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Just on the off chance the OP wanted a slightly more serious answer, other than the normal differences of aircraft types, a Chinook cockpit looks just like any other twin-engine helicopter cockpit. The lever on the left adjusts the size of the houses, stick in the middle makes you go in the direction you point it, and the pedals on the floor let you decide if you want to see where you are going or not. Some very clever mechanical control mixing handles the basics of the controls operating as per a standard helicopter, then you start to add auto stability and autopilot functions to make it really clever. You need to look at the V-22 Osprey controls to see how some very smart software handles the transition from hover to forward flight, as is the case with the F-35B, but the idea is to make it as close to standard control layout as possible.
...and this one too...thanks to all for your insights!