Tue, Nov 08, 2005
FlightSafety International Looks To The Future
FlightSafety International has announced the introduction of
Virtual Reality training for pilots and maintenance technicians who
operate business aircraft, and will be displaying the technology at
their exhibit (#4231) at the upcoming National Business Aviation
Association convention in Orlando, FL.
"Virtual Reality training is a logical extension of
FlightSafety’s comprehensive training programs," said Bruce
Whitman, President FlightSafety International."We are committed to
continue to provide the business aviation community with
safety-centered advanced technology training devices and
comprehensive training programs."
FlightSafety tells ANN
one of the purposes of this demonstration is to conduct market
research on this potential addition to FlightSafety’s line of
advanced technology learning devices. Aviation professionals who
visit FlightSafety during the convention will be able to interact
with a full-scale virtual model of a Raytheon Hawker Horizon
created by VRSim, Inc. from CAD drawings of the aircraft.
Users, wearing special stereoscopic glasses and data gloves,
will be able to perform a virtual walkaround of the aircraft.
Calling the project the "state of the art in training
technology," VRSim CEO Matthew Wallace also said "immersive virtual
reality" had already demonstrated its worth on the flight sim
industry, as well as in Product Lifecycle Management.
Maintenance technicians should eventually have the ability to
remove and replace components in the virtual environment without
working on an actual aircraft or physical mock up. This will
increase the speed and reduce the cost of training pilots,
maintenance technicians and ground crews and give FlightSafety the
ability to have multiple participants involved in the same training
class, even if they are in classrooms hundreds of miles apart.
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