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From early next year, FlightSafety International will offer a new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A series pilot familiarisation course in Brazil. The one-day course designed for agricultural aircraft operators will provide pilots with information regarding normal and abnormal operations, operational procedures and recommendations to help ensure the engines perform... 5 December 2017
Lithuania-based BAA Training has become a distributor of V-Prep’s online visual training system, offering pilots who sign up through them a discounted annual subscription. Chief Executive of V-Prep Captain James Feeney spent the last two years working with a team of specialists to perfect the system, which was created... 4 December 2017
New Zealand‐based Pacific Simulators is to provide the University of South Australia (UniSA) with a ProJet Flight Training Device (FTD). The Pacific Simulators ProJet PS Series device is a fixed‐base, fully enclosed flight training simulator modelled on a modern narrow‐body jet airliner and can train students and pilots on... 4 December 2017
AXIS Flight Training Systems is planning to make a significant impact on the simulator market from 2018 with a new executive team reporting to Chairman and CEO Niall Olver (pictured). Olver became a major shareholder in 2015 and has now taken over the role of CEO role from AXIS’... 4 December 2017
Peak Pacific Limited has won the Bronze award in the ‘Best Use of Learning Technologies to Ensure Compliance (International)’ category at the 2017 Learning Technologies Awards. The company’s entry was a solution that enabled one of its clients to deliver annual performance refresher course for pilots as mandated by... 4 December 2017
Fiji Airways has confirmed the acquisition of a second CAE full flight simulator (FFS) for the Fiji Aviation Academy, which is expected to open in Namaka, Nadi in 2019. The Airbus A330 FFS will be installed alongside a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft simulator from CAE, which was acquired... 4 December 2017
TRU Simulation + Training (TRU) has signed an agreement to provide Copa Airlines with a Boeing 737 MAX full flight simulator (FFS) at its Panama training centre. As a variant of the MAX series, the 737 MAX FFS will be configured as the 737 MAX 9 platform. This simulator... 4 December 2017
Novair Education has been chosen to deliver Sea Survival training to over 200 cabin crew as part of their initial training with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). The company’s Sea Survival training is performed in cooperation with the rescue leaders at Stockholm Arlanda Airport at Halmsjön, a lake close to the... 30 November 2017
10 FlightSafety Instructors were presented with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the month of November. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is bestowed upon pilots by the FAA under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14... 30 November 2017
Manchester, UK-based EDM has been shortlisted for the Insider North West International Trade Award 2017. Now in its seventh year, the awards recognise the overseas export success of companies in the North West of the UK across a wide range of different sectors. EDM has been shortlisted in the... 30 November 2017
ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu welcomes worldwide education, youth and air transport leaders to the NGAP Summit at ICAO’s Montreal HQ ICAO has completed its inaugural Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) Global Summit in Montréal, which saw over 500 education and air transport leaders working together to... 30 November 2017
NetJets has donated seven Cessna Skyhawk 172 training aircraft to Ohio State University (OSU) in a reaffirmation of the long-standing relationship between the two entities. The new aircraft will enable OSU to meet the demands of an increasing number of students interested in flying careers. Since 2013, the number... 29 November 2017
Alsim has sold a refurbished AL200 MCC simulator to Montair Aviation, a flight training school located in Pitt-Meadows near Vancouver, Canada. The AL200 can be reconfigured to simulate a wide range of aircraft training, making it a vital part of Montair’s Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License (IATPL) course. The... 29 November 2017
Following the recent launch of its first Regional Demo Centre in Saronno, Italy, Antycip Simulation has officially opened ‘The Hub,’ a new Regional Demo Centre at its Oxfordshire, UK office. As a virtual reality and 3D immersive solutions integrator and a European leader in simulation software, Antycip Simulation’s new... 29 November 2017
infoWERK Medien & Technik GmbH has received an award in ‘Competency Management’ from the eLearning Journal for its Multimedia-Based Integrated and Interactive Simulation System (MUBIS) software. MUBIS was designed in collaboration with AeronautX Luftfahrtschule GmbH and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency to provide competency based training (CBT) for pilots... 29 November 2017
Republic has signed a partnership agreement with Lewis University for pilot development and career progression, marking the college aviation programme’s first agreement with an airline. The partnership enables flight students on collegiate aviation programmes to interview with the airline as early as their sophomore year. Students meeting Republic’s qualifications... 29 November 2017
Pictured (left to right): Rafael Hoyos, Iberia’s Director of Operations; and Oscar Sordo, CEO of FTEJerez Spain’s flag carrier, Iberia, has chosen FTEJerez to provide ab initio training for its future First Officers and Captains. Under a new ‘Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme,’ selected candidates will commence their training at... 29 November 2017
FSC is to add a new Airbus A320NEO full flight simulator to its Amsterdam Schiphol training facility which will be ready for training in April 2018. The CAE 7000XR Series FFS will be equipped with the CAE Tropos 6000XR visual system and feature the Airbus standard Version 2.0 NEO... 29 November 2017
Lake Region State College (LRSC) has signed an official agreement with CAE which will see the company provide internships for students studying to be simulator technicians. CAE has become one of LRSC’s Platinum partners, which collaborate with the college to optimise student learning, working closely with faculty and college... 22 November 2017
Pictured (left to right): John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling and Simulation at Coe and Naylor Group. The National Center for Simulation (NCS) has welcomed John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling... 22 November 2017