Tech Talk

December 2005

For the Consumer Who Has Everything

Edited by Robert H. Williams

Want your own F-18E flight simulator? Clarks Precision Machine and Tool of, Azle, Texas, is offering its “micro” simulator for $68,000. All you need is a high-end home theater system and you are good to go.

“This is a risky move on CPM&Ts behalf, due to the negative press associated with simulators and pilot training devices after the fatal attacks on September 11. Due to recent military spending cuts in major programs … CPM&T has been forced to look for new customers for sales of their military training products,” says a spokesman. He adds that the company is anticipating only “several sales per year.”