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flight simulatorComputer-controlled pilot-training device, consisting of an artificial cockpit mounted on hydraulic legs, that simulates the experience of flying a real aircraft. Inside the cockpit, the trainee pilot views a screen showing a computer-controlled projection of the view from a real aircraft, and makes appropriate adjustments to the controls. The computer monitors these adjustments, changes both the alignment of the cockpit on its hydraulic legs, and the projected view seen by the pilot. In this way a trainee pilot can progress to quite an advanced stage of training without leaving the ground. |
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JetBlue's new training center will encompass an 80,000-s/f building with the capacity for eight flight simulators and two cabin simulators, plus classrooms, cabin crew training equipment, a training pool, a fire-fighting training station and administration areas. Other technologies include a gift from Montreal-based CAE--the world's largest producer of flight simulators-of three Simfinity flight simulators. Flight simulators provide a harrowingly realistic experience of flight, and have become a central part of the assessment and training program for airline pilots. |
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