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From: dep@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (David Pugh)
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Subject: Re: A-10 Thunderbolt
Keywords: Simulators?
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Date: 28 Oct 89 04:22:06 GMT
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From: dep@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (David Pugh)

>Sure. They are the first to admit it (although I am refering to the 50
>foot restriction, not popups). Training them that way tends to get
>a lot killed and crashes a lot of fighters.

Are the tactics used in close air support simulator training any different
from the tactics used when flying real airplanes? This question may be moot
(since simulators may not be part of the CAS training program). For that
matter, is it possible to build a good CAS simulator? I remember hearing
that there were problems with some simulators (to the point that pilots
were being grounded for a day or so after time in a simulator) because the
image didn't mesh exactly with the signals the inner-ear was getting (it
is kinda hard to exactly simulate a 360 degree roll, for example). I would
think that this problem would be even worse for CAS training.

The sad part is that, what ever problems exist, you can bet that the Air Force
isn't spending a lot of its R&D budget solving them :-(.
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