What Cockpit?

[ea200]

Thanks Ombinda. Don't suppose this will last long either:

[BEagle]

Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Hei Toryu (Dragon Killer).

[ea200]

That's the one. Carelessly posted the whole picture rather than the crop I had intended.

Take it away BEagle

[BEagle]

Thanks, ea200!

Here you go:

[sycamore]

British,Euro,US...EXPERIMENTAL...?

[BEagle]

One of those......

[Ombinda]

Kind of looks like the Space Shuttle stick setup...

[kenparry]

The instruments look to be American rather than British. 1950 ish?

[sycamore]

Doesn`t seem to have an AI..some kind of VSTOL `WIZZER`,like the Ryan Vertijet...?

[BEagle]

Not the Ryan Vertijet.

The AI is above the VSI and partially obscured by the V-shaped loop of fabric hangin down from the glareshield.

[meleagertoo]

Whatever it is it looks crashed and subsequently unloved.
The stick arrangement suggests a FBW or boosted system as surely it is too short for a manual stick.
Dual RBI/RMI so needs navigation eqiopment. Possibly ILS or maybe Doppler (but deosn't look like a helo)
G meter and three-needle altimeter so high altitude capable
Twin I think.
Late '40s, early '50s?
Where's the throttle/s?

[BEagle]

Several hundred of these existed! Long before FBW, it had powered controls though.

Single engine, throttle is just out of shot on the left side.

[Asturias56]

USN? or USAF/USAF??

[BEagle]

Perhaps......

[sycamore]

The `T`-Bar` ,or throttle-grip for holding during cat .launches indicates its USN/USMC,but the pic doesn`t do justice to one of the best looking jets,even if `Old Henry`said `you can only have `em in black` ..the `Ford`/F4D Skyray..fastest carrier-borne jet,s-sonic in level flight,world altitude record holder ...at that time,...
Thought it may have been a pic of the FJ-3,another `classy` jet..

OH if correct.....

[BEagle]

Correct, sycamore, it is indeed the cockpit of a Douglas F4D-1 Skyray!

You have control!

[sycamore]

Sorry,bit late---OPEN HOUSE..

[meleagertoo]

[Asturias56]

ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Deja view or Senior moment?

you posted that as a challenge in late April - thread #4239 - some Danish aircraft IIRC

[meleagertoo]

Senior moment then...I even did a search to check and it didn't come up!

Ok, back to open house.