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FlightSafety International history
FlightSafety International company history timeline
1933 A.L. Ueltschi solos at age 16 in OX-5 Waco.
1935 A.L. Ueltschi borrows $3,500 against his business, Little Hawk burger stands, to buy a Waco 10 aircraft.
1941 Pan American Airways hires A.L. Ueltschi.
In 1942 Albert Ueltschi hired on with Pan American Airlines, operating "flying boats" that flew out of Flushing Bay.
Sensing the opening of a profitable business specializing in flight training, Ueltschi started Flight Safety, Inc. in 1951.
1951 FlightSafety rents a Link trainer, the company’s first training device.
1951 FlightSafety incorporates and begins operations in the Marine Air Terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
1953 Expands capabilities with the purchase of four Link trainers.
1955 Purchases the Link Translator, the company’s first flight simulator.
1961 Bruce Whitman joins FlightSafety.
1962 First type-specific trainer – using actual flight deck paired with analog computers and hydraulic-motion base – goes into service.
1963 Revenues top $1 million.
1966 Falcon Jet names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1966 Opens Learning Center in Houston, Texas.
1967 Opens Learning Center in Long Beach, California.
1967 Signs training agreement with Hawker Siddeley.
Flight Safety had become very successful, allowing Ueltschi to take the company public in 1968, although he maintained control of 34 percent of its outstanding common stock.
1968 Revenues reach $5.6 million.
1969 Learjet names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1970 American Stock Exchange lists FlightSafety.
1971 Opens Learjet Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas.
1973 Flight Safety Inc. becomes FlightSafety International.
1973 Opens Gulfstream Learning Center in Savannah, Georgia.
1974 Establishes MarineSafety International to provide training for ship crews.
1974 Offers new Falcon 20 digital simulator with FAA-approved visual system.
1974 Opens Learning Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
1974 Cessna names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1975 Signs training agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft International.
1975 Opens Learning Center in Teterboro, New Jersey.
1976 Introduces ProCard, awarded to Customers for achieving highest standards of proficiency.
1976 Opens Learning Center in San Antonio, Texas.
1977 Bell Helicopter names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1977 Purchases simulator manufacturer Atkins and Merrill in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to create FlightSafety Simulation.
1977 Opens Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
1978 Begins advertising series featuring leading Chief Executive Officers testifying to the value and quality of FlightSafety training.
1978 Operates 30 simulators at Learning Centers in the United States, Canada and Europe.
1979 Signs agreement to provide Fairchild SA226 Metro aircraft training.
1979 Becomes authorized training provider for the Canadair Challenger aircraft.
1979 Cessna Aircraft Company signs largest training agreement to date for initial and recurrent training on six aircraft models, including three Citation jets.
1980 New York Stock Exchange lists FlightSafety.
1980 SAAB names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1980 Opens Bell Helicopter Learning Center in Hurst, Texas.
1981 FlightSafety’s first full flight helicopter simulator enters service.
1982 Operates 23 Learning Centers in the United States, Canada and France with 50 flight simulators.
1983 Opens Learning Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
1983 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1985 DeHavilland names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1985 Opens Learning Center in Daleville, Alabama.
1986 Becomes authorized training provider for Avions de Transport Regional (ATR). 1986 Beech Aircraft Corporation names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1986 Revenues grow to more than $110 million.
1987 Mooney Airplane names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1987 Offers first EMS helicopter training program.
1987 Opens Beechcraft Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas.
1988 Acquires what is now known as FlightSafety Services Corporation.
1988 Factory-authorized training provider for 20 aircraft manufacturers, operating a total of 32 Learning Centers.
Record earnings in 1989 reflected the boom: revenues were up $168.15 million, and net income grew 29 percent to $46.7 million.
1989 A member of the team selected by the United States Air Force to produce Weapons Systems Trainers and flight training devices for the C-17 aircraft.
1989 Opens Learning Center in Seattle, Washington.
1990 Piaggio Aero names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
1991 Embraer enters into training agreement with FlightSafety.
1992 Opens airline Learning Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1992 First pilot receives ATP helicopter certificate and type rating (S-76) in a simulator without taking a check ride in an aircraft.
1993 Acquires Visual Simulation Systems manufacturing company.
1993 Receives contract from the United States Air Force to provide C-135 aircraft training.
1994 Opens airline Learning Center in St Louis, Missouri.
1994 World’s first FAA Level D-qualified rotorcraft simulator enters service.
1994 Introduces Master Technician training program.
1994 Begins cabin attendant training program.
1994 Receives contract to support the United States Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Revenues were about $326 million in 1995.
1995 Offers first dispatcher training class.
1996 Berkshire Hathaway acquires FlightSafety.
1996 Operates more than 100 simulators for more than 50 different types of aircraft, training more than 50,000 pilots and maintenance technicians annually at 36 Learning Centers worldwide.
1997 Designs and manufactures the first full flight simulators and flight training devices for the United States Marine Corps and Air Force Osprey program.
1997 Member of the team awarded Joint Primary Air Training System (JPATS) Ground Based Training System contract.
In March 1999, FlightSafety Boeing broke ground on a $100 training center in Miami expected to attract 7,000 pilots and 3,000 maintenance a year, many from Latin American airlines.
1999 Opens Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio.
FlightSafety Boeing planned to open an $85 million facility in London in 2000.
2001 A.L. Ueltschi enshrined in National Aviation Hall of Fame.
2001 Celebrates 50th anniversary.
2003 Opens Learning Center in Orlando, Florida.
2003 Bruce Whitman named President and CEO. 2003 Introduces MATRIX integrated advanced full flight simulator training technology.
2005 Opens Training Center at the London Farnborough airport.
2006 Introduces the VITAL X Visual System.
2006 A.L. Ueltschi receives Wings Club Distinguished Achievement Award.
2007 Awarded FAA single Part 142 certificate for FlightSafety’s network of Learning Centers.
2007 Launches FlightSafety eLearning.
2007 HondaJet names FlightSafety its factory-authorized training provider.
2008 Expands factory-authorized training agreement with Hawker Beechcraft.
2008 Opens airline Learning Center in St Louis, Missouri.
2009 Launches Proficiency Protection program for business aviation pilots and technicians.
2009 Opens Hawker Beechcraft Maintenance Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas.
2009 Expands training services agreement with Gulfstream for new aircraft.
2010 Opens 100,000-square-foot expansion at the Dallas Learning Center.
2010 Selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to provide engine training worldwide.
2010 Certified as approved training organization by Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Mexico.
2011 Celebrates 60th anniversary.
2011 Opens new flight simulation training system design, manufacturing and support facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
2012 Opens Learning Center in Hong Kong.
2012 Installs first CrewView glass mirror display in full flight simulator.
2013 Introduces new VITAL 1100 Visual System.
2014 Selected by Gulfstream as the factory-authorized training provider for the new G500 and G600 aircraft.
2014 First FlightSafety FS1000 simulator enters service.
2015 Introduces its new Master Aviator Certification Program.
2015 Selects Aeroglobo to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada engine training in Brazil.
2015 Rolls-Royce names FlightSafety as an authorized training provider for BR725 engine and troubleshooting courses.
2016 FlightSafety celebrates its 65th anniversary.
2016 Delivers Airbus A350 XWB simulator to the Airbus Training Center.
2016 Introduces FlightBag, an enhanced courseware delivery and presentation application.
2016 Offers Rejected Takeoff Go/No-Go Advanced Training Courses For Five Gulfstream Aircraft Models.
2016 Announces start of training for Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++ in Singapore.
2016 Begins Dassault Falcon 8X training in Paris-Le Bourget Learning Center.
2016 Becomes Honeywell’s exclusive maintenance training partner.
2017 Expands training for Honeywell Aerospace products to Australia.
2017 Introduces FlightSafety Platinum training services program with unmatched customization, services and flexibility.
2017 S7 Airlines of Russia purchases an Embraer E170 flight simulator.
2017 Offers Gulfstream G450 training in Wilmington, Delaware.
2017 Provides Pratt & Whitney Canada training in South Africa.
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