Link Aviation Devices

Link Aviation Devices was a manufacturer of aircraft simulators. It is currently a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies.

Link Aviation Devices
Formerly
Link Aeronautical Corporation
Founded1929 (1929)
FounderEdwin Albert Link
Headquarters
Binghamton, New York
,
United States
Parent

History

Ed Link founded the company in 1929 after experimenting with the compressed air used in the products of his father's Link Piano and Organ Company. The company's Link Trainer saw widespread service as an aircraft simulator during and after World War II.

In 1954, Link Aviation was purchased by the General Precision Equipment Corporation. It, in turn, was purchased by Singer Corporation in 1968 and Link became the Simulation Products Division and later the Link Flight Simulation Division. The reincorporated Link Military Simulation Corporation was sold in 1988 to CAE Industries, which became CAE-Link. CAE-Link was purchased by Hughes Electronics Corporation in 1995. After only three years, it was bought by Raytheon. Finally, in 2000, it was acquired by L-3 Communications and named L-3 Link Simulation & Training.[1][2][3]

Products
  • AVCATT
  • Link Trainer
  • School Trainer – Light airplane trainer. Intended for use in elementary school through college.[4][5]
  • C-11B – Used for training for the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star.[6][7]
  • GAT-1 – General aviation trainer.[8]
  • GAT-2 – Light twin engine procedural trainer. Flying characteristics resemble the Beechcraft Baron, Cessna 310, and Piper Aztec.[9][10]
  • GAT-3 – Twin jet trainer[10]
  • MB-5 – Flight simulator for the F-102A[11]
  • MB-42 – Flight simulator for the F-106A[11]
  • ME-1 – Basic jet instrument flight trainer. Developed from the T-37 cockpit.[12]
  • P-1 – Constructed from a T-6G cockpit and mounted on a modified C-8 base.[13] A slightly modified version was known as the 1-CA-2 by the U.S. Navy.[14][15][16]
  • T-4 – Instrument flight trainer for the T-37.[11]
  • T-7 – Instrument flight trainer for the T-38.[11]

References
  1. "TIMELINE OF SINGER AND RELATED COMPANIES". Life After Link. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. "About". L3Harris. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. Dorey, Susan J. (2010). "Link Aviation, A History" (PDF). Susan Dorey Designs. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. Fountain, Paul (May 1947). "The Mighty Link". Flying. Vol. 40 no. 5. Chicago, Illinois: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. pp. 40–42, 90. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "'School Link' Trainer to be Unveiled Tonight". Binghamton Press. 2 January 1947. p. 21. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. Jaspers, Henrik (27 May 2004). "RESTORING AND OPERATING HISTORICAL AVIATION TRAINERS" (PDF). Wanadoo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. Wackett, Gordon R. (16 September 1951). "Link Teamwork Helps Produce Top Airmen". Binghamton Press. p. 12-A. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. "Link General Aviation Trainer (GAT)". Techworks. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. "New products". Flying. Vol. 85 no. 1. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. July 1969. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  10. "[Untitled Advertisement]". Flying. Vol. 85 no. 4. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. October 1969. p. 33. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  11. Valverde, Horace H. (July 1968). "Flight Simulators: A Review of the Research and Development" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Division, Air Force Systems Command. pp. 136, 138–139. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  12. Townsend, John C. (June 1956). Evaluation of the Link, ME-1, Basic Instrument Flight Trainer. Operator Laboratory, Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Air Research and Development Command. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  13. Flexman, Ralph E.; Ornstein, George N. (September 1954). Evaluation of a Contact Flight Simulator When Used in an Air Force Primary Pilot Training Program: Part I. Over-All Effectiveness. Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas: Basic Pilot Research Laboratory, Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Air Research and Development Command. p. 15.
  14. Roscoe, Stanley N., "Alexander Coxe Williams, Jr., 1914–1962" (PDF), Who Made Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Psychology, p. 72
  15. Eddowes, Edward E.; Waag, Wayne L. (June 1980), The Use of Simulators for Training In-Flight and Emergency Procedures (PDF), Williams Air Force Base, Arizona: AGARD, p. 9, retrieved 4 November 2019
  16. Kelly, Lloyd L. (June 1955), "[Untitled Letter to the Editor]", Naval Aviation News, Washington, D.C.: Chief of Naval Operations and Bureau of Aeronautics, p. 32, retrieved 4 November 2019
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