No, not THAT switch. The other one!

Sulako · Post by **Sulako** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:27 am

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1071216/L/

Fuel pump control panel on a Tupolev Tu-114D

//me weeps helplessly

niss · Post by **niss** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:56 am

Sully,

Its actually a security measure you need to read it in a mirror to use it.....otherwise people steal 'em.

Dust Devil · Post by **Dust Devil** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:31 am

That's why the russians lost the cold war

Desert Duster · Post by **Desert Duster** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:59 am

I rescently got a tour of an Antonov (SP) freighter when I was over in Africa. Whow, I knew right away why they required a crew of four. I took me five minutes to confirm I was actually looking at the attitude indicator. LOL but really it was complicated. The funny thing was the handheld garmin on the dash.

Skipper · Post by **Skipper** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:05 am

It's all ancient Greek to me...

costermonger · Post by **costermonger** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:48 am

Wouldn't be suprised if the umpteen fuel tanks don't have something to do with the fact that the -114 is essentially an intercontinental bomber with a passenger cabin instead of a bomb bay.

Lommer · Post by **Lommer** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:30 am

Here's another pic of a Tu-144 panel. I have no idea what it is or what anything's for, but I bet the switches outlined in red and yellow do cool sh*t.

niss · Post by **niss** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:31 am

OMG Im Blind!!!! I cant see the panel!!!!!! Ill never fly again!

aileron · Post by **aileron** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:46 am

So with the captain, copilot, navigator & engineer did they also have a plumber on board?

Lommer · Post by **Lommer** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:57 am

mellow_pilot · Post by **mellow_pilot** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:32 pm

What's with the switches under glass? can't they think of a more user friendly way of making a gaurded switch?

Then again, I suppose it is eloquent in it's simplicity, unlike the rest of the panel. Kind of a duality.

Crazy Ruskies

Four1oh · Post by **Four1oh** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:43 pm

I got a tour of the antinov cockpit years ago too, and I was floored. There was no free space anywhere in the cockpit. dials and switches crammed into any spot they'd fit. no color anything in the dials, just black and white. friggin crazy!

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:28 pm

Dust Devil wrote:That's why the russians lost the cold war

No actually the russians lost the cold war because the US had a bigger bank account and more people willing to lend them money.