B787 Flightdeck
01-29-2007, 06:49 PM
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: 737 CA
Posts: 2,575
Originally Posted by avi8tor4life
Man that thing is trippy. I wonder what all the old guys would say that used to fly the ole 707's? They'd get in this thing and have no clue what was up. I'm kinda like the old cockpits. You know the ones where it was actually work to fly. It kept us pilots from getting fat just sitting up there pushing buttons. Look at the old movies where the pilots were fighting the controls through the thunderstorms flying down around 10,000 feet. See those were the good ole days when pilots were cool. Now people think we are overpayed computer nerds.
Ok maybe not. That thing still looks cool and I would never complain flying it. Heck I might even try to get me one.
Ok maybe not. That thing still looks cool and I would never complain flying it. Heck I might even try to get me one.
Old or new instruments display the same information. Take the 737NG for example; it displays round dial instruments on glass. Same info, same format. Lighter weight and easier to replace. The automation and autopilots are better today, but they had autopilots in the past too. Navigation is much better: easy, safe, and more efficient too. Things have changed, but not that much.
02-04-2007, 06:23 PM
#25
APC co-founder
Joined APC: Feb 2005
Position: B777
Posts: 5,853
Originally Posted by aero550
Due to current overwhelming laziness, anybody got a link to a cockpit shot of the 787?
http://images.google.com/images?sour...-8&sa=N&tab=wi
03-21-2007, 07:16 PM
#28
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: RC-3 Seabee. Skipper of the A21 cutter.
Posts: 897
Originally Posted by CE750
I'm sure the next step to the 787 or G550 type cockpits is the 1 pilot cockpits. "We have the technology"
05-05-2007, 12:33 AM
#29
New Hire
Joined APC: May 2007
Position: E-3 Sideways
Posts: 7
Originally Posted by avi8tor4life
Man that thing is trippy. I wonder what all the old guys would say that used to fly the ole 707's? They'd get in this thing and have no clue what was up. I'm kinda like the old cockpits. You know the ones where it was actually work to fly. It kept us pilots from getting fat just sitting up there pushing buttons. Look at the old movies where the pilots were fighting the controls through the thunderstorms flying down around 10,000 feet. See those were the good ole days when pilots were cool. Now people think we are overpayed computer nerds.
Ok maybe not. That thing still looks cool and I would never complain flying it. Heck I might even try to get me one.
Ok maybe not. That thing still looks cool and I would never complain flying it. Heck I might even try to get me one.
