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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BAA Training received the second of the two additional full flight simulators it acquired in 2018. The Airbus A320 FFS has been assembled and is ready for training at the company’s headquarters in Vilnius. The first, a B737 NG FFS, was added in September. “Since the requirements for recurrent and... 10 December 2018
In November, the official kick-off event for the Smart Controller Training Tool (SCOTT) project was held at the School of Air Control in Nieuw-Milligen, part of the Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen (AOCS NM) of the Ministry of Defence. AOCS NM is the command centre of the Royal Netherlands Air... 10 December 2018
Lockheed Martin presented a $300,000 check to Valencia College to support a second advanced manufacturing training program that will help cultivate the talent pipeline in the community. This 3-year grant to the school will start in 2018. The first program hired about 60 people and currently employs about 400 Valencia... 7 December 2018
A Luxair regional airliner was the first aircraft whose landing was controlled from the DFS Remote Tower Control Centre. The aircraft, a Bombardier DHC 8-400 from Luxembourg, touched down on the runway in Saarbrücken at 6:51 a.m. on 4 December 2018. At 6:53 a.m., a regional aircraft of the same... 7 December 2018
Trideum demonstrated conference-wide thought leadership at the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training event. The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) brings military services and industry from all over the world together to educate and demonstrate the newest innovations in modeling, simulation and training. The conference, held Nov. 7 December 2018
Joe Ping is the 4,000th aircraft maintenance technician to successfully complete FlightSafety's Master Technician training program. FlightSafety International announced that Joe Ping, manager, Aircraft Maintenance, Global Integrated Services – Aviation, Cummins Inc., is the 4,000th aircraft maintenance technician to successfully complete the Master Technician training program. Ping earned his... 7 December 2018
Airbus and the French civil aviation university, ENAC, have obtained EASA certification for the co-developed ab initio Pilot Cadet Training Programme that will be used by a worldwide network of partner flight schools, starting with the first customer, Escuela de Aviacion Mexico (EAM), in Mexico city in early 2019. Pilot... 6 December 2018
The DiSTI Corporation, a provider of 3D virtual training solutions, announced that Saab, a manufacturer of innovative airborne systems, has selected DiSTI’s VE Studio to build a virtual maintenance trainer (VMT) for the company’s Gripen E aircraft. This selection is the result of a multi-year evaluation process where Saab reviewed... 6 December 2018
Symbiotics has created an aviation-specific survey with the aim of gathering some information around the new EASA regulatory changes encompassing pilot mental wellbeing and mandatory psychological assessments. They are looking to canvas opinions and gain industry insight from pilots, flight crew, training, health and safety, selection and assessment professionals on... 6 December 2018
Executive Director of Indra and Transport & Defense business Senior Vice President, Ignacio Mataix has advocated at the EU Aeronautic Conference for a strong and sustained public investment in and support for the air traffic management industry to secure Europe’s position in the civil aeronautics sector going forward. The annual... 6 December 2018
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