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TRAINING SERVICES Rockwell Collins has unveiled a new program that will equip pilots, flight line maintenance and service repair technicians with intuitive and realistic on-the-go training on mobile devices. The first mobile courses were demonstrated at I/ITSEC 2014. Among the demonstrations were the familiarization training application on the Rockwell Collins...   21 January 2015
TRAINING SERVICES FlightSafety International has entered into a comprehensive long-term agreement with Air Methods, to provide four Level D qualified full flight simulators at the company's new Learning Center in Colorado, which is scheduled to open in 2016. The Learning Center will be equipped with simulators for the Bell 407GX,...   21 January 2015
HELICOPTER CAE and Líder Aviação, the largest helicopter operator in Brazil, are now offering S-92 Sikorsky aircraft training at CAE's São Paulo training centre near Congonhas downtown airport. The S-92 training program is an extension of the joint venture between CAE and Líder, and will support flight training for all of Líder's...   21 January 2015
FLIGHT SIMULATOR Alsim has announced its first simulator sale to Myanmar. The Myanmar Aviation Academy has bought the all-in-one ALX simulator with the single and multi-engine version to enhance its training. Established in December 2012, the Myanmar Aviation Academy (MAA) is the country’s first independent provider of internationally standardized integrated...   21 January 2015
CABIN CREW One measure of the increasing demand for aviation training is illustrated by the new orders at Air Formation, a Toulouse, France, based company. The range of training covers not just flight deck crews, but also cabin crew and maintenance teams, and extends to courses on Security, Regulation and...   21 January 2015
PILOT TRAINING Embraer and FlightSafety International have completed training of the first class of pilots for the new Legacy 500 executive jet. The pilots were trained to operate customer jets using a simulator qualified as Level C by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and Brazil’s ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação...   21 January 2015
PILOT TRAINING Airways Aviation has been awarded a new contract to train pilots for the Royal Oman Police Force. The company has been training the Royal Oman Police Force aeroplane and helicopter pilots from zero experience through to full commercially rated pilots at both VFR and IFR levels for a number...   21 January 2015
HELICOPTER FlightSafety International is to offer training for the Airbus EC145 helicopter. The design and manufacture of the FS1000 simulator is well underway and it is expected to receive Level D qualification and enter service at a FlightSafety Learning Center early in 2016. The new simulator will be equipped with...   21 January 2015
VISUAL SYSTEM Within the scope of a long-term test Lufthansa Flight Training has equipped the visual system of one of its Boeing 747-400 simulators with new DLP projectors of type ESP-LHD-1000 of the German manufacturer eyevis. LFT is using for the first time DLP projectors with LED-illumination for a Level...   21 January 2015
PILOT TRAINING In response to the rapid and continued growth of the aviation industry in the Middle East, Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) will further expand its second Dubai training facility located at Dubai Silicon Oasis. As part of the expansion, ECFT will increase the number of bays from five to...   21 January 2015