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Elite Simulation Solutions and
Flight1 Aviation Technologies
have announced that the innovative
Elite PI- 1000 and RC-1000
glass cockpit training devices
have received FAA certification
as Advanced Aviation Training
Devices (AATDs). "For more
than 10 years Elite has used actual
Garmin G1000 avionics in our high
end training devices," says Elite
Simulation Solutions President/
CEO John Dixon. "Thanks to
our partnership with Flight1
Aviation Technologies, we're
now able to provide flight schools
with G1000 training devices that
provide even more benefits--at
a much lower price. And they're
certified by the FAA as AATDs."
The PI-1000 features an Elite
Pro Panel II Flight Console, Elite
rudder pedals, G1000W emulation
hardware (PFD, MFD, and
GFC-700 AFCS), an Integrated
Standby Instrument System
(ISIS), a 32-inch LED external
visual display, and two computer
systems. The Elite hardware works
together with Lockheed Martin's
visual simulation platform and
Flight1 Tech's G1000 simulation
and instructor station software.
The RC-1000 is a cockpit-
enclosed version of the PI-1000.
Lockheed Martin's Prepar3D
provides an aircraft and
environmental simulation that
includes the geography of the
entire planet, more than 24,000
civil and military airports, dynamic
weather modeling including visible
precipitation and icing, realistic
lighting effects, and computer-
generated air/ground/sea traffic.
Flight1 Tech's G1000 Student
Simulator Pro software includes
realistic PFD and MFD graphics,
obstacles and terrain warnings,
airways, vertical navigation
(VNAV), departure and arrival
procedures, Glide path mode
(GP) for LPV WAAS approaches,
missed approach procedures
including Course to Altitude (CA)
legs, an updatable worldwide
Navigraph navigation database,
Flight Simulators
Two leading
Flight Simulation
developers
combine forces
to build an AATD
and aircraft-specific V-speed and
Engine Indication System displays
for eight different aircraft.
Flight1 Tech's Virtual
Instructor Station Pro (VISPRO)
software features a unique
moving map and instructor
station console that provides
instructors with professional-
quality tools for monitoring,
instruction, and analysis. Using
VISPRO, they can easily control
the simulation's environment,
change the weather, reposition the
student's aircraft, and introduce
spontaneous G1000 component
and LRU failures into their
student's training (including the
automatic switch to Reversionary
mode after a display failure).
"For years, forward-thinking
flight schools have been using our
G1000 Student Simulator software
and VISPRO to create safer pilots
and new profit centers for their
businesses," says Flight1 Aviation
Technologies Vice President Jim
Rhoads. "By partnering with
Elite we've finally gotten the
FAA seal of approval. That will
open up the door for even more
flight schools to benefit from
these powerful training tools."
As FAA-approved AATDs,
the PI-1000 and RC-1000 can be
used to log 2.5 hours toward the
Private certificate, 20 hours toward
the Instrument rating, 50 hours
toward the Commercial certificate,
and 25 hours toward the ATP
certificate. They can also be used
to complete certain elements of
practical tests, to complete partial
instrument proficiency checks,
to log instrument experience
for currency, and more.
For more information
from René Huddlestone,
Marketing & Sales Director,
Elite Simulation Solutions AG
Telephone +41 43 355 19 40,
Email rstone@flyelite.ch