What Cockpit ?
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It is pretty isn't it? And a very challenging challenge for the challenged. Well done Mel (and Cringe!)
The cockpit was of a Slovenian-registered Ikarus Kurir (Courier). Pics from Join Date: Dec 2001
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Thanks cringe and treadigraph.
I am sure this one will not last as long as cringe's excellent challenge. I do apologise for the quality but it is the best I could get it.
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I am sure this one will not last as long as cringe's excellent challenge. I do apologise for the quality but it is the best I could get it.
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Sorry not the AW 52.
I note that during a test flight of AW 52 TS363 on 30 May 1949 the pilot J.O.Lancaster was forced to abandon ship, thus, incidentally, achieving the distinction of being the first person in the UK to use the Martin-Baker ejector seat in an emergency
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Sorry not the AW 52.
I note that during a test flight of AW 52 TS363 on 30 May 1949 the pilot J.O.Lancaster was forced to abandon ship, thus, incidentally, achieving the distinction of being the first person in the UK to use the Martin-Baker ejector seat in an emergency
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Yes, the absence of an ejector seat had ocurred to me, too!
Hmmm, I'll go with a long shot...
early Meteor adapted for fighter-reconnaissance work (hence the big camera control box at the top of the photo).
FR5, based on F4?
Hmmm, I'll go with a long shot...
early Meteor adapted for fighter-reconnaissance work (hence the big camera control box at the top of the photo).
FR5, based on F4?
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Cringe my dear lady you never cease to amaze me. You have it in one.
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It is indeed the SR.A/1 and Reg No TG263. A wonderful aircraft. The lever above the 'X' is the water rudder toggle.
You regain control
Mel
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You regain control
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Thanks Mel, you're too kind. One of these days I'll make a fool of myself in front of the experts. 
As I took someone else's turn last time, it's open house for posting the next challenge.
As I took someone else's turn last time, it's open house for posting the next challenge.
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Cringe.
With your score I do not think there is much chance of that. However should there be no takers then we hope you will provide us with another great challenge.
Mel
With your score I do not think there is much chance of that. However should there be no takers then we hope you will provide us with another great challenge.
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Cof, cof...
Well, as no-one else has come in with anything, maybe I can jump in with something a little different?
I scanned this from a book I bought the other day, as it intrigued me. Catch (and the variation) is I don't know what it is, but I have a very good idea, and obviously I've got an idea of the scope and date of the book.
No clues at this stage, but let's see how we go! I don't think we'll get a winner, because I'm looking for a consensus that it could be what I think it is, or that we all agree it's something else. Told you it'd be a bit different...
Well, as no-one else has come in with anything, maybe I can jump in with something a little different?
I scanned this from a book I bought the other day, as it intrigued me. Catch (and the variation) is I don't know what it is, but I have a very good idea, and obviously I've got an idea of the scope and date of the book.
No clues at this stage, but let's see how we go! I don't think we'll get a winner, because I'm looking for a consensus that it could be what I think it is, or that we all agree it's something else. Told you it'd be a bit different...
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Bah. No chance of THAT one maturing like a fine cheese. 
Just for interest, the caption, in an article on aircraft wiring, from 1938/9 which does not specify the aircraft, says:
Fascinating.
Now you have to provide 682, or it'll be Cringe...
Just for interest, the caption, in an article on aircraft wiring, from 1938/9 which does not specify the aircraft, says:
WIRING IN THE COCKPIT has to be kept clear of the compass as far as possible. Single wires must never run near the compass because electro-magnetic induction from them may cause incorrect readings of the aircraft's bearings to be obtained. Induction may be overcome with thin wires of the same circuit by twisting them together so that their electro-magnetic fields are cancelled out.
Photo, Callender's Cable and Construction Co., Ltd.
Photo, Callender's Cable and Construction Co., Ltd.
Now you have to provide 682, or it'll be Cringe...
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