{"id":12811,"date":"2019-05-14T01:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2019-05-14T01:54:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T01:54:40","slug":"oxfordsaudia-to-use-frasca-flight-training-devices-at-new-training-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/illinois\/oxfordsaudia-to-use-frasca-flight-training-devices-at-new-training-center\/%20","title":{"rendered":"OxfordSaudia to use FRASCA Flight Training Devices at New Training Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OxfordSaudia, a CAE Authorized Training Center has placed an\norder for two Level 5 Flight Training Devices (FTDs) from Frasca International,\nInc. The two FTDs will be configured as DA40NG and DA42-VI aircraft and will be\nlocated at Dammam International Airport in Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both FTDs will feature high fidelity cockpits including\nGarmin G1000 NXi, GFC 700 AP, Frasca&#8217;s TruVision Global visual system with\ncustom database featuring KFIA airport and 220 degree display system and Frasca&#8217;s\nSimplicity IOS with cab. The devices will be used for Ab Initio Flight Training\nin order to prepare pilots for the A320 or 737 Type training conducted by\nOxfordSaudia to complete the students readiness for an air carrier in Saudi\nArabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was important to choose devices that offer the highest\ndegree of realism in order to maximize the efficiency of the training in a\nstate-of-the-art program. We want only the best for our students in every area\nof the training program and the choice of flight simulators for OxfordSaudia\nhad to match our philosophy for selection of our training partners, staffing\nand equipment. We are uncompromising in providing the students and instructors\nwith only those products that have the latest technology from companies with a\nlong history of providing the highest level of quality, maintenance support and\nservice and Frasca meets those requirements.\u201d stated Captain Larry Wade, Chief\nExecutive Officer, OxfordSaudia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&#8220;These FTDs will\nare the highest quality devices available for Diamond aircraft, and will be\nexcellent training tools for OxfordSaudia when integrated into their new\ntraining academy.&#8221; commented John Frasca, President of Frasca\nInternational, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OxfordSaudia, a CAE Authorized Training Center has placed an order for two Level 5 Flight Training Devices (FTDs) from Frasca International, Inc. The two FTDs will be configured as DA40NG and DA42-VI aircraft and will be located at Dammam International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Both FTDs will feature high fidelity cockpits including Garmin G1000 NXi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illinois","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12812,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions\/12812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}