Training
The training fleet isn’t a collection. Each aircraft and simulator provides a particular environment, used according to the goal of the session rather than in a fixed order.
In total, 24 aircraft and 5 simulators are dedicated to training, with every training aircraft fitted with Garmin G1000 glass avionics.
Three aircraft, three uses
The Cessna 172S is the most common aircraft in the fleet: basic flying, navigation, night flight and solo flights are all built on it.
The Diamond DA42 is the school’s twin-engine. It gives access to instrument flight, radio navigation and the skills required for multi-engine ratings.
The Mudry Cap 10 is reserved for UPRT training. Its airframe allows attitudes the other aircraft don’t: the aim is to recognise, prevent and recover from a loss of control — not to train for aerobatics.
Two families of simulators
The FNPT II ALSIM AL250 simulators are used for procedures, navigation and instrument flight, in both single- and multi-engine configurations. Their value is repetition: a sequence can be replayed and analysed with the instructor until the method becomes a reflex.
The Boeing 737 simulator is used during the APS MCC. It reproduces an airliner cockpit to work on crew coordination: it is not a real aircraft, and the APS MCC is not a type rating.
