December 24, 2021 at 7:32 am
Hi all. I bought this print in a collectables shop in Kiama, NSW, Australia earlier this week. There didn’t seem to be anything related with it and nothing written on the back except the price! Some things of note: there is a TR-1936 style controller to the right above the radio unit; top left, there is a stencil ‘SELECT FLARE’; the mirror and overhead compass might be a good clue for someone; stand-by compass is to the right of the pilots lips; ‘oil dilution’ is amongst the switches, so it’s a piston-engine aircraft… etc.
If that’s a blind flying panel in front of the pilot, it seems a bit odd because there seems to be two screw heads very close together (less than 1.5″?) in the rate of climb indicator position. There is a switch for Pitot & Camera, so that would be heating.
Some of the switches seem to be the fifties/sixties style that have the plastic arm/lever.
The little box immediately left of the radio control box seems to be ‘FILM’ above ‘1 2 3’.
Should be obvious to someone in the know! The tubing/structure across the windscreen is very distinctive. Overall, the glazing is extensive, judging by the shadow on the pilot’s cap and down his back.
Merry Christmas!

By: Nicko - 24th December 2021 at 10:02
Great. I thought of the Auster III before, but discarded that pretty quickly. AOP 9 makes sense.
I just googled some and see that the two screws on the instrument panel that I commented on are actually for the mag switches.
Cheers.
By: Aeronut2019 - 24th December 2021 at 09:20
Looks like an Auster AOP 9. The radio is an Army tank radio.
By: Nicko - 24th December 2021 at 07:34
Also, what is the radio type (lower right)?