Engineers to become private pilots   

中外航空企業將聯袂培訓私人飛行駕駛員

中航通用飛機有限責任公司與霍尼韋爾航空航天集團15日在珠海簽署“飛機私用駕駛員執照項目合作備忘錄”。為選定來自霍尼韋爾和中國航空工業集團的工程師們開展飛行培訓。培訓合格者將獲得中國民用航空局頒發的私人飛行駕駛執照。

Zhuhai (CNS) -- AVIC General Aircraft Corporation and Honeywell Aerospace Group signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday, vowing to train engineers to become private pilots.

Pilot courses will start in the first quarter of 2013, which will include ground theory and 60 hours of solo flight training.

The SR20 light aircraft from Cirrus Designs will be used for the training. Qualified engineers who pass the course will obtain a private pilot's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

We aim to help engineers understand how a pilot handles avionics from personal experience so they will be able to design more efficient, reliable, and secure avionic products, said Briand Greer, president of Honeywell Aerospace Asia-Pacific.