| Cessna Aircraft
Company has awarded Fidelity Flight Simulation, Inc. a contract to provide flight
simulation devices and Garmin G1000 Kiosk trainers at its Independence, Kansas
single engine training facility. The agreement includes a total of nine training
devices, from type specific simulation devices for the Cessna Skylane 182 to patent-pending
portable training stations for the Garmin G1000 avionics system (below). 
Fidelity
Portable Garmin G1000 Trainer (patent pending)
Most
simulation devices will include the new Garmin GFC 700 Automatic Flight Control
(AFCS) and Flight Director (FD) system, including the capability to support Wide
Area Augmentation System (WAAS) approaches, Garmin SafeTaxi™, Garmin FliteCharts,
or Garmin ChartView powered by Jeppesen. The Garmin G1000 avionics suite with
the integrated GFC 700 autopilot is offered as standard equipment on all 2007
Skylane and Stationair models. This agreement will allow Cessna to conduct initial
and recurrent training for this highly integrated flight management system in
a safe, controlled environment. "This is much more than
just providing flight training devices for Cessna," claims Mark Limbach,
Director of Marketing for Fidelity Flight Simulation. "Fidelity is providing
a total training solution, including the ability to network simulation devices
for more effective training. I certainly don't know of any flight school anywhere
that will offer as much Garmin G1000 training capability." "We
feel these devices will greatly improve the training experience for our customers
by giving them invaluable hands-on training time," said Brandy Hearting,
Flight Training Supervisor at the Cessna Pilot Training Center. "The collaboration
between Cessna and Fidelity has not only benefited this department. The availability
of these units for purchase for our Cessna Pilot Center Network will improve G1000
training across the industry." Fidelity Flight Simulation,
Inc. is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA and manufacturers a complete line of fixed
wing and rotorcraft flight simulation devices. Fidelity pioneered the MOTUS®
flight simulation technology, allowing full motion, type specific flight simulation
to meet any training requirement.
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