CAE expands Tampa C-130 training centre
CAE USA has added a new C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator to expand its C-130 training centre in Tampa, Florida, the company announced on 7 March.
The CAE-built simulator includes crew stations for the navigator, flight engineer, co-pilot and pilot and an integrated Rockwell Collins Flight2 glass cockpit avionics system. It features the CAE Medallion-6000 image generator and a 220 degree by 40 degree field-of-view display system driven by Sony liquid crystal on silicon projectors.
The Tampa training centre has a C-130E/H flight training device, three C-130E/H reconfigurable full-mission simulators, part-task trainers and devices for maintenance technician training. The centre provides training in 17 multimedia classrooms to provide ground school and simulator training for C-130 maintenance technicians, loadmasters, flight engineers and pilots.
Ray Duquette, president and general manager, CAE USA, said: ‘The expansion of our C-130 Tampa Training Centre is another example of our commitment to supporting the training needs of C-130 operators, and we are pleased to be working closely with Rockwell Collins to offer their C-130 aircraft upgrade customers a world-class training solution.’
Work is currently underway to certify the new C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators.
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