The author experienced a rare flight in a recently restored Link Trainer, a historically significant flight simulator from the 1920s extensively used in WWII for instrument flight training. The Link ...
At the beginning of World War II, we were simulating a phase of flying in a device known as the Link Trainer. This ingenious gadget was utilized by the Army Air Corps and Navy Aviation to help train ...
It was nearly a century ago that Edwin Link invented the ubiquitous Link Fight Trainer, or “Blue Box”, the ground-breaking pilot trainer that arguably helped pave the way for allied victory in World ...
Simulation for training has long been a central part of U.S. aviation. Pilots were first trained on the famous Link Trainer starting in 1934, when the Army Air Corps bought six Link Trainers to assist ...