Universal Avionics Donates State-of-the-Art Training System to Embry-Riddle
Prescott, AZ, September 15, 2010
Upperclassmen in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s degree program for professional pilots will soon be training on the most advanced, state-of-the-art, flight management avionics in the world, thanks to a donation from Universal Avionics, a Tucson-based corporation.
Embry-Riddle’s Aeronautical Science majors, both fixed-wing and rotor-wing students, will get training in the Prescott campus Airway Science lab, equipped with Universal Avionics’ Flight Management System software training package. The training system enables flight students to experience the most advance technology including the FAA wide area augmentation system (WAAS). While learning on a simulation, flight students utilize the same flight deck controls that the pilots of any high performance aircraft working in the industry today would encounter.
“The training is directly relevant to what is happening in the real world,” said Dr. Frank Ayers, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of the Prescott campus. “This is a welcome gesture from Universal Avionics as a means to help higher education institutions like Embry-Riddle continue to turn out the most qualified, safest, career-ready pilots in the world, and we are very grateful.”
Universal Avionics, one of only six major avionics corporations in the world, designs and manufactures the navigation systems used by a wide range of aircraft including rotorcraft and fixed wing from single engine turboprops through heavy transport aircraft.
“Embry-Riddle’s aeronautical science and aerospace engineering programs are the best in the world, and the school consistently graduates students who become highly-respected leaders in the aviation community,” says Dan Reida, Universal Avionics Vice President of Marketing and Product Support. “Universal Avionics is delighted to be a part of this program.”
Instructor training will begin during this fall semester and all flight students will be phased in during fall 2011 semester.
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