What Cockpit?

[Asturias56]

seems hard to find a manual or a diagram

[thnarg]

Originally Posted by bafanguy

If it's a fixed gear airplane, what is that lever on the overhead panel just above and left of the left throttle ?

Looks like the fuel system schematic and there’s a lever for each engine, each in a different position.

[meleagertoo]

Some intrigueing sleuthing going on here - but what aircraft is the challenge cockpit from?

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

Some intrigueing sleuthing going on here - but what aircraft is the challenge cockpit from?

The Arava in a Mexican museum.

[bafanguy]

Originally Posted by thnarg

Looks like the fuel system schematic and there’s a lever for each engine, each in a different position.

Ah so...you have a sharp eye, Sir (or Madam as the case may be).

[meleagertoo]

Over to Noyade.

[Noyade]

[Asturias56]

European?

[Noyade]

No, USA.
This machine was flown by General Fechet and Captain Eaker.

[ea200]

So a Loening Amphibian?

[Noyade]

No.
It was General Fechet's aircraft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fechet

[meleagertoo]

It's a Curtiss O1C Falcon.
The swept screen, fairing and distinctive twin rigging wires...

[Noyade]

That's him. Over to Mel.

[meleagertoo]

[Noyade]

"The war's largest plane never flew." - Nowarra.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens-Schuckert_R.VIII

[meleagertoo]

Back to Noyade.

[Noyade]

Open House 🏠

[India Four Two]

[Asturias56]

Blowing up the photo I can see a possible reg # 6677 in top centre of the dashboard

The USAAF had aB17 44-6677 but its not that

and there was an N-6677 which was apparently a mid -70's BOWLING BENSEN GYROCOPTER Rotorcraft (?*I|?) and it doesn't look like that.

some of the military sites show several F-16's numbered with 66's and 77's but its not that either.

N American?

[Asturias56]

Mach number dial up to Mach 1 - so subsonic - ish - probably a post war jet?

the Museum has a 25 year certificate of some sort on the wall on the right

no armament seems to be operable from the cockpit - so a trainer?

In fact nothing in the way of radar at all - so two seat? day time only?? pretty basic