Sentences with phrase «cockpit on»

The driver will find another reminder of the Ur - quattro's cockpit on the sides of the cockpit cowl: On both the right and left sides are four flat buttons.
GM delivered OnStar in 1996 and spent a decade convincing people that OnStar automatic crash notification was worth twenty bucks a month — it was on if you were in a life - threatening crash — and then focused on the everyday situations of keys locked inside, or warming the cockpit on winter mornings.
The cockpit on the show car is done in Beaufort Orange.
All data is transmitted by telemetry to the pits and shown in the cockpit on a steering wheel mounted display, similar to the MMI - System found in Audi production cars.
Audi plans to offer the Virtual Cockpit on redesigned versions of the A4 and Q7 that will go on sale soon, but it may be considering a third model as well.
In effect it's the TT's Virtual Cockpit on a smaller scale, and without the multi-mode display.
In theory, at least, five occupants can squeeze into the G5's cozy cockpit on cloth - upholstered front buckets and a split - folding rear seat.
You'll enjoy standard heated seats and the optional Audi Virtual Cockpit on even the entry - level A3 model.
The dash design is definitely more cohesive than the swoopy, buttontastic cockpit on the current Highlander, and Toyota claims materials will improve too.
Apart from the virtual cockpit on the Q7 what really was the most satisfying piece of technology was that this massive SUV can park itself.
A flight simulator, helps airline pilots practice flying from the safety of a cockpit on the ground.

Not exact matches

Nick Woodman and I are strapped into the cockpit of a vintage racecar on a winding, narrow road in California's Santa Cruz Mountains, taking cliff - side turns at 60 miles per hour and rocketing up to 100 on the straightaways.
Once onboard, like kids set free on a playground, the passengers climbed into the cockpit, spread out in plush first class beds and crawled into the hidden bunk beds where crews nap during long trans - Pacific flights.
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots» union had planned a 24 - hour walkout on Wednesday but late on Tuesday said it would be extended to Thursday after two courts rejected attempts by Lufthansa to halt the industrial action.
It didn't feel inconvenient to rely on Audi's nav system in order to have the true virtual cockpit experience.
From the driver's point of view, the cockpit is a pleasing combination of new and old, with the multi-screen infotainment system on the center stack but the central instrument cluster analog - style old - school.
The thing that is great about the virtual cockpit is you can easily flick between settings using the «View» button on the steering wheel.
United Airlines said Saturday that some cockpit door access information may have been made public, but said that it has measures in place to keep the flight decks on its aircraft secure.
The 1962 Lockheed Jetstar has sat on a runway in Roswell, New Mexico for 35 years and has no engines and an unrestored cockpit, GWS Auctions Inc. said.
Travel is controlled mostly by an onboard tablet inside the pod - like cockpit — a passenger selects their flight destination, and then relaxes in the airborne vehicle's air - conditioned cabin as the 184 takes off, flies, and lands on its own.
Walt Disney Imagineers created a full - sized replica of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit, complete with four different scenarios that kids can pilot through as part of their Oceaneer's Kids Club on - board program.
Sinnett, a pilot himself, plans to test the technology in a cockpit simulator this summer and «fly on an airplane next year some artificial intelligence that makes decisions that pilots would make,» he said.
The aircraft is much similar to its predecessors, an IRST bump in front of the cockpit in the nose section as well as the missile warning system on the air intakes are the main external differentiators.
To ensure that their cockpit doors were bullet proof, airlines turned to Dyneema, a thermoplastic that is 15 times stronger than steel but light enough to float on water.
A Cockpit Management System (CMS) displays flight systems, navigation and sensor data on the MFDs.
«I think there's an overall width restriction, and I think there's a restriction on how far they can encroach on the cockpit opening.
F1's halo being brought in for next season sparked a huge debate between fans, but they're not the only people with mixed opinions on the cockpit protection device.
Though safety is its primary purpose there are plenty who'd prefer that cockpit protection takes on a less... hideous form.
«Yeah, I think aesthetically it's definitely not the nicest thing we've put on the cars and I think a lot of people agree with that — but we've been pushing to improve cockpit safety, to improve head protection.
The goggles provide a video feed from a camera mounted on the drone so that the person sitting in the chair feels as if they're in the cockpit.
After the San Marino Grand Prix on April 25, where Andretti spun off after he couldn't reach a cockpit knob that balances the car's brakes, the howlers knew no bounds.
It was later revealed the FIA had backed a new cockpit protector called the shield, which has now been officially unveiled on Saturday at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Cockpit protection in general is still a divisive topic though, with some drivers for it and others against it, with fans also split on the issue.
The three - time Indianapolis 500 winner and four - time champion was advised by his doctors to step out of the cockpit following a violent crash (see below) on the final lap of the Grand Prix of Houston.
Following on from the development of the «halo», and tests of Red Bull's «aeroscreen», the FIA decided to postpone cockpit protection to 2018 in order to find a better solution.
Earlier this month, the FIA revealed the first picture of the «shield» cockpit protection device it has been working on for the first few months.
When I jump in the car, I put my legs inside the cockpit, the mechanics put the belts on, [I think] when I take the belts off and I pull myself out of the car maybe I am the winner of this race - I was thinking that in this moment.
The FIA said last year it still intends on bringing in cockpit protection for 2018 and the halo is the preferred option.
Feeling he needs to focus on getting as fit as possible before returning to the F1 cockpit, Wehrlein confirmed ahead of the Chinese GP he would not be racing once again.
Sixvideo cameras whirred as he planted a kiss on the lips of his wife, Connie.More than 50 sets of eyes watched as he lifted himself into the cockpit.
The halo is completely unnecessary and looks totally wrong on an F1 car which after all is supposed to be the «pinnacle» of «open wheel, open cockpit motorsport».
On Thursday, audio from the plane's black box showed that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz apparently locked the commanding pilot out of the cockpit, and seems to have intentionally crashed the plane.
But probably what's going to end up having to happen for you is that, you'll probably have to pump prior to boarding in one of the lounges or maybe pump on the plane prior to when the passengers start filling the plane in, may be in the back of the galley or maybe the pilots will allow you to use the cockpit to pump in prior to them getting in, something like that.
Investigators in Egypt said on Sunday they were «90 per cent certain» that a noise heard on a cockpit recording from the flight was an explosion caused by a bomb.
Volkan T, a bodybuilding Turkish man in his mid-twenties carrying bags of cannabis and ecstasy, danced on the wings of the plane, set off fire extinguishers and played with the controls in the cockpit before authorities managed to deal with the situation.
Cockpit footage revealed that the US airmen responsible had confused the orange identification panels on his convoy for enemy rocket launchers.
If there was a data base in place, he would not have been hired, he would not have been in the cockpit, and fifty people would be alive today that lost their lives, on that February night, in 2009,» Higgins said.
A pilot sits in the cockpit of a Diamond DA42 light aircraft, mentally working through the steps needed to safely land on the runway ahead.
Would you get on a plane that didn't have a human pilot in the cockpit?
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