The A/F37A/T-4G, a T-37 flight training simulator with limited visual and motion capability, was evaluated to determine the extent to which its technology could be used to substitute for flying hours in the UPT T-37 syllabus. S special syllabus maximizing T-4G capabilities was used. This report describes the first phase in which six UPT students were trained in the T-4G/T-37 program. The six students completed contact training in 23.4 flying hours (a savings of 3.8 hours), and they completed instrument training in 9.7 flying hours (a savings of 11.1 hours). (Author).

Twenty-one Ss, selected from three Undergraduate Pilot Training classes, were given contact flight training in a T-4G/EPT simulator before going to T-37 aircraft for further training. Fourteen of these Ss were also given instrument training in the T-4G/EPT before completing such training in the aircraft. The remaining seven Ss received instrument training in the UPT T-4 instrument and procedures trainer. A specially designed syllabus was used which incorporated batch training, proficiency advancement, and other revised instructional strategies. Check pilot scores for each of the instructional phases were used in comparing performances of the experimental Ss with those of the conventionally trained students. Results indicate devices having the capabilities of the T-4G could be used to achieve an average saving per student of three aircraft hours in contact flight training and ten hours in instrument training. Results also indicate a savings of eight aircraft hours could be achieved in instrument training by using the specially devised syllabus of instruction with existing T-4 instrument trainers.