Single-engined big jetliner

[Romantic Technofreak]

Once here I had a very bad luck by showing a single-engined heavy bomber - it turned out to be a fake. So I hope you believe me what I say about this aircraft, a Dutch conversion of the Lockheed L-1011. It was constructed to make use of two items otherwise having been scrapped:

1. The single sample of the Whitney & Royce Megathruster jet engine, the strongest one in the world (delivering a power of 1 Mega-Newton)

2. An oversized can of Heineken beer standing before in front of Schiphol airport for advertising duties, now functioning as "fuselage", or better, engine cowling:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Coridano/d00f8caf.jpg
(Picture from Xusenet.com)

Enjoy, and don´t mind!:D[8D];)
RT

[Dogwalker]

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[GregP]

Which cockpit is the pilot in?

Which cockpit is the copilot in?

Which cockpit is the stewardess in and what is going on?

There is room for humor here ...

Never seen one with two cockpits before, but with a pilot and copilot, it makes a weird sort of sense. Maybe they had closed camera coverage between cockpits? The view could be wonderful .... :D

[Jemiba]

This system is called DOFUTEP (Double fuselage terrorism prevention),
sold by a company, using a logo with a stylized egyptian pharao.
(Dofutep lived from 185 a.c. to 225 a.c., his mummy was discovered
recently)
The reason for this construction simply is prevention of hijacking
and terrorism. From either cockpit you can shut down the controls of
the other, so terrorists will have to conquer both cockpits simultaneously.
I've heard, that in the near future the US airspace
will be closed for airliners without this system.

[Mark J]

Thats a nice piece of computer work! Have a look on the side of the fusalage, look for a reflection of what could be there [8D]

Do passengers get a choice between left and right?

Do airports now need dual airbridges? :D

cheers

[Ricky]

:D

Landing must be a bit hairy for the pasengers!

[Groggy]

quote:Originally posted by Mark J

Thats a nice piece of computer work! Have a look on the side of the fusalage, look for a reflection of what could be there [8D]

Do passengers get a choice between left and right?

Do airports now need dual airbridges? :D

cheers

Hi,
Traditional British practise men on the right women on the left. I have seen drawings of a Whittle wartime super large engine the diameter of which reminds me of this super engine.!!

[Lightning]

Hi RT,

That's the same plane that Mrs. Lightning and I flew in when we made our move from the U.S. to Germany two years ago! Just before boarding we had a little spat, so she flew in the left compartment, and I flew in the right. That didn't matter. We both got to Frankfurt at the same time. :)

Regards,
Lightning

[DoBravery]

I think they feed that thing Cessna's.



If such a plane were built, you would also need a fake 'Emergency Jettison' button. You know, just to scare any newbies in the crew.

[Romantic Technofreak]

Thank you for your many questions and stimulations about this airliner, friends! Since the KLM introduced it three years ago, it enjoys growing popularity, our friend Lightning and wife were already using it. To the single points:

quote:Originally posted by GregP:
Which cockpit is the pilot in?

Which cockpit is the copilot in?

Which cockpit is the stewardess in and what is going on?

quote:Originally posted by Jemiba:
This system is called DOFUTEP
DOFUTEP is only known as proposal. If it is really installed is still a secret. The official version is, pilot and copilot share the left cockpit. The right cockpit is used for "training on the job", i.e., on flights it is inhabited by a student and a flight instructor to exercise real situations. Especially popular is the "What do I have to do if the only surviving engine also collapses?" task.
First, the KLM was nervous if passengers may refuse flying in it when they get knowledge about that. But it showed that only about the half of the passengers are concerned about it, and pay a little bit less, while the other half says "I want to have this adventure too!" - and pay a bit more, so the result is balanced...

Stewardesses, of course, are active in both fuselages and serve drinks, Heineken beer among others.
quote:Originally posted by MarkJ:
Do passengers get a choice between left and right?

Sure. Just ask Lightning!
quote:Originally posted by MarkJ:
Do airports now need dual airbridges?

quote:Originally posted by Ricky:
Landing must be a bit hairy for the pasengers!
It is true that the fuselages are not hig above the ground. But this means for boarding you can easily use the airplanes own installed foldable ladders, like smaller airliners use to have. About the feelings of the passengers - same answer as about the inflight exercises.
quote:Originally posted by Groggy:
Traditional British practise men on the right women on the left
Our friend Lighnting isn´t British, and I don´t know how traditional he is, but he and his wife happened to do exactly this. But there is also another thing that happens very frequently: Families with several children and groups of persons of lesser maturity like to spread between the two compartments, keeping to get attention from the other half all flight long. It relly can be enervating to the neighbour passengers, when on a flight from Europe to New Zealand there are every ten minutes again screams like "Look, Jimmy is waving his hand!"
quote:Originally posted by DoBravery:
I think they feed that thing Cessna's.
This is nothing more than an evil rumour, inspired by another one telling normal airliners use to swallow Cri-Cris:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Coridano/3a8a3abe.jpg

Hope you enjoy further, and regards, RT

[Lightning]

Hi RT,

Quoting you:
quote: Families with several children and groups of persons of lesser maturity like to spread between the two compartments, keeping to get attention from the other half all flight long. It relly can be enervating to the neighbour passengers, when on a flight from Europe to New Zealand there are every ten minutes again screams like "Look, Jimmy is waving his hand!"

This is SO TRUE!!! I see you have done quite a bit of air travel (in coach, of course). :D