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1982
1982 - 0016.PDF
Boeing 757: introducing the big-fan narrowbody Towards a common cockpit TaaACrW two -;«>c-il ciicrrtt with h same flying qualities. Impossible? Mo, Rating b-.s airet dv done :t witli the ?4"> . now it fee 7S7 *.nd "'r?--i,nnilc»r «Kf>i;;»rf£- tiess, but airliners of a different : . , i.t. ,s the common typo rating possible. train- allow for an airline flying both types, Common if«.tniin<w»M«n -bo i*.M-is ii.*- certification effort, tmd should re- • • , E ' it, 'Boeing- opted for its common cockpit approach in early 19'?'S. All ie ray tube (CRT) displays helped to make the task easier, but having to offer TWO- and three-crew cockpits was a complication. Today the situation is different, and Boeing f>Vi= to du.vrf o.j)v tvecrew cockpits is the 757 and 767. Tiiere ir,- six CRT- in tSx vau dard cockpit—two instrui p'.^i 'm «^'h pint, md s s^rr-d t>^l- •/? • ig!R'' vndii -<">.;?» *<"<J new alertir. lis re- s each indicator and i indicator. Eicas re] fr,>T.itorn* m^ln-m^Ui «»u MV2* an ex on lo ca warnin ges, A hig advantage ef the CRTs is their - the which drive them can be pro grammed to display almost any £a- foinati-m. Ifr oUcttovir IICW/IM fai •„* lat.n a d*cotu im ' v> TH *<» <*i.>.rn, a "i-Tsn "-a -MI*, KOIO .r iirh j,nn* !»-« » Ut'M up a mental picture of position and version offers a map mode for easily inter ne* -hie, iuiV.iuwtiift. •& va*^! I'a rose mode is a ). Efis andEii llins. Other features of the common «rkp>t «i>C»id'- -i Sp. ni ^h-jr' S-?'d \ii»"ud' and P'IV*. n. fi ','i nice ;• ?ywell. mdard, and the CRTs and pane! instru ments are vn air f thf com mon cockpit ca. jnd in our 767 technical •; How to fit the wms* co^-niu on tt» 4 t. id.'j!>ily 767 an. '.'T" For a start, t e is differ ent in each. " -r,e cockpit ;iietric compromise—a step-down on to the 757 cockpit plus a 2r Moor slope, ",i => s»ep •»- i''» . ii. ^ '7 f. ;>i y.ircrdit hdvc the ras..:e i\*:u i.otA .tu^c ,.( ar .n-i^ rtf-r- Aid sures the same outlook and allows a sin;. Nation .vs arc tiosr t ^i L -Jt't T"1-;? < trjee af JJM 7f J, anJ »«<• thu„ 'iiPtte s"~-«Uf r t ivhi^v*- >««• s^'-" ot« t'<V new •ke ths 767. Cathode ray tube displays replai inctm-mechaniiol AD/ and HSI, while and provide cfi/e.- •jnagement system ore ma-Jn th oiumn steering aha allows direct pilot contmomfs to the autopiiot a- 30? : 2 ' ; 14 FLIGHT International, 2 January 1982
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