Virtual Flight News Today

One in New England and one in Alaska present a familiar warmup followed by a real challenge.

Fully immersive flight experience, intuitive motion control and easy flips, rolls and drifts DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and innovative camera technology, today introduces the DJI Avata 2. Boasting an all thrills, no frills experience, users are presented with a safer, fully immersive enhanced FPV flight experience, an upgraded sensor to improve image…

DJIs Virtual Flight app -- a drone simulator that allows users to practice flying without risking their actual drones.

Using Japan’s most powerful supercomputer, researchers reproduced cases of clear air turbulence around Tokyo. They simulated the fine vortices responsible for this dangerous phenomenon. The usefulness of the simulation in predicting turbulence was confirmed by comparing simulation data with data from aircraft recordings. This research should improve the forecasting of turbulence.