simulators
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A Pilot’s Review of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
I’ve been flying regional jets and in general aviation for 12 years. But your flying job will always restrict you to the type of flying and destinations that your employer needs, and unless you’re Bezos or Zuck, you can’t own every genre of aeroplane and fly everywhere. With Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, I got a…
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The First Video Of Disney World’s New Avatar Ride Looks Fantastic
Video: When the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride first opened at Disneyland in 1967, it represented the cutting-edge of amusement park technologies. Fifty years later, this video is our first glimpse at how far ride technologies have advanced, as Disney World’s new Avatar: Flight of Passage attraction is set to open next weekend, and…
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Design And Detonate A Simulated Fireworks Show With No Risk Of Injury
If you ask someone what their favourite toy was growing up they will probably say something like Lego. But deep down it was really the illegal fireworks their friend’s cousin’s uncle got from his neighbour. Nothing can quite match the thrill of something going boom, and now amateur pyrotechnics enthusiasts can safely scratch that itch…
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Dad Builds Kids A NASA Simulator That Would Make Chris Hadfield Jealous
Remember that fridge box you turned into a rocket ship as a kid, complete with crayon-drawn control panels and a fancy sparkle glue paint job? Yeah, that was an embarrassment to our nation compared to this NASA simulator that Jeff Highsmith designed and built for his sons.