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Title: NASA 737-100
Post by: Sean on May 27, 2013, 12:56:21 AM

I found an old magazine this weekend that has an article about NASA retiring their 737, which as it happens, was the first ever 737. Ever! Quite interesting.

It had a second flight deck in the main cabin, where most of the experimental flights were flown from, with a crew up front, just in case! They used it to develop glass cockpit technology, among other things.

(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flisar.larc.nasa.gov%2FIMAGES%2FMEDIUM%2FEL-1996-00182.jpeg&hash=749f6499683e899efb1b800047b5af3d8d63769e)

(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fcenters%2Flangley%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2F70422main_L87-03645.JPG&hash=d4477d14980b9e9275e13c29687cea5558b5c98d)

She now sits at the Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle.

(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F5%2F52%2FBoeing_737_Prototype_-_N515NA_%25287701252520%2529.jpg&hash=fda1a194a13e01897e09a3f97af385c5b0a45d45)

Title: Re: NASA 737-100
Post by: saabpilot on May 27, 2013, 03:26:19 AM

Hi Shawn,

Many Thanks for uploading the pictures - really interesting !
The CDU was hidden between the captains legs so the jump seat instructor could not peck on him for wrongly programming the route ;D ;D ;D

Bjorn

Title: Re: NASA 737-100
Post by: fsaviator on May 27, 2013, 03:28:14 AM

Interesting controls too. Is that one for each hand?

Title: Re: NASA 737-100
Post by: StijnBaart on October 16, 2013, 03:12:53 PM

Cool pic!,

I could be wrong but i believe this aircraft had 2 cockpits!

The normal one in the front and a second one in the back. I believe they used it to develop the the glass cockpit stuff for in the 757/767.

I think the second cockpit had joysticks too!!

I i find the picture i will upload it! Found it!!! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_515_Cutaway_Model_of_B-737.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_515_Cutaway_Model_of_B-737.jpg)

The picture of the cockpit the test cockpit, the front is a normal 737-100 cockpit.

Stijn

Title: Re: NASA 737-100
Post by: StijnBaart on October 16, 2013, 03:23:18 PM

Sorry,

Did not read your post carefully, :-[ but yeah your're right!

Pretty fun stuff

Title: Re: NASA 737-100
Post by: dc8flightdeck on October 31, 2013, 08:43:16 PM

Thats an interesting cockpit. Ive been there but I have never seen the cockpit before. Thanks!
Justinn

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