Posted on 09/05/2025 6:22:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“A hospital? What is it??”
what aircraft is that? It looks like something retired before I ever flew.
At least he didn’t spill hot coffee on his crotch.
Should this not raise the question if these modern aircraft aren’t too sensitive?
No coffee and make sure the pilot didn’t eat fish.
I was curious too.
AI Overview
Fate Is the Hunter (1964) - IMDb
The aircraft featured in the 1964 film Fate Is the Hunter is not a real jet but a fictional, heavily modified Douglas DC-7, altered to resemble a contemporary jet airliner. To achieve this look, its propeller wings were reversed and removed, a Boeing 707 nose cone and a similar tail-mounted antenna were added, and false nacelles housed simulated jet engines.
Key details about the aircraft
Donor Aircraft:
A Douglas DC-7 propeller airliner was the basis for the fictional jet.
Modifications:
The original propeller wings were removed and reversed.
A Boeing 707 nose cone was added.
Nacelles were created to house simulated jet engines.
A Boeing 707-style HF antenna was added to the tail.
Purpose:
These modifications were made to create the appearance of a modern jet for the film’s plot, as the actual DC-7 was a propeller-driven aircraft.
Fictional Name:
The aircraft was given the fictional name “Blue Ribbon” and belonged to the non-existent “Consolidated Airways”.
Thanks. Now I know why I couldn’t place it!
They are because an aircraft is just a bunch of part hanging together out of habit.
They aren't because despite everything we have less crashes per air miles traveled then we used to.
How long before people start blaming Boeing, even though all the cases listed were on Airbus aircraft.
I think they have the formula pretty much down pat when it comes to many of the design aspects that would cause a problem may that be the airframe, engines, landing gear, materials (albeit composites scare me and I think in the future we’ll see some issues as these materials fatigue)...
But IMHO, it’s the avionics that’s the weak spot today.
The stuff is all different and requires folks to learn it / little standardization. It is often not intuitive. It’s environmentally sensitive. It expires (data goes obsolete)...
I’m a big believer in the KISS principal.
When I was at Boeing, one issue that drove people crazy was integrating with the avionics system. There are a number of different avionics manufacturers around the world and of course each international customer that had such a manufacturer in their country would demand that we use those avionics instead of one that was more commonly used.
That’s right.
I had the lasagna.
When SNL was great.
Maybe a no-spill coffee cup of some sort is in order? It could save lots of time and money.
or they could mandate coffee sippy-cups for all pilots ...
From what I gather, it's any drink (even water getting into electronics) that would have had the same result. The solution is obvious: Sippy cups. :-)
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