Roger, Roger.

February 8, 2011 5:28 PM

14 high-res panoramas of aircraft cockpits.
posted by gman (19 comments total)

You know, this is rather outstanding. Right into my art file goes this link. Thank you!
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 5:29 PM on February 8, 2011

(14 Airplane Cockpits)

Well, 10 airplanes and 4 helicopters. Interesting, regardless.
posted by backseatpilot at 5:37 PM on February 8, 2011

Panorama porn+airplane porn = massive geekgasm. Thanks!
posted by The Potate at 5:38 PM on February 8, 2011

DC3 sitting next to a JU52? I want to go to that airshow.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:57 PM on February 8, 2011

*pans image* Oh god, nobody's flying the plane!

What? We're still on the ground? Phew.
posted by sysinfo at 5:59 PM on February 8, 2011

Might as well join in…

• Jaguar fighter bomber cockpit
• Concorde cockpit
• Concorde cabin
• Cockpit of the De Havilland Comet
• Avro Vulcan bomber cockpit
• Rear crew area of the Avro Vulcan bomber

All from National Museums of Scotland
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:01 PM on February 8, 2011 [5 favorites]

Thank you for this. My dad, who passed away about two years ago, logged over 10,000 hours of flying time in a DC-3. I wish I could share this with him.
posted by ElDiabloConQueso at 6:05 PM on February 8, 2011

Also, from the CRJ-700 cockpit, I'm somehow glad to see that the pilots have the same annoying air blowers as the rest of us.
posted by sysinfo at 6:06 PM on February 8, 2011

My dad is going to crap his pants over this.
posted by PHINC at 6:09 PM on February 8, 2011

This is fun. I always marvel as to how much STUFF there is inside a cockpit that you have to know how to use so that a plane doesn't go all wonky in the sky. It's nice to have the time to browse, rather than having to loiter around the flight attendant station when deplaning, furtively getting fleeting glimpses of the cockpit.
posted by not_on_display at 6:09 PM on February 8, 2011

My first airshow, my dad and I took a souvenir photo from inside the cockpit of a Blue Angels jet. The photo is of us grinning and giving thumbs up, but my memory is of that glorious cockpit.

Maybe it was due to many hours spent behind the joystick of the Blue Angels DOS game as a child, but I was overwhelmed. I almost forgot to look up at the camera.

Thanks for reminding me of a moment of pure magic.
posted by The demon that lives in the air at 6:09 PM on February 8, 2011

Arrow keys work! Shift key zooms! ⌘ keys zooms out!
posted by popechunk at 6:40 PM on February 8, 2011

Well, 10 airplanes and 4 helicopters. Interesting, regardless.

What are you, some kind of aeronautical engineer? A back seat pi... oh. Carry on.
posted by loquacious at 7:26 PM on February 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

And here's a cockpit panorama of the B-29 that flew over Hiroshima one bright, sunny day... Enola Gay

Thanks for these links. Amazing!
posted by drhydro at 7:43 PM on February 8, 2011

Wait a minute, there should be 15. DAMN IT, LOTITO!
posted by msalt at 11:14 PM on February 8, 2011

Arrow keys work! Shift key zooms! ⌘ keys zooms out!

Yeah but how do I turn the engines on?
posted by schwa at 11:34 PM on February 8, 2011

To turn the engines on? You just put your lips together and PLBPLBFLBPFLBPFLBPFLBF.
posted by randomyahoo at 3:12 AM on February 9, 2011

Dag, now I'm all hungry.
posted by Ipsifendus at 7:20 AM on February 9, 2011

thanks for the great cock[pit] shots
posted by jojo chandran at 12:25 PM on February 9, 2011