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FlightSafety Offers FalconEye HUD in Simulator
By: Ian Sheppard
Caption: Pilots can now experience Dassault’s recently certificated FalconEye HUD at FlightSafety’s Dallas and Paris training centers.
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FlightSafety International (FSI, Booth 6538) has installed Dassault’s recently certified FalconEye combined vision system head-up display in its Dassault 900LX full-flight simulator in Dallas, as well as the Falcon 8X and 2000LXS simulators at its Paris training center. In addition, in August 2019 the U.S. company will install FalconEye in a new Falcon 2000LXS and in a 900LX interchangeable simulator (the FS1000) at its Teterboro learning center.

Steve Gross, senior vice president-commercial with FSI, said the FalconEye installations demonstrated its support for Dassault and enhance training for operators, who now have access to the required ground school and simulator training for use of the FalconEye, which combines synthetic database-driven terrain mapping and actual thermal and low-light camera inputs into a single view, enhancing situational awareness, including at night.

In synthetic vision system (SVS) mode the camera displays a view that is 40-degree horizontal by 30-degree vertical in coverage, with a 1,280 x 1,024 resolution, “ensuring full coverage of the viewing area with no tunnel-vision effects.” The Dallas-based 900LX device has also been upgraded with the Vital 1100 visual system, which can provide “highly detailed mission-specific imagery.”

As well as having FalconEye, the new level-D interchangeable simulator at Teterboro Airport, near New York City, will have CrewView collimated glass mirror displays and a Vital 1100 visual system, giving distortion-free images. It is in a whole-Earth environment, including the latest terrain information and geo-specific satellite images, said FSI.

The Teterboro facility also has a new flight crew emergency training center with a pool for sea survival training, a full-scale “dunker,” a hoist for rescue simulations, and a full-scale cabin trainer. Also at Teterboro, FSI plans to offer King Air 350 training using an interchangeable simulator that can be configured with Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion or Pro Line 21 avionics. Installation is currently under way, with training due to commence in April. Following FAA certification of this sim, FSI is hoping for Transport Canada and Brazilian ANAC approvals later next year.