Opinion: Let’s Prove That Virtual Reality Enhances Pilot Training

P. Barry Butler February 16, 2022
Embry-Riddle researcher and students with helicopter simulator
Researcher Dawn Groh (right) and students Lizzy Mitchell (center) and Alexa R. Dunn (at simulator) are using a helicopter simulator to learn how pilots respond when they unintentionally fly into clouds.
Credit: Connor McShane/Embry-Riddle
Former U.S. Army aviator Dawn Groh vividly remembers flying a helicopter under visual flight restrictions, hitting bad weather and unintentionally entering instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). In such situations, the stakes are incredibly high: Nick Mayhew, industry co-chair of the U.S...
P. Barry Butler

P. Barry Butler is president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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