Rethink: Airbourne Simulator

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

146

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

510

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Often being forced to rethink and see things in a different way can open up a vast avenue of approach to new ideas. This issue looks at recent developments in science which grew out of just this kind of rethink. After building elaborate ground based simulators for training pilots, we’ve realised there’s an essential element missing: the feel of being in the air. Now, following a rethink, the latest simulator is mounted in a light aircraft, but can make it behave like a freighter or a fighter.

Researcher Comments

Shows a Basset training aircraft fitted with an airborne simulator for training pilots in flight.

Keywords

Education and training; Aircraft; Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/146

Credits:

Cutter: Andrew Denny
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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