Right, I thought!!!
Only UK regestered, or previously regestered aircraft had 'stick - pushers'.
The B747 has two different stall warning systems -
* the normal one, which we all are familiar with, with two seperate systems installed, (most times) gives a stick shaker, according to AIS and flap position set.
* the other, is actually an 'over-rotation' system, and ONLY works during take-off, after the NLG has departed the runway, and continues until the MLG tilts detect they also have departed the runway.
It's info, regarding the rate of rotation, is sensed by the #1 INS system.
The B747 can only tolerate about 11.5 degrees of nose up, with the MLG still on the ground, before a tail-strike is likely.
(We used to have SO much trouble with those new FOs, from the B737 fleet, prior to the -700 series, with them 'reefing' the nose up at rotation!)
And the lever latch is the most 'instant' indication that the body-gear wheels have left the ground!
Cheers