Thu, Aug 04, 2011
Service Has Four Bombardier Global 5000 Aircraft On Order
ExecuJet Europe has successfully completed
the last round of pilot training for the German Air Force. The
final training, on Bombardier Global Express aircraft, took place
in June in South America, covering as many as eight countries over
seven days. Lufthansa Technik selected ExecuJet earlier this year
to provide landing and line training to six Air Force pilots so
that they had the necessary skills and experience to become flight
instructors on the Global 5000. The Air Force has ordered four
Global 5000 aircraft which will be delivered starting September
2011, via Lufthansa Technik. ExecuJet currently manages one
of the largest fleets of Bombardier Global aircraft, some of which
were used for the training.
The training covered pre-flight inspections, ground training and
many approaches and landings in various extraordinary locations,
including a touch down at the highest airport of the world, La Paz,
Bolivia, the very challenging mountain-based airport Cusco in Peru
or the southernmost airport of the world in Argentina, Ushuaia.
South America was chosen as one of the most demanding and diverse
flying areas of the world, embracing the Andes, where pilots face
further challenges such as language barriers and stopovers in high
altitude locations.
Cedric Gitchenko, ExecuJet Europe Chief Pilot and Global Express
Flight Instructor praised the students “They were highly
motivated, enthusiastic and appreciative about experiencing some
challenging flying in some of the most demanding
environments. This is the second time we have worked together
with the German Air Force and we are very proud to be part of this
programme. The airports we landed at were all very co-operative,
enabling our sorties to be conducted very smoothly. We really are
grateful to those who accommodated us.”
LtCol Erich Reichart, German Air Force “We really enjoyed
the excellent syllabus and the professional training delivered to
us. The training programme was both challenging and exciting and we
learned so much. ExecuJet really is one of the leaders in Global
Express training and we have every confidence being able to fly for
our government now.”
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