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A Major Airline Training Program Talks About Its Successes Aero-TV crews visited the Delta Connection Academy as it unveiled its new 27,000-square foot hangar at Sanford International Airport in Florida, during a grand opening held to celebrate a capstone event in the Academy?s extensive renovation and expansion. The all-new hangar is central to Delta Connection Academy?s reputation as one of the premier professional flight training facilities in the world. The opening underscores a multi-year plan to take Delta Connection Academy to a new level of professionalism and competence. Delta Connection Academy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, operating a fleet of more than 115 aircraft, including a new fleet of 50 new Cirrus SR20 G2 aircraft and seven Level 6 AeroSim Technologies Flight Training Devices. The Academy has trained students from 90 different countries and has placed pilots with 30 airlines including (but not limited to) all Delta Connection carriers, American Eagle Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines and Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines. The new hangar debut is a major milestone in the school?s multi-year business plan that includes newly-renovated buildings, adding 50 all-new Cirrus SR20s (with an option for eight more) to the Academy?s 115 single-engine and twin-engine fleet, providing students with state-of-the art Level 6 AeroSim FTDs (Flight Training Devices), AATDs (Advanced Aircraft Training Devices) and modernized, scenario-based curricula. The Academy?s grand opening comes on the heels of several major advancements. This year, for example, the Academy instituted the world?s first flight academy-based high-altitude aircrew training that incorporates the physiological training associated with high altitude operations in combination with computer-based simulation training. Offered in conjunction with the Southern Aero Medical Institute, the high-altitude awareness training directly translates to safety for passengers, and is consequently another advantage for Academy graduates ent