17 Sep
2023
17 Sep
'23
6:13 a.m.
On 9/16/23, Mark Huffstutter via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Actually, it is a "Marilake" display, built
by Marilake in the UK, still in
business.
From what I have been able to find, they were installed in British Airways
Concordes
Around 1985, to replace a much less attractive 7 segment LED display. The
French
Concordes apparently retained the earlier LED type display.
The other article is referring to a different display that replaced the
Marilakes.
Most of the references I have found indicate the Marilakes were Plasma
displays.
Apparently they never actually installed newer displays despite the
impression I got from the last article I linked. That makes a bit more
sense. I'd think if they'd installed them in the early 2000s they
would have used full-color displays.
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=319307
According to this thread, there was an early version of the Marilake
display that was an LCD, but for various reasons it was rather flaky
and they ended up replacing it with a plasma display, which is what is
seen in most photos/videos.
https://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question-61.html