uses see frasca disambiguation . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message frasca international inc. type private industry flight simulation founded champaign il 1958 headquarters champaign il 1958 1990 urbana il 1990 present key people john frasca ceo and president rudy frasca founder and former president 1 products flight training devices full flight simulators aviation training devices number of employees approximately 185 2 website http www.frasca.com frasca international inc. is a united states manufacturer of flight simulation training devices with over 2600 training devices delivered in approximately 70 countries throughout the world . 3 now based in urbana illinois frasca international was founded in champaign illinois in 1958 by rudy frasca . frasca flight simulators are used in all segments of the aviation industry including their extensive use in many prominent college aviation programs including purdue university indiana state university embry riddle aeronautical university university of north dakota louisiana tech university university of illinois and western michigan university . contents 1 history 2 customers 3 awards and recognitions 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1949 rudy frasca joined the united states navy where he first experienced flight simulation as a link trainer instructor . following his service and a period of research at the university of illinois institute of aviation frasca founded frasca aviation later renamed to frasca international in 1958 . 4 all early frasca training devices used mechanical computers exclusively . after working out of various locations for several years including his home garage frasca established a permanent manufacturing plant in downtown champaign il . in the late 1970s frasca devices were converted to use analog electronic computers allowing for devices that were more simple and cost effective to manufacture operate and maintain . the electronic transition began a period of rapid technological development culminating in the transition to a digital pc based simulation architecture in 1983 . 3 in 1990 in order to support steadily increasing demand frasca international again relocated to a 70 000 square foot 6 500 m2 office building and manufacturing facility in urbana illinois adjacent to frasca field . 4 the new facility provided a substantial increase in manufacturing capacity and allowed for the production of the company s first full flight simulator ffs a short time after moving to the new location . throughout the 1990s and early 2000s decade frasca continued to expand its product line providing training devices for all types of aircraft both fixed wing and rotary wing and in 2003 frasca manufactured a level b cessna 208b grand caravan ffs followed by a level c beechcraft b200 king air ffs in 2005 . 3 in the mid 2000s decade helicopters began to play an increasingly prominent role in the frasca line up with the first level 6 helicopter flight training device ftd delivered in 2007 . 3 subsequently two more helicopter ftds a eurocopter ec135 and a eurocopter as350 were qualified level 6 in 2008 followed by another ec135 qualified as a jaa level 3 ftd by the fcaa . 5 the level 6 ec135 along with a frasca bell 206 ftd were the first level 6 helicopter ftds qualified under 14 cfr part 60 . most recently frasca has partnered with flightsafety international to produce and qualify the first level 7 ftd in august 2009 . 6 frasca provided the hardware flight and systems models and instructor station which were integrated to the flightsafety vital x image generator and 8 channel visual . similar level 7 bell 206 and bell 407 devices have been delivered . frasca delivered a level d cj1 full flight simulator to china in 2014 . product line frasca currently manufactures a complete line of training devices including cpts cockpit procedure trainers aatds advanced aviation training devices fnpts flight and navigation procedures trainers ftds flight training devices and ffs full flight simulators . simulated aircraft range from small single engine training airplanes such as the cessna 172 to large transport category airplanes such as the boeing 737 . the helicopter line covers models from the small robinson helicopters to medical transports such as the bell 407 and eurocopter ec135 to large passenger transport helicopters such as the sikorsky s 92 and eurocopter ec225 . 5 crj 200 aatd first delivered to central washington university . customers edit frasca training devices are used worldwide by operators in a variety of sectors including general aviation business aviation airline transport medical and military . notable commercial customers include bell helicopter bristow helicopters era training center and delta connection . 7 notable colleges and universities that use frasca products include embry riddle aeronautical university southern illinois university siu indiana state university central washington university western michigan university university of north dakota louisiana tech university university of illinois and many others . embry riddle aeronautical university uses a variety of frasca simulators for its training including cessna 172s and diamond da 42 models . embry riddle s first two level 6 da 42 flight training devices were qualified level 6 in march 2008 . 8 awards and recognitions edit several awards and recognitions have been received by both rudy frasca and frasca international . 1994 uaa w.w. estridge jr. award 1996 illinois governor s export award 1998 raes flight simulation silver medal 2000 nata s excellence in pilot training award references edit frasca appoints new ceo . retrieved 5 september 2011 . frasca careers a b c d cat magazine issue 2 2008 a b frasca international inc. corporate history a b frasca 2008 news vertical magazine flight test frasca customer profiles faa approves frasca da 42 sims at embry riddle external links edit frasca corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frasca international & oldid 734528172 categories aerospace companiescompanies based in champaign county illinoishidden categories articles lacking reliable references from february 2011all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 august 2016 at 23 22 . text 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