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Old 3rd December 2005 | 19:00
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stator vane
 
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Exclamation 737 winshield

the book calls it a two pane glass assembly. that's good enough for me.

i was in the right seat about 1993 when at TOD on a flight from vegas to seattle, just when the thrust levers came back on the descent, and a loud crash sound and we noticed the captains windshield all cracked and opaque but still holding together somehow.

after tightening up our seat belts and doing the checklist, i flew the rest of the flight since i could see out my two pane winshield with no other problem.

if you hold the white laminated checklist edge up against the windshield and vary the angle, you will see the assembly and the vinyl sheet in between. or examination the reflections of the instruments on the windows at night time and count the reflections. each surface of glass makes a separate layer of reflection.

that noise will stay in my memory forever.
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