US college to set up flying institute in Haryana

New Delhi: US-based Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology is all set to start a new flying club in India, which will not only train pilots but will also offer courses in aeronautical engineering.
The college has already got the go-ahead from the foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) and the institute is likely to be set up in Haryana soon.
The initiative is a joint venture with Indo-Pacific Aviation and Kubase Aviation, along with Atul Punj of Punj Lloyd. The JV will establish a flying training college and aircraft maintenance engineers school. The institution will conduct flying training for commercial pilots license for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. It will also train both technicians and engineers for maintenance of the aircraft.
The school will, however, have to obtain locational licences and clearances from the Haryana government, Airports Authority of India and the director general of civil aviation (DGCA). The JV meets all the necessary FDI guidelines and has been supported both by the ministry of civil aviation.
Spartan has been training commercial pilots as well as engineers and technicians at the Spartan School of Aviation in US since 1928.
20/01/07 Gunjan Pradhan Sinha & G Ganapathy Subramaniam/Economic Times