EvFly, the Singapore-based start-up making plans to operate eVTOL aircraft, intends to be involved in developing flight training technology for the vehicles through a partnership with Germany’s Future Aviation Simulation Technologies (FAST Group). Under the terms of a recently signed letter of intent, the companies say they will collaborate to produce mixed-reality training devices and full-motion flight simulators suitable for training pilots to operate multiple eVTOL types.
According to Till Borngräber, a member of the Bremen-based FAST Group's executive board, the exact specifications for eVTOL training equipment are still subject to finalization by EASA, which last month indicated it will accept mixed-reality devices under its special-conditions requirements. In January, the European air safety agency released proposals for the certification of pilot type ratings for VTOL aircraft.
