Training and Workforce
Embry-Riddle Prescott Prepping for Advanced Simulation, VR
The company recently overhauled its simulation center to pave the way for new technologies
Frasca DA42-VI advanced aviation training device at its Prescott campus
Along with a center renovation, Embry-Riddle's Prescott campus is updating its simulation capabilities, including getting new Frasca trainers to support its fleet of Diamond DA42-VI Twin Star and Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft. © Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) recently reopened its Robertson Simulator Center after a complete overhaul that will bring new technologies, the latest in simulation, and new capabilities serving some 1,000 flight students at its Prescott Campus in Arizona.

Parker Northrup, chair of the flight department at Prescott, called the effort a “100% renovation of our legacy simulation capability” to enable new simulation technologies, optimize learning space, and provide scalable architecture that could accommodate a range of simulations from the most basic to a level-D flight simulator.