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On Monday, ATP Flight School announced a purchase of 20 Frasca flight sims. The FAA-approved advanced aircraft training devices (AATDs), valued at about $6 million, will be utilized in ATP’s Airline Career Pilot Program.  The additional simulators will bring ATP’s fleet of flight training devices to 150 across 70 training locations. The first AATDs are […]

United Airlines’ flight school, United Aviate Academy, announced Tuesday that it will use Frasca simulators in its training program.  Seven simulators have been ordered:  Five single-engine Cirrus SR20 AATDs Two multiengine Piper Seminole AATDs  Five of the simulators will be equipped with 220-degree wraparound visual displays.  Bryan Quigley, senior vice president for United Airlines Flight […]

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 […]

Epic Flight Academy has trained thousands of pilots who have gone on to careers at more than 300 airlines worldwide, according to the company. And they pride themselves on being able to move students from around the world through a training course in the most efficient way. So it makes sense that Epic would look […]

Cockpits make terrible classrooms. They are expensive, loud, quick to produce sensory overload, and there is always the potential for the “classroom” to collide with something else—such as another “classroom.” If you are looking for a less expensive, more productive path to learning to fly, consider utilizing an aviation training device, commonly referred to as […]

When Kirby and Teresa Ortega retired from Textron Aviation—after a combined 66 years with the company and its predecessor, the Cessna Aircraft Company—they knew that they were far from through with general aviation and flight training. The pilots wanted to develop their own path in teaching folks to fly based on those decades of experience, […]

Owners of the recently certified Daher TBM 930 can now benefit from simulator training after Simcom achieved FAA approval for a high-fidelity flight training device (FTD) for the single-engine turboprop. While it is not a full level-D simulator, the Frasca FTD provides a highly realistic flight training environment and qualifies for insurance requirements. Daher provided […]