He was also an beginner pilot, but was not satisfied with the quantity of genuine flying training that was obtainable. He decided to construct a ground-dependent gadget to give such education with out the constraints of climate and the availability of aircraft and flight instructors. His design had a pneumatic motion platform driven by inflatable bellows which supplied pitch and roll cues. An electrical motor rotated the platform, giving yaw cues. A generic replica cockpit with working instruments
The Celestial Navigation Trainer of 1941 was 13.7 m (45 ft) large and able of accommodating the navigation team of a bomber crew. It enabled sextants to be utilised for taking "star shots" from a projected exhibit of the night sky.<br />1945 to the 1960s<br />In 1948, Curtiss-Wright delivered a trainer for the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser transport aircraft to Pan American. This was the initially comprehensive aircraft-precise cockpit trainer owned by an airline. There was no motion
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