As it happens, as part of my early career in avionics, I was responsible for the software side of the flight certification of the first inflight entertainment systems, both for CAA and FAA. Unless the interpretation of regulations has significantly changed, the snapshot of Wikipedia(s) would have to be static and would need to be part of a verified release bundle. As well as testing the way any software that displays Wikipedia pages can behave, there may be issues with allowing certain formats of images or videos which may contain dead code or could potentially carry a virus, such as might happen with SVG files. Testing this might turn out to be a bit complex for the qualification process, unless they took the easy option of text-only versions.
Though the entertainment system is hosted in a secure "playpen", and so by design should be unable to affect other systems, all boxes and software on the aircraft have to be tested as flightworthy and the specific configuration needs to be set down on paper, so live updates that by-pass certification are unlikely to be allowed. Consequently any version of Wikipedia used in-flight will always be lagging current events of interest. Fae On 31 July 2017 at 01:01, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amazing idea. I guess one could email them and offer this. Would not add > weight on their end as it is simple digital. The entertainment system would > be completely separate from the flight systems so would not have > significant certification issues. > > James > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> > wrote: > >> I know that KLM included some cuts from Wikipedia articles in their >> onflight system to explain sights from at least San Francisco. Not sure >> whether they made it scale, probably not. >> >> Lodewijk >> >> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 12:13 AM, Pierre-Selim <pierre-se...@huard.info> >> wrote: >> >> > Certification process for the hardware of kiwix might be a tremendous >> pain >> > in the ass. >> > >> > And second point the airline will need a business case to cary more >> weight >> > (count about 3.5% of the weight as extra fuel burn per hour). >> > >> > That said I'd love to use Wikipedia on an IFE. >> > >> > Le 31 juil. 2017 00:02, "Daniel Mietchen" <daniel.mietchen@googlemail. >> com> >> > a écrit : >> > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > during long flights, I have often been wondering why there is no >> > > Wikimedia option in in-flight entertainment systems. As I am normally >> > > offline during flights and I normally don't think about in-flight >> > > stuff while on the ground, I never actually asked around, so after a >> > > long flight yesterday, here we go: >> > > Do any of you know of attempts to explore the option(s) to get >> > > Wikimedia content onto in-flight entertainment and similar systems? >> > > >> > > Many of them already have educational content, but I am not aware of >> > > anything openly licensed amidst those offerings. Have any of the Kiwix >> > > team looked into this? >> > > >> > > Also, many airlines/ ships/ trains and others offer WiFi for a fee - >> > > has the Wikipedia Zero team ever looked into engaging with such >> > > "providers"? >> > > >> > > Thanks and cheers, >> > > >> > > Daniel >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> > > wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> > wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
