What Cockpit?
RFB Fantrainer.....OH if correct...
Possibly an Emeraude,or Jodel
possibly a `star`,judging by the watch, who has just done his first solo,as his tie has had a `snip`.....
possibly a `star`,judging by the watch, who has just done his first solo,as his tie has had a `snip`.....
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Reinhard Mey is correct.
Wilhelmshafen is then probably also correct as Reinhard did his first solo flight from there and his Tie has been clipped.
Now I need to confess that I do not have the final answer myself on the aircraft.
I have checked the suggestions but up to now I have not found a dashboard that is roughly the same.
The divided dash upper/lower can be found on both suggested makes.
But I have not found pictures of dashboards of which the lower half has an arched extension (downwards) in the middle.
Further clues to search could perhaps be:
The Ball shaped choke/lever on a pin (see shadow)
or the type plate in view in center of the left seat?
So who can help me (us) further on this?
Wilhelmshafen is then probably also correct as Reinhard did his first solo flight from there and his Tie has been clipped.
Now I need to confess that I do not have the final answer myself on the aircraft.
I have checked the suggestions but up to now I have not found a dashboard that is roughly the same.
The divided dash upper/lower can be found on both suggested makes.
But I have not found pictures of dashboards of which the lower half has an arched extension (downwards) in the middle.
Further clues to search could perhaps be:
The Ball shaped choke/lever on a pin (see shadow)
or the type plate in view in center of the left seat?
So who can help me (us) further on this?
You could email him...?
Could be a SIPA/Gardan
Could be a SIPA/Gardan
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I think that might be Wilhelm Tank's hangar in the background. I have contacts there but I will only resort to that if nothing else turns up. Mey's contact details are available but perhaps not in the spirit of the game? SIPA cockpit pictures are hard to find but the coaming looks the right shape.
Better version of the photo here: https://www.swr.de/swr4/bw/musik-eve...9rz/index.html
I would hazard a guess that the shadow of a ball shaped choke/lever is the throttle.
Edit: there's a prominent t-handle at the top left of the panel. Could that be a tow-hook release?
I would hazard a guess that the shadow of a ball shaped choke/lever is the throttle.
Edit: there's a prominent t-handle at the top left of the panel. Could that be a tow-hook release?
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Better version of the photo here: https://www.swr.de/swr4/bw/musik-eve...9rz/index.html
I would hazard a guess that the shadow of a ball shaped choke/lever is the throttle.
Edit: there's a prominent t-handle at the top left of the panel. Could that be a tow-hook release?
I would hazard a guess that the shadow of a ball shaped choke/lever is the throttle.
Edit: there's a prominent t-handle at the top left of the panel. Could that be a tow-hook release?
Unless of course it's a parking brake?
Last edited by ea200; 10th Sep 2020 at 17:29. Reason: Second thoughts
I read in an interview that he learned to fly with a guy called Uli Cop, who later died in an aerobatic accident. The lead didn't get me anywhere though.
Edit: I had a look at the MS880, I agree that it is most likely this type. The T-handle, the angle of the lower panel with the curve next to the knee, the other levers along the bottom edge all appear to fit. I thought it might be a taildragger but the Rallye also has a bit of a nose up stance on the ground.
Edit: I had a look at the MS880, I agree that it is most likely this type. The T-handle, the angle of the lower panel with the curve next to the knee, the other levers along the bottom edge all appear to fit. I thought it might be a taildragger but the Rallye also has a bit of a nose up stance on the ground.
Last edited by Jhieminga; 11th Sep 2020 at 07:11. Reason: ea200's solution.