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systems in the aircraft. The FMFS and RCT can either be used
independently or be networked to offer a complete and realistic
mission training environment for the EH-101 pilots and sensor
operators. The NH Industries SH-90 crews at Luni, however, don’t
benefit from having a simulator on base and therefore have to use
one of NH Industries’ simulators.
Maristaeli Luni also operates a ‘helo-dunker’; a mock-up
helicopter cockpit and cabin suspended from a large steel girder
over a large swimming pool in the Survival Training Centre building.
The helo-dunker is used for underwater escape training and can be
plunged into the pool and flipped over into a variety of positions to
train crews to escape from a submerged helicopter in an unusual
orientation after an accident. Commander Rambelli is responsible
for the Survival Training Centre and he explained, “Once a year
pilots and crew need to go through the training course to stay
current on their survival capabilities. The two-day course consists