CAE’s training facility in Morristown, N.J. is now open for limited use, according to the flight simulator manufacturer and training provider. The new business aviation training center has been in operation since the end of January, using Gulfstream IV and Sikorsky S-76 simulators transferred from its Dallas facility. The six-bay training center is expected to be fully operational this spring. Plans for the facility call for the addition of simulators for the Dassault Falcon 900EX, Falcon 2000EX and Falcon 7X. Training for the 7X is expected to begin next month.
According to Jeff Roberts, group president for innovation and civil training and services, planning for the Morristown center began about two-and-a-half years ago and was based on the feedback of clients. “The customers indicated that we needed to have something in the Northeast part of the United States,” said Roberts. At the same time, the company was in talks with Dassault, trying to win the entitlement training program in support of the 7X. “We told them that if they would select us, then we would put a training facility in the Northeast.”
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