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At Boeing, Sutter worked on many commercial airplane projects, including the 367-80 "Dash 80", 707, 727 and 737. He eventually became a manager for the new jumbo-sized wide body airplane, the four-engine Boeing 747. As chief engineer, he led the 747 design and build team from conception in 1965 to rollout in 1969.
A flight engineer on an Avro Lancaster checks settings on the control panel from the fold down seat he used for take off in the cockpit. A flight engineer (FE), also sometimes called an air engineer, is the member of an aircraft's flight crew who monitors and operates its complex aircraft systems. In the early era of aviation, the position was ...
msn 24310 ln 778 b747-409lcf boeing / atlas air pae boeing airport ex china airlines as b-162 and b-18272 / stored 12/2004 to 02/2007: date: 9 april 2015, 16:05: source: n780ba pae: author: eric salard from le grand village plage, france
Flight recorder (orange) in the aft equipment center of Boeing 747. Avionics bay, also known as E&E bay or electronic equipment bay in aerospace engineering is known as compartment in an aircraft that houses the avionics and other electronic equipment, such as flight control computers, navigation systems, communication systems, and other electronic equipment essential for the operation.
Boeing 747-230B in Lufthansa livery on display at the Technikmuseum Speyer in Germany Boeing 747-128 on display at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in France. As increasing numbers of "classic" 747-100 and 747-200 series aircraft have been retired, some have been used for other uses such as museum displays.
EFIS on an Airbus A380 EFIS on an Eclipse 500 Garmin G1000 on a Diamond DA42 Primary flight display of a Boeing 747-400. In aviation, an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) is a flight instrument display system in an aircraft cockpit that displays flight data electronically rather than electromechanically.
The panel is a plug put in place on some 737 MAX 9s instead of an additional emergency exit, and regulators have grounded 171 planes so airlines can conduct inspections of those crafts.
After the 747 test flights, Boeing re-registered the aircraft as N1352B in July 1970 to explore missions beyond its original design specifications. These missions were primarily military, including using N1352B as a refuelling tanker for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress .