Flight Safety Foundation–Boeing
Aviation Safety Lifetime Achievement Award

presented to

Albert Lee Ueltschi
FlightSafety International

For his outstanding contribution to flight safety improvement through enhanced training.

Mr. Ueltschi’s aviation career, which began with his first solo flight at the age of 16, culminated in the foundation and leadership of FlightSafety International.

Following several years of varied piloting experience, Mr. Ueltschi joined Pan American World Airways in 1941. During his tenure, he was selected to fly the business aircraft of the company’s founder and president, Juan Trippe.

In the early days of business aviation, Mr. Ueltschi observed that many pilots of business aircraft had no access to the benefits of the formal training that he had been given as an airline professional. This insight led to his founding of the pilot-training company FlightSafety International at La Guardia Airport, New York, New York, in 1951. The company has grown into a major organization that is known and respected worldwide for its leading-edge flight training.

Mr. Ueltschi was among the first to recognize the importance of simulators. His company began by using Link Trainers, which were later supplemented by instrumented Dehmel Duplicators, among the most advanced training devices available at the time. Generic trainers were replaced by aircraft-type-specific devices, and the digital computer made simulation much more realistic. Mr. Ueltschi and his organization played a key role in the development of today’s state-of-the-art visual, full-motion simulators, many of which are designed and built by FlightSafety International.

Flight Safety Foundation and the award’s sponsor, The Boeing Co., are pleased to recognize the achievements of Albert Lee Ueltschi.

FSF 57th annual International Air Safety Seminar
Shanghai, China
November 16, 2004

Stuart Matthews
President and CEO
Flight Safety Foundation

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