Cockpit window open during taxi?
03-04-2010, 03:55 PM
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Cockpit window open during taxi?
Hi,
I was watching a cockpit flight video of a commercial flight waiting to takeoff and I for sure heard wind blowing into the cockpit. I'm not a pilot ( yet) and was just wondering if this practice was common in the airline world? at least on really hot days?
Thanks!
I was watching a cockpit flight video of a commercial flight waiting to takeoff and I for sure heard wind blowing into the cockpit. I'm not a pilot ( yet) and was just wondering if this practice was common in the airline world? at least on really hot days?
Thanks!
03-05-2010, 11:15 AM
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The old Boeing windows (707, 727, 737) were fairly easy to open and close but if they jumped track and you didn't know how to get them back it, it could be a problem.
The windows on the 757/767 were also easy to open but after a while management at my old house said, "DON'T OPEN THEM."
The windows on the DC-9/MD-80 were also easy to open and the knob to open them was a real jewel of engineering.
Most likely few open them now because management said no reason they need to be open. Still.. on some days it was really nice to open the #2 and enjoy the breeze.
FWIW, the 707/727/737 windows could be opened and closed in flt without too much problem. No, there was no blast of air coming IN the cockpit.
The windows on the 757/767 were also easy to open but after a while management at my old house said, "DON'T OPEN THEM."
The windows on the DC-9/MD-80 were also easy to open and the knob to open them was a real jewel of engineering.
Most likely few open them now because management said no reason they need to be open. Still.. on some days it was really nice to open the #2 and enjoy the breeze.
FWIW, the 707/727/737 windows could be opened and closed in flt without too much problem. No, there was no blast of air coming IN the cockpit.
03-05-2010, 03:18 PM
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03-06-2010, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by III Corps
The windows on the DC-9/MD-80 were also easy to open and the knob to open them was a real jewel of engineering.
03-08-2010, 11:04 AM
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As far a GA goes, nothing beats the Grumman Cheetah. Could even open the canopy in flight (4 inches and under 113 kts). Taxiing on the ground was even better - canopy slid way back, elbow resting on the side-rail, whiskey sour in one hand, Lucky in the other 
03-08-2010, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
Spent many an hour looking at that and wondering, "Who in the he11 designed this?" I mean, they worked OK but it was such an intricate Rube Goldberg looking mechanism. Takes a bit of faith in aerodynamics to get one's head around the Clear View window concept, too.
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