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Originally Posted by RedDevil
Even as a kid I wondered why they did not make windows in the bottom of the (then fixed) cone, to see through during take off and landing. Still baffles me now.
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At those landing speeds, a bottom window is pretty useless, and everything that isn't window now is crammed with instruments, etc. The Apollo moon landers were giving the designers fits, trying to include both windows and instruments, until someone realized that at moon gravity, the crew didn't need to sit down with their knees blocking the view.
The one that baffles me is why the 747 and 380 didn't have a big windshield on a forward passenger lounge. I love flying front seat when there's no co-pilot on a small plane.