Simulator Expectations

What You Should Bring

Our simulator uses headsets for communication with "ATC" and thus we encourage our clients to bring headsets that they find comfortable. It should be noted, however, that the simulator uses a standard 2 plug jack and does not have the single jack which many Bose headsets utilize in Cirrus aircraft. If you do not have a headset with 2 jack plugs, we can provide a set for you.

We encourage you to bring a kneeboard to utilize just as you would during a normal flight in your airplane. Should you have specialized checklists that differ from the Cirrus-issued version, please bring those as well. Any other gadgets that you find useful while flying may also come with you and we encourage clients to bring along anything they'd like to "try out" in a controlled situation. Please remember the sim is indoors and thus portable GPS units will not function.

Bring a light jacket. While it may be 100 degrees outside, our sim room is kept rather cool (around 70) to keep the computers from overheating.

We can provide Jeppesen charts printed via Jepp View for missions that take place outside of your normal operating area.

How It Works

Our usual day of training in the simulator is quite similar to the method used by corporate and airline sim training companies. When you first arrive for training, our instructor will discuss training objectives, methods, and key points prior to starting the sim session. Typically this discussion occupies the first 30 to 60 minutes of any session.

Once a thorough pre-brief is completed, the simulator session will begin. Typical sim sessions last from 1 to 2.5 hours.

After the first sim session is complete, a post-brief of about 30 minutes will be completed and then a break for lunch will occur. Clients utilizing our half-day rates will be complete at this point. Clients training for a full day will continue training after lunch with a similar schedule to the first half of the day.

Visitors and Observers

You are welcome to bring observers for your sim session. Pilots that wish to bring along a flying partner to practice a CRM style operation are invited to do so. Our sim room will only accommodate a maximum of two outside observers since space is limited for safety reasons.

Rates:

Simulator: $150.00 per hobbs hour

Instruction: $675.00 per day with our Cirrus Standardized Instructors.

Call us! (866) 557-1501 to book time in our simulator.

Las Vegas Location:

Our offices are located in Lone Mountain Aviation, the Cirrus Service Center of Las Vegas at the North Las Vegas airport (KVGT).

Drive in directions:

Our address is
2830 N. Rancho Drive
Suite B
Las Vegas, NV 89130

From McCarran International Airport (LAS):
Take the ramp toward I-215/Las Vegas/Henderson/I-15/Airport Exit. Merge onto Paradise Rd. Merge onto I-215 W/Bruce Woodbury Belt toward Las Vegas /Los Angeles/ Salt Lake City. Merge onto I-15 N via Exit 12A toward Las Vegas. Merge onto US-95 N via Exit 42A. Take the Rancho Drive exit, Exit 77, toward US-95 Business. Keep Right at the fork to go on N. Rancho Dr/NV-599 N/US-95 BR N/Tonopah Hwy. End at 2320 N. Rancho Dr. Total trip appx. 15.5 miles.

From the Las Vegas Strip:

Take I-15 N toward Salt Lake. Merge onto US-95 N via Exit 42A. Take the Rancho Drive exit, Exit 77, toward US-95 Business. Keep Right at the fork to go on N. Rancho Dr/NV-599 N/US-95 BR N/Tonopah Hwy. End at 2320 N. Ranch Dr. Total trip appx. 9.5 miles.

Click here for a map.

Fly in directions:

If you fly in to KVGT, please park your aircraft in the Transient Parking section (west side of the airport) and either walk northwest to Lone Mountain (about a half mile) or request a ride from the front desk at the main terminal (adjacent to the Transient Parking area). Clients that have scheduled work to be done on their aircraft may park at Lone Mountain Aviation.

Please see this link for an airport diagram. Parking is by the Terminal (noted on the chart). Lone Mountain is by the Civil Air Patrol.

Many of our clients like to schedule work with Lone Mountain Aviation while in town to work with us. Please contact them at (702) 309-2200 for scheduling. Also see their website for more info: www.lonemountainaviation.com