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Instrument Panel Question

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:34 am
by specter177
I got a shirt with this instrument panel in the front. Does anybody know what plane it belongs to?

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Re: Instrument Panel Question

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 5:38 pm
by C
Stumped! It looks a strangely VFR cockpit, but has quite a high flap limiting speed.

Re: Instrument Panel Question

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:06 pm
by C
Found it. My first instinct had been to look for USAF 61385, as that appears to be written in the middle of the panel. That failed.

Having trawled through a few pages of cockpit photos on google, one caught my eye with the 4 switches in the bottom left, and the unusual 3 "fire" lights in the bottom right... A Bell X-1...

81385, was a Bell X-1B. :)

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http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Bell-X-1B/1322363/M/

Explains being very fast and VFR only! ;D

Re: Instrument Panel Question

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:47 pm
by specter177
Thank you!  :D :D

Re: Instrument Panel Question

PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:23 am
by C
No worries. Nothing like a quick challenge. :)