Talk:Flight recorder
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recording time
editAirlines in the United States are only required to record 2 hours of recording time. Whilst the European requirement is 25 hours. This has caused issues with lost data on several incident investigations in the US.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ubut-pkxSM
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/faa-requiring-airplane-black-boxes-record-25-hours/story?id=97919562 203.220.56.78 (talk) 16:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- Many thanks. Both sources look fine to me. I think something should be added. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:49, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- I think this interpretation is incorrect or misleading. The article makes it clear that “a minimum of two hours” refers to the cockpit voice recorder; whereas “17 - 25 hours” refers to the flight data recorder. The specified requirements for the CVR and FDR are very different. It has nothing to do with USA versus Europe. Dolphin (t) 07:25, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
- OK, I have read the detail - I see the reason for distinguishing between the US and Europe where 25 hour recording time is concerned. Dolphin (t) 09:57, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
- It's not just the investigation of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that's relevant. As the video shows, since 2018, 10 separate NTSB investigations have been compromised in a similar way. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:24, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
"Crash" Ryan
editIs this...really true?
>Ryan, also the inventor of the retractable safety seat belt now required in automobiles, began working on the idea of a flight recorder in 1946, and invented the device in response to a 1948 request from the Civil Aeronautics Board aimed at establishing operating procedures to reduce air mishaps. The requirement was for a means of accumulating flight data. The original device was known as the "General Mills Flight Recorder".
It doesn't appear to be backed up in the history of the seat belt in its corresponding Wikipedia page.
Also,
>Professor James J. "Crash" Ryan
...uhh...that doesn't seem a little ridiculous to anyone else? The source is "historynet" and it just seems a little...outrageous. Fephisto (talk) 14:52, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Alright, it looks like nobody cares about this page, so I figured the source was unreliable and pulled it out. Fephisto (talk) 03:11, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
wrong picture
editThe picture, that should show the flight data recorder actually shows a voice recorder (that's what the label says, too). Even the translation is nonsense. I did not find a way to change the description. It seems, the description in wiki commons is wrong. 2A01:C22:35A2:3900:EFB8:35C9:A320:676A (talk) 23:15, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- There are a lot of pictures in the article, could you be more specific? Maybe quote the entire caption or click the image and find out its filename.
- If you are talking about the first image, File:Fdr sidefront.jpg, it comes from the NTSB website archive link where it is in the FDR section. The label translates as:
- "AlliedSignal
- RECORDER
- OF FLIGHT
- DO NOT OPEN"
- for me. Commander Keane (talk) 02:23, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
