Bell Helicopter provides support for new CAE training centres in India

CAE announced at Helicopter Association International’s (HAI) HELI-EXPO 2010 that Bell Helicopter is providing aircraft systems and performance data and technical support for the Bell 412 training programs which CAE will begin offering this summer in Mexico and Bangalore, India.
CAE is locating a suite of Bell 412 training tools in Mexico, including a CAE 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulator (FFS), CAE Simfinity Integrated Procedures Trainer (IPT), computer-based training, e-Learning and other courseware. A similar suite, including a CAE-built Bell 412 FFS, which was previously announced, will be located at the new Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF) training centre in Bangalore, India.
Jeff Roberts, Group President, Civil Simulation Products, Training and Services for CAE (seated left) and Danny Maldonado, Senior Vice President, Customer Support, Marketing and CSO for Bell Helicopter (seated right), sign an agreement by which Bell Helicopter will provide aircraft systems and performance data and technical support for the Bell 412 training programs which CAE will begin offering this summer in Mexico and Bangalore, India. Observing the signing (standing, left to right) are Claude Lauzon, CAE Vice President, Civil Aviation Services; Trey Wade, Director, Bell Training Academy; and Gilbert (Gil) Morong, Director, Product Support, Bell Helicopter.
The HATSOFF training centre is a joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) of India and CAE. The centre will include a simulator featuring CAE’s revolutionary roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, which enables cockpits representing various helicopter types to be used in the simulator. HATSOFF will offer complete training solutions for the Bell 412, Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, and both civil and military variants of the HAL-built Dhruv advanced light helicopter.
22/02/10 The Rotor.com