It's well over 40 years, and I wsn't on the sim section, but I recall the Lightning F3 sim at Coltishall being a vertical roller blind setup for one axis, with the camera moving across and 'up and down' (actually away from/towards) the landscape. The computery was valve analogue stuf, and was often out of action to the frustration of the conversion pilots.
I had the odd ride during maintenance and it wasn't terribly realistic.
Last edited by Fitter2; 31st Oct 2012 at 20:55.