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> How come aircrafts are not equipped with color video for later visual confirmation? They are called reconnaissance aircraft, and open you up to all sorts of
by mike_d 6y ago
> How come aircrafts are not equipped with color video for later visual confirmation?
They are called reconnaissance aircraft, and open you up to all sorts of fun stuff like compliance with arms control treaties. Also as a general rule, airlines and even private pilots don't like to pay (in fuel) to carry things up in to the sky that they don't need on a regular basis.
> Also are commercial pilots not allowed to carry smartphones?
Pilots are trained to follow one general principal above all else: "Just fly the airplane." The concept is further expanded to "aviate navigate communicate administrate," if you are ever wondering what you should be doing at a given time. Screwing around with your phone is nowhere on the list unless you are on scheduled break time.
- manigandham 6y agoAirbus A380 has a tail camera that any passenger can view during the entire flight: https://www.google.com/search?q=airbus+a380+tail+camera https://www.google.com/search?q=airbus+a380+tail+camera Pilots can also operate a camera and many do record and share their travels on Youtube.
- kylehotchkiss 6y agoOnly a handful of US airports would receive A380s (from international destinations) before Covid, and currently few of any of those routes are flying A380s at all (most replaced with a340s, 777, 787 etc). The a380 tail cam probably can’t help us with this one! But I wish they’d add the tail cam to all the wide bodies with IFE. It’s fun to watch on the journey.