TL;DR: Boeing's new Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer, powered by Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Microsoft Azure, offers flexible, cloud-based pilot training accessible on multiple devices.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a mixed reality (MR) headset for civil aviation training for the first time — potentially signalling a shift in how pilots are taught.

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 ...

Fort Smith's Ebbing Air National Guard Base starts construction Wednesday on an academic training center for its foreign ...

Alaska Airlines is making a crucial investment in pilot training, a little more than one year after it became entangled in the ongoing Boeing 737 drama. The carrier, which is in the midst of merging ...

Home flight simulators are becoming a powerful tool for pilots to practice Visual Flight Rules (VFR) skills in a safe, affordable, and repeatable way. From pattern work to emergency procedures, they ...

Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS) has ordered its first full-flight simulator for training pilots to operate Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL aircraft. CAE, which runs the joint venture with Eve’s parent ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) is a significant evolution from MSFS2020, developed with extensive community feedback and a larger team to offer greater realism and user-friendliness for ...

Joby took delivery of its first simulator developed jointly with CAE in January. Credit: Joby Aviation As electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft move closer to commercial service, ...