The cockpit in the 747 underwent two significant upgrades, in the 747-400 and later, the 747-8. The Boeing 747 cockpit ...

It could take off with a payload of up to 970,000lbs. As planned by Boeing, the 747 was long popular with ... was one of the innovations in the cockpit that made the plane feel like a second ...

Since coming into service in 1970, the Boeing 747 ... kicked off more than 34 civilian and military variantsquite the record number of variations from one single jetliner created. The cockpit ...

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...

The appeal here will be if the developers can get enough people or ideas to make lots of useful controls, because customers looking to take shortcuts might be turned off by the initial lack of ...

Boeing also decided to retire the program, having built over 1,550 jumbos. The final 747 rolled off the assembly line in Everett, Washington, on December 6, and will be delivered to cargo giant ...

Embraer has emphasised the safety aspects of its automatic take-off system, as it prepares for European and US certification measures. The system – known as E2TS – has already been fitted to ...

Airlines could cut fares by packing over 300 passengers in the double-decker plane, which had the lowest seat-mile cost in the industry at the time. The world's first Queen of the Skies flew in ...

Sensors that detect who is sitting where and what the family pet is up to, augmented reality overlays on displays, video gaming synced with a vehicle’s movement — the automobile cabin has ...

The cockpit voice recorder plays a pivotal role in this regard. It’s also useful for capturing other sounds, too, like rattles, thuds, explosions, or alarms going off in the cockpit. This ...

One such enthusiast created the Warthog Project, a fully functional A-10 cockpit for Digital Combat ... The Arduinos take input from switches and control knobs, but also run 7-segment displays ...

The Cockpit is ancient, dating back to the 18th century. But pub yore puts this as the site of Shakespeare's Blackfriars house, two centuries before that. The name comes from the age-old pastime ...