Tecnam ground school and flight lesson courseware through interactive, mobile data platforms such as the Apple iPad

Tecnam North America has unveiled its new Tecnam Flight Center (TFC) programme at AirVenture 2010.

Through Tecnam Flight Centres, schools gain access to new and integrated flight training and navigation technology, ease of access to aircraft through purchase and leasing options and incentives to move aircraft from the flight line into the hands of students, according to company officials, who note that Tecnam Flight Centres are now being set up across the country.

Light sport aircraft and the sport pilot licence have successfully enabled older pilots to remain active in aviation. But longer term, general aviation will depend on a younger, mobile, computer savvy generation of students learning to fly. Keeping this in view, Tecnam is trying to address this with not just next-generation glass cockpits in its training aircraft, but also by providing ground school and flight lesson courseware via interactive, mobile data platforms such as the Apple iPad.