Fidelity Flight Simulation has been awarded FAA Flight Training Device Level 3 approval for its full-motion Eurocopter EC135 simulation device built for STAT MedEvac of West Mifflin, PA. The Fidelity EC135 is the first full-motion helicopter flight training device ever approved by the FAA, and the first approved FTD ever for a Eurocopter aircraft. Fidelity will now deploy the EC135 FTD for training STAT MedEvac’s 70 pilots over 16 locations throughout the northeastern U.S.
STAT MedEvac President, James F. Bothwell states, “The flight simulator is significant for STAT MedEvac in two ways. It shows our commitment to safety and training from our Board of Directors, who chose to make this investment, all the way to the pilots who will use the device to train. Secondly, it shows STAT MedEvac’s commitment to being a leader in the air medical industry. This is another example where STAT MedEvac has implemented cutting edge technology to lead the industry into a new era.”
“We are seeing a lot of interest in helicopter simulators,” said Mark Limbach, Director of Marketing for Fidelity Flight Simulation. “There’s been a strong push for helicopter safety at the same time that technology is really allowing us to provide much more cost-effective simulation devices.”
STAT MedEvac is based at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, PA, and operates 21 Helicopters and 2 Airplanes throughout Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The non-profit organization is operated by the Center for Emergency Medicine whose members are Altoona Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and UPMC Shadyside Hospital and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. For more information, contact John Chamberlin at (412) 906-7964 or at jchamberlin@statmedevac.com.
Fidelity Flight Simulation, Inc. is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA and manufactures a wide range of full-motion fixed wing and rotorcraft flight simulation devices. For more information, contact Mark Limbach, at (412) 321-3280 or at mlimbach@fidelityflight.com.
