[Off Topic] Cockpit Views

[kolibri282]

The National Museum Of Flight in Scotland offers 360° Cockpit views of some of its airplanes, the Vulcan cockpit is pretty awesome. I had visited the museum last year so this brings back some great memories.....

http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/mus...pit_views.aspx

Have fun!

[All_In]

That was fun Juergen!!!

[kolibri282]

John, I am glad you liked it. Sometimes I just have to bother the forum with the stuff that strikes me...;-)
The plane they have at East Fortune took part in the Falkland operations. They flew missions from Ascension island to the Falklands (4000 miles, one way!) using fifteen Victor tanker planes for seventeen in flight refuellings to get one Vulcan there and back again. This particular plane broke the refuelling probe and had to divert to Brazil. I had read about it in a book called Vulcan 607.... great story of a great bunch of pilots, crew and support group.... if you come across it, give it a try!

Cheers,

Juergen

[WaspAir]

There is a Vulcan near me at the former Castle Air Force Base museum (now a civilian airport, near Atwater, CA, i.d., KMER), and they have an "open cockpit day" once or twice per year. Last time I went, both the SR-71 and the Vulcan were open. I've actually climbed up inside, and it's quite an experience. You really feel for the back three crewmen, who face the rear and unlike the pilots have no ejection seats.

If you care to visit there, it's lots of fun to fly in because the ramp is so big (made for scores of B-52s and tankers, with a 12,000 ft by 150 ft runway, and many square miles of concrete) that you can easily spot it from a ridiculous distance.

[cbonnerup]

Thanks for the link Juergen.
Looking at the Flight Engineers station in the Concorde...
Where the hell is that on/off switch?
Seems like there needs to be a stimulant drip-line there also.
Chris

[kolibri282]

Below are two pictures of Vulcan XM597 at East Fortune. The pictures are good old analog, the bad quality you notice is due to my scanner. I feel that you are always mislead by her graceful lines to believe she's a pretty small ship. If you stand underneath here bomb bay though you have the impression of looking up into a row of 40ft containers...;-)

....both the SR-71 and the Vulcan were open

I think they are both THE coolest aircraft of their respective times and they actually still look pretty futuristic to me.

Where the hell is that on/off switch

Yes, you were quite busy as a flight engineer in that plane and she looks futuristic too.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and have a nice week, all of you!

[i3 roberto]

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[All_In]

Originally Posted by kolibri282

John, I am glad you liked it. Sometimes I just have to bother the forum with the stuff that strikes me...;-)
The plane they have at East Fortune took part in the Falkland operations. They flew missions from Ascension island to the Falklands (4000 miles, one way!) using fifteen Victor tanker planes for seventeen in flight refuellings to get one Vulcan there and back again. This particular plane broke the refuelling probe and had to divert to Brazil. I had read about it in a book called Vulcan 607.... great story of a great bunch of pilots, crew and support group.... if you come across it, give it a try!

Cheers,

Juergen

I love knowing the rest of the war story.

[kolibri282]

John,

recently I came across this story of the Falkland raid:

XM607 - Falklands' Most Daring Raid - YouTube

Hope you like it!

[All_In]

Thank you my friend!!
You do seem to come up with the most interesting information and video's!!!

Thank you for sharing!!

[rsalazar]

Here some links for 360 degrees cockpit views

helicopter
http://www.peterstephens.co.uk/inter...er_cockpit.php

Airbus A380
http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm

DC3
http://www.360cities.net/image/dc3-d...9.80,6.20,70.0

Junkers JU 52
http://www.360cities.net/image/junke....25,12.27,70.0

Helicopter Mi-26T Cockpit
http://www.360cities.net/image/mi26t#9.62,7.49,70.0

Junkers Ju 52/3m Cockpit
http://www.360cities.net/image/junke...8.60,4.20,70.0

Cockpit Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ700
http://www.360cities.net/image/cockp...8.90,0.00,87.1

Huey helicopter
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/sli...uey/index.html

Enola Gay - Smithsonian National Air and Space museum
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/sli...gay/index.html

Gemini7 - Smithsonian Museum
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/sli.../gemini7a.html


Boeing 767
http://vrfilm.tuiflynordic.se/boeing767/

P51
http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/...g/P51_swf.html

Mig 21
http://album.reality.hu/OLD/panos/repnap/mig21/


Antonow
http://www.360bilder.de/html/vr_antonow.htm