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Announced at NBAA-BACE, the new simulators provide training for Bombardier, Embraer, Pilatus and Cessna aircraft. CAE says the added capacity expands customer access to training across its global business aviation network, with the four devices located in the Americas.
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Announced at NBAA-BACE, the new simulators provide training for Bombardier, Embraer, Pilatus and Cessna aircraft. CAE says the added capacity expands customer access to training across its global business aviation network, with the four devices located in the Americas.
TRU Simulation is developing a virtual-reality simulator for the Cessna Grand Caravan EX, with a two-seat configuration intended to support both single- and multi-crew training. The announcement provides no further details on development timing, customer availability or the device’s capabilities.
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Purpose-built simulator scenarios challenge pilots to think critically, adapt to changing conditions and apply their skills. The approach emphasizes readiness as more than procedural familiarity, putting pilots in situations that test how they use their training when circumstances demand judgment and flexibility.
Realistic smoke training is difficult to reproduce, but the SAVED system can provide it in simulators, according to the article. The capability is available for Klatt Works’ in-oxygen-mask display, extending the scenarios that can be represented in simulation-based training.
Aviation Performance Solutions is offering training that exposes pilots to selected sensory conflicts and teaches them to recognize when their perceptions may be unreliable. The approach focuses on identifying spatial disorientation cues as part of pilot training.
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FlyRight plans to move its King Air C90A simulator to Brazil, where initial training sessions are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2027. The relocation will place simulator-based C90A training in the country, though the announcement provides no details on capacity or specific training offerings.
The Niall Olver-owned venture plans an eight-bay simulator center near Amsterdam Schiphol, initially operating Bombardier Challenger simulators. AeronautX says it aims to challenge what it describes as a duopoly in Europe’s business aviation pilot-training market.
Leonardo has opened a new building at its Sesto Calende site in Italy, expanding capacity for onsite flight simulator assembly. The development adds production space for a training technology business, though the available report does not specify the facility’s size, investment or expected output.
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