What Cockpit? MK V
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Looks like the rear cockpit to a 1940/50s aircraft, however seems a great deal of instrumentation for a rear cockpit?
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Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver it is!
The last bi-plane to serve the U.S. military. To "oncemorealoft", beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the Helldiver is a bit of a dog too. Pehaps Mel will post a beauty..
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Tricky.
I see it has Italian instruments. Combining that with your clue about it being an improvement over its predecessors, I guessed Macchi Mc205, but it doesn't seem to match the pics I have for it...
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I see it has Italian instruments. Combining that with your clue about it being an improvement over its predecessors, I guessed Macchi Mc205, but it doesn't seem to match the pics I have for it...
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Tim, cringe has it 
It is the cockpit of the Reggiane Re-2005 see attached photograph.
http://www.aldini.it/re2005/performances.htm
The Reggiane Re 2005 was defined by many as "the most beautiful fighter of the axis".In fact,the Sagittario was a really beautiful airplane, with a clean and fascinating shape,but moreover it had exceptional flying charaterisics ,very powerful armament and exceptional handling.It was "the fighter" but it was limited by a slow production during the war, also due to the american bombing runs over the Reggiane factory.
You have control cringe
Mel
It is the cockpit of the Reggiane Re-2005 see attached photograph.http://www.aldini.it/re2005/performances.htm
The Reggiane Re 2005 was defined by many as "the most beautiful fighter of the axis".In fact,the Sagittario was a really beautiful airplane, with a clean and fascinating shape,but moreover it had exceptional flying charaterisics ,very powerful armament and exceptional handling.It was "the fighter" but it was limited by a slow production during the war, also due to the american bombing runs over the Reggiane factory.
You have control cringe
Mel
