Despite the age of the technology, these floppy disks have proven to still be effective at the expense of speed. The Verge reports that Boeing’s more modern aircraft like the 777X, 787, and 737 ...

Read how the floppy disk still has some use in several important industries despite being deemed obsolete. ... Considering a 747 jumbo jet can hold as many as 524 passengers, ...

The floppy disks are used to load navigational databases which need to be updated regularly, every 28 days. Engineers responsible for loading updates must perform the process manually on the ground.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as reported by NPR, is looking to ditch the ancient technology of floppy disks and ...

Opinion: Paper strips, floppy disks, and 1940’s tech: Let’s modernize our air traffic system. ... The U.S. still relies on outdated, decades-old technology to maneuver jumbo jets.

British Airways and a few other airlines that operate the Boeing 747-400 still update the aging jumbo jet's avionics ... which requires three floppy disks to function on DOS. Yes, DOS. Latest; ...

Paper strips, floppy disks, and 1940’s tech: Let’s modernize our air traffic system ... The U.S. still relies on outdated, decades-old technology to maneuver jumbo jets.

New storage systems, coupled with a need to store more than the 1.44 megabytes of data held by a standard floppy, have led to its demise. Only a tiny percentage of PCs currently sold still have floppy ...

A tour of a recently retired British Airways Boeing 747-400 has revealed that the plane was using 3.5-inch floppy disks to keep its navigation databases up to date.

Floppy disk business still booming for one company serving the embroidery, airline industries relying on 90s-era tech. Floppydisk.com, a California-based online disk recycling service, ...