E&S Visuals Selected for New Northwest Airlines Flight Simulator.Business Editors SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S(R)) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ESCC ESCC Eastern Shore Community College ESCC East Sussex County Council ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ESCC Enhanced Serial Communication(s) Controller ESCC Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity ) has been selected by Northwest Airlines Inc. to provide the visual system for its new A330-300 flight simulator flight simulator, device providing a controlled environment in which a flight trainee can experience conditions approximating those of actual flight. A simulator generally consists of an enclosure housing a working replica of the interior of the cockpit of an , the company announced today. E&S will install its ESIG ESIG European Solvents Industry Group ESIG Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (US National Center for Atmospheric Research) ESIG Electronic Signature ESIG Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique de Gestion (R)-3350GT image generator and ESCP ESCP Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris ESCP European Society of Clinical Pharmacy ESCP European Society of Coloproctology (Edinburgh, UK) ESCP Erosion and Sediment Control Plan ESCP European Small Claims Procedure (R)-2000 projectors in the simulator, which is located at the Northwest Airlines Training Center in Eagan, Minn. Installation is scheduled to be completed during the second quarter of 2003. The installation of the visuals for the A330-300 simulator will bring the total number of E&S visual systems at the Northwest Airlines Training Center to 22. "We look forward to working with E&S again," said Michael Wysocki, director training scheduling & simulator operations of Northwest Airlines Inc. "We are confident our two companies will work together to produce a system that meets every one of Northwest's training requirements." "We are extremely proud to supply another visual system to Northwest Airlines," said David Rushton, commercial simulation marketing director for E&S. "We enjoy working with Northwest Airlines, and look forward to continuing this long-standing relationship." E&S visual systems are the most widely used for commercial full flight simulators Full Flight Simulator (FFS) is a term used by National (civil) Aviation Authorities (NAA) for a high technical level of flight simulator. Such authorities include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Europe. in the world today. The company's visual systems support the full range of commercial aircraft and are compatible with systems from all major flight simulator manufacturers. E&S products have been developed to meet the exacting statutory requirements of the world's civil aviation authorities Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt and have established a reputation for both quality and reliability. About Evans & Sutherland Evans & Sutherland produces professional hardware and software to create highly realistic visual images for simulation, training, engineering, and other applications throughout the world. E&S visual systems are used in both military and commercial systems, as well as planetariums and interactive theaters. Visit the E&S Web site at http://www.es.com. E&S, ESCP, and ESIG are registered trademarks of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. All other trade names or marks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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