Sporty’s and Frasca Partner on Sim Training

Bethany Whitfield

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 at 11:24 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Sporty's and Frasca Sim have partnered to provide student pilots with an enhanced, more cost-effective, and efficient flight training experience.
As part of this collaboration, Sporty's Academy is adding a Frasca Mentor flight simulator, designed to mimic a G1000-equipped Cessna 172, to its training resources.
The partnership will also develop new training materials and courses for Frasca simulators, initially focusing on challenging areas such as standard maneuvers and cross-country flying.

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Sporty’s and Frasca Sim are teaming up to offer student pilots an enhanced, more cost effective experience, both companies recently announced.

With the move, Sporty’s Academy is adding a Frasca Mentor flight simulator to its repertoire of training tools. The sim, designed to mimic the G1000-equipped Cessna 172 cockpit, comes equipped with access to over 20,000 runways and other visual waypoints throughout the world, as well as terrain awareness and synthetic ATC. Additionally, the Frasca Mentor provides satellite visuals of the 150-mile area surrounding Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport (KI69).