What Cockpit?

[asw28-866]

Apologies all, am in the cockpit all day today, so Open House.

[Self loading bear]

All silent readers have had a chance to take the open house.
Now this:

[sycamore]

Is this a test,development,or experimental aircraft...?
Single jet...?..piston..t-prop...?
British...?,or `johnny foreigner..?

[ea200]

By the labelling of the turn indicator and the HSI I think it might be Swedish. Go to leave now so I will leave it to others to ponder that.

[Jhieminga]

I think I'll go for a Saab 29 Tunnan then.

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by Jhieminga

I think I'll go for a Saab 29 Tunnan then.

All other readers have still a chance to post the right answer.

[dook]

Avia Deja Vue says Saab J-32 Lansen.

[Self loading bear]

Sorry Jelle,

Dook has stabbed right in the heart with the SAAB Lansen.
Dook on the stick.

[dook]

Thank you Bear.

Open House.

[sycamore]

Try this....

[sycamore]

I`ll be out all day,not in contact.....

[Jhieminga]

Originally Posted by Self loading bear

Sorry Jelle,

No problem, I completely forgot about the Lansen. To me the tunnel around the rudder pedals looked quite narrow, which would fit with the nose intake of the Tunnan. That's where I took a wrong turn.

Is the new challenge ex-military?

[MReyn24050]

This is I believe is an instrument panel from a helicopter possibly from the USA.

[John Eacott]

Kaman K-Max.

[sycamore]

Ahoy, Midshipman Eacott,to the Bridge, you have the con....
I`ve had a long day trying to start a Nimbus,so I`m going below to my bunk......
(actually it did start but no JPT,then no engine RPM,then inverter worked,but insrmts failed,then,etc,etc....!
and I`d not deleted `properties off the pic)

[Self loading bear]

K-max cockpit
It looks massiv, square bulky but when you add a pilot it all comes into proportion:

[MReyn24050]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Ahoy, Midshipman Eacott,to the Bridge, you have the con....
I`ve had a long day trying to start a Nimbus,so I`m going below to my bunk......
(actually it did start but no JPT,then no engine RPM,then inverter worked,but insrmts failed,then,etc,etc....!
and I`d not deleted `properties off the pic)

I trust the Nimbus was bolted to a Scour or Wasp?.

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by Self loading bear

K-max cockpit
It looks massiv, square bulky but when you add a pilot it all comes into proportion:

I worked alongside the first K Max to work fires in NSW , and the most difficult thing for a 'regular' helicopter driver to accept was the single pilot with spectacular view from either side. Excellent Helitack machine, shifted heaps of litres onto the fires. I believe they're now also being used to develop unmanned load delivery for the Military in the USA.

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Ahoy, Midshipman Eacott,to the Bridge, you have the con....
I`ve had a long day trying to start a Nimbus,so I`m going below to my bunk......
(actually it did start but no JPT,then no engine RPM,then inverter worked,but insrmts failed,then,etc,etc....!
and I`d not deleted `properties off the pic)

Properties? Who on earth would bother to search for that sort of clue

Aye aye Sir....

I took this one a few years ago of Dad, in keeping with images of the cockpits of proper aircraft

[Self loading bear]

Caption intermezzo:

Originally Posted by John Eacott

Listen son, When these buggers didn’t want to start, you just shortcutted this green lead onto this brown contact.

Whatever it is I am looking forward to the story behind this photo!