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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MetaVR’s Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) is providing the image generation for the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Reconfigurable Virtual Cockpit Trainers (RVCT) delivered to the U.S. Army as part of an Other Transaction Authority (OTA 1) program. The MetaVR VRSG-based simulators include multiple versions of mixed-reality rotorcraft reconfigurable cockpit... 26 September 2019
Aluminium producers Alcoa will use virtual reality to prepare staff for high-risk tasks at its alumina refineries in Western Australia. 26 September 2019
French simulation specialists ALSIM have agreed the sale of an AL 250 SEP MEP to Aviation Career Center; its first sale in Slovenia. The ALSIM AL250 is a compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. It meets all regulatory standards and... 26 September 2019
Hong Kong Airlines has opened its new HKA Training Academy (HKATA) at the airport island of Chek Lap Kok. The facility has 12 aircraft simulator bays, an eight-metre-high multi-function training hall and 24 training classrooms. It also has a 25-metre swimming pool for evacuation, safety and service training. HKATA... 26 September 2019
Spatial's ATR Emergency Evacuation Trainer for Cebu Pacific has passed its Factory Acceptance Test. This is the third device the cabin crew training simulator experts has manufactured for Cebu Pacific. It covers all of the cabin exits in the aircraft. 26 September 2019
Airbus Services has launched a new Structure Training offer focusing on composite materials. It said its tailored approach was in reaction to next-generation aircraft with advanced materials requiring new skills for damage assessment, inspection procedures and repair activities. The modular approach and learning path per job profile will begin... 25 September 2019
Leonardo will build a customer support center if selected for the United States Navy’s Advanced Helicopter Training System TH-73. The center would be in Whiting Aviation Park, a 269-acre planned development adjacent to Naval Air Station Whiting Field, where all helicopter pilots for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast... 25 September 2019
FlyPeople and Italy's Aviomar Flight Academy have agreed a training partnership to provide cabin crew courses in Rome. The courses include four and six-day attestation as well as the beVIP cabin crew training course dedicated to corporate VIP flight attendants. The first course is schedule for October at Aviomar’s... 25 September 2019
ALSIM has installed an AL42 simulator to Leading Edge Aviation, an aviation academy in Oxford, England. The ALSIM AL42 is an exact replica of the Diamond DA42. Built using aircraft parts and fitted with the latest Garmin G1000 avionics suite, it comes with latest visual system, GFC 700 autopilot... 25 September 2019
Spanish flight academy FLYBYSCHOOL has been awarded FNPT II MCC certification for its Entrol en-4000 simulator. FLYBYSCHOOL is the launching customer for Entrol's new en-4000 simulator, which features SEP, MEP and JET configurations. The simulator's SEP and MEP configurations have dual GTN 650 for PBN and LPV courses which... 25 September 2019
