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ERAU Finding Early Successes with VR Training

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University implemented VR training last August and already is seeing a number of benefits.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University uses virtual reality training in multiple ways for its students, from practicing flight maneuvers to learning to use preflight checklists and air traffic control communications. (Photo: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

April 18, 2022

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's (ERAU) virtual reality-based initiative, introduced six months ago for its flight training program, is already yielding results in terms of training time, costs, student preparedness, and confidence. Speaking during the recent Air Charter Safety Foundation Safety Symposium, ERAU College of Aviation assistant dean and chairman of the flight training department Ken Byrnes said early results of the university’s use of virtual reality (VR) in its flight training curriculum have shown a 28 percent decrease in training time to solo. In addition, the cost of initial training completions that incorporate the use of VR has been 18 percent less than the median for a private pilot course.

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