What Cockpit ?
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Am I correct in believing this aircraft is American? I know that NASA Flight Research Centre (FRC) at Edwards AFB operated a fleet of lifting bodies from 1963 to 1975 consisting of the M2-F1, M2-F2, M2-F3, HL-10, X-24A and X-24B. The F1, F2 and HL-10 were all much the same size and period. This certainly is not the cockpit of the later two i.e. X24. However I believe the X38 was developed on similar lines, perhaps this cockpit is a very early version of the X38? Which is a big aircraft of comparable weight and is of course much later.
Mel
Am I correct in believing this aircraft is American? I know that NASA Flight Research Centre (FRC) at Edwards AFB operated a fleet of lifting bodies from 1963 to 1975 consisting of the M2-F1, M2-F2, M2-F3, HL-10, X-24A and X-24B. The F1, F2 and HL-10 were all much the same size and period. This certainly is not the cockpit of the later two i.e. X24. However I believe the X38 was developed on similar lines, perhaps this cockpit is a very early version of the X38? Which is a big aircraft of comparable weight and is of course much later.
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Therefore it has to be the AD-I.
The oblique wing on the AD-1 pivoted about the fuselage, remaining perpendicular to it during slow flight and swinging to angles of up to 60 degrees as aircraft speed increased.
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The oblique wing on the AD-1 pivoted about the fuselage, remaining perpendicular to it during slow flight and swinging to angles of up to 60 degrees as aircraft speed increased.
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Thanks. mfaff please feel free to put up the next challenge. I am not on my own PC and therefore do not have one at hand to submit.
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Thanks. mfaff please feel free to put up the next challenge. I am not on my own PC and therefore do not have one at hand to submit.
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This is bugging me...
The upright geometry and long nose seem to indicate Me110....but the side glazing does not tally with the images I have of the cockpit....
Or maybe its a FW 182 or other 'prototype...
The upright geometry and long nose seem to indicate Me110....but the side glazing does not tally with the images I have of the cockpit....
Or maybe its a FW 182 or other 'prototype...