Bristow
“The simulator is ideal, allowing the instructor/examiner to observe and test from the
instructor station.”
Challenge: Founded in 1955, Bristow today operates 345 aircraft supporting offshore
O&G in Europe, Russia, and North, Central, and South America. Specifically, in the often
unforgiving North Sea, Bristow provides O&G support in addition to 24‐hour,
all‐weather day/night search and rescue (SAR) for the UK government and the
Norwegian O&G industry. The company sought superior simulator technology to ensure
pilots received realistic, multi‐sensory training preparing them to maintain safe flight
operations no matter what the North Sea throws at them.
Solution: Frasca developed three custom high fidelity flight simulators that not only
meet Bristow’s certification and training objectives, but proved to be extremely reliable
and easy to maintain, with reliability exceeding 98 percent.