Aircraft on display at Open Cockpit day at March Field, Riverside CA, April 2005
 B-24Collings1346.JPG 68.5KB This shot was at Long Beach Airport. The Collings Foundation maintains older military aircraft and they fly this B-24 and her companion, B-17 "9-0-9", around the country selling rides to help pay for upkeep. See pix of my B-17 flight |
 B-29Bombsite1334.JPG 104.7KB |
 B-29CrawlwayLookingAft1332.JPG The B-29 was the first allied pressurized bomber. So that they didn't have to worry about losing cabin pressure when the bomb bay doors were open, they just skipped pressurizing the bomb bay. To get from the cockpit to the aft section (where the head was) they'd crawl thru this tunnel when in flight 137.2KB |
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 C-119Cockpit1306.JPG 161.8KB |
 C-119InteriorWide1304.jpg 131.4KB |
 Looking Down The Side of B-47 Cockpit 105.0KB The B-47 cocpit is 3 in tandem with a walkway down the left side. The bombardier/nav is in the nose, mostly enclosed (you can see his radar screen in the middle). The pilot is in the middle and the co-pilot aft, both under the canopy. The co-pilot's seat rotates for operating remote tail guns |
 F-111Cockpit1320.jpg 71.7KB I think this is one of the prettiest looking fighters. Nice curves and sleek. In my book she's up there with the B-1 and the SR-71 in the looks dept. |
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 F-111LeftWing&Nose1321.jpg 77.6KB |
 F-111Nose1317.JPG 56.5KB |
 F-111Nose1319.jpg 58.8KB OK, I played with this one. Sue me... ;.) |
 FighterWithChild.JPG 45.9KB |
 KC-97Cockpit1331.JPG 228.8KB |
 KC-135BoomOperatorsPosition 85.2KB |
 RedHotRide1319.jpg 65.7KB |
 SR-71Cockpit1336.JPG 150.8KB |
 SR-71Cockpit01338.JPG 170.7KB |
 SR-71_1294.JPG 34.0KB |
 SR-71_1297.JPG 27.4KB |
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