{"id":74796,"date":"2022-11-05T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=74796"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:02:29","slug":"a-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/11\/05\/a-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"A working flight simulator, no computers necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJAYZgOZS08\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 4 Jul 2022<\/p>\n<p>There are only a few working Link Trainers left in the world: but before microprocessors, before display screnes, half a million pilots learned the basics of instrument flying inside one. More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbm1aZ1owTEtNUktDa2R1NGJSUFRjdlRHbF95d3xBQ3Jtc0tsczBEOHU5ODVpNlVRdlJkaUtjV1N3THFoNE9qZmZFWkNoR3lSc0JEY0VFRlRENnV4UjRTTGdRWll2NzlrXzB1cjI5bllSQWE0WW5pX3BwME9XVFRxWEI2a1l3RmRLYkhyTExIRzZ4WXQzaG1IMFd4VQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.most.org%2Fexplore%2Flink-flight-trainer%2F&#038;v=RJAYZgOZS08\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.most.org\/explore\/link-fli&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Edited by Michelle Martin, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrsmmartin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrsmmartin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and on Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-05-at-10-01-46-A-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-05-at-10-01-46-A-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-77676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-05-at-10-01-46-A-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-05-at-10-01-46-A-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-05-at-10-01-46-A-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-05-at-10-01-46-A-working-flight-simulator-no-computers-necessary-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 4 Jul 2022 There are only a few working Link Trainers left in the world: but before microprocessors, before display screnes, half a million pilots learned the basics of instrument flying inside one. 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