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The workplace

By lex, on August 25th, 2008

An awesome distro of internal plane pr0n. Click on the crate to get transported to the cockpit.

(H/T to Theo, in one of his intermittent safe-for-work postings, via PeterGunn)

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August 25th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Flying, Tech Lust

11 comments to The workplace

  • AH
    August 25, 2008 at 11:38 am

    I like the pic of the Desert Hawk cockpit – doesn’t get much simpler than that!

  • BeachBum
    August 25, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    KC-130F FTW!

    Is my vision going? Looking at the pic of the F-35 cockpit, it looked like the canopy hinges at the nose. Ahh, did some research, it /does/ hinge at the nose. Gotta spend more time surfing for plane pr0n, I guess.

  • JRandom
    August 25, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    That is not your father’s P-3 cockpit.

  • Skippy-san
    August 25, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    Note on the S-3 page. It says an S-3 firing a Maverick in 2003 was the first time an S-3 attacked a target.

    Actually in 1991, a VS-32 S-3 dropped a buddy store and 3 Rockeye’s on an Iraqi patrol boat during Desert Storm.

    The jury is still out on whether the rocks or the buddy store was more effective in sinking the vessel.

  • Fast Nav
    August 25, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    a) The Desert Hawk cockpit is teh awes0me!!

    b) This is the best I got, sorry. Submarine Cockpit pr0n?

  • steveH
    August 25, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    The MB-2 cockpit looks more like what I’m used to. Probably not as fast, but close.

  • Larry
    August 25, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    Don’t overlook the Six! Even though they served for well nigh to thirty years in the air defense role, I still think the F-106 doesn’t get the credit it deserves. It was quite nimble, had a good T/W ratio (~0.9) for the time and actually had a decent radar even by late 60′s early 70′s standards. And it had a really forward thinking display called the TSD (Tactical Situation Display) that could show a ‘God’s eye’ view of the battle, all linked with SAGE or BUIC sites (and AWACS if some stories are to be believed) so the Six could approach targets without emitting. The symbology on the TSD wasn’t very advanced by today’s standards, but it provided a view of the nearby airspace something akin to the “God of Battle” display on the F-22.

    One of my wishes is to see some pics of a Six cockpit at night with the TSD functioning, but, alas, I’ve only seen some screenshots of the ground simulator TSD and it taint the same thang.

    Good site on the Six for those interested…..

    http://www.f-106deltadart.com/

  • Wilko
    August 25, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Did the transition from steam gages to glass nullify the need for RIO/WSO/B/N’s in planes gone by? Presumably it reduced some of the “switchology” required during the earlier years?
    The single seat Skyhawk and Thud looked complex enough compared to a Phantom or Intruder, and why did the Aardvark and Tomcat need two?

  • Skippy-san
    August 25, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Nothing negates the need for a RIO/WSO/BN/WSO!

    Every aircraft that had them was far superior to those that did not.

  • Nose
    August 25, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Wilko,

    Don’t think it is a switchology issue as much as it is a “data fusion” or “cockpit task loading” issue. For missions like FAC-A (which I think is now “SCAR” – but I’m probably behind the times there too) you almost have to have 2 brains.

    Oh, that, and the NFO community makes the Cosa Nostra look like a bunch of grade school wussies…

    Best,

    Nose

  • Skippy-san
    August 25, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    Nose,

    Shut up and drive the bus! :-)

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