A group of flight sim enthusiasts is building a complete sim rig in their garage using the cockpit of an old 747 jumbo jet. The data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.jurassicjets.com/” data-url=”https://www.jurassicjets.com/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Jurassic Jets Team, whose members’ backgrounds range from construction, engineering, and aviation, bought the cockpit of an old, decommissioned Boeing 747-300, and they used it as a base to construct an authentic flight simulator for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.x-plane.com/2025/10/how-to-build-a-747-a-worldflight-story/” data-url=”https://www.x-plane.com/2025/10/how-to-build-a-747-a-worldflight-story/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>X-Plane. What makes the project more challenging is that the 747-300 cockpit is fully analog, with gauges, dials, and other mechanical…
