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Old 30th Jul 2014, 12:15
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FGD135
 
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Bring back the big round dial of yesteryear

Pilots have been stalling their planes out of the sky a lot longer than the electronic PFD has been around.
Was there a period, ever, in the days of the big round dial where there were 4 stall-crashes in the space of 5 years (to scheduled passenger flights)?


There had been some cars with digital speed display, but they never succeeded enough to become standard.
I read something the other day about the automobile industry, having gone to tape-like instrumentation, now going back to dials. Perhaps someone here knows more about this. If true, if wonder if that industry, unlike our industry, has actually done its homework!
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