Ed Link.
Ed Link, the "father of flight simulation" who developed
the first pilot training device in 1929, has been inducted into the
National Inventors Hall of Fame The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the whole world who have lodged a domestic American patent. The only prerequisite of induction is being named an inventor on a US patent. Posthumous induction is allowed. (NIHF NIHF National Inventors Hall of Fame
NIHF Northern Ireland Hotels Federation ) in Akron, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of . Link, who worked
for L-3 Communications' Link Simulation and Training division,
joins 16 other major aviation and aerospace leaders in this year's
NIHF inductee class.
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