ABSTRACT
The use of simulators for training has a well-established history in a variety of jobs, including military strategic and tactical command operations, managerial decisionmaking, nuclear power plant operations, and space flight operations. This is particularly true in aviation where flight simulators have been in use for over 60 years. Modern high fidelity flight simulators can reproduce most of the essential characteristics of flying an aircraft including the cockpit displays and controls, out-the-window scenery, radio communications, numerous weather conditions, and those systems equipped with motion-based platforms can reproduce the pitch, roll, and yaw movements of the aircraft. In fact, many flight schools require that students spend a minimum number of hours in a flight simulator for licensure.
