What Cockpit?
It is indeed the Herald - I think it may be the one at the Air Museum in Berkshire
Open House declared
Open House declared
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Here is the next mystery cockpit challenge: (sorry, I didn't have time to Hoover the seats, the console and the carpet). And yes, it is indeed historic and somewhat nostalgic..
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Looks like a Whirlwind to me................
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looks like its been heavily used - but not Russian as it doesn't have the Microsoft Blue colour scheme on the dash..............
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As can be seen in post #1273, Russian aeronautical engineers haven't specified the "blue cockpit" in quite some time. The latest Sukhoi fighter and airliner cockpit dash is grey.
Another clue to the mystery cockpit: A reunion in July of 2019 featured this craft behind velvet ropes.
Another clue to the mystery cockpit: A reunion in July of 2019 featured this craft behind velvet ropes.
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Not "heavily used" at all. 38 hours TTAF. One-off prototype. Three-blade hinge-less rotor with flexible hub, stainless steel blades with fibre glass trailing edges, cruised around 95 knots, and service ceiling was just over 11,000 feet. Two strikes on Asturias56. It is not a Whirlwind, not Russian/Soviet Bloc, (agreed), nor was it heavily used. The craft was powered by a mere 190-eshp motor.
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Never mind the machine, test pilot moustache in 1328 is mighty impressive!
Happy new year all, this thread remains an oasis of calm participation in the ever more noxious interweb.
Happy new year all, this thread remains an oasis of calm participation in the ever more noxious interweb.
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Yes indeed. An oasis.
If the answer to the mystery cockpit is not forthcoming by 2358 local Paris, France time, I will reveal the answer just before the clock ticks in to the year 2020.
If the answer to the mystery cockpit is not forthcoming by 2358 local Paris, France time, I will reveal the answer just before the clock ticks in to the year 2020.
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The last mystery cockpit of 2019, European Time, is the Wankel Rotary powered Citroen RE-2.
Happy New Year! Welcome the year 2020!
Happy New Year! Welcome the year 2020!
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Flying from St Mawgan to Heathrow after dark in a Brymon Herald; F/O handling; asks Captain for windscreen anti ice; Captain picks up a torch (no lighting!) sees a switch and flicks it on; windscreen wipers start up!!(you couldn't make it up)
Captain says 'sorry, just spent 6 weeks on Twin Otters'!
