Annual Report - RAA

Flight Training Services International10475 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 210Duluth, GA 30097(678) 317-0785Fax: (678) 317-0789Website: www.flighttrainingservices.comRAA Representative: Shawn RakerEmail: sraker@flighttrainingservices.comFlight Training Services International is the parent company to threesubsidiaries, all working to further the aviation industry: CommercialAirline Pilot Training (CAPT) Program which strives to equip aviation withqualified and experienced pilots for the future growth of the industry;Tactical Flight Services, Inc. (TFS), a worldwide provider of specializedaircrew and engineering services to the military aerospace industry; andJackson Group Consultants (JGC), an experienced team focused onbusiness and aviation analysis, and results delivery. FTSI also supportsCareers in Aviation, a non-profit organization assisting youth in successfulaviation careers.FlightSafety InternationalMarine Air Terminal - LaGuardia AirportFlushing, NY 11371(201) 964-0026Fax: (201) 939-0346Website: www.flightsafety.comRAA Representative: Terry HiblerEmail: terry.hibler@flightsafety.comFlightSafety is aviation’s senior training organization - with aviation’syoungest range of training facilities. FlightSafety’s locations around theworld offer the regional industry’s widest range of training programsand advanced training equipment, from full wet training using LevelD simulators and FlightSafety’s latest Matrix simulation based groundtraining system to “dry lease” of all FlightSafety’s superior trainingresources.See our advertisement on page 12.Frasca International, Inc906 E. Airport RoadUrbana, IL 61802-7404(217) 344-9200Fax: (217) 344-9207Website: www.frasca.comRAA Representative: Rudy FrascaEmail: marketing@frasca.comFrasca International, Inc. designs and manufactures high quality, reliableand cost effective flight training equipment. As the market leader inflight training devices, our products are known throughout the world.Our training equipment includes full flight simulators, flight trainingdevices, instrument procedures trainers, and cockpit procedures trainers.Frasca International also offers upgrades, refurbishments, relocation andengineering services. With an installed base of more than 1,400 productsin 70 countries worldwide, Frasca is the leader in cost-effective simulationfor commercial, business, general, and military aviation organizations.Ground Support Equipment/ GroundServices/ FuelBKD Aerospace, Inc972 East Tuttle RoadIonia, MI 48846-8606www.bkdaerospace.comRAA Rep: Dale FortonEmail: dforton@bkdaerospace.comBKD Aerospace Inc. is dedicated to enhancing the capability of airlines andairport terminals to enplane and deplane persons with reduced mobility(PRM) in a safe, dignified manner. The manual process of lifting personswith reduced mobility from ground wheelchairs to aircraft aisle fittingchairs, and subsequent lifting from aisle chairs to seats, causes a highrisk of injury to ground staff as well as potential injury to the person withreduced mobility. The Amazon stair climber is designed to assist PRMs inboarding and disembarking from the aircraft to the tarmac. The Amazontransports PRMs safely and with dignity, while protecting staff frommusculoskeletal strains associated with awkward lifting. The AURORA lifttransfers PRMs from their wheelchair in the terminal, then down the jetbridge onto the aircraft. They are then lifted by the AURORA into any oneof 3 seats on the right side of the aircraft. The AURORA has the ability togo from aircraft aisle the next connecting gate and onto the next aircraftwithout having to leave the unit. Both units offer an efficient, safe anddignified solution to both the airline personnel and the customer.Clariant CorporationPO Box 866, 625 E. Catawba AveMt. Holly, NC 28120(704) 822-2184Fax: (704) 822-2531Website: www.clariant.comRAA Representative: Bryan McCrearyEmail: bryan.mccreary@clariant.comClariant Corporation announces the commercial production of the newType IIII aircraft deicing and anti-icing fluid in North America. SafewingMP III 2031 ECO is a revolutionary one step Type III de-/anti-icing fluiddesigned for use on a broad spectrum of aircraft.Epic Aviation, LLCP O Box 12249Salem, OR 97309(800) 322-3233Website: www.epic-aviation.comEpic Aviation, LLC, formerly Valley Oil Company, was founded in1939 and has been supplying fuel to the aviation industry since 1978.Headquartered in Salem, Oregon, Epic is the one of the nation’s largestsuppliers of aviation fuels, supplying carriers throughout the country.Epicoffers complete fuel management services, including fuel accounting,inventory management, hedging and supply. Epic prides itself with havingunparalleled customer service and quality control. Our Customer ServiceDepartment is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for immediateresponse to any special situation or request.RAA 2008 Annual Report 117Associate Member Directory