Designed by Binghamton, NY engineer Edwin Link in 1929, the Link Flight Trainer was the first commercially available flight simulator. The Link Trainer at the Museum of Science & Technology - MOST in downtown Syracuse was restored by Syracuse University's College of Engineering and Computer Science. | Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science
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