Hitler rolling over in his grave at 1488 RPM
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hah.
come down to the avionics bay with me sometime.
it's an entirely different world. different technologies. different strategies. different power distribution requirements. the engine systems alone are completely insane, and the number of sub computers that feed data into the FMS is outrageous.
plus.. they're getting digital messaging to ATC now.. and that feeds into the FMS and the pilot management desktop computer.
we used to weight fuel into these fuckers. now the plane has a fuel management computer. you just hook up, turn on the pump, and it handles the rest.
Every plane that has come out since 2000 looks 90% the same as the one it replaced. Any attempt at evolving past that and introducing a completely brand new design (i.e. the Sonic Cruiser) invariably gets shot down.