The University of Waterloo has recently undertaken a significant step forward in promoting aviation research on campus, through the purchase of a new flight simulator.
The new flight simulator will allow researchers to have priority access to a simulator, which although common technology within flight school settings — including the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre — they usually prioritize student flight training instead of research efforts.
In support of the Aviation program at Waterloo, and the newly-announced Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics, this Alsim AL250 flight simulator will open the skies virtually to researchers looking to expand their research into the aviation industry.
“We’re bringing together a variety of leading experts who have already solved a problem in another discipline, in order to help aviation,” says Suzanne Kearns, Professor of Aviation. “We really want it to be accessible to researchers, mobilizing them to think about how they could use the simulator in new and innovative ways based on their own expertise.”
Read more about the flight simulator, and the research already planned for it, see the full story on Waterloo News.