VR flight training is becoming increasingly prevalent, offering a promising way to shorten training time and reduce costs. VR allows for focused practice on knowledge and procedural steps ("hard ...

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 ...

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.

Through its venture capital arm, Alaska Airlines is investing in the development of next-generation simulators that will help make pilot training more efficient. These full-motion Boeing 737 VR ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a fledgling aviator out there who will likely be getting an aviation video game this ...

UK leisure carrier Jet2 is introducing a virtual-reality training device for pilots' pre-flight aircraft inspections, as the system secures approval from the country's regulator. Jet2 is implementing ...

More training device time equals better trainee performance and lower costs, and new VR trainers are making this happen. To prepare for flying the Leonardo TH-73A helicopter, Navy pilots use devices ...

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 ...

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 ...

DEL RIO — Like many a fledgling pilot, Air Force Lt. Luis Leon “chair flew” endless missions using a stick and a cardboard display of a T-6A Texan II instrument panel. Resting atop a plastic clothes ...