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SP students from aeronautical engineering and aerospace electronics courses will get an authentic hands-on experience working with the Super Puma, a military-grade helicopter, from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) following an agreement inked on 23 Sep 2024 between SP and RSAF as SP officially received the helicopter.

The helicopter is equipped with updated technology for both mechanical and electronic aspects, giving students more practical training in aircraft aerodynamics and ground support equipment, among other subjects, as they explore its systems and learn from real-world aircraft maintenance.

The Super Puma is the second helicopter that SP has acquired to provide its students with hands-on experience. The first was the UH-1 Iroquois, a utility helicopter given to SP in Nov2010. It was used by over 13,800 students, mainly for training in aircraft maintenance, and has since been returned to the RSAF. The newer helicopter currently sits in SP’s Aero Hub, along with three other aircraft used by students over the years to learn from. These include the A-4SU Super Skyhawk fighter plane, which SP received in 2006 to allow students to get hands-on mechanical experience. This was followed by the Hawker 700A aircraft, a fully operational business jet that was bought in 2016, and the Beechcraft King Air B90, a turboprop utility aircraft bought in late-2016.