CTR,thanks for the note about an exceptional bit of airmanship/test flying by Mr. Hopkins, whom unfortunately I have not met but whose reputation had certainly reached our test pilot office.
Your last line provokes a question as to why, therefore, it is now seen by Bell as needful of being demonstrated by simulation only ( assuming simulation means a full flight simulator ) rather than a flare to a power recovery demonstration? Engine response time or other engine/airframe interface consideration?