| Southampton, PA: August 29, 2001-Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) announced today the delivery of a GAT-IIŪ General Aviation Trainer to the FlightSafety International (FSI) Pilot Training Academy at Vero Beach, Florida. The aviation training capabilities offered by the GAT-IIŪ will significantly complement FlightSafety Academy's Professional Pilot curriculum. FSI's Aviation Training Program is committed to the advancement of the aviation profession through instruction, research, and public service at state, national, and international levels. Their program incorporates a strong content base and expertise in the practical implementation of aviation and applied sciences. To prepare students to become professional pilots, FSI offers flight training and commercial pilot courses with instrument, multi-engine, and Certified Flight Instructor ratings, up to Airline Transport Pilot ratings. In response to the demand for safety training and efficiency in a low cost flight trainer, ETC recently introduced the GAT-IIŪ 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-IIŪ faithfully supports VFR and IFR, as well as Spatial Disorientation (SD) training on a three-axis motion platform. Recent FAA statistics indicate that up to 17% of all general aviation mishaps involve spatial disorientation, and nine out of 10 of those mishaps are fatal. The GAT-IIŪ is a high fidelity motion based flight simulator that incorporates aviation safety into pilot training to avoid these tragic mishaps. With the GATŪ, FSI now has the capability to demonstrate and train to prevent spatial disorientation incidents. According to the Academy's Director of Training, "The GAT II has greatly enhanced our ability to prepare graduates for the real-world challenges of instrument flying". The GAT-IIŪ 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-IIŪ 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. |