Problem: In the 1950s, major air disasters were on the rise, but determining the cause was often nearly impossible. Solution: Fit aircraft with a sturdy device that records cockpit conversation for recovery after a crash. Today the flight data and voice recorder seems like an obvious invention, but when David Warren first proposed it at Australia’s Aeronautical Research Laboratories in 1954, his boss flat out rejected it. It took four years for his idea to gain traction, and another five years before Australia became the first country to require the recorders on all aircraft. The modern-day equivalent remains a key tool for crash investigators. Though it’s often called the black box, it has always been a brightly colored orange or red to make it easier to find.

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又圆又红的黑匣子【过去向前】


问题：20 世纪 50 年代，重大空难不断增加，但确定原因往往几乎不可能。解决方案：为飞机安装坚固的设备，记录驾驶舱对话，以便在坠机后恢复。如今，飞行数据和录音机似乎是一项显而易见的发明，但当戴维·沃伦 (David Warren) 1954 年在澳大利亚航空研究实验室首次提出它时，他的老板断然拒绝了它。他的想法花了四年时间才获得关注，又过了五年，澳大利亚才成为第一个在所有飞机上都要求安装记录仪的国家。现代的等效工具仍然是事故调查人员的关键工具。尽管它通常被称为黑匣子，但它一直是明亮的橙色或红色，以便更容易找到。