b'Tens of thousands of people visit the Sands Point Preserve on the North Shore of Long Island, NY, annually, taking in the beautiful grounds covering 200+ acres and the majestic castles built by the Gould and Guggenheim families during the glamorous Great Gatsby era of our nations history.Few of those visitors realize that the simulation industry had its birth in those very same castles when in 1946, Adm Luis de Florez moved his Special Devices Division from downtown Washington, DC to what was then called the Guggenheim Estate. He chose to name the group The Naval Training Device Center (NTDC).Exhibits in the Sands Point Preserve Naval Simulation Museum to Include: The History of Simulation : Technology, People& High Fidelity Flight Simulators.Organizations.A Tribute to Adm Luis deFlorez.A Hands-on Army Helicopter Trainer. NTDC/NAWCTSD Commanding Officers Over Time.STEM Activities for Students. An authentic Link Trainer (On Loan from NAWCTSD).US Navy at Hempstead House c.1950 Link Flight TrainerNote:NAWCTSD is the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida'