What Cockpit?
Was it a large hovercraft...?
Forgot this was still running! Yes, HP42 or maybe a short haul HP45. There’s that lovely Shell film about ops at Croydon on the youtubes which suggests the “Handley Page Forty Two Seater” had some sort of APU for starting. It also shows how to service a Bristol Jupiter with mallets.
I would have loved to have flown those obsolescent beauties in my career. But of course there has to be a line in the sand…
All yours Noyade, no doubt with something far more obscure.
I would have loved to have flown those obsolescent beauties in my career. But of course there has to be a line in the sand…
All yours Noyade, no doubt with something far more obscure.
european?
Not one I'd ever seen before ..................... looks very uncomfortable to fly
I see it has an "L" registration - was that a Czech aircraft (L-B***) in pre-1928 numbering???
here's an odd one for OH
I see it has an "L" registration - was that a Czech aircraft (L-B***) in pre-1928 numbering???
here's an odd one for OH
It is an odd one. No horizon so VFR only. The chaps’ clothes, briefcases and the plastic trim look early 1960s?
Does that decal say “Set Take-off Weight Opposite Operating Altitude”? Huh? American?
Does that decal say “Set Take-off Weight Opposite Operating Altitude”? Huh? American?
Yes American - but earlier than 1960
The pictures are all a bit Film Noir - they were trying to push it as a business machine. It sold in (relatively) small numbers
I can't make out the exact wording of the decal
The pictures are all a bit Film Noir - they were trying to push it as a business machine. It sold in (relatively) small numbers
I can't make out the exact wording of the decal
The airspeed indicator starts at 10 MPH/KTS, it must be a helicopter. Also dual rev indicators and a hydraulic press gauge. My guess is Cessna's only helicopter, the CH-1 Skyhook.
Oddly the ONLY helicopter that Cessna ever built - they made about a 100 I think , most of which went to the military -. It broke several height records in its time
Looks a bit more luxurious than any Cessna 150 or 172 I ever flew in.
over to D26!!
Looks a bit more luxurious than any Cessna 150 or 172 I ever flew in.
over to D26!!