And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
[Honeywell is offering a exchange program for older cockpit displays. The original display units are now approaching 20 years old, and Honeywell can no longer repair those older display units.]
Yup. A problem we had with avionics was constant upgrades that were not backwards compatible. At 15 years old we had to rewire a nine aircraft fleet because the Collins suite was impossible to repair. As soon as the mod program was complete all the cards in the IAPS cage had to be sent to the factory for firmware upgrades that weren't backwards compatible so our spares were no longer compatible. A total PITA for scheduling, budgeting and keeping aircraft airworthy. Al_in_Ottawa
The medevac outfit I wrenched for dumped their fleet of Lear 45's for the same reason. Couldn't find compatible CDU's and those you could find were either needing repair or so expensive it wasn't worth it. Pretty airplane, serious PITA to keep flying.
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ReplyDeleteThe mile high club?
ReplyDelete[Honeywell is offering a exchange program for older cockpit displays. The original display units are now approaching 20 years old, and Honeywell can no longer repair those older display units.]
ReplyDeleteYup. A problem we had with avionics was constant upgrades that were not backwards compatible. At 15 years old we had to rewire a nine aircraft fleet because the Collins suite was impossible to repair. As soon as the mod program was complete all the cards in the IAPS cage had to be sent to the factory for firmware upgrades that weren't backwards compatible so our spares were no longer compatible. A total PITA for scheduling, budgeting and keeping aircraft airworthy.
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The medevac outfit I wrenched for dumped their fleet of Lear 45's for the same reason. Couldn't find compatible CDU's and those you could find were either needing repair or so expensive it wasn't worth it. Pretty airplane, serious PITA to keep flying.
DeleteThat's why there's 3 guys in the cockpit. Can you imagine only one?
ReplyDeleteToo bad the jet jockeys forgot how to hand fly an airplane. Its VFR, look out the window and fly the plane!
ReplyDeleteNot that button! The other one!
ReplyDeletePretty lights.
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