Simulator technology is advancing but how will it evolve? Our special report looks at possible trends, spawned by an FAA initiative to help pilots prepare better for upsets and compares the relative merits of sx axis and lower cost

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The FAA wants to create a new rule to allow pilots to experience ‘in-flight manoeuvres in upset and disturbance recovery’. But how will airlines implement the new regulation?

A proposed new US Federal Aviation Administration flight training rule designed to help pilots better prepare for rare but often fatal upset flight conditions is set to open a broad debate on how best to enhance the growing ranks of civilian simulators to reduce loss-of-control (LOC) accidents.

Comments from industry, due in August, are likely to include calls for augmenting traditional training tools - fixed-based flight training devices and six degree-of-freedom full-flight simulators (FFS) with full visu

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