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The 767-200 is the shortest variant of the 767, at 159 feet (48 m). This 767 was involved in the Gimli Glider incident in 1983. The 767-200 was the original model and entered service with United Airlines in 1982. [3] The type has been used primarily by mainline U.S. carriers for domestic routes between major hub centers such as Los Angeles to ...
ARINC 661 is a standard which aims to normalize the definition of a Cockpit Display System (CDS), and the communication between the CDS and User Applications (UA) which manage aircraft avionics functions.
The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (now named the Dreamlifter) is a wide-body cargo aircraft. The 747SP production resumed nearly four years after the supposedly final 747SP was built. It had a cockpit crew of two instead of the three-crew layout of other 747SPs. Two Boeing VC-25s were built for the US Air Force as Presidential Air Force One ...
Data from KC-767A, and Boeing 767-200ER specifications General characteristics Crew: 3: 2 pilots, 1 boom operator Capacity: up to 200 passengers or 19 463L pallets Length: 159 ft 2 in (48.5 m) Wingspan: 156 ft 1 in (47.6 m) Height: 52 ft 0 in (15.8 m) Empty weight: 181,610 lb (82,377 kg) Max takeoff weight: 395,000 lb (186,880 kg) Maximum Fuel Load: 160,660 lb (72,877 kg) Powerplant: 2 × GE ...
The Pilot's Guide to the Modern Airline Cockpit. Newcastle WA, Aviation Supplies and Academics, 2007. ISBN 1-56027-683-5. Chappell, A.R. et al. "The VNAV Tutor: Addressing a Mode Awareness Difficulty for Pilots of Glass Cockpit Aircraft."
The cockpit of a Slingsby T-67 Firefly two-seat light airplane.The flight instruments are visible on the left of the instrument panel. Flight instruments are the instruments in the cockpit of an aircraft that provide the pilot with data about the flight situation of that aircraft, such as altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, heading and much more other crucial information in flight.
Flight recorder (orange) in the aft equipment center of Boeing 747. Avionics bay, also known as E&E bay or electronic equipment bay in aerospace engineering is known as compartment in an aircraft that houses the avionics and other electronic equipment, such as flight control computers, navigation systems, communication systems, and other electronic equipment essential for the operation.
Later glass cockpits, found in the Boeing 737NG, 747-400, 767-400, 777, Airbus A320, later Airbuses, Ilyushin Il-96 and Tupolev Tu-204 have completely replaced the mechanical gauges and warning lights in previous generations of aircraft. While glass cockpit-equipped aircraft throughout the late 20th century still retained analog altimeters ...