1. World War II Flight Simulators Jordan Bradfield TE 2520

2. Humble Beginnings Edwin Link – Link Piano and Organ Company – Link Simulator built in factory basement Rising need for safe pilot training by reference to instruments

3. ANT-18 (Blue Box) Most famous trainer from WWII – Turned through 360 degrees – T-6 cockpit replica Produced 10,000 trainers Traveled through all 3 axes Simulated spinning, gear overspeed, and stall buffeting

4. Construction Two main components – Wooden box consisting of the replica fuselage, instrument panel and pilot’s seat – Instructor station with repeated instrument display, map and glass plotter

5. ANT-18

6. Legacy Transformed instrument training “Blind Flying” Regarded to be the first true flight simulator Trained hundreds of thousands of pilots in the 30’s and 40’s

7. Source List http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheet s/factsheet.asp?id=3371 http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheet s/factsheet.asp?id=3371 http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/ Chapter2/linktrainer.pdf http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/ Chapter2/linktrainer.pdf