Today I was a presenter to  17 NYS Teachers at the NYS TEEA conference. We always come across a pilot or two in the crowd.          Luckily it didn’t snow up here. [Read the rest of this article...]

    The famous American writer John Steinbeck wrote a story about the Tuskegee Airmen. This article has recently been rediscovered, telling the story of an Airman earning his wings in WW II.       [Read the rest of this article...]

Hosted by Mr. Henry Rey, Aeronautics Teacher, several of the remaining Tuskegee Airmen spoke to the students at FDA in celebration of Back History Month. These American Heroes told their story of wanting to fly in WW II and were held back because of their race. The idea of black Americans bombing white Germans  was […] [Read the rest of this article...]

We have a new Fold – A – Way screen design for our Panoramic  90″ forward view Triple Screen Simulator. This design permits the 2 side screens to fold inward for transport and easy setup in road show service [Read the rest of this article...]

Marine Corps Recruiting Command New 4th Marine Corps District simulators visited Morgantown University to attract young woman and men to Marine Aviation. HotSeat built these high fidelity Panoramic View simulators for the USMC configured as a Helicopter Sim and Combat Sim. This is a pilot (Ha!) program to test the success rate with college students. […] [Read the rest of this article...]

The aviation program at T.W. Andres was featured in these photographs by  Laura Greene  for the High Point Enterprise newspaper. The program uses 15 of our Dual Screen flight simulators.  This program teaches students how flying in flight simulators applies math and science in a meaningful way in Project Based Learning activities.  [Read the rest of this article...]

What a great metaphor to teach kids math and science.  Every teacher has had students make paper airplanes then disrupt the class. National Geographic has a great chapter on this. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/going-deep-with-david-rees/galleries/on-the-topic-paper-airplanes/at/folding-under-pressure-2085137/   [Read the rest of this article...]

Otronicon is the big technology event sponsored by the Orlando Science Center. Ron Handy, from Phenix Designs, displayed this simulator in his booth at Otronicon. The simulator was enjoyed by kids and parents flying around the Orlando area. Aviation has a profound use of math and science in every flight plan. Students use our curriculum […] [Read the rest of this article...]

Ariel Zych, Science Fridays educational editor, visited the Frederick Douglass Academy’s Aeronautics class to see how NYC students can plan then fly, validating their calculations. Ariel chatted with students who have learned how to apply the math and science curriculum using edustations flight simulators. She was totally amazed at the quality and proficiency these NYC […] [Read the rest of this article...]

Yale has been using their dual screen simulator in their Flying Club. Naval Lieutenant Josh Parson is shown flying the simulator with the students interested in careers in the Navy Aviation. The simulator just got an update to the newest release of Prepar3D so he can fly the upcoming F-35 fighter. [Read the rest of this article...]