amccann From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 171 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (5 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
Quoting Max Q (Thread starter): The great photo of the PIA 747 on approach to Karachi on the home page has me puzzled.
I do not know the answer to your question. However to help in getting an answer and in case the home page image changes before the question is answered I have added the image to this thread.
fr8mech From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 4263 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (5 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1671 times:
Quoting saafnav (Reply 4): If you mean the cylinder right above the side window, lying on it's side, then it would be the escape rope to go through the side window.
Unless PIA had some special version, and from the picture, it doesn't appear so, the B747 does not have a side window that can open. Emergency egress is through the crew service door via a slide or the overhead hatch using an escape reel.
I haven't been on a Classic in 5 years or so, but I think that unit is over the L3/R3 window. Can't recall what it is, though.
747classic From Netherlands, joined Aug 2009, 1787 posts, RR: 11 Reply 7, posted (5 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1645 times:
This is a movable holder for locking one of the standard Boeing (green) sun shades.
The LH holder can be moved to any window at the LH side by a sort of rail system above the windows
The same rail system is installed above the RH windows, the RH holder is visible aft of the F/O position above window R3.
In our airline (KL) we had two holders installed for each side of the aircraft.
In the picture below you can see a green sun shade locked into the RH. holder . It was also possible to lock the sun shade in a 90 degrees rotated position.
No problem. Just trying to help, even if I didn't know the answer.
Quoting 747classic (Reply 7): This is a movable holder for locking one of the standard Boeing (green) sun shades.
The LH holder can be moved to any window at the LH side by a sort of rail system above the windows
The same rail system is installed above the RH windows, the RH holder is visible aft of the F/O position above window R3.
Interesting, so it appears the green sun shade is removable from the movable holder? Where are the sun shades stored when not in use?
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