MONTREAL, CANADA -- Mechtronix Systems, a division of flight training equipment provider Mechtronix World Corp., announces successful certification of two Ascent Flight Trainers configured as Diamond DA-42 recently installed at ESMA Aviation Academy. Both units located at ESMAs in southern France were certified JAR-FSTD A FNPT II by the French civil aviation Authorities, DGAC, under JAA regulations.
The Ascent Flight Trainers, configured as Diamond DA-42, both feature a 150 x 35 degree visual system with FFS quality Image Generator providing its users with exceptional fidelity. The units are equipped with the latest autopilot technology Garmin GFC 700 providing more precision to the students' navigation. The devices are marked with a wider shell providing an ergonomic environment for easier interaction between the instructor and the student. Instructors and pilot students at ESMA now benefit from state-of-the-art technology developments Mechtronix brings to their line of FNPT's when it comes to elements such as the Instructor Operating Station (IOS) technology incorporation multiple advanced functions.
"We are delighted with the successful certifications we received from the DGAC," says General Director Jean Durand of ESMA. "We can now proceed with our plan to operate the two FNPT's for Instrument Rating (IR) training. The purchases coincide with the renewal of our fleet with modern DA-42 aircrafts. We have heavily invested in the past two years in modern teachings tools to better serve and meet the training needs of French, Vietnamese, and Chinese airline cadet programs. We are highly satisfied to have chosen Mechtronix' simulators."
"We were impressed by the quick turnaround time Mechtronix was able to accommodate and perform our request for configuration changes," says Avionics & Flight Simulator Manager Pierre Keller. "We greatly appreciate Mechtronix teams' professionalism at all levels from sales, installation, and during qualification process."
"We are grateful that ESMA, one of the world's leading flight training academies, has chosen our products. We are convinced that ESMA is now well equipped to offer the latest and best technologies there is for flight training," says Mechtronix President Xavier Herve. "These two sales with ESMA reinforces Mechtronix leadership on the European market towards high end airline-oriented FTOs. These deliveries follow a series of successes in France with customers such as ATR and SEFA."
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