B36

[britfrog 180]

whilst the b36 was the largest piston engins a/c it did have some huge problems with engine fires effectively it was one tusk short of being a white elephant, it was so bad that the crews changed the aircraft slogan from "six turning, four burning" into "two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for.

however have a look at this 360 degree view of the cockpit, i think the pilots had it easy compared to the flight engineer

 

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html

 

and just for fun i found these to see:

 

http://www.kenmcbride.com/National-Museum-of-Flight/vulcan/

 

http://www.kenmcbride.com/National-Museum-of-Flight/comet/

 

 

[ddavid 149]

Now that's a cockpit and a half, eh?

Wish there was a similar one for the Lanc.

Thanks for the links, Nigel.

Cheers - Dai.

[britfrog 180]

Dai, your wish is my command:

 

http://www.pan3sixty.co.uk/portfolio/avro-lancaster-kb889-at-duxford/

 

 

[ddavid 149]

My word - almost as good as the First Class Simulations' Lanc VC!

Well, maybe not...

Thanks a bunch, Nigel - I'll bookmark that 360 view. Thanks.

Ciao - Dai.

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

Great post, thanks for sharing, That B-36 sure was a doozy to operate! Glad they simplified it for FS!

[brett 2,315]

Thanks Nigel, I am liking those views, post more if you have them.   I think monitoring those B36 guess would be headache inducer.   

[britfrog 180]

how many do you want Brett

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm

 

imagine this is vastly bigger than the b36 yet look at what computerisation has done