Neat cockpit views of some great planes from WWII bombers to supersonic fighters. [8D]

Some guys had all the luck...

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/test/.../cockpits.html

Hi, Be aware that Code One is dedicated to Lockheed Martin aircraft and their many other holdings. If any modeler enjoys cockpit shots there are many other links that have these that include all aircraft not just Lockheeds. In fact I have seen a coffee table book that has double truck (2 pages side by side) photos of cockpit interiors. There is also a very large book by a Japanese artist that feature cockpit drawings of many of WWII fighers in outstanding detail with notes as to each control and gauge.

Don't forget Dec 7 is coming up and I highly suggest you check out the original Tora Tora Tora VCR$ or DVD first for an accurate accounting of the Pearl Harbor attack. Disney did one about 8 years ago called "Pearl Harbor" which is about 25% accurate and is more a love story than a recreation of America's first attack. I also recommend "Final Countdown" which is a time warp drama involving the attack on Pearl.

I just returned from Pearl Harbor where I did an article on the new Pacific Aviation Museum for Plane & Pilot magazine. Look for the Val, the one with the large wheel pants, and the number 78 on the tail. One of my companies maintained this aircraft for several years and I have flown it to many SoCal airshows. That friends, was a whole lot of fun. Norm

A Val??? Norm---you mean, rotten, nasty----TORTURER!! I bet your crocodile tears are really gushing at my tortured soul!!!!! I've flown about 50 different makes and models, but probably none that you HAVEN'T flown!! (Unless it's the Lockheed 10!) I call Amelias' an 11, since , I believe, it was a 10 airframe on which they hung Model 12 engines and props, and some other mods I don't recall! Lee Robinson

Hi Lee, I also had a Kate and a Zeke. When 20th Century Fox sold the planes from TTT Challenge Publications bought about 6 of them and made 3 good ones. I had them all at Apple Valley Airport for several years and would give rides and imprompto airshows on Sunday mornings to drum up business for our FBO and coffee shop, it worked. I would maintain them for Challenge (Scale R/C Modeler & Air Classics) and eventually helped sell the aircraft. The Val was fun to fly because of gun in back cocipit on a swivel, the Zeke flew like a Texan which it was with mods but it had a ful swiveling retractable tail wheel that made it a bear to land in a cross wind. Most of my grey hair comes from that airplane. The Kate was a Peterbilt, big heavy but looked great with the fake torpedo on the bottom. Norm

Bet you never flew a Callair, Fly Baby, turbine powered Aero Comps on floats etc etc.

Give it up Lee ----- "Parker51" Goyer can make'um up faster than you can respond......it's just a fact of life !

Sorry Boeing 727, not made up, those planes were all flown by me. The Callair was taken in trade for a new Cessna I had sold and it was so much fun to fly we kept it for a year. Finally crashed on take off accident. Boeing 727 pilot tried to fly it without a check out and hit a chicken coop. Fly Baby was bought by me at Compton Airport and sold to George AFB F-4 pilot and when he was reassigned I bought it back and sold it again. It is now in state of Washington and still flying. Comp Air turbines on floats were flown by me for reviews in Private Pilot and Custom Planes magazines. I flew three different versions on amphib floats and straight floats at Merritt Island Florida from the Intra Coastal Waterway. All were equipped with Walter prop turbine engines. Sorry, but some old pilots like me have flown many aircraft over the years rather than one or two types. Parker 51 Norm

Sure you did Norm .


Your "have flown" list speaks for itself ---

Just keep those claims going.....there's always someone gullible enough to believe you.