This is the lower portion of the 777 center console. You can
see the rudder trim controls & indicator as well as the phone the pilots
use to communicate with the flight attendants. The green indicator
marked "UNLKD" is for locking and unlocking the cabin door.
This is the middle of the forward instrument panel of the 777.
You can see the upper EICAS panel that shows the engine
instruments as well as the "backup" ADI, Altimeter and HSI. What's
really unique here is that even the backup instruments
are 100% electronic. They're actually miniature screens, although
I don't know if they're CRT or LCD displays.
This picture I just couldn't resist taking. There was a conference
going on with *huge* security measures being taken.
I overheard that no cell phones were even allowed in the conference
room. You're looking at a picture of a 747 with
some kind of huge laser in the nose firing at (I assume, based upon
background graphics) some kind of missile.
This is good news for you 747 builders out there since it's now officially
acceptable to have air to air combat in your
lumbering passenger airplane. :)
I really hope you've enjoyed these pages. The tour was fun, although
it was very hurried and lacking in any details
that we as cockpit builders are after. I hope to return to the
facility in the coming weeks to be able to do a serious
study of one of the many training cockpits they have on the premises.
I seriously doubt I'll have any choice of what
I get to use as the subject, but I'm hoping for a 737NG or a 737-800.
Gene Buckle
April 25th, 2000