HOW IS A PILOT TRAINED TO BE FULLY QUALIFIED?

2016-06-01CuiXiaowen,Yishan

空中之家 2016年9期

探访雏鹰展翅之地

As selects the visual landscapes of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, and immediately the scenes of the simulator windows shifts to views of the chosen airport.将飞机的地景设置为广州白云机场后，舷窗就显示成白云机场的高仿真模拟场景，仿佛来到真实飞机驾驶舱里。

On August 11th and 12th, 2016, China Southern Airlines held its 3rd open day, inviting the media to visit its largest Asian simulated fl ight training base, Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited, and its subsidiaries including MTU Maintenance Zhuhai and Zhuhai Helicopter Company. On the open day, members of the media got the chance to learn about the core sessions of the aviation industry—mysterious pilot training and engine maintenance.

8月11日至12日，南航再次举行公众开放日，向媒体首度开放了南航位于珠海的亚洲最大的模拟飞行训练基地——珠海翔翼，以及珠海摩天宇、珠海直升机分公司，深入介绍了最具神秘感的飞行员培训、发动机维修等航空业最核心技术环节。这是南航在2016年举办的第三次开放日，进一步密切航空公司与社会公众之间的关系。

Text & photos by Cui Xiaowen Translations by Yishan

Visiting Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited, two rows of fl ight simulators will jump into your sight when you walk into the training center. These simulators allow trainees to feel acceleration from different directions whilst in the simulator. Among them, a more than ten-milliondollar-valued Boeing 787 full fl ight simulator can offer you 'almost-the-same' experience as fl ying the actual aircraft—the layout of cockpit, the fl ight controls, even the view out of the window are the same.

As the training base of China Southern Airlines, Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited has received and trained all of China Southern's newly recruited pilot cadets who are required to receive an examination certifi cate afte r completing the center's fl ight training courses. In 2015, the training center witnessed 18 thousand trai nees conducting 130,000 simulator fl ight hours.

“Pilot training is really a foundation project,” said one staff from the training session. “We ensure every trainee from this Zhuhai facility is fully qualifi ed as a pilot.”

One journalist attendee said, “We learnt more about the state-of-the-art technologies, rigorous training, and careful maintenance behind the aviation industry via these varied activities during the open day.”

The 3rd open day of China Southern Airlines has successfully established closer connections between the civil aviation industry and the public.