EAA, Redbird offer free simulator training at AirVenture

The courses are scheduled at EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center and are designed to provide training appropriate for every experience level and every visitor’s schedule. The curriculum includes simulator sessions for pilots seeking a taste of sim training, full-day VFR and IFR refresher courses for active pilots, a Return to Flight class to help get inactive or rusty pilots back into the cockpit, and a Right Seat Ready course for nonpilot spouses including hands-on training in the Redbird simulators.

Classroom courses are available for pilots interested in backcountry flying. Topics include getting started in the backcountry, flight planning, safety, etiquette, and flying safely in challenging environments such as Idaho’s backcountry.

Seasoned pilots with years of off-airport and bush flying experience teach the classes. Their ranks include Charlie Gregoire, cofounder and CEO of Redbird; Recreational Aviation Foundation president Bill McGlynn; and AOPA’s own Mike Ginter, senior vice president of the Air Safety Institute and Maryland ambassador for the RAF.

Pilots interested in partaking of the free courses can read more about the offerings and register on the EAA website.