In November 2016 the team at 19-01, under the guidance of Renato Sacchetti, began the development of the specifications and creation for the first Full Flight Simulator, level D, for the Canadair - CL415 water bomber. This project has a high degree of complexity needing to address the issues around amphibian simulation, fire simulation and flight envelope. Todate no other key player on the market has been able to achieve this despite the fact that the original aircraft dates back to the 1960’s. The vision for this project started back in 2012 when the founder felt the need to solve the issue of the high accident rates that occured during training - under live conditions - of the pilots. The team hired a CL415 from the Italian government and by locating all the necessary sensors on the aircraft were able to collect all the needed data to define the technical specifications. The start for the creation of the new simulator was thus born.
Initial development Full Flight Simulator
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This year 19-01 holding will be present with its staff at the AFF Europe 2025 event. Come and visit us at stand 607 to get more information about the WF-X project
Persico and 19-01 Join Forces on the WF-X Project to Pioneer Advanced Composite Solutions for Large Amphibian Aircraft
19-01 Holding and CIRA are pleased to announce that they are working together to define the implementation agreements to cooperate on the development of the WF-X aircraft through close collaboration in research and testing, combining the unique know-how in the world of aerial firefighting and the experience in aircraft design and certification of the 19-01 Holding team with the best CIRA's expertise in the development of technological demonstrators for testing on the ground and in flight in order to complement modeling, simulation and validation capabilities, in the development of research projects in synergy with the national scientific and entrepreneurial community and in the strengthening of the collaboration network with other national, European and international research centers, to contribute to the research and development of the modern WF-X multi-role amphibious aircraft, which will form the backbone of the future fight against forest fires.