FSI debuts Europe’s first full-flight VLJ simulator
Next month, the first very light jet (VLJ) full-flight simulator to enter service outside the U.S.

Next month, the first very light jet (VLJ) full-flight simulator to enter service outside the U.S. will be approved for training Cessna Citation Mustang pilots. The simulator, installed at FlightSafety International’s Farnborough facilities in the UK, will begin training in August and is already booked through the end of this year.

FSI (Booth No. 306) already has two Mustang simulators in operation at its Wichita, Kansas base. According to Anthony van de Geest, assistant training manager at the company’s Farnborough Learning Center, Mustang owners have shown “very substantial” interest in the training. “Most companies that will operate the type will appoint four pilots per aircraft,” he explained to EBACE Convention News. “European Mustang orders are climbing steadily, so the new simulator is going to be working hard.”