AS365 N3 Dauphin helicopter certified to Level D
Posted by- Neelam Mathews Jan 12, 2012 The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), joint venture owned equally by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, today announced its simulator cockpit for the Eurocopter AS365 N3 Dauphin helicopter has been certified to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators by India’s Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) as well as the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). HATSOFF three simulator cockpits – a Bell 412, a HAL civil/conventional Dhruv, and the Eurocopter AS365 N3 Dauphin – have been certified as Level 2 (JAR)/Level 6 (FAA) flight training devices (FTDs) when used as fixed-base, non-motion simulators in the docking station installed at HATSOFF. HATSOFF uses a CAE-built full-mission simulator “mothership” that features CAE's revolutionary roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, which enables cockpits representing various helicopter types to be used in the full-mission simulator. When one co...