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Title: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit
Post by: Guppy35 on April 04, 2005, 11:36:01 PM: Found on another site. Full screen panoramic view from inside the cockpit of a Lancaster at Duxford England.

http://www.pan3sixty.co.uk/tours/duxford/lancasterfs.html

Dan/CorkyJr
Title: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit
Post by: wombatt on April 04, 2005, 11:51:16 PM: That is slick
Thx:aok
Title: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit
Post by: navajoboy on April 05, 2005, 12:20:24 AM: yeah that is pretty cool.. so there is only one pilot seat?!?! :confused: :confused:

navajo24
Title: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit
Post by: Guppy35 on April 05, 2005, 02:54:29 AM: Quote
Originally posted by navajoboy
yeah that is pretty cool.. so there is only one pilot seat?!?! :confused: :confused:

navajo24

Yep Lanc only had a pilot with a flight engineer to help out.

Dan/CorkyJr
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Post by: frank3 on April 05, 2005, 07:53:26 AM: The British were alot stronger than the Americans ;)
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Post by: Wmaker on April 05, 2005, 08:01:55 AM: Thanks Guppy, that was very cool! :)

I wish museums would do more panoramas like that.
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Post by: zorstorer on April 05, 2005, 09:25:00 AM: Anyone else notice the arm rests? Don't know why but I can see a refined english gentleman having tea while flying over germany.

:rofl
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Post by: frank3 on April 05, 2005, 09:55:26 AM: That seat also looks darn uncomfortable to me, I hope they sat on their chutes!
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Post by: Traveler on April 05, 2005, 12:15:40 PM: Quote
Originally posted by frank3
That seat also looks darn uncomfortable to me, I hope they sat on their chutes!
According to History Channel, "Because of the lack of room at each crew memebers station, crews did not wear their chuts, instead they stored them in the plane. that why they lost so many crews".
Title: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit
Post by: SKJohn on April 05, 2005, 12:16:10 PM: IIRC, I read somewhere that the Flight Engineers were given basic flight training, and in an emergency (pilot out of action) could land the planes.

I wonder what the little fold-down seat beside the pilot is for - crew members who wanna have a look see?
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Post by: Skydancer on April 05, 2005, 12:37:24 PM: Some one send this to Hitech. The Lanc badly needs updating in the game.
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Post by: Killjoy2 on April 05, 2005, 01:32:58 PM: Hey that pilots seat came out of an MGA. I had one just like it, but it didn't have the armrest.
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Post by: frank3 on April 05, 2005, 01:35:38 PM: But Im sure the pilot did sat on his chute? Take a look at the pilots seat, you can see it's a little deeper. It would be highly uncomfortable to sit on that without something to sit on!
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Post by: Skydancer on April 05, 2005, 01:36:13 PM: He did!
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Post by: mars01 on April 05, 2005, 02:43:20 PM: Very Cool! I cant stop looking around. lolh
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Post by: SkyLab on April 06, 2005, 02:00:05 PM: Now that is cool Guppy35!
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Post by: nirvana on April 06, 2005, 04:58:41 PM: Awesome, whats that plate type thing behind the pilot? a really uncomfortable carnival-type head rest? Really awesome view at any rate however.
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Post by: mars01 on April 06, 2005, 05:07:28 PM: I think that plate is there to keep the back of his head from getting holes in it. :D
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Post by: frank3 on April 06, 2005, 05:29:17 PM: I didn't expect the armored plating to be that big....and yellow...
Title: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit
Post by: Edbert1 on April 07, 2005, 08:04:48 AM: Quote
Originally posted by frank3
I didn't expect the armored plating to be that big....and yellow...

The plate looks a little thin for armor to me, I can see the 7.7mm easily penetrating that, 12.9s would go through it like paper.

Someone needs to draw a smiley on there.
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Post by: SunKing on April 07, 2005, 11:07:26 AM: That is awesome.. anymore?
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Post by: steely07 on April 07, 2005, 08:36:23 PM: Very very cool indeed!!!!
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Post by: DipStick on April 08, 2005, 06:20:14 PM: Quote
Originally posted by frank3
The British were alot stronger than the Americans ;)

Yes they are ALOT stranger. :lol
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Post by: mars01 on April 08, 2005, 06:44:00 PM: LOL yeah that is a good point Ed hahaha.
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Post by: SunTracker on April 08, 2005, 09:34:56 PM: There is a website that also has a view like this for B-17 cockpit.

The reason so many bomber crews were lost is due to the centrifugal forces that pinned everyone down.
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Post by: hubsonfire on April 09, 2005, 01:26:15 AM: This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen on the intardnet. Tx Dan!

Also, i'm guessing that jump seat next to the pilot is for the engineer during startup/takeoff/landing. I notice there are quite a lot of switches/levers/buttons that would be damned near impossible to operate from the pilot's seat. Dang, this is cool, but you'd have been hard pressed to get me in that big of a greenhouse with enemies around. That'd have to be terrifying, nothing at all to hide behind, but a thin sheet of perspex. Eeek :eek:
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Post by: Skydancer on April 09, 2005, 05:01:26 AM: Where is the link to that B17 website Sun Tracker?
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Post by: eilif on April 09, 2005, 11:37:20 PM: sure has good visibility for a bomber.