The MS&T series on military FSTD developments is taking an off-ramp from its review of new devices and those on the drawing board, to take a glance at two underpinning technologies being integrated into these systems.
This is the third in a series of short articles on military FSTD developments. We’ll resume from where we departed from our last glimpse of the fast-jet sector with a survey of a new F-35-focused training device entering this market space and then gain an update on the art-of-the possible by way of one novel flight simulator in development.
“Cascais wants to be at the forefront of aviation training,” stated Miguel Pinto Luz, Deputy Mayor of Cascais, Portugal. And this week, the municipality west of Lisbon certainly is the centre of the training universe as about a thousand experts from throughout Europe and the world gather for the 21st European Airline Training Symposium.
Simaero has completed the installation and internal qualification of the UPRight UPRT feedback system, developed by International Development of Technology b.v..
Flight training device OEMs are reporting attention-getting sales across the full spectrum of flight simulation training devices. Group Editor Marty Kauchak spoke with several FSTD providers to gain insight into these trends.
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School4Pilots has achieved their FNPT II simulator qualification for their ALSIM ALSR20 and now becomes the first operator of an EASA-certified ALSIM ALSR20 simulator in the EASA region.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its process for “special conditions” for flight simulation training devices using new technologies such as virtual reality or new aircraft types such as electric vertical takeoff and landing ‘air taxis’.