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It includes establishments making flight simulators
Saitek sells flight simulators , panels, joysticks and simulator kits.
There are a myriad of flight simulators online that you can use. Some of the better known ones are:- Virtual Pilot, GEFS online and the original Flight Simulator.
Yes, the Microsoft Flight Stick controllers work good with aviation simulators.
Free flight simulators can be downloaded on line at various websites such as softonic, flightgear and gefs-online. These simulators will be pretty basic.
There are a number of combat flight simulators that one can find online. For example, Microsoft Game Studios has a series of combat flight simulators that offers new releases every few years, such as Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Some other combat flight simulators include the Warbirds game series and Lock On: Modern Air Combat.
X-plane is one of the most advanced flight simulators that you can get for home use. It is available for Mac, Linux, and Windows. You will want a joystick or a yolk.
Site that offer free game play of flight simulators include BG Games, Flight Gear and Flash Arcade. Free downloadable versions of flight simulators can be found at PHP Nuke.
Michelle M. Bright has written: 'The NASA Lewis integrated propulsion and flight control simulator' -- subject(s): Flight control, Flight simulators 'Piloted evaluation of an integrated propulsion and flight control simulator' -- subject(s): Flight control, Flight simulators
With the rising cost of fuel, many airlines opted for simulators to augment their traditional pilot and crew training
Michael L Cyrus has written: 'Motion systems role in flight simulators for flying training' -- subject(s): Aeronautics, Military, Flight simulators, Flight training, Military Aeronautics, Study and teaching
Flight simulators are used to train new pilots because it is safest and cheapest. It allows students to learn from small and big mistakes, and to experience emergency situations without killing anyone.