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Link trainer

Aeronautics, Trademark.
  1. a ground training device used in instrument-flight training.
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British Dictionary definitions for link trainer

Link trainer

noun
  1. trademark a ground-training device for training pilots and aircrew in the use of flight instrumentsCompare flight simulator

Word Origin for Link trainer

named after E. A. Link (1904–81), its US inventor
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