Here are a couple of pictures of a Yak 18T cockpit's with a "brown on top" AI, that I mention above.
Photos: Yakovlev Yak-18T Aircraft Pictures | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photos: Yakovlev Yak-18T Aircraft Pictures | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the links don't work they are !!!!!!!!!!!!!! pictures 1454088 and 1250999
I've never flown with one of these, but especially the one that is blue on the bottom, to me seems completely wrong. In IMC in an unusual attitude I'm sure I'd get it wrong. With different basic training however perhaps not.
I'm glad I found the pics as I thought I was dreaming! Definitely not toppled here as in flight.
I had a look at some Mig 29 cockpit shots too and it appears to be very different to the above, which I now know isn't what I initially thought it to be.