Object Details
- Physical Description
- Rectangular black box with several control knobs and a second part that consists of a square metal frame with six light fixtures and associated wiring.
- Summary
- This is the television camera from a flight simulator system used in the 1970s and 1980s by the U.S. Air Force. Pilots trained for missions by using "terrain boards": scale models of terrain, over which was moved a camera connected to controls in a flight simulator. The traineee saw an image on the simulator windows that corresponded to what he or she would see if flying a real airplne over that terrain.
- Beginning in the late-1980s, computer graphics replaced these mechanical systems for training.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Redifon
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Ferrous Alloy
- Plastics
- Electrical Wiring
- Copper Alloy
- Paint
- Glass
- Adhesive
- Adhesive Sticker
- Ink
- Cadmium
- Dimensions
- Other (Light fixture): 1 ft. 10 in. × 2 ft. (55.9 × 61cm)
- Other (Liight fixture): 1 ft. (30.5cm)
- Other (Camera): 2 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. × 2 ft. (71.1 × 61 × 61cm)
- 3-D (Overall): 90.2 × 66 × 72.4cm (2 ft. 11 1/2 in. × 2 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 4 1/2 in.)
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Training Devices
