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Offline Frankie

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Retro flight simulators - they trained in that?
« on: May 04, 2017, 09:53:16 AM »
12 Retro Flight Simulators by David Galbraith.


1909 training rig for the Antoinette aircraft. Whoa! That was very immersive Pierre!




Poster for Edwin A. Link's Flight Trainer 1930s

Just two of the 12 contraptions featured in the full article from http://www.oobject.com/category/12-retro-flight-simulators/
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Re: Retro flight simulators - they trained in that?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2017, 04:00:55 PM »
One of my great-uncles was an instructor for a Link Trainer during WWII. He got to be one of Jimmy Stewart's instructors.
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