Fidelity Flight Simulation (booth 2045) has been awarded Federal Aviation Administration Flight Training Device Level 3 approval for its full-motion Eurocopter EC135 simulation device built for STAT MedEvac of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
The Fidelity EC135 is the first full-motion helicopter flight training device approved by the FAA, and the first approved FTD ever for a Eurocopter aircraft. Fidelity will now deploy the EC135 FTD for training STAT MedEvac’s 70 pilots over 16 locations throughout the north-eastern USA.
STAT MedEvac president, James Bothwell says: “This is another example where STAT MedEvac has implemented cutting-edge technology to lead the industry into a new era.”
Fidelity Flight Simulation director of marketing, Mark Limbach, says: “We are seeing a lot of interest in helicopter simulators. There’s been a strong push for helicopter safety at the same time that technology is really allowing us to provide much more cost-effective simulation devices.”
Fidelity is headquartered in Pittsburgh and manufactures a wide range of full-motion fixed-wing and rotorcraft flight-simulation devices.
Source: Flight Daily News
