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To: Robert Morrison who wrote (1315)6/17/1998 6:53:00 AM
From: Don Parker  Read Replies (1) of 1800
 
Rob,
The last airplane I flew was the Boeing 767. I believe I remember them telling me in ground school that there were 68 computers in the total operational makeup.
I never flew the Airbus but my company had many of them, the A-300, which basically was like the Boeing. The A-320 was the one that was different and had the controls on the side of the pilot rather than the traditional "in front". This was the "fly by wire" concept and the military high performance fighters have the same thing.
It has been shown that certain emitted RF causing harmonic interference could interfere with some of the on board computers and radio receivers and electronic compasses.
When these crash investigations take place no stone is left unturned but I would be very surprised if they find that a computer emission
fouled the control system. I would believe more the navigation system which includes the radios.
The French in their infinite wisdom touted the A-320 as "crash proof" and at one of the first demonstrations of the airplane the test pilot crashed it in front on a bunch onlookers. The plane was supposed to sense a stall and whether the pilot wanted to add power or not it was done automatically....so much for automation!
I'm sure there is a place in aviation for TEMPEST computers but a lot of work has to be done before it is determined that every computer {laptop} on the plane must or should be compliant.

Don
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