FlightSafety will establish a major full-service learning center at Farnborough Airport, near London, the home of the historic Farnborough Airshow. Farnborough Airport was selected to provide an attractive and convenient location for business aircraft operators from around the world. The new facility is scheduled to be ready for training next year.

The new center will offer a world-class range of customer amenities including the latest developments in high-tech classrooms, interactive pilot briefing rooms, study areas, and first-class customers’ service facilities.

The Farnborough center will bring advanced flight simulators and state-of-the-art training systems closer to many business aircraft operators. The comprehensive resources of FlightSafety’s simulator design and manufacturing organization in Tulsa will permit the rapid development of a diverse selection of JAA-approved training programs and simulators for the new center at Farnborough.

TAG Aviation has been involved in a five-year project to develop Farnborough into a major business aviation center in Europe. In January of this year, the company received CAA certification of the airfield, which led to the finalization of TAG’s 99-year lease on the property. In addition to runway improvements and the installation of an ILS, TAG has constructed 120,000 square feet of new hangar and office space to support its growing base of customers. The design of a new terminal and office complex will be completed soon, with construction slated to begin later this year.

FlightSafety currently provides regional aircraft training facilities in England. The Manchester Airport location offers an advanced ERJ-145/135 full flight simulator. A FlightSafety learning center at Paris/Le Bourget Airport provides pilot and maintenance technician training for the operators of a variety of business aircraft and regional airliners.

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