Terrain Board, Segment, Lubbock, Texas, Flight Simulator
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Redifon
- Physical Description
- Scale bas-reliefs showing detailed topography of area around Lubbock, Texas and accessory parts.
- Summary
- This is a fragment of a "terrain board" used to train pilots for the U.S. Air Force. Fighter pilots trained for missions by using scale models of terrain, over which moved a television camera that was connected to controls on the flight simulator. The trainee saw an image in the simulator that corresponded to what he or she would see if flying a real airplane over that terrain. This board represents the region around Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
- Inventory Number
- A19890001000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Training Devices
- Materials
- Wood
- Possible Plaster
- Paint
- Plastic
- Possible Foam
- Adhesive
- Paper
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 248.3 × 8.6 × 130.8cm (8 ft. 1 3/4 in. × 3 3/8 in. × 4 ft. 3 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19890001000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93d441691-491e-43f0-8f92-c562ddcfd784
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