FlightSafety

The new training devices are part of a plan to bring the company and its customers closer together.

FlightSafety International trains aviation professionals to stay sharp, fine tune, and always be ready for whatever happens in aviation. That’s true for the pilots in the air, as its training prepares them for anything, and helps master their aircraft. That training acumen is not limited to operators flying the aircraft. FlightSafety has trained the best […]

Two aviation simulation giants have joined forces as it was announced this week that Frasca International has been acquired by FlightSafety International. Frasca International, Inc., based in Urbana, Illinois,  makes flight training devices (FTDs) and full-motion simulators (FMS) for both fixed-wing and rotary wing airframes. The company builds Level B,C, and D Full Flight Simulators […]

In a Cessna Mustang jet, the approach into East Hampton, New York (KHTO), is an RNAV (GPS) affair. LPV guidance is provided to the Garmin G1000 primary flight display (PFD). It’s daytime, and the PFD lighting is almost garish in its vibrancy. Blues and greens of various shades represent the sky, the ground and the […]

This fireside chat recap is from FLYING’s “What’s Next in General Aviation” Virtual Event on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Here’s a look at how FlightSafety International and GE Digital are teaming up to create an unprecedented flight training program using data from real flights. DETAILS: FLYING’s Thom Patterson talks with D. Richard Meikle about the […]

As in-person attendance numbers for recurrent training decline because of the COVID-19 virus, companies such as FlightSafety International and Legacy Flight Training have transferred one of the most people-intensive portion of their courses—groundschool—to the internet. Legacy Flight Training is the exclusive authorized Piper training provider for the M600. FlightSafety International now provides the ground school […]

At the Women in Aviation Conference in 1993, a group of corporate pilots, dispatchers, technicians and other business aviation professionals gathered to swap stories and advice on professional development in their segment of the aviation industry. For more than 25 years, Women in Corporate Aviation has fulfilled that role—and delivered not only mentorship, but scholarships […]

FlightSafety International has named David Davenport the company’s sole CEO after the company executive assumed a co-CEO role last October following the death of longtime chairman, president and CEO Bruce Whitman. Davenport, who also remains president of FlightSafety, stepped in as co-CEO and president, Commercial, alongside Ray Johns, who was co-CEO and president, Government and […]

FlightSafety International has entered a joint venture with TRU Simulation + Training. The two high-end flight training providers have teamed up as FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training to provide services for operators of Textron Aviation’s Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker models. Using 89 simulators, FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training will provide training for 48 aircraft models, including Cessna […]

TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron-owned company, and FlightSafety International are forming a joint venture to provide training solutions for Textron Aviation’s line of business and general aviation aircraft. TRU and FlightSafety announced during the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, that they will combine their “assets and capabilities, including their simulators, courseware, and world-class teams, […]