looking over the side of open cockpit aircraft

[Miska]

would be nice.

[Krusty]

I think you can. The only plane with an open cockpit would be the I-16, and you can move your head position outside of the cockpit (where other planes stop at the canopy).

[Miska]

I've had no luck leaning over the side of the F2B

[lyric1]

You can.

[Enker]

You can.

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Leaning over the side means that you can see the insignias on the side of your fuselage.

[Spikes]

Leaning over the side means that you can see the insignias on the side of your fuselage.

Give a guy an inch and they want a mile.

[gyrene81]

Leaning over the side means that you can see the insignias on the side of your fuselage.

Yeah but the OP just said "looking"...not leaning. 

[Krusty]

you can lean out of the cockpit, nobody said anything about hanging your torso out into the wind to look at your own fuselage. Apples and orange!

[lyric1]

Leaning over the side means that you can see the insignias on the side of your fuselage.

Are we talking about wing walking now I guess we don't need to strap in any more either. Then the next question is why would you want to look at the stitching on the side of your plane?

[Enker]

Are we talking about wing walking now I guess we don't need to strap in any more either. Then the next question is why would you want to look at the stitching on the side of your plane?

No, I am not talking about wing walking. Tell me that you can lean over the arm rest of your chair, while sitting down, and see what is underneath it, without moving your buttocks from the seat. I may be wrong, but the only type of straps that I have heard that WWI pilots used were the "across the lap" type of belts that you see in the middle seat of the back seat in a car.

[Krusty]

Enker, try leaning out your car door and looking at the side of the door.

it's one thing to look "down" around the car to see the ground or whatever, and it's an entirely different thing to look at the door itself.

[Miska]

I have more in mind things like standing up in the observer's seat and looking over the side at an observation target.

[lyric1]

I have more in mind things like standing up in the observer's seat and looking over the side at an observation target.

Ahh he was not an observer that thing back there with him was not for looking.

[WWhiskey]

I guess you have not found the "Wing walker " views yet!!

this is pos. 1

 and pos. 2 looking left up side down ( using hat switch)
 the can be accessed immediately after alt-f$

[gyrene81]

No, I am not talking about wing walking. Tell me that you can lean over the arm rest of your chair, while sitting down, and see what is underneath it, without moving your buttocks from the seat. I may be wrong, but the only type of straps that I have heard that WWI pilots used were the "across the lap" type of belts that you see in the middle seat of the back seat in a car.

Enker, I'm pretty sure that sitting in the pilots seat it wasn't possible for a pilot to lean as far as what you imply:



A rear gunner maybe.