What Cockpit?
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Did the airplane drop any kind of bomb ? That padded thing looks like a place to rest one's head while looking though the hole. But, why would one look through that hole ? 
Actually,as `Jonny Foreigners` are known to have bigger `schnonks/schnozzles`,,the hole is so that with the instructors head on the `padding`,particularly when the student pilot ,in the back seat is attempting to land,he can be praying or `kissing his a** goodbye`,without significant damage to his facial expression,in an open casket......
the hole has to be to look at the back of the engine - God knows why but perhaps there was a gauge or level on the back of the engine that needed checking every so often?
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Is it a Soviet aircraft? Although the Artificial Horizon looks to be a RAF Sperry MK1 6A-599 Artificial Horizon
Last edited by MReyn24050; 5th Oct 2022 at 15:00.
Doubt it
the Gauge at the bottom right has the the words Carb Air temp. above it and second row right is marked Artificial Horizon
There's a badge at the bottom centre of the panel but is just too fuzzy to see properly
the two substantial items on the "shoulders" of the panel interest me - I suspect we're in the back seat of a trainer and those are the front seat belt points
the Gauge at the bottom right has the the words Carb Air temp. above it and second row right is marked Artificial Horizon
There's a badge at the bottom centre of the panel but is just too fuzzy to see properly
the two substantial items on the "shoulders" of the panel interest me - I suspect we're in the back seat of a trainer and those are the front seat belt points
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Doubt it
the Gauge at the bottom right has the the words Carb Air temp. above it and second row right is marked Artificial Horizon
There's a badge at the bottom centre of the panel but is just too fuzzy to see properly
the two substantial items on the "shoulders" of the panel interest me - I suspect we're in the back seat of a trainer and those are the front seat belt points
the Gauge at the bottom right has the the words Carb Air temp. above it and second row right is marked Artificial Horizon
There's a badge at the bottom centre of the panel but is just too fuzzy to see properly
the two substantial items on the "shoulders" of the panel interest me - I suspect we're in the back seat of a trainer and those are the front seat belt points
I thought Soviet at first, the seperate panels are Mig 15 style. Then maybe E bloc export model but it's just too British for that.
Trainer looks right, not sophisticated enough for an operational type.
radial engined I suspect due CHT gauge & low RPM
Supercharged
pretty fast
late '30s. It's a Harvard contemporary.
The seperate panels and neat fitted instrument surround are most un-British yet everything else seems to be.
What on earth is the instrument top right reading 0 - 20 in 4 unit steps? Surely that's not an altimeter, though its where the altimeter ought to be, not in the unoccupied hole, which is too far from the scan.
Trainer looks right, not sophisticated enough for an operational type.
radial engined I suspect due CHT gauge & low RPM
Supercharged
pretty fast
late '30s. It's a Harvard contemporary.
The seperate panels and neat fitted instrument surround are most un-British yet everything else seems to be.
What on earth is the instrument top right reading 0 - 20 in 4 unit steps? Surely that's not an altimeter, though its where the altimeter ought to be, not in the unoccupied hole, which is too far from the scan.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 6th Oct 2022 at 00:45.
Not Soviet.
We're in the front seat.
They're mounts for machine guns.
It certainly is. Radial engine.
They're mounts for machine guns.
It certainly is. Radial engine.
CAC Wirraway?
I shall sit and play my bagpipes until 24 hours have passed
I think 24 hours have passed so thankyou!
Quite WHY the Wirraway popped into my mind I can't tell you . Too much reading WW2 aviation I suspect.
Anyway - try this
Quite WHY the Wirraway popped into my mind I can't tell you . Too much reading WW2 aviation I suspect.
Anyway - try this