Mon, Jun 26, 2017
Instruction To Be Offered Through Pacific Sky Aviation
Viking Air Limited of Victoria, British Columbia, announced that the Peru Air Force will become the first customer to select a full flight training package utilizing the new Twin Otter Series 400 “Level D” Flight Simulator program offered through Viking’s sister company, Pacific Sky Aviation. The Peru Air Force is the largest fleet operator of Series 400 Twin Otters, with twelve Viking aircraft in operation at the Peru Air Force’s base in Iquitos, in the Amazonian region of northeastern Peru.
The flight training program is scheduled to start later this year once the Level “D” simulator is fully installed at Pacific Sky’s training facility in Calgary, Alberta. The Twin Otter simulator has been in development since 2014, and is currently in the final stages of testing at TRU Simulation in Montreal.
"With Series 400 aircraft in both wheeled and seaplane configurations, it was essential that we were able to offer Peru a comprehensive training package of the highest caliber,” said David Curtis, Viking president & CEO.
“We look forward to welcoming this highly experienced and important customer to our new training center," said Michael Coughlin, CEO of Pacific Sky Aviation. “This is the world’s first Level “D” Full Flight Simulator for the Twin Otter, and the first of its kind with seaplane capability. This innovative technology will provide state-of-the-art simulator training options for pilots wanting to perfect takeoffs, landings and docking operations through a range of sea states and weather conditions. This realistic and safe seaplane simulation environment will in turn reduce the time and cost to develop seaplane captains.”
Viking and Pacific Sky Aviation have received a high level of interest from Twin Otter operators for simulator training, and we are now reserving training slots well into 2018.
(Source: Viking Air Limited news release)
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