Also: UPRT Partnership, Launch Activity Areas, AF Youth Programs, Virtual Reality FST

Skyborne Aviation Group has completed the acquisition of its new Flight Academy located in Vero Beach, Florida.

“Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach” will be the first pilot training base in the United States for the UK-headquartered airline academy. “Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach” offers prospective pilots a full-time FAA Part 141 approved training on a 12-month residential program, airline pathway programs with leading US airlines, plus Private, Instrument, Commercial and Instructor courses. It will also serve as a fair-weather base for Skyborne’s UK CAA Integrated ATPL programme. Leonardo has opened their new Helicopter Training Academy. It’s located on their existing campus in northeast Philadelphia that also includes production, support and administrative functions for the United States. The new Academy was first announced at the 2019 Heli-Expo in Atlanta and, despite the challenges of Covid-19, was able to open two years later, on schedule. The new Academy in Philadelphia is part of an $80 million investment in United States operations that will provide training services for a growing demand and need for pilots, cabin crews and maintenance technicians across North and South America. The Master Instructor Program, which officially affiliated last month with SAFE (the Society of Aviation and Flight educators), has opened a new website and made submitting applications easier for prospective Master Instructors. "As strange as it may sound, the FAA never created a continuing education recognition program for aviation educators," explained David St George, SAFE Executive Director. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

This episode of Airborne-Flight Training 05.06.21 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Thursday, May 6th, 2021... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Kimberly Kay. Kimberly is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:

• Skyborne Aviation Group Buys Out Vero Beach Flight Academy
• Leonardo Opens US Helicopter Training Academy
• SAFE: New Master CFI Portal Ready For Action
• FlightSafety International and Flight Research Partner on UPRT
• FAA Adds More Space Launch Activity Areas to Pilot Navigation Charts
• Air Force Youth Programs Accepting Applications For Summer Virtual Aviation Camp
• EASA Approves Virtual Reality (VR) based Flight Simulation Training Device

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