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===1945 to the 1960s=== In 1954 [[United Airlines]] bought four flight simulators at a cost of $3 million from Curtiss-Wright that were similar to the earlier models, with the addition of visuals, sound and movement. This was the first of today's modern flight simulators for commercial aircraft.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Popular Mechanics|author=Hearst Magazines|title=Airline Pilots Fly Anywhere in the world – Without Leaving the Ground|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AeADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA87|date=September 1954|publisher=Hearst Magazines|page=87}}</ref> A simulator for helicopters existed as the Jacobs Jaycopter as means of “Cutting helicopter training cost.”.<ref>Canadian Aviation February 1961</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fortier|first=Rénald|title=A helicopter simulator with a difference: it flies – Canada's Jacobs Jaycopter |website=[[Ingenium]] Canadian National Museums of Science and Innovation |url=https://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/a-helicopter-simulator-with-a-difference-it-flies-canadas-jacobs-jaycopter }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jaycopter, Edmonton, Alberta|website=Provincial Archives of Alberta - A Question |url=https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/PhotoGalleryDetails.aspx?st=edmonton&cp=672&ReturnUrl=%2Fpaa%2FSearch.aspx%3Fst%3Dedmonton%26cp%3D672&dv=True&DeptID=1&ObjectID=A8615 }}</ref> The simulator was later sold as a funfair ride in the [[New York World's Fair 1964|1964-65 New York World's Fair]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair - Jaycopter Ride |website=WorldsFairPhotos.com|url=https://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/jaycopter.htm }}</ref>
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