Cargolux today announced that the worlds first full-flight Simulator (FFS) for the new Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft is ready for training at the companys training center in Luxembourg. Built by Canada-based CAE, the FFS received Interim Level C qualification from the Direction de lAviation Civile (DAC) on 30 April 2012, Luxembourgs national aviation authority, after the successful evaluation by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA), the German counterpart of the DAC. After Cargolux introduced the industrys first Boeing 747-400 freighter FFS in February 2000, also developed by CAE, history is repeating itself with the new Boeing 747-8 freighter FFS, which is the second FFS to be operated by Cargolux.
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