Originally Posted by
Spooky 2
Like this for example.
Thanks for that document, I knew that the cockpit was partially funded by the Honeywell donation but would still incur large costs in installation and implementation. This makes it a lot clearer.
I think that somehow the Ju52 accident in Switzerland will have had a significant impact on this project. It certainly showed that there is a risk in flying in an old aircraft and it wouldn't surprise me that the public perception of this will have impacted the viability of a project such as the Starliner. If the aircraft ends up in a museum, there will still be a very nice Starliner preserved for us to drool over. That's better than the airframe sitting outside somewhere, rotting away.
There is also the Breitling Constallation, that has been sold to a German foundation which plans to get it flying again.