Super Safe Airlines: Interactive Aviation Weather Training
A fully interactive click-and-explore e-learning activity set in a virtual pilot's lounge, teaching aviation students about weather briefing resources through engaging illustrations, animations, and gamified discovery—all custom designed and programmed from the ground up.
- Client
- UVU Aviation
- Year
- 2010
- Role
- Animator and Illustrator
- Category
- eLearning, Animation
- Technologies
- Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Illustrator
Super Safe Airlines invites learners into an immersive virtual environment where curiosity drives discovery. Set in a detailed pilot's lounge, this interactive activity challenges users to explore their surroundings and identify which objects can help them obtain critical weather information before a flight. Each clickable element triggers custom animations and audio feedback, rewarding correct choices with educational content while gently redirecting incorrect guesses with humor and encouragement.
The activity covers essential aviation weather resources including Flight Service Stations and their role in pilot briefings, the importance of filing and closing flight plans, official weather briefing websites, the En Route Flight Advisory Service (Flight Watch), and even informal resources like fellow pilots and television weather coverage. Learners discover the distinctions between official and unofficial weather sources, understanding when each is appropriate to use. Playful Easter eggs—like a tempting snack that affects "weight and balance" or magazines that won't bring passengers home safely—keep the experience entertaining while reinforcing that not everything in the environment serves a legitimate preflight purpose.
As the creator of this project, I handled the complete production pipeline: conceptualizing the interactive environment, illustrating all visual assets, animating object responses and transitions, and programming the underlying click-detection and feedback logic. This piece demonstrates how thoughtful integration of graphic design, animation, and development can transform dry procedural content into memorable, engaging training experiences that learners actually want to explore.