Training and Workforce
Frasca International: 50 years of simulation
A pioneer in the simulation industry turned 50 this year.

A pioneer in the simulation industry turned 50 this year. Frasca International has manufactured more than 2,000 flight training devices throughout its history that have been put in service in more than 70 countries.

“When I was in the Navy I worked as a flight instructor training pilots on the early Link Trainers. After the Korean War, I attended the University of Illinois where
I did research in aviation psychology specializing in flight simulation,” Rudy Frasca, company president and CEO, told NBAA Convention News. “By 1958 I’d come to the conclusion there had to be a better way, so I built my own flight simulator at home in my garage and Frasca Aviation was founded.”  

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