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jgrahamc on Nov 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 747's are big flying Unix hosts

Do the engines downlink that telemetry in real-time, or is it still a function that occurs at the airport?

nobody31415926 on Nov 14, 2011 [–]

They downlink enough live that the monitoring center knows of a problem in time to have a service/inspection booked before the crew even notice anything.

I don't know how much extra they store on board.

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