What Cockpit? MK VI

[Noyade]

Yeah, David always struck me as having a plastic personality Bri.

not sure of the aircraft

British!

[MReyn24050]

It is Fireflash 3 from Thunderbirds "EPISODE 8: OPERATION CRASH DIVE".
Mel

[Noyade]

Fireflash

Your control Mel.

Odd spot for a cockpit...in the tail...

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Graeme. Now to be serious here is the next one:-

[Kitbag]

The stick, coaming, heel boards and rudder pedals all shout Messerschmitt single seater for some reason, but I'm confused by the arrangement of controls on the left hand side. Have you found a good image of the Me262 V1 with both piston engine in the nose and a pair of jets under the wing?

[MReyn24050]

Kitbag
My source for this photograph does not mention any Messerschmitt involvement in the aircraft to which it is attributed.
Mel

[Kitbag]

But it is German?

If not one of Herr Willy's, what about the other guy Tank?

I was going to plump for the FW 187 but I see that's been done.

So what about the Focke Wulf Ta154?

Still confused with the controls on the left hand side though- seem to be very neat and modern

[MReyn24050]

Kurt Tank certainly had a hand in this aircraft but not a Focke Wulf.

[Noyade]

Hi Mel.

Post WW2?

[skytrain10]

FMA IAe-33 Pulqui II?

Edit, take that back....I see it's been done before.

Edit 2...HAL Marut?

[Noyade]

Edit 2...HAL Marut?

[MReyn24050]

Skytrain has it, the HAL HF24 Murat Mk1. The photograph is entitled 'Cockpit of HF24' in an article on Kurt Tank's involvement in the design of the HAL HF24 Murat from Wolfgang Wagner's book "Kurt Tank: Focke-Wulf's Designer and Test Pilot".

However, I will agree with Graeme the cockpit frame does not look 'rounded' enough. The other factor that now concerns me is the label on the fore and aft panel on the starboard side just to the right of the stick. It appears to be written in German. Would this be so on an Indian aircraft?

Could Kitbag have been correct

Have you found a good image of the Me262 V1 with both piston engine in the nose and a pair of jets under the wing?

I will give the "laurels" to Ken on the evidence I have but will dig deeper.
Mel

[sycamore]

I would agree that the Marut cockpit was more rounded,and more `substantial for a pressurised jet.
I also think it`s the FW 187 as the cockpit of the prototype was actually a single-seat,and modelled,very similar to the `190`. Being a twin as well the knobs and levers would fit as well..I think the script on the right says `Schickelgruber is waiting`.....

[MReyn24050]

Sorry Guys. Duff information. The publication from which I obtained the photograph is wrong. I have found the same photograph in another publication on the Focke-Wulf Ta 154:-

Here it is entitled "A mock-up of pilot's cockpit of Ta 154 V1 prototype". This seems to be more likely. Which only goes to prove never believe everything published.


Apparently the word written on the panel is Schusszahler which translated means Shot counter.
Mel

[sycamore]

There is an interesting short film of the construction of the Ta-154 on u-tube,although it only shows a quick side view of the cockpit..

[Kitbag]

If you are all agreed it is the Ta154 then it's Open House.

[MReyn24050]

As Kitbag says:-

If you are all agreed it is the Ta154 then it's Open House

I will go along with that (Post #5670). My apologies for not researching the photograph more fully. Looking at the photograph in hindsight one can see that the subject aircraft would have had to be twin engined to match the two throttle levers.

[evansb]

Here is the next mystery cockpit:

[Kitbag]

de Havilland Humming Bird?

[evansb]

Sorry, not the DH Humming Bird. Here is a view of the instruments: