Fighterworld launches 'lifelike' F/A-18 simulator as part of interactive displays

Now's your chance to have your 'Top Gun' moment and fulfil your 'need for speed' at Fighterworld in their recently launched F/A-18 Hornet simulator.

The in-house developed sim rose from the idea of volunteers and is set up in the aviation centre's hangar.

"It's one of the most exciting things we've developed, it's really quite lifelike," Fighterworld general manager Bernie Nebenfuhr said.

Through a set of VR headset goggles and a cost of $25 you can experience what it's like soar across the skies, Mr Nebenfuhr said.

"We just launched this one in the school holidays and it was super popular," he said.

He said Fighterworld already had plans to introduce more simulator experiences which included another F-18.

"We're hoping to develop two or three more sim experiences which will just take us to the next level.

"We could replicate an F-18 flight as well as a F-14 or 15, not to mention even Warbirds," he said.

"So it's an exciting part of our plans for interactives in the future and well, the sky is the limit."

Mr Nebenfuhr wanted to thank the centre's volunteers who are the backbone of running operations and he was excited to see what they come up with next.

"With over 50 volunteers what we find is there's plenty of expertise and specialty to draw on that enabled us, for example, to developed this sim and it's been a huge success so far.

"We think there's just no end to the opportunities that are really quite unique to Fighterworld and that excites us," he said.

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