Space flight environmental simulator

Claim 1

A SPACE FLIGHT SIMULATOR COMPRISING AN OCCUPANT CARRYING GONDOLA, SUPPORTING BEAMS, A SUPPORTING YOKE, SAID YOKE HAVING A CENTER PORTION AND ARMS, SAID ARMS EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTER PORTION IN SUBSTANTIALLY A FORWARD DIRECTION, THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ARMS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS ON SAID SUPPORTING BEAMS, A GIMBAL STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING SAID GONDOLA ON SAID YOKE CENTER PORTION WITH SAID GONDOLA EXTENDING IN A FORWARDLY DIRECTION FROM SAID YOKE CENTER PORTION BETWEEN SAID ARMS, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID YOKE AND SAID GONDOLA ABOUT SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS WHEREBY THE GRAVITY AXIS OF THE GONDOLA MAY BE POSITIONED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ACCELERATION FIELDS ENCOUNTERED IN FLIGHT, SAID GIMBAL STRUCTURE COMPRISING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID GONDOLA FOR ROTATION ABOUT A PITCH AXIS SPACED FROM SAID GONDOLA IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FORWARDLY DIRECTION, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID GONDOLA FOR ROTATION ABOUT A YAW AXIS SPACED FROM SAID GONDOLA IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FORWARDLY DIRECTION, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID GONDOLA ABOUT EACH OF SAID PITCH AND YAW AXES, WHEREBY PITCH AND YAW MOVEMENTS OF THE GONDOLA SIMULATE PITCH AND YAW MOVEMENTS OF A SPACE VEHICLE.