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 ...

FAA-approved Aviation Training Devices (ATDs), including Basic (BATD) and Advanced (AATD) models, are officially incorporated into formal flight training, allowing students to log specific hours ...

In a six-month evaluation, 581 cadets trained in virtual reality outscored 420 earlier cadets in eight of nine ...

United Airlines just finished the first phase of a multi-year expansion project to build out more training space.

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 ...

With an investment in Loft Dynamics by Alaska Star Ventures, Alaska Airlines will deploy virtual reality flight simulators at its Boeing 737 bases and Seattle training center. The European Union ...

Effective home flight simulation for pilot training hinges on realistic hardware, such as a quality yoke/joystick, a separate throttle quadrant, and essential rudder pedals, to build proper muscle ...

Austria-based AXIS Flight Simulation applied its patented roll-on/roll-off cockpit technology to helicopter training for the first time on August 31, announcing two new Flight Simulation Training ...

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, ...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (WDTN) — Before taking to the skies, aircrews have to go through hours of training, and they do it through flight simulation. The Simulators Division at ...

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