Pilots Fight Virtual Wildfires

Aerial firefighting tanker pilots, "air attack" command-and-control specialists, and leadplane crews will soon be trained and certified through low-cost flight simulators that capitalize on computer-game technology. Two U.S. Forest Service (USFS) aviation managers are working with Silicon Studios to...

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