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CAE Savannah’s first Gulfstream full-flight simulator started operating in January.
Training provider CAE said June 20 that it has inaugurated its first Gulfstream-dedicated business aviation training facility for pilots and maintenance technicians, located near Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia.
The new training center can accommodate up to four full-flight simulators (FFS), the first of which—a Gulfstream G550 machine—started operating in January, CAE said. A second FFS for the Gulfstream G280 will be ready for training in July.
Simulators will employ CAE Rise, a training system that uses metrics-based insights and telemetry data to help instructors assess pilot competencies during training sessions. The center will use virtual reality technology in both theoretical and practical elements of the maintenance training program.
“The inauguration of the CAE Savannah training center is a significant milestone in terms of the advanced training and customer experience we offer to Gulfstream operators, making it more convenient than ever for their pilots and maintenance technicians to train with CAE,” CAE President and CEO Marc Parent said.
CAE now operates five centers dedicated to business aviation training in the U.S.—in Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, and Texas—as well as in Montreal, its headquarters. The company’s 2023 Aviation Talent Forecast projects a need for 32,000 additional bizav pilots and 74,000 business aircraft technicians by 2032.
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