FlightSafety Has Delivered an Airbus A350 XWB Full Flight Simulator to the Airbus Training Center in Miami, FL

April 22, 2016
The Airbus A350 XWB simulator has been qualified to Level D by the United States Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency, and the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil.

NEW YORK (April 20, 2016) – FlightSafety International announces that it has delivered an Airbus A350 XWB full flight simulator to the Airbus Training Center in Miami, Florida. This is the second simulator FlightSafety has delivered to the Training Center.

The Airbus A350 XWB simulator has been qualified to Level D by the United States Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency, and the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil.

“Being selected to provide the Airbus Training Center with an Airbus A350 XWB full flight simulator demonstrates FlightSafety’s expertise in the design, manufacture, and support of advanced training equipment that meets the highest standards for quality and reliability,” said John Van Maren, Vice President Simulation.

The new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator is equipped with 60-inch electric motion and electric control loading, a new multi-function Instructor Operating Station, and FlightSafety’s VITAL 1100 Visual System. The Instructor Operating Station is designed to enhance the effectiveness of training by providing an intuitive interface, scalable graphics, and large multi touch displays. The VITAL 1100 visual system features 40 x 200 degree Field of View and continuous high-resolution global satellite imagery capable of presenting environmental conditions experienced during all phases of flight, from taxi and takeoff to landing.

FlightSafety has delivered more than 1,000 visual systems and 800 flight simulators and other advanced training devices to date. This includes more than 130 simulators for commercial aircraft. FlightSafety’s high quality training equipment is in service with airlines in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. The simulators and visual systems are part of an integrated training system used throughout the company’s network of Learning Centers and by many other leading commercial, government and military organizations worldwide.

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 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.