From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lfwc.lockheed.com>
Subject: Re: Ada / Boeing 777
Date: 1996/03/18
Date: 1996-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <314D2CF7.12D7@lfwc.lockheed.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4ia0l3INNatk@faatcrl.faa.gov
ron thompson wrote:
> 777 is the first 100% fly by wire, no mechanical backups
> of any kind, built in the US of A.
First _commercial_ aircraft that is 100% fly by wire, no
mechanical backups, built in the USA, of course.
As far as I know, the first production aircraft, including
_military_ aircraft, that was 100% fly by wire with no mechanical
backups of any kind, and built in the USA, has been in production
for about two decades now. The first _digital_ (software-based)
production yah de dah de dah has been in production for about
six years.
The F-16, of course, has the honor on both counts.
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1996-03-15 0:00 ` Ada / Boeing 777 Thomas C. Timberlake
1996-03-18 0:00 ` Thomas C. Timberlake
1996-03-16 0:00 ` "Tim Rowe"
1996-03-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-03-19 0:00 ` Bob Kurtz
1996-03-20 0:00 ` Ada95 (JobSearching) Kenneth Mays
1996-03-23 0:00 ` Ada / Boeing 777 "Tim Rowe"
1996-03-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington [this message]
1996-03-18 0:00 Sam Harbaugh
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-03-27 0:00 ` "Tim Rowe"
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-03-19 0:00 Sam Harbaugh
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Stuart Palin
1996-03-23 0:00 Sam Harbaugh (at Home)
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