PlaneEnglish launches web version of ARSim, its popular aviation communication simulator, to train civilian pilots
PlaneEnglish has created a web version of its Aviation Radio Simulator app, or ARSim, that helps pilots learn aviation radio communication. (Photo provided by PlaneEnglish)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Pilots worldwide have for two years been learning aviation radio communication using the app-based Aviation Radio Simulator, or ARSim, outside of the cockpit. Now they will be able to do so on the web with the launch of ARSim-web, developed by PlaneEnglish.
ARSim is a simulator and training curriculum that trains aviators in the language of flying. Created by three Purdue University alumni, ARSim trains pilots in radiotelephony and exchanges with simulated air traffic control using a variety of scenarios a pilot might encounter through every phase of flight. Pilots receive instant feedback on their performance, explanations of the communication procedures and progress tracki