Talk:Glass cockpit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of the Aviation WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.	Aviation Portal
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.
Additional information and associated projects or task forces: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- B-Class-1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points have appropriate inline citations. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- B-Class-2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- B-Class-3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- B-Class-4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- B-Class-5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no

Contents 1 Why the name? 2 Electronic Flight Instrument System 3 glass cockpits 4 Photograph request

[edit] Why the name?

Does anyone know why it's called a Glass Cockpit? --Richy 19:06, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

They originally were Cathode Ray Tubes (which have a glass face).[1] --Midnightcomm 04:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Electronic Flight Instrument System

Information changed to instrument for reason shown in discussion on EFIS page.Paul Lockheed 07:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] glass cockpits

In answer to the above question, does anyone know why it is called a glass cockpit, the answer is not simple.... and leads on to.....

1. The media cottoned onto a term originally coined by NASA in the 1970's, which referred to glass cockpits only in terms of the display of flight critical information (as defined by FAA standards of the time).

2. Glass Cockpits now refer to a family of hardware and software critical systems that form the back bone of many aircraft. In fact, displays have done so since the late 1980's (see Airbus, EH101 and alike), but in so many ways as to defy commonality.

3.To call glass cockpits a recent change is in correct. The basic premise of any aircraft system has been to make any aircraft system safer and easier to fly through the better display of aircraft data. As a result, pretty much any aircraft has had an element of 'glass cockpit' associated with it.

On this basis, I am not sure if glass cockpit is even a subject. I propose that glass cockpit is in reality a derivation of EFIS.

Please discuss

Apacheeng lead 23:02, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photograph request

The article has a photograph of an An-24 cockpit to contrast traditional cockpits with glass cockpits. Since aircraft can be retrofitted with glass cockpits, I wonder if a better contrast might be provided by showing a traditional cockpit and a glass cockpit from the same model aircraft.--HarryHenryGebel 15:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)