The world owes Indonesia
Posted on August 26th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
by Akhyari 0
Did you know, that all planes used to have
4-5 crews in the cockpit? They were the
Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Telecom, and
Technician. Now…planes only have two
men, much more simple. How come?
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In 1983, Mr. Wiweko Soepono, the Director
of Garuda Indonesia, briliantly came
to Airbus bringing an idea of Forward
Facing Crew Cockpit. Mr. Wiweko reduced
the number of crews in the cockpit of 4-
engined Douglas DC-8 from 5 to only 3, as
he thought that flight radio operator and
navigator were no longer needed. Airbus
adopted his idea and released world’s
first two-cockpit airplane Airbus A300B4,
and Garuda Indonesia was the first to fly
this newly released airplane.
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Airbus A300B4
Mr. Wiweko was activelly involvedf in
designing the Airbus new cockpit
arrangement. He, with another aircraft
maker Beechcraft designed and prepared
Beechcraft Super H-18 for himself to make
solo flight crossing Pacific ocean.
Mr.Wiweko flied 60 hours, refueling in
Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and Manila.
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Beechcraft Super H18
He was the first man in Asia to fly solo
crossing the pacific on light aircraft.
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