From Our Past

The life of Link Simulaton Systems Division in Silver Spring, Maryland
-- the predominant simulation company of its time,
didn't extend into the information age.

Many links to "Singer"" and simulation are found on the web. Only limited glimpses of our past divisions, ERCO, ACF, and Link Simulations Systems Division (LSSD) are found on the Internet.

Should you find other links, we will add them to these pages.

following web links tell stories relating to our Divisions, and their people products and services.

• ERCO It all started in Riverdale, Maryland.

• Ed Link and a historical look

• Our Days as ACF Industries

• Our days as LINK in Riverdale History

• Life as Singer Link in Silver Spring, Maryland

• Link after Singer

• Condensed history

• Marketing brochure from 1977, listing our extensive product line. 78 pages, pdf file, opens in separate window. (08/19/18, thanks to Chris Johnson)

• History from Link to 2003 ( 7 pages Dec 2016)

 

Here is a list of many of the mergers, divestitures and so on involving Singer-Link and related entities. (6/15/2020)

 

• People from our past.

Some historical articles about flight simulators.

1942 Link Trainer

Site devoted to Link trainers

The Link trainer is a mechanical engineering historical landmark

Early history of flight simulators

Another history (pdf)

Dutch simulator site

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This file last modified on October 11, 2020