SEATTLE — New technology has been implemented at Alaska Airlines' Flight Operations Training Center. A pilot's basic training typically goes from learning in a classroom to half simulations, then ...

Moth+Flame, a company founded by a Colorado Springs native and includes several key local employees, is developing virtual reality technology to speed up and reduce the cost of Air Force pilot ...

Sporty's Pilot Shop and Infinite Flight have partnered to integrate mobile flight simulation with online aviation training. The collaboration allows users to practice flight maneuvers and concepts ...

VR training is emerging as a critical trend in avionics, promising to revolutionize how pilots, engineers, and maintenance crews are trained. Rapid advancements in virtual reality (VR) are ...

Standardization and SOP compliance is the key to maintaining the safety standards aviation demands.” In civil aviation training, VR may just be the next “big thing” that reduces the dependency on ...

Creators of a flight-simulation trainer for rotorcraft pilots have obtained the first European certification for a virtual-reality system. The trainer is designed to enable pilots to practice risky ...

Global pioneer in digital aviation simulation, Loft Dynamics, has opened its first virtual reality (VR) simulation "hub" forming the company’s first North American headquarters at Santa Monica Airport ...

Researcher Dawn Groh (right) and students Lizzy Mitchell (center) and Alexa R. Dunn (at simulator) are using a helicopter simulator to learn how pilots respond when they unintentionally fly into ...