Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the first U.S. federal law enforcement agency to adopt virtual reality (VR) flight simulators for pilot training. CBP's Air and Marine Operations (AMO) unit will ...

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 ...

Flight simulators, especially FAA-approved Aviation Training Devices (ATDs), are valuable tools in formal flight training, extending beyond home enthusiasm to provide cost-effective and efficient ...

At Career Institute North, high school students are using flight simulators and cockpit training to prepare for careers as ...

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 ...

TRU Simulation today announced the introduction of its Cessna Grand Caravan EX Veris Virtual Reality Flight Training Device (FTD).

Walk into any serious flight training facility and the Full Flight Simulator runs almost around the clock. Some slots are for initial type ratings, some for line checks. The majority, though, are ...

Joby took delivery of its first simulator developed jointly with CAE in January. Credit: Joby Aviation As electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft move closer to commercial service, ...

Collins Aerospace will build six SPARTA 12 flight aircraft flight management computer functional equivalent units and update SPARTA 12 equipment. Collins Aerospace to build and test deployable SPARTA ...

Hiring and maintaining qualified airline pilots is one of the most important aspects of commercial aviation. Passengers see these aviators in action every day, but it took a lot of time and work to ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Aircraft accident probe agency AAIB has recommended that state-owned Alliance Air should strengthen simulator training requirements for its pilots while flagging unstabilised a ...