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JCAB Qualifies Loft VR Simulator to FTD Level-7

Virtual reality training platform is first in Japan and Asia-Pacific

Loft Dynamics level-7 virtual reality simulator — Nakanihon Air’s Loft Dynamics level-7 virtual reality simulator is the first to be installed in Japan.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

May 27, 2026

The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has qualified Loft Dynamics’ virtual reality flight simulator to FTD level-7, becoming the third regulator, after the FAA and EASA, to do so. Installed at helicopter operator Nakanihon Air at Nagoya Airport (RJNA), the simulator is a Loft Airbus H125 TXi and is both the first level-7-qualified simulator in Japan and Loft’s first Asia-Pacific simulator installation. Inter-Craft helped arrange the delivery and worked with the JCAB on qualification.

Equipped with a six-degrees-of-freedom motion platform, the Loft simulator replicates the real helicopter’s avionics and systems, allowing pilots to practice emergencies in a safe environment. Engine failure scenarios can include full-down autorotations, and tail rotor and hydraulic system malfunctions are fully replicated, as are changing weather and flight into inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions. The Loft simulator also replicates a technical crewmember station to facilitate coordinated training between pilots and mission specialists.

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