Phnom Penh, Cambodia-based Novation Academy has recently secured itself a versatile PI-1000 professional flight training device from Switzerland's Elite Simulation Solutions. Novation Academy is the first Approved Training Organisation (ATO) to offer Commercial Pilot (CPL) and Private Pilot (PPL) training in Phnom Penh. Situated in the central business district with modern facilities and outstanding resources, the company offers the opportunity to learn to fly in one of the most advanced flight training academies in southeast Asia.

Novation Academy was founded by CEO Kirill Bratchenko, an IT expert and aviation enthusiast who has been in Cambodia for 15 years, and by his head of training and chief flight instructor Eugene Zakharankau, who has 8,000 hours total flight time and 6,500 hours as a flight instructor. The company's mission is to become the best aviation academy in southeast Asia, and its aim is to train pilots of the future. It aims to gain international recognition and reach maximum compliance while training 75 to 100 students annually by 2025.

Bratchenko says: “We are very happy to use this simulator in our academy to provide a realistic flight experience without leaving the ground. As a new and the only ATO in Cambodia with a PI-1000 professional flight training device, we are looking forward to utilising these latest available technologies and practices in order to train future pilots.

“Our students will greatly benefit from our learning management software (LMS), technically advanced Tecnam P2006T and Magnus-Fusion-212 aircraft, and of course our new Elite simulator. The PI-1000 will shorten the study time and enable students to develop all the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to become a successful pilot.”

The PI-1000 is an FAA approved Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) with a versatile aircraft platform; singles and a twin, simple and complex aircraft can all be flown. Building on the success of Elite's round-gauge PI-135 basic ATD, the PI-1000 provides incredible training fidelity for glass cockpit users and comes with two pre-configured Elite computers to power the visual system and a G1000 avionics/instructor station, technical support and warranty from Elite.

“Elite is very pleased to be able to add newly established FTO Novation Academy to our list of esteemed customers. This is actually Elite's first sale to Cambodia, and I believe our versatile PI-1000 professional flight training device will be a valuable contribution to Novation Academy's long-term business success,“ says sales manager René Huddlestone.