Crews

Military Aviation News May 27, 2021

Boeing to Provide C-17 Training for Next Generation of Royal Air Force Crews and Engineers

New contract will provide interactive, high-fidelity simulators for RAF C-17 aircrew and engineers through 2040 Synthetic and instructor-led training will continue to be delivered…

EXTRA NEWS December 26, 2016

All night search in Black Sea by Russian emergency crews

Russian emergency crews are aiming to work all night searching the Black Sea off Sochi for victims and plane debris after a Russian Tu-154 carrying…

Military Aviation News October 27, 2016

Russian Helicopters to build a training center for helicopter crews in Peru

Russian Helicopters will build and equip a helicopter training center for the Land Forces of Peru. Creating such a center will allow Peruvian pilots of…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News July 9, 2014

The first A350 XWB full-flight simulator is readied for airline flight crews

Airbus’ initial A350 XWB full-flight simulator – located at the company’s Flight Training Centre in Toulouse – is nearing the start-up of training operations with…

Military Aviation News October 22, 2013

Laser-Guided Rocket Successfully Qualified to Support Apache Crews

U.S. Army tests Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System under extreme flight conditions BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS™) laser-guided rocket completed another major…

Civilian aviation news June 8, 2011

First ANA Crews Complete Boeing 787 Pilot Training

Flights in airplane ZA001 over Washington state validate effectiveness of training program. SEATTLE, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and ANA (All Nippon…

Military Aviation News August 12, 2010

Polar Mission Pushes Crews, Planes to Limits

NORTH GREENLAND EEMIAN ICE DRILLING CAMP, Greenland, Aug. 12, 2010 â€“ A packed LC-130 Hercules cargo plane lurches forward across the snowy ice sheet here,struggling…

Military Aviation News December 11, 2009

RAF Hercules crews begin supplying troops in Afghanistan with air drops

Crews from RAF Lyneham are reverting to Second World War methods of resupplying troops on the front line in Afghanistan by air drops, helping to…

Military Aviation News November 5, 2009

RAF Merlin crews ready for Afghanistan

The first Merlin helicopter crews are ready to deploy to Afghanistan following pre-deployment training in the United States. Â The Merlins, from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire,…