FedEx has selected Pan Am International Flight Academy to provide training for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster. The Academy will build a training centre at FedEx's Memphis, Tennessee, hub to house a Level D full-flight simulator for the turboprop-powered feeder freighter.
FedEx has 50 Loadmasters on order and 50 more on option. The twin-turbine, single-propeller aircraft is scheduled to enter service with the express parcels carrier by the end of 1999.
Leesburg, Virginia-based Intelx will produce the Loadmaster simulator, incorporating an aerodynamic data package to be produced by Kohlman Systems Research.
Pan Am International Flight Academy is an independent training company based in Miami, Florida, where it operates a fleet of 15 simulators as well as an air traffic control training facility.
Source: Flight International
