The Finnish Aviation Academy has contracted with Frasca International, Inc. for two Embraer Phenom Synthetic Training Devices (STDs) and an avionics trainer. The two STDs will meet the JAR FSTD Level 2 and FNPT II MCC requirements and will each include a 220 degree visual system, TruVision™ Global, manufactured by Frasca. The avionics trainer will be a desktop design featuring Embraer’s Prodigy Flight Deck.
All three devices will be installed at the Finnish Aviation Academy training facility in Pori, Finland. The first device is scheduled for delivery in late 2010. The Finnish Aviation Academy currently has several Frasca simulators in service including an EC-135 FNPT II helicopter device, four Bonanza STDs, a Mentor™ and a KingAir B300 FNTP II MCC.
“The Finnish Aviation Academy has been a customer of ours for over 20 years. During this time we have learned a lot about each other and as result we understand their expectations and they understand our capabilities. Frasca has benefited from the exacting demands of the Finnish Aviation Academy. These demands have pushed us into increasingly complicated levels of simulation as well as improving our product reliability and ease of use. Frasca is proud to have been selected by the Finnish Aviation Academy as the supplier of their Phenom FTD’s,” stated John Frasca, VP, Frasca International.
“Frasca has provided training devices for us since 1986. All these years Frasca has successfully followed the evolution of technology in synthetic training. The trainers have provided us with considerable training advantages enabling our students to achieve the required training levels within the planned training schedules. The quality of the trainers has made the transition into the aircraft smooth and has helped the students in this step into reality. The long and strong experience combined with innovative design and production gives us good value for the money and strong basis for future. We look forward to start our next step in training with Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft and Frasca simulators,” stated Juha Siivonen, Managing Director, Finnish Aviation Academy.
About The Finnish Aviation Academy
The Finnish Aviation Academy is a vocational special purpose school located in the City of Pori, Finland. The purpose of the school is to train professional pilots for the Finnish professional aviation’s needs. The training provided is vocational adult training. The Finnish Aviation Academy is jointly owned by Finnair, the national airline of Finland, the State of Finland and the City of Pori. The Finnish Aviation Academy training meets both the JAA and Finnish aviation regulations for pilot training. In addition to training new pilots, the Finnish Aviation Academy offers commercial services, such as the sale of training services and lease of its simulator and training devices for operators.
Russia will soon its their first Frasca simulators! Frasca has received an order for two Cessna 172 FNPT II devices for St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation (SPSUCA). The school will be the first to use Frasca devices in Russia. The order was facilitated through Jet Transfer SARL, the Cessna aircraft representative in Russia. The school has also ordered 12 Cessna 172S Skyhawk aircraft. The two STDs will be the first Frasca devices sold to and installed in Russia. They will feature Frasca’s newest technology including TruVision™ Global visual system, Graphical Instructor Station (GISt™), Electric Control Loading, Digital Sound and more. They will be outfitted with Jeppesen Navigational Database and Garmin G1000, GFC700 Autopilot, Garmin Audio panel, Garmin Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and more to simulate the C172 aircraft. They will be qualified as FNPT II STDs (Simulated Training Devices).
"Jet Transfer company is very proud that the Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation has selected the Cessna 172S aircraft and two Frasca FNPT II simulators to upgrade their flight training equipment. We are certain that having these new modern aircraft and simulators will make the University a leading pilot training center not only in Russia, but in Eastern Europe as well," commented Sergey Filatov, Aircraft Sales & Management, Jet Transfer.
“Frasca is thrilled to have Saint Petersburg State University as our first customer in Russia. We are looking forward to working with the University to provide the best flight training equipment to meet their needs,” said John Frasca, VP, Frasca International, Inc.
About Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation (SPSUCA)
SPSUCA is a federal, state-owned higher education institution in St. Petersburg whose history dates back to 1909. At any given time, there are about 7,500 students enrolled from 25 countries studying all areas of aviation.
Era Training Center LLC (Era Training Center) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Agusta Westland for the construction of two AW139 Flight Simulator Training Devices (FSTDs). The first FSTD will be installed at Era Training Center’s facility in 2011 and will meet the certification requirements defined by FAA Part 60, Level 6. AgustaWestland, as prime contractor, has partnered with Frasca International, Inc. (Frasca) to support the development and production of the FSTDs, with work being carried out at Frasca’s facilities in the USA and at Agusta Westland’s facilities in Sesto Calende, Italy.