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CAE Douala

Other name	CAE SFA-A
Type	Aviation school
Established	2008 (2008)
Founders	Joseph Barla, Jean-Yves Kotto, Sabena Flight Academy[1]
Location	Douala , Cameroon 4°2′50.95″N 9°42′22.95″E
Campus	Douala
Affiliations	CAE, IAAPS
Website	www.cae.com/becomeapilot

CAE Douala (formerly Sabena Flight Academy Africa) (CAE SFA-A) is an aviation school owned by Canadian group CAE^[2] (part of its CAE Global Academy), located at Douala, Cameroon. It was the first civil aviation university in the country.^[3]

Former subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy,^[4] the school trains airline pilots,^[5] flight attendants (preparation of the Certificat de formation à la sécurité) and flight dispatchers.^[6]

History

The school was created in 2008 by Joseph Barla, and Jean-Yves Kotto, as subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy,^[7] 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

References

1. (in French) Sabena Flight Academy Africa offre dès cette année des formations aux métiers de l’aviation civile Archived 2012-12-25 at archive.today
2. CAE Global Academy Douala Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. (in French) Agent technique d'exploitation : Le pilote au sol
4. SFA Africa Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
5. Sabena Flight Academy - Africa Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Sabena Flight Academy - Africa is a Flight School (Fixed Wing), Flight Attendant School, Flight Dispatcher in Douala". 2012-06-29. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
7. (in French) Sabena Flight Academy Africa Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website