| Southampton, PA: July 6, 2001. Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) announced today the delivery of the GAT-II® to the Center for Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medicine, Center for Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The public debut of the GAT-II® at EAA/OSHKOSH. The OSU Center for Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medicine will use the GAT II to dramatically increase its effectiveness in training civilian pilots in the hazards associated with spatial disorientation during flight. The aviation physiology training offered by OSU emphasizes the potential hazards to the aircrew associated with flight. Recent FAA statistics show that up to 17% of all General Aviation mishaps involve spatial disorientation and nine out of 10 of those mishaps are fatal. The GAT-II® is a high- fidelity motion-based flight simulator that incorporates aviation safety into pilot training to prevent these tragic mishaps. The Center for Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medicine now has the capability to demonstrate and train pilots in how to prevent spatial disorientation incidents. The aviation training capabilities offered by the ETC GAT-II® will significantly complement OSU's Aviation and Space Program Professional Pilot curriculum. OSU's Aviation and Space Program is committed to the advancement of the aviation profession through instruction, research, and public service at the state, national, and international levels. The program incorporates a strong content base and expertise in the practical implementation of aviation and space applied services. To prepare students in becoming professional pilots, OSU offers Flight Training and Commercial Pilot courses with instrument, multi-engine, and certified flight instructor ratings. In response to the demand for safety training and efficiency in a low cost flight trainer, ETC recently introduced the GAT-II® family of General Aviation Trainers. Most affordable flight training devices have, until now, offered limited basic flight and instrument training, with a narrow field of view visual display, and without a motion platform to simulate realistic flight cues for the pilot. By contrast, the GAT-II® faithfully supports VFR, IFR, as well as Spatial Disorientation (SD) training on a three-axis motion platform. The GAT-II® features a state-of-the-art visual and instrument navigation system mounted on a motion base, which provides roll, pitch, and yaw, motion from direct pilot input. The impressive realistic visual display offers a photo-realistic terrain database; selectable meteorological conditions and all FAA listed airports and navaids. The GAT-II® family of training devices simulates all cockpit controls and interactive visual displays and emulates the motion/flight characteristics of General Aviation aircraft, business aircraft, and helicopters. ETC also designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. Certain matters in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. This includes, but is not limited to, market acceptance of new products, competitive actions, economic conditions, and other risks indicated in filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |