FLIGHT STIMULATOR            

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Context

• Pilots cannot be trained to fly Boeing 737 MAXs safely if the stick shaker in a simulator is faulty, the plane manufacturer has informed the Director-General of Civil Aviation.
• DGCA had recently barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from flying these planes following an inspection of a training facility of the airline.

About

• A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes.
• It includes replicating the equations that govern how aircraft fly:

1. How they react to applications of flight controls,
2. The effects of other aircraft systems, and
3. How the aircraft reacts to external factors such as air density, turbulence, wind shear, cloud, precipitation, etc.

• Flight simulation is used for a variety of reasons, including flight training (mainly of pilots), the design and development of the aircraft itself, and research into aircraft characteristics and control handling qualities.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/90-spicejet-pilots-barred-from-maxs-boeing-response-puts-airline-in-the-dock/article65321819.ece#:~:text=Pilots%20cannot%20be%20trained%20to,training%20facility%20of%20the%20airline