Why a convenience store owner spent $ 100,000 to install a high-end FLIGHT SIMULATOR in his store – these are the VERY baffled reactions of his customers
- Sydney Convenience Store Owner Spent $ 100,000 to Install Flight Simulator
- Ahmed Nasreldeen is an aeronautical electronics engineer of Egyptian origin
- He moved to Australia in 2018 and bought the EzyMart store on Elizabeth Street
- Mr. Nasreldeen bought 2,000 pieces and built a full-scale simulator himself
A Sydney convenience store owner spent $ 100,000 to convert his downtown store into a fully operational flight simulator that he hopes pilots can use for training.
Ahmed Nasreldeen, an aeronautical electronics engineer, left Egypt for Australia with his family in 2018 and purchased an EzyMart franchise on Elizabeth Street, in the heart of the city’s CBD.
Over the next three years, he began purchasing the 2,000 parts needed to build a full-scale Airbus A320 cockpit and, with permission from the Proximity chain, to build the simulator at the back of his store.
“I’ve had people come by and say ‘what the f ** k’ and ‘wow, what is a flight simulator? “” Mr Nasreldeen told Daily Mail Australia.
“A woman even asked if it was a spaceship.”
Ahmed Nasreldeen, an aeronautical electronics engineer, left Egypt for Australia and spent $ 100,000 to build a flight simulator at his EzyMart store.
Mr Nasreldeen said he built the entire simulator in his garage in three months before taking it apart and reassembling it in the Elizabeth Street store.
Mr Nasreldeen said he built the entire simulator in his garage in three months before taking it apart and reassembling it in the Elizabeth Street store.
“It took too much work. There were about 2000 pieces. I did it myself with my wife and kids in our garage, â€he told Daily Mail Australia.
“It was a very difficult time. It takes network, computers, and visuals to make it all work.
Mr Nasreldeen first moved to Australia with his family on a student visa and was unable to work as an aeronautical engineer under the rights of his citizenship.
He said he should have transferred his Egyptian license to a European license before transferring it back to Australia, a process that would take up to three years.
The simulator mirrors the cockpit of an Airbus A320, the second best-selling airline ever made, even overtaking the Boeing 737.
It serves domestic and international flights around the world, used by airlines like American Airlines and EasyJet.
The simulator mirrors the cockpit of an Airbus A320, a type of aircraft used by major airlines to serve domestic and international routes
Mr. Nasreldeen’s simulator can be used to create real world scenarios to train pilots and also increase user experience.
“We can control the weather, we can control everything,†he told Daily Mail Australia.
“The navigation screen shows everything, airports, altitude. “
It completed construction of the simulator the day before Sydney’s three-month lockdown began in late June, but now offers sessions to clients three days a week.
There are four types of sessions ranging from “social media enthusiasts†to pilots looking to hone their skills in specific scenarios.
Mr Nasreldeen said that while working in an EzyMart is a joker of his role with Egypt Air, he is happy to leave behind the responsibilities that come with keeping passengers alive.
“It was a great career but I decided to do this,†he said.
“The stress of signing over 300 lives. As an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, you sign these lives every time you check an aircraft. There is a lot of stress.
People can make reservations through the Sydney Flight Simulator Adrenaline and Groupon website or booking sites.
Mr Nasreldeen said that when working in an EzyMart was a farce of his role with Egypt Air, he was happy to leave behind the responsibilities that come with keeping passengers alive.
