Thank you for providing me with instructional time in your new Frasca Simulator.
I had a most productive instructional session thanks to the efficiencies of simulator training. Your Frasca 142 as it is equipped with the latest GPS units, allowed me to learn more about the Garmin 430 in 15-minutes of sim-time than I would have picked-up after hours of airplane-time. I was impressed with the state-of-the-art simulations that are now possible. My instructor was able to quite effectively set up and simulate all approaches from ILS to GPS, have me fly to minimums, break out of the clouds, and then instantly reposition the flight for another approach. While we operated the flight as a twin, with engine failures and all, my instructor demonstrated how the 142 can be quickly converted to a single engine airplane along with single engine airspeeds and performance.
Great machine and great training! Thanks again.
Regards,
E. Allan Englehardt Federal Aviation Administration
Flight Standards Service
Designated Pilot Examiner
We want to thank Dave Rosebraugh for those hours in the simulator. That was truly a new experience. Some of us cut our teeth on the ancient link trainer, and wonder now how we could have learned anything in that old link. I guess that’s why we used to do our best to avoid IFR.
Better trainers came along over the years, but this Frasca 142 goes beyond being a trainer. It really is simulation, giving one training and realistic experience. Where else could you find a fuel truck on the runway just as you line up to depart, have your altitude gyro tumble, or virtually break thru a stratus ceiling in conditions of 300 ft. & 1/2 mile. It is as close to actual as you can get and not break your neck if you failed to pay attention or do it right.
We are recommending to our friends that even if they are not going for a rating, the experience you get in this simulator may be just what is needed to show you what can happen if you’re not alert or you think you can beat the weather.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Jim Schultz – President EAA Chapter 15, Inc.
Visual Display in King Air Simulator
Just a note to thank you for the GNS 430-530 training course; it’s one of the best training investments I have made. I now have much more confidence using the navigator in both VMC and IMC conditions.
Your instructor was professional and kind. I felt at ease during the ground lessons as well as in the simulator. Not only did we cover all aspects of the Garmin, I was able to practice GPS techniques in the simulator which I would never try to figure out in the murk.
I have recommended this course to others and look forward to the future training endeavors with GLASS.
