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FEATURE PILOT TRAINING

different types of aircraft and helicopters for training by the end of March next year. today, namely how to bring new levels
available for training. “We are looking forward to the opening of realism and performance to their
of our new training centre in Singapore training environments while preserving
Canadian Manufacturers and are delighted to offer state-of-the- the investments they’ve already made,”
Canadian simulator manufacturer art technology to our customers,” said said LeAnn Ridgeway, vice president and
dominates the flight simulator industry, Captain Yann Lardet, General Manager at general manager, Simulation & Training
with almost 50 % of the FFSs installed Airbus Asia Training Centre. CAE followed for Rockwell Collins. Unlike existing
world over belonging to the Montreal up on these orders with contract renewal systems the EP-8100 can make use of
based firm. In September CAE announced for A330/A340 pilot training and an A320 a customer’s existing database and run
a series of training solution contracts flight crew sourcing contract (through existing Rockwell Collins or industry
with airlines and aircraft manufacturers CAE Parc Aviation) for two separate, standard synthetic environments due
valued in excess of C$130 million. Asian undisclosed Asian customers. Air India to the built in conversion software. The
airlines formed the bulk of the orders with (AI) also announced in September that it new visual system has been selected by
Shanghai Eastern Flight Training (SEFTC), would add a CAE 7000 XR series Level D Cathay Pacific Airways for its A350 XWB
the training centre subsidiary of China A320 FFS. It will be located at AI’s Central FFS and will be combined with a JVC
Eastern Airlines taking three Boeing 737 Training Establishment in Hyderabad and Kenwood VS2500 laser-hybrid projector
MAX and one Boeing 777 FFSs, as well will be delivered in the first quarter of for higher fidelity. It will be installed on
as two CAE Simfinity 400XR Integrated 2016. The sales of the seven FFSs bring the airline’s first Airbus A350 XWB FFS
Procedures Trainers (IPT). The four CAE the total number of announced FFS sales this month in Hong Kong. The new visual
7000XR Series FFSs will be fitted with CAE by CAE till date in fiscal 2016 to 16. CAE system is able to achieve four times the
Tropos-6000XR visual systems. These had announced sales of a record 48 Level pixel density of original content, as a
will add to 27 FFSs already purchased D FFSs in fiscal year 2014. result of the VS2500 projector that makes
by SEFTC. The first CAE 7000XR Series use of a new extended life laser-hybrid
went into operation earlier this year and New Simulator Technology light source with e-shift technology. The
CAE’s new Upset Prevention and Recovery Simulator Technology continues to move EP-8100 allows for large-area training
Training (UPRT) module is now standard forward and a new offering launched by delivering more realistic smoke, dust or
on the CAE 7000XR Series. The other Rockwell Collins in April this year, is its heat haze and full depth image rendering
FFSs were acquired by customers such as high fidelity EP-8100 image generator for high-fidelity snow and rain effects.
the Airbus’ Asian Training Center which for commercial and military simulation The high-fidelity systems caters for
purchased an A320 CAE 7000XR FFS that training. “Our new high fidelity EP- simulation of Infra-Red (IR), Nigh Vision
will be equipped with the latest CAE Tropos 8100 image generator addresses Goggle (NVG), Electro-Optic (EO) and Low
6000XR visual system. It will be available the key issues facing our customers Light TV (LLTV) requirements.

Simulator training sure
has come a long way from
the thirties! Shown is the
revolutionary Link trainer.
Organ bellows from the Link
factory, driven by an electric
pump, made the trainer pitch
and roll as the pilot worked
the controls. The cockpit
was equipped with standard
aircraft controls and later
modifications introduced radio
aids and gauges to tell the
pilot if he was flying level
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