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Old 21st Jul 2018, 08:53
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Double Back
 
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Yes You single lever thrust control generation This is what Yr forefathers had to deal with constantly (and not always with a Flight Engineer) . A wood full of levers and knobs, and indicators/dials all over the place. An artificial horizon that cannot even be recognized as one by modern standards (OK, I have seldom seen such a badly designed one also). No GPS but dead reckoning. 4-engined planes that finished Atlantic crossings at N-1 more standard as exceptionally, or even less...... we came a long way...and thousands of pilots paid the ultimate toll to flatten this road...
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