Some of the later orders for Manchesters were changed in favour of Lancasters; the designs were very similar and both featured the same distinctive greenhouse cockpit, turret nose and twin tail. The Lancaster discarded the stubby central third tail fin of the early Manchesters and used the wider...
The interior of the plane is very important to the realism of the final model. Accordingly, I chose to develop the interior strictly according to the parts manual. The work began by installing side panels in the cockpit area. The floor was constructed to match the diagram. The "hump" in ...
IV. The Balance Diagram The Fuselage and Its Contents, Locating Wing and Landing Gear, Supplementary Calculations, Ballast, Centers of Gravity of Individual Items V. The Pilot’s Cockpit General Requirements, Windshields, Seating, Exits, Parachutes, Controls, Instrument Board, Drawings Required VI. ...
many a pilot has taken false comfort from the fact that “the forecast says it shouldn’t be this bad.” The only weather report that matters is the one you see from the cockpit, with your own two eyes. Eventually, you find yourself either dangerously...
as 21, spaced a few feet from the cockpit arrangement but clearly within the view of an operator; and a model plane, indicated in general as 22, mounted on a stand for apparent universal movement, the plane 22 having its various elements connected with the controls in the cockpit ...