What Cockpit? MK V
It is the Caproni-Vizzola F.5.
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Help please
I work for an aviation training school and wondered if this panel is genuine or a composite to illustrate instrument locations.
Obscured by the flash reflection are the double RPM indicator and Boost gauge.
The panel is either from, or representing, a British, twin-engined, air-cooled, supercharged, aircraft with retractable undercarriage, pneumatic brakes,flaps that go down a long way and a radio altimeter ??
any clues ????
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I certainly think the panel is a composite to illustrate instrument locations. It looks far too simple. The panel below is from a Twin Pioneer which as you can see is a relatively simple panel but has far more than the panel you show.
Mel
I certainly think the panel is a composite to illustrate instrument locations. It looks far too simple. The panel below is from a Twin Pioneer which as you can see is a relatively simple panel but has far more than the panel you show.
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Thanks MReyn. I thought it might be a Twinpin or maybe a Dove/Devon but I'm inclined to agree it's a composite. Rather oddly, alongside it is the major part of a Britannia flight-engineer's panel.
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I'd say it's a genuine board that may have been adapted. It if was made from scratch it wouldn't look so 'messy'.
The instruments may be a 'set' made up that have nothing to do with the original, less complex type the panel was from. Maybe?
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