They call it the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS), and by all accounts, it is the world's largest flight simulator. Installed in a ten-story tower at the NASA Ames Simulation Lab in Silicon Valley, the ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—From a viewing spot in a high bay room at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, I peer through a glass window at a cab that simulates the cockpit of a commercial aircraft.

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2021) – Army pilots joined vertical lift experts from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, Program Executive Office for ...

Four passengers participate in a simulation of an air taxi ride at NASA’s Vertical Motion Simulator, or VMS. Located at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, the VMS allows NASA ...

The simulators are central to the FAA certification process and are being delivered on time to support pilot training ahead ...

I experienced Tuesday what it will be like to ride in Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in moderate to severe turbulence. And I didn't throw up. Not a ride in the real plane, of course. The first 787 has just ...