South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum is a
 registered charity number 1051994

 member of the British Aviation
 Preservation Council

  Thursday 11th March 2010

AeroVenture, Dakota Way 
Airborne Road, Doncaster Leisure Park 
Doncaster, DN4 7FB (do not use for GPS), UK 

tel 01302 761616 

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Introduction

Aeroventure Flight Simulator Group

Museum Treasurer Ian Kingsnorth (left) opening the flight simulator room.

The room opened with two flight simulators representing Cessna 172's operating at Finningley (the new Doncaster Sheffield airport)

We now have a dedicated room for flight simulators.

A lot of effort has gone into making the simulators easy for visitors and non-technical museum staff to operate.

Full instructions are supplied so that visitors can try their hands at flying. So far we have had 'test pilots' ranging from under 5's to over 80's trying their hands at flying, so the new room is proving popular.

Flight Simulators As an Educational Aid

As well as taking off and landing, flying around the airport just operating a simulator shows the effect of the following aircraft controls and instruments:-

• Ailerons
• Elevator
• Rudder
• Flaps
• Throttle

• Altimeter (height)
• Attitude Indicator (also known as artifical horizon)
• Airspeed Indicator
• Magnetic Compass
• Heading Indicator
• Turn Indicator
• Vertical Speed Indicator
• Engine Speed (RPM)

Aims

To encourage and develop interest in flying in people of all ages.

Updates

03/10/09 First set of repairs (replaced CMOS batteries - twice)
17/10/09 Replaced all A4 wall instructions with A3 versions

Future Projects

We are now working on a helicopter flight simulator that will eventually have more realistic controls replacing a joystick.

Create wall displays or instructional videos to train on different aspects of flight to complement our simulators eg take-off, circuits and landing.

If you are interested in flight simulators you are welcome to join us, email me jim @ aeroventure.org.uk for the next meeting day which is typically Saturdays 10:30 onwards