GoKawiilWe own 3 full size, full motion simulators and they are available for purchase:
Southwest's first 737-200 simulator - donated by Southwest
Beechcraft King Air 200 - donated by FlightSafety
Hawker 700 - donated by FlightSafety
Each of these comes with all the associated computer cabinets that was used to run them when they were functional. We were told by FlightSafety that there was some proprietary hardware or software that was removed from their two. We don't have any further details on that.
All 3 are in a hangar at 8323 Travelair Street in Houston, TX. You can see photos from the day everything was moved in. The wall was removed and replaced with a "temporary" wall that was sealed up. Removing it would not be difficult, but would require a forklift to do the job.
A very large forklift would be needed to move the simulators out, as you can see from one of the photos, a smaller green one struggling to move the 737 from the original hangar we procured it from. The photo of the forklift used to move it initially says “CAP22700LBS” on it, so a forklift of at least this size or larger would need to be used.
For the 737, there is a large hydraulic pump and associated piping / structure for that on a separate frame. It is sitting in the corner next to all the manuals.
Each sim was taken out of active service and donated to us, so they would have worked when we received them in 2010. However, none of the sims have been hooked up since we received them, and even if we would have restored them and made them work, we likely would not have enabled the motion due to the limited space in the room. As you will see with the photos, we constructed a walkway to let visitors easily get into each one and make airplane noises!
The 737 has the most associated with it. The King Air and Hawker each have a few cabinets, but the remainder of the entire room is dedicated to the 737 and its cabinets, manuals and hydraulics.
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