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Old 21st May 2017, 16:22
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pattern_is_full
 
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Folks - please note that piratepete is talking about upgrading from the original 767 cockpit. 1981 era.

http://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/...3177.jpg?v=v40

Circular "clockwork" altimeter, airspeed and VVI, discrete RMI. Three clockwork backup instruments, as opposed to one unified LCD backup.

A few CRTs scattered around, but some with only one function (AH, for example).

The flight deck has been "remapped" - since you now have to look for an altitude "tape," or a skinny little rectangular VVI.

It's not a long walk, and thousands have made it - but it does require a change in "eye-muscle memory" to find and interpret some of the indicators.
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