avionics

I stumbled across a video covering the final use of the Apollo Guidance Computer by NASA, the 'proof of concept' program that led to the successful development of fly-by-wire control systems for aircraft. Definitely worth watching as this was one of the unsung parts of NASA history. View...

The study of old aircraft manuals and Standard Aircraft Characteristics (SAC) can bring interesting conclusions. These documents listed avionics setups of the aircraft, and may bring surprising conclusions. The US Navy aircraft did not have too much on-board electronics, only very essential...

I have a question to the experts. What was a typical HH-43B/F avionics suite from Nam that was carried on CSAR missions? While I don't have any flight manual of the F version, the B version apparently carried the following setup. COMM Two AIC-10A - ICS, each for pilot and co-pilot AN/ARC-34...

I am looking for the details on the avionics suite of the ROCAF C-123Bs used in special duty ops in Nam in the late 1960s. In 1966, they received the Bendix RDR-10 weather radar with the antenna installed over the cockpit, and the AN/ARN-131 Omega Navigation System. Two years later they were...

Flying Review International, August 1970

I have a technical question related to the F-5N avionics. Information available online suggests that these aircraft received the LN-260 INS/GPS with a small color MFD installed in the cockpit in the place previously occupied by the radar's CRT IP-1278 Data Display Indicator while in Swiss...

Does anyone have information on the avionics upgrade suite of the former Fuerza Aérea de Chile Mirage 5MA Elkan and ENAER 50CN Pantera? The photo from the link below apparently shows Elkan's cockpit: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Chile-Air-Force/Dassault-SABCA-Mirage-5MA-Elkan/1886523/L Can...

I checked, no thread for this one. It was developed by RCA between early 1956 and september 1958 when it was canned. Before and after these dates, ( sigh...) the prefered option was the MX-1179 / MA-1. While the Sparrow II missile is well known, Astra 1 remains kind of mystery. It has been...

Hello, I am air-enthusiast from Russia. Sorry for my bad English! Probably B-52 is the best strategic aircraft of the XX century. I especially interested in B-52 early variants and I have questions about the oldest "Buff"`s avionics. All the books I had read (Boyne, Davis & Tornborough...

I’m particularly interested in the navigation and attack capabilities of the early Harriers, in particular Falklands era. However research on the net has only led to a partial understanding of this subject. It’s the same story with published works. I’m aware that some members of the forum are...

The V-bomber fleet spent most of its life with relatively primitive avionics for the age, as far as I can tell only two major(ish) changes were ever made, the first was the addition of the ARI 5959 (General Dynamics AN/APN-170) J-band terrain following radar, however this came with restrictions-...

Who can flesh this lot out? 1954: Sperry/UK, licence from Sperry/US: intended for (to be) Blue Streak. Bracknell clean room. Abandoned for: 3/57: Elliott licence from Bosch Arma (ATLAS kit). Rochester clean room. B Streak died 13/4/60 but INS work continued for Blue Steel. 1957: Ferranti...

A thread to discuss the avionics of the very interesting JAS-39 Gripen. I will post some information from the Aerofax book shortly.

I am new, and an fan of airplanes since I was a little child. First of all congratulations to everybody for the great posted subjects. Now I would like to open a new topic to discuss about the following: Thread to discuss Tu-160 avionics. I am particularly keen to learn about navigation and...