What Cockpit?

[meleagertoo]

May I go again?

[Noyade]

Another Temco product, Mel?

[meleagertoo]

I thought hiding in plain sight might be a good strategy.
How people recognise these obscure one-offs is beyond me!

Noyade's call.

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

How people recognise these obscure one-offs is beyond me!.

G'day Mel - sorry mate, no recognition skills here. I just thought it interesting you posted so soon after open house was declared and wondered if you were still on the 'Temco Trail.'
So I googled "Temco Cockpit"...




However that site doesn't differentiate between the Model 33 or Model 58 - so I went to airwar.com and your cockpit shot is very similar to the Plebe.
Member SincoTC was extremely good at this sort of hunt.

Anyway, thanks!





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[Asturias56]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

I thought hiding in plain sight might be a good strategy.
How people recognise these obscure one-offs is beyond me!

Noyade's call.

years on here looking for "obscure one-offs". Some of it sticks - and, of course, you have a good idea on sources to search

[Noyade]

Wiki says the first flight was in 1959. Certification in 1963.

[India Four Two]

Let's try to narrow it down a bit.

US? Cabin-class twin?

[Noyade]

Hey Simon.
Yes, a US executive twin.
The photo was taken from a magazine printed 30 years ago - which in turn talks about certification 30 years earlier.

[India Four Two]

The only aircraft I can find that fits the "10 years too late" slogan is the Howard 500:

[Noyade]

Excellent detective work Simon.
Over to you!

[India Four Two]

Thank you. That was an interesting search.

Nothing in my file, so Open House.

[meleagertoo]

Another easy one for Noyade no doubt...

[Asturias56]

Military? American??

[BSD]

Helicopter?

Can't think what though.

BSD.

[meleagertoo]

Military
Not American
Aeroplane

[Asturias56]

Post 2000?

Not American..... well not British or French either

European?

[meleagertoo]

Lets try another pic first...
There are clearly some differences in fit between airframes.

[Asturias56]

That's a pretty modern cockpit - and not Russian either. But there doesn't seem enough switches and dials for a military single seater - you noramlly can't move without it doing something

trainer perhaps?

or maybe BSD was close asking about helicopters - it sort of reminds me of an Apache cockpit (it's not an Apache) - so maybe a 2 seater strike aircraft???

[sycamore]

Indian...?

[meleagertoo]

It's not as overtly aggressive as Apache but far more versatile.
As a result of it's long and difficult gestation it goes under three names, an acronym, an animal and a deity and has (finally) achieved modest sales.
Oh, and it's not Indian.