Aeronautics and astronautics – Miscellaneous
Patent
1993-09-21
1996-08-13
Kashnikow, Andres
Aeronautics and astronautics
Miscellaneous
2441185, B64D 4300
Patent
active
055448429
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and a method are provided for converting a three pilot aircraft cockpit to a two pilot aircraft cockpit including relocating, without change, some control instruments from their existing positions to new instrument panels within reach of the remaining two crew members, the captain or pilot and first officer or copilot, modifying other control instruments for pilot workload reduction, and including the addition of a monitoring means to the cockpit for providing visual caution indicators responsive to caution indicators among the repositioned control instruments that are not within direct sight of the remaining two crew members.
REFERENCES:
Richard P. Shipman, "727: The New Look" in Air Line Pilot, Sep. 1988.
"727 Page Avjet/Kollsman" proposal, 1988.
G. Fred Ward et al., KC-135 Crew Reduction Feasibility Demonstration Simulation Study, vol. 1-3, USAF Document ADS-TR-91-5005, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson A.F.B., Jun. 1991.
Lockheed Horizons, #14, 1983, Photograph on p. 20.
Flight International, 03 Oct. 1981, "The Panel of Experts", p. 993.
British Aerospace Brochure, "The Advanced Flight Deck", Presented at an AIAA Conference, 08 Feb. 1979.
Smith Edward
Taylor Richard
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