flight simulator

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

flight′ sim′ulator, 

1. Aeronautics a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.

• 1945–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

flight simulator noun

1. a ground-training device that reproduces exactly the conditions experienced on the flight deck of an aircraft