FlightSafety International Acquires Frasca

FlightSafety International has acquired Frasca, an Urbana, Illinois-based aviation simulator manufacturing company. FlightSafety has traditional strength in high-quality training in large Level D simulators and Frasca’s strength in training development and ab initio flight training makes this partnership beneficial for both entities.

FlightSafety and Frasca are premier brands in the aviation space and share a long history of collaboration dating back decades to the friendship of the founders of both companies – Al Ueltschi and Rudy Frasca. Both companies were started by passionate aviators and each have a 60+ year history of advancing aviation safety.

This acquisition will better allow each company to increase its ability to prepare aviators through scalable and integrated product lines, increased innovation, and expanded expertise in the training and simulation market. From universities and trade schools, to professional flight departments, commercial airlines, cargo operators and government and military flight operations, FlightSafety and Frasca will offer a suite of complementary training devices that will help develop aviators around the world.

Frasca’s company name will remain the same and John Frasca will continue as president of Frasca with all management and employees remaining at its facility in Urbana.

Through the partnership, both companies will have an increase in the ability to prepare aviators through scalable and integrated product lines, increased innovation and expanded expertise in the training and simulation market.