On March 7, 2020, a B777 jumbo jet registered C-FJZS attempted to take off from Toronto airport but was impeded by a smaller Embraer jet registered C-FMZW. The video showcases the incident with ...

The Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA) is once again in the crosshairs of the United States, after the US Justice Department filed a forfeiture complaint against mission crew trainers (MCTs) ...

I love a weird controller, and Honeycomb’s Echo Aviation controller might be my new “I don’t need it, but I want it”. It’s made specifically for flight simulators, like Microsoft Flight Simulator and ...

This plugin provides tools for Touch Portal macro launcher software to build two-way interactive interfaces for Flight Simulators which use SimConnect, such as Microsoft Flight Simulator ...

This latest release of Prepar3D offers improvements in realism and efficiency, catering to training scenarios across aviation, maritime and ground domains, according to Lockheed Martin. Lockheed ...

Today, during FlightSimExpo, Lockheed Martin (yes, that Lockheed Martin) revealed the next iteration of their flight simulator Prepar3D version 6. The new simulator, which will be released in July ...

Abstract: The ARINC429 is one of the protocols for data exchanging between avionics. Avionics' ground testing and benchmarking environments always require simulated signal feeds using ARINC429 bus.

May 3, 2022 – Vrgineers, a provider of next-generation virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) pilot training systems, has recently announced that it has developed a next-generation virtual and mixed ...

EFB Connect is compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Microsoft ESP, and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D. EFB Connect sends UDP packets on port 49002 as described in ...

Adam Breed plays a lot of video games. He considers it part of his job. “Just like as a good author, you’re supposed to read a lot of books. A good simulator engineer should be playing a lot of ...