PORTABLE DEVICE TO CONTROL SIMULATED AIRCRAFT IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAINING SYSTEM

摘要

A portable electronic device (1410) for controlling a simulated aircraft in a training exercise executing in an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system having a simulator, a method of doing the same using a portable electronic device (1410), and a computer program product are disclosed. The device is capable of wirelessly communicating with the simulator (1420, 1430) also suitable adapted for wireless communications. The device (1410) comprises a display (2014), a memory (2006) for storing data and one or more computer programs, a user input mechanism (2002, 2070, 2071), and a processor (2005). The device (1410) displays on the display information about an aircraft in a training exercise executing on the simulator and receives inputs to control the aircraft in the training exercise on the simulator. The displayed information and the received inputs are communicated between the simulator and the portable electronic device (1410).