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FlightSafety Will Train Lilium Jet eVTOL Aircraft Pilots
The training specialist is also making a preliminary eSim device representing the vehicle's cockpit that engineers can use for development and certification work.
FlightSafety International is developing training devices and simulators for Lilium's eVTOL aircraft.
FlightSafety International is developing training devices and simulators for Lilium's eVTOL aircraft. (Image: Lilium)

FlightSafety International (FSI) is to provide training devices to prepare pilots to fly the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft. In addition to providing immersive, mixed-reality simulators, the flight training group will develop a preliminary simulator representative of the single-pilot vehicle’s cockpit to be used by Lilium’s engineers for development work.

Under an agreement announced on May 11, the so-called eSim device (‘e’ stands for engineering) will be installed in Lilium’s ground-based aircraft systems integration laboratory to support efforts to test and certify the all-electric Lilium Jet. The equipment will help to familiarize the eVTOL developer’s pilots before they start flight testing a full-scale prototype of the Lilium Jet in 2024, and will also be used to verify aspects of the aircraft’s performance to ensure compliance with type certification requirements.