Training and Workforce
Helicopter FTDs Rising to the Training Challenge
Moving flight simulators may be over-rated, even in helicopter training

It isn't easy, and it certainly isn’t inexpensive to fly a helicopter into Heli-Expo for display on the convention floor. Bringing a fuselage climb-in mockup, however, has often been the only other option for exhibitors, until today’s sophisticated cockpit procedures trainers (CPTs), advanced training devices (ATDs) and even flight training devices (FTDs) came along.

Lightweight flat-screen-paneled full-function CPTs and even wrap-around visuals with a central, full-featured Robinson R44 FTD are de rigeur at simulation expert Frasca International, which has strategically co-located its booth with one of its prime customers, Bristow.