One Friday afternoon in 2018, around 8 p.m., news broke that a young man, Richard Russell, a Horizon Air Service agent, gained access to a parked Bombardier Q400 and—with no previous pilot ...

Loft Dynamics’ immersive Virtual Reality Flight Training Simulator devices are one-twentieth the cost and one-tenth the size of traditional full-motion simulators. Credit: Meg Ellery The Loft Flight ...

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a mixed reality (MR) headset for civil aviation training for the first time — potentially signalling a shift in how pilots are taught.

Even though air travel has become a standard part of our lives, with more and more people flying every year, there is still a level of prestige associated with airline pilots. Estimates suggest that ...

LAPD helicopters are equipped with forward looking infrared sensors, a camera system, a spot light and a data link system capable of streaming video to command and control centers. Credit: Los Angeles ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Yoakum-Defrenn Army Heliport, the home of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, is one of the busiest heliports in the Army. While much of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade mission happens in ...

ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) will lead a team to help transform the U.S. Air Force’s flight simulator training used to help develop highly skilled air crews. The ...

TL;DR: Boeing's new Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer, powered by Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Microsoft Azure, offers flexible, cloud-based pilot training accessible on multiple devices.

The 44,000 sq ft centre begins operations with one Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS), with a second A320 simulator ...

Flight training executives are calling for certification authorities to rethink their regulations to allow the industry to reduce its dependence on highly expensive full-flight simulators in favour of ...