Elevating Pilot Training Amidst Aircraft Shortages: Frasca RTD Leads the Way
As the demand for pilots continues to surge, flight schools find themselves in a predicament. In addition, within the coming decade, more than a quarter of the current commercial pilot workforce will approach mandatory retirement age, intensifying the need for efficient and effective pilot training solutions. (more…)
Customer Spotlight: ATP FLIGHT SCHOOL
The longstanding partnership between Frasca, a FlightSafety International company, and ATP Flight Schools spanning 20 years stands as a testament to Frasca’s ability to forge long-term relationships, provide exceptional products, and deliver unparalleled customer service. (more…)
- Published in Blog, Fixed Wing
Frasca Strengthens Ties with PTDI Through Delivery of H225M Level D Simulator
Indonesia’s aerospace industry is growing, and Frasca, a FlightSafety International company, is playing a key role in supporting its development with the recent completion of Factory Acceptance of a Level D H225M Helicopter Full Flight Simulator (FFS) as part of PT Dirgantara Indonesia’s (PTDI) collaboration with Frasca to deliver a Level D H225M Helicopter FFS to the Indonesian Air Force (IDAF). (more…)
- Published in Blog, Helicopter
Frasca’s Expertise Brings Navy TH-73A Training Technology to Market Earlier Than Expected
Frasca, a FlightSafety International company, delivered groundbreaking technology to the U.S. Navy nearly three years ahead of expectations, producing a more efficient and cost-effective training system for the U.S. Navy’s next generation rotary wing training program. (more…)
- Published in Blog, Helicopter, Military
NAS Whiting Field team leads first-of-its-kind TH-73A simulator development
MILTON, Florida (May 17, 2023) — Since 2021, Department of Defense personnel and contractors at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, have worked to design TH-73A Part Task Trainers (PTT) and Desktop Avionics Trainers (DAT) in an effort to modernize the installation’s pilot training program to reflect aviation assets in the current Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard inventory. (more…)
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Republic Airways LIFT Academy orders FRASCA RTDs
Agreement covers initial order of 8 FRASCA Reconfigurable Training Devices
URBANA, IL (April 18, 2023) – FRASCA, a world leader in design and manufacture of flight training devices, has been selected by Republic Airways Leadership in Flight Training (LIFT) Academy to provide creative solutions to address the airline pilot shortage. To that purpose, LIFT Academy has placed an initial order of eight FRASCA Reconfigurable Training Devices (RTDs). (more…)
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United Airlines invests in FRASCA simulators for new flight school
By 2030, United Airlines plans to hire at least 10,000 pilots to both fill retirement vacancies and to fly its additional 500+ new aircraft expected to be online by that date. A bold plan like this requires bold execution. United opened United Aviate Academy (UAA) in December 2021 with the goal of training half of those needed pilots at a rate of 500 a year to maintain a strong pipeline of qualified aviators for years to come. United is the only major U.S. airline to own a flight training school. (more…)
- Published in Blog, Fixed Wing
Frasca’s RTD is the Only Value-Priced AATD Licensed for The Garmin G1000
The law of primacy states how we first learn to perform a skill will be the way we best remember how to execute that skill, regardless of whether what we learned was correct or not. It is hard to unlearn what we were first taught and relearn how to perform a skill a new way. For flight instruction, it is imperative we teach and learn skills properly and completely the first time to avoid mistakes in the flight deck. (more…)
Scenario-Based Training: Leveraging Simulators to Maximize Helicopter Safety
Despite affordable rotorcraft simulator solutions on the market today, many helicopter pilots learn to fly exclusively in the helicopter. However, for obvious safety reasons, aircraft-only training does not allow for realistic simulated emergencies. Instead, pilots simulate emergency procedures in the aircraft by talking through the steps and touching switches rather than actuating them. They are also not experiencing or seeing realistic cues present in a true emergency. Unfortunately, when an emergency occurs, the transfer of knowledge to a real response does not fully transfer and accidents are not avoided. (more…)
- Published in Blog, Helicopter
Frasca FTD Deliveries to U.S. Navy On Time, Delivering 100% Training Availability
Frasca’s deliveries of the U.S. Navy’s Leonardo TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training System are on time with all eight contracted new flight training devices (FTDs) delivered, installed, and hard at work.
In April 2021, Frasca was named subcontractor for the Navy’s TH-73A Aircrew Training Services (ATS) contract. FlightSafety Defense won the contract award to provide Contractor Instructional Services (CIS) and availability on 18 Frasca-designed and manufactured Level 6 and Level 7 Flight Training Devices (FTDs). FlightSafety subcontracted with Frasca to install 8 new TH-73 FTDs and modify the 10 existing TH-57B/C FTDs to reflect the new Navy aircraft. (more…)