For Immediate Release
October 9, 2002

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Brian McClintic
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MaxFlight Corporation
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Seattle's Museum of Flight Lands MaxFlight

Seattle's magnificent Museum of Flight has installed two MaxFlight FS2000 Flight Simulators. Situated in the huge steel and glass Great Gallery, these full-motion two-seat flight simulators will give guests on the ground the real feel of flight as dozens of full-sized historical aircraft fly in display formation, six stories overhead. Part of a broad planned upgrade to the 142,816 sq. ft. Great Gallery, the MaxFlight FS2000s fit perfectly into the Museum of Flight's concept of providing a stimulating, interactive educational experience.

While offering a comprehensive hands-on history of flight, from the dawn of aviation to the space age, the Museum of Flight is also a hub of actual flying activities, from fly-ins to air shows to racing weekends to their Olde Thyme Aviation program, where visitors can view Seattle from the open cockpit of a bi-plane. "The experience of flight is so central to the museum's inspirational purpose," says Ralph A. Bufano, the Museum of Flight's President and CEO.

"But where an airplane is certainly one of the best places to take in that experience, we recognize that it is sometimes more appropriate to fly on the ground," says Bufano. "Simulators provide the opportunity to experience the sensations of flight at a fraction of the cost."

Bufano continues, "I had the chance to test fly one of the MaxFlight FS2000 Simulators, and let me tell you, fly is the operative word! These simulators are not rides; they are fully interactive flight experiences. The simulator cabin is controlled by the 'pilot', not a computer, throughout 360-degrees of motion in both pitch and roll axes. A 58" screen gives the pilot an extremely realistic cockpit view of whatever gyrations he or she commands. The virtual experience begins with a catapult launch from a carrier and proceeds through a simulated strike mission."

New Jersey based MaxFlight Corporation's creator and former pilot Frank McClintic, is delighted with the increasingly large foray into the museum and aviation markets. "MaxFlight provides a one-of-a-kind, physical, historical and educational experience at the pilot's control with the FS2000," says McClintic. "All our simulators create the ultimate interactive sensations." MaxFlight simulators are in over 25 countries on six continents.

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	862x422, JPEG (RGB) (89K, 13s@56K) 2/27/2005 Seattle's Museum of Flight installation of two MaxFlight FS2000 Flight Simulators.

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