For Immediate Release
August 7, 2002

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MaxFlight Corporation
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MaxFlight FS2000 Flight Simulator Proves a Big Draw at Norwegian Aviation Museum

Shaped like a giant propeller, the Norwegian Aviation Museum is designed to stimulate. Dedicated to the seemingly dry subject of the technical and cultural history of flight, the museum succeeds in making a visit exciting, entertaining and enlightening. With the recent addition of the MaxFlight FS2000 Jet Fighter Flight Simulator, they now have the draw of a big time attraction that is perfectly themed to Norway's prime spot in aviation history and the soaring spirit of the Norwegian people.

Both World War II and the Cold War found Norway on the front lines, and today the Norwegian Aviation Museum lies on the cutting edge in presentation of all aspects of aviation. Located on approximately the same site of a German WWII airfield, in the centrally located town of Bodo, the museum was officially opened by King Harald V in 1994. Continually meeting the challenge to be both "in-depth" and "delightful", the museum responded to guests' requests for a simulator where they could be in total control. After researching extensively and choosing the MaxFlight FS2000, they are now finding out that this big-impact, compact, indoor attraction has the power to draw new target groups.

The FS2000 is a two-seat, totally rider controlled simulator capable of full 360-degree movement in two different directions at once. Pilot and gunner can switch duties at the press of a button, and each movement of the joystick is truly performed by the unique forward-of-the-axis technology developed by MaxFlight Corporation, a New Jersey based creator of several models of simulators. Every turn, spin, spiral and dive the riders view on a huge 58" cockpit screen is what they actually do.

"The museum installed the FS2000 Jet simulator to give our guests the ultimate feeling of being in control," says Elisabeth Langeland, the Norwegian Aviation Museum’s marketing manager. "Visitors love it! It is an exciting attraction and will give the museum many new target groups, especially the young. It is featured in our civil exhibition on the main floor, where we have a simulator zone."

Ms. Langeland, has a comprehensive marketing plan for the Norwegian Aviation Museum's FS2000, including pre-movie cinema ads, web-site pages, direct advertising, school programs, tourist, travel agent and hotel staff promotions and special flying technique classes, for especially interested guests, outside of regular museum hours.

Kjell Lutnes, Museum Director, former pilot and major general, echoed the sentiment; "It is important to get the message over to the next generation and with the new simulator here in the museum, we're well on our way to achieving that. This is the closest you’ll get to real flying."

"At the core of MaxFlight's growing success in both the museum and aviation markets is the combination of providing an exciting ride that is thematically right for the subject at hand," says Frank McClintic, former pilot himself and MaxFlight’s creator. "More and more aviation museums are discovering the potential of having a fantastic thrill ride, capable of drawing crowds all on its own, that is also a flight simulator, giving guests the closest possible experience of flying, while still on the ground." MaxFlight has simulators in over 25 countries on six continents.

Supporting Materials
	3008x1960, JPEG (RGB) (286K, 42s@56K) 2/27/2005 Norwegian journalist, Hans Trygue Holm (left) about to ride the MaxFlight FS2000 with popular TV reporter and aircraft enthusiast, Roald Oien (right), at the Norwegian Aviation Museum's press party.
	3008x1960, JPEG (RGB) (311K, 45s@56K) 2/27/2005 The MaxFlight FS2000 Jet Fighter Flight Simulator in action at the Norwegian Aviation Museum.

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