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As a schoolkid in 1970's Lubbock, TX we got to visit Reese AFB where they did jet training on the T37 and T38. The simulator room had a set of enormous landscap
by bgribble 4y ago
As a schoolkid in 1970's Lubbock, TX we got to visit Reese AFB where they did jet training on the T37 and T38. The simulator room had a set of enormous landscape dioramas, my recollection is that they were something like 20 feet by 20 feet. The simulator would "fly" a camera over the diorama. There was a cockpit on hydraulic actuators. I don't remember what the display looked like (or even if I got to see it), but I do remember those huge dioramas and thinking how funny it would be if you "crashed" into a spiderweb on the simulator :)
- KineticLensman 4y agoThe Lunar Module simulator used by Apollo astronauts used a similar technique.
- CmdrKrool 4y agoThread of pilots reminiscing about these simulators including common japes of putting spiders or kids' toys on the landscape. Don't miss post #4 for a cool video: https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/499352-military-flight-simulators-full-size-kit-early-analog-scenery.html https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/499352-military-fli...