What Cockpit? MK VI
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Very interesting. The crank handle visible in Planegill's photo is probably for the landing gear. It has been my experience that half of the time when people hear "tandem" they think "side-by-side". The MB photos seem to show a tandem seat design. Here is the next challenge:
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Skoda SK (insert model number here)?
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Sorry, not from Skoda but very close.
Another clue: Intended for sport aviation, the mystery aircraft won several international competitions. Only 5 were produced.
OK, here are more clues: Built in 1938, and powered by an in-house built and designed engine.
Another clue: Intended for sport aviation, the mystery aircraft won several international competitions. Only 5 were produced.
OK, here are more clues: Built in 1938, and powered by an in-house built and designed engine.
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The lovely Tatra T-201. You have control.
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Are you thinking of the Northwest Airlines Hamilton H-47 Metalplane? The fenestration and instrument panel are different from the challenge photograph. If it is a Hamilton Metalplane, perhaps it is the earlier H-45 model.
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Yes, it is the Hamilton Metalplane. I am not sure what version, but would have guessed the later H47. (See the book A Million Miles Without an Accident, published by Northwest Airlines.)
An agricultural aircraft? Piper perhaps?
I'm confused by the stick being behind that horizontal tube (unless it's an optical illusion). The loose cables on the floor look a bit of a restriction hazard to the rudder pedals.
I'm confused by the stick being behind that horizontal tube (unless it's an optical illusion). The loose cables on the floor look a bit of a restriction hazard to the rudder pedals.
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Well, it looks like it's in a museum, and I guess the restraint on the column is to stop it thrashing around if anyone tries to exercise the elevators.
But I haven't a clue on the type.
But I haven't a clue on the type.