Aviation Technology Group (ATG) will showcase their Javelin flight simulator to the media and to all customers with serious interest in purchasing the executive jet in Booth #754 at this years AOPA Conference and Tradeshow.

Until now the simulator, created by Merlin Simulation, has been used exclusively by ATG engineers as a tool for design and development of the Javelin. ATG's George Bye said opening the simulator to potential purchasers will be an excellent way to reveal the unique flying experience the Javelin has to offer.

Programmed with the Javelin's detailed flight characteristics which are based on the results of extensive wind tunnel testing, the simulator allows the pilot to feel the full-throttle take-off acceleration with 10,000 fpm climbs, aileron rolls, loops, terrain following, and landings of the Javelin, according to Rob Fuschino, Vice President of Operations for ATG.

Wind tunnel data is combined with flight handling characteristics to allow ATG test pilots to maneuver the Javelin throughout its flight envelope. Roll, pitch and yaw rates are analyzed along with acceleration, deceleration, and take off and landing handling.

Fuschino said the simulator has been upgraded from a flat-screen display to a dome visual system and is now fitted with full cockpit instrumentation, so as to represent the actual Javelin cockpit at AOPA.

Bye said ATG is one of the few companies with technology capable of adequately representing an aircraft's performance and handling qualities before it has actually been in flight.

"Typically this level of engineering simulator use occurs after actual flight tests are underway," he said. "We are very pleased to offer our potential customers this unique opportunity to 'fly' the Javelin."

Founded in 1998, Colorado-based ATG was incorporated in June 2000 after two years of research and development work on the two-seat executive Javelin.  ATG is organized to harness the synergies of mutually beneficial product lines into the design, development, and production of the Javelin, the Javelin Advanced Jet Trainer, Search and Rescue Reconnaissance and Patrol aircraft, the Homeland Defense Interceptor, Advanced Superiority Target, and Uninhabited Combat Aerial Vehicle. Completion of the first Javelin developmental prototype is scheduled for September of 2004, and civilian FAA certification is expected to take another two years, putting first customer deliveries of the Javelin in late 2006 or early 2007.

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