Simulators

Save time and money—and maybe your life—with some simulator experience.

Microsoft Flight Simulator offers an opportunity to explore unique weather conditions—and the pucker factor—before takeoff.

Aviation gaming simulation offers familiar views that rival the real thing.

Gaming simulation can demonstrate how inflight icing affects the flying ability and aerodynamics of the aircraft under variable conditions.

The tech giant’s latest version takes advantage of gaming technology with scenery that may rival that of commercial flight simulators.

The flight simulator instruction aim to augment AOPA curriculum for sophomores and juniors.

I have logged in excess of 3,000 hours in a Redbird FMX Advanced Aviation Training Device. These are the devices that are mounted on cradles that provide the unit with pitch, yaw, and roll. One of the biggest surprises for the trainees who have been “flying” using the Microsoft Flight Simulator program and then try […]

FlightSafety International announced on Tuesday that it has made an investment in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) that includes naming rights to SAFECON National Championship. This commitment will coin the NIFA championship “The SAFECON National Championship Powered by Flightsafety.”  Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Both NIFA and FlightSafety have a long history […]

Two aviation simulation giants have joined forces as it was announced this week that Frasca International has been acquired by FlightSafety International. Frasca International, Inc., based in Urbana, Illinois,  makes flight training devices (FTDs) and full-motion simulators (FMS) for both fixed-wing and rotary wing airframes. The company builds Level B,C, and D Full Flight Simulators […]

In a Cessna Mustang jet, the approach into East Hampton, New York (KHTO), is an RNAV (GPS) affair. LPV guidance is provided to the Garmin G1000 primary flight display (PFD). It’s daytime, and the PFD lighting is almost garish in its vibrancy. Blues and greens of various shades represent the sky, the ground and the […]