The End of the 747?
Jul 31, 2016 19:46:00 #
Jacksond
Loc: Melbourne Australia
There are still dozens of 747s at Bangkok airport last time I looked.
Jul 31, 2016 21:53:32 #
dskol
Loc: Near Charlotte
Your almost correct. While computers do largely control the Airbus based on pilot inputs. The air France crash was all pilot error, largely because of inexperienced pilots at the controls. The captains side stick has an override switch which was never used because the very low time, inexperience relief pilot was flying. The bus can be controlled with no computers ( not easy, but possible ) . And this airplane was completely flyable all the way to impact. Like all crashes, this one did not come down to just one thing. Airbus is an amazing piece of technology and Boeing has followed, and in someways improved, the systems Airbus created. The real problem is not enough qualified highly experienced crew members to avoid these preventable disasters.
Look in the cockpit the next time you fly. The kid in the right seat on a comuter is just barely qualified with flying time and what he is at the controls of is the largest most sophisticated thing he has ever flown. And he is making well south of $30,000 a year for the privilege.
Look in the cockpit the next time you fly. The kid in the right seat on a comuter is just barely qualified with flying time and what he is at the controls of is the largest most sophisticated thing he has ever flown. And he is making well south of $30,000 a year for the privilege.
Jul 31, 2016 22:00:43 #
Here's a new twist, a 747 has been converted to fire fighter tanker, it'll be stationed in Colorado Springs and is awaiting it's final certification. Then there is the contract with forest service, of course that won't happen till next year.
Aug 1, 2016 03:49:19 #
jerryc41 wrote:
When I was doing a lot of flying, I always preferred the 747. Now they are few and far between. If Boeing doesn't get more orders for them, they might shut down that line forever.
http://jalopnik.com/this-could-be-the-end-of-the-boeing-747-1784512920
http://jalopnik.com/this-could-be-the-end-of-the-boeing-747-1784512920
It was indeed a wonderful bird for many years. Well now new technology is moving in and Boeing (I worked for them for a time in Renton) is adjusting to the changing times... also leading them. My biggest impression of the 747 was a business trip to Hong Kong many years ago. We were taxiing to our gate and looking across the tarmac there must have been 100 of these wonderful birds, all with different tail logos, sitting all around. It was an exciting sight.
Aug 1, 2016 08:06:39 #
jimmya wrote:
It was indeed a wonderful bird for many years. Well now new technology is moving in and Boeing (I worked for them for a time in Renton) is adjusting to the changing times... also leading them. My biggest impression of the 747 was a business trip to Hong Kong many years ago. We were taxiing to our gate and looking across the tarmac there must have been 100 of these wonderful birds, all with different tail logos, sitting all around. It was an exciting sight.
I saw a show last night about the history of the 747. Very interesting. Now Boeing opened a plant in SC to bypass the union.
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