Originally Posted by
Crosswind Limits
You just couldn't make this stuff up could you!?
Using thrust reverse at altitude and in the flare!!!!!
You could do it on many aircraft of the era.
Originally Posted by
Jo90
The reason why NHP handled the throttles on approach is that the throttles were so far forward that you could not properly reach them when fully open without leaning forward. This would hardly aid accurate flying.
Just one of the 'gripper's' many design failings.
Ergonomics weren't a big thing on any airliner back then, no matter who made them! Early 707s were famous for having slightly different cockpit layouts depending on the customer.
Technologically speaking the Trident was probably the most advanced airliner in service at the time it was launched - most of the compromises that hobbled it were in fact demanded by BEA. This is borne out by the fact that Boeing took the original specification and design (minus the advanced avionics) and copied it almost verbatim in the form of the 727, which went on to become the best-selling aircraft in the world, holding the record for nearly two decades.
Originally Posted by
Old Fella
Sure, the BAC 1-11 used only two Speys against the Tridents three, but it only weighed about two thirds the weight of the Trident 3 at MTOW.
If only BEA hadn't meddled and Trident got the RR Medway engine originally specifed...