LOT Polish Airlines Dreamliner’s simulator in Budapest

After representatives of the media and tourism professionals, LOT’s modern state-of-the-art Boeing B787 Dreamliner’s simulator is presented to the general public on Wednesday. On this ground-based equipment, pilots can practice in completely realistic circumstances how to resolve critical in-flight situations, thereby also enhancing the safety of aviation.

The first crude simulators already appeared during World War 2 in military aviation, but they owe their current prevalence to the rise of computers. A flight simulator is a fully realistic cockpit installed on the ground used for training would-be pilots; and where active pilots also have to pass an examination every six months. With the spreading of simulators, airlines can save significant amounts, as the cost of operation of a computerized simulator on the ground for an hour is just a fragment of that of real flight in the air, and leaves a much smaller environmental footprint. State-of-the-art simulators are multi-million-dollar equipment; they stand on hydraulic legs and can simulate, up to a limit, vibrations of aircraft as well as various impacts and loads.

LOT Polish Airlines brought its simulator of their most modern aircraft the Boeing 787 Dreamliner which is presented to the public in Budapest by American and Hungarian experts.

On a weekly basis, LOT’s modern state-of-the-art B787 Dreamliners are flying from Budapest to New York and Chicago. The simulator projects the computer-generated ‘landscape’ around the aircraft onto three huge color screens. The instrument panel with its color screens is identical with the actual instruments of the Boeing 787, and also gives the same responses. For licensed pilots, it is mandatory to pass an examination every six months in the simulator to demonstrate how they solve the most difficult situations in flight, including, for instance, landing in stormy weather and landing with a single engine. All this is intended to enhance the safety of aviation.

On flights from Budapest to Chicago and New York, LOT offers Hungarian experience onboard with access to the entertainment system in Hungarian language, traditional cuisine across all cabin classes as well as the local press and the selection of original wines for LOT Premium Economy and LOT Buisness class. To ensure the top quality service, those flights are operated by Hungarian crews.