Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

Contributor

Airbus Helicopters BK117, EC145, and H145 series

Mark Huber

Helsinki-based Coptersafety has received FAA Part 142 approval of its Airbus Helicopters H145 initial, airline transport pilot, and recurrent training programs. Crews can now book to train and test in Coptersafety’s FAA level-D H145 full-flight simulator.
Coptersafety initially received this approval two years ago, making it the first independent international helicopter Part 142 training center in Northern Europe with an approved simulator. Last year, its H145D-2 full-flight simulator became the first to be qualified for level D—and night vision goggle (NVG)—training by the FAA outside the U.S. The company is&nbsp;already an FAA, EASA, GACA, CAAT, and UK-approved training organization.
The simulator is currently equipped with Airbus Helionix Step 2 avionics and has features such as cockpit vibration, smoke generation, 3D clouds, night, and NVIS/NVG visual scenes. Customized visual environments in known geographic locations and landing sites can be fashioned by the company’s in-house visual model team based on customer requests.
“Coptersafety has been providing H145 training since 2017 in our level-D flight simulators and training center. We are continuing to expand our FAA-approved training programs to include H145 training offerings,” said Matt Presnal, chief theoretical knowledge instructor.

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

Coptersafety gains FAA Part 142 nod for H145 training 

Coptersafety receives FAA Part 142 approval for its H145 training program

Helsinki-based Coptersafety has received FAA Part 142 approval of its Airbus Helicopters H145 initial, airline transport pilot, and recurrent training programs. 

Coptersafety Receives FAA Approval for its Airbus H145 Training 

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Jessica Reed

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Michel Denis was named CEO of Daher,  Steve Varsano president of Flexjet, and Robert Sumwalt was the next Wright Trophy recipient

People in Aviation —September 2026

Charles Alcock

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Austrian manufacturer has yet to say which rotorcraft types it will support 

Axis Announces Plans for Helicopter Training Systems

AIN Staff

In a Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit (CALS) roundtable on retention, an aviation staffing expert and flight department leaders traded hard-won lessons on money, culture, and knowing who you’re really competing with.

The Retention Stool Has Four Legs: What Flight Departments Get Wrong about Keeping Talent

Across three separate CALS sessions, flight department leaders worked through the same hard questions about earning trust, leading individuals, and holding the line.

Leadership from the Cockpit to the Department: What Three Days of Roundtables Revealed

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

The lack of 3D data is holding back some aspects of manufacturing 

Tapping Data to Safely Drive Up Aerospace Productivity

Matt Thurber

Draper to stay until the end of the year to smooth the transition

Rohloff New Textron Aviation CEO as Ron Draper Retires

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

In this article

BK117/EC145/H145

Airbus Helicopters

More In Training and Workforce

People in Aviation —September 2026

Michel Denis was named CEO of Daher, Steve Varsano president of Flexjet, and Robert Sumwalt was the next Wright Trophy recipient

Axis Announces Plans for Helicopter Training Systems

Austrian manufacturer has yet to say which rotorcraft types it will support

The Retention Stool Has Four Legs: What Flight Departments Get Wrong about Keeping Talent

In a Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit (CALS) roundtable on retention, an aviation staffing expert and flight department leaders traded hard-won lessons on money, culture, and knowing who you’re really competing with.

Leadership from the Cockpit to the Department: What Three Days of Roundtables Revealed

Across three separate CALS sessions, flight department leaders worked through the same hard questions about earning trust, leading individuals, and holding the line.

Tapping Data to Safely Drive Up Aerospace Productivity

The lack of 3D data is holding back some aspects of manufacturing

Rohloff New Textron Aviation CEO as Ron Draper Retires

Draper to stay until the end of the year to smooth the transition

Air Charter Association Expands NextGen Group

Saxon Air executive Rachel Harvey chairs the group for young charter professionals

AINsight: Your Team Is Always Recruiting

Building recruiting reputations for your company long before a job is posted

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN