The new facility will offer the full spectrum of helicopter training needs, from classroom and hands-on instruction to the two Thales Reality H Level D Full Flight Simulators for H145 and H175 helicopters. Expanding our capabilities with H145 and H175 Level D simulators will allow customers to optimize their training programs and benefit from the expertise that we can provide onsite at our headquarters in the U.S.Ĭhristopher Emerson, President, Airbus Helicopters Inc. With this expansion, we will be able to provide world class helicopter flight and maintenance training for our customers in one convenient location. It will host two Thales Reality H, Level D Full Flight Simulators for the H145, and H175, and will propose simulation training for light, light twin and medium aircraft types. The Helisim Training Centre will support training for AS350 and EC135/EC145. Helisim will open a training centre within the Airbus Helicopters Training Academy, in Grand Prairie, near Dallas, Texas. Plans call for adding an H160 simulator once the helicopter model is certified and production is under way.Īt an event hosted by Airbus Helicopters a the HAI Heliexpo show in Las Vegas today, Thales, Airbus and Helisim unveiled their strategic plans for the next chapter in their 18 year history.The Helisim Training Center will host two Thales Reality H, Level D Full Flight Simulators to train pilots on H145 and H175.

Helisim, a Thales and Airbus JV, Europe’s premier helicopter simulation center will open a new facility in Grand Prairie near Dallas Texas (USA).Helisim, Joint Venture between Airbus and Thales and Europe’s premier training center for Helicopter pilots, is staking its first claim on North American soil by announcing the creation of a new facility in the US.

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