Redbird Flight Simulations has introduced Redbird Pro, a new app designed to personalize pilot training.
The app uses machine learning to measure a pilot’s proficiency and create a custom training plan.
“General aviation pilots understand the need for proficiency, but many lack the time, money, and motivation to tailor a training plan to their needs and incorporate it into their daily schedule,” said Josh Harnagel, VP of Marketing at Redbird. “Redbird Pro aims to solve these problems by personalizing and gamifying proficiency training and delivering it in a mobile application that pilots can access anywhere.”
When pilots first download Redbird Pro, it prompts them to complete a self-assessment and, if able, a baseline flight using a Redbird flight simulator. This generates a Pro Score, which is at the core of a pilot’s personalized training plan, according to company officials.
As pilots train, their Pro Score gives them an objective measurement of their progress and identifies where and how they can improve their proficiency, according to company officials.
The app includes a catalog of training collections to help improve knowledge and skills in specific areas through articles, quizzes, skill refreshers, and flight simulator scenarios.
Pilots do not need access to a Redbird flight simulator to use Redbird Pro. They can read articles, watch videos, take quizzes, chair fly and debrief scenarios with a mobile device, tablet, or computer.
However, flying scenarios with a Redbird simulator enables Redbird Pro to incorporate additional data into the Pro Score, which enhances pilots’ personal training plans and allows them to drill even further into the minute details of their flying, Redbird officials note.
Pilots will soon be able to connect their ForeFlight, CloudAhoy, and Pilot Partner accounts to Redbird Pro as well, allowing them to sync data from their logbook and debrief it in the app, company officials said.
The company plans to release Redbird Pro to the App Store and Google Play this fall. A subscription to Redbird Pro will cost $15.99 a month or $164.99 a year for VFR training or $19.99 a month or $189.99 a year for VFR and IFR training.