747 Classic Cockpit Layouts

The 747 Classic was built during a time when customer airlines (and in particular their Chief Pilots) had a big say in the cockpit layout and avionics fit of their aircraft. Now aircraft are built in a sausage factory with standardization a key to keeping costs down. In the 60s and 70s things were very different and the result is a wide variety of differences in cockpit configuration on the 747 Classic. As time has gone by, as new regulatory mandates have come into force, ATC required the addition of new equipment, or as technology has advanced operators have made further modifications leading to a bewildering number of options.

The following list provides links to pdf documents showing cockpit layouts for a number of operators. Clicking on the link below should open the respective file in your pdf viewer.

A special thanks to forum member phil747fan, who's delved into his archive of 747 Classic paperwork and sent me a load of pdf files. If you have documentation detailing other airlines which you would like to contribute, please email me at 747classic@btinternet.com.


Air Atlanta (-300)
Air Bridge Cargo
Air France
Atlas Air (747-271 ex CLX) thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Atlas Air (747-212BSF) thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Atlas Air (747-212SF) thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Braniff International (-100) thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
British Caledonian
CargoB
Cargolux - 747-271C thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Cathay Pacific
Dragonair thanks to Evid for providing this pdf
Flying Tigers - 747-123-133SF thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Japan Airlines
Kalitta
Kuwait Airways - 747-269B(SCD) thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
MEA - leased to British Airways thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Northwest 1969-1970 thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Northwest thanks to Evid for providing this pdf
Oman Royal Flight (SP)
Pakistan International (-200)
Pakistan International (-300)
PanAm (-100)
Polar Air Cargo - 200F thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Seaboard World (-100F)
Southern Air - 200F/300F thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Swissair - 300 thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
TWA - 100 thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
Uni-Top Airlines (-200/-200SF)
United Airlines thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
UTA/Air Afrique thanks to phil747fan for providing this pdf
WorldwideAircraft Holdings (SP) thanks to Evid for providing this pdf