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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Life in Tempe
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:36:17 -0500
Very impressive. I still recall the sound of those engines over Dayton, OH in 1952.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/22/2014 12:02 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
And here is the B-36 Engineer's panel:
<http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html>
although, I like this view better{
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob-the-org/3266721694/>
Paul in Portland OR


On 6/22/2014 7:57 AM, Chris Trask wrote:


Don't know about the Do, but here's your TU95 Bear (amongst others - the
Bear has the tasteful curtain in the mid lower section!):

http://tinyurl.com/TU95Panel


I stand corrected about the number of engines on the TU-95, as this photo shows there are only four:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cockpit_of_Tupolev_Tu-95MS_(6).jpg

      The prop gearbox must be a marvel in mechanical engineering.

The flight engineer's panel for the TU-126 is mind-boggling, lots of which must be fuel management:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tupolev_Tu-126,_flight_engineer's_panel.jpg


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
      - Hunter S. Thompson



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