The Royal Malaysian Air Force selected Thales, a French multinational company that provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets to deliver an FNPT II (Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer) simulator for the purposes of initial pilot training. The simulator, delivered to the company Gading Kasturi, has been in operation since December. This is the first flight simulation agreement won by Thales in the Malaysian market.
Apart from reducing costs and limiting the environmental impact, trainee pilots are now trained in procedures such as navigation, instrument flight and how to handle failures as well as different emergency procedures which cannot be accomplished easily on a real helicopter.
“Gading Kasturi has reinforced its training catalogue for pilots in the Royal Malaysian Air Force by offering access to this FNPT II simulator supplied by Thales. Thales was perfectly in tune with our needs and we hope that this successful venture will lead to more opportunities to expand pilot training in Malaysia.” says official Major (R) Mohd Nazri Nazarudin, Gading Kasturi.
The visual database provided with the simulator is tailored to training needs within the Malaysian environment. Flight training, provided by the Malaysian company Gading Kasturi, takes place at the Royal Air Force College in Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah state in Peninsular Malaysia.
