Sun, Jan 15, 2006
Four new Cirrus SR20 airplanes -- appropriately bearing
November-Delta tail numbers -- were delivered recently to the John
D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North
Dakota collegiate training program, located in Grand Forks.
"This is the beginning of a new phase in our relationship with
the University of North Dakota Aerospace program," said Cirrus
Fleet Sales Manager John Gauch. "For over three years, UND
Aerospace has been our partner in the very successful Cirrus
Customer Transition Training Courses that have already been
attended by over 2,500 pilots. This delivery of new SR20 airplanes
to UND Aerospace is the natural progression of the long-standing
commitment by both organizations to improve aviation safety."
As was reported in Aero-News,
the four SR20s -- combined with the university's recent addition of
seven Avidyne Entegra-equipped Piper Warrior IIIs -- is intended to
help UND move to an all-glass training fleet.
"We maintain a fleet 112 airplanes and 15 flight training
devices, and are always upgrading our fleet -- it’s really an
ongoing process," said UND Aerospace Director of Operations Alan
Palmer.
"Eventually," added Palmer, "we’ll operate an entire fleet
of all-glass cockpit technically advanced airplanes and when that
occurs we’ll also include the primary flight training in the
TAA airplanes."
Cirrus CEO and co-founder Alan Klapmeier said, "It’s an
honor for us at Cirrus to become a part of the UND Aerospace
training program. We value their commitment to safety and for
providing a quality flight education program that is among the best
in the world."
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