A new hotel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado recently unveiled a unique flight simulation experience for guests, becoming the first hotel in the United States to provide a flight simulation experience.
According to a press release obtained by Fox News, Hotel Polaris at the U.S. Air Force Academy, which is a new hotel located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, features three different flight simulators. The press release stated, “Guests can buckle up and take flight in one of three flight simulators that provide guests with a high-quality, immersive, fully tactile, real-life pilot experience.”
Fox News reported that two of the hotel’s flight simulators are designed after the Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcons and include a full a mock-up cockpit with controls and switches. The flight simulation will immerse users into a mixed-reality headset and will feature a 360-degree view of flight information as users attempt to defeat an enemy target.
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According to the press release obtained by Fox News, the hotel’s third simulator is a “fully functional cockpit of a Boeing 737Max.” Users will be immersed into a flight simulation that models “what you would see and touch in a real commercial airline 737max today.” The hotel described the flight simulation as an “immersive experience” that allows users to “take-off and land at any airport that a real 737max does today.”
“The types of experiences for fighter jets range from just having fun flying through valleys or engaging on some ground targets or getting caught up in a Dog Fight situation with an enemy aircraft,” Hotel Polaris added. “Having 2 jets, they are networked together, and individuals can be involved in the same missions.”
According to a Hotel Polaris press release published earlier this year, the Hotel Polaris at the U.S. Air Force Academy is the only hotel located in the United States that features a flight simulation experience for guests.
Hotel officials stated, “The simulators will reproduce the flight deck experience with seats, throttles, switches, pedals and yoke from original parts of real aircrafts (other parts of the flight deck are scale reproductions).”
