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one of the largest university flight training awards in 2002, the University
of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) has purchased three Motus™ full motion flight
simulators from Fidelity Flight Simulation. The contract includes a single engine
piston, twin engine piston and twin engine turboprop flight simulator, which will
be located in the newly constructed William T. Hemphill Airway and Computer Science
Building on the ULM campus. "Fidelity's
full motion design not only offers ULM a far more realistic flight training environment,
Fidelity's proposal was also significantly lower in cost," says Graham
Hodgetts, President of Fidelity Flight Simulation. "ULM found our design
to be a far greater value than older static flight training devices." "We
are delighted to be getting three of Fidelity's MotusTM simulators. A full motion
simulator provides motion cues to a training environment that can only be improved
upon by actually flying in the airplane. These new simulators will give us the
tools to grow our department not only for ULM students, but for continuing education
students as well." says Paul Karlowitz, Interim Head, Department of
Aviation at ULM. "It's my hope that prospective students will see the commitment
we have in providing them a top quality aviation education utilizing our new facilities
and these state-of-the-art simulators. We will turn out not only well trained
pilots, but safer pilots thanks to these new simulators." As
with all Motus flight simulators, Fidelity will also provide the Laminar Research
aerodynamic modeling software. This software allows ULM students and faculty to
perform aerodynamic engineering in Laminar's Virtual Wind Tunnel, providing
almost infinite control of fuselage, power plant, airfoil, appendage, and panel
specifications. These designs can then be loaded into the Motus flight simulator
to experience, first hand, the changes in flight characteristics. This Virtual
Wind Tunnel capability is an important added value for ULM. With
this purchase, ULM becomes the first university flight program in the nation to
be based predominately on motion-based simulators. These simulators are part of
a Federal Grant for the Airways and Computer Sciences Building, with half the
grant from Federal and half from state matching funds. This grant funded the building,
furniture, an agricultural simulator and these three new simulators. The
University of Louisiana at Monroe (http://www.ulm.edu/~aviation/welcome.html)
offers a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation, including Airline Flight Officer,
Aviation Administrator, Airway Science Management and Agricultural Aviation specialty
programs, as well as a Non-Specialty program which can be customized to fit the
student's needs. For more information, please call Paul Karlowitz, Interim
Head, Department of Aviation at 318-342-1780 or at avkarlowitz@ulm.edu.
Fidelity Flight Simulation, Inc. is the leader in affordable full motion flight
simulation. For more information, please call Mark Limbach, V.P., Marketing,
at 412-321-3280 or at .
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