FlightSafety to Offer Bombardier Global 5000 Vision and Global Express XRS Vision Training

May 15, 2011
FlightSafety will design a new full flight, Level D-qualified simulator as well as other advanced training equipment and courseware for the Global 5000 Vision and Global Express XRS Vision aircraft.

LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, New York (May 11, 2011) – FlightSafety International is pleased to announce that it will offer Bombardier Global 5000 Vision and Global Express XRS Vision aircraft training. FlightSafety will design a new full flight, Level D-qualified simulator as well as other advanced training equipment and courseware for the Global 5000 Vision and Global Express XRS Vision aircraft.

“We look forward to offering training for these new Bombardier Global aircraft,” said Bruce Whitman, President & CEO. “Many of our Customers who operate Bombardier aircraft look forward to the high quality Global 5000 Vision and Global Express XRS Vision training we will provide.”

Training for the Global aircraft will be offered at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio. The simulator will feature FlightSafety’s electric motion and control loading technology as well as the recently enhanced VITAL X visual system.

FlightSafety now offers training for the Bombardier Global Express at its Greater Philadelphia Area Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware. “The Global Express training we provide in Wilmington is one of our highest demand programs,” said Eric Hinson, Executive Vice President. “The addition of this new simulator will enable us to better serve the needs of NetJets as well as our other Customers around the world.”

FlightSafety currently offers training for Bombardier Learjet, Challenger and Global Express business aircraft and CRJ, Dash and Q Series regional aircraft at 15 Learning Centers in Asia, Europe, South Africa and North America.

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides more than a million hours of training each year to pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 154 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in Asia, Europe, North and South America, the Pacific Rim and South Africa.