Agreement Is Part Of The U.S. Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training Program

As part of the U.S. Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program in Dothan, AL, an agreement has been reached between Aviation Performance Solutions LLC (APS) and CAE to deliver Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). CAE’s inclusion of APS’ UPRT program for Army fixed-wing training will help reduce the risk of Loss of Control in Flight (LOC-I), the primary cause of aircraft fatalities worldwide.

APS’ UPRT program will be part of the comprehensive U.S. Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program that includes academic, simulator and live-flying training. All training will be conducted at CAE’s new Dothan Training Center currently under construction at the Dothan Regional Airport in Alabama.

“It is a great honor to expand APS’ longstanding U.S. Army UPRT program into the new Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program” said Paul BJ Ransbury, the president of Aviation Performance Solutions, “Together with CAE, we will take progressive steps to maximize air safety by providing Army pilots proven and effective upset prevention and recovery training that provides the knowledge and skills necessary to overcome aviation’s primary cause of aircraft fatalities, which is Loss of Control In-flight“.

APS will base two senior APS UPRT instructors at CAE’s Dothan Training Center where they will train and APS-certify a portion of CAE’s cadre of instructor pilots to deliver UPRT on Grob G120TP aircraft and C-12 simulators. To date, more than 100 CAE instructors at commercial training centers and flight schools have received APS’ on-aircraft UPRT. In addition, the CAE-built C-12 King Air full-flight simulators (FFSs) to be used as part of Army fixed-wing training will feature Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved UPRT instructor stations.

“As a leading provider of pilot training globally, CAE is always focused on improving aviation safety with high-quality instructors and innovative simulation technologies,” said Ray Duquette, President and General Manager, CAE USA. “Upset Prevention and Recovery Training is a critical part of pilot training so we are pleased to select APS as our UPRT training partner and look forward to working closely with APS to deliver a world-class UPRT program as part of Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training.”

The comprehensive U.S. Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program features live-flying training to support the transition of Army rotary-wing aviators to fixed-wing aircraft as well as the training of Army initial-entry fixed-wing students. The practical portions of the UPRT program will be conducted in CAE’s six new Grob 120TP turboprop fully-aerobatic training aircraft and four CAE 7000XR Series C-12 King Air FFSs. Two of the C-12 FFSs feature CAE’s revolutionary roll-on/roll-off (RORO) cockpit design, which will enable cockpits representing various aircraft types to be used in the full-flight simulator. The CAE-built C-12 King Air simulators integrate CAE’s all-new UPRT Instructor Operating Station (IOS) enhancement, a powerful instructor technology jointly developed by CAE and APS to comprehensively analyze airplane upset events in real time during simulator training with UPRT events recorded for post flight debriefing.

(Image provided by CAE with APS news release)

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