Wide-angle Infinity Display Equipment
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Wide-angle Infinity Display Equipment (WIDE), the proprietary name for a cross-cockpit collimated display (CCCD) wide-angle display system invented by the UK Rediffusion company at their factory at Crawley, near Gatwick, UK, now part of Thales UK. The general design is now in common use in most Full flight simulators
, made by Thales and several other companies worldwide.
Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...
, made by Thales and several other companies worldwide.