UND's Odegard School Acquires
Two Frasca Flight Training Devices
August 03, 2001
(Grand Forks, North Dakota) — The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace
Sciences at the University of North Dakota, after extensive evaluation of
available products on the market, has placed an order for two new Frasca Piper
Seminole Flight Training Devices (FTD's). The Seminole FTD's are modeled after
new Piper Seminole aircraft and include a Garmin Avionics Package with dual
Garmin 430 GPS. They will also feature a FVS-200TX visual system with 3-channel
projected display. The initial order, scheduled to arrive in December, is for
two units with an option for a third.
"The purchase of these simulators is a further indication of the Odegard
School's commitment to being the premier collegiate flight training school in
the world," said Dr. Bruce Smith, Dean of the Odegard School. "Frasca's
new-generation simulators are state-of-the-art and have the capability to
provide our students with a better real-world training environment."
Frasca International, based in Urbana, Illinois was founded in 1958 by Rudy
Frasca and has delivered over 1700 devices in some 70 countries worldwide.
Frasca International offers a comprehensive range of fixed-wing and rotary-wing
simulators, ranging from entry-level generic training devices to type-specific
FTD's and full flight simulators for general aviation, business, and transport
aircraft types. With such a wide product range, Frasca is known worldwide as the
"Comprehensive Source for Flight Simulation."
"We're proud to have been chosen to provide the Seminole FTDs to
UND," said John Frasca, Vice President of Frasca International, Inc.
"After delivering four Warrior FTDs to UND last year - along with dozens of
devices over the years - this contract shows UND's confidence in our stability
as a company and our ability to provide the best quality devices - on schedule
and within budget. We're looking forward to working with UND for years to
come."
UND Aerospace, which includes the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the
University of North Dakota and the UND Aerospace Foundation, is an international
leader in collegiate and contract aviation education and training services with
over 118 aircraft and facilities in Honolulu, Hawaii with Honolulu Community
College; Spokane, Washington with Spokane Falls Community College; Phoenix,
Arizona in conjunction with Chandler-Gilbert Community College; and Crookston,
Minnesota with the University of Minnesota in addition to its home-base in Grand
Forks, North Dakota. With more than 1,800 students from throughout the world,
the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences is the second largest college
at the University of North Dakota. Undergraduate and graduate programs leading
to a variety of rewarding careers in aerospace are offered through four
different academic departments: aviation, atmospheric sciences, computer science
and space studies. The UND Aerospace-training complex is the most
technologically advanced environment for aerospace education, training and
research in the world.
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