Yesterday featured a photo of the C-131 Total In Flight Simulator, a flying human factors laboratory. Here are more links to information about this unique aircraft:
History of Inflight Simulation Research Paper – includes photos and commentary about TIFS aircraft (AIAA paper from Perdue website)
US Air Force news article (and three high resolution photos) of TIFS last flight
National Museum of the US Air Force Fact Sheet (and 15 high resolution photos)
Aviation Week post about TIFS (includes rare photo of TIFS first flight)
NASA used the TIFS to explore synthetic vision technology.
This is a link to the preliminary design report of the TIFS, research done by Cornell Aero Labs on behalf of the US Air Force. And this is a follow up report on its capabilities.
