All black-box talk reminds me of Sundstrand
June 11th, 2009 at 09:18am Georgette Braun
I didn’t realize that the “black box” flight data recorder that is being searched for to reveal clues in the Air France plane that crashed near Brazil last week killing 228 people is actually orange in color, like they all are.
But I do remember that Rockford-based Sundstrand used to make those black boxes in Redmond, Wa., until in 1993 it sold its Data Control division, which manufactured the devices. And I recall that every time there’s an awful plane crash.
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1. hokumboy | June 11th, 2009 at 9:27 am
We used to make a lot of things in Rockford.
2. Georgette Braun | June 11th, 2009 at 9:37 am
So true. So sad.
3. Scoop | June 11th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
The term “black Box” is used to describe an object that is difficult to describe to the common population. The color is known As International orange and is not a natural color produced by Mother Nature thereby making it easy to identify and/or locate.
4. Georgette Braun | June 11th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Scoop: Thanks for the tutorial.
5. Gayle D. Erwin | June 18th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Controversy over black box streaming data can be answered simply. Whenever the unusual happens, it could automatically stream its date by satalite until normality returns. This is both technologically possible and feasible..
6. Franklin Pierce | June 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Scoop - why is “flight data recorder” such a hard concept to describe to the general population? I rather think the term black box is coined by lazy journalists who write in nothing but cliches.
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