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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FAAC Incorporated, a subsidiary of Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division, won a three-year, $1.9-million contract to continue providing software support and improvement efforts for the Taiwan Training Range. FAAC will deliver SimBuilder™ simulation software enhancements, new weapon models, on-site training and on-site support services and software sustainment. SimBuilder is... 2 August 2018
Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) plans to open a new School of Medicine in Southern California that should help meet the demand for more primary care physicians in that area, according to the feasibility study by strategic consultant Tripp Umbach. The medical school plans to serve as a national model in preparing... 2 August 2018
U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Undergraduate Pilot Training Instructor pilots (IP) developed a new syllabus to improve the quality of flight training. The new education program gives squadron commanders the ability to refine training to better meet the needs of individual students. The team's first change... 1 August 2018
FlightSafety International pilots Francisco Roberto Gonzalez Calvo, David Thatcher and Darren Fleming are the first to become FlightSafety Master Aviators with the Dassault Falcon aircraft. Calvo is a Falcon 2000EX EASy pilot, while Thatcher and Fleming are Dassault Falcon 7X pilots. FlightSafety says earning Master Aviator demonstrates a pilot’s flying... 31 July 2018
Irish airline Stobart Air, a franchise partner for major airlines, collaborated with the Cork International Airport-based Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA) to train and recruit new pilots this year in, what the companies say, is a first-of-its-kind program. At the end of the program students will earn a commercial flying... 31 July 2018
Pinnacle Solutions’ KC-10 Training System received a one-year Authority to Operate (ATO) accreditation under the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Risk Management Framework (RMF). The accreditation process of a DoD Information Technology System (IT) ensures the system operates with an acceptable amount of risk as determined by the Authorizing Official (AO). ... 31 July 2018
Cirrus Aviation, a flight training institution, purchased an Alsim AL172 simulator, a replica of the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk NAVIII aircraft. The simulator features Garmin G1000 avionics and uses Alsim’s High Definition Visual System. It also meets the requirements for U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Training Devices (FTD) level... 30 July 2018
PLEXSYS Interface Products Inc. won a subcontract from Aero Simulation (ASI) to provide its sonomarc communications simulation system for the U.S. Navy Aviation Distributed Training Center (NADTC) 2.0 Program. It will be used in the Navy's Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training in a distributed training center that supports mission... 30 July 2018
French flight school Trimaille Aero Formation (TAF) selected Alsim for the third time for its pilot training program by purchasing Alsim’s AL250 and ALX (Multi Engine Piston and Medium Jet) simulators. TAF used Alsim’s buyback campaign that lets schools replace their old devices with new ones with more updated technology. 27 July 2018
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) launched a Bachelor of Arts in International Business with Aviation Studies program specifically aimed at trained pilots in the aviation industry. The online program, which CIT says is the first of its kind in Europe, will build on the training of experienced pilots, and will... 27 July 2018
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