What Cockpit?
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Thanks very much, Kit Sanbumps KG!
What about this one then...
I'll stay on radio silence (no confirmations or clues) until at least 2205Z on Sun 19 Jan.
What about this one then...
I'll stay on radio silence (no confirmations or clues) until at least 2205Z on Sun 19 Jan.
I though publishing a swastika was a clear indication of (another) false trail................
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Indeed, the first one worked beautifully! The giveaway being the alignment fore-aft of the insignia - the Nazi one is orientated on the 45 degree line.
As for this one, there are some interesting clues there, not least the key fob (he said, playing the game he has criticised so often himself).
As for this one, there are some interesting clues there, not least the key fob (he said, playing the game he has criticised so often himself).
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Well done… and no further clues needed! A Grumman Widgeon it is… this being a 1946 example of the G44A variant.
You have control, Self loading bear...
You have control, Self loading bear...
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Most perplexing. Something from the Rafale programme?
The left-hand device is odd, and suggests that this is a WSO-type of installation rather than a pilot station, but then why put it in the flight deck (plenty of room in the fuselage)? Obviously, seeing the outside world through the HUD is a key benefit, so is this a HUD development device?
Other than looking a bit like Saddam Hussain at first glance, I can’t place the ‘deceased friend’...
The left-hand device is odd, and suggests that this is a WSO-type of installation rather than a pilot station, but then why put it in the flight deck (plenty of room in the fuselage)? Obviously, seeing the outside world through the HUD is a key benefit, so is this a HUD development device?
Other than looking a bit like Saddam Hussain at first glance, I can’t place the ‘deceased friend’...
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Ah-ha!
From elsewhere:
From elsewhere:
- S/n 115, 186 and 190 were Falcon STs, or weapons system trainers used in France and elsewhere. Their copilot positions were reconfigured to match fighter cockpits. A control stick was fitted in place of the copilot's yoke, along with the correct fighter instrument panel and weapons systems, including the Cyrano radar. The first became operational in 1969.
Is that Saddam in post #1426 Bear?
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I think you will find the answer here;-
Falcon 50 with the registration YI-ALE was sent to France. During its rebuild at Villaroche, it retained usual controls on the left side of the cockpit but received a complete cockpit of the F.1EQ-5 on the right side.