As a result of a competitive request for proposals, Frasca International has been awarded a contract to build an EC135 T2 Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer (FNTP) by NAMSA (NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency) for the German Bundespolizei. The FNPT will be qualified as a JAR STD FNPT III-MCC. The FNPT will include a high fidelity EC 135 T2 cockpit equipped with EFIS, moving map display, and GPS. Other features include Frasca’s TruVision visual system with a wide field of view display system and a large real world database including the Bonn and Cologne area. The FNPT will also provide the pilot with realistic vibration cues by mounting the FNPT cockpit on an electric vibration platform. The FNPT will be installed in Sankt Augustin Germany.
Frasca has is currently building simulators for many helicopter types including Bell, Eurocopter, Robinson and others. Recent deliveries include EC-120 and several R22 simulators. Frasca was recently awarded a contract to provide Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, TX with several helicopter simulators in support of the Training Academy’s Project LoneStar initiative. The contract includes Level 6 Bell 429 and 407 Flight Training Devices (FTDs), six MentorH deployable units for the Bell 206 & 407, and technology upgrades of the Bell 407, Bell 207 and Bell 427 Frasca FTDs previously installed. Bell has also contracted for a 429 simulator.
Frasca International, Urbana, Illinois, manufactures flight training equipment for airlines, flight schools, universities and military organizations worldwide. Product range includes Flight Training Devices (FTDs), FNPT I, II and IIMCC devices, CPTs, Full Flight Simulators (FFS) and more for all aircraft types, fixed wing and rotary. Frasca has delivered over 1800 devices to some 70 countries since the companies founding in 1958.
For more information on Frasca equipment, contact Peggy Prichard pprichard@frasca.com or visit the Frasca website at: www.frasca.com
