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HELICOPTER FlightSafety International plans to increase its fleet of advanced helicopter simulators by over 40 percent. Level D qualified simulators to be added include the Bell 407GX, Bell 412 EP-Fast Fin, Airbus AS350 B3, Airbus EC130T2, Airbus EC145, Sikorsky S-76C+/C++, Sikorsky S-76D and Sikorsky S-92. FlightSafety plans to install them... 21 April 2015
PILOT TRAINING CAE and Middle East Airlines - Air Liban have inaugurated the world's first CAE 7000XR Series full flight simulator (FFS) at the Middle East Aviation Academy in Beirut, Lebanon. The Airbus A320 FFS passed the Lebanese Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) acceptance and is now ready for... 21 April 2015
Group Editor Marty Kauchak looks at how the maintenance community is adjusting its learning strategies to support new models of aircraft entering service. This is a professionally challenging but rewarding time to be an airline maintainer. Individuals on the flight line, and in maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities are seeing... 20 April 2015
Chris Long reports from the recent Human Factors Conference held by Lufthansa Flight Training. The importance of human behaviour within aviation, and particularly on the flight deck, has long been recognised. This critical component has never been more closely examined than as a consequence of accidents and incidents, and Lufthansa Flight Training... 20 April 2015
Chuck Weirauch takes an in-depth look at a number of the players in the low cost training market. B-747 Simulator in pristine condition, hybrid six hydraulic actuators, spares, test set - $500,000. This ad placed recently on the Trade-A-Plane Website might be one way a flight training organization could meet the... 20 April 2015
The helicopter accident rate resumed its desired downward trend last year. Significant reasons could be continuous communication, stricter flight rules, and proliferation of newer technology flight simulators and training devices. Rick Adams reports. Credit improved awareness. Credit repeated communication. Credit ever-advancing aircraft technology. Credit new simulation technology and training techniques. 20 April 2015
An Evolution Dim Jones addresses the evolving role of the Barco division, the Frederikstad, Norway, based projectiondesign. Regaining Focus A user judges the fidelity of a simulator by two yardsticks: does it handle and perform like the real aircraft; and does the world outside look as it should? The latter depends crucially on the quality of the projector. Dim Jones reports on organisational changes at Barco to... 20 April 2015
Chris Long reports from the first Asia Pacific Aviation Education and Training Symposium (AAETS) held in Incheon, Republic of Korea. There was a tremendous impact right from the start of this inaugural conference, when a troop of traditional Korean drummers struck up to grab the attention of the conference hall -... 20 April 2015
Following the merger with US Airways, American Airlines is now the largest carrier in the world. Chuck Weirauch investigates their training and simulation expertise. In one of the more remarkable climb outs for the airline industry, American Airlines Group has gone from bankruptcy in 2011 to in March 2015 having its stock join... 20 April 2015
CONFERENCE REPORT The University of Zilina moved this year’s INAIR conference to Prague and it proved one of the best yet. The speakers came from a wide range of countries as well as Slovakia, and there was strong representation from the academic world – unusual in aviation training circles. However,... 21 January 2015
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