Flight Simulator

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

544

Date Released

27 May 1965

Date recorded

23 Apr 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

704

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Flight Simulator
2. 2Cairngorms Mountaineers
3. 3Cairngorms Skiers
4. 4Birds of Prey

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Paris, Tokyo, New York? Pictorial regularly takes you across the world but this time we’re flying off to - nowhere. The pilot you see completing take-off procedure is training on the RAF flight simulator at Lyneham in Wiltshire. It rocks and rolls on huge hydraulic jacks and a mechanical brain can reproduce any flying condition or hazard.

Keywords

Education and training; Aviation

Locations

Wiltshire; England; Lyneham

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Richard Norton

Length of story (in feet)

118

Story extras:

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