TRU ProFlight Opens Florida Training Center
New facility now has full-motion Citation CJ3 and King Air 350i/250 Fusion devices, but could house up to 12 simulators by 2019.
Textron’s TRU Simulation + Training division takes square aim at the business aviation training market, opening this new ProFlight satellite facility in Lutz, Fla., in September, about 15 miles from Tampa. Two simulators are already installed, with plans to expand the facility and add more simulators.
Textron’s TRU Simulation + Training division takes square aim at the business aviation training market, opening this new ProFlight satellite facility in Lutz, Fla., in September, about 15 miles from Tampa. Two simulators are already installed, with plans to expand the facility and add more simulators.

TRU Simulation + Training officially opened its new ProFlight satellite pilot training center in Lutz, Fla., on September 28, marking the Textron subsidiary’s major push into the business aircraft training arena. Textron formed TRU in 2013 and in July last year acquired ProFlight, a Cessna CitationJet and Conquest training provider based in Carlsbad, Calif. Going forward, TRU (Booth N3032) will be the provider of factory training for all new Textron Aviation and Bell Helicopter Textron aircraft.