Editing Link Trainer (section)

==Variants==
;Pilot Maker
:First production model. Development of 1929 prototype.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==="Blue Box"===
;A
:Procedural trainer that included only basic instruments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McIntosh |first1=David M. |title=The Evolution of Instrument Flying in the U.S. Army |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a194001.pdf |website=Defense Technical Information Center |access-date=29 January 2019 |page=26 |date=April 1988 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101162824/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a194001.pdf |archive-date=1 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
;C
:Known as the C-2 by the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="PartsCatalog">{{cite web |title=Illustrated Parts Catalog for Link Instrument Flying Trainers |url=http://static1.squarespace.com/static/567433669cadb6ac8da3ff92/t/57433b8922482ee9e7e34910/1464023947969/1943+Parts+Catalog+Link+Trainers+Compressed.pdf |website=TechWorks |access-date=28 January 2019 |date=1 June 1943}}</ref> Added 10 advanced instruments, radio communication with an instructor, cockpit lights, and automatic course recording.<ref name="TTF" />
;C-2
:Commercial version not used by the military.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;C-3
:Used by the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="PartsCatalog" /> Includes automatic wind drift device and radio simulator.<ref name="War Department">{{cite book |title=Technical Manual: Instrument Trainer Maintenance |date=29 December 1942 |publisher=War Department |page=3 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3241797 |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
;C-5
:Used by the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="PartsCatalog" /> Includes automatic wind drift device and actual radio equipment.<ref name="War Department"/>
;C-8
:Developed in 1945 from the [[North American T-6 Texan]] with more instrumentation than previous versions. Known as the '''1-CA-1''' by the U.S. Navy and the '''Model F'''.<ref name="RAeSPaper" />
;D
:Export version.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;D-1
:Used by the British military.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;D-2
:Used by the British military.<ref name="PartsCatalog" /> Manufactured in Canada.<ref name="RAeSPaper" />
;D4
:Used by the British military. Built under license in England by Air Trainers Ltd of Aylesbury.<ref name="TrenchardMuseum">{{cite web|title=Link Instrument Flying Trainer Type D4|url=http://www.trenchardmuseum.org.uk/Link%20Trainer%20D4.pdf|website=Trenchard Museum RAF Halton|publisher=Trenchard Museum|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref>
;E
:Commercial version not used by the military.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;E Sp.
:Slight modification for Army and Navy use. Known as the '''C-4''' by the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;E-1
:Used by the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;E-2
:Used by the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />
;AN-2550-1
:Developed from the C-3, it added landing gear, propeller pitch and flap controls.<ref name="RAeSPaper" /> Also known as the '''AN-T-18'''.<ref name="PartsCatalog" />

===Postwar===
;D4 Mk II
:Modification of the D4 to represent the [[BAC Jet Provost]].<ref name="NSAM">{{cite web|title=Flying Training Area|url=http://www.aviationmuseum.net/Flighttraining.htm|website=Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref>
;Model 45
:Advanced version with instruments similar to T-6.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fountain |first1=Paul |title=The Mighty Link |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=043Hep2dAkMC&pg=PA40 |magazine=Flying |publisher=Ziff-Davis Publishing Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |volume=40 |issue=5 |access-date=3 November 2019 |pages=40–42, 90 |date=May 1947}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Model of Link Trainer Simulates All Actual Flight Characteristics of Airplane |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260721925 |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=Binghamton Press |date=1 February 1945 |page=5}}</ref>