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flight simulator, device providing a controlled environment in which a flight trainee can experience conditions approximating those of actual flight. A simulator generally consists of an enclosure housing a working replica of the interior of the cockpit of an aircraft. This replica has all the usual instruments and is mounted in such a way that it can be moved to simulate the rolling, pitching, and yawing motions of an aircraft. The instrument readings, the student's control inputs, the position of the simulator, information about the characteristics of the aircraft being simulated, and information about the terrain over which it is supposed to be flying are coordinated by a computer so that the student experiences everything but the accelerations of actual flight. In early simulators, all visual information was provided by the instruments. Thus the student received practice in flying blind. The recent use of sophisticated computers has made it possible to provide realistic video displays of conditions outside the cockpit.

flight simulator [′flīt ‚sim·yə‚lād·ər]

(aerospace engineering)

A training device or apparatus that simulates certain conditions of actual flight or of flight operations.

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Microsoft flight simulator is one of the highly admired and played games on the internet today.

FS ? A Gaming Treat by Joey Stevie / Arts and entertainment industries community

Byline: RONNIE PARRY A state-of-the-art flight simulator - one of the most advanced in the world - has been installed at Glyndyer University, Wrexham, to train the next generation of aircraft engineers.

New flight simulator is world class by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

99 each VERDICT: ***** THIS pair of add ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004 brings two of the most iconic fighters ever to fly to our screens.

Games by Birmingham Mail (England)

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