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Oct 28, 2024 | 1:15 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Joeykins

I thought it was the other way round, and that Panasonic eX3 is the newer IFE system which is why it was an anomaly that it was installed on the LGW VIIx aircraft but the Thales system was retained on the LHR VIIx (and G-RAES). I'm happy to be corrected on this of course.

That's correct - Panasonic was installed on the LGW 772 fleet and the RR-engined LHR 772s (replacing the ancient original Rockwell Collins AVOD system), but Thales was kept on the GE-engined LHR 772s.