RAeS Autumn Flight Simulation Conference: The Contribution of Flight Simulation to Aviation Safety

The Conference sessions will address the latest developments in upset recovery research and training for large passenger aircraft, with particular reference to simulator-based training. At the other end of the scale, technological advances in low cost simulation show considerable promise in tackling the worryingly high accident rates in General Aviation, both fixed- and rotary-wing. For all aircraft types, it is important that simulators are designed and accredited to be fit for purpose, and a number of papers will look at how instructional standards can be standardised, will be addressed. Simulation also plays a growing part in maintenance engineering training, particularly in regard to 'software driven' aircraft. Maintenance engineers make a significant, and often unrecognised, contribution to safety, and this conference will include an examination of that contribution.