Hi Smirky,
I may be able to answer part of your question. On Aussie long nose Lincolns the second set of rudder pedals were commonly used however it was still necessary for the crew to reach the front of the aircraft, they could either climb up a ladder at the nose to enter via a hatch or from the main crew compartment. The second set of rudder pedals was not permanently fixed but could be easily removed for access by pulling on a handle in front of the flight engineer. As an aside it was not uncommon for the pilot to fly the aircraft ‘solo’ for things like airtests but they did need a second person (who might only be groundcrew) because the pilot couldn’t reach all of the necessary controls when strapped in.
Paul

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I saw it this morning, really enjoyed the flying scenes (although the prop on the Spitfire ditching looked a bit weird), the first gunshot made me and my daughter both jump!
Paul

Quote from M-62A
” The “Distributor set at No.1” presumably relates to the brass wheel on right hand side of the sixteen switch unit – referred to as the “drum switch” in the Fig 24 I posted.”

Looking at one I have the drum switch when turned changes the function of the unit as indicated by text in the clear panel. The options are ‘Container’, ‘Distributor’, ‘Single and Salvo’ and ‘Safe except for jettison’

However mine is connected to a thing called a Distributor Unit Type VII 5D/1065 which is a clockwork contraption used to regulate the spacing between bombs by changing the time delay between release of each one (I presume). This distributor can be set on any number between 1 and 32 and is operated by turning a pointer to that number and then pressing a button which lets it turn back to the start, as it does so it makes contact with different terminals presumably letting electricity flow to each bomb release shackle.

I hope that helps.
Paul

Not sure about the link, works ok for me. On the right hand side you can either download a pdf or view online.

Cheers Paul

They are literally only 100m from suburban houses in Temple Texas, although now the video is out there I expect the USN to recover and destroy them fairly promptly. Even if you managed to secure a Tomcat cockpit from there the Navy would be after you.
Paul

Good question Ian. I can’t really tell but suspect all of the damage was caused by the ground impact. It hit pretty hard, but like a pancake so the aircraft stayed intact, even the upper skins of the missile fin have been pressed inwards.
Nice grips, I’ll take a pic of my MiG21 column and post it later.
Cheers Paul