Airbus Helicopters partnered with Thales and Helisim to develop and deploy the full flight simulator (FFS) for the H160, which Airbus plans to have available to support the H160’s entry into service. “This partnership is an essential milestone in the H160 program and key to meeting the needs of our...
Thales has officially opened its Norway Training Centre, unveiling the first of several planned helicopter training programes. Having received both EASA FSTD Operator (Flight Simulation Training Devices Operator), and Level D qualification for its Reality H full flight simulator, the Norway Training Centre begins training for the H225 helicopter this...
The ADAC Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Academy is the world’s first integrated training centre for helicopter pilots, emergency doctors and rescue paramedics in the air rescue services. Walter F. Ullrich reports. The German automobile club ADAC is Europe’s largest motoring organization, and yet it has a subsidiary which one would...
Pursuing its goal of bringing training as close as possible to the end user, Thales now has an operational rotary wing training centre based in the French Alps. Co-located with the Service Aerien Francais (SAF) at Albertville, France, this is the centre of gravity of SAF, a provider of helicopter-based...
HELICOPTER Precision Flight Controls, Inc. has entered an agreement with Ryan Aerospace Pty Ltd of Southport, Australia, to develop and produce helicopter aviation training devices. Systems simulating the Robinson R22, R44, R66 and Bell Jet Ranger 206 and 407 model helicopters will be the first systems to be developed. PFC...
CAE and Brazilian helicopter operator, Líder Aviação have announced the expansion of the joint venture training program with the purchase of a CAE 3000 Series full flight simulator (FFS) replicating the AW139 aircraft. The new FFS will be jointly developed by CAE and AgustaWestland and will be qualified to Level...
Frasca International, Inc. has received a contract for a Level 5 R44 helicopter flight training device (FTD) from Central Oregon Community College (COCC), in Oregon. The FTD will simulate the Robinson R44 helicopter and will feature a 3 channel cylindrical 220° visual display system with a Frasca's TruVision™ Global visual...
Chuck Weirauch reports from the recent Heli-Expo conference held in Orlando, Florida, USA. Safety management systems (SMS) and the coming need for helicopter operators to implement them into their safety programs and training manuals, as well as into the company culture, were a major theme at the 2015 Heli-Expo conference held March 2-5...
FLIGHT SIMULATORS Frasca International, Inc. is to provide a CAAC Level 5 TruFlite™ R44/S300 convertible flight training device (FTD) to Xilin Fengteng GA Corporation, Guanghang, Sichuan Province, China. The FTD will primarily be used for training in emergency situations. The R44 FTD is will accurately replicate the R44 aircraft, including...
HELICOPTER Frasca International, Inc. has developed and introduced three new simulation technologies to enhance the training capabilities of their flight simulators. The new technologies are SimTracker™, SimAssist™ and TruCue™. SimTracker is Frasca’s new cloud-based utility that helps customers manage their flight simulators and meet their regulatory quality-management needs. SimAssist is...