Army moves toward contractor-run pilot training after years of safety concerns

Contractors bidding to train U.S. Army rotary-wing pilots have centered their plans on different training aircraft.

Marines say the best attack drone pilots might be dirt bikers, not gamers

Marines expected gamers to excel at flying drones. Instead, dirt bikers and boaters are emerging as top performers in new ...
AeroTime

FAA report proposes sweeping rewrite of Part 141 flight training rules

A 471-page report filed in the FAA docket proposes major changes to Part 141 flight school oversight, technology credit and ...
Stars and Stripes

Army weighs civilian-led overhaul of helicopter pilot training

Under the proposal, instruction would shift to a facility owned and operated by the contractor, an unprecedented move for ...

US Navy pilots in training will now make their 1st carrier landing in an F/A-18 or F-35

No tailhook required to earn wings of gold?
Forbes

Pilots Are Learning To Fly Helicopters In VR, Thanks To This Swiss Startup

A pilot trains on a Loft Dynamics simulator for an Airbus H125 helicopter at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. I am hovering in a valley in the Swiss Alps on a beautiful day in a ...