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The ongoing concern about the relatively low rate of take up of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects by students attending the high schools of the United Kingdom has led to the creation of outreach programmes tailored for that demographic. A particularly striking example of this is the joint... 20 September 2015
There are many challenges to the flight crew training world, and often attention is focussed on the new technology or regulatory imperatives. The most recent Royal Aeronautical Society Flight Crew Training Conference in London, UK, however, had a very specific aim - to examine the absolutely fundamental element of the... 20 September 2015
FL Technics Training has signed a Boeing 737NG training deal with SIA Engineering Philippines. Under the agreement SIAEP engineers have undergone eight weeks of training comprised of theoretical as well as practical courses. FL Technics Training specialists conducted Boeing 737-600/700/800/900 category B1 and category B2 theoretical training courses for a... 20 September 2015
Lufthansa Flight Training and prodefis have joined forces for LFT's aim to go digital on all processes involved in training their customers' pilots, including electronic grading, data collection, online communication with authorities and EBT compliance management. The very strong and highly automated analytical module will allow real time access to... 20 September 2015
Aviation Skills Partnership has announced a new university partner in developing degree programmes from its newly announced framework - University of South Wales. As the largest university in Wales and with a proud heritage of innovative aerospace and aviation engineering programmes, ASP's new partner will provide a powerful new force... 20 September 2015
Spirit Airlines has established a partnership as a business vendor of training equipment with Spatial Composite Systems, the UAE manufacturer of cabin crew training simulators. Spirit recently awarded a contract to Spatial for its first A321 L1, L3 and OWE door trainer, which has already been installed at Spirit's training... 20 September 2015
EDM's A350 and B767 door trainers it supplied to Ethiopian Airlines have passed their Site Acceptance Test (SAT). EDM manufactured two door trainers for Ethiopian Airlines as part of a major contract to supply a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art cabin crew training equipment. Installed at the airline's brand new training... 20 September 2015
Trainee commercial pilots can now access a cost-effective route towards a career in aviation, following the launch of a new trade association, Wings Alliance. The not-for-profit association comprises a variety of flight schools from across Europe and the Middle East, that each meet strict quality standards and offer modular training... 20 September 2015
Advanced Aircrew Academy has announced the addition of 13 new eLearning modules to their comprehensive library of IS-BAO compliant web-based training. The modules include training for the new one-half degree latitude spacing in the North Atlantic, Loss of Control - Inflight (LOC-I), and training for all employees on Aviation Safety... 20 September 2015
Emirates Flight Training Academy has selected the SR22 from Cirrus Aircraft for its primary training aircraft. A fleet of 22 Cirrus SR22 aircraft will lead pilot training at Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central Airport in support of the Emirates' National Cadet Pilot Programme. The Cirrus fleet of SR22s selected by... 20 September 2015
Airbus has awarded RST Rostock System-Technik a contract to design, manufacture and install an A320 door trainer. The trainer combines a 1L main entry door and a left hand side overwing emergency exit. The training device will be installed in the new Airbus Training Center in Mexico and will be... 20 September 2015
TRU Simulation + Training has opened its new Aviation Maintenance Training Academy located on the Textron Aviation Mid-Continent campus in Wichita, Kansas. Courses currently offered include mechanical and avionics theory and practical for new production Beechcraft King Air 350i, 250 and C90GTx turboprops with the Pro Line Fusion® avionics... 20 September 2015
Hong Kong based companies China Aircraft Services Limited (CASL) and PlaneComm have announced the debut of a co-developed new training software application. By leveraging speech recognition technology on mobile device, the training software developed by PlaneComm is particularly designed to equip the airport ground personnel - such as headset staff... 20 September 2015
FlightSafety International is now offering Upset Prevention and Recovery training for the Gulfstream GV aircraft at its Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware. The training is provided using the first flight simulator aerodynamic model for Upset Prevention and Recovery Training qualified by the US FAA's National Simulator Program. 20 September 2015
CAE and Brazilian helicopter operator, Líder Aviação have announced the expansion of the joint venture training program with the purchase of a CAE 3000 Series full flight simulator (FFS) replicating the AW139 aircraft. The new FFS will be jointly developed by CAE and AgustaWestland and will be qualified to Level... 20 September 2015
CAE has signed a training equipment contract including the sale of two full flight simulators (FFS) - a Boeing 777 and a Boeing 787 - and two flight training devices to support Saudi Arabian Airlines' training needs. The B777 simulator is a CAE 7000XR Series FFS, while the B787 simulator... 20 September 2015
Frasca International, Inc. has received a contract for a Level 5 R44 helicopter flight training device (FTD) from Central Oregon Community College (COCC), in Oregon. The FTD will simulate the Robinson R44 helicopter and will feature a 3 channel cylindrical 220° visual display system with a Frasca's TruVision™ Global visual... 20 September 2015
In May 2015 CTC Aviation and Wizz Air announced the launch of their inaugural CTC WINGS airline pilot career programme, designed to take aspiring pilots with no previous flying experience directly to the role of co-pilot, flying Wizz Air A320 aircraft across Europe. CTC Aviation has now launched a further... 20 September 2015
The scale of demand for training in Asia was recognised some time ago, and some training organisations started to react early. Chris Long visits AATC in Bangkok. Back in 2009, AATC (Asian Aviation Training Centre) had just two full flight simulators (FFS) co-located at the Thai Airways training centre in... 20 September 2015
Chris Long visits Austrian company Diamond Aircraft Industries. In almost every issue of CAT Magazine there is mention of a new tool for pilot training, be it a novel form of flight training device (FTD) or some clever software. One critical element which has so far had a little less... 20 September 2015