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Old 22nd Sep 2010, 23:58
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Another rather Cron mundane question I'm afraid.

Looking at the many available pictures of the Concorde cockpit, the question of access to the pilots' positions is of interest. It appears to a laymen, such as myself, that an orchestrated position take up would be required, perhaps pilot 1, then pilot 2, then engineer to avoid clambering over each other.

Upon reaching their position, the pilots must have executed some - can I say undignified - legovers and manoeuvering to seat themselves.

I'm imagining a scenario of highly qualified and (perhaps) highly paid skilled aviators with legs at strange angles grunting and twisting themselves into the most advanced aircraft in the World.

Whilst this is happening the Engineer, inwardly laughing to himself, occupies his spacious workplace.

I'm sure I am quite wrong in my visualisation but it would be interesting to hear how the Concorde cockpit layout compared to other types.

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