VIRTUAL PILOT ACADEMY
Virtual Airline Pilot training course given by aeronautical professionals!
Inspired by real aviation programs, this course is dedicated to ‘simmers’ as to young pilot candidates for whom it is a real evaluation course before moving towards a professional career.
The different modules can be taken either ‘pick and mix’ or as a whole in the order presented. This is a completely one-to-one tuition, so it is perfectly suited to all student levels and all assimilation speeds.
With the VIRTUAL PILOT ACADEMY course, pilots grades are acquired step by step, as in real life, during training and real exercises on simulators supervised by qualified instructors.
Although it remains reserved for the flight simulation domain alone, the high level of training makes it possible to evaluate one’s own knowledge in quasi real-life situations in order to validate a virtual qualification on many airliners.
The simulator we use for this training is a fully professional Boeing 737-800 NG. It is also used by real pilots for their professional training. The main software is developed by Prosim Research under Boeing license (flight model, avionics, systems).
These courses are only approved in the context of flight simulation but are supervised and validated by professional instructors.
Courses are mostly given in English, however all our instructors also speak a minimum of French and Dutch.
You can follow all the modules in the given order, or discuss with an instructor to mix them differently. It is your tailored program!
Each module is an appointment to be taken at the desired pace. The content of each module is a mix theory and practice.
VIRTUAL PILOT ACADEMY - FULL PROGRAM
01A: THEORETICAL BASES
- Principles of flight (axis, forces, primary and secondary effects of the flight controls …)
- Mass, Center of Gravity • Altimetry, QNH, Flight Level, Altitude, Elevation
- 120 minutes / 120 EUR
01B: THE B-737NG EXPLAINED
- General information about the Boeing 737 NG
- Cockpit & Instruments
- Scan techniques
- A 2-hour session 100% in the cockpit
- 120 minutes / 345 EUR
02: CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT
- Pitch, roll and yaw
- Relation between pitch – power – horizontal and vertical speeds
- Elevator trim
- Straight and level
- Turns, climbs, descents, combinations
- Steep turns (45° – 60°)
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
03: TAKING OFF
- Noise abatement procedures
- Take off: perf, config, roll, thrust, rotation, initial climb
- Climb out & acceleration, flaps retraction schedule
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
04: LANDING
- Runway lights, PAPI, VASI
- Flaps configuration & schedule
- Visual approach technique
- Going around
- Short runway landing
- 90minutes / 245 EUR
05: VFR & CIRCUITS
- VFR basic rules
- Airfield circuits
- Touch & Go’s
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
06: SPECIALS
- Crosswind approach and landing
- Windshears
- Asymmetric flight
- Slips
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
07: DANGEROUS SITUATIONS
- Low speed flight
- Stall, spin and unusual attitude recovery
- Engine failure after V1
- Engine failure during a Go Around
- Single engine approach
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
08: IFR (Instrument Flight Rules)
- NDB / VOR / ILS / QDR / QDM / radial interception…
- Instrument flying
- 120 minutes / 345 EUR
09: NAVIGATION PLANNING
- Quick review of the previous module
- Reading maps, charts and approach plates
- Making (and flying) an IFR route
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
10: HOLDING PATTERNS
- Holding: principles and rules
- Managing entries
- Wind correction
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
11: COMMUNICATION & PHRASEOLOGY
- Communication principles, methods and techniques
- Phraseology – general
- Specificities of each flight phase
- 90 minutes / 90 EUR
12: FMC / FMS / MCP / AUTOPILOT
- FMS components and their interactions
- FMC in depth
- MCP modes in depth
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
13: WEATHER
- Wind / Clouds / Temperature / Pressure / Visibility
- Icing
- Decoding METAR / TAF / VOLMET / SIGMET / ATIS
- 90 minutes / 90 EUR
14: CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- CRM & MCC principles
- Human factor, leadership
- Decision making, DODAR
- Roles: Pilot flying / Pilot monitoring
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
15: COCKPIT FLOWS / CHECKLISTS
- Cockpit preflight
- Before & after Engine start
- Before Taxi / Before Takeoff / After Takeoff
- Descent & Approach / Landing / After Landing
- Shutdown / Secure
- 90 minutes / 245 EUR
16: ENGINE FAILURE / OEI / UPRT
- Engine failure after V1
- Engine failure during Go Around
- OEI (One Engine Inoperative) procedures
- UPRT (Upset Prevention and Recovery Training) – basics
- 180 minutes / 475 EUR
17: MY FIRST FULL FLIGHT AS COPILOT!
- Fuel calculation
- Flight preparation
- Flight Plan
- FMC programming
- METAR /NOTAMs / pre-flight
- Departure / En Route / Arrival
- 180 minutes / 475 EUR
18: FSI TRAINING
Become a Flight Simulator Instructor!
- Instruction and supervision techniques
- Educational elements
- Rehearsal with a “lambda” customer
- 150 minutes / 395 EUR
Pricing & Conditions
- Minimum 15 years – no upper limit
- Modules can be taken ‘à la carte’ at the indicated rate
- Full pack: register for all 19 modules / 34 hours of training at the overall price of 4525,00 EUR (-10% discount!)
- Modules 1A, 11 and 13 are only theory with no simulator session
- All course modules are ‘one-to-one’; however, you can share your sessions (and costs) with another (1) person, without supplement
- The schedule of modules will be defined in agreement with the student, depending on the availability of instructors and simulators
- The postponement of a module may be granted only if a reasoned request is expressed more than 3 working days before the appointment, and subject to the agreement of the instructor and a Brussels Flight Simulators officer
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