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Old 1st Oct 2012, 22:26
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Stuart Sutcliffe
 
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Having done some research previously in to the Chipmunk, including a fair amount of historical material, I am pretty confident that the cockpit interiors have always been finished in black.

The only noticeable recent change that I have seen is the Shuttleworth Collection's Chippie finished to 'represent' the bright yellow scheme of the RCAF. '671' is actually a fictitious serial and the aircraft is registered as G-BNZC. It was never in RCAF service (wrong type of canopy for starters ...) but I suspect the scheme was chosen for being bright and attractive? Anyway, it is the only Chippie cockpit that I have seen done in something other than black - it is a light blue-gray throughout, including cockpit sidewalls and floor. I am not aware of any actual RCAF Chippie ever having had cockpits this colour.

See here and here for example photos.
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