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Leonardo has officially opened its new Helicopter Training Academy, located on their existing campus in northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that also includes production, support and administrative functions for the United States. 3 May 2021
Alsim has sold an ALX to Sky Services Flight Academy, based in Italy. 29 April 2021
Aeros Group and Cat3C have launched a new joint website hosting both the Aeros and Cat3C brands, course information and company information to offer a complete modular flight training solution in one place. 29 April 2021
Adacel, along with Fiji Airports, commissioned the new Aurora Air Traffic Management for surveillance control in Fiji’s domestic airspace. 28 April 2021
United Airlines is accepting applications for its flight school, United Aviate Academy, with a goal to train 5,000 new pilots by 2030 in which at least half of them are women and people of color. 28 April 2021
Simulator manufacturer AXIS has recently upgraded a Cessna 560XL simulator at the Austria Aviation Academy to provide advanced Upset Prevention and Recovery Training, using data gathered from flight tests performed in the real aircraft. 27 April 2021
A large TotalControl tower simulator at Malaysia’s Mukah Airport has been successfully tested and installed remotely, in another example of an innovative approach to simulator delivery by Airways International Ltd (AIL) during the Covid-19 pandemic. 27 April 2021
“In four years, we will take a look.” That’s a typical response when pilots, instructors and operators first hear about a virtual reality-based simulator, regulator-qualified for training credits. “How about now?” VRM Switzerland has responded. 26 April 2021
VRM Switzerland has received approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for pilot training credits in a type-specific Robinson R22 virtual reality flight simulation training device, the world’s first VR-driven FSTD to receive approval from an aviation regulatory authority. 26 April 2021
VRM Switzerland revealed on 26 April 2021 that EASA has evaluated and qualified their virtual reality-based flight simulation training device. Here is the company’s announcement. 26 April 2021
Following our highly successful CAT Leader Forum - Skills Decay webinar held on 7th April 2021, we are pleased to share the executive summary. 22 April 2021
Purdue Polytechnic Institute's two MPS simulators have received FAA level 5 qualification by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 22 April 2021
Charter Group Aero in Malaysia has purchased an AL42 flight simulator from ALSIM. 21 April 2021
VRpilot has signed an agreement with Horisont Aps and CEO Klaus Romme for the joint development of VRflow virtual reality-based procedure trainer for the ATR42 and ATR 72 aircraft. 21 April 2021
Join our expert panel on April 29 as they discuss the advancement of emerging technologies in the virtual and mixed reality media space and new training possibilities in the second webinar of our CAT Leader Forum series. 20 April 2021
NAKANIHON AIR has taken delivery to their training facilities in Nagoya, a new entrol H39 simulator based on the AW139. 20 April 2021
VIPER Transitions has launched its first aircraft maintenance workforce program in partnership with AAR. 20 April 2021
Naveed Kapadia, Founder and Director of aviation business and management consultancy INQUISITIF, examines the challenge of extended absence from the cockpit. 19 April 2021
ALSIM Simulators has sold an AL250 to Canada Training Solutions based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 19 April 2021
German aviation training organization Star Wings, has completed the implementation of FlightLogger's digital flight training platform. 19 April 2021