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Show 5 June 17, 1999 n b n n ij j i a V iii.ivi.......i.,,l.,.,,,:..'.J7'WW'-'"- ii. iiMHHi " Texan training system ," Aspenson said. "We have two long term contracts which are flagships for the future." The Lockheed 5 Galaxy is the biggest cargo plane in the U.S. inventory, the workhorse of Air Force logistics and Air Mobility Command. It is almost as long as a football field (247 feet, 10 inches), and as building (68 feet, 9 inches), and high as a y has an equally cavernous cargo compartment (14 feet high by 19 feet in width) . The Galaxy can carry unusually large and heavy cargo for international ranges at jet speeds. It can take off and land in relatively short distances and taxi on substandard surfaces during emergency operations, and both nose and rear doors can be opened to allow for simultaThe cargo bed of the neous loading and 5 is equipped with rollers to allow for rapid handling of palletized materiel. The 5 operates out of Altus AFB, Okla., Travis AFB, Calif., Westover AFB, Mass., Stuart International Airport, N.Y., Kelly AFB, Texas and Dover AFB, Del. "Dover's like a bees' nest with all the activity in Kosovo ," Wheeler said. "The 5 is hauling everything for the refugees from Catholic Relief and the Mormon Church. We're flying all that stuff overseas for them." According to Flight Safety, 'The best safety device in any aircraft is a well trained pilot," and it seems that Air Force 5 pilots, as well as their support crew, will be trained well into the next century by the Colorado firm. The new simulators included in the contract go online at Kelly AFB in 2001. "Because we've trained all the 5 crew members out there today," Aspenson said, "if you asked our e with the stuinstructor, who is out there dent, he'd say we're an important piece to keeping AT-- 6 by Steven R. Ford Hilltop Times staff Hill AFB recently awarded a $224 million contract to Flight Safety Service Corporation of Engle-wooColo., for maintenance, upgrades and support of the 5 Aircrew Training System. "We had a number of bidders," said Cecil Wheeler, program manager for the 5 ATS. "We spent four weeks, making sure they met all the requirements of the Air Force, and Flight Safety did. The cost factor was the biggest part of it, and whether they met the technical specifications of the Air Force while providing the training the Air Force needs." The contract had three parts. The first part calls for Flight Safety to continue support for the existing training system and upgrade systems where necessary. The first part runs through 2010, at a cost of about $125 million. The second part was to install The the new Avionics Monitor Program into the third part was to build the new Weapons System Trainer for Stuart Air National Guard at Stuart International Airport, N.Y. 'The key to winning a successful bid is responding to the government's requirements at a reasonable price, best value," said Don Aspenson, Flight Safety's simulator project manager. "That's what competitive acquisition should do for the govern- C-- d, C-- six-stor- C-- C-- 5. ment." Since 1984, Flight Safety Service Corp. built a track record of providing safety and training service to both the military and commercial markets. The comAircraft's pany provides training for Raytheon-BeecBeechjet and King Air model aircraft, Bell helicopters, CessnaCitation's line of personal and commercial jets, and Gulfstream and Learjet's corporate line, as well as Boeing's 727, 747 and McDonnell Douglas' h &f; crew loads up the cavernous belly with items for transportation world-wid- A Ml UU 5 e. . C-- 14-ye- C-- C-1- 35 41 C-- ar C-- C-- C-- co-pilot- C-- face-to-fac- s, AMC flying and flying safely." C-- SPECIAL FATHERS PAY c i ..... FvS g. C-- 5, C-1- 1 typeset off-loadin- In addition to the Flight Safety helps and the military train their crews for the well. as aircraft "They have a contract with Boeing," Wheeler noted. "Boeing builds the aircraft, and Flight Safety trains the crew. Our trainers are that good or better." But that record of excellence almost worked against contract was awarded them. The previous should have given that to Flight Safety, a distinction them an inside track for the next bidding processes. Not so, according to Aspenson and Flight Safety. "Only one incumbent prior to this award has won the next contract since 1984," Aspenson said. The 5 Galaxy Aircrew Training System was the first major training system acquired by Flight Safety, an employer of 730 people, 130 on the 5 project alone. According to Wheeler, the contracted training system, which includes simulators of all kinds, certifies pilots, navigators, flight engineers and loadmasters. 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