Frasca International

Frasca International, Inc. designs and manufactures flight simulators, flight training devices and simulation components at 906 Airport Road in Urbana, Illinois. Founded in 1958 by Rudy Frasca, who built his first simulator in his garage after instructing on Link trainers in the US Navy and researching aviation psychology at the University of Illinois, the company is now led by John Frasca and is part of FlightSafety International. The site says more than 3,000 Frasca simulators have been delivered worldwide and that the company is ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Products

• Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATDs) for general aviation, flight schools and universities
• Flight Training Devices (FTDs), including FAA Level 5, 6 and 7 qualified devices
• Full Flight Simulators (FFS), approved to Level B and Level C
• Reconfigurable Training Device (RTD) and Helicopter Training Device (HTD)
• Jet transition devices (the site shows an E170 device)
• TruVision visual systems, motion cueing, graphical instructor stations and simulation components

Frasca has developed avionics interfaces for Garmin, Avidyne, Aspen, Rockwell Collins, Universal and others, and manufactures on site so that devices can be customized to a customer's requirements. Customers named on the site include Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, ATP Flight School (20 AATDs), United Airlines' flight school, Bristow, Air Evac Lifeteam, Legacy Flight Training (Piper M600) and Moody Aviation.

Cirrus

Frasca builds a complete range of flight training equipment for Cirrus aircraft. Its Cirrus SR22 product page lists devices available with Avidyne Entegra, R9 Advanced Avionics or Garmin Perspective avionics, with an S-TEC 55X or GFC 700 autopilot as appropriate, simulation of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), the TruVision visual system in 180 or 220 degree display configurations, and either an actual Cirrus cockpit or a type-specific fiberglass shell.

History

Milestones listed on the site include the move to electronic flight modelling, the first FFS delivered by Frasca (a Bell 412), delivery of 16 Level 6 FTDs to Embry-Riddle, the first Level 7 FTD with Frasca's motion cueing system, and joining forces with FlightSafety International. The Frasca family also keeps a collection of historic aircraft including a P-40, a Spitfire, a Wildcat and a T-34, several of which have been loaned to the EAA museum.

Contact

Email: info@frasca.com, sales@frasca.com
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