Wed, Jul 20, 2011
Company's Texas Training Center Will Take Center Stage
American Eurocopter plans to highlight its custom training
solutions during the Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA)
Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 20 to 23. The
company's training center in Grand Prairie, Texas, provides a new
era of training for helicopter pilots and crews, and it continues
to lead the industry with innovative training solutions that can be
modified to meet the needs of its customers who operate a variety
of helicopters and perform a wide array of missions.
AS350 Simulator
American Eurocopter’s Training Center offers the
opportunity to fly multiple models of aircraft and require unique
combinations of training in helicopters and simulators, in addition
to specialized combinations of NVG and night training requirements.
Agencies such as the Texas Department of Public Safety and the
Seminole County Sheriff’s Office are just a few examples of
agencies and organizations attending factory training at American
Eurocopter.
The Texas Department of Public Safety Aircraft Section conducts
a wide variety of training for their pilots in the AS350B2, AS350B3
and the EC145. New pilots to the Aircraft Section attend initial
pilot training in their assigned models at American Eurocopter, and
they also attend annual recurrent training. Recurrent training in
the AS350-series aircraft is a custom blend of flight time in
training aircraft and American Eurocopter’s AS350 Flight
& Mission Training Simulator. Texas DPS instructor pilots
recently received training to operate the AS350 Simulator
themselves, which allows them to conduct agency-specific training
for their pilots. In addition to the simulator training, all pilots
conduct full-touchdown autorotations in AS350 training aircraft.
One of Texas DPS’s AS350 B3 helicopters will be displayed on
American Eurocopter’s booth during the show.
The Seminole County (FL) Sheriff’s Office also regularly
attends recurrent training in the EC120 and AS350B3 at American
Eurocopter. Pilots conduct their EC120 recurrent training in
American Eurocopter aircraft, where customized combinations of day
and night training are conducted by American Eurocopter instructor
pilots. Chief Pilot Steve Farris also received training in the
operation of the AS350 Simulator, and he will be conducting
training sessions for his pilots in the near future. “Using
the AS350 Simulator for our pilot training allows us to train for
specific failures that cannot safely be conducted in training
aircraft, such as governor failures and engine failures that occur
during mission simulations,” says Farris. “American
Eurocopter’s willingness to allow the Seminole County
Sheriff’s Office to customize our training is a big benefit
to our pilots and our agency.”
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