H145 simulator inauguration with Romain Trapp, president of Airbus Helicopters Inc. (center), alongside partners from Helisim and Thales, as well as the mayor of Grand Prairie, Texas. Photo: Lyn Burks
THE TRAINERS
In business since 1951, FlightSafety International provides both fixed-wing and helicopter training on advanced-technology simulators to commercial, government and military organizations worldwide. FlightSafety has 1,800 instructors working at learning centers in 11 countries. Additionally, it provides 1.4 million hours of training annually on 135 aircraft models.
Helisim LLC, although a younger company, is extremely capable and dedicated to providing high-quality training to its clients. Helisim is the training arm for Airbus Helicopters and is a consortium of Airbus Helicopters, Thales AVS, and the Défense Conseil International. The company provides training on the H125, H135, H145, AS365 N2, H155, H175, AS332, H225, NH90 and very recently on the new H160.
These companies provided Rotorcraft Pro with the following eight reasons why operators should use simulators for helicopter training...
SAFETY: Effective and comprehensive training involves reviewing and practicing normal procedures, and more importantly, abnormal and emergency procedures. The room for error while practicing these procedures in the aircraft is marginal. In a simulator, this potential danger is removed. Emergency and abnormal procedures can be practiced under a broad variety of weather and environmental conditions without risk in the simulator; not so in the aircraft.
60 May/June 2021
HELISIM
FIRST H145 FULL-FLIGHT SIMULATOR PUT INTO SERVICE IN NORTH AMERICA
The Helisim Simulation Center, located inside the Airbus Helicopters Inc. facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, recently inaugurated a new Thales Reality H full-motion flight simulator, the first of its kind in the region.
This represents a major international expansion of France- based Helisim, a joint venture of Airbus Helicopters, Thales, and DCI that brings 20 years of experience in simulation training with Airbus helicopters.
“With this new training center, Helisim is able to offer the best simulator-based training to H145 operators,” said Jean-Charles de Troy, managing director of Helisim LLC. “With outstanding equipment and software implemented, including an OEM simulator data package, along with integrating Airbus helicopter flight instructors, our goal is to offer a reliable and true-to-mission training experience to H145 pilots.”
The North American training center is one of 18 training and simulation centers run by Airbus Helicopters worldwide. It trains upwards of 1,500 pilots and maintenance personnel every year in Grand Prairie, which has seen significant growth and local investments in recent years as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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