No, your head isn't on wrong, the image IS tilted. I didn't have
much choice since I didn't want to knock the poor
old man standing next to me to the floor so I could get a better shot.
I would've asked, but I don't think he could
hear very well. :)
This is one of the new 737 simulators. The rectangular panels
along the "skirt" are maintenance panels.
This is the crane that's used to move the simulators in and out of
the bay. It's on a track that runs the length of the
entire room.
This is an older 757 simulator as can be noted by the "Rediffusion"
logo on the back. Rediffusion is a simulator
optics manufacturer that primarily handles military systems along with
Evans & Sutherland.
The vented panels long the rear wall of the simulator cab are used
by maintenance crews to easily access the onboard
electronics bays that contain most of the "black-boxes" that are used
by the instructor station and avionics systems.
Now here is one to make you sit up and go "HUH?!". It's a late
70s vintage ADM-3A serial terminal.
It sits right next to the fancy instructor station. I have *no*
idea what it's doing inside a 757 simulator, although
it could be used by the techs to interrogate any onboard systems diagnostic
software.
This is an interior shot of the 757 simulator. As you can see,
the avionics are active. The white lines you'll
notice outside the windows are the runway threshold lines as seen at
Boeing Field. The visual system used
here is a Class D full daylight system. This means that the light
levels generated by the scenery computers
is equivalent to an overcast day at noon. Pretty impressive considering
the lens system they use.