The author successfully completed a challenging instrument flight in a simulator from Boston to Portland, Maine, utilizing live VATSIM air traffic control after receiving instruction from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The article differentiates between a "pilot with an instrument rating" (legal but often inexperienced) and an "instrument pilot" (highly proficient and comfortable in diverse, challenging IFR ...

Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is entering the latest frontier of flight simulation technology with the Army-owned and operated Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer, or BAT, a highly immersive device that the ...

In a groundbreaking move, Boeing has teamed up with Microsoft to incorporate Flight Simulator into its professional pilot training programs. This strategic collaboration, announced in early November ...

Among all videogames featuring the Viper, Falcon BMS and DCS World are the most accurate representations of the F-16, a civilian can get his/her hands on. The F-16 is one of the world’s most popular ...

The Air Force is finding that experimental virtual reality fighter pilot training is working best for students who want to fly the service's most advanced stealth platforms -- though leaders are not ...

At the time of this writing, I have obtained slightly more than 125 hr. of total time as a pilot. Every one of those hours was in the same Cessna 172, which does not have a glass cockpit. The avionics ...

HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - Some trace of the passion that Zaharie Ahmad Shah had for flying can be found in the trail of e-mail exchanges and online message board posts that detail the Malaysia ...