North American B-25 Mitchell pics [7/7] - b-25 cockpit.jpg (1/1)

[Miloch]

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[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

Miloch > wrote in news:rb34an01d71
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You can't appreciate how cramped the cockpit
was until you sit in it. Granted we are simply
larger people now but dang, those guys were
literally rubbing shoulders for the whole flight.
No wonder other twin designs of the era (P-61,
A-20, Grumman F7F) opted for a single pilot

[Miloch]

In article >, Mitchell Holman
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>Miloch > wrote in news:rb34an01d71
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> You can't appreciate how cramped the cockpit
>was until you sit in it. Granted we are simply
>larger people now but dang, those guys were
>literally rubbing shoulders for the whole flight.
>No wonder other twin designs of the era (P-61,
>A-20, Grumman F7F) opted for a single pilot

Ya...it was one of the first things I noticed. My father flew them just to get
his flight time and pay in the '50s...when he couldn't find something better
like a C-47...he hated them! His biggest complaint was their loudness
inside...no helmets back then...just earphones.



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[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

Miloch > wrote in
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> In article >, Mitchell
> Holman says...
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>>Miloch > wrote in news:rb34an01d71
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>> You can't appreciate how cramped the cockpit
>>was until you sit in it. Granted we are simply
>>larger people now but dang, those guys were
>>literally rubbing shoulders for the whole flight.
>>No wonder other twin designs of the era (P-61,
>>A-20, Grumman F7F) opted for a single pilot
>
> Ya...it was one of the first things I noticed. My father flew them
> just to get his flight time and pay in the '50s...when he couldn't
> find something better like a C-47...he hated them! His biggest
> complaint was their loudness inside...no helmets back then...just
> earphones.
>


My parents complained about how loud
the B 26's they flew were but they always
said it was pretty roomy for the time.