SOUTH AFRICA'S Starlite Aviation Training Academy is the first company in Africa to operate a dedicated virtual reality (VR) full mission training facility.
In a revolutionary leap, rotary and fixed wing humanitarian and peace support training can now be trained with virtual and mixed reality. The Starlite Aviation Academy has been an early adopter of the latest technology by acquiring four helicopter and two fixed wing simulators, complete with the latest suite of dynamic environment software and instructor operating stations.
By making a substantial initial investment in simulators, Starlite saves clients a significant amount of money when directly compared to operating the same sortie in the actual aircraft. There are also other benefits, for example, being able to pause the training or reset if it is not going to plan. Entire mission data may be downloaded to use for a detailed after-action review.
Pilots receive tuition in advanced techniques, such as aircraft survivability and threat evasion. Elements such as these provide pilots with the foundations needed to operate helicopters in complex mission environments as both military and civil aviators.
Starlite Aviation's new Mission Training Facility
Based on Starlite's Mossel Bay campus in South Africa, the facility is now uniquely positioned to provide Africa's first commercially available aviation mission training facility for advanced aircrew training.
This story is from the September 2022 edition of SA Flyer Magazine.
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