1.1K views · 182 reactions | The Link Trainer #ww2 #ww2history #link #trainer #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

6.5K views · 58 reactions | The Link Trainer, invented by Edwin Link in 1929, changed pilot training forever. This innovative flight simulator used in WWII helped train over a million pilots, reducing accidents and giving Allied forces an advantage in the skies. | History Exposed | Facebook

During WWII, every pilot learned to "simulate," instrument flight in this equitment. The pilot was closed up in the darkness of the Link Trainer and, as the instructor manipulated the controls on the desk outside the trainer, the pilot would learn to ' fly ' by the lighted up instruments. The ' spider ' would create a graph based on the pilots maneuvers so the pilot and instructor could evaluate the day's lesson. Edwin Link, the creator of the Link Trainer, developed a passion for flying in his