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Pathfinder Places Loft H125 VR Simulator in Anchorage

With 360-viewing, the device gives pilots a realistic picture of the outside world

Pathfinder Aviation Airbus AStar helicopter — © Pathfinder Aviation

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

September 17, 2026

The first Loft Dynamics Airbus H125 virtual reality (VR) simulator in Alaska will be installed at Pathfinder Aviation’s base in Anchorage. The utility operator plans to launch training in the VR simulator in October, focusing on proficiency and mission training, and it will seek FAA Level 7 flight training device qualification.

With 22 helicopters flying more than 7,000 hours per year, Pathfinder finds it difficult to send pilots elsewhere for simulator training or to work around weather conditions to train in company helicopters. The VR simulator training will include inadvertent instrument meteorological condition encounters and avoidance; emergency procedures; external-load operations; normal and abnormal procedures; whiteout conditions; mountain, pinnacle, slope, and confined-site operations; and local site and terrain familiarization.

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