Flight simulators play an essential role in maintaining the exceptional level of safety that commercial airlines offer the traveling public. Modern flight simulators are available for all types of commercial aircraft, with mock cockpits that include...

A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full-size cockpit replicas mounted...

GAT-II trainer replicates small cockpit DAYTON - Smack in the middle of downtown Dayton, private pilot Mark Kennison can crash all he wants and walk away every time. That's what Kennison likes most about the boxy, stubby-wing flight trainer in Building 13...

New and improved Microsoft has once again set a new standard in desktop flight simulation with the latest release of Flight Simulator. The deluxe version I tested offers highly realistic versions of some 24 aircraft, three of which (Beech Baron 58, Cessna 172SP...

Business aviation is taking off -- and demand for pilots is along for the ride.As a result, CAE CGT, a supplier of flight simulators and provider of flight training services, is set to open its first business aviation training center for the northeastern U.S. It...

The international airline industry, faced with a growing passenger load and a shortage of pilots, is ready to graduate its first flight crews from a shortened training program that experts warn may not be good enough.The new curriculum _ known as the Multi-crew Pilots License...