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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) APPROVAL OF COPTERSAFETY’S AW139 SIMULATOR

A simulator that is well known to all of our customers, our first simulator, the CAE AW139 has been now certified to carry also the pilots holding the FAA licenses.

HELSINKI, FINLAND – Coptersafety’s CAE AW139 full flight simulator has been qualified to Level-D by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Simulator Program. Level-D qualification is only assigned to full-flight-simulators that meet the highest standards of the FAA.

We at Coptersafety are excited to expand our training capabilities, and with the addition of FAA qualified full flight simulators, customers can focus on pilot training in a simulator with the highest level of qualification and capabilities,” states Matthew Presnal, Regulatory Compliance and Engineering Services Manager responsible for Coptersafety’s FAA programs.

CAE AW139 simulator with FAA qualification

ADDRESSING THE TRAINING NEEDS OF OPERATORS AROUND THE WORLD

With the newest certification, Coptersafety is now providing a dry-lease simulator training for a vast number of FAA licensed pilots worldwide. Spreading the knowledge about safe operations is our number one goal, and we’re happy to now be able to reach pilots operating with both EASA and FAA licenses. Pilots and crews can now book to train in an FAA qualified Level-D AW139 full-flight simulator for tasks such as Airborne Radar Approaches, Offshore Standard Approach Procedures, and NVG training tasks, among others.

Coptersafety’s CAE AW139 is a full level-D flight simulator currently equipped with phase 5 avionics, that can be easily configured precisely to customer needs, regardless of mission type or weather scenario. It offers immersive and realistic training thanks to features such as cockpit vibration, smoke generation, 3D clouds, and night scenes. Scenarios can be taken out of the known geographical locations and landing sites by creating scenes to a wide variety of gaming areas and fields of operation.

Different pressurizing environments in known geographic locations and landing sites which can be modeled by our in-house visual modeling team based on customer requests.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Adrianna Janusz, Customer Service and Marketing Manager, Coptersafety Ltd.,

Tel. +358 45 666 39 66, adrianna.janusz@coptersafety.com

Hannu Marjoniemi, Commercial Director, Coptersafety Ltd.

Tel. +358 50 338 3838, hannu.marjoniemi@coptersafety.com