Imagine showing up at the airport to catch your flight, looking at your plane, and noticing that instead of windows, the cockpit is now a smooth cone of aluminum. It may seem like the worst case of quality control in history, but Airbus argues that this could be the airliner of the future. In a new US patent application, the EU aircraft consortium outlines a new cockpit design that replaces the traditional cockpit with one that uses 3D view screens instead of conventional windows... Continue Reading Airbus patents windowless cockpit that would increase pilots' field of view
Section: Aircraft
Tags: Airbus, Aircraft, Augmented Reality, Display, Flying
Related Articles:
China’s first home-grown large passenger jet unveiled
Realtime video goggles put R/C plane pilots in the cockpit
eGenius electric aircraft makes successful maiden flight
Airbus and DLR testing fuel cell technology to cut aircraft pollution and noise emissions
Airbus A350 XWB makes surprise visit to Paris Air Show
Airbus A350 XWB takes to the air for the first time
No comments:
Post a Comment