By: Cking - 4th March 2006 at 19:52
They originate from the KC-135. They enable the pilot the see the underside of a tanker aircraft when they are flight re-fueling. On the 737? I hear you say! The KC-135, 707, 727 and 737 share the same structure for the cockpit area. Boeing never likes to radicaly change a design so the eyebrows have stayed. Finaly last year they removed them. They are a pain in the backside to change because it will take two men all shift to change one and it blocks up the flightdeck with a body too!
Also notice that they are fitted to the DC-8 as MDC tried to sell them USAF as transporters too. As the DC-9 and MD-80 share the same cockpit structure that explains them aswell.
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By: by738 - 4th March 2006 at 16:58
They are called ‘eyebrow windows’.
Getting rid of them also saves a bit of weight
and maintenance costs
By: Hand87_5 - 4th March 2006 at 14:39
It was supposed to give a better visibility to the Pilot.
However Boeing dropped the system on B717 first and shortly after on all B737’s
By: adamdowley - 4th March 2006 at 14:07
They are called ‘eyebrow windows’.
Getting rid of them also saves a bit of weight
By: philgatwick05 - 4th March 2006 at 13:59
I think it (was) just to aid navigation but modern nav systems have rendered them obselete and they’re no longer manufacturing 737’s with them.
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