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Arizona-based Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) Announces the Promotion of Karl 'Schlimmer' Schlimm to the Position of Director of Flight Operations - This Move Further Streamlines the Highly Active APS Upset Prevention and Upset Recovery Training Services in Arizona Often Exceeding 20 Flights per Day - Mr. Schlimm has Been a Leading Instructor Pilot with APS for More Than Three Years - As Director of Flight Operations, Check Airman, and Recently Designated Master CFI-Aerobatic,...
MIRFIELD, England, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With more online classes emerging for aviation students, budding pilots are turning to distance learning to help gain their aviation qualifications. UK based pilot supply shop Flightstore have witnessed first-hand the boom in self-taught study and have increased their extensive pilot training selection. Distance learning is proving to be a popular choice for aviation students looking to achieve their qualifications in their own time, however...
Legacy of Aviation Safety Pioneer Inspires Application of Flight Simulation Principles to Medicine Early Stage Prototype Simulator Presented to French Prime Minister NEW YORK, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research scientists from the SHACRA team with INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) in Lille have achieved a significant milestone in medical simulation. With funding and technical support from HelpMeSee and in collaboration with...
AFIT, known and referred to as The Most Respected Name in Aviation and the nation's largest and most effective Accelerated Flight Training Organizations in the US, today announced the hiring of Mr. Michael Roberts for Accelerated Private Pilot Training and Instrument Flight Training courses. Newport Beach, Calif. (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 AFIT known and referred to as "The Most Respected Name in Aviation" and the nations largest and most effective Accelerated Flight Training...
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) ("American Capital") announced today that in December 2012 its portfolio company Pan Am International Flight Academy ("Pan Am") acquired substantially all of the assets of Airline Career Academy and its subsidiaries ("ACA"), a leading pilot training academy specializing in JAA/EASA and FAA ab initio training. Pan Am is a leading provider of simulator-based flight training to commercial airlines and...
Simworx may be the first simulator company to offer a DIY version of their production level 360 degrees rotation flight simulator to the DIY community, as an Open Source project. Simworx introduces the funding campaign on indiegogo.com to develop the CAD drawings,Plans, engingeering study, jigs, and component intergration for both versions of VR Cockpit with full step by step instructions for Do-it-yourself plans or Kit building the 360 rotation full motion flight simulator. Panama City,...
ANTALYA, Turkey, Sept. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) announces the addition of a new "green" flight training center to the Boeing Flight Services training network. The facility, developed by International Flight Training Center (IFTC), opened today in Antalya in the southwestern region of Turkey. It operates on solar power and incorporates several other environmentally progressive features, making it the first self-sustaining flight training center in the world. The...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A longtime Wyle flight instructor, who has trained many of the U.S. Navy top pilots and even veteran NASA astronauts, has attained one of aviation's most hallowed accomplishments. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120810/LA55798) Jerry Gallagher, who trains pilots for Wyle at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent Naval Air Station, flew his 10,000(th) hour in late June. The milestone, achieved by a select group of...
PALM DESERT, Calif., Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Author and private pilot Ted Seastrom is now offering, free of charge, his highly ranked and positively reviewed book about learning to fly an airplane from a student perspective. The book can be read online or downloaded as a PDF at tedseastrom.com/fly. "Learning to Fly an Airplane: Insider information from a student perspective" opens up the private pilot flight training process. Its goal is to help would-be pilots get the most...
Arizona’s Aviation Performance Solutions (APS), dba APS Emergency Maneuver Training, Announced Today the Delivery of its Annual Upset Recovery Training Scholarship to Hunter Williams, a Senior at Arizona State University (ASU) - A Report Issued by Boeing in July 2010 Identifies Loss of Control in-Flight (LOC-I) as the Cause of the Most Crash-Related Fatalities in Commercial Aviation Worldwide over the Past 10 Years - Effectively Delivered Upset Recovery Training Mitigates the LOC-I...
