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US-based Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has deployed new sophisticated motion-based full-flight simulators to provide training to students in its flight programmes, in line with new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) training requirements.

Students at the university’s Daytona Beach, Florida campus will be trained on a full-motion simulator, which is provided by FlightSafety International, at the campus’s Advanced Flight Simulation Center.

In addition, students at the Prescott, Arizona campus will receive training in full-motion simulators alongside airline crews in CAE’s Phoenix-based pilot training centre.

Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus College of Aviation dean Tim Brady said: "The addition of this simulator on campus will ensure that our graduates both meet industry needs and fulfil the FAA’s new requirements."

Embry-Riddle’s Prescott campus College of Aviation dean Gary Northam said: "We will continue to provide motion-based full-flight simulator training so that our students gain familiarity with jet controls, systems and operations and the mastery of advanced decision-making skills they will need as airline pilots."

"The addition of this simulator on campus will ensure that graduates both meet industry needs and fulfil the FAA’s new requirements."

Featuring a cockpit and instrumentation similar to a regional airliner, these simulators will allow students to safely train for real-time operations in difficult conditions such as adverse weather.

In addition, students will gain a substantial experience in a multi-crew environment.

In accordance to the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010, the pilots should have an Airline Transport Pilot licence, which requires completion of a training course and 1,500 hours of flight time, including cross-country, night and instrument flying.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University specialises in aviation and aerospace, offering more than 40 baccalaureate, masters and PhD degree programmes across its campuses.

Image: The simulators, which feature a cockpit and instrumentation similar to a regional airliner, will allow students to safely train for real-time operations in difficult conditions such as adverse weather. Photo: courtesy of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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