Light-brown 777 cockpit is hi-fi but IMO it seems to pertain to late '70 era

[NM5K 1]

What's the name of that show? I'd like to see it on TV, or perhaps online.

 

You can watch all those on youtube. Just search with the name of the program you want to watch.

[kevinh 409]

I know that the 777 cockpit in the reality is light brown colored but it would be nice IMO to add an option to render it dark grey like the NGX one. That brown aspect IMO is closer to first 747 of late '70 era despite 777 are like that also in the reality, I know that.

 

A nice option to have it dark grey would be a nice to have, don't you agree ?

The 1970 era 747's (classics) all had grey cockpits. The brown was introduced, for ergonomic reasons, on the 767 and 757 and then used on the 747-400. The 777 has always had a brown cockpit, but in Boeing terms it's a fairly recent innovation (mid 80s).

 

There was a joke at the time that Boeing had run out of war surplus battleship grey paint and so had to find a new supply. The cheapest available was unsold stocks of brown paint from the 70s.

[VIPERGTSR01 22]

What's the name of that show? I'd like to see it on TV, or perhaps online.

 

21st Century Jet, Making of the Boeing 777

 

Here is the first 1 hour part, other parts are there also:

 

http://video.google....731641323350192

 

 

There looks to be youtube uploads to but they are split up in 10 min sections, all of them low quality. I wish PBS would release a DVD set of this doco!

[willultra99 8]

Nice video. I expect the fully functional toilet cover to work the same way in the PMDG 777. :)

[ACA034137 37]

It has to do with creating a relaxing, low tension environment...

[Smasher77th 13]

Yes, don't think there is any chance that it will happen, but it does pose the question on what the Boeing designers were smoking when they designed it. I thought beige had been illegal since the '80s. :P

Luckily they have come back to their senses for the 787.

 

I remember watching in a documentary as they explained why they switched chose the brown color for the 747 and 777. They said it was because of the warm feeling it brings, and also because the brown cockpit appearance is less likely to make a pilot sleepy than a grey one (something in that line). I can't remember what documentary it was, but it was boeing designers talking.

[Jalio 4]

A nice option to have it dark grey would be a nice to have, don't you agree ?

 

No

[VIPERGTSR01 22]

I remember watching in a documentary as they explained why they switched chose the brown color for the 747 and 777. They said it was because of the warm feeling it brings, and also because the brown cockpit appearance is less likely to make a pilot sleepy than a grey one (something in that line). I can't remember what documentary it was, but it was boeing designers talking.

 

Probably 21st century Jet, Making of the 777 as I mentioned in earlier posts above.

[Levkov 8]

If PMDG gave us some of the source files used for making the cockpit texture, I am sure some of the talented painters could make a mod for gray cockpit. But that will 99% not happen, so we can only dream...

[Guy014 9]

If PMDG gave us some of the source files used for making the cockpit texture, I am sure some of the talented painters could make a mod for gray cockpit. But that will 99% not happen, so we can only dream...

 

You can still open the VC texture files and color correct them for your own personal use. I've corrected adjusted many NGX textures to suit my own personal needs.

[Levkov 8]

Yes, I know, I am a repainter, but the quality of modifications is much better when you have source files. Each time you decompile a dds and then recompile it, you loose a bit of quality....

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

I used to play Level D 767...

 

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I never played it but did fly it often prior to the NGX. Just kidding, it always cracks me up when I see people say they "play" FSX, but never read some one say they "played" a certain aircraft. I always considered it as we are simming or flying a sim rather than just mindlessly playing a game.

 

Jim Burke