Pipistrel has sold 15 Alpha trainer aircraft to a flight school in California, the company's largest-ever U.S. order. The flight school, WorldWide Wings, operates facilities in California and Florida that train pilots from all over the world, especially India. WWW director Naushad Imam said his flight school had been looking for a "suitable LSA ab-initio trainer" for quite a while. They leased a few airplanes from various manufacturers and tried them out in the training environment. "This provided a very good understanding of their suitability," said Imam. "Finding the right airplane which provided the flexibility of conducting all training seamlessly from end-to-end on a standardized platform was the key." All of the Alpha trainers will be IFR equipped.
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