On 2006-09-03, Jim Logajan wrote:
Which ones? (I'd like to know what avionics use MS Windows so I can know
which planes not to get into ;-) )

I recently saw a photograph of the flight deck of the Airbus A380.
Inside, one on the captain's side and one on the FO's side is a pull out
keyboard and display, the display was clearly showing a Windows start
menu. I doubt the PC had anything to do with _flying_ the plane itself -
it was probably a general purpose information system that could be used
in flight. However, it would be amusing if someone loads up Flight
Simulator on the A380 flight deck PCs :-) Or even more amusing, if they
load up Flight Simulator on the flight deck PCs on the Airbus A380
simulator :-)

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