Hi Bex

In answer to your questions,

There is no reason why this cockpit couldn’t be made “live”, but there are so many fundemantal parts to be made on the complete forward fuselage, that this would be very much a future project, if everything else gets done. I have tried to get new instruments and switches where possible, so they could work, if connected properly. As yet to be collected though, are all the “black boxes” that these would be connected to!

Secondly, I do have a plan to have a canopy made. The original drawing is in my posession, and I know how to make the blow moulding frame it requires. However, I have left this on the back burner for a while until this cockpit has been substantially finished. Canopies can be notoriously vunerable to “hangar rash” when they live on a shelf, floor, etc. and I want to minimise exposing it to any potential before it gets permanantly fitted. (Leaving it to the last minute also allows for the fact that if the cockpit is seen at some events, it could draw an original canopy out of the woodwork – you never know?)

Cheers, and good luck with the canberra! I spent an ATC summer camp at RAF Wyton in 1987, with the FLM team (flight line maintenance) on their canberras – doing start-up’s, ground checks, etc. They are big machines, but fly so gracefully.

Modified Blind Flying Panels

Mark

You are correct in stating that DH modified the standard blind flying panels for some of their aircraft.

I have DH drawings for later marks of the Hornet that show mods. to the standard panel, for example.

😀 😀 😀

All credit to Mr.Marlin

Putting this MB.5 replica together to the stage it is, has taken fantastic efforts, but I bet it will be hard to sell an unfinished project, especially of a unique ‘type’ that has not yet flown.

“Meteor Way” in Chelmsford – named after its 40 year (ish) resident, Meteor T.7 at the ATC unit.

Hornet cockpit

At Peters request from the DH Hornet thread, here are some updated pictures for the DH Hornet cockpit, as of March this year. The wooden nose mould is still being built, and it is hoped to have the first try-out skin lifted from this, and attached to the sides of the cockpit assembly, in time for this years cockpit-fest in mid June 2007.

I have updated the website recently for more details.

Thanks Alan, I have sent you a pm.