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To: DFG

Charles Lindbergh crossed the atlantic in an aircraft with no forward visibility and only two small side windows.


9 posted on 07/08/2014 9:10:01 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

Lindbergh had forward visibility (barely) by way of a periscope.

OTOH, this is the obvious next step in a glass cockpit. You can give the pilots (theoretically) superior visibility around the aircraft with lots of cameras. It could work wonderfully ... until it doesn’t. With no windows, there’s no backup system.


12 posted on 07/08/2014 9:12:59 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: tanknetter

and no competing air traffic or towers.


31 posted on 07/08/2014 9:37:32 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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He had a periscope for forward vision. They replaced his windshield with a fuel tank.


39 posted on 07/08/2014 10:09:26 AM PDT by pfflier
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