The newest C-130J simulator, acquired by the Simulators Division of the Agile Combat Support Directorate within Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, allows crews to use a single simulator to train ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Did you know that Rhode Island is home to an exclusive aircraft simulator that attracts pilots from around the world? The Weapons Systems Trainer-Reconfigurable, ...

I visited one of my favorite Long Island places last week, the Cradle of Aviation Museum, in Garden City, NY http://www.cradleofaviation.org/ The museum has its own ...

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and ...

Software-based simulation and modeling tools for aircraft can be divided, roughly, into three interrelated functional categories: design and model building, analysis or problem solving, and ...

There’s no doubt that Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most realistic flight simulators out there. The reception after the game’s launch on Xbox was quite stellar, another sign that Microsoft ...

Wanted in next 20 years: about 500,000 airline pilots and 600,000 maintenance technicians to safely fly and maintain a world fleet of 40,000 highly complex aircraft carrying billions of passengers.

The NF-16D VISTA aircraft is currently being upgraded to remove some limitations and better support autonomy testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Skyborg program. The NF-16D VISTA (Variable ...

For the latest iteration of its longstanding series, Microsoft has incorporated all manner of impressive next-generation tech. Photorealistic visuals, cloud-streaming, and real-time air traffic come ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most anticipated games for PC gamers landing in 2020. The game is notable for relying on actual software in the simulation that pilots use in the real world ...

Why practise in a simulator when an aircraft provides a more realistic experience? Well, for a start, it does not. A training device can teach a pilot to prepare for a host of scenarios and ultimately ...