Lombardo covers business aviation maintenance-related issues. He is also a writer and on-air reporter for AINtv. He has over 3000 articles published and is the author of several books on aircraft systems for pilots and on the topic of flight simulation.
He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of Illinois, has taught aviation for over 35 years in industry and as a university professor and academic dean at three different universities. He is also a frequent seminar and after-dinner motivational speaker.&nbsp;
Lombardo holds an A&amp;P Certificate, ATP, CFI and Ground Instructor ratings. He was a corporate pilot and was a research pilot and flight instructor at the University of Illinois. An FAA Safety Counselor for over 25 years, he was one of the original 13 Counselors appointed to the FAA’s Airworthiness Safety Program for maintenance technicians.&nbsp;

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David A. Lombardo

CAE has begun construction of a second training center in São Paulo, Brazil. It is near the city’s São Paulo Congonhas downtown airport and slated to enter service later this summer or early fall.


The current CAE training center at Guarulhos International Airport recently expanded its roster of simulator bays to 10 from six and offers training for the A320, A330, A340, 737NG and 777. CAE also recently introduced Sikorsky S-76 training.


Claude Lauzon, CAE’s vice president of strategy, told AIN that the company opted to build a new facility rather than add to Guarulhos to be closer to launch customer Tam Airlines. The two have a long-term training services agreement.


“Being on Congonhas Airport also puts us in proximity to business aviation,” he said. Plans call for the facility to provide pilot and maintenance training for the Airbus A320 and Embraer Phenom series, with six simulator bays. “If demand warrants, we are prepared to add a Boeing 737NG simulator,” he said.


CAE has more than 20 instructors in the existing center and is currently working on staffing the new facility.


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