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CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Douala

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Motto in English
  
One step ahead

Established
  
2008 (2008)

Campus
  
Douala

Colors
  
Blue, Grey

Type
  
Aviation school

Location
  
Douala, Cameroon

Founded
  
2008

Founders
  
Joseph Barla, Jean-Yves Kotto, Sabena Flight Academy

The CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Douala (formerly Sabena Flight Academy Africa) (CAE SFA-A) is an aviation school owned by Canadian group CAE (part of its CAE Global Academy) and located at Douala. It was the first civil aviation university in Cameroon.

Contents

Former subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy, the school trains airline pilots, flight attendants (preparation of the Certificat de formation à la sécurité) and flight dispatchers.

History

The school was created in 2008 by Joseph Barla, and Jean-Yves Kotto, as subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy, a Belgian school created in 1953. A few months later, following the absorption of Sabena Flight Academy by CAE, SFA-A become part of CAE Global Academy, renamed CAE Global Academy Douala.

Equipments

On its Douala campus, the school has three flight simulators : one FNPT2 calibrated like a Boeing 737-800, a second FNPT2 showing the Diamond DA42 and a FNPT1 dedicated to instrument flight rules training.

References

CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Douala Wikipedia