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.

In a groundbreaking move, Boeing has teamed up with Microsoft to incorporate Flight Simulator into its professional pilot training programs. This strategic collaboration, announced in early November ...

Singapore Airlines maintains two Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight simulators for pilot training. Aviators will spend 100 to 200 hours in the machine before flying for the carrier. Insider toured one of ...

A pilot trains on a Loft Dynamics simulator for an Airbus H125 helicopter at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. I am hovering in a valley in the Swiss Alps on a beautiful day in a ...

Flight simulator company Dogfight Boss, and Varjo, the high-end XR headset creator, announced they’ve shipped their first mixed reality F-16 simulator to the Ukrainian Air Force to help accelerate ...

It’s a clear day in Zermatt, a remote Swiss town anchored in a sharp valley under the gaze of the Matterhorn. We’ve taken off from Air Zermatt, home to some of the best high-altitude rescue pilots in ...

I flew an Airbus A350 simulator at Turkish Airlines' training center in Istanbul. It mimicked anomalies like wind shear, extreme turbulence, and traffic avoidance. Simulators let airlines safely train ...

As both a pilot and VR expert, there is no way I could ignore the topic of flight training in virtual reality. Although this niche seems rather narrow, VR is a breakthrough technology for pilot ...

Founded in 2024, Navi turns every aircraft into a data source, connecting telemetry and cockpit audio with the full ecosystem of pilot data – training materials, weather, aircraft history and traffic ...