Frasca International has received
orders for four new Mentor devices. Two of the devices have been
delivered, one to Garmin, the manufacturer of G1000 integrated
avionics and one to Avidyne, makers of Entegra integrated avionics.
Additional devices will go to Vectair, a charter service operating
out of Tunica Airport in MS and Utah Valley State College, Orem.
Several additional Mentor sales are in negotiation.
The Mentor which was launched by Frasca earlier this year, is a
simulator capable of training pilots to fly integrated avionics
systems such as the new Garmin G1000 or Avidyne’s Entegra as
well as conventional instrumentation without investing in more
advanced FTDs. While compact in size, the Mentor is a high quality
simulator with an extensive features list and uses much of the same
technology as Frasca’s higher level FTDs and FFSs.
According to John Frasca, Vice President of Frasca
International, “We developed the Mentor as a Part Task
Trainer to support the new generation of integrated avionics such
as the Garmin G1000. We felt that a part task trainer could
be of value to the training industry. As the project matured
it became apparent that the Mentor was a very capable Flight
Simulator. We now see that the Mentor can fill a wide range
of training requirements and as result are extending the Mentor
product line to include conventional instrumentation. “
For smaller schools, the Mentor can serve as the schools only
simulator and will provide high quality simulation for flight
training. Larger schools will find the Mentor performs best
as Part Task Trainer complimenting Frasca's TruFlite and Level 6
Flight Training devices. Such schools would use a mix of
devices, Mentors for navigation training, the TruFlite for aircraft
familiarization, VFR training, and more, and Level 6 FTD's which
allow schools to expand simulator credit under part 142.
The Frasca Mentor includes an FAA approved flight data package,
Jeppeson Nav data, full size flight controls including rudder
pedals and brakes, conventional instrumentation or Avidyne Entegra
or Garmin G1000, Graphical Instructors Station (GISt),
multi-channel sound simulation, and TruVision visual system.
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 2000 devices to some 70
countries since the companies founding in 1958.