Why Not Use PC To Make Glass Cockpit?

john smith wrote:

wrote:
The more I hear of this type stuff, including similar problems in "high
end" biz jets, it seems only Boeing and Airbus have really gotten it right
for advanced displays and nav systems.

Hmmm... you have never seen the video of the Airbus A320 flying through
the trees prior to crashing at the Paris Airshow several years ago, have
you. So much for advanced electronic nav and display systems!

That was an anomoly. But, in any case, that was a auto-flight/flight controls
design and operations issue. My previous comment, as you can see, was about
flight instrument displays and navigation systems.

In article , wrote:

Hmmm... you have never seen the video of the Airbus A320 flying through
the trees prior to crashing at the Paris Airshow several years ago, have
you. So much for advanced electronic nav and display systems!

That was an anomoly. But, in any case, that was a auto-flight/flight controls
design and operations issue. My previous comment, as you can see, was about
flight instrument displays and navigation systems.

It might have been an anomoly, but it was not surprising given the history
of introducing new technology and the resulting discovery of new failure
modes.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Bob Noel wrote:

In article , wrote:

Hmmm... you have never seen the video of the Airbus A320 flying through
the trees prior to crashing at the Paris Airshow several years ago, have
you. So much for advanced electronic nav and display systems!

That was an anomoly. But, in any case, that was a auto-flight/flight controls
design and operations issue. My previous comment, as you can see, was about
flight instrument displays and navigation systems.

It might have been an anomoly, but it was not surprising given the history
of introducing new technology and the resulting discovery of new failure
modes.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

I would certainly agree with that. Having said that, my comments in the context of
the thread were about flight instrument displays and navigation systems. There are
huge problems with this stuff from light aircraft panel mounts to high end biz
jets. In that context, both Boeing and Airbus have done far better to provide
robust flight instrument display and navigation platforms that the rest of the
industry.