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STEMPilot has released SAFEDrone, a 3rd-12th-grade curriculum teaching students to understand classroom engineering, science and math by learning to fly drones. Students from 6th-12th grade can advance to fly small quad-copters in the classroom. Students from 3rd-5th grade can prepare for future flight training on the SAFEDrone simulator. The... 19 November 2019
Prince Sultan Aviation Academy (PSAA), the training arm of “Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation”, has awarded a contract to L3Harris to provide a new A320 Reality Seven Full Flight Simulator and Enhanced Flat Panel Trainer. Image courtesy of L3Harris At the awarding of the contract at the Dubai Air Show,... 19 November 2019
Abu Dhabi Aviation Training Centre (ADATC) and Resource Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create an Aviation Maintenance Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCoE), to serve the UAE and wider regional market. Image courtesy of Resource Group The UAE’s role as a major worldwide transport hub makes... 19 November 2019
Regional Express (Rex) has finalised with ST Engineering the acquisition of its subsidiary Aviation Training Academy Australia Pty Ltd which owns ST Aerospace Academy (Australia) Pty Ltd (STAA(A)). STAA(A) pilot academy was founded over 10 years ago to provide airline cadet pilot training for global carriers. STAA(A) has over... 19 November 2019
CAE and the Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA) announced the expansion of their training relationship with the signature of an exclusive 15-year training centre operations services agreement and the provision of one Airbus A320 CAE 7000XR full-flight simulator (FFS) and one Airbus A320 CAE 600XR flight training device... 18 November 2019
CAE and Sunwing Airlines announced that they would be extending their exclusive training agreement and adding five more years to the partnership. CAE instructors will continue to train Sunwing Airlines pilots on the Boeing 737NG aircraft platform at training centers throughout its network, including CAE Montreal and CAE Toronto,... 18 November 2019
FlightSafety International has been selected by Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs (CNSP) to provide Unmanned Systems Training. The CNSP will begin with e-learning Part 107 Test Preparation and e-learning UAS Essentials Library. This will be followed by Theoretical and Practical UAS Instructor-led training. The Trusted Operator Program (TOP) Certification Level... 18 November 2019
Vingroup have adopted Symbiotics’ ADAPT assessment software to assess and select pilots for its courses at its new Vietnamese training centres. Image courtesy of Symbiotics Vingroup, Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate, recently partnered with CAE to set up the VinAviation High-tech Human Resources Training School and Vinpearl Air Flight Training... 16 November 2019
The new Volotea MPL Career Program will replace CAE and Volotea’s existing Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) cadet program and provide aspiring cadets an integrated and seamless transition to the position of First Officer with Volotea on the Airbus A320. The MPL program provides cadets with more training hours... 15 November 2019
CAE has signed a long-term exclusive training agreement with easyJet to train 1,000 new easyJet cadet pilots on a Multi-Crew Pilot licence (MPL) programme. CAE will also provide Airbus 320 type rating training and place graduates of CAE’s Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) programme with easyJet. Selected cadets... 14 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
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
Flight Options Flight Academy has placed an order for a Frasca Piper Seminole RTD (reconfigurable training device). The RTD is an FAA approved AATD and has also received Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approval as a category B synthetic trainer. The device will be configured as a Piper... 13 November 2019
AeroGuard Flight Training Center announced the opening of its 5th campus, located at the Punta Gorda Airport in Charlotte County, Florida. For AeroGuard, this marks its first campus on the East Coast with other locations in Riverside, California, Austin, Texas, Chandler, Arizona and Phoenix, Arizona. The curriculum taught at... 13 November 2019
FlightSafety now offers EASA-qualified initial and recurrent training for Gulfstream G500 aircraft operators at its Learning Center in Savannah, Georgia. FlightSafety also announces that Richard Hallows has been promoted to Assistant Manager of the Farnborough Learning Center. “We are committed to provide Gulfstream G500 operators around the world with... 13 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
David Jones, President of Quantified Design Solutions “…a training company, using the best tools available for the job.” Group Editor Marty Kauchak interviewed Jones at the VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia. While Orlando, Florida-based Quantified Design Solutions’ expanding portfolio is focused on creating skill-based trainers, “a lot... 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