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Old 22nd Feb 2023, 11:29
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Chiefttp
 
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Originally Posted by fdr
And, that is not a really old HS748... that is a modern version of the HS748...

while they got the levers right at the throttle quadrant, much else was not so brilliant. The dump valve... fire warning lights from the dark side... a fire bell that the striker was exposed to all and sundry... black over black "attitude instruments"

"call that a knife?.. this is a knife... "
Ah, the old Black over Black Attitude indicator. When I was in Pilot Training in the Air Force, the T-37 had just finished converting to the new colored Attitude indicators. The Older pilots called the “Non-colored Attitude indicators, “The Black Ball of Death”😄
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