A virtual reality (VR) system for providing a real time VR visualization of a target area of an aircraft that comprises one or more reference targets established in known locations in the target area of an aircraft, hand gloves, a plurality of sensing elements established on at least the operator's hand gloves, a reception device that receives the information provided by the sensing elements to provide relative locations of the sensing elements against the one or more reference targets. The reception device comprises processing means to build the real time VR visualization that represents at least the operator's hands against the target area of the aircraft based on the sensing elements. The VR system also comprises display means that display the real time VR visualization to the operator.