Lots of interesting things here, thanks all for posting. Martyn, that must have been a difficult time for everyone. The XW925 stick is the right hand, non Sidewinder one. I found an abridged version of the accident report (odd coincidence, wasn’t looking) which gave a thorough account and a cover photo of the remains being pulled out of the river. You are right on the lack of injection, and I think atmospheric conditions, causing the accident.
The A4 Column is impressive, Tony. Must have banged around in the cockpit with the extra length. Carry on Topgun anyone?
Nice yokes FlyBuy, very exotic. That Flamant example is interesting. Weapons delivery systems for Algeria? hopefully not something we’ll see again too soon.
By way of swaps, I picked up a Skyship/blimp yoke a while back which falls outside the rather loose remit of my collection (anything military at a low enough price) and is thus spare.
On the French military side, here’s a C17 stick as seen carting their equipment around Africa and a Lockheed Viking one which looks nice. The last is a quiz which fooled me a couple of years ago, I never knew they existed.
In the same way I used to paw over the Airfix catalogue ticking off the aircraft I’d got and want, I now thumb ‘Cockpits of the Cold War’ with similar ambitions. I feel I am not alone!
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