a ground-training device that reproduces exactly the conditions experienced on the flight deck of an aircraft
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flight simulator in American English
noun
a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions
Word origin
[1945–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, individual medley, shootout, spin-off, taxi squad
Examples of 'flight simulator' in a sentence
flight simulator
They said activity files recovered from the flight simulator reflected normal 'game' use.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Facilities include a flight simulator and a newsroom for the university's sports journalists.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Did you know, for example, that it contains an amazingly realistic secret flight simulator?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The military flight simulator manufacturer had pulled two previous financings.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Scientists have already used a flight simulator to model the refuelling system.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The 60million roller coaster features 40 flight simulator capsules.
The Sun (2006)
This is a combat flight simulator with the emphasis on action rather than accuracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There will also be lots of interactive exhibits including a hot-air balloon, aerofoil gloves and a flight simulator.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He had a flight simulator at home which appears to have had a quantity of data deleted from it recently.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Officials said a forensic examination of a multiscreen computer flight simulator that the captain had built at one of his houses had revealed nothing incriminating.