Sentences with phrase «of pilot training»

I had two years of pilot training down at Tuskegee, so I know that you can muscle a plane's steering and take it off course.

To help players get to grips with the new landing and planet - bound mechanics, developers have released a series of pilot training videos.

«The Southwest Airlines emergency landing two weeks ago is an urgent and inspiring reminder of the importance of pilot training to keep the flying public safe,» he said.

Industry representatives are pushing Congress to address the rising cost of pilot training, which can exceed $ 100,000 after requirements became more stringent in response to a 2009 crash.

During the war, the Jenny was used primarily as a trainer — 95 % of pilots trained on the Jenny and, because her landing ability was tricky, it was said that if you could fly a Jenny, you could fly anything at all!

Not exact matches

An example is the program begun by the late Al Ueltshci, founder of FlightSafety, a pioneer in training airplane pilots using flight simulators.

The author of the memo, Air Canada's chief pilot and director of fleet operations and training, wrote: «I am disappointed to have to raise this issue once again but unfortunately we have some people that have yet to understand the message.»

Newer innovations involve train travel, with pilot projects to have rail passengers clear U.S. customs in Montreal and B.C., as the latest in ongoing efforts between the administrations of Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.

The Czechs previously sold 15 Czech - made L - 159 light combat planes to Iraq and sent instructors to train pilots for the planes as part of international efforts to help Iraq fight Islamic State militants.

Every day, most often in the lonely skies high above the Nevada desert, Draken employees help train U.S. military pilots in aerial combat — «simulating everything that should happen,» Isaacman says, «short of shooting each other.»

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia has partnered with some of the state's biggest resources players to launch a pilot training framework to improve safety in the workplace.

In a pilot study, researchers will compare the skills, safety records, and performance of two groups of new drivers: those using virtual reality and those trained by traditional means.

At the Virgin Group, we put a lot of effort into this: one example that comes to mind is that everyone at Virgin America — the CEO, the pilots, the accountants, everyone — attends an annual training program called Refresh to celebrate their achievements, build team spirit, encourage creativity and brainstorm new ideas together.

Few of the people who apply to flying schools actually get in — Quebec schools, for instance, only train around 150 to 200 pilots a year, according to Service Canada.

On my visit, I «fly» an F - 16 and take a tour to see how the company is using VR to train pilots of the world's most advanced fighter jet, the F - 35 Lightning II.

Jim «Murph» Murphy, a former fighter pilot and cofounder of Afterburner, a corporate training consultancy.

The Mach Loop is part of the British Ministry of Defence's Tactical Training Low Flying Area and the pilots know there are troves of photographers watching the loop at all hours of the day... and they know exactly what the cameras want to see.

Several factors contribute in selecting the pilot destined to the Hog, including the flight experience, the achieved qualifications and currencies and, of course, the fluency with the English language (as no specific training is foreseen to improve with it before leaving for the U.S.).

For instance, Quebec schools train only an average of 150 to 200 pilots a year, according to Service Canada.

Pilots and crews of the Werewolves flew out in support of Fort Hood's Air Assault School in order to certify pilots and crews, and to also support the school's training of their stuPilots and crews of the Werewolves flew out in support of Fort Hood's Air Assault School in order to certify pilots and crews, and to also support the school's training of their stupilots and crews, and to also support the school's training of their students.

To get to this point, St Jude and a few other research hospitals that are piloting similar schemes have had to develop a great deal of infrastructure, train their clinical staff in how to respond to genetic data, and secure the significant funding these schemes require.

The U.S. Air Force selected 30 enlisted airmen for the next phase of drone pilot training for the Northrop Grumman RQ - 4 Global Hawk last week.

B.C. pilots are highly competent and are being trained with tug operators on simulators to deal with the increased challenges of bringing larger vessels through the Second Narrows bottleneck.

The scratched date follows the death of Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, a 34 - year - old Thunderbirds pilot who crashed his F - 16 at the Nevada Test and Training Range during routine aerial tTraining Range during routine aerial trainingtraining.

This is the story of Seattle - based employee Heather Palmer, who is the first participant in a pilot program that trains non-tech employees for tech roles.

Gardner Carrick of The Manufacturing Institute discussing their pilot manufacturing skills program, which will allow active duty members of the Army to obtain training during the last six months of their service.

7th Infantry Division Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division board CH - 47 Chinook helicopters piloted by 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade aviators during an air assault attack as part of the inaugural I Corps exercise Courage Ready 18 - 01 hosted by U.S. Army Alaska on U.S. Army Garrison - Alaska training lands near Fort Greely, Alaska, April 25.

On October 31st to November 4th, 2017, we organized a pilot FinTech training program for a selected group of 30 finance professionals, regulators and students.

A pilot run last summer trained 14 young people in kitchen skills, food tech, and social media, with case management for extra support and a chance to meet local food entrepreneurs of color as a highlight.

The initial results are promising: Members of the U.S. Olympic ski team have reported a 31 % improvement in their propulsion force, and the Air Force noted a 50 % reduction in training time for drone pilots.

Equipment is installed, people are trained, a pilot is run on part of the application, and roll - out on the full application all happen in quick succession.

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Sees Chocolate Break 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Larry Coats, President & CEO, co-manager Oak Value Topic: «Haystacks Full of Needles: Finding Good Businesses» 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tom Russo, Partner, Gardner Russo & Gardner [USA] Topic: «Global Value» 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Optional Tour: Take the Controls on NetJets Flight Experience Day A chance for our Value Investor Conference attendees to find out what it's like to be a pilot during an evening reception day at flight training facility of FlightSafety ® International.

With a donation to Project Orbis attendees are able to «take the controls» of an aircraft in one of the state - of - the - art flight simulators that, in some cases, are used by NetJets ® pilots for training.

The pilot will be used as a base for the development of a comprehensive, long - term training initiative.

At that time however, they have no way of knowing if the person flying the plane is indeed a trained pilot or an idiot who doesn't know what he is doing.

Some of the goals of the pilot course could well serve as a model for the objectives of mental health training for pastoral counselors.

Now that art, long nurtured at the bosom of the church, has come to be seen as part of secular culture, Fuller Theological Seminary aims to use this pilot class as a catalyst for a conversation in the international art world: What kind of training do artists who are Christians need?

This was one finding of a pilot project involving fifteen lay training groups.)

These questions are the same as those to which we have addressed ourselves in a five - year National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Project for the training of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for EvalTraining Project for the training of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaltraining of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for EvalTraining of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for EvalTraining; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaluation.)

Read an article based on the evaluation report on the PTSC pilot project (funded by USAID TOPS and implemented by WFLO): Kitinoja and Barrett (2015) Extension of Small - Scale Postharvest Horticulture Technologies — A Model Training and Services Center.

Taking place during 9th week of Michaelmas term, the Winter Training Camp was a great opportunity for aspiring solo pilots to build up flight time and experience during the winter training period when soaring is harder, if not impTraining Camp was a great opportunity for aspiring solo pilots to build up flight time and experience during the winter training period when soaring is harder, if not imptraining period when soaring is harder, if not impossible.

Griffin became a squadron commander of the 5th Air Sea Rescue Unit during the war, a pilot for Eastern Air Lines and a training consultant to the Department of the Air Force.

Steve Holcomb, pilot for Team Night Train (USA 1 was a little drab for this blithe bunch), is trying to explain the art and science of negotiating a perfect line down the lightning - quick Lake Placid course.

In the team's first of four runs at the 2009 world championships, the Night Train was.04 of a second behind the juggernaut German team piloted by André Lange over the 50 - meter start runway, 5.05 to 5.01.

The summit will also mark the launch of pilot programs in six communities around the country — each coordinated by a university - based athletic training educator, clinician and researcher — designed to test MomsTEAM's innovative SmartTeam ™ program.

The launch of this new resource follows a national pilot with teachers, caterers and teaching assistants at over 30 schools and training providers.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pilot Breastfeeding Training Program: I participated as a consultant in this pilot AAP program to train the pediatric, obstetric and family practice interns and residents at Harbor - UCLA Medical CePilot Breastfeeding Training Program: I participated as a consultant in this pilot AAP program to train the pediatric, obstetric and family practice interns and residents at Harbor - UCLA Medical Cepilot AAP program to train the pediatric, obstetric and family practice interns and residents at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center.

But that study helped stimulate a similar three - year pilot program in 15 schools statewide by the Illinois Nutrition Education and Training program, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

For me, it's really a question of priorities — one of the speakers on that NPR show earlier today mentioned, for example, that current F - 22 pilots are getting about 1/3 of the flight training hours that American pilots have normally gotten per month since the start of the jet age.

«Honestly, with urgent threats to flight safety, including the Senate bill approved today that strips pilot training requirements, and the legislation that is on the verge of taking health coverage away from people who desperately need it we have much bigger concerns than the President's outrageous tweets,» his spokesperson Theresa Kennedy said.