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Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator (died 1981)
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Edwin Albert Link
American inventor and underwater diver (1904–1981)
Edwin Albert Link was an American inventor, entrepreneur and pioneer in aviation, underwater archaeology, and submersibles. He invented the flight simulator, which was called the "Blue Box" or "Link Trainer". It was commercialized in 1929, starting a now multibillion-dollar…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Flight simulator
Technology used for training aircrew
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes. It includes replicating the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of flight…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)