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supporter, Universal Avionics of Tucson, AZ. Universal Avionics has provided Embry-Riddle with advanced FMS training software, utilizing their flight management system, the UNS-1. The students get hands on training with practical application of a real flight management system. In a special airway science classroom for which each student operates the FMS trainer, the students receive instruction and operate the FMS under various scenarios. While it is not intended make anyone an expert, it does give them exposure to a very compli- cated piece of equipment that will eventually become a part of their professional helicopter pilot career. The fourth and final course within in the Advanced
Assisistant Professor Bryan Cox
Helicopter series is “Advanced Helicopter Operations.” This is considered the capstone course within the helicopter specialty degree program. According to Professor Cox, it was designed by Professor JD DiRienzo, a Vietnam veteran who holds an MBA in Finance and served as the Timex Corporation’s director of flight operations for 30-plus years.
It is modeled as a graduate level
class and incorporates case studies that result in students devel- oping business feasibility plans. During this course, the student obtains the foundation for advanced and specialized commer- cial helicopter operations. The students are introduced to spe- cific areas of flight operations such as long-line, EMS, Electronic News Gathering, Corporate, Off-Shore, and Federal
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