HAL-CAE Helicopter simulator to add more military/civil cockpits

The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, has announced that its simulator cockpit for the civil/conventional variant of the Dhruv has been certified to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators, by India’s Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The civil/conventional Dhruv simulator cockpit has been integrated with the CAE-built full-mission simulator currently in operation at HATSOFF.
The simulator features CAE's revolutionary roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, which enables cockpits representing various helicopter types to be used in the simulator.
This is the world’s first-ever full-mission simulator for the HAL-built Dhruv helicopter.
“We are very proud of achieving Level D certification for the world’s first simulator representing the indigenously developed HAL Dhruv helicopter,” said Wg Cdr (Retd) Chandra Datt Upadhyay Vr.C., Chief Executive Officer of HATSOF.
09/06/11 Defeseworld.net

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jun 2011