In this Boeing press release photo you can see that the distinctive cockpit “eyebrow” windows seem to have gone. Is this going to be the latest update to the 737 range? Something similar has already been done to the 717.
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2004/photorelease/q1/pr_040112g.html
By: Jeanske_SN - 3rd February 2004 at 19:46
Probably also for seeing traffic; for the days back before we had HSI LCD’s with traffic on it.
By: Wrenchbender - 2nd February 2004 at 18:45
Ours were so scratched up they were of very little use anyway. I never used them. The only windows we used were the L1, L2, R1, R2. the side windows were pretty bad also.
By: rekkof2004 - 1st February 2004 at 21:17
Re: These windows..
Originally posted by peter
What was the point of these windows exactly as the 727 had them as well. If they were inportant, why did no other maker use them????
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Fokker F-28 had them
By: rekkof2004 - 1st February 2004 at 21:16
Re: Re: These windows..
[QUOTE]Originally posted by mikeconnell
Wasn’t it something to do with still being able to see a runway when on a steep banking turn to line up for landing, in the days before ILS was standard?
Mike [/QUOT
By: rekkof2004 - 1st February 2004 at 21:14
Also happend with the F-28 was remodeled
to the F-100/F-70.
By: mikeconnell - 20th January 2004 at 16:09
Re: These windows..
Originally posted by peter
What was the point of these windows exactly as the 727 had them as well. If they were inportant, why did no other maker use them????
Wasn’t it something to do with still being able to see a runway when on a steep banking turn to line up for landing, in the days before ILS was standard?
Mike
By: tenthije - 20th January 2004 at 16:06
Quite a few other manufacturers had them actually. The DC-90/MD80/MD90 for instance and the F28 (but not F70/100).
By: Peter - 20th January 2004 at 15:51
These windows..
What was the point of these windows exactly as the 727 had them as well. If they were inportant, why did no other maker use them????
By: EGNM - 20th January 2004 at 15:43
when they were is the pre-production stage of the NG series they said this would be happening… still haven’t seen an airccraft without them yet!
By: Whiskey Delta - 20th January 2004 at 14:48
I’ve heard that the turning windows will no longer be available on the 737’s, similar to the 717. I guess Boeing found that pilots don’t use them and eliminating them lowers cost so off they go.
By: Bmused55 - 20th January 2004 at 13:22
being picky: It isn;t a photo. Its a computer rendered image. :p
Being serious again: Eliminating the eyebrow windows would cut production costs, which would be reflected in the price for one of these babies.
Would be a shame to see them go, they are distinctive as your rightly say.
however lets not jump the gun. It would be a simple mistake by whoever modelled that image. forgot to add in the windows perhaps.
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January 20, 2004 at 1:16 pm