The Flight International Civil Simulator Census lists full-flight simulators in service and on order, alphabetically by operator, then by aircraft type. Simulator supplier, computer, visual system, motion axes, year of entry into service, certification level and associated training devices are listed for each simulator, plus any additional remarks.
Where possible, a contact telephone number for the flight-training centre is provided.
Visual suppliers are:
AAI G2000; CAE MaxVue; Evans & Sutherland ESIG-3350; Frasca FVS; Hitachi Hivis; Ivex VDS; FlightSafety ChromaView, Vital; Tector Opdis, Vistar; Thomson Training & Simulation 2000, 6000, DNVS, Image, NVS, Space, SP, SPX.
For monitor-based displays, the number of windows is shown; for wide-angle displays the horizontal field of view in degrees is shown. These figures are adjacent to the visual type.
US Federal Aviation Administration certification Levels A to D for full-flight simulators and Levels 4 to 7 for flight training devices are used where applicable. Other national approvals include: Australia (ACAA); Canada (TC); Germany (LBA); Japan (JCAB); Norway (NBA) and the UK (CAA).
Abbreviations used include:
ARI Aviation Resources; AVT audio-visual trainer; BASC Beijing Aviation Simulator; CBT computer-based training; CPM cockpit-procedures mock-up; CPT cockpit-procedures trainer; CRM cockpit-resource management; CSS cockpit-systems simulator; EFIS electronic flight-instrumentation system; FBS fixed-base simulator; FFS full-flight simulator; FSI FlightSafety International; FTD flight-training device; LOFT line-oriented flight training; MPT maintenance-procedures trainer; MTS maintenance-training simulator; REFL Reflectone; TBD to be decided; TTS Thomson Training & Simulation - TTS(T) formerly Thomson-CSF, TTS(L) formerly Link-Miles, TTS(R) formerly Hughes Rediffusion Simulation (HRSL)
Simulators play an increasingly important and cost-effective role in crew training
Source: Flight International
