A Novel Attempt To Improve The Flight Training Experience

Many people have been putting some serious brain power to work in order to conceive of ideas that might help to improve, even revolutionize, the flight training experience. One of the resulting efforts is called Flyvie. Using video recording technology, in concert with specialized software and GPS positioning, Flyvie offers some intriguing possibilities to make the flight training experience more valuable... in retrospect.

The Flyvie Pro Flight Recorder improves instruction on the ground, in the air and after landing. The concept starts by briefing student pilots before training flights using pre-recorded Flyvie lessons. Next, participants record the actual flight, capturing the pilot's view and instrument panel videostreams, GPS and cockpit audio.

Thereafter, on the ground, the instructor and student download flight information to the Flyvie website where debriefing can begin, with moment by moment instruction, critique and detail. Instructors can even tag specific points of interest for students to review on their own time.

The folks behind the Flyvie program claim that Flyvie gives instructors the best tool for faster, more effective training sessions. As an instruction aid, Flyvie can increase the quality of briefing and debriefing time with your student.

Flyvie also enables your students to spend more time studying their flight performances from the ground on their own time, so they progress more rapidly, feel more confident and get more out of each training flight.

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