Professione Volare, an ATO in Forli, Italy, have bought an Alsim ALX simulator. They had been using an Alsim AL200 MCC for over 15 years through Alsim customer I.S.A.E.R.S. "At the end of 2019, for our 25th anniversary, we decided to upgrade our fleet buying our own simulator," said...

Antycip Simulation have designed and installed 'VIRTUAL CORSICA', a new immersive room that will allow the University of Corsica to study society’s relationship with nature. The two-sided L-shaped CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) type room has two Christie Mirage WU14K-M projectors connected to an angled lens with high-tech direct...

Cambridge-based VA Airline Training (VA) are using ‘Graduate Pilot Champions’ to help its Airline Pilot Standards (APS) MCC graduate pilots secure job opportunities. VA’s Managing Director Anthony Petteford and Head of Customer Engagement, Karen Bath - will act as ‘Graduate Pilot Champions’. Anthony and Karen between them have over...

The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) wants the British Government and airlines to implement a pilot apprenticeship scheme to open up the career to a more diverse population. BALPA has already helped establish the first ever apprenticeship standard for commercial airline pilots in the UK. But a year on...

Kongsberg Digital (KDI) has won its first K-Sim Safety simulator contract with the Norwegian Sea Rescue Society (NSRS). KDI will deliver a K-Sim Safety Advanced Fire Fighting Simulator (AFFS) to the NSRS training centre in Horten, Norway. The full-mission K-Sim Safety AFFS is a new simulator which addresses regulation VI/3,...

L3Harris Technologies will provide two new Full Flight Simulators (FFS) for Chinese flight training operator Guangdong Meihua Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. Meihua's new facility in Guangzhou, a major aviation hub that is home to several Chinese airlines, will house the FFS. The A320 and B737NG simulators will feature a...

MASA Group has signed a major contract with the Spanish Army for the use of MASA SWORD. It includes the acquisition and full customization to the Spanish requirements of SWORD, MASA’s flagship constructive simulation software. SWORD is an automated, aggregated, constructive simulation designed to improve training, analysis, and decision...

  Radiology trainees at Imperial College, London, are learning news skills with interactive holograms and augmented reality headsets. A team of experts from Imperial’s Faculty of Medicine and Digital Learning Hub developed the simulation. It is an example of using the Microsoft HoloLens2 for medical training and addresses the challenges...

Inzpire Limited will provide planning and operational management to the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) during its UK flight trials of unmanned aerial systems. The trials will demonstrate the advantages of using long-range unmanned capabilities in civilian airspace. "This is a huge opportunity for Inzpire," said Paul Rolfe, Inzpire’s...

EURAMEC have signed an exclusive agreement with AeroCircular to upcycle Airbus A320 Cockpits and Fuselages for Premier Flight Training solutions. "AeroCircular has a stunning business model," said Bert Buyle, CEO EURAMEC. "Instead of scrapping an aircraft and thrashing state of the art technology and high-value hardware, we upcycle cockpits...