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Old 12-19-2005, 03:29 PM
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What aircraft cockpit sits the highest off the ground? The 747, the Antonov series, the C-5, the A380... ? Thanks
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The space shuttle sitting on the launch pad. (But I don't know about traditional aircraft...)
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The space shuttle sitting on the launch pad. (But I don't know about traditional aircraft...)
Or the space shuttle when it's riding piggy-back on the 747.
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Old 12-19-2005, 06:20 PM
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Or the space shuttle when it's riding piggy-back on the 747.
But is anybody sitting in the shuttle cockpit as it's piggybacking?

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Originally Posted by CRJammin
But is anybody sitting in the shuttle cockpit as it's piggybacking?

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They did during the intial glide tests with Enterprise...
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Old 12-21-2005, 06:17 PM
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I saw on the history channel that the C5 cockpit sits 35' AGL.
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I saw a cockpit that was nestled 40 stories high...this was a couple years ago at a hotel in SFO.
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Perhaps the one from "Soul Plane"?

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Old 01-12-2007, 04:22 AM
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I'm going to say the 747. The scarebus a3ugly, oh i mean the a380 sits pretty close to their fleet average height so pilots can make a easier transition.
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Originally Posted by CRJammin View Post

What aircraft cockpit sits the highest off the ground? The 747, the Antonov series, the C-5, the A380... ? Thanks



Cockpit heights:

747 - 8.7m
An-124 - 8.3m
C-5 - 8.2m
A380 - 7.2m
A340-600 - 5.7m






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