DGAC Qualification Received for FlightSafety's Boeing 737-800 Level D Full Flight Simulator

Jan. 30, 2009
Simulator, built for Egyptair, qualified in accordance with JAR FSTD A on Jan. 7.

LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, NY – FlightSafety International announces that a Boeing 737-800 Level D full flight simulator built by the company for EgyptAir has been qualified by the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile of France.

The simulator was qualified in accordance with JAR FSTD A on Jan. 7, 2009 and entered service on Jan. 10 at the EgyptAir Simulator Training Center in Cairo, Egypt. FlightSafety also delivered a PC-based B737NG Flight Management System Trainer to EgyptAir.

"FlightSafety designed, manufactured, delivered and received qualification for the simulator within ten months of receiving the contract. This is another example of the quality, efficiency and value we provide our customers," says Rick Armstrong, Vice President Simulation, FlightSafety International. "This is the sixteenth Boeing 737 simulator built by FlightSafety and the fourth to enter service in Africa."

The simulator is equipped with FlightSafety’s 60-inch electric motion and control loading technology and the company’s 40x200 Field of View 3-channel VITAL X Visual System equipped with LCOS fixed-matrix projectors. The simulator also features a custom Instructor Operator Station designed specifically to EgyptAir's training requirements.