Aerospace Industry Mourns Passing of Aviation Icon Rudy Frasca
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
May 12, 2020. Urbana, IL. The International Aerospace community mourns the passing of Flight Simulation icon and aviation enthusiast, Rudy Frasca. Frasca passed away on May 11, 2020 at the age of 89. He died of natural causes. Rudy was born on April 19, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He was one of six children of
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How to clean your Frasca flight simulator
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
This article provides some guidelines on cleaning and disinfecting simulators and simulator equipment. WARNING: ONLY solutions permitted to clean avionics screens, genuine or otherwise etc. should be used. Don’t spray cleaners directly onto the item. Don’t get moisture into any openings. Use caution when cleaning polycarbonate lenes covering the CGI (Computer Generated Instruments).
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Frasca’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
We sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Frasca International continues to be as productive as possible during this time. We’ve made many changes within our work environment for the safety of our employees. We want our customers to know that we are able to respond
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Global Medical Response to Acquire Two FRASCA Helicopter FTDs
Monday, 24 February 2020
The training devices will support training required for HEMS/HAA operations February 24, 2020. Urbana, IL. Global Medical Response, headquartered in Greenwood Village Colorado, has placed an order for two FRASCA Level 7 Helicopter Flight Training Devices (FTDs), which will support aviation training for two of its air medical operations. Guardian Flight will begin using the
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Life Flight Network Selects FRASCA for Bell 407GXi Simulator
Tuesday, 07 January 2020
Frasca International, Inc, has received an order for a Bell 407 GXi AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device) from Life Flight Network, LLC a HEMS provider based in Aurora, Oregon. Once installed, the Frasca AATD will be used for initial/new hire training, recurrent training, and mission training. The device will feature Frasca’s Simplicity™ software graphical user
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Helicopter Institute Adds FRASCA HTD
Monday, 23 December 2019
The Helicopter Institute, Fort Worth, TX has placed an order for a Frasca Bell 407 Helicopter Training Device (HTD). The HTD is an FAA qualified AATD and features Garmin G500H display, Simulated HeliSAS, Garmin GTN650 GPS,Frasca’s TruVision™ visual system with three channel HDTV visual display system and a Newport, OR Helicopter mission training visual database.
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Frasca RTDs Receive CASA Approval in Australia
Monday, 16 September 2019
September 16, 2019 Urbana, IL. Frasca International, Inc. has received Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approval on their RTD™ (Reconfigurable Training Device) as a category B synthetic trainer. Three FRASCA RTDs have been delivered to CAE for use at CAE Melbourne and CAE Tamworth training facilities in Australia. The three RTDs are reconfigurable between
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American Flyers – Training Pilots for 80 Years
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Adding on to their distinct training program is the use of simulators for flight training. American Flyers has been a leader in aviation advancement in the entirety of its 80 years, and was the first flight school to use simulators in training. In fact, they worked with Frasca International to help build the first simulator,
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Frasca sims part of ERAU’s fleet update
Thursday, 01 August 2019
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announced its plan to replace up to 60 of its existing aircraft fleet with new Cessna Skyhawks from Textron Aviation Inc. and four new Diamond DA42-VI aircrafts from Diamond Aircraft Industries. Frasca sims are part of ERAU’s fleet update to address pilot shortage. Embry-Riddle to replace at least 60 flight-training aircrafts Link
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