FlightSafety International’s Second Gulfstream G280 Simulator Receives FAA Level D Qualification

NEW YORK (August 20, 2015) – FlightSafety International announces that its second Gulfstream G280 aircraft simulator has been qualified to Level D by the United States Federal Aviation Administration. Both simulators are located at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Dallas, Texas.

“FlightSafety is pleased and proud to support the growing number of Gulfstream aircraft owners and operators around the world,” said David Davenport, Executive Vice President. “The Level D qualification by the FAA of the second Gulfstream G280 simulator further enhances the benefits FlightSafety offers and reinforces our commitment to provide the scheduling and training location flexibility our Customers expect and deserve.”

The FlightSafety FS1000 simulator built for the G280 is designed to enhance training and maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of FlightSafety’s latest innovations in technology. They include the VITAL 1100 visual system, electric motion cueing, and new Instructor Operating Station. The FS1000 features tightly integrated computer hardware and software across subsystems which allow for more accurate and higher fidelity simulation than found in other current and previous generation simulators.

FlightSafety has been the official factory authorized training organization for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation for more than four decades. Pilot, maintenance technician, and flight attendant training is offered for the complete line of Gulfstream aircraft using a fleet of 32 full flight simulators as well as other advanced training devices and equipment.

FlightSafety’s fourth Gulfstream G650 simulator is scheduled to enter service in Wilmington early next year. The first simulators for the new Gulfstream G500 and G600 will be available in Savannah for Customer training as the aircraft enter service.

Training for Gulfstream aircraft is available at FlightSafety Learning Centers in Dallas, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Hong Kong; Long Beach, California; Savannah, Georgia; Wilmington, Delaware; and at the London Farnborough Airport in the United Kingdom.

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides more than a million hours of training each year to pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

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