LifeFlight and Leonardo to open Leonardo‑authorized immersive training centre at Australia's Gold Coast

LifeFlight and Leonardo will establish a Leonardo‑authorized training centre at the LifeFlight Academy on Queensland’s Gold Coast, installing the only full‑suite Leonardo immersive simulation systems outside Italy. The facility will provide Leonardo‑authorized type and mission training using the OEM’s complete simulator suite.

Discovered 2026-03-10T18:08:07.102693-07:00 | 2026-03-10T18:08:07.102693-07:00

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  • Provides regional access to Leonardo’s full‑suite immersive simulators: the Gold Coast facility is the only installation of the OEM’s complete simulation stack outside Italy and will be a Leonardo‑authorized training centre.

  • Adds to growing in‑region simulator capacity, complementing recent advanced simulator deployments such as the CAE Boeing 777X unit in Singapore and industry moves to base pilot pipelines on simulators (see regional simulator deployments: [source:1fc39f37-474a-4843-a7e2-baea48e74070] and [source:c75d2958-efbf-4353-bcbe-6845ea8b9752]).

  • Strengthens Leonardo’s training and distributed‑simulation ecosystem, tying into its live‑virtual‑constructive training work with the M‑346 and broader training initiatives [source:47154f53-3cda-4857-b9b1-421db980ed61].

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rotorhub.com Australian Aviation Vertical Mag
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2026-03-10T18:08:07.102693-07:00
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