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Homebuilt sim lands in Guiness Book of World Records

By Janice Wood · March 13, 2009 ·

Photo from The Sidney Morning Herald
Photo from The Sidney Morning Herald

Matthew Sheil has built what could easily be one of the most elaborate big boy’s toys in the world, and his efforts have earned him a Guinness world record, according to a recent report in “The Sydney Morning Herald.”

The homebuilt sim, almost identical to the cockpit of a Boeing 747-700, is described by Guinness as the “world’s most expensive home flight simulator.”

Read the full story at SMH.com.au/news/technology/matts-on-a-different-plane–and-its-surreal/2009/03/13/1236447451617.html

About Janice Wood

Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

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