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LINK TRAINER. Group of 3 original pastel on paper designs, 203 x 302 mm to 260 x 451 mm, New York, Butler-Zimmermann for Link Aviation, 1948-1950, being designs for LT-5 Jet Trainer flight simulator including console,
5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New YorkUS$2,000 - US$3,000
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LINK TRAINER.
Group of 3 original pastel on paper designs, 203 x 302 mm to 260 x 451 mm, New York, Butler-Zimmermann for Link Aviation, 1948-1950, being designs for LT-5 Jet Trainer flight simulator including console, each matted
Ed Link created the first Link Trainer flight simulator in 1929 using his knowledge of organ mechanics—pumps, valves and bellows—that he learned working at his father's Link Piano and Organ. The device allowed for safe training of pilots with immersive device that included controls and instruments which provided accurate readings. The simulators were utilized not only by the US, but also by Australia, Canada, Germany, UK, Israel, Japan, Pakistaon and the USSR. It's easy to see how the successful Link Trainer would lead the way for the use of the virtual reality aviation trainers that were to come.
The present renderings demonstrate how realistic the flight simulators were designed to be with the trainee completely enclosed in what appears to be an actual jet cockpit. It certainly gives the impression of being a step along the way to the fully immersive virtual reality of the flight simulators that would begin to emerge in the 1970s.
Ed Link created the first Link Trainer flight simulator in 1929 using his knowledge of organ mechanics—pumps, valves and bellows—that he learned working at his father's Link Piano and Organ. The device allowed for safe training of pilots with immersive device that included controls and instruments which provided accurate readings. The simulators were utilized not only by the US, but also by Australia, Canada, Germany, UK, Israel, Japan, Pakistaon and the USSR. It's easy to see how the successful Link Trainer would lead the way for the use of the virtual reality aviation trainers that were to come.
The present renderings demonstrate how realistic the flight simulators were designed to be with the trainee completely enclosed in what appears to be an actual jet cockpit. It certainly gives the impression of being a step along the way to the fully immersive virtual reality of the flight simulators that would begin to emerge in the 1970s.