December 15, 2003 - Air Orlando has earned a reputation as one of the finest flight schools in the world by providing the highest quality of training at the best value. In line this mission, Air Orlando is proud to announce its acquisition of a Motus full-motion Flight Simulation Device.

The Motus™

One flight in the Motus™ FSD and you will see why airlines build their training programs around simulators. The Motus™ is a 6-axis, full motion flight simulation device that has been certified to level 3 by the FAA. Not only is the Motus less expensive than an aircraft, it is also more efficient. In the Motus™, there is no start-up, taxi, or run-up time. In the airplane when you complete an approach, you often have to spend 15 minutes being vectored before you can fly the actual approach again. In the Motus, we can place you back to beginning of the approach instantly with a click of a mouse. For the same cost to do 3 approaches in the aircraft, you could complete 6– 10 approaches in the Motus™ FSD.

The Motus™ is often a better learning environment than an actual aircraft. We have complete control over the variables like location, visibility, wind, turbulence, and equipment failures. We can do many things with the simulator that you cannot or should not do with a real airplane. We can pause the Motus™ to explain a concept or answer a student’s question. With the Motus™, we can practice approaches anywhere in the country or see what it is like to take-off over weight from Aspen on a hot day. To allow students to efficiently practice using GPS equipment, we have equipped the Motus with both a Garmin 430 and a Bendix King KLN-94. The revolutionary FAA approved level 3 FTD Motus™ allows the student to practice potentially dangerous worst-case emergency procedures in complete safety.

Air Orlando is proud to incorporate the Full motion 6-axis fight simulation device into the following programs.

• Private Pilot
• Standard IFR training program
• IFR finish up program
• IFR cross country program
• Instrument Refresher
• Instrument Currency
• GPS training (KLN 94 & Garmin 430)
• Multi- engine training
• Advanced IFR training
• Initial / Recurrent training Seneca and Baron

Until recently, this technology was out of the reach of most general aviation pilots. The full motion Level D simulators that the airlines use cost 3 to 30 million dollars and require very large spaces to operate. The Fidelity Motus takes advantage of the latest advances in computers and software to bring 6-axis full motion reality to General Aviation.