Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) Subject: Re: Safety and design rankings (was Re: Flight controls) X-Submission-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 02:34:17 CST References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-Id: <9212170834.AA17343@cactus.org> Date: 17 Dec 92 03:35:15 PST In article you write: >> was a replacement ... perhaps away from Smiths? Having observed the >> trials and tribulations of friends with MGs and their Smiths electrics >> I'm not enthusiastic about a Smiths FMS! :-) > >Me too! But then, I *am* biased on this issue. :-) However, I do not >believe that the part of Smiths that supports cars and the part that >designs avionics has a whole lot to do with each other. I suspect (but >do not know for certain) that Boeing's choice of Smiths might be related >to trying to get some competition in this area. And if we're going to pick on Smiths for that, we should note that Delco Electronics, which produced the INS used on just about every airliner produced in the late 60's and 70's, was a subsidiary of General Motors. :-) Same logo as the car-stereo systems, too. :-) But boy, is Smiths' 737 engine display tacky. :-) --- Robert Dorsett rdd@cactus.org ...cs.utexas.edu!cactus.org!rdd