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Old 16th Jan 2023, 09:46
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Well, the biplane is a Stringbag.
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Old 17th Jan 2023, 04:53
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Correct. There is a connection between the Swordfish and my challenge cockpit.
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Old 17th Jan 2023, 08:25
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Its all letters and numbers to me!
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Old 17th Jan 2023, 13:07
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D'uh oh!
It's a numerical progression.

TSR 1 and 2.
Incredible to think those two are only separated by 30 years!

Give that one to ASW please, he clearly had it first.
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Old 17th Jan 2023, 17:57
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Yes, it's the rear cockpit of the TSR-2. The photo I posted was captioned as being a mockup.

meleagertoo, not quite a numerical progression. Fairey built the TSR I which with modifications, became the TSR II Swordfish. The 2 in the TSR-2 nomenclature apparently came out of nowhere. There's an interesting discussion here:

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/...-there-a-tsr1/

asw has the con.
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Old 18th Jan 2023, 06:08
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I know this will be short lived, I fly a more recent version for work (which is not known for it's ergonomics) and I boggled at the complexity of this quadrant!
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Old 18th Jan 2023, 23:30
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Looks like a Beech 18 to me.
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Old 19th Jan 2023, 04:13
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24hrs has elapesd and meleagertoo is quite correct, the Beech 18. You have control.


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Old 20th Jan 2023, 11:53
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That'll serve me right for postng the wrong pic. The one I put up was the giveaway!

Noyade, would you have got there from this?





Anyhoo, you have control.
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Old 20th Jan 2023, 18:59
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Hi Mel.

Originally Posted by meleagertoo
Noyade, would you have got there from this?
No - not with that photo. I did see that cockpit angle in a colour YouTube clip - but only after my diagnosis of XCG-16.
By all means, post another cockpit.
If not - open house.
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Old 1st Feb 2023, 15:53
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Been a bit quiet here

try this one


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Old 3rd Feb 2023, 13:23
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Looks a bit `L-29`...ish....?
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Old 3rd Feb 2023, 17:18
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"-ish" is about right - but it's not an L-29. A lot of these were built but it's damn near impossible to find pictures of the cockpits that look identical

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Old 3rd Feb 2023, 20:01
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That green knob on the seat pack looks like the toggle for a bailout bottle, so I presume this is a US aircraft.
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Old 3rd Feb 2023, 20:35
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or maybe an `Iskra`....?
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Old 4th Feb 2023, 08:13
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No - there were trainer versions of the challenge I believe. Lots built but none in the USA - the bailout bottle maybe a reto-fit - everyone and their brother seems to have modded these.


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Old 4th Feb 2023, 22:29
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Very tall stick and "Russian" instruments, so Russian or Eastern bloc?
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