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Yesterday & today: Cockpit

These photos are separated by only about three decades, and yet it’s plain to see how the design of the pilot’s work­place has changed in this short time. The A310’s cockpit (above) was state of the art in its day, but now appears hope­lessly old-fashioned compared to that of the A350 (below).

11.2015 | 2 mins reading time

yesterday: A310 Cockpit, ca. 1985

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today: A350 Cockpit, 2015

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