FAA-approved Aviation Training Devices (BATDs and AATDs) are legally recognized for flight training, distinct from basic home simulator software. These devices enable students to log specific training ...

Home flight simulation is advocated as an inexpensive yet effective supplement for pilot training, proficiency, and currency, helping pilots save time and money. FlightSimExpo, North America's ...

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 age of the physical dogfight — two aircraft spiraling against a blazing sky, pilots straining against crushing G-forces — ...

As the aerospace industry seeks to improve pilot training and reduce costs, simulation technology has emerged as a leading method of innovation. One of the most valuable investments in pilot training ...

Boeing's new Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer (VAPT) uses Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Azure to train new and existing pilots. TL;DR: Boeing's new Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer, ...

The AIR flight test engineers, the FAA says, need to be trained by industry via flight training devices like replica aircraft instruments, equipment, and controls or in an open flight deck area. The ...

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 ...

Jerry Williams is confident that when he flips an aircraft in midair or disables the cockpit instruments, his students can recover without careening to the ground. Rather than attempt dangerous ...

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 ...