What Cockpit? MK III
Wow. I think I've won two now, but no images to post. Someone go ahead.
Mel. Thanks for the info on the source of the photo. I thought it looked a bit nose down.
Mel. Thanks for the info on the source of the photo. I thought it looked a bit nose down.
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Originally Posted by seacue
Older that a Hermes, might be newer than a Blackpool tram (at least some of them). Yes it is an aeroplane cockpit / cabin.
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Not a Latecoere 521.
Built much earlier.
I fear this is a very hard one. Perhaps only a prototype was built and this may be the only published interior photograph. I'll be generous with hints as guesses progress.
Built much earlier.
I fear this is a very hard one. Perhaps only a prototype was built and this may be the only published interior photograph. I'll be generous with hints as guesses progress.
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The Goliath's pilot(s) sat in an open cockpit in the versions I've seen. You're within a few years of the correct age however.
Not Farman, not French.
The big square thing next to the pilot's seat is a camera for taking survey pictures.
Not Farman, not French.
The big square thing next to the pilot's seat is a camera for taking survey pictures.
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While "country of origin" was sometime misrepresented back in those years, the original engines and the larger ones eventually used were not Italian. Thus I claim it is not Italian. As best I can tell it was quite different from the CA.51 being a biplane and having just two engines.
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Hard to believe, but maybe those "flowers" were the engine controls. Maybe, maybe...., but being inteded as a Forestry Patrol aircraft...... Yet another hint.
I'll be away much of the day. Might post a picture of the whole aircraft late this evening UK time if no one is even close. I think the machine is too obscure to make a good contest, sorry.
I'll be away much of the day. Might post a picture of the whole aircraft late this evening UK time if no one is even close. I think the machine is too obscure to make a good contest, sorry.
