Amanda Towner
Amanda Towner writes news articles for the Halldale Group’s website as well as CAT and MST Magazines. She studied English and Creative Writing at Stetson University, where she became a Sullivan Scholar for her work. Her writing covers several topics including journalism and storytelling, and is featured in several publications.
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A joint surgical team comprised of three separate branches assembled at U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley in December to perform an operation. Consisting of a U.S. Navy surgeon, an Air Force nurse and an Army technician, the team was organized to perform a Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to restore a... 4 January 2019
VA Airline Training now offers a choice of aircraft types for APS MCC training. With the installation of a new Airbus A320 FTD1 simulator, trainees can now choose between the existing B737-800 or the A320 for their APS MCC training. VA will also offer its trainees a greater choice of... 4 January 2019
Richard L. Griffith, DEngSci in EE, MD wandered about in his career not unlike John James. Physics, graduate work in electrical engineering, military service, medical school, head trauma research, residency in anesthesiology, private practice, academic practice, a decade in medical device development at Becton Dickinson, then back to medical... 4 January 2019
Airways Flygutbildning is the latest Swedish flight school to go live with FlightLogger’s Flight Training Management platform. The value proposition of becoming paperless by integrating the management of flight programs, ground theory, bookings, flight registrations, certificates, documents, messages and maintenance was Airways Flugutbildning’s reason for choosing the FlightLogger platform. After... 4 January 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Pinnacle Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $20-million modification of a previously awarded contract for KC-10 training system. This modification provides for the exercise of the fourth year option and incorporates within scope changes to contractual requirements that result from a mutual agreement... 4 January 2019
Airbus is further accelerating the rollout of digital shopfloor processes which are enabling operators to directly interact in real-time with its Manufacturing Execution System (MES). With the system, more Airbus commercial aircraft shopfloor operators can now visualise the workflow in real-time on smart connected devices, while speeding-up problem solving and... 3 January 2019
Tayside Aviation became the first Scottish ATO to go live with FlightLogger, which increased the number of countries represented on FlightLogger’s customer map to 30. After being presented to the benefits and functionality of FlightLogger’s Flight Training Management software, Tayside chose the program to provide their managers, instructors and students... 3 January 2019
FINAA, a Finnish Aviation Academy, went live with FlightLogger’s integrated flight training management platform to digitalize their ATO activities. After assessing the benefits of a paperless and integrated management of flight programs, ground theory, rentals, bookings, safety management, flight registrations, certificates, documents, messages and maintenance – FINAA decided to go... 3 January 2019
U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) recently completed training for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden during December. Chung-Hoon’s latest round of drills was a combined forces effort. U.S. Coast Guard and Army personnel came aboard as instructors to help teach new techniques... 3 January 2019
The Airbus Cockpit Experience (ACE) Trainer, a virtual and interactive cockpit simulator used in Airbus training centres for flight crew licensing courses, is now available for A330 operators. The trainer has been welcomed by airlines, with agreements signed by several customers in Asia, Africa and Europe. The same approach is... 3 January 2019
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