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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

CONTEXT: RAH-66 Comanche—America’s Abandoned Stealth Helicopter

In early 1989, I had the opportunity to briefly “fly” the RAH-66 Comanche flight simulator, which used a virtual reality helmet display instead of the usual surrounding projection screens. The imagery was generated by some serious computing gear in an adjacent room and was stunningly good for the time. Today it would be considered poor to mediocre for a game title on Steam.

Posted at March 24, 2021 12:26