• Aircraft:

  Convair NC-131H TFIS

• Reg: N793VS photos
• Serial #:

  245

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Aug 11, 2007
• Uploaded: Aug 18, 2007
• Niagara Falls Int'l Airport - KIAG, USA - New York

I had thought this aircraft had gone the way of the dodo bird. I remember seeing it fly around years ago. It is called a TIFS (Total In-Flight Simulator) and was made from a Convair C-131. The front cockpit could be set up with the cockpit of anything and through computers the aircraft can be made to handle as that particular aircraft. This aircraft was used a lot to train shuttle astronauts early in the program on how to fly the orbitor.

Photographer

Aircraft

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