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An Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS), built by ACCEL Flight Simulation, has received Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Level D certification. The FFS uses an ASTi Telestra system to simulate the aircraft's comms system and to generate all the A320's environmental and aural cue sounds. The simulator supports... 8 January 2020
Leonardo has signed a collaboration agreement with the University of Naples "Federico II" to launch the Aerotech Academy, an advanced training course on leading engineering issues. The course takes place from March to December 2020 on the Leonardo site in Pomigliano d'Arco at the Aerotech Campus. It will provide... 8 January 2020
GECI Group, in partnership with Micro Nav, will supply a BEST 3D tower and radar simulator for Ethiopian Airlines Group (EAG) at its premises in Addis Ababa. This will be the first time that EAG will use an air traffic control simulator to deliver training capability. It is doing... 8 January 2020
EDM have installed a high-fidelity B777 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) for All Nippon Airways (ANA) at its new, ANA Blue Base training center in Tokyo. The EDM CEET includes specially requested features. Close attention was paid to the critical dimensions within the cabin, such as distances from attendant stations... 8 January 2020
Boeing has recommended its MAX pilots under go 737 MAX simulator training prior to the grounded aircraft returning to service. "Safety is Boeing’s top priority," said interim Boeing CEO Greg Smith. "Public, customer and stakeholder confidence in the 737 MAX is critically important to us and with that focus... 8 January 2020
VA Airline Training (VA) has welcomed four Titan Airways cadets, its first airline sponsored trainees of 2020, at its Cambridge training centre. VA’s Managing Director Anthony Petteford, Titan Airways’ Pilot Manager Captain Matthew Wilson and other senior personnel from both VA and Titan Airways welcomed the cadets along with... 7 January 2020
Electric aircraft advocates Quantum Air has chosen OSM Aviation Academy as a preferred pilot training partner. A Quantum-branded pilot training program will be set up at OSM Aviation Academy with OSM committed to referring a steady supply of pilots trained to FAA commercial standards. Quantum Air will provide tuition... 7 January 2020
Frontier Airlines celebrated the opening of its new 11,000-square-foot flight attendant recurrent training center in Orlando, Florida, and welcomes the recent approval by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority of its plans to build a 35,000-square-foot hangar at Orlando International Airport. The $10-million maintenance hangar will include indoor parking for... 6 January 2020
one-G simulation has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Letter of Authorization for the Vero 28, a new flight training device based on the Piper Archer TX G1000 aircraft. The Vero 28 is approved as an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) and meets FAA requirements toward the training and... 6 January 2020
Frasca International, Inc. has received an order for a Bell 407 GXi AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device) from Life Flight Network, LLC. Once installed, the AATD will be used for initial/new hire training, recurrent training, and mission training. The device will feature Frasca’s Simplicity software graphical user interface, electric... 6 January 2020
Aviation consultants To70 have raised questions about training despite revealing a big fall in the number of large passenger aircraft accidents and fatalities in 2019. There were 257 deaths from 86 accidents, eight of which were fatal, in 2019, To70 said. This included the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX... 2 January 2020
Latvian flight school Eriva Pilotu Skola has moved into the cloud by signing up for FlightLogger’s flight training management platform. With FlightLogger, Eriva Pilotu Skola can digitally handle activities such as flight programs, ground school theory, bookings, flight registrations and maintenance, as well as certificate management, document management, and... 31 December 2019
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has entered a Corporate Partnership with ICAO’s TRAINAIR PLUS Programme, as a result of an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organizations that was signed in Montréal on 20 December 2019. ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu and Mr. Steven Polmans, Chairman... 30 December 2019
After retiring the last of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico, in early September 2019, American Airlines is donating the last two MD-80 aircraft to CareerTech in Oklahoma City, and Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. The airline ferried the first of the donated planes to Will... 21 December 2019
BAA Training Vietnam, a new aviation training centre in Vietnam, ends the year with outstanding results of the first quarter of operations as it is about to enter 2020 with 90% utilization of the first Airbus A320 full flight simulator. All Image credits: BAA Training Vietnam The branch of... 21 December 2019
FlightSafety International has been selected by Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH to provide a full flight simulator and cabin trainer for the Embraer E2 190-300 aircraft. The devices are scheduled to be installed at the Lufthansa Training Center in Zurich, Switzerland, in June 2020. Image credit: FlightSafety “We look forward... 20 December 2019
Matthew De Foe has been promoted to Manager of FlightSafety International’s Paris Le Bourget Learning Center. He assumes this responsibility from Yannick Kerriou who has left the company. Matthew De Foe, Manager of Paris Le Bourget Learning Center, FlightSafety International. Image credit: FlightSafety International. “We look forward to Matt’s... 20 December 2019
The Helicopter Institute, Fort Worth, Texas, has placed an order for a Frasca Bell 407 Helicopter Training Device (HTD). The HTD is an FAA qualified AATD and features Garmin G500H display, Simulated HeliSAS, Garmin GTN650 GPS, Frasca's TruVision visual system with three channel HDTV visual display system and a... 20 December 2019
The sixth pilot in CAT’s “Women in Aviation” series tells her story to Chris Long. 20 December 2019
The Ultimate High UPRT Academy (UH) have been sanctioned by the CAA to train Flying Instructors (FIs) through FCL.915(e) to deliver the new on-aircraft ‘Advanced UPRT’ FCL.745. This programme became mandatory for all professional pilots today (Friday December 20th). Flight Upsets caused by Loss Of Control In-flight (LOC-I) is... 20 December 2019