Air Kufrah Training Capabilities Enhanced.Summary: Eighteen months ago, Air Kufrah, launched its flight training programs as it showed to a selected number of guests its two Cessna 172s training aircraft acquired from the USA Eighteen months ago, Air Kufrah, launched its flight training programs as it showed to a selected number of guests its two Cessna 172s training aircraft acquired from the USA. Last week it had an additional hardware to show; an ALX ALX Alexandria (Egyptian automobile license plate) ALX America's Learning Exchange ALX Alienware Luxury Experience (Alienware Corp. simulator from ALSIM Flight Training Solutions. The unit acquired from ASLIM SIMULATEURS, France, is the latest addition to the Alsim range and recreates a jet environment: glass cockpit A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features electronic instrument displays. A relatively recent development, glass cockpits are highly sought-after upgrades from traditional cockpits. , dual FMS FMS - Flexible Manufacturing System (factory automation). , jet flight model, overhead panel housing complex systems and MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. . The unit has a two seat cockpit with an enclosed instructor station, and a wrap around of 270 degrees field view showing detailed airport environment. Captain Giuma Nassr, Air Kufrah General Manager said, ' Air Kufrah is the first flight training organisation to acquire this type of modern training device in North Africa'. He emphasised the complementary role of this unit to the already existing training aircraft and capabilities saying, "the aim is to train all pilot categories especially those who need refresher courses associated with their licences and a bridge training to upgrade from propeller driven to jet aircraft." Captain Nassr is enthusiastic about the success of Air Kufrah's new training venture. The optimism is stressed as he continued to say 'The set up offers immediate training at huge savings compared to training abroad. Several firms have expressed their intension in·ten·sion n. 1. The state or quality of being intense; intensity. 2. The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification. 3. Logic The sum of the attributes contained in a term. to use the facility and we expect immediate demand for the service we are now able to offer'. Air Kufrah is a Libyan private aviation company formed in 2004 and started ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. operations in 2005. It has begun pilot training since March 2008. Copyright UMCI News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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