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Originally posted by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
If you can find some photos of military planes with commerical jetliner style windows in them please let me know:
So commercial jetliner wings are hollow, but military wings are not? Did you know that there's a considerable amount of titanium and depleted uranium inside boeing wings and engines?
Boeing began testing the F-22's avionics aboard the 757 in March 1999. To date, Boeing has completed more than 1,000 hours of testing on the FTB including sensor testing against various targets in the Pacific Northwest and military targets at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The FTB also has done risk-reduction testing in Fort Worth, Tex., for communication, navigation and identification (CNI) functions.
The test avionics are operated from a simulated F-22 cockpit installed in the test bed cabin. The cockpit has primary and secondary F-22 displays, as well as a throttle and stick. There is room on the aircraft for up to 30 software engineers and technicians who can evaluate the avionics, identify anomalies and, in some cases, resolve problems in real time.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Too bad that's not a military plane. It's a BOEING testbed used to test systems FOR the military.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
The military ordered the F-22, BOEING made the choice on how to test the components they were building for it.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
It would be stupid and manpower intensive if the military was involved in every little detail of building one of their planes.
Military programs differ from commercial in that the government contracts with the aircraft manufacturer to design and build an aircraft to meet specific mission capabilities. These performance requirements are documented to the manufacturer in the Aircraft Specification and the details of the flight test program (among many other program requirements) are spelled out in the Statement of Work. In this case, the government is the customer and has a direct stake in the aircraft’s ability to perform the mission. Since the government is funding the program, it is more involved in the aircraft design and testing from early-on. Often military test pilots and engineers are integrated as part of the manufacturer’s flight test team, even before first flight. The final phase of the military aircraft flight test is the Operational Test (OT). OT is conducted by a government-only test team with the dictate to certify that the aircraft is suitable and effective to carry out the intended mission. Flight testing of military aircraft is often conducted at military flight test facilities. The US Navy tests aircraft at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD (a.k.a. “Pax River”) and the US Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School are the programs designed to teach military test personnel. In the UK most military flight testing is conducted by three organisations, the RAF, BAE Systems and Qinetiq. For minor upgrades the testing may be conducted by one of these three organisations in isolation, but major programs are normally conducted by a joint trials team (JTT), with all three organisations working together under the umbrella of an Integrated Project Team (IPT)
Originally posted by Zaphod58
And those are for after they have the aircraft built.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
As I corrected myself, just because the military has personnel on the plane it still doesn't make it a military plane.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Photo of the military version of a 757 called "Catfish" used for F-22 training.
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Originally posted by Zaphod58
No, you said that it was a military plane.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
No it isn't. It is a civilian plane on a military mission.