tgh
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leads to todays silly question.
How does one fly a 747 by the seat of one's pants ?
Are there any stand alone anaologue type intruments at all, or do all flight info systems rely on redundancy
A recent cruise on a brand new small ship saw an electronic wonderland on the bridge AND a full suite of analogue charts that were plotted and used.
Way up in front of the top sundeck (where nobody other than a nosy person might notice ) there was an old fashioned mag compass on a little binnacle
It was well hidden and I had to stand on a chair to read it.. but thought it interesting….
How does one fly a 747 by the seat of one's pants ?
Are there any stand alone anaologue type intruments at all, or do all flight info systems rely on redundancy
A recent cruise on a brand new small ship saw an electronic wonderland on the bridge AND a full suite of analogue charts that were plotted and used.
Way up in front of the top sundeck (where nobody other than a nosy person might notice ) there was an old fashioned mag compass on a little binnacle
It was well hidden and I had to stand on a chair to read it.. but thought it interesting….
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