Engineers to become private pilots   

中外航空企业将联袂培训私人飞行驾驶员

中航通用飞机有限责任公司与霍尼韦尔航空航天集团15日在珠海签署“飞机私用驾驶员执照项目合作备忘录”。为选定来自霍尼韦尔和中国航空工业集团的工程师们开展飞行培训。培训合格者将获得中国民用航空局颁发的私人飞行驾驶执照。

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.