £500 bursaries will enable 24 new APS MCC trainees to embark upon the final ab initio leg of their airline pilot training journey at...

Turkish flight training school Istanbul Aviation Academy have bought an Alsim AL250 flight simulator. The Alsim AL250 is a generic and compact simulator for single and multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. The device, Alsim say, responds to the training requirements of smaller and mid-sized...

Swiss ATO FLY7 has signed up to use the FlightLogger platform. FLY7 is the second-largest Pilatus PC-12 operator, a brokerage team and the biggest Pilatus training center in Europe. With the help of FlightLogger, FLY7 can now offer a fully digital experience for all their staff, instructors and students.

The ICAO Council has adopted a special declaration on COVID-19 during the fourth meeting of its 219th Session.  At the Montreal meeting, the council urged member states and stakeholders to follow guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO). It also expressed strong support for WHO's call for states to perform...

Swiss ATO Aero Locarno has chosen the Sonaca 200 to complete and renew its fleet of training aircraft. Aero Locarno chose Sonaca Aircraft's two-seater single-engine aircraft. "The Sonaca 200 clearly stands out from the crowd," said Stefano Buratti, Aero Locarno CEO. "With its aluminum structure, the Sonaca 200 is...

Trials are to begin for a new virtual reality training platform for the UK Armed Forces, built on the same gaming engine as Fortnite. The new platform will use the latest advances in gaming innovation to improve training for personnel. It should make it more realistic, intuitive and immersive,...

NATO exercise Dynamic Manta is wrapping up off the Sicilian coast. Ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from nine Allied nations took part in the anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare training. Submarines from France, Greece, Italy and Turkey under NATO Submarine Command took part. They joined surface ships from Canada,...

Flyco has developed an Apple watch application that allows users to view and control courses. The application synchronises with Flyco’s existing iPhone and iPad apps.  Flyco’s automated notification system also displays periodic notifications for any upcoming courseware. It makes it easier for users to view their list of courses...

Lido Surface Data NEXTView has become the first aviation terrain product to gain EASA Service Provider Type 1 Certificate. Lido Surface Data NEXTView is the world’s first high-resolution, global terrain dataset specifically designed for the aviation industry. It provides data with continual updates and incorporates Lido’s aerodrome database, increasing...

Finland's Varjo have added real-time chroma keying and marker tracking as early access features for its XR-1 Developer Edition headset. Varjo say it is the first company to deliver chroma keying in real-time for mixed reality devices. It is an industry-standard technique known as green-screening and used in broadcasting...