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[Felix/FFDS]

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WHAT?!

[Jakemaster]

You are right - I wrote from memory, but when I rechecked my source (Air Forces Monthly, April 2006) it captioned "the glass cockpit...." and after a few weeks of not having seen the photo (which I believe is the same as on the Basler site) my mind "saw" the full glass displays, rather than the modern gauges (with some fancy displays) thrown in.  Either way, it's a much more modern and cleaned up panel..

Well of course its modern and cleaned up, the avionics on original DC-3s are outdated and with the turboprops there is a need for new engine gauges.  

EDIT:  Also, I think that the magazine musta made a slight mistake.  The DC-3 isnt the "glass cockpit", that would be the Curtiss C-46, given the "glass cockpit" label because of the extensive fiberglass fabric covering almost every surface of the cockpit

[Felix/FFDS]

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Well of course its modern and cleaned up, the avionics on original DC-3s are outdated and with the turboprops there is a need for new engine gauges.