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Abstract A meta-analysis of flight simulation research was conducted to identify important characteristics associated with the effectiveness of simulator training. Some 247 articles, research reports, and technical reports were located, from which 26 experiments were identified as having sufficient information for statistical meta-analysis. The major finding was that the use of simulators combined with aircraft training consistently produced improvements in training for jets compared to aircraft training only. Use of motion cuing added little to the training environments for jets. The average effectiveness of performance-paced training was greater than that for lock-step training. In general, training outcomes appear to be influenced considerably by the type of task and the amount and type of training given.
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