Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.
Britannia Airways uses IBM in cockpit
Posted on 2-Feb-2003 13:49 | Filed under: News : 

Britannia Airways equipped all its aircrafts with IBM Thinkpads. They reckon they can reduce in-flight weight by removing 40 pounds of paper manuals the pilots have with them.

The Thinkpads are wireless capable, what is something the American FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) deems not safe. But the Civil Authority in UK said the Thinkpads are safe.

More news on the Wired link below, or here on CNet.


More information: http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,575...
Trending now »

Hot discussions in our forums right now:

Single use plastic bags to be banned.
Created by Lastman, last reply by JimmyH on 15-Aug-2018 17:23 (187 replies)
Pages... 11 12 13

Trustpower: landline not working advice please
Created by xyeovillian, last reply by SpartanVXL on 13-Aug-2018 16:21 (21 replies)
Pages... 2

Over-eager editor
Created by Rikkitic, last reply by freitasm on 12-Aug-2018 19:22 (20 replies)
Pages... 2

Password manager for iPhone with cloud back up
Created by dafman, last reply by BarTender on 14-Aug-2018 21:08 (16 replies)
Pages... 2

Advice needed for building a streaming and recording PC
Created by CrashAndBurn, last reply by gbwelly on 15-Aug-2018 16:11 (15 replies)

Home security camera seeing neighbour's property
Created by robfish, last reply by Bung on 15-Aug-2018 14:56 (30 replies)
Pages... 2

Sharp microwave - 'burn' marks on door and chassis
Created by geekIT, last reply by Coil on 14-Aug-2018 18:18 (14 replies)

Spark Secures 3 Year EPL
Created by tdgeek, last reply by stinger on 14-Aug-2018 13:03 (13 replies)