Software-based simulation and modeling tools for aircraft can be divided, roughly, into three interrelated functional categories: design and model building, analysis or problem solving, and ...

I visited one of my favorite Long Island places last week, the Cradle of Aviation Museum, in Garden City, NY http://www.cradleofaviation.org/ The museum has its own ...

Russian Aircraft Company's MiG is best known for its fighter planes which have been used by the USSR, China, North Korea and North Vietnam since the beginning of WWII. These days, the former ...

Wanted in next 20 years: about 500,000 airline pilots and 600,000 maintenance technicians to safely fly and maintain a world fleet of 40,000 highly complex aircraft carrying billions of passengers.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most anticipated games for PC gamers landing in 2020. The game is notable for relying on actual software in the simulation that pilots use in the real world ...

The NF-16D VISTA aircraft is currently being upgraded to remove some limitations and better support autonomy testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Skyborg program. The NF-16D VISTA (Variable ...

Why practise in a simulator when an aircraft provides a more realistic experience? Well, for a start, it does not. A training device can teach a pilot to prepare for a host of scenarios and ultimately ...

For the latest iteration of its longstanding series, Microsoft has incorporated all manner of impressive next-generation tech. Photorealistic visuals, cloud-streaming, and real-time air traffic come ...

There’s an old saying (paraphrasing a quote attributed to Hoare): “I don’t know what language scientists will use in the future, but I know it will be called Fortran.” The truth is, there is a ton of ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Did you know that Rhode Island is home to an exclusive aircraft simulator that attracts pilots from around the world? The Weapons Systems Trainer-Reconfigurable, ...