The Air Methods/FlightSafety International (Denver) Colorado learning center officially opened for business on December 18. The new facility has received a certificate of occupancy and the Airbus H135 Level D-qualified full-motion simulator was installed this month. Single-pilot IFR training has begun in that simulator. The H135 is the first of four Level-D simulators planned for the new training center. This particular simulator was previously used by Air Methods at FlightSafety International’s learning center in Dallas.
Plans for 2017 call for installation of three more Level-D simulators at the Colorado center: the Airbus AS350B3 in the second quarter, the Bell 407GX in the third quarter and the Airbus EC130T2 late in the fourth quarter. Air Methods said these three simulators will be the first of their kind in the U.S., and the four together make up 75 percent of the company's fleet.
The new FlightSafety FS1000 simulators will be equipped with the Vital 1100 visual system, CrewView glass mirror display and electric motion control and cueing. Air Methods has two dedicated classrooms, offices and briefing rooms in the new learning center. By 2018, Air Methods estimates that 1,000 company pilots will come through the facility.
The Air Methods/FlightSafety International (Denver) Colorado learning center officially opened for business on December 18, when the company begins single-pilot IFR training in an Airbus H135 Level-D simulator. This particular simulator was previously used by Air Methods at FlightSafety International’s learning center in Dallas.
Plans in 2017 call for installation of three more Level-D simulators at the Colorado center: the Airbus AS350B3 in the second quarter, the Bell 407GX in the third quarter and the Airbus EC130T2 late in the fourth quarter. Air Methods says that these three simulators will be the first of their kind in the U.S., and the four together make up 75 percent of the company's fleet.
The new FlightSafety FS1000 simulators will be equipped with the Vital 1100 visual system, CrewView glass mirror display and electric motion control and cueing. Air Methods has two dedicated classrooms, offices and briefing rooms in the new learning center. By 2018, it estimates that 1,000 company pilots will come through the facility.