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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In an article by the Associated Press, Matthew Barakat reported on the humanitarian efforts of 16-year-old TJ Kim, who has flown medical supplies to rural hospitals in the wake of COVID-19. His first delivery was on March 27 to a 25-bed hospital in Luray, Virginia. Image credit: Associated Press... 9 April 2020
Delta Flight Products, the airline’s wholly owned subsidiary, is collaborating with Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI), a non-profit affiliate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, to manufacture face shields to protect hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Delta Flight Productions Using materials and designs provided by... 8 April 2020
FlightSafety International now provides the ground school portion of its recurrent training programs online through the instructor-led LiveLearning training system. Image credit: FlightSafety International “FlightSafety’s web-based and instructor-led recurrent ground school provides our customers with the benefits of classroom learning and the convenience of taking courses remotely,” said Steve... 8 April 2020
Delta is providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of perishable and non-perishable food to hospitals, community food banks and other organizations around the world to support people in need as well as those working tirelessly on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delta adjusted food offerings on... 8 April 2020
Barco is welcoming individuals to one of its upcoming free virtual classroom sessions. In knowledge and technology-based economies, teaching and learning are the foundations of future progress. But the digital revolution means that virtual real-time and face-to-face training is very much growing and has a big role to play... 7 April 2020
Presagis has released the OpenFlight to Unreal Engine (O2U) import tool. Currently available on the Unreal Engine Marketplace at no cost, the O2U tool allows users to leverage OpenFlight format (.flt) content into Unreal. Image credit: Presagis Through the O2U tool, content creators are able to convert and import... 7 April 2020
Maritime Training Services (MTS) joined the new Ocean Technologies Group, home to COEX, Seagull Maritime, Tero Marine and Videotel. The combination ensures that MTS will accelerate its growth and develop its services, providing certainty to MTS customers and team following the untimely passing of the company’s Owner and Managing Director,... 7 April 2020
Medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) are training medics at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, on the use of the Transport Isolation System (TIS) to move patients affected by COVID-19 aboard military cargo aircraft. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook... 7 April 2020
Raytheon Technologies Corporation has completed the all-stock merger of equals transaction between Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation following the completion by United Technologies of its previously announced spin-offs of its Carrier and Otis businesses. Upon closing of the merger, United Technologies’ name has changed to "Raytheon Technologies Corporation,"... 7 April 2020
HumanSim: Sedation and Airway, a 3D virtual trainer for administering emergency anesthesia and managing breathing for critically-injured or ill patients, is now available for free from Virtual Heroes to support healthcare workers as they adapt to unprecedented requirements in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Virtual Heroes... 7 April 2020
