FlightSafety International (FSI) has announced plans to build two additional full flight simulators for the Embraer RJ-145 regional jet. The US company is the official training organisation for the ERJ-145 and has so far completed two simulators.
One ERJ-145 simulator has entered service at FSI's Houston, Texas, centre, where it is being used to provide training for Continental Express. A second machine is operational at FSI's Tulsa, Oklahoma, simulator manufacturing plant, where it is being used by American Eagle, but will be relocated closer to an ERJ-145 operator. Both have Level D training approval.
The two new simulators will be delivered in 1999, six months apart, to locations that will be decided by Embraer. The training company already operates several simulators for the Brazilian manufacturer's EMB-120 regional turboprop.
FSI also plans to build a third simulator for the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet. The first two Level D devices are in service at the company's Cincinatti, Ohio, and Wilmington, Delaware, training centres.
Source: Flight International
