RP’s first flight simulation school now in Clark
By Mark Louie P. Roxas, MT Central Luzon Bureau
CLARK ZONE: A multimillion-dollar flight simulation and training institute, the first of its kind in the Philippines, is being set up at the Clark Polytechnic Foundation Inc. here for would-be commercial airline pilots.
Antonio R. Ng, Clark Development Corp. president, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Eduardo Dayot, International Aviation Group Development Corp. director, for the project.
Clark Development’s marketing department said that the aviation group has initially invested about $350,000, or P19.6 million, to build the flight simulation facilities at the foundation.
Benedict Rivera, Clark Development marketing officer, said a simulation and training project would bring in four flight simulators, costing about $12 million to $16 million each.
A flight simulator is a system that replicates the experience of flying an airplane as closely and realistically as possible.
The largest types of flight simulator are full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic (or electromechanical) actuators, controlled by latest computer technology.
Flight simulators are extensively used by the aviation industry and the military for pilot training, disaster simulation and aircraft development.
In the memorandum of agreement, the international aviation group will establish an Aviation Technical Institute to provide training for commercial airline pilots, engineers, cabin crew and other aviation-operations support staff.
Once the pilots become familiar with the operations of flight simulators, they will undergo a cockpit-procedure trainers. These fixed-base devices are replicas of aircraft used to train flight crews in normal and emergency procedures.
They also duplicate the atmospheric environment in which the aircraft will fly—simulating wind, temperature and turbulence.
CPTs will also simulate the sounds produced by the aircraft such as engine, landing gear and other sounds. Some may be equipped with visual systems.
Ng said the institute would be the first training school in the country using the modern techniques in flying commercial airlines through flight simulators
CLARK ZONE: A multimillion-dollar flight simulation and training institute, the first of its kind in the Philippines, is being set up at the Clark Polytechnic Foundation Inc. here for would-be commercial airline pilots.
Antonio R. Ng, Clark Development Corp. president, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Eduardo Dayot, International Aviation Group Development Corp. director, for the project.
Clark Development’s marketing department said that the aviation group has initially invested about $350,000, or P19.6 million, to build the flight simulation facilities at the foundation.
Benedict Rivera, Clark Development marketing officer, said a simulation and training project would bring in four flight simulators, costing about $12 million to $16 million each.
A flight simulator is a system that replicates the experience of flying an airplane as closely and realistically as possible.
The largest types of flight simulator are full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic (or electromechanical) actuators, controlled by latest computer technology.
Flight simulators are extensively used by the aviation industry and the military for pilot training, disaster simulation and aircraft development.
In the memorandum of agreement, the international aviation group will establish an Aviation Technical Institute to provide training for commercial airline pilots, engineers, cabin crew and other aviation-operations support staff.
Once the pilots become familiar with the operations of flight simulators, they will undergo a cockpit-procedure trainers. These fixed-base devices are replicas of aircraft used to train flight crews in normal and emergency procedures.
They also duplicate the atmospheric environment in which the aircraft will fly—simulating wind, temperature and turbulence.
CPTs will also simulate the sounds produced by the aircraft such as engine, landing gear and other sounds. Some may be equipped with visual systems.
Ng said the institute would be the first training school in the country using the modern techniques in flying commercial airlines through flight simulators
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