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and read my B717 VOL 2 cover to cover. I got stuck a few pages in when I realized how much time, 3 pages, was being dedicated to how the toilet works.
That's because at Douglas, a lot of thought went into the toilet.
Nearly no thought went into the:
- Wing - oh we already have one of those
- Flight Controls - worked in 1960, it will work today
- Brakes - carry over
- Nose Wheel Steering - see brakes
- Engines - Gulfstream's got that worked out - just copy their data and send it in
- Avionics - Hey what did we do with that MD-11 stuff that didn't sell? Well, use it.
- Hydraulics - we're proud of the fact you don't need the system, but we stuck some DC-10-30 parts in there for good measure, what could go wrong?
The toilet was new, probably because they had to stick a smoke detector in there and decided to finally get rid of the honeybucket on cave wall drawings they were using. Around Douglas, that's exciting stuff! I mean, in Chariots of the Gods they thought this was an ancient astronaut. They just got the orientation wrong ... it is really supposed to be a First Officer looking through a periscope to ensure the mains are down following a hydraulic failure with all the passenger's carry ons piled on top.
It was Mayans making fun of Douglas engineering ... back in the day.
Last edited by Bucking Bar; 08-18-2013 at 10:51 AM.