Training and Workforce
News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.
Training and Workforce
CAE-HAL Helicopter Training Center Takes Delivery of Dhruv Sim
Bangalore, India-based Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying, a CAE-Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) training joint venture, received a simulator
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter boosts support for growing North Sea operations
Overblown oil prices are far from good news for most of the aviation industry, but the world’s insatiable thirst for fuel is spurring fresh demand for heli
Rotorcraft
EC225 Sim Fits the Bill for Offshore Training
Supporting the burgeoning development of wind farms is the next big growth opportunity in the offshore helicopter transportation market, according to Euroc
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter Opens New North Sea Support Center
Eurocopter officially opened its new North Sea Service Centre today in Aberdeen, on the northeast coast of Scotland.
Training and Workforce
Utah Highway Patrol First Eurocopter AS350 Sim Graduates
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CHC sells training ops to CAE
Offshore oil and gas helicopter company CHC is selling its training operations to Montreal-based CAE for an undisclosed price.
Training and Workforce
AS350 EMS sim debuts
American Eurocopter recently unveiled a new full-motion flight and mission simulator for AS350 crew training tailored to EMS and law-enforcement applicati
Training and Workforce
First Conforming HondaJet To Fly ‘Very Soon’
System ground tests and static structural stress testing of production-conforming aircraft continue at the HondaJet research and development center in Gree
Training and Workforce
Flight Options, CAE Sign Five-year Deal
At the NBAA Convention last month, CAE inked a $15 million, five-year contract renewal with Flight Options for pilot training on six fleet aircraft types
Training and Workforce
FlightSafety offers level 7 FTDs to helo operators
FlightSafety International (Booth No.
Training and Workforce
Single-pilot ops targeted by regulators
The crash of a Premier IA jet at the EAA AirVenture show this summer after an unstabilized approach has helped to reignite the debate over the efficacy of
Training and Workforce
Frasca ATD Helps ERAU Study Hypoxia
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has taken delivery of a Mentor advanced aircraft training device built by Frasca.
Training and Workforce
CAE extends footprint, adds training options
CAE’s expansion strategy is paying off.
Training and Workforce
New agreements boost FlightSafety’s business
FlightSafety International (FSI) comes to this year’s NBAA convention highlighting a string of accomplishments, including a new partnership with Embraer, a
Training and Workforce
Frasca sees stable market for FTDs
Urbana, Ill.-based simulator manufacturer Frasca International (Booth No.
Training and Workforce
FlyRight King Air sim OK'd in four countries
FlyRight has achieved qualification for its level-C King Air 200 flight simulator in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and China.
Training and Workforce
Eurocopter To Introduce Dauphin Sim in Singapore
Eurocopter and Thales have agreed to install a full-flight simulator for the Dauphin AS365 N3 at Eurocopter’s Singapore facilities by mid-2012.
Training and Workforce
Simulator tech just keeps evolving
Just when we might have thought that flight simulators are about as “leading edge” as they can get, it turns out that the engineers have been busy developi
Training and Workforce
Boeing Sees Need for a Million Pilots and Mechanics
According to Boeing, over the next 20 years there will be worldwide demand for 466,650 pilots and 596,500 maintenance personnel.
Training and Workforce
In-development Heli Trainer designed for low-cost training
Germany-based operator Heli Aviation is developing the Heli Trainer, a new kind of simulator for ab initio helicopter pilot training.
Training and Workforce
Parrot Helps Pilots Transmit
King Schools, distributor for Redbird Flight Simulation’s desktop TD and TD2 flight training devices, demonstrated a new Redbird feature, the Parrot contex
Training and Workforce
Upset Training Offered by Tucker/jetAviva Partnership
Sean Tucker’s Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety, which provides aerobatic and upset recovery training in King City, Calif., has partnered with light jet br
Training and Workforce
Phenom 100 Synthetic Vision, Phenom 300 Sim OK’d
Embraer yesterday received Brazil ANAC, FAA and EASA approval for Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT) system on the Phenom 100, which has a Garmin G
Safety
FAA Stresses Upset Recovery Training
Citing an increase in aircraft accidents involving loss of control (LOC), the FAA yesterday issued Information for Operators 10010, which calls for operato
Training and Workforce
SimCom To Build PC-12 NG Trainer for Pilatus
SimCom signed an agreement with Pilatus Aircraft to manufacture a type-specific PC-12 NG flight training device, to be used by owners and operators through
Training and Workforce
Calif. Legislation Could Cost Flight Training Providers
Assembly Bill 48, passed last year by the state of California, eliminates a long-standing flight training facility exemption from authorizing legislation f
Training and Workforce
FSI to provide training for P&WC turbines
Users of Pratt & Whitney Canada engines can look forward to access to more training locations and online learning tools becoming available to them in t
