ETC's AeroMedical Training Institute (AMTI) Completes High G and Ejection Training for Ecuadorian Air Force Pilots
01 March 2014 - 3:59AM
SOUTHAMPTON,
PA, USA, February 28, 2014 - Environmental Tectonics
Corporation (OTC Pink: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company")
announced today that ETC's (www.etcusa.com) AeroMedical Training
Institute (AMTI) (www.aeromedicaltraining.com) recently completed
training of Ecuadorian Air Force Pilots. The Ecuadorian Air
Force is responsible for the protection of Ecuador's airspace as
well as participating in many humanitarian and logistic missions
into the Amazon-region of the country.
The AMTI provided classroom
instruction and practical application training sessions in the
subject areas of sustained high G and tactical aviation, and
emergency aircraft egress. All practical application training
sessions utilized the Authentic Tactical Fighting System (ATFS-400)
(www.etctacticalflight.com) and Ejection Seat Trainer (EST)
(www.etcaircrewtraining.com/ejectionseat) which are permanently
resident at ETC's National AeroSpace Training And Research (NASTAR)
Center (www.nastarcenter.com). The squadron of six pilots
were successfully trained in a five day period.
The completion of high G training,
places the Ecuadorian Air Force as one of the first countries in
the world to utilize ATFS-400 technology for combining basic G
training with tactical flight training. According to Glenn
King, the AMTI's Director of Training, "Prior to their high G
training, the pilots were only capable of sustaining approximately
4 - 5 G's. Upon completion of training, all pilots were able
to successfully employ weapons and score several bandit "kills"
while sustaining up to 9 G's."
Ken Ginader, ETC's Director of
Business Development for Tactical Flight Training states, "ETC has
conducted several tactical training events in the last six
years and has noticed most fighter pilots believed they knew
how to perform the Anti-G Straining Maneuver (AGSM), but in reality
demonstrated otherwise. However, following three days of AMTI
training for Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) engagements, every
fighter pilot relearned how to perform a proper AGSM. With
budgetary constraints resulting in a reduction of flight hours for
tactical pilots in most every air force worldwide, it
is important, especially from a risk management
perspective, that tactical pilots conduct periodic high G
training in a tactical flight training event. With the
ATFS-400, it is now possible to conduct high G training
while performing a tactical fight training event in flight
simulation."
King said, "This type of flight
training validates the concept of combining physiology training
with tactical flight training to substantially reduce training and
operational costs to our customers."
The AMTI provides state of the art
physiology training to clients worldwide, serving the training and
research needs of the military and civil aerospace community.
AMTI's training programs are highly modular and flexible and can
accommodate a wide range of aerospace training and research
requirements.
About
ETC:
ETC designs, manufactures and
sells software driven products and services used to recreate and
monitor the physiological effects of motion on humans and equipment
and to control, modify, simulate and measure environmental
conditions. These products include aircrew training systems
(aeromedical, tactical combat and general), disaster management
systems, sterilizers (steam and gas), environmental testing
products and hyperbaric chambers and other products and services
that involve similar manufacturing techniques and engineering
technologies. ETC's unique ability to offer complete systems,
designed and produced to high technical standards, sets it apart
from its competition. ETC is headquartered in Southampton, PA. For
more information about ETC, visit http://www.etcusa.com/.
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Phone: (215) 355-9100 x1531
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