Our Redbird flight simulators provide an accessible introduction to aviation in a controlled, hands-on environment. Participants can become familiar with basic flight principles, aircraft controls, navigation, communication, and decision-making before ever stepping into an airplane.
Learn It, Sim It, Fly It
Our flight simulator program gives participants the opportunity to develop aviation knowledge and practical skills in a controlled, hands-on environment. Rather than encountering a new maneuver or procedure for the first time in an aircraft, students can first become familiar with the process in a simulator, where they have time to understand each step, ask questions, and repeat an exercise as needed.
This approach reflects Redbird Flight’s “Learn it, sim it, fly it” philosophy. By introducing skills through instruction, reinforcing them through simulation, and eventually applying them in an aircraft, learners can build confidence without simultaneously managing all of the pressures and distractions of real flight. The simulator allows an instructor to pause a scenario, explain what happened, and provide another opportunity to practice before moving forward.
Building Safe and Thoughtful Pilots
Flight training involves more than learning how to control an aircraft. Strong pilots must also know how to prepare for a flight, recognize risk, make sound decisions, and remain willing to change or cancel a plan when conditions are not safe. Our simulator program can introduce these habits through realistic situations involving weather, flight planning, aircraft systems, navigation, and other factors that affect a pilot’s decisions.
Simulation also creates opportunities to practice scenarios that would be difficult, costly, or unsafe to reproduce regularly in an aircraft. Students can work through changing weather, unfamiliar approaches, equipment problems, diversions, and emergency situations without placing an aircraft or its occupants at risk. These exercises reinforce the importance of preparation and help learners understand that many of the most important decisions in aviation are made before takeoff.
Practice That Build Proficiency
Professional aviation training relies heavily on repetition and scenario-based instruction. Pilots do not practice procedures only once; they repeat them until the steps become familiar and can be completed reliably under pressure. Redbird simulators support this type of deliberate practice by allowing learners to repeat normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures without the fuel, maintenance costs, weather limitations, or scheduling demands associated with aircraft training.
The simulator also allows individual skills to be practiced within the context of a complete flight. Instead of treating navigation, communication, aircraft control, and decision-making as separate subjects, a scenario can require the learner to manage them together. Through structured practice and guided instruction, our program aims to develop not only familiarity with aviation, but also the judgment, consistency, and situational awareness that support safe and responsible flying.