A working flight simulator, no computers necessary
There are only a few working Link Trainers left in the world: but before microprocessors, before display screnes, half a million pilots learned the basics of instrument flying inside one. More: https://www.most.org/explore/link-fli... Edited by Michelle Martin, / @onthecrux 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ / lateralcast ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: / tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: / techdif

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The Link Trainer: the Insanely Sophisticated Steampunk Simulator

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My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)

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The government approves of this shark now.

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Why Maglev is (Basically) Impossible

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I'm not a pilot. Can I land a 737?

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2 Bouncy Things. Zero bounce.

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How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting

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How do Flight Simulators actually work?

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I flew with birds. You can too.

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The Obsessive Engineering of Precision Linear Motion

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How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910?

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yeah... no wonder movies look cheap on new TVs

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The Thames Barrier must never fail. Here's why it doesn't.

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We Finally Know What Actually Happened To The Hindenburg

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1943-44 Pre-Computer Avionics Aircraft Navigation LINK TRAINER Aeronautics History Air Force Navy

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I had to throw out my script about this submarine simulator

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Testing The World's Smartest Crow

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Challenge Accepted! Can Tom Scott Land a B737 By Himself?!

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The Self Balancing Monorail

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