Hello All,
I was never a When-We, but I have to nominate the DC 10 as one of the most engineer friendly aircraft I have ever worked. Typically liked things such as the cowlings on number two opening to form a work platform, and the steps up behind the F.E's panel. You won't see that on the tri-heap. Also found similar nice touches on other Mc Donald Duck airplanes, such as the two footrests in the nose wheel well on the MD 80 that allows access to the V.G.'s and rear of the Centre instrument panel.
Speaking of Instrument panels, I remember the Shorts 330 centre instrument panel had quick release clamps on the indicators, unfortunately they only worked one way. You could remove the instrument easily enough, but the clamp would lock up when you tried to slide a new indicator in, and you would then have to remove the hard wired glareshield (lots of in-line splices required afterwards) in order to free the "quick release clamp" and get the indicator in.
I'm also a great fan of Airbus aircraft, but I can't believe thay still use that stupid rubber tube to hold up the P.S.U.'s etc.
Still if they were easy to fix the bean counters would have the trained monkey's in doing our jobs.
Regards,
SomeFokker
