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flight simulator

(Aeronautics) a ground-training device that reproduces exactly the conditions experienced on the flight deck of an aircraft. Compare Link trainer

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Noun

flight simulator - simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane

trainer

Link trainer - an early form of flight simulator

simulator - a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research

Translations

simulateur de vol

flight simulator

n → simulatore m di volo

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By 2024, the global Flight Simulator Market is expected to reach $5.62 billion.

Flight Simulator Market Is Anticipated To Grow Rapidly Owing To High Demand For Effective And Improvised Training of Pilots Till 2024 / Million Insights

ExpressJet Airlines has announced it has added its first Embraer E175 full-motion flight simulator at its Houston training complex to bolster the airline's in-house capability to train more than 250 pilots on the E175 in 2019, the company said.

ExpressJet Airlines adds Embraer E175 flight simulator to boost pilot training capabilities

Southwest's nearly 50 Flight Simulator Technicians provide maintenance and engineering support for the equipment at the Company's Flight Training Center, where all of Southwest's Pilots receive training.

Southwest Airlines reaches tentative agreement for flight simulator technicians

Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) has signed a contract with Gulf Air to offer full flight simulator training to Gulf Air's Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots.

Gulf Air pilots set to train at Etihad facility

My foray into home flight simulators began long before you ran your article on simulators in the June 2018 issue of Aviation Consumer.

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AAG's new flight simulator will be ready for training by 2019 and comes with a full 'Upset Prevention and Recovery Training' or UPRT capability and with the A320 new engine and current engine options.

Pilot training school in Clark to expand simulator facility

Confusion has reigned over what was found on Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's flight simulator since New York Magazine reported last week that an FBI analysis showed he had conducted a simulated flight to the southern Indian Ocean less than a month before the plane vanished along a similar route.

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"The MH370 captain's flight simulator showed someone had plotted a course to the southern Indian Ocean," JACC said in an email to Reuters on Thursday.

Home flight simulator in MH370 captain's home plotted Indian Ocean course-JACC

The military source reiterated that the terrorists have purchased the flight simulator from abroad because it is a modern equipment and Libya's aviation industry under former dictator Moamar Qaddafi did not have such simulators.

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Admission is PS3 adult/PS1.50 child with flight simulator experiences starting from PS45.