flight simulation
Pretend aircraft piloting
Flight simulation is the artificial recreation of aircraft flight, typically through computer software or mechanical devices that replicate cockpit controls, instrument readings, and visual scenery.
Flight simulators range from home computer programs to full-motion professional systems used to train pilots: He logged hundreds of hours in flight simulation before his first real flight.
The technology allows practicing procedures and emergency scenarios without risk.
- pilot trainingAviation skill development
- emergency proceduresPredetermined crisis response steps
- dead stickUnpowered emergency landing
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- certification programsTraining yielding official qualifications
navigation skills · air traffic control · instrument panel · glass cockpit · cockpit · autopilot · Microsoft · safety protocols · virtual · maneuver · landing gear · arcade · aircraft · throttle · full throttle · turbulence · takeoff · controls
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- Practicedrills, rehearsal, warm-up, warmup, exercises
- astronaut trainingsimulators, centrifuge, spacewalking, crew training, zero-gravity
- aviation hobbiesmodel aircraft, gliding, flying clubs, pilot training, drones
- aviation researchwind tunnels, aerodynamics, aerospace engineering, pressure testing, structural analysis
- aviation trainingpilot training, ground school, private pilot, commercial pilot, pilot license
flight simulationcommercial flight
Scheduled passenger air travel
airline operations · combat mission · passenger transport · cargo flight · charter flight