| For Immediate
Release
November 6, 2009
November 6, 2009 - Toronto Airways
Ltd. of Toronto, Canada has purchased
a full motion King Air C90 flight simulation device from Fidelity Flight
Simulation
of Pittsburgh, PA. The Fidelity simulator will be highly type specific
to the King Air C90, and include aircraft systems and instructor operations
customized for Toronto Airways’ training curriculum. The King Air
C90 simulator is the second simulation device purchased by Toronto Airways
from Fidelity Flight Simulation in its program to train Chinese flight
students, although Toronto Airways intends to offer King Air training
for other pilots throughout a wide area in Canada and the United States.
The Fidelity C90 simulation will be reconfigurable between standard instruments
and the Bendix King EFIS 40 Electronic Attitude Deviation Indicator and
Horizontal Situation Indicator. Dual WAAS-enabled Garmin 530 GPS units
will be installed, along with a replica Goodrich TCAS 791 traffic collision
avoidance system and Collins WXR 840 weather radar. Electric dynamic
control loading will accurately replicate flight control feedback depending
on the aerodynamic profile, and the external visual display includes a
customized Canadian topographical and airport database.
The simulator will be approved by Transport Canada at FTD Level 5. Transport
Canada FTD Level 5 supports the growing trend towards the Multi-Pilot’s
License (MPL) and is part of Toronto Airway’s efforts to achieve
Transport Canada “Approved Training Organization” (ATO) status.
Under ATO, Transport Canada would allow flight schools to adopt a performance-based
training curriculum driven by desired outcomes, as opposed to specifying
training methods and practices.
“It’s great to be working on the C90 simulator with Toronto
Airways, “ said Mark Limbach, Director of Business Development for
Fidelity Flight Simulation. “Toronto Airways is building a strong
reputation for training their Chinese students. We understand our Cessna
172 training device is being used 16 hours per day, and the C90 simulator
should be just as valuable in the turbine transition part of its program.”
Fidelity will work closely with Toronto Airways in an initial Instructional
System Design training task analysis. The task analysis will identify each
task to be trained on the simulator using a scenario-based training methodology,
and will become the basis for simulator design.
Toronto Airways Ltd. (www.torontoairways.com)
owns and operates the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ) just
north of the city. Toronto Airways
Ltd. operates Million Air Toronto as the FBO on the field for all private/commercial
aircraft movements, manages approximately 300,000 sq. ft. of office and
hangar space, and offers professional flight training services for flight
students from around the world. For more information, contact Toronto Airways
at 905.477.8100.
Fidelity Flight Simulation, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, offers
a wide range of flight simulators and training devices for defense, commercial,
business, and general aviation for both fixed wing aircraft and rotorcraft.
More information is available on Fidelity Flight Simulation at www.fidelityflight.com,
or by calling 412.321.3280.
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