Type rating in Canada. Preparation in Denmark.

How the Danish Air Force Home Guard prepares its DHC-6 Twin Otter pilots before they fly to Canada, using a cockpit procedure trainer their own instructors maintain.
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CHALLENGE

Every seat sent to Canada has to be justified

The Home Guard operates the DHC-6 Twin Otter for surveillance, and its pilots complete their type rating in Canada. As a volunteer organization on public funding, every seat sent abroad is a decision that has to be defended. The more a pilot knows before traveling, the more the trip is worth.

What we captured

Three parts of the aircraft, photographed in 360° (classified content).

The cockpit

Photographed in high-resolution and built into a complete procedure trainer, from the pre-flight inspection through to shut-down.

The exterior

Captured in 360° for walk-around familiarization and pre-flight inspection.

A mission operations area

Photographed in high detail for familiarization and procedure training.
iPad Pro device frame displaying a Panomio training course
WHAT WE BUILT
SOLUTION

A complete cockpit procedure trainer

Pilots work through the Twin Otter cockpit on their own iPads before they ever sit in the aircraft. The trainer covers the full sequence from the engine start, taxi and take-off to shut-down, with both commander and first officer flows.
OWNERSHIP

Their instructors own the content

When a procedure changes, the Home Guard updates the trainer directly. No supplier, no change request, no waiting.

Pilots work through the cockpit on their own devices, in their own time.
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SELF-PACED

Training that fits around a volunteer's week

The Home Guard is a volunteer organization. Its pilots prepare in whatever time they have, in the evenings or at weekends, rather than waiting for a fixed course date.

What it changes

Preparation happens in Denmark, so the time abroad goes further.

Ready before departure

Pilots learn the cockpit procedures in Denmark first, on their own iPads.

Maintained in-house

The Home Guard's own instructors author and update the content.

Repeat as often as needed

Pilots can work through the flows as many times as they want, which is not an option with the aircraft itself.
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Our DHC-6 pilots complete their type rating in Canada. Every pilot we send abroad is a decision we have to justify, so the more our pilots know before they travel, the more we get out of the training.

We built a complete digital procedure trainer for the Twin Otter cockpit in Panomio, covering everything from the pre-flight inspection through to shut-down, with both commander and first officer flows. This is specific for our procedure and operation.

Our pilots work through it on their own iPads and phones before they ever sit in the aircraft. We maintain the content ourselves, so it stays current without work from a supplier.

Árni K. Borgarlid
Árni K. Borgarlid, Chief Pilot, Danish Air Force Home Guard (Flyverhjemmeværnet)

Why photography, not a model

The trainer uses the actual cockpit, so pilots are looking at the aircraft they will fly.

The real cockpit

Every switch, label and wear mark as it is in the aircraft, not an illustration.

Available anywhere

Pilots prepare at home, at the squadron or in transit.

Built in weeks

A photography day and a short build, rather than months of modeling.

Owned by the Home Guard

The imagery and the course content belong to them, not to us.

Start with one piece of equipment

Tell us which procedure matters most. We come to you, photograph it in a day, and have familiarization training running in four to six weeks.
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