Tiruchirapalli, September 30: A pilot training institute will be established at the International Airport here soon, according to V K N Kannappan, promoter of the institute here today.
Airport Authority of India (AAI) had allotted 10,000 sq ft area in the airport premises for starting the academy by VKN Aviation Academy (VAA), he told PTI.
VAA had acquired a fleet of five Cessna aircraft from the US and appointed insturctors and other personnel for commissioning the academy, he said.
About 100 persons would be trained for an year in the academy in a batch, he said.
The four seater Cessna aircraft was capable of flying at a normal speed of 120 knots and it could scale at an attitude of about 13,500 ft above the ground level. Each pilot aspirant has to record minimum 200 flying hours during the training period, he said.
—PTI