TRU’s New Florida Training Center Wins FAA Nod

TRU Simulation and Training has gained Part 142 certification from the U.S. FAA for its new ProFlight satellite pilot training center in Lutz, near Tampa, Fla. Plans call for the new center to offer training for the Cessna Citation CJ1/2/3 series. The company also said it wants to expand training to include nine more Cessna and Beechcraft models.

Meanwhile, German training organization Star Wings is in the final stages of installing its TRU-built Citation CJ3 full-flight simulator. The device will be qualified to EASA level-D standards and is expected to be ready within the coming weeks.

Separately at the Paris Air Show, TRU announced that it has signed a contract to produce an A350 FFS X level-D full-motion flight simulator for Lufthansa Flight Training. The deal marks TRU’s first venture into the widebody training business. Schedules call for the machine to be ready for training in either of Lufthansa’s flight training centers (which are in Munich and Frankfurt) in August next year.