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Subject
NASFL, building, Link Trainer, military, museums, simulators
Description
Two exterior shots of Building 8 which housed the Link trainer.
The Link Trainer, also known as the Blue Box and Pilot Trainer, was a flight simulator produced between the early 1930s based on technology pioneered in 1929 by Edwin Albert Link. These simulators became famous during World War II, when they were used as a key pilot training aid by almost every combatant nation. More than 500,000 U.S pilots were trained on Link simulators, many of them at the NAS Fort Lauderdale.
The Link Flight Trainer has been designated as a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Link Company is now a part of L-3 Communications and continues to make aerospace simulators.
Courtesy of the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum.
Date Digital
2019
Date Original
1975
Format
color photographic print
Digital Collection
NAS
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History | Military and Veterans Studies | Military History
Keywords
NASFL, building, Link Trainer, military, museums, simulators