Sunrise Aviation Graduates Students Proficient In Glass-Cockpits

March 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Ormond Beach, Florida – Sunrise Aviation, a flight school and airport business at the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, announced today that the first two students have graduated from their Cirrus Glass-Cockpit Transition program for Professional Pilots.  Meshal Alemran and Haron Barnawi, both from Saudi Arabia, completed the 7 month, 270 flight hour course this month.  The two students flew 20 hours in the Cirrus aircraft, split between a simulator and the airplane.  They now return to their home country and will apply for first officer positions at Saudi Arabian Airlines.  While pilot hiring has subsided in much of the world, substantial hiring continues in Saudi Arabia and other gulf coast countries.

Sunrise Aviation utilizes the Cirrus SR-20 for their glass-cockpit transition course.  The Cirrus SR-20 combines speed, comfort, and safety with advanced avionics.  In addition to two large flight displays that include GPS and WAAS navigation, the Cirrus SR-20 has an autopilot, flight director, traffic avoidance, and inflight weather depiction capabilities.  The simulator used for the course is manufactured by Aerosim Technologies, Inc. and replicates both the avionics and flight characteristics of the Cirrus airplane.    The simulator includes a visual system that simulates day, night, VFR and instrument meteorological conditions.  The FAA classifies the simulator as an AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device).

Sunrise Aviation, Inc. has several Professional Pilot courses designed for international students seeking airline pilot careers all over the world.  Today, students from as far away as Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Czech Republic), Western Europe (UK, Spain and Portugal), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Jordan), and Asia (India, Malaysia and Indonesia) come to Sunrise Aviation to become commercial pilots.

Domestic students also find a variety of individual pilot courses and packages at Sunrise Aviation suitable for students training to be professional pilots or those just trying to have some fun or seeking private pilot certification.  Some of the newest courses offered at Sunrise Aviation not only focus on learning the latest avionics but also provide additional experience for pilots seeking to prepare themselves better for an airline pilot career.  There currently is active legislation in Congress requiring first officers not only to have a minimum of 800 flight hours but also demanding that some of that experience be in an airline or crew-type environment.  Sunrise Aviation already offers time building courses, type ratings, flight instructor experience, and even programs providing 100 or more hours of experience in an airline-type aircraft and environment.

Sunrise Aviation owns 38 aircraft utilized for rental and flight training.  The newest addition to Sunrise Aviation’s fleet is the Cessna 172 SP Nav III with Garmin G-1000 (glass-cockpit) avionics.

Sunrise Aviation was founded in 1983.  They provide maintenance, parts, flight training, fuel and additional services to local and transient pilots and aircraft owners at Ormond Beach Municipal Airport.  They recently announced expansion plans including adding additional fuel services and a new hangar/office complex.

http://www.flysunriseaviation.com

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