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Rick Adams

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Geneva, Languedoc-Roussillon
As seen in: CAT: Civil Aviation Training Magazine, Flightglobal, Aviation International News, New Pittsburgh Courier, Uniting Aviation, Helicopters Magazine, ULTIMATE JET
Covers:  aviation, all topics; training; safety; simulation, AI, AAM
Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (#RAeS); Secretary, Society of Hickory Golfers (SOHG)

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Rick Adams’s Biography

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Rick Adams is a leading international aviation safety and training / simulation journalist. He is author of The Robot in the Simulator - Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Training. He was Editor for the RAeS AAM Safety Briefing. He is Leader of the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS), the industry's largest pilot training conference. He is publisher of Aviation Voices, the 1st AI-personalized newsletter for commercial aviation safety & training professionals. He has served as Editor of Civi…

Rick Adams’s Journalist Portfolio

A Flight Simulator with Sea Legs

A Flight Simulator with Sea Legs

How do you "back up" in a flight simulator? Visual system engineers at Textron's TRU Simulation + Training (B…

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An Interview with Angelea Gittens, Director General, Airports Council International

An Interview with Angelea Gittens, Director General, Airports Council International

Fifth in a series of interviews with world aviation leaders, ICAO Journal

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Born in Switzerland: Regulator-Qualified VR Flight Training PREMIUM

Born in Switzerland: Regulator-Qualified VR Flight Training PREMIUM

"In four years, we will take a look." That's a typical response when pilots, instructors and operators first …

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Articles

Swiss company unveils first regulator-approved mixed-reality simulator

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By Rick Adams Verified
| Flightglobal Verified
A small Swiss company has achieved a surprising breakthrough in commercial aviation flight simulation – the world’s first regulatory-qualified mixed-reality (MR) flight simulator. Brunner Elektronik AG, based in the Zurich suburb of Hittnau, revealed on 4 June that its Novasim MR DA42 FNPT II (flight and navigation procedures trainer) has been authorised for training credits by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), based on European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards.
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Capt. Lou Németh Just Keeps Going

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By Rick Adams Verified
| halldale.com
Captain Lou Németh is like a laconic Energizer Bunny – he just keeps going, but at his own deliberate pace. Capt. Németh is one of the latest recipients of the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, named of course for American aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. Like the Wright Brothers, Lou is an inveterate innovator.
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Quick Reflections on WATS 2024

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By Rick Adams Verified
| halldale.com
Science. Data science. Brain science. Virtual reality science. Flying home from Orlando, with time to reflect on last week’s World Aviation Training Summit (WATS), the 26th annual event, I was struck by the richness of content in the presentations in the Pilot Training stream which I chaired.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Daily newspaper, Binghamton NY, while still in high school

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Royal manual - still have it

How is social media changing news?

Accelerating timing, undermining credibility

Awards

Air Transport World