What Cockpit? MK III
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Ah thanks Mel, great looking aeroplane! If I'm not mistaken that's Old Rhinebeck (the chequerboard Avro 504 is a giveaway if my memories of the place are correct!).
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
Ah thanks Mel, great looking aeroplane! If I'm not mistaken that's Old Rhinebeck (the chequerboard Avro 504 is a giveaway if my memories of the place are correct!).
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Originally Posted by gas path
Looks like a 'tail dragger' so how about one of Mr A.V.Roe's Tudors'?
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Yes - I considered the Languedoc, but it's cockpit looks too narrow compared to the picture, and also it's a taildragger - which MReyn24050 says it ain't.
The shape of the cockpit windows is very distinctive though - with a small window each side of fairly large front windows, and 2 more to the rear each side. Obviously 4 engined cos 4 throttles.
The shape of the cockpit windows is very distinctive though - with a small window each side of fairly large front windows, and 2 more to the rear each side. Obviously 4 engined cos 4 throttles.
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Originally Posted by jabberwok
Bloch M.B.161 Languedoc?
DH106 is correct it has 4 engines and definitely has a tricycle undercarriage.
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Morning again folks!
Quick WAG before I head off to work. Home Friday, so after this I'll leave you all in peace for a few days.
I'm not convinced that this cockpit of Mel's is a 4-engined type. I'm not sure that the 4 white stalky things are throttles. The 2 smaller ones to each side might be propeller controls, HP/LP cocks or whatever.
Along the top panel, it seems to have what appears to be fire handles, though if they are it has a devil of a lot of engines! I'll discount that too!
I'm going for the Sud-Ouest 30 Bretagne. A two-motor ship I know, but wasn't there one built as the first French jet transport, a highly modified number that had 4 RR Nenes?
It was a sort of proof of concept design that helped provide data with which Sud-Ouest went on to desing the SE 210 - Caravelle.
Told you it was a WAG!
Hi Ho, off to work......
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Quick WAG before I head off to work. Home Friday, so after this I'll leave you all in peace for a few days.
I'm not convinced that this cockpit of Mel's is a 4-engined type. I'm not sure that the 4 white stalky things are throttles. The 2 smaller ones to each side might be propeller controls, HP/LP cocks or whatever.
Along the top panel, it seems to have what appears to be fire handles, though if they are it has a devil of a lot of engines! I'll discount that too!
I'm going for the Sud-Ouest 30 Bretagne. A two-motor ship I know, but wasn't there one built as the first French jet transport, a highly modified number that had 4 RR Nenes?
It was a sort of proof of concept design that helped provide data with which Sud-Ouest went on to desing the SE 210 - Caravelle.
Told you it was a WAG!
Hi Ho, off to work......
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Originally Posted by BSD
Morning again folks!
Quick WAG before I head off to work. Home Friday, so after this I'll leave you all in peace for a few days.
I'm not convinced that this cockpit of Mel's is a 4-engined type. I'm not sure that the 4 white stalky things are throttles. The 2 smaller ones to each side might be propeller controls, HP/LP cocks or whatever.
BSD
Quick WAG before I head off to work. Home Friday, so after this I'll leave you all in peace for a few days.
I'm not convinced that this cockpit of Mel's is a 4-engined type. I'm not sure that the 4 white stalky things are throttles. The 2 smaller ones to each side might be propeller controls, HP/LP cocks or whatever.
BSD
Have a good week at work.
Mel
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Originally Posted by DH106
Is it the beautiful (erm....maybe not 
) Bregeut 763 Deux Ponts?
) Bregeut 763 Deux Ponts?
It is the right answer. It is indeed the cockpit of the Bregeut 763 Deux Ponts. 
Who said the French cannot build double deckers?
You have control.
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What Cockpit Mk III
I see that this new thread has been submitted under my name. I would like to state that no-one was more surprised than I was when logging on this morning. I have sent a PM to one of our moderators requesting that this version be linked to Mk II in a similar fashion as the Mk II version was linked to the original version started by Mr_Grubby.
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When threads are as huge as this series tends to be they take quite a bit of bandwidth to operate. As before, we have trimmed it down to keep it manageable.
The MK II version can still be seen here: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225754
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When threads are as huge as this series tends to be they take quite a bit of bandwidth to operate. As before, we have trimmed it down to keep it manageable.
The MK II version can still be seen here: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225754
