I popped into Duxford today to pick a Viscount throttle box to go with XT661’s co-pilots panel and the 1-11 was looking in fine fettle a big well done to the guys.

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I’ve had a quick look today and under the top layer of paint I can make out markings for “RAE Bedford” which in theory would make them as used on a T7. If I have some time on Sunday I’ll get them into the workshop and post some pics. They will need straightening, freeing off and painting to make them presentable but they’ll go again 🙂

“free WIFI” is an interesting one especially when you dig into some of the technology that’s out there. As a marketing tool it’s brilliant most ask for an email address so as a business you’re able to direct market the customer you see the traffic so you know what the individual is interested in looking at so you can pitch directly at that. Most good installations have been heat mapped so your location within the access point range can be calculated. The systems will also track your unique MAC address so next time you pass the access point it knows whether you just walked by or stayed a while. Thin tin foil hat brigade would have a field day with some of the capabilities out there.

Some of the tablet and all in one PC technology available now would potentially be brilliant for museum’s when the cost comes down a little more we’re trialling some 27″ tablets at the moment which have a 4 hour battery life and all the power of a good spec PC. The smaller tablets which have a battery life that covers the opening hours would be great for key exhibits where power is an issue and can easy be secured to prevent light fingered people nicking them. The other possibility would be low cost eBook readers.

While technology is great (and how I earn a living) when budgets are small traditional printed displays are still king, I’ve never had to apply a security patch to a poster and never had to debug a nasty coding issue with a caption card 😉

Great result on the ID fingers crossed one will turn up.

I’ve had similar difficulties with my Victor, Viscount and 707 panels the layout of the Victor didn’t seem to match any of the pics or documents I could find in the end Duxford kindly sent me some pics of their Victor which did match up. The Viscount being a development aircraft has been next to impossible to find details on. The 707 has been worse because D-ABOC at Berlin is actually an El-Al 707-458, even the nose section purporting to be a 707-430 in the Deutsches Museum is actually an American Airlines 707-123B that leaves D-ABOD in Hamburg which is a real 707-430 but stayed in service so has been modified.

It makes it all the more special when you find that elusive instrument ID which enables you to finish off the panel though 🙂

Hi All,

As others have said the variety of projects on show whether it be a cockpit or a hangar display is part of what makes cockpitfest special. It’s clearly evident in the cockpits/displays the passion and effort invested in them is massive and the unassuming pride people have when complimented on them.

My initial visits to Cockpitfest were purely on the back of taking my kit cars to the show next door, seeing the cockpits gave me something to aspire to and the hangar displays gave me both a indication of where I could start out and also some aspects of aviation which I hadn’t considered before. My first cockpit item (A VC10 dual throttle controller) came from cockpitfest so technically it’s to blame for me having to buy a bigger house! It’s great to catch up with people and exchange ideas or just chew the fat.

In addition where else can you hear 60’s psychedelic era music followed by Vera Lynn topped off by a turn by aviation’s first stand up comedian??

Roll on TSR2 and next year!

Another superb event I enjoyed catching up with various forumites!

The Aeroboot was great I picked up some great bits and bobs including a brochure for the abandoned BAC Three-Eleven project and some photos of the Newark Vulcan just after landing 🙂

Happy days.

Cripes TO that’s quite a few additions, this should be a cracking event 🙂

Cripes that’s eerie I was just doing some restoration work on a gizzit of his I picked up a good while back. He certainly led one heck of a life and to get to 104 is great reminder that living life to the full needn’t shorten your innings.

The gizzit I have is from United Airlines in 1954 awarded to people who’d clocked up 100,000 miles in the air, his one has an extra plaque to celebrate a million miles in the air. To get to a million miles in the air in ’54 must have been quite a feat.