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Aviation week 28/08/2003 :

"David Allen, chief engineer for Boeing Crew Information Services, said
the company plans to offer a series of electronic flight bags on all models
of its aircraft. These include Class 1 laptop units that must be stowed for
takeoff or landing, Class2 systems that can be used during these
phases of flight in a mounting unit that can be removed by pilots or
mechanics on the ground, and Class 3 installed avionics like the KLM
system. 

Boeing is installing a Class 3 device on the first 777-300ERs now in flight
test and will begin operating the equipment on flights next month to gain
experience. Much of the actual certification work for the KLM 777-200ER
installation will be conducted on the ground, with some flight testing.

Each EFB display will be powered by an electronic display unit in the
avionics bay, and each electronic unit will have two single-board
computers with dedicated 40-gigabyte hard drives sealed under one
atmosphere of pressure in case of depressurization of the aircraft in
flight. One computer runs the Linux operating system that can be
modified only by Boeing; the other runs Microsoft Windows in an open
environment that can be modified by airline customers. Each airline will
receive a software development kit and will be able to write programs for
installation on the Windows side of the system. Many of these
applications can be approved by an FAA principal operating inspector and
will not require an amended type certificate or a Boeing service bulletin." 

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