New Delhi: National carrier Air India's first-ever flight simulator will soon be opened for public viewing at the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai where people can explore its sophisticated cockpit.
Acquired by Air India in 1980, the first flight simulator Boeing 747-200 was in service for about 21 years and used to train hundreds of pilots before it finally landed at the Nehru Science Centre a few years ago.
The artefact is likely to be thrown open for public view by this year end, official sources said.
The authorities at the Centre, functioning under the aegis of the National Council of Science Museums, are in the process of building an exclusive pavilion for the simulator.
"We are creating a pavilion for the simulator and visitors would be allowed to get a first hand experience of the significant simulator," G S Rautela, Director General of National Council of Science Museums, told PTI.
08/03/15 PTI/Economic Times
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Acquired by Air India in 1980, the first flight simulator Boeing 747-200 was in service for about 21 years and used to train hundreds of pilots before it finally landed at the Nehru Science Centre a few years ago.
The artefact is likely to be thrown open for public view by this year end, official sources said.
The authorities at the Centre, functioning under the aegis of the National Council of Science Museums, are in the process of building an exclusive pavilion for the simulator.
"We are creating a pavilion for the simulator and visitors would be allowed to get a first hand experience of the significant simulator," G S Rautela, Director General of National Council of Science Museums, told PTI.
08/03/15 PTI/Economic Times
