Does anyone know which airliner has or had the largest windows in the passenger cabin ? Was it the Vickers Viscount and what is it now ?
What structural issues affect window size, Didn’t the De Havilland Comet’s problems arise from cracking around the windows ?
By: steve rowell - 8th August 2003 at 03:21
The captain was male, the first officer was female doing her last flight as f/o before taking up Captains duties
By: greekdude1 - 8th August 2003 at 02:39
Originally posted by Shorty01
The comet window problems were to do with shape of apertures in the fuselage skin, not the size. They had “sharp” corners which caused stress concentrations leading to fatigue as the fuselage flexed. Pressurised airliner cabins were new then, mind you there was that unfortunate spectacular Aloha Airways incident in which the Stewardess sadly died when a large portion of the cabin roof disappeared. I believe that was attributed to the high number of cycles the aircraft had and the associated pressurisation/depresurisation, something like 20,000 cycles. Legend has it that the only thing that saved the aircraft was the extra strength given to the floor by the seat rails. Can anyone confirm this ?
Oh, you gotta’ love the 737 to be able to survive something like that. I saw a movie based on this incident which included some real life camera footage. The captain was actually female.
By: steve rowell - 8th August 2003 at 02:21
The Vickers Viscount had the largest Panoramic windows as far as i know
By: Saab 2000 - 7th August 2003 at 17:32
The Shorts 360 windows are an asset to the aircraft of which there are few to be found. They can complement nicely some fantastic views. I commented on this in my earlier trip report.
By: A330Crazy - 7th August 2003 at 17:21
You decide for yourselves out of this lot:
Old aircraft wth largest windows:
Convair C-13: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?120084
Fokker F27: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?124700
Hawker HS748: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?123987
Vickers Viscount: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?123992
Caravelle: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?109404
Aircraft today:
AN-12: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?125496
Jetstream 41: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?125101
Beechcraft 99 : http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?124990
Saab 2000: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?125486
Shorts 360: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?124790
By: KabirT - 7th August 2003 at 16:43
even the F70 has pretty big windows i think.
By: tenthije - 7th August 2003 at 16:09
The windows on the Fokker F.27 are massive.
By: A330Crazy - 7th August 2003 at 11:53
The Caravelle had some massive windows on it too.
By: EHVB - 7th August 2003 at 11:25
I think the Viking had larger windows than the Viscount. I have the windowframe of a Super Connie at home, and that is also very large. Doubt the Viscount ones are bigger. BW Roger
By: Shorty01 - 7th August 2003 at 11:17
I think you are right about the Viscount here.
Do Zeppelin windows count here ?
The comet window problems were to do with shape of apertures in the fuselage skin, not the size. They had “sharp” corners which caused stress concentrations leading to fatigue as the fuselage flexed. Pressurised airliner cabins were new then, mind you there was that unfortunate spectacular Aloha Airways incident in which the Stewardess sadly died when a large portion of the cabin roof disappeared. I believe that was attributed to the high number of cycles the aircraft had and the associated pressurisation/depresurisation, something like 20,000 cycles. Legend has it that the only thing that saved the aircraft was the extra strength given to the floor by the seat rails. Can anyone confirm this ?
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