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What Is The Purpose Of The Solid Red Window...  
User currently offlinetimmydasquirrel From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 41 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 1 month 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 4248 times:

...on Boeing test aircraft??
I have seen what looks like a red plate? covering over a passenger window near the front of the aircraft on the 777, 787 and now the 748.
I would really like to know the reason behind this??

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User currently offlineJohnJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1621 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (2 years 1 month 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3957 times:

I'd like to know, too. The A380 that visited BDL a few years ago had the same thing.

User currently offlineRoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8790 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (2 years 1 month 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3943 times:

I'm not sure I know what you are talking about (someone else might be more knowledgeable), however I think it is for flight test instrumentation. They will replace a window with a plate with auxilary sensors attached such as additional pitot tubes or other equipment needed to check out systems.


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User currently onlineViscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23
Reply 3, posted (2 years 1 month 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 3662 times:

Quoting RoseFlyer (Reply 2):
I'm not sure I know what you are talking about (someone else might be more knowledgeable), however I think it is for flight test instrumentation. They will replace a window with a plate with auxilary sensors attached such as additional pitot tubes or other equipment needed to check out systems.

That's the explanation in Replies 17 and 18 in this older thread on the same subject.
What Is That Red Window? (by PipoA380 Nov 4 2005 in Tech Ops)

User currently offlinebikerthai From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 1628 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (2 years 1 month 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3384 times:

The plugs are also good for routing wiring to outside of the fuselage during testing.

bikerthai


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