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Link Trainer|ˈlɪŋk ˈtreɪnə(r)|
[f. Edward Link, its American inventor.]
A flight simulator on which pilots are trained. Also ellipt. as Link.
1937Flight 28 Oct. 416/2 Practice with a Link Trainer invariably results in a light touch upon the controls of a real aircraft whether flying blind or not. 1939War Illustr. 4 Nov. 243 An ingenious apparatus used in the training of R.A.F. pilots is the Link Trainer. 1940Flight 26 Dec. 548/2 After Link Trainer work, dual instruction in the air in turns, landings and spins, and ground instruction in parachutes, the pupil goes on his first solo. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 3 The lessons you learned on the Link Won't help you evade a Gremlin. 1943Ibid. Aug. 36 Link Trainer Instructor...Group I. 1945Tee Emm (Air Ministry) V. 41 Here's a nice little Link Trainer exercise. 1952New Biol. XIII. 51 In some respects this apparatus resembled the Link Trainer, but for a number of reasons it was constructed so that, unlike the Link, it remained stationary. 1960C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane 299 Link Trainer, a synthetic training device, comprising a hooded cockpit, for training in instrument flying, radio aids, etc. |