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ComputerWorld: Linux Takes Flight on Northwest Simulators

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 1999

Thanks to Skip
Collins
for this link.

“OS used in $34M pilot training systems.”

“Northwest Airlines Inc. is spending about $34 million to
convert its 23 flight simulators from various older platforms such
as VAX to Pentium II-based systems running Linux, said staff
engineer Bob Aguglia in Eagan, Minn. The five-year project with
consultant Opinicus Corp. in Clearwater, Fla., began last
November.”

“Opinicus has ported the Fortran code of one of the flight
simulation applications to Linux.”

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story
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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