Originally Posted by gums
AoA and HUD on commercial jets
Glad to hear from Cland that a few carriers are using a HUD.
The French Gilbert Klopfstein invented the HUD,
and showed it in USA with MIT's congratulations. The French Armée de l'Air nor Zieglers (Aerospatiale, Airbus) did not like nor trust Klopstein and his HUD as he was Jewish. Klopfstein's HUD has been used on many aircrafts, i.e. F16, F18, Space Shuttle, etc.
I have seen a HUD in a IT flying A310 (Air Inter, today included in AIR FRANCE !) around 30 years ago .
Something is sure, AF had that HUD and don't use it
not a question of price !
Would AF put it in the AF447, ... and crew trained, could you explain what would had been different ?
