Pilatus lists the PC-21’s design objectives as increased performance, enhanced maintainability, lower operating costs and added capability. Pilatus Photo What’s new in flight training?
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Added capabilities make the PC-21 unique, in that those capabilities include full spectrum mission-systems simulation embedded within the aircraft.
It’s a capability that is a game changer in the complex and expensive business of military pilot training. With the PC-21, Pilatus has blended the in-air and in-the-box experiences, creating a form of high fidelity, in-flight simulation. Modern technology allows training to be conducted on the ground in simulators, often to a high degree of fidelity but, as any pilot knows, simulators have their limitations, particularly in the realm of dynamic manoeuvring. Would we be flying or were we simulating? Well, both. At first, the experience was, frankly, a bit boggling. Pilatus Aircraft Limited invited Skies to its factory in Stans, Switzerland, to experience something new and innovative in military pilot training. It was all in a day’s work for the PC-21 Pilatus’ latest concept in pilot training. The entire engagement was an elaborate airborne simulation. There was something unusual about our air combat victory: there was no bogey, no radar, and no missile.
With its PC-21 military trainer, Pilatus has blended in-air and in-simulator experiences, creating a form of high fidelity, in-flight simulation. Selecting the radar to “Track” mode, a tone in our helmets confirmed that a radar-guided missile had locked on the target, and with a squeeze of the trigger we dispatched a lethal message about virtue and democracy. Our radar painted a bogey closing on us from about 20 miles. Estimated reading time 14 minutes, 41 seconds.
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