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is it called the crab, or is it a turtle?

i've always heard these devices called turtles but cant seem to find a reference.--Ryan the leach (talk) 08:42, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

In the israeli airforce museum in be'er-sheva is a old link trainer on display! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.81.36.77 (talk) 11:19, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

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The Referencing and citation in the box says "not met", but the article appears to meet all the criteria to me 66.87.2.54 (talk) 18:00, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

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Different Types of Link Trainers
It is important to note that there were multiple types of "Link Trainer". The article currently claims that the "Pilot Maker" was the first version. During World War II alone, there are at least Link C.3, D.2, D.4, and ANT-18 variants - which all appear to be versions of the same base model. (For instance, the ANT-18 is referred to as being "upgraded" from the C.3 by the ASME report.)

It is also worthwhile to note that the format of the designation is unclear as well - with some sources having the letter and number being separated by a period, others by a hyphen, and others still nothing at all. This difference seems to correlate somewhat to whether the model was used in Commonwealth countries, which are more likely to use a period, or American service, which seems to prefer the hyphen. Furthermore, it appears that there are other designation systems for the trainers with a "1-XX-1" apparently being used by the U.S. Military, as well as a reference to a "Model X" layout. For example; as noted in the previous link; the designations 1-CA-1, Model F, and C-8 all refer to the same variant.

Postwar, the Link Company designed new models of trainer such as the GAT-1, GAT-2, GAT-3, C.8, and C.11B. There is also a "Jitterbug, Jr." from an unknown period.

My point by stating all of this is to suggest that maybe the article needs to be split. I would suggest something along these lines: a Link Aviation Devices for the company itself, a Link C.3 Trainer (or other more base variant) for the World War II version, a Link GAT Trainer for that portion of the postwar series, and a List of surviving Link Trainers (along the lines of the dedicated aircraft survivor articles) for all extant examples if a list of them meets WP:Notability criteria. However, this may result in each becoming a stub for lack of information. At the very least, a better clarification between versions needs to be made in the current article. –Noha307 (talk) 23:56, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

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