When we applied the syllabus, he began practicing the lessons in advance on his home simulator. There were some challenges with the sim, not the least of which was that the virtual airplane was ...

Customers have asked for a 'virtual tiger' with checklists so the pilots can run through QRH/non-normal and normal checklists as many times as they want, to perfect responses and correct verbiage.

The author tested the virtual reality headset, which continuously recognizes its position and orientation using a head-tracking system. Credit: Simon von NiederhAusern The ultimate question in a ...

Aviation training is evolving as Boeing and other innovators introduce advanced virtual procedure trainers powered by high-fidelity simulations and VR. These tools allow pilots to rehearse complex ...

Flight training simulators today are better, cheaper and able to talk to students. But it will be some time before the software will be smart enough to take any significant workload from instructors.

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 ...