Training and Workforce
Flying the Eurocopter AS350 Sim
The AS350B2/B3 sim at American Eurocopter gives pilots a realistic flying experience. The full-color 3-D view replicates the world outside while pilots practice failures and–important for law-enforcement and EMS operators–failures under challenging conditions.
The AS350B2/B3 sim at American Eurocopter gives pilots a realistic flying experience. The full-color 3-D view replicates the world outside while pilots practice failures and–important for law-enforcement and EMS operators–failures under challenging conditions.

“You want to do full-motion?” asks American Eurocopter simulator instructor Eric King. “We have this bag right here.” King points to a jumbo sick sack between the two pilot positions in the $6 million Eurocopter AS350B2 and AS350B3 Level B simulator at the company’s Grand Prairie, Texas campus. For a fleeting moment, I focus on the pair of sliders I had for lunch at the nearby Krystal. That was probably not the best choice. However, today motion sickness will be the least of my problems.