Kyle Buffelli faces one of a pilot’s most-feared scenarios: an engine fire. As animated smoke billows, a computerized instructor calmly guides Buffelli through a checklist, displayed in his virtual reality headset, that starts with cutting off the fuel in his simulated small plane.
The immersive training device, made by Prescott, Arizona-based True Course Simulations, is designed to teach students the basics of flight procedures so they’ll feel comfortable when they climb into a real plane.
