Representatives of Pilatus Business Aircraft were on hand January 8 to witness the unveiling of SimCom Training Center’s newest simulator, an advanced Pilatus PC-12 non-motion simulator installed at SimCom’s Scottsdale, Ariz. facility. Thomas Bosshard, president and CEO Pilatus’ U.S. subsidiary based near Denver, said the simulator represents a substantial upgrade to the first PC-12 simulator built in 1997 and currently in operation at SimCom’s Orlando, Fla. facility.
“PC-12 [simulator] number one was built after PC-12 [aircraft] serial number 151 had been built,” said Bosshard. “Now fast forward 300 serial numbers and to Series 10. There had been enough commonality between Series 1 through 9 aircraft that we could update [the Orlando sim with] virtually all components for Series 1 to 9. But there have been more than 50 new product improvements between Series 9 and Series 10, and all of them are reflected in this new sim.”
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