diff --git a/Tools/autotest/runsim_cmac.sh b/Tools/autotest/runsim_cmac.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# useful example script for HIL testing with ArduPlane
+
+set -x
+
+killall -q JSBSim
+pkill -f runsim.py
+set -e
+
+autotest=$(dirname $(readlink -e $0))
+pushd $autotest/../../ArduPlane
+../Tools/autotest/jsbsim/runsim.py --home=-35.362942,149.165193,585,354