Tomorrow’s

Trainer       

There is a rapidly increasing demand for commercial pilots, with a forecast of double the current pilot numbers required by 2044. Existing training fleets are obsolescent unable to cope with the demands of the next two decades, creating a training crisis.

Legacy fleets are:

  • Too costly with inefficient design and technology

  • Too old with many dating back 50 years

  • Too small for 21st century people

  • Compromised because they were not designed as training aircraft

In addition to commercial demand, there is also a global military market seeking to replace aging training fleets. Air forces currently operate outdated and obsolete aircraft for initial air experience and elementary flight training. With aerobatic capability and large cockpits being key for today’s pilots, and no options currently available, they are forced to purchase larger, more expensive aircraft than required.

Flight Schools across both sectors need a fully capable, single-engine aircraft and will require new zero options.

The Swift

The Swift has been designed to deliver the training requirements of tomorrow, establishing itself as the heart of the modernised training system.

The advantages include:

  • Versatile airframe - designed for conventional (piston) and net zero (li-ion hydrogen hybrid) powertrains for multiple markets. The net zero option provides an early opportunity to achieve net zero targets before 2050

  • Low operating costs - critical for flight schools

  • Larger crew space - 21st century people are bigger

  • Enhanced safety - meeting today’s standards and providing an aircraft parachute

  • Ab-initio and aerobatic capability - UPRT and military requirements

  • Digitally integrated training system - enhancing training outcomes and reducing training costs