What Cockpit?

[D26]

That would be the sole remaining TA 152 H-0/R11.

[BEagle]

CORRECT!! Well done!!

Fabulous aeroplane it was too - fortunately too late in the war to be a significant problem for the Allies.

D26, You have control!

[D26]

Thanks BEagle! Now this one:

[asw28-866]

Bit quiet in here:

Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

Perhaps?

Asw28

[D26]

Very close, but there is room for refinement.

[D26]

Any takers out there? Now the full picture.

[sycamore]

Schlepp..?

[D26]

No. There is a gun sight! The type was the main stay during WW2 in a small country. The Schlepp was a different A/c but same engine.

[CoodaShooda]

MS -410?

[Noyade]

Swiss EKW D-3801? (M.S 412)

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[D26]

The EKW D-3801 it is!
The type was the mainstay of the Swiss Air Force in WW2 together with the Me109E. The D-3801 was licence built from the MS 406 and developed further mainly by installing a 1000 hp engine instead of the 860 HP one. Further development did not come forward as after the war, Switzerland bought 130 P-51D's surplus in Germany. Only a few years later the jet age started, as Switzerland went to buy De Havilland DH 100 Vampires. etc...

The pictures are from the sole airworthy D-3801 HB-RCF (J-143) operated in Switzerland. The owners went to great lengths to have the cockpit as original as possible. Beside a modern radio and transponder only the altimeter and the g-meter are modern, all other stuff is WW2. The picture Noyade has published, is from some years back.

In this case, Noyade has the lead!

[Self loading bear]

D26,
It was perhaps better if you would have blotted out the registration number in the second photo.
Much people are tempted to google it.

[Noyade]

Thanks D26 - but please give control to asw28-866

[D26]

You are right SLB, that's an easy way to go. I did blot out the call-sign on the two b/w pictures but didn't get reactions. I will think of that on my next post.
Thanks Noyade, very generous.

Then: control has asw28-866!

[D26]

May I suggest that we resume the usual business please?

asw28-866 has control!

[asw28-866]

Apologies all, I missed the fact control had returned to me. Thank you D26 for the prompt, a quick one I suspect...

[asw28-866]

Another view, first image posted I suspect is accidentally reversed, I believe this to be correct canopy orientation...

[Asturias56]

Is it a Fournier?

[asw28-866]

Not a Rene Fournier design, though contemporary with some of his best known marks.

[Asturias56]

Is it European?