Something Different

[ak49er]

I am weathered in today and cannot fly out of work, and seeing as I am off the clock, I thought I would pass the time with a "name that cockpit challenge" put forth to the ever clever members of MC.org, okay first one, of five....
Name this cockpit.....

[QF6228]

It's a boeing....mmmmm

[Westozy]

My guess is KC 135, modified 707?

[dodiano]

It has 2 Thrust levers I would say more like a 737-200 of some sort...

[QF6228]

Would haver to be milatery

[737NUT]

That is the Boeing 737 research plane used by NASA. It was used to test the Glass Cockpit back in the 80's and early 90's. Plane has been retired and sits in a museum at Boeing. If i remember correctly, it was one of the original test planes used by boeing and it is a 737-100. It also had a second cockpit in the back with full controls!

[737NUT]

Some might say it was an early Space Shuttle trainer made out of a Boeing 737 :)

[Michael Carter]

Sure looks very experimental to me.

[ak49er]

Wow, 'Nut you nailed it. First prize. you truly live up to your screen name.

[Michael Carter]

It wasn't hard to tell it was a Boeing 737 something, but just what that was I would have never know without 737NUT's comments.

Very cool looking configuration. I'm not sure I'd have been able to get to the buttons on the FMC down there below the column though. I can't even reach my Bier way down there sitting in the Weber copy.

I'm wondering what they were thinking with the flight controls? Suit gloves are not that cumbersome that you couldn't work the flight controls with a conventional stick.

[phil744]

hahaha, Ok, imagine this scenario...

This is the actual production cockpit on all 737 in service.

You are a senior captain with 7000hrs on this type.

You are also an instructor on this type

You are instructing your new first officer who is young, female and beautiful.

Your wife is the senior Pursor on the same flight.

You show your new FO how to use the her FMC

Your wife walks in!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:

Now you know why the FMC is positioned on the centre pedistal and not between your FO legs!!!!

[ak49er]

Well seeing as how 'Nut nailed it, and the rest are just variations of the same thing, I will spare the suspense and post the rest of the variants, amazing to think that if any of these were approved, how different some of our 'pits would be, dangerously close to a 'Bus as you will see. I am having trouble posting the link, so for more info. just Google, "Control Wheel Steering" and it's the third or fourth link, 'oea.lrc.nasa.gov/trailblazer, some interesting reading.