TracMap able to be used with MS Flight Simulator

A number of organisations use MS Flight Simulator as a training tool, including the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust, who have set up a full screen simulator for pilot training.

Their adaption from the standard Microsoft package was undertaken by Savern Reweti as a sideline interest from his job as a lecturer at the Massey University School of Aviation.

Savern has now developed a further "add on" that allows the simulator to be used with the TracMap SAR system.

For the pilots, the simulator with its TracMap addition is a great tool.  "Although the TracMap is not hard to learn and use, having it linked to our simulator is great" says pilot Daryl Sherwin. "It allows us to get familiar with all the options.  That way we can make better use of it when on a real mission, where lives are at risk".

The photo shows system developer Savern Reweti (left) with pilot Daryl Sherwin (centre) and TracMap's Gerald Harrex at a recent training day