Patrick Johnston
Patrick Johnston is an experienced journalist having reported and edited on a wide range of news, sport and lifestyle stories over a 12 year career at Reuters. He specializes in digital storytelling and holds a First Class Master's degree in Media and Communications from City, University in London.
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XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, and Sheba Medical Center are partnering to create the first fully VR-based hospital, utilizing XRHealth's technology throughout each department. Image credit: Samuel Zeller at Unsplash The integration of virtual reality technology is part of the medical center's innovation efforts and commitment to digital health. Sheba... 15 November 2019
Cobham has won a four-year contract to deliver Operational Readiness Training for RAF Lakenheath. Image courtesy of Cobham The training, which begins later this year, will include exercises in Aerial Gunnery (live fire) and Electronic Attack to prepare USAFE/UK personnel for the increasingly complex front-line threats which they face... 15 November 2019
Image courtesy of KLM UK Engineering KLM UK Engineering Limited have appointed Graham Casbourne as Business Development & Sales Director as of 11th November. KLM UK Engineering is a wholly-owned AFI KLM E&M subsidiary. It specialises in maintenance and training solutions for regional and narrow-body aircraft fleets. Casbourne started... 14 November 2019
Singapore's Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, has unveiled a S$100 million Rail Manpower Development Package (RMDP). The RMDP initiative for railway workers is co-developed with the Public Transport Operators (PTOs) and the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU).It aims to expand the rail workforce... 14 November 2019
Airways International’s TotalControl simulator will be used by air traffic control trainees at the United Kingdom’s Takeoff Aviation Academy. Airways will provide Takeoff Direct Ltd with a desktop tower simulator and a surveillance simulator. This will be the first installation of a TotalControl simulation solution in the United Kingdom. 14 November 2019
Select Aviation College, a Canadian flight training organization located in Québec, has bought two AL250 simulators from ALSIM. This follows Select Aviation’s purchase of an Alsim ALX in late 2017. The AL250s are reconfigurable between several classes of piston aircraft. They will help to grow the Canadian flight school’s... 14 November 2019
AVIOMAR Flight Academy will host an open day at the Monterotondo Training centre on the Ryanair Mentored APS MCC Course. The event will take place on Nov. 30th. The event is open to those interested in the Ryanair APS MCC course, such as student pilots attending an ATPL Integrated or Modular... 13 November 2019
EUROCONTROL and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) have used full motion flight simulators to evaluate the feasibility of “Secondary Runway Aiming Point (SRAP)” and “Increased Glide Slope (IGS)”, concepts focused on capacity and environmental benefits. SRAP permits ‘light wake’ category aircraft to fly a final approach above the approach profile of heavier... 13 November 2019
In partnership with Thales, Rheinmetall have completed the modernization of the flight simulators for the Tiger combat helicopter. ARGE TATM (consisting of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH and Thales AVS France SAS) were awarded the contract in December 2014 through the Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d'Armement (OCCAR); an organization... 13 November 2019
FlightLogger has signed up its 10th customer in the UK, with Aviation South West employing the Danish software company to digitilize its business. Image courtesy of FlightLogger Aviation South West is a family-owned flight school based at Exeter Airport, England. FlightLogger has helped more than 90 ATOs from 36... 13 November 2019
