Another one for the Pony experts

[badhorse]

Does anyone know if the instrument panel is historically correct?  By that I mean the placement of the the instruments on the panel.  Specifically the airspeed indicator.  You have to drop your gaze half way down the panel to read airspeed but there's a big hurkin clock almost line of sight.
I don't know when the standard T arrangement came into being and I know some cockpits were a hodge podge of switches, dials and gauges.  But this seems really weird.

[DMGOD]

[Guppy35]

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That one isn't historically correct DMGOD

[68ZooM]

Try this one its a P51C

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/P51-Mustang/P51_swf.html

[Guppy35]

Try this one its a P51C

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/P51-Mustang/P51_swf.html

Getting closer

[Soulyss]

I haven't paid attention in ages, but if memory serves the cockpit gauges aren't necessarily placed in their historical locations. I believe it's a concession to the limitations of the computer screen and computer control systems. 

Then again I've been wrong before.

[FLS]

Does anyone know if the instrument panel is historically correct?  By that I mean the placement of the the instruments on the panel.  Specifically the airspeed indicator.  You have to drop your gaze half way down the panel to read airspeed but there's a big hurkin clock almost line of sight.
I don't know when the standard T arrangement came into being and I know some cockpits were a hodge podge of switches, dials and gauges.  But this seems really weird.

Clocks were important for navigation. Here's a link to a P-51 manual.

http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/historical/P-51%2051-127-5.pdf

[68ZooM]

lol ok you got me diggin, boy i need a beer now