Specialty Training
About Custom Specialty Training
UND Aerospace partners with organizations around the world to provide
contracted specialty training.
High Altitude Hypoxia Training
The UND Aerospace two–day aviation physiology course is designed for corporate and
commercial pilots, but meets the needs of any aviator. Under the supervision of
Dr. Warren Jensen, a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, the training utilizes our
High Altitude Chamber to simulate scenarios (at up to 25,000 feet) related to:
- Hypoxia/Hyperventilation
- Trapped Gas Disorders
- Evolved Gas Problems
- Oxygen Equipment
- Fatigue
- Stress
- Vision
- Spatial Disorientation
- Cabin Pressurization
- Hypoxia Demonstration (chamber flight)
- Rapid Decompression (chamber flight)
Pilots learn their body’s reactions to the stresses of high altitude flight. Particular
attention is paid to hazards such as the lack of oxygen, the effects of trapped
gases, decompression sickness and the loss of cabin pressure. Participants experience
these stresses under controlled conditions by participating in two altitude chamber
flights:
- Hypoxia Demonstration Flight to 25,000 feet
- Rapid Decompression Flight from 3,000 to 13,500 feet
CRJ–200 Level–6 FTD
The UND Aerospace CRJ 200 level–6 Flight Training Device (FTD) offers an integrated
training environment for low–time pilots transitioning into a glass–cockpit regional
jet. This FTD also provides an effective learning environment for crew resource
management (CRM) and practical airline LOFT opportunities.
Our University instructors have years of commercial airline experience and ensure
the flight simulation is fully integrated with the classroom instruction. Through
the use of Power Point presentations, Aerosim's Flight Management System Trainer
and a Virtual Flight Deck (VFD) training aids, the student receives a solid foundation
of transport category jet aircraft operations.
The level–6 FTD provides approximately 65% of the training credits as defined in
the Practical Test Standards for pilots working towards their initial type rating.
Although we do not currently offer a CRJ 200 type rating, these skills and experiences
enhance a student's resume, make them a more experienced pilot, and help facilitate
a smoother transition from the flight–training environment to an airline operations
environment.
Aircraft Accident Investigation Course
UND Aerospace and the Air Line Pilots Association, in a cooperative effort, have
designed and developed a 2 1/2 day aircraft accident investigation course.
Because the field phase of an accident investigation can be confusing, chaotic and
labor intensive, this "hands-on" course, using an actual aircraft wreckage, provides
participants experience analyzing and documenting a re-created aircraft accident.
While not designed to solve aircraft accidents, the course places participants in
the logistics involved in accident response, participation, on-scene investigation
groups and on-scene investigative techniques.
Participants will be exposed to the same investigative groups used by the National
Transportation Safety Board and major airlines to include Air Traffic Control (ATC),
Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR), Maintenance Records, Operations, Aircraft Structures
and Survival Factors.
The course is designed for individuals or organizations that may need to participate
or become parties involved in an aircraft accident investigation, such as:
- Flight departments
- Flight schools
- Aircraft manufacturers
- Insurers
- Air carriers
- Government
- Law firms
- Law enforcement
- Crash/Fire/Rescue Departments
Contact Us
For additional information about specialty training at UND Aerospace, please contact Dana Sande at dsande@aero.und.edu
or 701-777-6286.