Rotorcraft
Bell Adding TRU 505 VR Simulator to Training Academy
The simulator will enhance practicing emergencies and various scenarios
Bell TRU 505 simulator
The Veris virtual reality flight simulator platform was developed by TRU Simulation + Training and works for both rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft. © Matt Thurber/AIN

TRU Simulation + Training has developed the Veris virtual reality (VR) flight simulator platform for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and is demonstrating its first device—a Bell 505—this week at Heli-Expo 2024. Following the show, the Model 505 VR simulator will be installed at the Bell Training Academy in Fort Worth, Texas, with training for Bell customers to begin later this year. 

Bell is the launch customer for the Veris simulator, which is part of TRU’s train-on-site concept, according to TRU v-p and general manager Jerry Messaris. The idea is to offer lower-cost but highly effective simulators that can be used closer to (or even at) customer locations.

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