A flight simulator, being a scaled model of an actual aircraft, equipped with a dual action joystick, to allow an operator to control a computer simulator program and movement of the simulator with one joystick. The roll movements of the simulator being accomplished by an actuator attached to the cockpit structure through an articulating member and another actuator connected to the pivotal pitch boom to provide ascent and descent movements. Both actions are controlled by movement of the joystick by the occupant who watches the action on the computer monitor and synchronously feels the movement of the simulator.