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By: - 16th August 2006 at 09:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Looks very antiquated compared to the flight decks of today
By: - 16th August 2006 at 11:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Why do so many soviet airliners have that lurid green facing on the instrument panels ?
Nice to see inside the 144, not a lot of room in there, it looks even tighter than Concorde was...
By: - 16th August 2006 at 14:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Why do so many soviet airliners have that lurid green facing on the instrument panels ?
I remember reading an article on this and it basically said that the use of a certain shade of green was that it had a calming influence on the pilots in high stressful situations. Mikoyan and Sukhoi had all there fighters cockpits finished in the same colour as it was a Air Force Ministry directive.
Imagine the scene....1981, Mediterranean, Libyan Mig 23 with the sound of missile lock in his ears, F14 up his chuff about to let loose a Winder... "It's ok I am calm, peace is all around me in my green cockpit...I will not panic as I am calmed by my green cockpit"...I don't think so!
By: - 16th August 2006 at 14:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Looks very antiquated compared to the flight decks of today
Well, it was designed in the 60's :D
Nice to see inside the 144, not a lot of room in there, it looks even tighter than Concorde was...
Actually I think there was a tad bit more room available. It could carry around 140 passengers in certain configurations as well.
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By: unders - 16th August 2006 at 04:46
Tupolev 144 (RA-77114) photos:
It`s cabin of Tu-144LL - flight laboratory of boeing`s supersonic program...